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        "content_text": "re \n\nNOTICE. \n\nSUPPLEMENT. \n\nCONSULAT DE FRANCE EN CHINE. \n\nWE hereby give Notice that on 1st August, next, A decision consulaire en date d' aujourd'hui, \n\nour Establishment will be removed to Canton, \n\nMacao, 10th July, 1843, \n\nDALLAS, 4. Co. \n\nOTICE-The business of the undersigned was NO \n\ntransferred to Alcests. Gibb, Livingston & Co., on the 1st of July last. \n\npr. pro. \n\nCanton, August 5th, 1843. \n\nJ. 8. RIGGE & Co., JOHN SILVERLOCK. \n\nCIRCULAR. \n\nMR. ROBERT STRACHAN is authorised to sign \n\nby Procuration for our Firm \n\nMr. Adans Scott is also authorised to sign by procu. \n\nration for our Fira. \n\nW. & T. GEMMELL. &Co. Victoria Hong-Kong, 24 July, 1843. \n\nCIRCULAR. \n\nSINCE the 30th ultima our Office has been removed from Macao to Hong-Kong and correspondents will please address us at this settlement accordingly. Our business at Canton will continue to be managed by Mr. James A. Bolbert. \n\nW. T. GEMMELL. & Co. Victoria Hong Kong 24 July 1843. \n\nPUBLIC AUCTION. \n\nWILL be sold. by Public Auction, on Saturday, the 26th Inst., at the Godowns of N. Duus, 18, Queen's Road. \n\nPine and Pune Spars-Singapore Beats. Raisins in cask and Boxes. Fresh Flour-Glassware - 4. 6, 8, aud 12 lb Gung,-Muskets -Sherry, Port and Madeira in Wood and Bottles, Brandy. Rum, and Atrack Vinegar and Claret in Wood, American Drill, and Longcloth- Blae cloth, Chintz Gram, Preserved Meats, Coals-aleo two handsome Mahogony hair cloth couches. \n\nP. TOWNSEND, \n\nAuctioneer. \n\nN. B. No goods delivered before the amounts paid. \n\nare \n\nNOTICE. Goods and Merchandise, of all descrip. tions received and carefully Stored in pacions dry and Secure granite Godowns Situated on the Queen's Road, below the premises of Mesrs. Gibb, Livingston & Co. at Victoria, Hong Kong, apon moderate terms. \n\nApply upon the premises to \n\nF. H. TIEDEMAN. \n\nGoods are received and sold on Commission \n\nVietoria, 10th August 1843, \n\nWANTED. \n\nA RESPECTABLE young Man, to take charge of \n\na complete set of Books, \n\nJNO. BENNETT, Victoria, August, 1943. \n\nF. H. TIEDEMAN'S advertises for Sale Cham pagne, Sauterne, French Claret in Casks, Selt. zer water, Wax candles, Stationery, Salad oil, Eau de Cologne, Batavia arrack, Copper Sheathing, Win- dow Glass, Shot and other artioles, apply to, \n\nF. H. TIEDEMAN. \n\nQueens Road. \n\nVictoria, 10th August 1843. \n\nFOR SALE,-Prime Port, E. I. Sherry, W. I. Sherry, Hock, Moselle, and Claret in dozen Cases, Brands warranted, apply to \n\nF. H. TIEDEMAN. Victoria, 10th August 1843. Queens Road, \n\nFOR SALE at the Godowns of the Undersigned, Europe, Manila, and patent Manila cordage, of sizes. Do, Amberline, Flanseline, Oakum double and single blocks, paints, canvas and Twine, Chain suitable for Sheets and Tyes, Anchors 21 to 24 cwt. Boats \n\nAnchors, \n\nApply to Mr. Gutiorres on the premises. \n\nWILLIAM SCOTT. Victoria, 9th August 1843. \n\nMr. CHALLAVE éleve consul, n'appartient plus au Consulat de France en Chine. \n\nCOMTE DE RATTI-MENTON. \n\nMacao, le 17 Aout, 1842. \n\nAVIS.--Les Français qui se trouvent, ou se trouveront en Chi. ni, sont prévenns que s'ils veulent s'assurer la protection du Consulat de France et la jouissance des druitz et priviléges deju attribuée, nu qui pourront l'étre à l'avenir, par les traités, les loia o ordonnances aux sujets de S. M. le Roi des Français, devront se fuire inscrire snr. le registre matricule du dit Consulut, en se présentant eux.nièmes, où.on.cas d'impossibilité en adressant au Consul une requête, où ils déclarerout, sous serment, qu'ils n'ont encouru la perte de leur qualité de Français, par aucune des eireanstances spécifiées dans l'art, 17 du code civil, tels que la naturalisation, l'acceptation non autorisée par le Rai, de foncti as publiques conférées par un gouvernement étranger, et enfin, par tout établissement fait en pays étranger, sats esprit de retour. \n\nLe Consul de France. COMTE DE RATTI-MENTON. \n\nFOR SALE at the Godowns of the Undersigned \n\nNo, 20 Queen's Road, \n\nPort, Sherry, Madeira, Raspberry Ratafia, Brandy in wood and bottle, Arrack, Preserved Provisions, Vi- negar, Sauces. Pickles, Mustard, Anchors, Chain Cables, Rigging and Boat Chain, Europe and Manila Ropo, Canvas, Blocks, Stationery, Saws. Chisels, Telesco- pas. Pistols, Percussion Capa, Musical Boxes, Lundan London Bottled Beer, and a variety of other articles \n\nALEXANDER MOSS. \n\nVictoria, Hongkong, 22d August, 1843. \n\nFOR SALE-Bally Rice, ditto Coffee, Copenhage Cherry, Cordials in Pints, Manila Cordage, Oakum, Corks, Singapore Planks, Anchors and Chains, Ar rack. Bengal Chitney, Butter in Kegs, Candles, and a variety of other articles. \n\nAt the Godowns of JOHN BURD & Co. \n\nTO LET.-Spacious Dry and Secure BRICK GODOWNS, situated below the premises of Messrs. Gibb, Livingston & Co. For Terms, apply to, \n\nJOHN BURD & Co. \n\nVictoria, Hong-Kong, 12th July, 1843. \n\nQueen's Road, \n\nFOR SALE. \n\nAT the Godowns of C. W. BOWRA, Ship's Stores \n\nof all descriptions. \n\nNo. 13, Queen's Road. \n\nNOTICE \n\nTHE undersigned has just received ex, a late arrival a fashionable assortment of Boots & Shoes at mode. rate prices. \n\nJNO. BENNETT. \n\nCURIOSITIES \n\nAN elegant selection of Card Ivory, Japan Ware, Silks, Satin, Crape Shawls, figured Crape, and other Fancy Goods, at Canton prices. The above are now ex. posed for sale at the Show Rooms of the undersigned, \n\nJNO. BENNETT, Victoria, August, 1843. \n\nBOOKS. \n\nA Book Auction will be held at the Rooms of the un. dersigned, on Friday Evening next, at 5 o'clock pre- cisely. \n\nJNO BENNETT. \n\nNOTICE. \n\nIN Consequence of the great difficulty and expense of supporting in an efficient manner the Exchange Rooms, (unassisted by the means expected to have been derived from the monthly subscription), the undersigned is sorry to announce the absolute necessity of closing henceforth used as a Show Room in Connexion with the same, and he begs leave to notify that it will bo \n\nhis general business. \n\nJNO. BENNETT. \n\nVictoria, 22nd August, 1843 \n\nTHE NEW TARIFF. CORRECTED Copies of the new Tarit have been \n\ngot up at great expence and with much attention for the use of Merchants, etc. etc. They can be had at the Office of the Friend of China in two forms, \n\n1. On a Broadside to hang up in the Counting House. \n\n11. As a letter for Overland Mail. Price one Dollar \n\nach. \n\nFOR SALE-A 12 Oared Cutter, built at Singapore, \n\nquite new, length 22 feet beam, 6 feet inside, \n\nApply to \n\nWILLIAM SCOTT, Victoria, 24th August, 1843. \n\nNOTICE.-J. J. LOPES and G. MOSES, beg to inform the public that they have this day established themselves under the firm of Lopes, Moses, & Co., Gen- eral Agents, Auctioneers &c. &c, and shal be happy to execute, with care and promptitude, any orders they may be entrusted with. \n\nMacao, 23rd June, 1943, \n\nNOTICE.-We, the undersigned, beg respectfully to intimate to the Merchants, Captains, Officers, and the inhabitauts in general, that we have already engaged a very commodious House in a convenient part of the Praya Grande, by a previous licence of His Excelleuny \n\nthe Governor of Alacao, to open Public Auction and Commission Rooms; therefore, beg to solicit the kind Patronage of the Public. \n\nCONDITIONS. \n\nproceeds fifteen, or sooner, if required, \n\nAccount Sales will be rendered three days after, and \n\nA Commission of 5 per cent will be charged on any \n\namount. \n\ncent. \n\nOpium, Ships, Vessels, Silver-ware. &c. &c. 2 per LOPES, MOSES, & Co. Macao, 10th July, 1843, \n\nFOR SALE-Sparkling Champagne, and Johannisberg Flock, from Messrs. T. Giesler, & Co., of Rheims and Cologne. Apply to \n\nJOHN LEATHLEY. Hongkong, 29th June, 1843. \n\nTO BE SOLD. \n\nOX Tongues in pickle, Rounds of Corned Beef, Oil Paints; White, Green, Black, Yellow, Belfast Bacon flams, Truckle Cheese, Preserved meats and Soups- \n\nApply on board tho \n\nDUKE OF WELLINGTON, \n\nVictoria Harbour, Hong-Kong, 11th August, 1843. \n\nAUGUST. \n\nSHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. \n\n17th, Caroline \n\n18th, Swallow (Am.) Williams \n\nARRIVE D. \n\nPhelps \n\nCarib \n\n\" \n\nIlcaton \n\nColonist \n\nLeisk \n\nMacao Whampoa Chusan Chusan \n\nIris \n\n+ \n\n19th, Time \n\nMeritt Anderson \n\nLiverpool \n\nNamoa \n\n}} \n\nWill O'the Wisp Walker Mazeppa \n\nFraser \n\nChusan \n\n20th, Sophia Fraser Williams \n\nCalcutta \n\nFair Barbadian Wolfe 22nd, H.M.8. Starling \n\nMacao Amoy \n\nDEPARTED. \n\nAUGUST. \n\n17th, City of Palaces Byworth \n\nAnna Robertson Hutchinson 18th, Royal Exchange Hubertson \n\nAden \n\n19th, Carib \n\nMacan Whampoa \n\n1913, \n\n1845. \n\nAm \n\nThorn \n\nFredrk Huth \n\n\" \n\nToby \n\n> \n\nRod Rover \n\nMc. Murdo \n\n+! \n\nChusan \n\nJulia \n\nM \n\nJennings \n\nAmoy \n\n> \n\nMacto \n\nClark \n\nWhampos \n\nHeaton Will O'the Wisp Walker Time \n\nMacao \n\n\" \n\nAnderson \n\nMazeppa \n\nFraser \n\nMadras \n\nSlack \n\nWhampoa \n\n20th, Prince Regent \n\nChipp \n\n21th, Thos Fielden \n\nBlackston \n\nAmoy Whampos \n\n++ \n\nGood Success Fair Barbadian Velocipede \n\nEames Wolfe \n\nMacao \n\nWoodward \n\nMarula \n\nWilliam \n\nMacao \n\nWilliam \n\nAmoy \n\n22nd. Swallow (Am.) 24th, Sophia Frasct' \n\nWILLIAM PEDDER \n\nHarbor Master, \n\nHarbor Master's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, August, 23rd 1848, \n\nMy Lord. \n\nREC \n\nEIVED \n\nC.0. \n\nJAN 5 1844 \n\nColonical department. \n\nHouse Victoria \n\nGovernment House \n\nHonything) 26th August 1943. \n\nکچھ \n\nB:ree the date of my despatch No 5 of the 13th j 21st month, I have had the hener \n\nto receive Your Lordship's despatches from no \n\nI of the 26th Mary to 1010 of the 6th of June, both inclusive; also Your Lordship's Erenlait of the 9tof March and 6th and 18th May - ind. the Dreplicates of all preceding deepulches and Circulars, not befue acknowledged. \n\nThe Night; Nenerable, Word Stanley \n\nfo \n\nto",
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        "content_text": "84. \n\nof which, it is said, his brother sied. He took the body therefore, and buried it in at Kantong. Soitton had \n\nshallow \n\ngrave \n\nat this times, conducted Mugineiske to his \n\n-Louse . Your Petitiones accordingly ment \n\nwent there, \n\nand swerely dares to batte upon himself the u \n\nansurid heishes, but did not \n\nesponsibility \n\nof impeaching the parties bessories tragistraten. He went therefore to several places in search of his oldest brother Wongshgen, who, bering, having heard the circumstances, presented, on the \n\nthis month, a Pétition to the bragictral; \n\nPetitioner should. \n\nthat \n\norden Kat \n\nwho gave ersen \n\n& your \n\nbe summoned, to give particular informas= \n\ntions, \n\non the \n\nargarring \n\nThe locality of the \n\nre- \n\nthe requiette \n\nthe body, and to enter into the bond, and that Richeye, who witnessed the transaction, should also be brought to give \n\nACCE \n\nwingly. \n\nsaid further, \n\nthat on these orders being obeyed, the matter would be thoroughly investigated, \n\nand a \n\ndecision \n\nLrovslation of tnctation of tion of Mong theention from Benz hoang \n\ndecisions \n\nbenevolent as \n\nh \n\n10. \n\n8. F \n\nSenly in the hands of some \n\na magistrate, the case will be \n\nthoroughly sifted ! \n\nthaus Atitioner's older brother has now \n\nhither the Witness Siskage, be given \n\nbrought \n\nd your Pibitioner \n\nevidences, and \n\nhimself befor you. \n\npresents \n\nin obedience to \n\no your. \n\ncommands, to pouch out clearly, the situation \n\nof beecker winto the required \n\nthe \n\nand to \n\nbond. He therefore prays \n\nand his \n\nI may \n\nyour \n\ngrades, with \n\nthat the cruels So Ators, \n\nkr 27 21. MAI \n\nWeishe \n\nbe examined by bosture, and after confess= wary be punished, according to Lazer But Sibitioness older brother afrong fock's body, : \n\nto the residence of the _ \n\nbeing buried \n\nwardere, \n\nacry \n\nRa \n\nhe is afraid that it with by them, and \n\nit may \n\nbe either \n\nbe brought to some \n\nmay \n\nbe \n\ntrade. \n\ntherefore begs, that \n\nexamined, or at leash, places without the city, \n\nat \n\nwhere it may be losged for stamnication ab \n\nleave \n\na future time. I laun \n\nmy \n\ncaute riv \n\nw your",
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        "title": "CO129-013 - Sir John Davis - 1845 [8-12]",
        "content_text": "Kygeia Harlequin. John.\n\nKelpie & schomer\n\nKelpie barque.\n\nLanrich ×\n\nLyra.\n\nLintin Louisa\n\nMazeppa:\n\nMor. x\n\nMasdeu. Mahmoodie. Omega:\n\nPoppy\n\nPart\n\nRob. Roy. X\n\nRoy. Royalist.\n\nere\n\n× Red Rover.\n\nX\n\n× Sylph.\n\nX\n\nX\n\nSwallow.\n\nSyed Khan.\n\nTime.\n\nTernate.\n\nIsland Queen:\n\nLord Amherst\n\nByche Lyna Versen William\n\nWave:\n\nWill o'the Hisp.\n\nWilliam Hughes\n\nWaterwitch.\n\nX\n\nX\n\nLoe\n\nSydney Warlock.\n\nThose marked with a cross x generally kept running between China and India.\n\nCaptain Carr in the schooner \"Vixen\" and Captain Fangan in the Island Queen in the year 1843 were in the Gulf of Patchelee and Captain Rees in the \"Lord Amherst\" pushed his trade to Bhin but was forced to leave his anchorage by the Chinese. He Lat 36° N. Long. 116°26″\n\nPage 236\n\nPage 397\n\nC - Teenpach is the Westermost station of these Clippers in Lat. about 12½° N. Long. 111° 13′ E. Wosung is at present the Northernmost station in Lat. about 31°20′N.\n\nOf the above list, which is however incomplete, nineteen Vessels are the property of Messrs Matheson & Co. and thirteen Dent & Co. Besides these, there are several little schooners which are constantly plying up and down the coast, belonging to Duus, Scott, and others.\n\nThese have openly advertised for a freight and have put their own charges upon conveying Letters. This system was put a stop to during Mr Spring's, the late Acting Postmaster's time; but it is known that...",
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        "content_text": "N* 125.\n\nFinancial.\n\nCopy to Jews: 29 July\n\nand 22 March\n\nMy Lord,\n\nGovernment, Victoria, Hongkong,\n\n3rd December, 1847.\n\nI have the honor to enclose a Report and Estimate for the small amount of £364, for the extension of the Harbour Master's Pier, as the deposits from the hills caused by the violent rains have rendered the water near the actual Pier so shallow that boats cannot approach it at low water.\n\nShould the necessity for extending the Pier become very urgent, I may consider it my duty, as the expenditure is small, to cause the execution of the work before an authority be received from home.\n\nThe Right Honorable, The Earl Grey\n\nI have...",
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        "content_text": "473\n\nAppendix\n\nReport on the Tea\n\nTrade.\n\n[64]\n\nThe territory in which the large amount of tea consumed in Europe and America is grown is south of the Great Yan-tze-Keang river; the whole region lying between the 27th and 31st degrees of north latitude, and from the sea coast inland for 500 to 600 miles, may be considered capable of producing tea; but the most favoured region is the generally sterile hilly province of Fokien, and the provinces of Keangsoo and Chekeang, between the 25th and 31st degrees of north latitude. This territory, which extends over 350 to 400 square miles, is composed principally of the debris of a coarse granite, and of a ferruginous sandstone, crumbling into decay; but when well comminuted and irrigated, yielding sufficient nutriment for the hardy tea plant (a camellia), whose qualities, like that of the vine, are elicited by the nature of the soil, the elevation, the climate, and the solar aspect to which the shrub is subjected*.\n\nIt is generally stated that green and black teas are produced from the shrubs of the same species, with a slight variety; the leaf of the green being larger and broader than that of the black; the former leaf is rounded, the latter elliptic, flatter, and more coriaceous.\n\nThe cultivation in different soils, the picking of the leaves at different stages of expansion, and subjecting them to greater or less degree of heat and manipulation in drying, is the cause of considerable variety; probably the same difference exists as between the red and white grape, or the black and white currant.\n\nThe shrub is cultivated with great care, planted in quincunx rows, in beds, by seeds, chiefly along the sides of hills with a southern aspect, and on a poor gravelly soil, among the debris of decayed granite and disintegrated sandstone, and where nothing else will grow, and it is used for hedgerows or boundaries.\n\nThe height varies from three to seven feet, and it is very leafy. The flower resembles the wild rose or briar flower, common in English hedges in autumn; the seed vessel is a nut of the size of a small hazel, or rather like the castor-oil nut, but rounder; three red kernels are in each nut, divided by capsules, and from these a quantity of oil, termed \"tea oil,\" is extracted, and used for common purposes by the Chinese. Six or seven seeds are put into each hole when planting; in 12 or 18 months transplantation takes place, and about the third year the leaves are first plucked. At seven years of age the top is cut almost down to the stem (as gardeners do with old currant trees), and a more leafy set of shoots spring up the ensuing year.\n\nThe age of the tree is unknown; it has a useful duration, probably to 15 or 20 years. It is an evergreen, and blossoms from the end of autumn throughout the winter until spring. The leaves are dried by placing them first in flat baskets, and exposing them to the air and a moderate degree of sun. They are then further dried or \"tatched\" in thin pans of iron, heated by a small furnace of charcoal, the leaves being kept constantly turned round by the hand, and rolled or rubbed between the fingers, to give the leaf a rounded form. When sufficiently fired, it is picked and packed for Canton in chops of 100 to 1,000 chests, each chop having marked on it the name of the maker, the district where the tea is grown, its quality, date, &c.\n\nCopper is not used in the preparation of any description of tea; iron pans are solely employed. I visited a tea manufactory five miles above Canton, where about 500 men, women, and children were engaged in converting coarse-looking refuse leaves, into several sorts of green tea. A series of large flat iron pans were placed over a range of furnaces heated by charcoal, in several successive degrees. The teas, which had been previously picked and sorted, were then placed successively in these pans by men, who each rolled them to a certain extent. After passing four or five pans a small quantity of turmeric was sprinkled over the leaves, in a pan highly heated, and in the next pan a blue powder, composed of Prussian blue and gypsum was added, which gave a delicate green bloom to the leaf, which formerly had been of a dingy black or brown hue. The tea was then gradually cooled in large shallow baskets, then placed in a winnowing machine and sifted into different sizes, the smaller being packed and sold as gunpowder or pearl tea. Thus the greatest refuse of tea, or the leaves which had passed through the teapots of the Chinese, were converted into \"Gunpowder,\" \"Hyson,\" and other teas for exportation, as the Chinese never drink green tea. The proprietor of the manufactory told me that the green tea thus prepared was sold to the Americans, who consume but little black tea. It is said to be difficult to detect this coloured tea from the pure, and as the Americans have good tea-tasters at Canton, the English probably receive their share of the adulterated manufacture.\n\nThe names of teas are a very imperfect criterion of their quality. Formerly Bohea was the principal tea in use; now the title is used to designate the lowest description of black tea. It may be useful to indicate the designation of the names in general use. Bohea is an English corruption of the words \"Woo-e,” \"Voo-yee,\" or \"Ba-yee,\" some hills of that name, about 12 miles in circumference, in Fokien, on the borders of Canton province, yielding a common tea of that name, which is gathered three times a year. It is called by the Chinese \"Tacha\" (large tea).\n\nCongo, from \"congfoo,\" labourer, is of a better quality than Bohea, less dusty, and with a rougher and more astringent flavour.\n\nWo-ping teas are so called from a district of that name in Canton province, and when mixed with Bohea form \"Canton Bohea.\"\n\nAnkoi, a coarse tea from the district of that name.\n\nCampoi, from Keinpoi, selected. It is a stronger tea than Congo.\n\nSouche or Caper, from \"swangche,\" double preparation, or \"choolan,\" fragrant pearls. A great deal from Ankoi district.\n\n[65]\n\nSouchong, from \"seaore-chong,\" scarce or small, good thing. It is carefully made from trees three years old, grown in good soil. Older trees, in a similar situation, produce Congo; older still, Bohea and other inferior teas.\n\nThere are different sorts of Souchong, and it is not easy to get this tea pure and good in England. The leaf is of agreeable fragrancy, somewhat like new-made hay; the leaf crisp, of a glossy black colour, and when subjected to boiling water, of a sick-red hue; the liquid is an amber brown.\n\nPeko, or Peho, from \"pih,\" have white petals or hair, so called from being made of leaves, gathered in when the blossoming is over in spring, when there is a whitish hair or down young on the leaf.\n\nThe tea flowers are fragrant mixed with the leaf, and give a fine odour and flavour to the tea.\n\nTwankay, from Tunkay, a district where the tea is generally made. In green teas it corresponds in quality to Congo among black teas.\n\nSinglo, from Sungle, a mountain in Ganhway. Both these teas have large flat leaves, and are not much rolled.\n\nHyson, from \"hechuen,\" genial spring or first crop, when the young leaves are gathered. Hyson Skin, Puha tea skin. In Chinese \"skin\" signifies the refuse. It is formed of the leaves rejected in the preparation of Hyson. The dealers in London give it the name of bloom tea.\n\nYoung Hyson, from \"yee-tseen,\" before the rains. It is a very small leaf. Gunpowder is the picked, small, well-rounded Hyson, like shot, also called Pearl or Imperial tea. Several other teas with new names are being introduced.\n\nThe different teas are prepared roughly by the tea farmers, and then taken to the manufacturers, who prepare and sort the teas according to the districts in which they are grown, the variety and age of the tree, the size and quality of the leaf, &c. The leaves are passed through sieves of different sizes before their quality is determined. The judgment of the manufacturer in selecting and sorting, and the skill of his workman in firing or \"tatching\" the leaf, is of the first consequence. The better quality teas are more frequently roasted, and each leaf separately rolled. The finest descriptions do not reach England; the mandarins pay very high prices for those teas, and their flavour is so delicate that they would not bear four or five months' sweating in the hold of a ship.\n\nThe production of tea for the use of the Chinese middle and lower classes must be very great, as it is used at every meal.\n\nThe tea found in Russia, conveyed by land and river carriage thither, is said to be superior to the tea generally used in England. This may be owing to the leaf being less fired; many of the finest teas drunk in China would not bear five or six months' stowage in the hot and humid atmosphere of the hold of a ship, and therefore the teas conveyed to Europe by sea require to be dried and fired to a degree which must injure their quality. Teas that I drank at Foochoo, Ningpo, and Shanghai were not highly dried, and had a very delicate flavour, when drank as the Chinese do, without milk or sugar; but these teas could not be preserved more than a few months. The Chinese say, that the high dried superior black teas improve in flavour by being closely packed in air-tight leaden cases for one or two years. Some of the finest teas in China scarcely colour the water, and the preparation consists solely in pouring boiling water on a small quantity of the leaves placed in a teacup, fitted with a close cover; among the highest classes a silver strainer is placed at the bottom of the teacup. Tea made up into balls, or compressed into the form of bricks, or of flat cakes, is exported to Tartary, Tibet, Burmah, &c., boiled with milk, and constitutes an agreeable and nutritious beverage.\n\nThe constituent properties of tea are,\n\n  \n    \n    Black\n    Green\n  \n  \n    Tannin\n    40.6\n    34.6\n  \n  \n    Vegetable albumen\n    6.4\n    5.7\n  \n  \n    Mucilage\n    6.3\n    5.9\n  \n  \n    Insoluble fibre\n    44.8\n    51.3\n  \n  \n    Loss\n    2.0\n    2.5\n  \n\nThe tannin blackens salts of iron. The proportions of tannin must vary with the quality of the tea. A salifiable base, named \"theine,\" in regular colourless crystals, has been obtained from tea.\n\nThe ashes of black and green teas yield silex, carbonate of lime, magnesia, chloruret of potash. In distillation tea yields a volatile oil, and according to some, a small quantity of resin, soluble in alcohol, and possessing the odour of tea. The effects of tea on the human system are, first stimulant, and then narcotic, according to the strength of the beverage. In moderation tea is an excellent diluent; it promotes digestion, and stimulates the renal glands. The constant use of tea, however, in large quantities, especially by persons living on a poor vegetable diet, is not favourable to physical strength or nervous energy, and to persons engaged in sedentary employments and imperfectly alimented, the frequent imbibing of \"tannin\" has a decided and manifest pernicious effect. How far the excessive use of strong tea in China, by alternately elevating and depressing the nervous system, may have led...\n\nPage 480\n\nPage 481",
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        "content_text": "Inclosure. No 1 in. Despatch.\n\nN 155 of 1849.\n\n294\n\nHER MAJESTY'S SLOOP Columbine, CHOKUM, Cocon-Chinsa, 23 October, 1849.\n\nSIR,\n\nI have the satisfaction to report to Your Excellency the great success of the expedition you did me the honour to place under my command. 58 Piratical Vessels, mounting about 1200 Guns, and with crews of 3000 men, have been totally destroyed by fire; and, by the blessing of God, without the loss of One life of the Officers and Men under my orders.\n\nAfter leaving Hongkong on the 8th October, I searched the Harbours of Concock, Sattei, St John's, Mong, Mance, Sungyue, and Tienpak, and proceeded to Now-chou. From information received there, I determined to proceed to Hoi-how in Hainan, inside the shoals, and through the Junk passage, for I found good pilots, and junks with 14 ft. draught going through, and we drew little more than 15 ft.; moreover Shap-ng-tsai had boasted he would go where English ships dared not follow him. This vaunt I determined to belie. We reached Hoi-how on the 13th, and found the Governor General (Ho) whom I visited at the Capital, in great fear of the Pirates, and with a most friendly feeling to the English nation. He immediately ordered a Mandarin named Wong to proceed with me, taking with him 8 War Junks, and I gave him a passage, to prevent delay, on board the Fury.\n\nOn the 16th we reached Chook-shan, which the Pirate Fleet had left 5 days before, and we found the same sad story of towns destroyed, men murdered, and women taken away, that mark his track along the Coast. We fell in with one of his look-out Vessels, which having got into shallow water, was overtaken by the Phlegethon, and destroyed by her boats under the command of Mr Simpson, 1st Officer.\n\nOn the 19th we reached Hoo-nong, his reported haunt, and found he had gone about 12 miles further, and I feared we had lost him; but that invaluable Officer Mr Daniel R. Caldwell impressed me so strongly with the correctness of his information, that I decided on a reconnaissance in the Phlegethon in spite of our shortness of fuel; and proceeding into Chokeum for that purpose, on Saturday morning the 20th, saw 37 of the fleet under weigh. From 7 until 4 P.M., like terriers at a rat-hole we hunted for the Channel. Then a pilot managed to escape from the shore. I proceeded in Phlegethon, with Fury astern, Columbine in tow, over the Bar 14 ft. (mud), and at 4.40 had the pleasure of finding all the ships warmly engaged. At 5.5 Shap-ng-tsai's Junk blew up with a tremendous crash, and at 5.30 they had ceased firing. Before 8 o'clock 27 were in flames, and the squadron in position to blockade the river.\n\nOn the 21st October, the Steamers and Boats destroyed 24 more; and nine of them gave Lieutenant George Hancock in a Paddle-box boat of Fury, assisted by Captain Moore, R.M. and Mr Close, Acting Mate, with Mr Leao, an opportunity of distinguishing himself. Two large Junks turned to bay, to defend the retreat of the rest, but Mr Hancock so handled his boat and her gun, that after an hour and twenty minutes he had beaten them from their guns, and carried them by boarding without loss, and then pursued and destroyed the other 7.\n\nMr Hancock's boldness in attacking, and correct judgment in managing this affair, are worthy of the highest praise; and Captain Moore, R.M., Mr N. N. C. Leao, a Brazilian Lieutenant, and Mr F. A. Close, Acting Mate, gave him the greatest assistance.\n\nOn Monday the 22nd, I proceeded in Phlegethon and Boats to destroy all that were left. We found that the Mandarins had destroyed 4, and we finished 2 others. The low flat islands at the mouth of the river were at times covered with men deserted from the Junks, yet afraid of the Cochin Chinese, who had assembled in great numbers to attack them. The Ships' boats and small-arm men harassed and destroyed many by constant fire of shell and grape, whilst the Cochin Chinese destroyed and captured the rest.\n\nFrom the best information it appears that the Fleet consisted of 64 Vessels of War, which may be classed as follows:-\n\n  \n    Class\n    No.\n    Guns\n    Crew\n  \n  \n    1st\n    1\n    42\n    120\n  \n  \n    2d\n    16\n    28 to 34\n    75 to 80\n  \n  \n    3d\n    42\n    12 to 19\n    40\n  \n  \n    4th\n    5\n    6\n    30\n  \n  \n    Total,\n    64\n    1224\n    3150\n  \n\nOf these, 2 small of the 3d class and 4 of the 4th have escaped with Shap-ng-tsai, but without much ammunition; and the Mandarin assures me he will shortly destroy him—now an easy prey. He took with him about 400 men, so that 1700 having been killed, about 1000 more remain to be finished by the Cochin Chinese, who have already sent some prisoners to the Mandarins.\n\nI shall now proceed to Hongkong with all despatch. I have the pleasure of mentioning the exceeding good conduct of the Officers and Men during these laborious and hazardous operations. Their unanimity, willingness, and cheerfulness have made it a most pleasant service, and no plunder, rapine, or misconduct, has tarnished their honour.\n\nMajor General Wong, the Mandarin, proved himself a gallant, active, and efficient ally, and I trust his own Government may reward him for his good services. To have Commander Willcox with me, is, I feel, to have success. As a friend and an officer he is unequalled, and his ship is in such good order that I believe there is nothing he could not do. His judgment and gallantry are on an equal footing.\n\nMr Niblett of the Phlegethon has handled his ship in a bold and determined manner, and has given me every assistance. As I was frequently obliged to be in the Steamers, the command of this Sloop has devolved upon Lieutenant J. H. Bridges, Senior Lieutenant, and he conducted her in action on the 20th with much ability.\n\nLieutenant Darnell, Senior of the Fury, in command of her boats, has also rendered good service. Captain Moore of the Hastings's marines has assisted me most materially in command of that body. Lieutenant Hancock, and Mr Chambers, Acting Mate, in command of the respective detachments of Hastings's men, have given me much satisfaction, and Mr Rathbone, Midshipman of the Fury, has brought himself into notice for his zeal.\n\nI have also to notice the name of Mr Algernon Wootton, Midshipman, a most promising young Officer, who has acted as my Aide-de-Camp, and been very useful on every occasion.\n\nI have the honour to enclose a List of the Officers employed in the boats*, who I have no doubt would equally have distinguished themselves if they had had the opportunity.\n\nI enclose a Journal of my Proceedings since leaving Hongkong, together with some Hydrographical Remarks compiled by Mr Thomas Kerr, Acting Master of this sloop, which will, I trust, be of service to commerce and navigation in the Gulf of Tonquin, hitherto so little known. Mr Kerr, during all this very hazardous navigation, has proved himself a careful and judicious Officer.\n\nMr D. R. Caldwell of the Police Force has again proved his talent as a linguist, his intimate knowledge of the Chinese character, and the thorough correctness of his information. To him in a great measure our success is to be attributed.\n\nMr Soames, Master of the Hongkong Company's Steam Vessel Canton, did his work well as Pilot, as far as he was acquainted with the Coast.\n\nI have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient humble Servant,\n\nJOHN C. DALRYMPLE HAY, Commander.\n\nHis Excellency Rear Admiral Sir FRANCIS A. COLLIER, C.B., K.C.H., Commander-in-Chief, &c., &c., &c.\n\n* See next page,\n\nPage 300\n\nPage 301",
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        "title": "CO129-046 - Lieut. Governor Caine & Sir Bowring - 1854 [5-19／8]",
        "content_text": "113\n\nthem.\n\nleaving orders with the fleet to follow the next morning: in the morning three junks were observed and chased; they made into a place called \"Ko-lan\", got a short distance to the Westward of Macao, followed by our four Vessels; when they inside they hoisted flags which were immediately answered by upwards of 50 vessels inside, which got underweigh and came out to their assistance; our four boats were surrounded, and firing commenced on both sides; one shot, from the pirates struck the Commandant's boat, and he died shortly after.\n\nAbout this time our fleet came in sight, and the pirates seeing them made off up the bay, taking their vessels with them; our boats, with less than 10 men in them, could not get near enough to them, the water being shallow. I left that place for Cowloong the day before yesterday, and arrived here this morning on my way to Macao with official letters.\n\nTaken before me (signed) D.R. Coldwell, Acting Superintendent of Police.\n\nThe mark of X Low them.\n\n(True Copy)\n\nOffg: Colonial Secretary",
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        "content_text": "31. \n\nPiracy is one of the great plagues of Hong Kong, interfering ruinously with its comforts and its prosperity. The prevalence of piracy, petty piracy in the Harbour and neighbourhood, and piracy on a larger scale at a greater distance, is a significant issue. \"With the larger piratical fleets, the authorities are frequently able to deal - and when they assemble in large numbers, it frequently happens that their outrages arouse the attention of the Naval authorities and they are dispersed and destroyed by Her Majesty's Maritime forces; sometimes, as on a late occasion, in cooperation with the Naval authorities of the United States.\n\nBut against the petty robberies committed on a smaller scale and by smaller craft, we have little protection – Her Majesty's Steamers being altogether of too deep a draught and too heavy a calibre to follow the pirates into those shallow waters to which they retreat. It is of the utmost importance that a Steamer or two - well armed and manned – and drawing only 4 to 5 feet of water at most should be sent to this Colony to be employed on the adjacent Coasts for the suppression of piracy.\n\nPage 68\n\nPage 71\n\n255\n\n59\n\n1",
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        "content_text": "Steamers and type of craft which are at present under the command of the Naval Authorities are ill adapted. They cannot follow the piratical junta into the shallow waters to which, in the hour of peril, they are forced to betake themselves. When in large numbers the piratical fleets put to sea they are often successfully attacked and destroyed by the intervention of Her Majesty's Ships of war, but these are ill-adapted to check that individual and petty piracy, that interruption to the smaller trading interests of this Colony, which is an intolerable and almost a daily nuisance.\n\nI dare not propose the appropriation of so large an amount of the Colonial funds as would be necessary for the construction or furnishing of one or two fast Steamers of light draught, suited to the required service, but I should be willing to appropriate a small temporary monthly grant, say £75 per month, towards the expenses of supporting such Steamers. Their services should not be confined to this port, nor indeed principally employed here, as the pirates are generally congregated on the adjacent coasts and in the neighboring islands, and would have to be visited in their accustomed haunts, beyond British jurisdiction.\n\nPage 243",
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        "content_text": "20\n\nNo. 5 FEBRUARY 3, 1857.\n\nMERCHANT VESSELS.—Continued.\n\nThe Hongkong Register.\n\nSHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.\n\nARRIVED,\n\nMERCHANT VESSELS—Continued.\n\nDate of Tave\n\nCORSION BA\n\nSame\n\nArrival\n\n27 Frick\n\nHongkong Jan. 28\n\nSneon Draper\n\nAm. ship\n\n200\n\nAshly\n\n26 Luni\n\n81. Zephyr\n\n31 May\n\nSiilelena\n\nJan. 29\n\nTuss\n\nBrit. ship\n\n24 Middleton\n\nShanglice\n\nJan. 25\n\nBellast Da.\n\nBrit. ship\n\nSimons\n\n81 Sir Jus. Brooke\n\nBrit. ship\n\n8795k: amer\n\nFeb. 1 Carondon\n\n1 Bansive\n\nBrit. xh.\n\n#50 MoGregor\n\nSingapore Dec. 37\n\nGeneral\n\nSingapore\n\nSun. 21\n\nTroops\n\nSanghus\n\nJan. 27\n\nBala River\n\nMina.\n\n207 Bambay,&Jur.\n\nOman\n\n1 Jacob Cornelia\n\nDut, ship\n\n492 Rosenboom\n\nBombay\n\nH31S. Porkowess\n\nCanton\n\nSAILED.\n\n1 Chempion\n\n3+\n\n2 Harraventa\n\nBril. b.\n\n445 Thurs\n\nBrit. at.\n\n1000 Aba\n\nAm. h.\n\n500 Gray\n\nFHA\n\nDAIS\n\nNAXE\n\n| FLLO &\n\nKiu\n\nBonghong Jan. 26\n\nThobe Danbar\n\nBrit. al.\n\n70 Tucker\n\nA Separa\n\n#\n\nFitohormal Ca\n\nP. & D. S. N. Co\n\nOrder\n\nSoler and Co\n\n225yal, Suli and Co\n\n688 Fieber und On\n\nApril 21\n\n120 Tarner sad Co\n\nOrlen\n\nMarinera Hope, Lrg\n\nAu Nile, brig\n\nShanghae\n\nAmericaa\n\nSegnoant, ship\n\nB. R. Milaro, ship\n\nDurrington, ship\n\nChanning, ship'\n\nCompetitor, ship\n\nNorwester, sisip\n\nArrival\n\nDate Tur\n\nCOXSTOMER\n\n535 King and Ca\n\n090Isaac M. Bolf & Co\n\nNov. 125Moner!, O. & Co\n\niBee. 1174jRussell and Co\n\nDuc.\n\n1500. Huar nd Co\n\n740Campton. II. & Co\n\nBall, Nye and Co\n\nDec 10 128 Heard and Co\n\nCormances of Seas ship\n\nDeo. 24782 wall and Co\n\n118 Order 289Dent, Deals and Co\n\nDurch\n\nAlbrecht Beiling, q.\n\nNov. G. C. D. You\n\nTwist, b\n\n700 Schafer and Co\n\n464 Selacier and do\n\n4788chiler and Co\n\n244. D. Sys and Ga|\n\nSmidlow, ship\n\nWhite Swallow, skip\n\nDanish\n\nDanmark, barque\n\nGloriosa, brig\n\nOuto, barga\n\nVirgine. brig\n\nSept. 182 Cracapton, IL & Co\n\nSept. 1012001. Kinard and o\n\n270 W. Pasta and Co\n\n10. uste abi Qə\n\n230iems and Co\n\n21Johe Burd and s\n\nSALO\n\nFLAU&\n\nAr\n\nDATE\n\nNAME\n\nTURB CAPTAIN FRCM\n\nSURO CARGO\n\nCONSTUNTES\n\nAmoy Brininte\n\nFuhelusu\n\nJan. 24 Teze\n\nrit. g. 20 Jonca\n\nJun. Gener\n\nBrit. 283 Thanpean\n\nSinggu\n\nBrit, ul. 148 Dring !Swaluw\n\nJan. 26kenyal\n\nA. Hoard and Ca\n\nComajou mad Clu\n\nBankno.M. sad Ca\n\nDent and Co\n\nJolie, M. and Co\n\nHardin, 51. and Craner brig\n\nBila, barque\n\nEllen Oliver, barjue\n\nEtama, schooner\n\nEraignent, bowma\n\nNov. Jardine, M.and Candily\n\nAanina, eh.\n\nForerunner, lawonor\n\nOne.\n\nHine Gem, brig\n\nJly\n\nNov.\n\n¡Feb.\n\nJan.\n\nDay.\n\n49Rusell and Co\n\nNor.\n\nJuly 2685 King and Co\n\n165. Fardon & Co\n\nNov, 18180 King acul Co-\n\n140 aprak\n\nEagle, shin\n\n251 Dont, and Co\n\nBuggle Wing, ship\n\n595 Under\n\nGoblen Wert, sip\n\n38u0nder\n\nHenry Harlock, ship\n\nNov. 1\n\n204Aater and Ch\n\nMails, &c.\n\nJau. 17 General\n\nNov. 3 General\n\nHoratio, ship\n\nNov. 18\n\nNymph, Larque\n\nlec.\n\nPet, arque\n\nAng.\n\n400 filmy and Co\n\n375'Urder\n\nMatilda, ship\n\nAri.\n\n680 Russell and Co\n\nclita, schooner\n\nJan.\n\n140 Russell and Co\n\nRoyal Lily, barque\n\nApril 28\n\n434, Russell and Co\n\nNeptune's Favorite, sh.jdet.\n\n134. Heard and Co\n\nSisters, brig\n\nHone\n\n158 is an! Ca\n\nUnele Tom, schooner\n\nept.\n\n1801ail, Still and\n\nWood Lark,brig\n\nPA 15\n\nOriaz\n\nCAPESIN\n\nFGa\n\nCANDO\n\nCorrenbes\n\nI'vrluyLave\n\nArora, buoner\n\nMay\n\nPapushon, steuer\n\nJune\n\nLive. 326 and Co\n\n26 Aroat\n\n.bk. 27oct Lam a ale\n\nSingapore iShangrae\n\nHathwa Sundries\n\n27 Remi\n\nBr, str. 229)and\n\nShanghac\n\nSundries\n\nBria ok. 3748{lva\n\n29 Recapont\n\nBrit. str. 336 Crockett\n\nSingapore Sundrice\n\nShanghas\n\nSundries Jardine, M. and Co\n\nSandrian Wm. Pustau and Co\n\nKing end\n\nos n Cz der Sandries Jarine, M, sud Co\n\nAmerican\n\nJan. 14 266 Siemen and Co\n\nCarlow, schooner\n\nSupt\n\nFlorida, big\n\nΚαν.\n\nHado, abip\n\nแบบ\n\n$49 Queboil and Co\n\nUse Lyal. Still and Co\n\n597W.M.Bobinet & fo\n\nSev Jan.\n\n250 Uverweg ad Co\n\n133 W. Pustau and Co\n\nHamburg\n\nFapocanz buraz\n\nau\n\nAdmiral Laman, ship\n\nDes\n\nJaunius), pokaduer\n\nies.\n\n+\n\n20 Lahura\n\nBeit, str. 400jBrowes\n\nIserl, rig\n\nAky.\n\n24 Alapco\n\nBrit, bit. 677 Mason\n\nLindsay and Co\n\nLima, barque\n\nNov.\n\nBonabag, 20. Muila, fc\n\nSleeglina Sundrier\n\nShanghon Sundries\n\nMERCHANT VESSELS.--Continued.\n\njatin Long, barco\n\nJune\n\nMary Ralp\n\nThe\n\n404 Biousson and Co\n\nW. Pastan and s\n\nWm. Pusta al Co\n\nFustina, burqve\n\nAng.\n\n337 in Salt\n\nMercarius, arque\n\n1808chur and O\n\nthiader, atque\n\nSenator, b\n\n250W. Put and Tə\n\nPlclades,\n\nJuly\n\nPrussian\n\nAinarika, brig\n\nOcc.\n\n21 Tutmeet and Co\n\nVernel, hig\n\nDea.\n\n21€ Dreyer and Ca\n\nSiamese\n\nDec.\n\n225|Steraan and Co\n\nSCIPS\n\nFhanbury\n\nBouits, brig\n\nNov.\n\n311 John B\n\nBangkok Mark, ship\n\nGodisler, Jarque\n\nAng\n\nEBS Order\n\naly\n\nKing and Co\n\nand Co\n\nSue ship\n\nfang, 9 Stoking sna Co\n\nLaco.\n\n200, Dreyer al Ba\n\nApril\n\n176 Urder\n\nAng. 10385 Kasseli and Co\n\n118 Jardins, and to\n\nNor.\n\nClarita, brig\n\nCora, ship\n\nAvg.\n\nDea.\n\n400 Order\n\nSiamese\n\nSea Hone, que\n\nSian, barque\n\nAug.\n\n430 Order\n\nJuly\n\n32: Order\n\nSpanis\n\n29.\n\nJan. 2 198 W31. Robinet & Co\n\nBan Lorenze, brig\n\nSeraphina, ship\n\nNov.\n\nJuly 11\n\n220 F. D. Syme and Co\n\n16F. D. Syme and C\n\nTESSEL\n\nAT\n\nFLAG\n\nFubchan British\n\nAcarn\n\nBictor\n\nHhong Scop\n\nAgnes Garland, atque\n\nNor Mady, sing\n\n255,0. L, and Co\n\nCalcutta\n\nAng.\n\n1500. Nathaluoy & Cu\n\nkong Flag Ship\n\n84\n\nMelanie, barqu\n\njau.\n\n18. Heard and\n\nCams\n\n14: Jenkins\n\nNov.\n\n510)Dem and Ca\n\nPantaloon, brig\n\nNev.\n\nSoCamajos and Co\n\nfixcogier\n\nPowai, si\n\nfact.\n\n687ade, M. and Ca\n\n| Mercales\n\nDet. 24] 628A. Heard and Co\n\nH&ret\n\nAng. 20 Gas Gito, L. and Co\n\nMiss\n\nSe Dec.\n\n550 Rassell and Co\n\n31 Bollu\n\n2 Virginie\n\n20 Boulay\n\nB: pr. 600 Curling Bets. bg\n\n107 Makissiek ian.\n\n168 Appon\n\nSHIPPING IN CHINA.\n\nMERCHANT VESSELS.\n\nLondoR Smudries Lindsay and Co\n\nTORT Sundries\n\nP. &Ì & N. Co\n\nSmies\n\nAt Hongkong\n\n• British\n\nDate ut! anini\n\nTONS! CONSIUNEES\n\nAlfred the Great, ship\n\nCot. 24 312 Fames Steplanon\n\nAlligator, brig\n\nAulandsle, ship\n\nAeasy, ship\n\nAustralia, ship\n\nAvaca, bargur\n\nJaner, schooner\n\nBanekae, haque\n\nBreshera, Utg\n\nCaldera, ship\n\nCadiz, wamer\n\nCity of Carlisle, ship\n\nClarendon, ship\n\nDeva, ship\n\nPaglub, steamer\n\nBarl Grey, hangne\n\nEena, brig\n\nErin, steamer\n\nEurquie, stip\n\nExcellent, brig\n\nFalco, ship\n\nFous, ship\n\nGlencoe, sp\n\nGood Success, thiş\n\nHoro, abip\n\nJubu Matible, ship\n\nKensington, ship\n\nLady Hayes, barque\n\nLanrick, brig\n\nLord Bagian, ship\n\nLouis, Barque\n\nMaryhull, schooner\n\nMaria Hay, hip\n\nNeure brig\n\nNimrod, ship\n\nPanhua, brig\n\nPerseverance, barque\n\nPrincos Royal, ship\n\nPady Daveon. thip\n\nBamarang, barque\n\nJan. 17 187Gibb, L, and Cu\n\nDec. 7yall, Sail and Co\n\nJan. 1673 Fletcher aud Co\n\nSept. 560 John Bard and Ca\n\nSept. 30 SuRusch and Co\n\nJa, 155ohn Burd and Co\n\nFeb. 14Jardine, M. and Co\n\nDec. 16 2400-der\n\nJan. 820;Under\n\nFeb. 1006P. & O. S. N. C\n\nJau. 15 936 Jardins, M. and Co\n\nFeb. 850 Jardine, M. and Co\n\nJan, 181039 Ruseli and Co\n\nDos. 8 165lemsson and Co\n\nDec. 17 67 Jardine, M.\n\nJan. 26 207 Vaunaice and Co\n\nJua. 850. & G. S. N. C\n\nDec 28 728 Order\n\nNov. 3835 Lyull, Still and Cu\n\nSept. 26 430 Jardine, M. & Co\n\nJun. 14 400Order\n\nJau 1784 N. Murray and Co\n\nNay. 5 500Jardine, M. & Co\n\nJan. 1| 401| Lindsay and Cə\n\nJou 2 500 Turner and Co\n\nJan. 1a 800Order\n\nGet. 18 318iten. Duddell\n\nJan. 27 282 Jardine, M. and Co\n\nDec. 17581anline, M. & Co\n\nJan. 11 374Dent and Co\n\nlocs, si 19els. E. Burrows\n\nJan. 31 924 Jardin, M. and Co\n\nDec. 1l 200Order\n\nJan 23 33 Dent and Co\n\nddell\n\n0 14 148o.\n\nHongkong Hamburg\n\nAar, ship\n\nAlbis, schoonet\n\nMewor, saip\n\nPerucian\n\nAmireas, brig\n\nAnbitvet, ship\n\nCarmon, barque\n\nCallao, barqué\n\nSantiago, barque\n\nUgarte y Sauiing,\n\nSiamese\n\nNoortol, barque\n\nSan Juan, barque\n\nSiamese Crowa, chip\n\nSintoy, schooner\n\nSpanish\n\nPetua, schooner\n\nBremen\n\nC. Melchers, barque\n\nSoloo, barque\n\nChitian\n\nAlianza, Lurquo\n\nGreyhound. Phip\n\nSaray, enhuoner\n\nNew Granndian\n\n| Anuic. barque\n\nMacao\n\nBritian\n\nRoehampton, ship\n\n1 Date of Town\n\nArrival\n\nDec. 31 W. Postan and Co\n\nNev, 16 aga John Burd and Co\n\nJan. 15 540, Sierunson and Co\n\nHalt and Co\n\nNov. 15 Nov. 12 540 W. M. Robinet& Co\n\nDec. 23 356 J. J. das Henesis\n\nJan. 23248 Wm l'ostau and Co\n\nDec. 193 J. J. des Becicios\n\nSept. 13, 200 Order\n\nNov. 39; 4500ndar\n\nDec. 15 800 Order\n\nAug. 28 250 Order\n\nChico, belg\n\nBuno Ayres, brig\n\nChristiau, brig\n\nFaust, schooner\n\nPavian\n\nRosalia, arque\n\nNov. 37 230 Lyall, Still and Co\n\nNow Era, ship\n\nJan. 24 47NR S. Waller\n\nQel 2 186: John Bard and Co\n\nQueensbury, kip\n\nJan. 23 210Order\n\nNov. 250W. Fustan and Co\n\nD. 22 325 W. Lubinet & Co\n\nJuly 13 907Edward and Balley\n\nPortuguese\n\nEnando Macaense, hire.\n\nMay 251 207 Jose d'Almeida\n\n394. J. das Beridos\n\nMaria Carlota, banque.Tan.\n\nSanyma, barque\n\nTona 21|| 170|§. J. dun Renadioe\n\nSept Tremely, barens\n\n375bindsay and Ca\n\n670 Dont and Co\n\nFraich\n\nPort de Bordeaux, ship\n\nOct.\n\nAmerican\n\nHoher Sall, All\n\nAmerican\n\nAnnie Busiwam, by.\n\nFlyaway, skip\n\nKingsher, ship\n\nMandarin, shin\n\nHamburg\n\nAbardus, barque\n\n250W.M. Robinel & Co\n\n1375|W.M.Robinet & Co\n\n126da. Heard and Ce\n\nMay 10 200 Russell and Co\n\nAug. 318&farstine, M. and Co\n\n778A. Jies and Co\n\nRussell and Co\n\nوندی کی\n\n400 Siemsson and Co\n\nSprintma\n\nSanta Leda. Larque\n\nOldeanzung Schlosser, bargue\n\nSept. 3 77W. Pustan and C\n\n550 W. Pustau und Ca\n\nBRITISH SRIPS DE WAR IN CHINA.\n\nCanton Sloop Barratte\n\nHeng P. W. ST.\n\nCloromeda\n\nNankin\n\nNiger\n\nRacehorse\n\nSampeon!\n\nSybille\n\nCanton Sloop\n\nGanton P. W., Str.\n\nCanton Ser. Str.\n\nkong Hospital\n\nCanchor. Str.\n\nH.kong Store Ship\n\nLingue Pigate\n\nCanton Ser Str.\n\nglas Brigato\n\nBubcha Song\n\nAmey P. W. Str.\n\nHogue Priate\n\nט\n\nCOMMANDRA\n\n12 A. W. A. Hood\n\nT. A Furtescue\n\n12 Ticut, Beamish\n\nCapt. W. K. Hall\n\n& Douglas 1.W.DO'Callaghan\n\n12\n\nForny fl\n\nJH. T. ER, Master\n\n60 Hon. Keith Stowel\n\n13 Hon. A. A. Cochrane\n\n40 Sir S. W. E. Nicolson\n\n14 3. R. Barnard\n\n& G. & Fund\n\n40 Wire. Hon, C. Ellied\n\nBRITISH SHIPS OF WAR EXPECTED.\n\nCOMMANDERS\n\nW. T. Bate\n\nG. T. Colville\n\nCa BIGLAND\n\nGolden Racer, ship\n\ni\n\nSamuel Russol, ahip\n\nMay\n\nSarah II. Snow, by.\n\nにし、\n\n420 King and Co\n\nAng. ace! A.A. de Mello & Co\n\nVancouver, ship\n\nJuus\n\n$18 Kussell and Co\n\n$20John Bard and Co\n\n¡SAILED FROM\n\nWedentara, banque\n\nLouisiana, arque\n\nDutch\n\nApril22\n\nNingpo Britian\n\nCornacle, ship\n\n348,W.M. Rebisen&Car, shooner\n\nSolon, banque\n\nArtoon\n\n28 Prigate.\n\nNov.\n\nAerity\n\nH. Kajone\n\n4 Ser. Str.\n\nMar.\n\n632 Dent, Baale and On | Buscaṛd\n\nCWERAD\n\nGun Boat\n\nOct. 25\n\nOct. Oct.\n\n180 kindsay and Co\n\nCamilla\n\n13 Scop\n\nGOJE Bord and Co\n\nCesiser\n\nC. Fellowes\n\nElt\n\nBarcas, brig\n\nLort\n\nDroggrabank, ship\n\nDet.\n\n695 ebaeffer med Do\n\n257. Puslan and Co\n\nWilmingtou, ohuones\n\nFeb.\n\n$6 R and Co\n\nForester\n\nA. J. Lunes\n\nFury\n\nEverdina Elizabeth,bq.\n\nJan.\n\n600 Schaeffer and Co\n\nHaughty\n\nSt. Helena, bug\n\nDee.\n\n1896chauder and Co\n\nLightver\n\nJuflexible\n\nJan. 24 103 James Stephenson\n\nTouis, ship\n\n52:Order\n\nArg\n\n497 J. Bowmen and Co\n\nOposzan\n\nFrow Jolierna, bij.\n\nDet.\n\n530 Beneffer and Co\n\nNo. 28 1247 Darley, W, and 0%\n\nOsprey\n\nHenburg\n\nDec.\n\n914 Turner and Co.\n\nPlayer\n\nLaum & Louie, by\n\nRase, rig\n\nJau,\n\n248 Dryer and Co\n\nKaleigh\n\nJair 1\n\n1768. Burrowa\n\nNov. 28, 372 Lindsay and Co\n\nBandei\n\nJuly\n\nNar.\n\n7.8 Deb and Co\n\nStarling\n\nJA, J. Villers\n\nSept.\n\n175 Burner and Co\n\nJaas\n\n280 Joan Band and Go\n\nen\n\n100 Holiday, Wis: GÜC\n\n120 121\n\nSept. 15 286 Turner and Co\n\nDec 28 900 Dent and Co\n\nDec. 93 78) Onder\n\nDec. 26 560 Dent and Ca\n\nBir Jamar Broshe, str.\n\nJan 91 73 lecher and Co\n\nSpeedy, ship\n\nSpirit of the North, eh.\n\nNov, 11 67, L. and Co\n\nSollane, barque\n\nTruro, ship\n\nUnicoro, simmer\n\nVizzinie skip\n\nVivid, brig\n\nWegsoia, stip\n\nOct. 1 588ebatfer and C\n\nJan. 2469rder\n\nAug. 16 786 Taos. Hunt and Co\n\nJaur 18 830yal, Su, and Co\n\nNov. 143ardine, M. & Co\n\n¡Dee. 24 549 Illiday, Wise&Co\n\nWater Witch, harque\n\nJan. 15) 958). Laprak WP.. Nii\n\nWiki Wave, selvoner\n\nJan. 24. 200/Jardine, M. & Co\n\njosemary -\n\nZepliyi, chonne\n\nFrench\n\nEtaile, Ba\n\nInitia, barque\n\nMansur, Lip\n\nMount Riant, ship\n\nSaceos. ship\n\nJan. 3, 118 Dent and Co\n\nJa 21 389korder\n\nJan. 10j 545;Deas and Co\n\nDec. 26 617ent and Ca\n\n¡Nov. 2) 414jOrder\n\nWillemins, brig\n\n1'/\n\nGimeneze, ship\n\nمشهدال\n\n224 Schacter anti Co\n\net. 15 600 Order\n\nA MEDICAR\n\nShanghae\n\nBritish\n\nAlbert Bowd, ship\n\nAliquis, sp\n\nAlchymies, ship\n\nArrow ship\n\nAngrata, alip\n\nBailarat, li\n\nChallenger, Earque\n\nMara Nativaladept 28 010 M. Rolanes & Co\n\nChieftain, arc\n\nEast Coast\n\nArn, stomer\n\nVille de Dieppe, barqueFan. 2014)yali, St and Co\n\nproste, abip\n\nAmercom\n\nAutonita. schooner\n\nAntelope, steder\n\nBarham, arque\n\nCarben, schooner\n\nChampion, ship\n\nDee. 1134rder\n\nJan. 24 200 iussell and Co\n\nOct 28 248 W. Pustau and Co\n\nDen 26 200. Girly\n\nFeb.\n\n360 Order\n\nC. W. Bradley, Jr., bc, Oct. 9 218A. Heard and Co\n\nDom Quixoto, ekip\n\nDement, ship\n\nFaruka, ship\n\nFrancis P. age, ship\n\nGarland, schooter\n\nHolen Mar, barque\n\nJames Maishail, brig\n\nJ. Godfrey, barque\n\nHate Hooper, shig\n\n2438 King and Co\n\nBan. 18 4003. fleard and Co\n\nNov. 5100, Heard and Co\n\nNov. 12115Jardine, 1. & Co\n\nJan. 15 118s. E. Burrows\n\nDec. 26 saalonder\n\nAnek tan, argue\n\nPorly, ship\n\n16% Robers S. Walker\n\n115andine, M. and\n\nConfums Ship\n\nCrystal Palace, eng\n\nElisse, barqu\n\nBizabeth, brig\n\nFazil Curria, barque\n\nForrtev.sip\n\nCots, ship\n\n537 Curlewine and Co\n\n140Jardins, M. & C\n\nDe 12 25 Birley, W. and Ca\n\nJane 15, 566 per and Co\n\nJan.\n\n207 Viliam P. and Cu\n\n8spt, in 20 Jarding, B. and Co\n\nMay 30 802 Tait and Co\n\nJ.F.C.Hamilton 12 Sicop\n\nC. T. Tudītie\n\nEL V Tamilcar\n\nSer. Str. Sept. 25\n\nFout Sept. 25\n\nKiun Boat Sept. 25\n\nGF.A.Shadwel 21 Scr. St.\n\nST. Corbett\n\nP. W. Str. Oct. 23.\n\n2. A. Campbell Bat\n\n54. 3. m.ield. S.\n\nKeith Stewart. Go Bast\n\nHou. R.Keppel 50 Trigate\n\nNov. 'Willmau\n\nBoat Sep, 25 ina Boot Oct. 25\n\nFOREJON SHIPS OF WAR IN CHINA\n\ndid\n\nAT\n\nFisc.\n\nCOMMANDERS.\n\n805. 839W.1. Warley &Co\n\nCatinat\n\nSur Are\n\nVirginin\n\nLevent\n\nPortsmouth\n\nJau 16 BJ, Kouper\n\nAug.\n\nGuzole, schooner\n\nQuetonio, bargco\n\nGeralWindham, slap\n\nDo Guinare, ship\n\nHeltespant, 6tomer\n\nIndia, barque\n\nBeta Hip\n\nW.M. Rubinel&Ross\n\nKate Carnie, Ali\n\nKelso, ship\n\nLaviermuir, ekip\n\n11 382 Giinue, B. and Co\n\nGsa Lyall, Stink and Co\n\nJuny 2002 graves and Co\n\n336 Jardine, M, and Co\n\nJau Sept. 15 53 Den, Brule & Co\n\nI. 21 020, Birley, W. and Co\n\nDee. 27560 Galien Co\n\nJou. 75%y Lindsay and Co\n\nSept. 26 952 as, Bowman Co\n\nLuly A. Dort barque\n\nNov. 8 870s. Koney and Cul\n\nLady Mary Wood, str.\n\nLammermuir, ship\n\nLouisa Baltic, ship\n\nMary Wieuheit, sp\n\nDee. 563 P. & 4. S. N. OS\n\nJan Bourns and Co\n\nAng. 24, 494 Gilman, B and\n\n1205 Jarine, M. Co\n\n780 and Ca\n\nSan Jacinto\n\nlungkung. Su. Houghong Fr. Frig.\n\nDangkong U. S. SL\n\nShangbae 17. S. Sh.\n\nR.-A. Gner in 50 Capt. Plas 18 St\n\nJC Fote\n\n(bars, Amtree. A\n\n{ Capt. Beli\n\ntea\n\nHongkong U. S. Str.\n\nFort Brig\n\n20 Cam. Tayfres\n\n21 (0) Daterin\n\nMuiden\n\nSulpicc\n\ndc.\n\nAlaxants\n\nPorthorea Prameel\n\n8. Rer Sp. Bg.\n\nHangkong Peru. Str.\n\n4 Briar.g\n\n14 Doran\n\nRECEIVING SHIPS.\n\nBritish\n\nJeliz\n\nChin Chin, arque\n\n310,Camajeu and\n\nBanons, schooner\n\nJa\n\n121 Dens zod Co\n\nJan. 21 56sell and Cu\n\nGaver achooner\n\nApril\n\nHart, schooner\n\nFly\n\n4 Y. J. Marrow\n\nHelen, brig\n\nJan\n\n130 Turtar and Co\n\nJuns\n\nMalac, urque\n\nAng\n\n869 lewitz and Co\n\nBlaze pjs, schooner\n\nu.\n\nBear, arhooner\n\nJuly\n\nTriopho, schooner\n\n200 D. Laprik\n\nFrench\n\nAnais, ship\n\nNov.\n\n632 Lyait, Stilt and Co\n\nAmerican\n\nJac.\n\n304W.M.Robinet & Co\n\nJaly\n\n1068 A. Huurd neu Co\n\nProgressive Age, rig\n\nNov.\n\n296 A. card and Co\n\nKugleader, shi\n\nMay\n\n1:56 A, Koard and Co\n\nSadie Peaza, ship\n\nSep\n\n875 Bonac Cad Os\n\nWitch, barone\n\nCe\n\n| 4100rder\n\nJan.\n\n100 Scbacter and Co\n\nferiests Marie, gee..\n\n581 Sebaffer and Co\n\nJuly\n\nJane\n\n700, F-W. Lawresno\n\ntopur\n\niwan\n\nNov.\n\nJameson\n\nC. S. Lungrana\n\n►\n\nWicusy\n\nSailtea\n\n126 Siemsson anal Co\n\nGerard\n\nDent & Co.\n\nFune\n\n218 John Bund and Co\n\nJord Ambers Anany\n\nBrown\n\nDent & C\n\nJav.\n\n202 Turner and Co\n\nPatlirler\n\n14M\n\nJa\n\n025 W. Pieter and Co\n\nHarleggin\n\nClutches Fitgibbon\n\nAug.\n\n800 Út\n\nTera\n\nParti\n\nDent & Co.\n\nDec.\n\nBremen\n\nBertha, arque\n\nSept\n\n40W, Pastau anil Os\n\nsir E. Aberamby, sb.Man.\n\nya Tamer od Os\n\nMahanolic Tubeca worl\n\nWuter Witch\n\nFalix, barne\n\nClitian\n\nJaz,\n\nJame\n\nKod Lyal, ul auá Ca\n\nVenilia, ship\n\nThen\n\nGaming, M. and Co\n\nHinly\n\nDent & Co.\n\nAnn Woleh\n\nWeorang\n\naircott\n\nA\n\n1. Icare & Co.\n\nVudex, schooner\n\nMa\n\nFully Jane\n\nKing\n\nFulkste\n\nBaylis\n\n478say and Co\n\nNimrod\n\nCobb\n\ni. S. Sons & Co.\n\nSea Horaé\n\nKeppel\n\nP. F. Curas & Ca\n\nHenderson Lindsay Co\n\nMan. 10 13. E Barrows\n\nNev. 18 456Y. J. Murrow\n\nDec. 1488Js. Stephenson\n\nMary Whitidge, chip\n\nNov. 27 07 Russell and Co\n\nMeteor, ship\n\nMins, schooner\n\nMiu, steamer\n\nMosaur ship\n\nNorth Wind, ahip\n\nN. B. Palmer, ship\n\nJan. 20088ja. Heard and Co\n\nMar 300rder\n\nJan. 14; 130 Russell and Co\n\nJuno 28 50Thorens Hunt &Co\n\nOct, 21041as Purdon and Co\n\nDec. 1100 Rossc aud Co\n\nQueen of Be Res, ship! Dec. 170350 all and Co\n\nBachand\n\nRescate, ship\n\nSimon Dumper, kali.\n\nSpotaran, ship\n\nStar King,\n\np\n\nTuskina, ship\n\nYeang America, slip\n\nDutch\n\nAlmonde, Tarque\n\nAnna Justina, ahty\n\nAhna Elizabeth, iq.\n\nChristina, bargne\n\nAug. 25 5303. E. Burrows\n\nSupt. 251 SUGRasseti and Ca\n\nJan. 26 20. Heard and Co\n\nNov. 2u1 826Order\n\nDoa, 11176 Order\n\nSept. 342 Y. J. Murrow\n\n8pt 202000). Iesed and Co\n\nDat. 19 600w. Postau and Co\n\nJas. 13 550 Schaeffer a d Co\n\nJan. 161iemisen und Co\n\nNov. 26 648 Schander and Co\n\nGeneral de Stucs, by.\n\nJan. 2 79Order\n\nHollar Astrow, haupe\n\nSept. 79, Schacter and Co\n\nJaenh Cats, banque\n\nOct. 22 800Saborifer and Co\n\nJacoba Coracia, hq.\n\nKlazina, barque\n\nOosterling, legra\n\nFeb. 140Britaefer and Co\n\nJan. 17 Schactor and Co\n\nDec. 15 53 Var der Haven\n\nP. von Baren, barque\n\nFan, 14; 250W. Pastau and Co\n\nProvenz, barque\n\nBegins, barqa\n\nDazisk\n\nHercules, brig\n\nHelena, barque\n\nJan 18 19 Schaster and Co\n\nJan. 173 W. Fustan and Co\n\nMay 1 2siemsson and Co\n\nUan. 91 e Win.Plan and Co\n\nDutch\n\nDiana, submer\n\nPogosophyr, bq.\n\nVienesha, ship\n\nDanish\n\nBaldar, schooner\n\nLoots\n\ne, schooner\n\nHumbury\n\nElizabeth Ross, brig.\n\nDet\n\nLisa, barque\n\nMcibido, ig\n\nSiusness\n\nParagon, ship\n\nFrolic, actuoner\n\nSwatow British\n\nChina, ship\n\nFazel Carram, barque\n\nJune\n\nNama, schooner\n\nAug.\n\nAmoy\n\nBradish\n\nAbbotsford, barque\n\nAun Kay, rehvoner\n\nAs F. W. Lawrenceklo\n\n4. Puatau and Co\n\nW. Pustau anu Ca\n\n708|W.M.Robinet & Co\n\n!April\n\n80gOrder\n\n250 Order\n\n1, Lapraik\n\n! \n\nNov.\n\nApra\n\nAutoinette, barque\n\nSept.\n\n430E. D. Syme and Co 121 Tait and s\n\nBlack River Facket, be\n\nApril 19 25:Order\n\nConfucius, ship\n\nColdstream, ship\n\nCaluchow, ellip\n\nNov.\n\nDec.\n\nSept\n\n21Sebaftor and Co\n\n51allay, Wine &Ca!\n\nNapoleon II, sip\n\nNia, schooner\n\nNie, ship\n\nNightingale, ship\n\nPaculise, varque\n\nFabr.gra, barque\n\nPeba, banque\n\nPiuto, alcamer\n\nIve.\n\nNov.\n\n115 John Bard and Lo\n\nDee.\n\n70s fling. 1. und Lu\n\nDec. 16 Juzeline. M, and Ce\n\nVESSEL.\n\nAr\n\nCAPTALS.\n\nJuly 320, Wet more and to\n\nNov. 28 705 Captam\n\nJan 11 1890. C. Schmuva\n\nJune 41st, 3a and Co\n\nPrinces Koyal, chipet.\n\nPruth. sip\n\nRemi, stoster\n\nRutin, brig\n\nLal Still\n\nJan. 12 A8Limisty and Co\n\nJAS\n\nJail.\n\nSual Lucy, sequely 10\n\nSauel Stosur, bg.\n\nSept. 11 Salvetin ship\n\nSir James, bargue\n\nWhampoa, lurque\n\nWild Flower, slip\n\nFrench\n\nCanton, saip\n\n322 N. Dogs and Ca\n\nOWALKE\n\nHart Willia. Longkong MDerant ||F. & C. 8. N. Co.\n\nJofon Adria\n\nGama Family\n\nCooray\n\nJa Wa. Posh and Co\n\n45 Water and Co\n\n42rpent, Banky and Ce\n\n647 Lindsay awi Osi\n\n179 Dent and Co\n\nSept. 10 375mler\n\nDea.\n\nDec. 638 Dent and Co\n\nKopanál\n\nAnteyeca\n\nHongkong\n\nSwailow\n\nD. S. Sens & Cu\n\nP. H. Cha & Co.\n\nEusseit & Co.\n\nJuri, M. & Co.\n\nJardine, M. & Ca „Jardine, M. & Linke\n\nDem, Beale & Co.\n\nJarding, M. & Coi\n\nTERMS OF SUKSCRIPTION to the HONOKONG REGISTER and OVERLAND REGISTER AND PRICE CURRENT:-For One Year, 829, Six Mouths, $19. Three Manthe, $8. To the HONGKONG REGISTER-For One Year, $15; Six Montuz, $9; Three Months, $5. To the OVERLAND RE- GISTER AND PRIOD CURRENT slone-Por One Year, $8; all payable in advance, TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENT in the HONGKONG REGISTER —Advertisements, not exceeding i lines,\n\neach insociic. $1, each additional line 20 cearts; van halt of these charges for Repetitica AGENTS for the DONGKONG REGISTER S OVERLAND REGISTER AND PRICE CURRENT, -J. G. ANTIO, Paq, Lomion; Mesars. JARDIN, SKIN & Co., Calcutta; Marrs. Emisoras à. Co. Bourbag; W. S. Danska, Esq., Singapors; Mesary, TAXON, Researy & Co., Batavia; J. P. PE, Esq. San Francisco.\n\n76 Jawline, M. and Colltel, Printed, and Published by ROBERT STRACILAN, at the Hongkong Register Offer: Gage Street,\n\nVictoria, Hongkang. Tuesday, February 3, 1857.\n\n76,P. D. Syme and Ca\n\nThe Hongkong Register.\n\nVOL. XXX. No. 6.\n\nENTIMATIONS.\n\nNOTICE.\n\nVICTORIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1867.\n\nNOTICE OF FIRMS\n\nNOTICE\n\nTHERRAS the Firm of NYE BROTHERS & Co. MR. ALFRED JAMES HOW is a Partner in our\n\nWHERE the Futva the 11th day of March.\n\n1866, at the fine of the UvITAL STATES' CONSULATK in Canton, execute an Assignment of all their Property, real and personal, in frust for the benefit of their Ureditore, to the undersigned: We bestby giva potica to all voneer el to make payment to ma of all sums due to, and lo present to us any claims against the said Firm.\n\nRUSSELL & Co. JAMES FURDON & Co. Canton, 18th March, 1856.\n\nNOTICE.\n\n-\n\nPum.\n\nW. H. WARDLEY & Co. Hongkong, 1st December, 1856,\n\nNOTICE.\n\nTH\n\nHE undoraigned has this day established himself at\n\nMac, as 3 Berchant, and General Agent\n\nà. 1. §. na CASTRO,\n\nMac, 1st January, 1857,\n\nNOTICE\n\nInstant\n\nAssignment of the property, real and personal, of. A. A. Du MELIO JE, in authorized to sign the Firm of WETMORE & Co., of Chatou, Too- name of our Piru per procuration frost the chow, and Shanghuse, Chiux, having been duly made on the 12th July, 1856, to the undersigned, in trust for the\n\nA A, D MELLO & Co. beatit of their Creditors, and recorded in the United States Consulate at Canton, 1 horeby give Notice to all concerned to make payment to me of sii sume due to, kand\n\nclaims against, the said Firm. to prescut to m\n\nCantan, 7th August, 1856.\n\nOLIVER IL PERRY.\n\nNOTICE.\n\nBeamen's Hospital. Trustees. Jostra farming, faq., C. D. WILLIS, Esq. Hon. W. T. Mesca, Esq., R.S. WALLER, E Superintendent of the P. & O. Steam Navigation Coa pany. (ex oficio.j\n\nTrauren-d. Maantaa, Esq.\n\nBriuent burgeon-Renard G. JACK. Consulting Surgeon-W. A. HARLAND, M.]).\n\n*\n\nTERMS OF ADMISSION, Paltic Warda,****\n\n75 cents per day, fazermediate Wards...\n\ndollar .. 1 Private Recal\n\ndollars Pasicuts are also admitted on deposita, atthe following rates, renewable one day previous to the amountdeposited having been expended.\"\n\nPublic Wards, ..\n\nintermediate,..\n\nPrivate Rooms,\n\n$15\n\n$ 20 $30\n\nThe Captains or Consignces of Veale uetbe respon. sible for the express of Palents sent by them luke\n\nHas itzi.\n\nAll Hospital Billa to be receipted by the Treasurer vuly.\n\nNOTICE OF FIRMS\n\nNOTICE.\n\n[HE Partnership heretofore existing at this Port To the undersigned Busier the style of WILLIAMS, ANTION & CO. expiter the day by lapse of time sud mutual consent, the outstanding ass cants will te verde by either Partner, sad a stricy Agency and Commission business will be conducted by Et us Partners at the Port of Singapore antier the stylo of WILLIAMS, ANTHON & CA\n\nJagkong, 1st September, 1836.\n\nC. D. WILLIAMS,\n\nB. ANTHON, J G. HASKELL\n\nM. THOMAS WALKER, Architect and Surveyor, Queen's Road, Victoria, Hongkong. NOTICE\n\nOTICE 16 hereby given that our busiest in Shang- lae, will be cuudneted in future under us Sty víúlublAN & Evil Cautun sad uv-chow.\n\nGILNAN, BOWMAN & Co. Shungbae, 26th August, köbó,\n\nNOTICE.\n\nE undercly and have perished & their buss Store Keepers, Ship\n\nMacas, 3d January, 1857.\n\nNOTICE.\n\nINSURANCE S.\n\nNOTICH.\n\nLONDON ASSURANCE CORPORATION, Established by Charter 1790, THE ́undersigned, Agents at Hongkong for the above Carporation, are prepared to great PULICIES AGAINST FIRE, to the extent of £10,000, ou any Buthling or on Merchandize to the star,\n\nDENT & Co., Agents Hongkong, 12th April, 1955.\n\nALLIANCE FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY\n\nOF LONDON,\n\nMISCELLANEOUS,\n\nNOTIC\n\nNo. 1,365\n\nTHE undersigned have taken out az AUCTIONEER'S 1 LICENSE, and heg to uder their sarvkes to thu Public.in that Capacity,\n\nTROL HUNT & Co. Hongkong, 24th September, 181J.\n\nBOARD AND EDUCATION. THE Rev. ARTHUR TAYLOR, has a few vacancies 1 for the Admission into in jimsig of the chüdren of such FORRION Xstrants at the Mec Porta, who may\n\nPHE Undersigned having been appointed Aczstain be desirous of securing for them the Conforte of s\n\nFor Terms and Particulats apply at\n\nNo. Gough Street, Vicronka, Hongreso.\n\nNOTICE,\n\nTHE LIBRARY THE MORRISON EDUCATION\n\nSOCIETY,\n\ntheatre CAIXA for the above COMPANY, are prepared to HOME, sad the Advantage of a LIBERAL EDUCA\n\nrept ASSURANCES Hengcag, as ander\n\n1st. On Buildings of Brick ne Stone, covered with Tiles, Blaces, Metal, or other Incombustible Material, together with their Contenta, when such Buildings ors isolated from all othera,-Rate of Premium, i per cont per Aman.\n\nd. On sanh Buildings and their Contents, when not lealated, cut the Mats of 1 per cent per Axaum, the Su ieslated, as the Mots of per cent per Annum Annut liate will be charged.\n\nOf the 1st Asrances, for the prescut, will be accepted to the extent of £10,000 only on one Risk. And of the 24 Glass.→To the extent of £9,000. A Building and its Contents taken together form one Risk. Thus the above Sums may be underwritten either on a Building zione, or the Coutents alone; or, fart ou the Building, and part on the Contents.\n\nTHE Interest and Responsibility of Mr. EDMOND\n\nNEWMAN Sow in our Firm ceased on 31st Decem ber last. Our Piria now consists of WITAM WALKIN SHAW, WILLIAM Hursos, Joan SCARTO, and ROBERT Ранкетка Іновий ко\n\nTURNER & Co.\n\nHongkong, 12th January, 1867.\n\nHOUSER\n\nNOTICE.\n\nTHE undersigned having erected a spacious GO\n\nspring prepared to recclys ou Storage, Quods of all deereiptions which may act interfere with Insurans against fire. The charge for Storage of Loeros will be 10 cents per Bale per oath, and for Rice, Sus and hor Dead weight 3 cents per picut for the brai, and 2 cents per piest for the second and subazqnent months. The Rater for older Goods will be those current in Hongkong.\n\nLYALI, STILL & Co.\n\nHongkong, 8th December, 1550.\n\nLINDSAY & Co.\n\nNo Assurance is to be considered in force until the Premium be paid,\n\nAmongst other advantager of the Company, the Ax Aared will be entitled to participate in the Ï'rolite after Fivo sucucasive payments.\n\nHoney, is open every day, from 1 to 4 o'clock .x.. to Members of the Society, for the giving out and exchange of Books, Paris, not bombers of the Society, may jotain the savantages of the Library, on payment of an Annual Subscription of $5.\n\nBy order of the Truziles,\n\nHongkong, 25th October, 1855.\n\nJAMES LEGGE, Secretary,\n\nÀ DESORIPTION OF EXGLINE PAL-On the Englich\n\nface are combined decision and nerve, with the fair\n\nThe fair Saxon\n\nParties applying for ASSURANCES will please sund in full particulare of the Blak to be taken; nay Deviation | complexion, blue eyes, and open and florid expret, from which without the consent of the Company, will; Hence the love of truth, hence the sensibility, the fine vitiate che l'olicy.\n\nperception, and portie construction. Dian, with open front and honest meaning, domestic, affectionate, is not the wood out of which cannibal, ve inquisitor, or assassin is mede, but he is moulded for law, lawful trade, civility, marriage, the pucture of child- zen, for calleges, churchsea, chariiles, and rolouies. They nre rather manly then warlike. When the war over,\n\nJARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Agents in China. Hongkong, 1st January, 1875- ERLIANCE MARINE INSURANCE SOCIETY,\n\nundersigned Eaving\n\nFOR SALE,\n\nBIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co. FOR SALE.\n\nIlongkong, 26th April, 1950. BEST English STAR CUAL\n\nApply to\n\nTHE LONDON AND ORIENTAL STEAM TRANSIT INSURANCE OFFICE. Hongkong, 7th April, 1350.\n\n(Established in 1845.) FOR SALE.\n\nTHE Underzigned are prepared to accept RISES HAMPAGNE, BRANDY, PORT WINE, PA (covered by protecting POLICIES at Lotos and the various lour Insurance CoPANIES,) by the PEN- INSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAMERS from Cus tos and dongkong, wo Amoy, Shanghue, tie Straits, Ceylon, the Presidencies of India, Suez, and Estund. The interest in the protecting Policies is assigned the P. and G. S. N. Company for the purpose of their becoming the Medium of Playmont in this event of Loss. For LATE PREW.CM and cherinformation, apply to\n\nRKS. WALKER, Hongkong. MAXIMILIAN P1son, Canton.\n\nand bluL SHERRIES\n\nLYALL, STILL & Ù». \n\nA fow Cones FRENCH CORKS.\n\nApply to\n\nHongkong, 12th July, 1850.\n\nFOR SALE.\n\nN Invoice of COPPER, and YELLOW METAL\n\nSHEATHING, and COPPER BOLTS.\n\nAlso, CANVAS, and Europe Calcutta CORDAGE,\n\nApply to\n\n1YALL, STILL & Co. Hongkong, 12th July, 1856.\n\nFOR SALP INVIOSE TWO HOUSES, with excellent GODOWNS, LANDING WHARF, &c. Ettached, at present in\n\n& Co, id iuxt\n\nflore, ed un part of Marine Lot No. 10,\n\nFor particulare apply to\n\n, at fiongkong, which will be carried on the pre- uises Intely occupied by Mr. W. Scort, ruder the to- agement af ár. . . Exuicers, who is authorised 20\n\nigor the saingkong Branch,\n\nTua HUNTE Co. Whampoa, 25th August, 1854\n\nNOTICE\n\nInterest and Resperabity of Mn, ABRAHAM BOWMAN in our Firm, oth hire si at konchow, Lo Sith June susi.\n\n11.MAN & Co.\n\nCanton, Shib August, 1850,\n\nNOTICE\n\nAFR. REGINALD PADDAY was admitted a Part\n\nHAMILTON, GRAY & Co. Singapore, 24 Sep, 1556.\n\nMR. was admitted\n\nW\n\nNOTICE.\n\nE have this day established at Hongkong under\n\nthe scan style a branch of our Canon\n\nVAUCHER FRERES, Hongkong, 20th November, 1856.\n\nNOTICE\n\nBains herewere carried on under the Fire of Kwa & Japan, will, fron mud alive this date, ve Conducted by Mr. Mos Moses and Ale LEL J. ANKARA, under the designation of JobsH & Ly waerein Mr. Zum JUDA alcutta is the Senior Purtatt.\n\nEZRA & JUDAH.\n\nHongkong, It\n\n1867.\n\nNOTICE\n\nTHE Interest and Responsibility of Mr. WuJA, DE Firma of GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Ca, of China, and T. A. 118 Co., of Loudon, terminated on the auth Jure 1865.\n\nngay, 26th December, 1850.\n\nNOTICE.\n\nWILLIAM PROBST in this day admitted a\n\nM Partner in our Ficus in libing, which Mr. Jenave\n\nER is authorised to sign per procuration, while Alt. WH. HOLLMAN size the firm of February that has dis\n\nW. PUSTAU & Co.\n\neuntinued to net for u\n\nHongkong, 1st January, 2857. NOTICE\n\nM\n\n2. W. F. BEVAN, having an Interest in the business of this Office, wil siga my name from this lare per procuration.\n\nROBERT STRACHAN, \"longkeng Register\" Office, 1st January, 1867.\n\nTHOMAS L. WALKER Estate and ifcus Agent, Queen's Rouch\n\nHongkong, 18th July, 1856.\n\nFOR SALE\n\n\"MALTA,\"\n\nYork & Canberland HAMS. P CHEESE.\n\nBreakfast BACON, Bach CHOPS, &c., &c.\n\nSMITH & BRIMELOW.\n\nHongkong, 20th September, 1856.\n\nE. WAXDOS, Rhengåre,\n\nH. T, Marshall, Singapore.\n\nA. P. Love Cricutta.\n\nThe dog ind lays been appointed Aunts for the ransk falls from the affectionate ant to westic tantes, POLICIES, payable in LONDON, CALCUTTA, BOMBAY, which makes them women in kindness. This union of HANGGON, PERANG, SINGAPORE, and in CHINA.\n\nqualities is fabled in their national legend of “Beauty and the Beast,\" yr, long before, in the Greek legend of Hermaphrodite. \"The two sexes are co-prezent in the English wind. I apply to Britannia, queen of seas and colonies, the words in which her latest novelist portrays his heroine: \"ake la as mild as she is game, and as game as she is mild.\" The English delight in the un- taganden which comhlars in one person the extremes of courage and tenderness. Nelson, dying at Trafalgar, sends his love to Lord Collingwood, and, like an inco- eent schoolboy that goes to bed, says, \"Kiss me Hardy,\" und turns to sleep. Lord Collingwood, his comrade, was of a nature the most affectionate and domestic. Admiral Rudney's figure approached to delicacy med effeminary, and he declared himself very sensible to fen, which he surmounted only by considerations of honour and public duty. Clarradan says, the Duke of Buckingham was so modest and gentle, that some com tiers altempted to put effrouts on him, until they found that this modesty and effeminacy was only a wark for the most terrible determination. And Sir James Perry said, the other day, of Sir Joha Franklin, that, \"If he found Wellington Sound open, he explored it; for he was a man who never turned his back on a danger, yet of that tenderness, that he would not brush away a Mon- quito,\" Even for tusir highway men the same virtues is elclmued, and Robin Hued tomes described to us an altissimus prædimum, the gentlest thief. But they know where their war.dogs le Crowell, Blake, Maribo- rough, Chatham, Nelson, and Wellington are not to be trified with, and the brutal strength which lies of the hottem of society, the animal ferocity of the quays and Cockpits, the builies of the costernongers of Shoreditch, Seven Dials, and Spitalfields, they know how to wake up. They have a vigorous health, and inst well into middle and old age. The old men are as red as roses, and still handsome, & clear skin, a peschi bloom com- plexion, and good teeth, are found all over the island, They are a plentiful and maritious diet. The operative cannot rabist on waberevesICA. Beef mutton, #best- bread, and malt liquors, are universal among the first- claus laboureTA. Good feeding is a chief point of na- tional price among the raiger, sad, in their carlemmer, they represent the Preschman as a poor starved body, It in curiose that 'Tacitus found the English beer already i use ang the Germans: they make from barley or whest s drink corrupted into some resemblance to wine.\" Lord Chief Justice Purlesque, in Henry VI.'s time, sayu * The Inhabitants of England drink no water, valens at certain fizuen, on a religions score, and by way of pen. acer.\" The extremes of poverty and ascetic penance, it\n\nROBERT FRANCu, Mudras, ot Joas ROBIE. Bumbay.\n\nLondon, Sih January, 1854. NOTICE. THE umlonsigued, having been appointed Agenta for the CALCUTTA MERCANTILE MARINE INSURANCE SOCIETY, we ready to issue alicice En behalf of that Oleo, payable in BINGAPORE, CRAN, PANGDON, CALCUTTA, BOY, UN, din Cara\n\nDAVID SASSOON, SONS & Ca. Canton, 930 January, 1856. \"COMMITTEE OF MAKÍTIME INSURANCE, OF PARIS.\n\nJAMES HARTLEY & Co.\n\nL\n\nHE Undersigned, having been appointed Acerra for the Marine Insurance Offices of Paris, are aathor ized to examine and approva Clarins for General azú Particu Averages on ikka musured by them.\n\nSCHAEFFER & Co. Hongkong, 27th December, 1816.\n\nCOMITE DES ASSUREURS MARITIMES DE PARIS. ES Somsignés ayant été nommé Agents des Reunions FOR SALE.\n\nArreurs particuliers et des Compagnies d'Asure- YUPERIOR PORT AND SHERRY WINE, in Cunts runces Maritimes, de Paris sent authorisa, pour eumi\n\nof 1, 2, & 3, Dozen each; niso CHAMPAGNE in 3 ner et constater des réclames d'avarica partientiéres et\n\ncommunes sur des risques assurés par eux, dozen Cuses. BEER in Casca of 3 & 4 dosen each, at East Point Godenas.\n\nHongkong, le 27 Dec. 1956.\n\nNOTICE. THE undersignal having been appointed Aoser to\n\nOrricks in Rotterňom, a 1st of which may be seen in his one, requesra application to made to kim da ense of any particular or general Averages un rlake in eured by them.\n\nALEX, WILSON,\n\nHongkong, 16th December, 1856.\n\nFOR SALE.\n\nTHE Tax HOUSES known as Bagwiese.\n\nFor further particulara, apply to\n\n10\n\nRongkong, 27th December, 1850.\n\nFOR SALE.\n\nLINDSAY & Co.\n\nm board the Screw Steamer \"Lubus,\"\n\nat Whamp\n\nTWO TUBULAR BOILERS, each foot 2 inches\n\nSCHAEFFER & Co.\n\nThe majority of UDARWINTERS SIG INTUSANDS\n\nHongkong, lal January, 1857.\n\nA. W. P. KUP.\n\nMISCELLANEOUS,\n\nPOSTOFFICE NOTICE.\n\nwould seen, never reach cold water in England. Wood, the antiquary, in describing the poverty and maceration of Father Lacey, an English Jeruit, dues not deny him heer. He says, \"his bed was under s thateng, and the way to it up a ladder; his faze was coarse? his They have more drink, of a penny a pawn, or gallon,\"\n\nThey constitutional nurgy than any other people.\n\nthink, with bat manly excercises are the\n\nfomation of that elevation of sind which gives one\n\nnature ascendant over another; ar with the Arabs, that the disys spent in the chase are not counted is the length of life. They hot, run, shoot, ride, row, and sait from pinle to pole. Toey eat, and drick, and live jolly in the open ale, putting a bar of solid sleep between day and day-English Traits.\n\nPORGIA PREACHtaq.--The Furkaru, niter noticing the Freemasons' friend, and making some creellent re- marks, in which I quite cuntur, regarding “popular\n\nin length, and feet 4 inthase of a work Engin, a HE Acting Post-Master regrets sa way that owing to prenehno leping of Church, an epigram pointed\n\nthe departure of the carriers from Hong- tong, there can be no delivery for the present of Leiteir &c., hat how the Peat-Office window. Hours of stren- dance being as heretofore frora 7 oʻtlock, a.a. to li PAN,\n\nPosten, Hongkong,\n\n12th January, 18s.\n\nsufficiently apacions to Engtuan of from One Hundred and fronty to One Hundred and Thirty Hons Pow. Bach Boiler ha 3 Furnaces; length of Tubes, 4 ft. 9 by 24 in. diameter. The whole is in first-rate order, having been only Six-en Monthe in the Vessel, and not having been used morg than Six Weeks during the whole of that time\n\nONE HIGH-PRESSURE DONKEY ENGINE, wish\n\nSAN MIGUEL KRASS AND IRON FOUNDRY. CYLINDER capable of worklog up to Ten Forsy Power, fitted with Pamp of 7 fucher diameter, and YNDER the Superintendance of an Experienusi Ex- Buroke of Piston Rod fi inches, for pumping out Water GINEER. Orders for all kinds of MACHINERY Ballart, throwing with cas 20 Tons per hour. Also executest with despatch. Speak ENGINES & BOILERS Cast Iron Baskets with Cod Waaris, for Londing or repaired. SHAFTS of the bees English Iron from 5 to Dinolwaging Cargo.\n\n9 inches diameter. Orders to be addressed to Moser B. A. BARRETTO & Co., Media,\n\nONE PERPENDICULAR CYLINDRICAL TUBU. LAR BOILER for Huginu. standing & fost 9 inches high, diameter & fest 7 inches.\n\nThe whale in first-rate working order.\n\nLINDSAY & Co.\n\nHongkong, 25th Cetuler, 1855.\n\nWING to the existing condition of affairs at Chator, D. KENNY han ravnoved to Hongkong; and may be consulted his Rive, cormir of Graham and Gage Streets.\n\nlingkong, 10th December, 1856.\n\naway's article on\n\nwith a good joke of the witty South, the Editor aught to have a return in kind, I offer the following an illustration of the disgusting length to which preachers who strive after effect, can go. The anecdote is taken from severe criticism, writing in England, of the Rev. J, C. M. Bellew's volunie of Sermon preached at St. Philip's, Regent Street. Allading to Mr. Spurgeon, the \"gated dissenting prenslier,\" the critic of the Saturday Review says:—\n\nThat shining light of the Non-conformist world lately discoursed of the last days and death of Williaur Palmer, and be described the devil na trembling between hope aul fear--now reading that Pairer would confers and balk him, and presently confident that he would remain ohdurate. The preaches wout an ine on himself to per souity Satan; and, rubbing his hands in a flow of ex- citement and delight, he shoutot, a the game in the prison cell was closing, \"here he comes! here he comes! here he comes --Bengal Hurlar.",
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Leon\n\nדן\n\nDut. 764 ric\n\nEarl of Windeer Brit. sh. 1000\n\nkrawa 3JArcher\n\nAm. sh.160\n\nagond\n\nTime & Truth Brit. bk 670 Dod\n\nAuckland\n\n$Queen Phangnze Jau. 23 Maria Hay\n\nAm. hk 204 Nelson\n\nBrisach. 140\n\nBolton Brit str. 103 Harris\n\nDrát, s 200 steary Dri sh. 924 Middleton Aan. a. 1280 Osgood\n\nBordcan Sept. 10\n\neucral Sonrabara Jan. 2 Rico Calcutta Nov. 23 Kiar Bombay Dec. 30 General Shanghae Jan. 30 Ballnat Melbourne Doe, 1 Ballast\n\nGeneral Formosa Feb. Nineus FP Sundries\n\nAmoy\n\nBrat Cess Peb\n\n2 Treasure\n\nGenerat Amoy Peb. Ballast Bingapore Jan. 28\n\nAmunition Singapurs Dec. 24\n\nilico Meller Sov. 26 Baline 3. Francisc\n\nDiana. sebouer\n\nJan.\n\n100 Schaefer and Co\n\nFr. Lk. 406 Oreg Hara, bg. 260 Bigcon\n\nOrdar\n\nWat.l'ostaw andCo Schaefer and Co Lindsay and Co Order\n\nHenrietta Maris, bq. Due. Pagan Zephyr, ba July Vrieadshop, chip jJune\n\nDanish\n\n581 Schaeffer anil Co Jady A. Duff, barque 952. W. LawrenogaĈo Lady Mary Wood, c. Dec. 700 F. W. Lawrence Co Laalmenntir, ship\n\nLoulan Baillte, ship\n\nKelso, ship\n\nJan. *: 589 Ladway and Ca\n\nNov.\n\n$ 3709, Kennedy and Co\n\n509.&O. 8. S. N. G\n\nJan.\n\n7 8529, Bawinan and Co\n\nAng. 24 49man, B. and Co\n\nOrder\n\nBre. bk. Suo Klamp\n\nFeb.\n\nBrits 674 Tage\n\nA. Catr. 945 Drought\n\n.M. Robinet & Cy Wu. Pastau and Co Jardine. M. and Co 1. Walker Jardine, and Co\n\nHaldur, sehooner Lootse, schooner\n\nHamburg\n\nNov.\n\n14: W. Pustau and Cu\n\nMary Wionholt, ship\n\nJa\n\n1205ardino, M. & Co\n\nJav.\n\n160 W. Tustau and Co\n\nNapoleon HI, abip\n\nDec\n\n760 Busaeil and Cu\n\nElizabeth Rose, brig Lima, barque Mathilde, brig\n\nOct\n\n123 Siemsson and Ca\n\nJune\n\n919John Bard and Co\n\nKau.\n\n202 Turner and Ca\n\nNina, schooner File, ship Nightingale, ship Parade, qua Palmyra, harjua\n\nNov.\n\n115 John Burd and Co\n\nDoe\n\n708 Jardino, M. and Co\n\nHee. 1404Jardine, M. and Co\n\nbraly\n\n62 Welters and Co\n\nNov. 28 708 Captain\n\nBadast\n\nAugier and Cu Jardino, J. & Co tugwell and Cu\n\nParagon, skip\n\nBremon\n\nAug.\n\n800 Order\n\nPelican, barque\n\n2. 144. C. Schwabe\n\nPluto, stenmer\n\nFelis, arqu\n\nJan,\n\nbeefyall, Stiil and Co\n\nPruth, ship\n\nSAILED.\n\nChilian Frolle, schooner\n\nRemi, atenmer\n\nJape\n\n166W.M.Robinet & Ve\n\nRolls, lig\n\nGreyhound, ship\n\nFeb.\n\n500W. Pustau and\n\nCedarsh Lacy, barque\n\nNAMS\n\nRo\n\nTexs\n\nCAPTAIN\n\nFor\n\nCono\n\nCONNORRST\n\nSwntow Britisk\n\nSamuel Studdart, bg, Salmatle, ship\n\nSept. 1 451 Dent, Beale at Co\n\nالواد\n\nSir James, bang\n\nDec.\n\n7 Lindsay and Co\n\nHongkong Feh. No\n\n3 Alligator\n\n3 Magallanes\n\n3 Nimrod\n\n4 Waroola\n\n3.Scipion\n\n8 Baria\n\n19 Crisis\n\n4P. Van Burco\n\nWild Wave\n\nBrit bg 200 Boyh Brit. bg 1078tudes Sp. str.\n\nBrit. sh. 820arg\n\nBrit. ah 54 Alien Brit, sch. 200 Cheyn\n\nLaughing Water Brit, hk. 404 Omut\n\n6 Montriant\n\nChampion\n\n7 Si James Brooke Brit. str. 973 Skioner\n\n7 Dygden\n\nSw. ab. 240 Patterson\n\n7 Anos Justina Dut. sb. 500 Budeaburg 7J. Godfrey\n\nAm. t 486jGrant\n\nAlfred the Great Brit ] 640 Melutyro Grayhoaud\n\nSwatow Jan. 20 Anais\n\nAmoy Dec. 29 Tariew Fuhchau Nov. 21 Queensbury\n\nDec 8Folmala\n\n15 Agnes Garland\n\nShanghae Jan. 198chiamer\n\n12 Prince Royal 19,Sallow\n\n15 White Swallow\n\n20 Kate Carnie\n\nFr. sh. 82|Carignac\n\nAna sch. 240 Gregory Brit sh. 680 Casaldy Belk all asrisulte Brit. bk. 265 Thompso old. bk. 550 Schwarz\n\nBrit. sh. 502 Hamilton\n\nBrit. sh. 1293 Tucker\n\nAm. sh. 1200 Brown\n\nBrit, h, 401 Black.\n\nSHIPPING IN CHINA.\n\nMERCHANT VISELS.\n\nLondon\n\nNew York\n\nSiam\n\nSundries\n\nOnder\n\nChina, whip\n\nApril\n\n300 Order\n\nSu R. Abercromby, si. Jan.\n\n743 Tammer and Co\n\nSheagha\n\nSundries\n\nGibb, L. and Co\n\nFazal Cerian, burqno Juue\n\n250 Order\n\nVindex, actioner\n\nJon.\n\n179 Dent and Ce\n\nBoern\n\nManila\n\nNantos, schoober\n\nAug.\n\n150 D, Laprak\n\nWhampoa, barque\n\nSept. 30\n\n378 Under\n\nWild Mower, ship\n\nfec.\n\nSingapore\n\nSandries\n\n175 Lindany and Co\n\nDent and Co\n\nTht. bk. 250 Yeaser\n\nButaris ¡Sundries\n\nWm. Pustan and Co\n\nAmey\n\nFrench\n\nSingapor\n\nSundries\n\nHolliday, Wise and Ce\n\nBritish\n\nCanton, ship\n\nDea\n\n435 Deal and Co\n\nMeltwuns\n\nSundries Jardine, M, and Ge\n\nAbbotsford, barquo\n\nNov.\n\n425 F. D. SyDia and Co\n\n| Montrlant, ship\n\nFab,\n\n917ent and Co\n\nAkyalı\n\nSp.bg\n\nMaulls Duran\n\nSundnes\n\nSundries\n\nhilpa, Moore and Co\n\nAnn Key, schoenen\n\nApril\n\n121 Tait and fa\n\nAmerican\n\nAntoinette, barque\n\nSøpt\n\nBrit. str. 850 Payley\n\nStangha\n\nSandrite ], & 28, N. Ca\n\nBlack River Packet, bq. April 19,\n\n219 Scharffor and Co 205 Order\n\nArgonaut, ship\n\nJa.\n\n586 King and Co\n\nFr. sh. 91 Brun\n\nStangha\n\nSundries\n\nDent and Co\n\nConfucina, ship\n\nNov.\n\nAm. sh. 360 Gray\n\nForth Seas\n\nSundries\n\nUrder\n\nColdstream, ship\n\nDee.\n\nSingaport\n\nSundries\n\nFletcher and Co\n\nChinchew, ship\n\nSept\n\nShaug\n\nBuutirios\n\nWzz. Pastau and Co\n\nRangoon\n\nSundries\n\nTurner and Ca\n\nEllen, barque\n\nOliver, bargce\n\nNos.\n\nPeb\n\nSan Fransisco Sundries\n\nOrder\n\nEmma, scheuer\n\n511 Holliday, Wise &Co 764adine, M. and Co\n\n785. D. Sype and Co\n\n226 Lya, Stil! and Co 688 Platcher and Co April 21; 120 Curner and Co\n\nMilam, ship Carrington, ship Channing, ship Competitor, siy Eagle, ekip\n\nEagle Wing, ship\n\nGolden Weat, ably\n\nB.\n\nDec.\n\n49% Raspell and Co\n\nNOF.\n\n100 aac M. Buli & Co\n\nJuly $556 King and Co\n\nNov, 101000 King and Co\n\n1174 Russell and Co\n\n1500 A. Heard and Co\n\nMelbourne\n\n¡Buodtles\n\nJamca StephoneNA\n\nEmigrant, baryas\n\nChi ah. 506/Smith\n\nBest Coun\n\nBundries Won. Pratâd and Ca\n\nEmily Annina, neh,\n\nAug. 19 Nov.\n\nOrder\n\nHenry Harback, ship\n\nNov. 16 740 Crampton, H. & Co\n\n165 Purlagjes & Co | Horsilo, ship\n\nNov. 18\n\ntall, Nya and Co\n\nHavant\n\nSuadrien\n\nOrder\n\nForerunner, schooner\n\nDea\n\n140 D. faprak\n\nMatilda, ship\n\nSingapor\n\nSandrica\n\nLondon\n\nTait and Co\n\nTena, &c. Heard and Co\n\nGom, brly\n\nJane\n\n254 Dent ausl Co\n\nMelita, schooner\n\nJuu. J\n\n689 Rosell and Co\n\n140 Kassell and Co\n\nHomer brig\n\nJals\n\n595 Order\n\nTeas, &c.\n\nLiverpool Teas, c. Cows, der Sundries\n\nJardino, M. and Co\n\nOrder\n\nMariner's Hope, brig\n\nApril\n\n250 Order\n\nNile, hrig\n\nJuas\n\nEid Angier and Ca\n\nRomances of Sons ship! Dos.\n\nEundou Teas, &c, Upadi\n\nWth. Paste and Lo Blenkin, R. and Co\n\nNymph, barqne\n\nDec.\n\n400 Liadeay and Ca\n\nNeptune's Favorite, sh. Det. 81846|A, Heard and Co Norwester, ship\n\nDanish\n\nDec. 101287 A. Heard and Co\n\n241782 Ruwell and Co\n\nPet, barque\n\nAag\n\n375 Under\n\nDanmark, arque\n\nTeas, c Tens, &c.\n\nGrampton, H. and Co\n\nRoyal Lily, barque\n\nApril 28\n\n404 Lunevil and Co\n\nGlucions, brig\n\nLiverpool\n\nBrit, sh. 580|Rodger\n\nToas, e Sundrios\n\nKingsport\n\nMERCHANT VKSELS—Continued.\n\nA. Heard and Dent, Beale and Ca Gilian and Co\n\nBisters, brig\n\nJune\n\n182 Tail sud Co\n\nDee 330 Sterosen and Co Fan. 14 268Siemssen and Co Nov\n\n360 Overweg aud to\n\nUncle Tom, schooner\n\nSept\n\nWood Lark,brig\n\nDet. 12\n\nto ruil, Still and Co\n\nUnder\n\nJan.\n\n188 W. Pustan and Co\n\nNoringaese\n\nJATH\n\n270 W. Pustau and Co\n\nAurora, schooner\n\nMay\n\n128 Order\n\n140 W. Puatau and Co\n\nPostum, steac\n\nJune\n\n236 Simen and Ca\n\nAmericum\n\nNov.\n\n210 Joan Burl and Co\n\nSAIZS\n\n!Data of Tou\n\nMorida, ship\n\nCONFIGNERS\n\nHelcus, ship\n\nNov. Junt\n\nDec.\n\n404 Squeer and Co\n\nโมน\n\n25 W. Postan and Co\n\nDate of Inors\n\nCommons\n\n{Arrival |\n\nSept.\n\n277W. Pustan and Co\n\nHongkong\n\nOct.\n\n340 Trautmann and Co\n\nAlmonde, banq\n\nAug.\n\n589Order\n\nJustina, barque\n\njAug\n\nMercurius, barque Fielades,\n\nJuly\n\nDec,\n\n230|Dreyer und Vo\n\nDen.\n\n225 Biomes and Co\n\nLygdon, shig\n\nHambary\n\nBonito, brig\n\n¡Nov,\n\n31 John Burd and Cal\n\nBuenos Ayua, brig\n\nDed.\n\n200 Dreger and Co\n\nChristinu, brig Puel, choomer\n\nApril\n\n170rder\n\nDew\n\n148 Jardine, M. and Co\n\nPeruvian\n\n250W.M. Robinet & Co\n\nAug.\n\n175W.M.Robinet & Co\n\nDeo.\n\n400 Order\n\nLug\n\n9 430 Order\n\nAourn Barrabout Butts.n\n\nJuly\n\n3240;der\n\nCalcutta\n\nNov.\n\n220. 1. Syaru and Co\n\ny 11 4168.0. Syme and Ce\n\nConn\n\nJuly\n\n325 King and Co\n\nAng, 25 500 King and Co\n\nAag, 10 985 Russell and Co\n\nFab\n\n216|W. Puetae and Co\n\nSabu\n\nAt Hongkong} British Anandale, ship And, steamer Anaye, ship Australia, chip Avon, Lacque Banner, schooner\n\nGaneber, barque Brothers, brig Caldera, ship\n\nCadiz, steamer\n\nArrival:\n\n8759 Lyall, Sul and Co J Feb. 5 163 Robert 9. Walker Jan. 13 878 Fletcher and Co Sept. 5 580 John Bardd and Co Sep. 39 280 Bus and Co Jan. 188ohn Burd and Co\n\nPet 485 Jardiue, St. and Co\n\nDec. 15 2400rder\n\nJan. 8 225 Order\n\nFeb, 13000 P. & 0.9. N. Cu\n\nCity of Carlisle, ships. 15 996Jardine, 3 and Cu\n\nClarendon, satp\n\nDeva, ship\n\nSinglet, sleemer\n\nEarl Grey, barque\n\nEarl of Windsor ship\n\nBena, brig\n\nBuranic ship Excellent, brig Falcon, ship Formosa, ship\n\nGleus, ahip\n\nGod Succe, sip\n\nHero, ship\n\nKensington ship\n\nLady Hayce, barque\n\nLaurick, brig\n\nLord Raglan. ship Tani, barque\n\nNarshall, Buhooner Maria Hay, ship Mazepps, schooner Pacifico, brig\n\nFeb. 1 850Jarding, M. and Co Jan. 18:1030 Russell and Co\n\nDoc 8 1888tomssen und Co Dec. 17 8737ardine, M.\n\nDiter\n\nAdmiral Zoutman, shipDec.\n\nAlbrecht Belling, bq.Nov.\n\nG. G. D. Von Twist, hq,fian. Oct. 10 300W. Postau and Coatic Liong, bargus ne Jaa. 18 3685iomsten and Co Nov. 28, 8438,Senseffer and Co\n\nAnon Elizabet,bą. Chriatias, leque General de Stiles, hop. Jan. 2 798|Under Hollandetrow, hargas Jacot. Lima, barke Jacoba Cornella, pq. Klazina, darus\n\nOosterling, harg Proteos, barque Regina, arqu Sumatra, aliip Danish\n\nSept. 10 799 chaster and Co OL 32 800 Schaeffer and Cu Feb. 192chaser and Co Jan. 17 charler and Co Dee. 13 363 Van der Haven Jan 18 443ucer and Co Jan. 473 W. Punta and Co Feb. 278445obacter and Co\n\nMay 10 Siemmen and\n\nIfercuian, brig Helena\n\nJau. 31\n\nCo\n\nHanbury\n\nAar, ship\n\nAlbin, schooner Christian, belg\n\nDec. y Nov. 16 Feb.\n\n260\n\nFab 21 Lindas and Co\n\nJan. 26) 207 Camajce and Co\n\nDec. 26 728 Order\n\nNov. 385 Lyail, Still and Co\n\nSept. 26 430Jardine, M. & Lin\n\nJan. 14 406 Order\n\nLau. 16 784. Murray and Co\n\nNov. 600 Jardine, M. & Co\n\nJan. 1 404 Lindsey and Co\n\nJan. 13 scoileder\n\n0 15 848 Geo. Duddell\n\nJan. 27 28Ajardine, M. and Co\n\nDec. 17 766 Jardine, M. & Cn\n\nJan. 12 274 Dent and Co\n\nDet.\n\n8 1988. K. Burrow\n\nJan. 31 994 Janline, M. and Co\n\nFeh. 4140anline, M. & Co Oct. 14] 146Deo. Dúddell T'aranverance, Largna Sept. 18 2Turner and Ca Princess Reval, supDec, 28; 900 Dent aud Co\n\n(Doc. 25 781onser\n\nQueen, brig Samarang, banque\n\nApoctly, ship\n\nFeb. 8 ĐuôiAngier and Ca\n\nDes. 25 5801Dent and Co\n\nJau 241031 Jamaa Stephenson\n\nSpirit of the North, ah. Kov, 11) 671jtibb, L. and Co Sultans, barque Oct 10 588schaeffer and e\n\nTime & Truth, bargde Teh. 3 578 Orlar\n\nUnion, leamer\n\nTruro, ship\n\nFenilia, ship\n\nVirginia alip\n\nVivid, brig\n\nWater Witch, barque\n\nWild Daynell, ach. Zephyr, schooner\n\nFrench\n\nEtoile, ship\n\nIndia, barqu\n\nLeon, harqua\n\nMaarl, ship\n\nSucces, ship\n\nVille de Dieppe, barque\n\nAnter\n\nAntonita, schwoner Antelope, T Archer, whip Auckland, barque\n\nBurnham, barque\n\nCarbon, shooner\n\nJan. 24 695 Order\n\nAng. 16 786 Thon. Husband Co Feb. 8 674 Jardine, Al, sad Co June 18 830 Lyall, Still and Cộ Nov. 8 143ardine. M. & Co Jau. 15 253 D. Lapaik\n\nJan. 156 Deat and Co\n\nJun. 31 148Dcut and Co\n\nJan. 24 539 Order\n\nfan. 18 615 Dent and Co\n\nFalk 2405,Order\n\nJan 24 156 Russell and Co\n\nNov. 14mier\n\nno. 221014 gail, Sul and Co\n\nDec. 3 112Order\n\nJan. 24200 Kussell and Co\n\nTeb. 31460 Roswell and Co\n\nFeb. 209.M.Robinet & Co\n\nOct. 28 245 W. Pulau and Co\n\nDue 26 300 K. Crashy\n\nCW. Bradley, j, bq. Oct. 9 218 A. Heard and Co\n\nDon Quixote, ship\n\nKtement, ship\n\nEureka, ship\n\nFrancis P. Sage, ship\n\n• Garland, schooner\n\nHelgu Mar, bergun\n\nJanes Marshall, big Kate Hooper, shig Mary Whitridge, ship\n\nMatcor, ekip\n\nMiana, schooner\n\nMin, geamur\n\nMonsoon, ship\n\nNorth Wind, ship\n\nN. B. Palmer, Jip\n\nDen 91438 King and Co\n\nJAN 33 400A. Heard and Co\n\nNov. 51100A. Heard and Co\n\nNov, 191146 Jardine, M. & Co\n\nJan. 151138. R. Barrows\n\nDec. 26 560 Order\n\nJan. 16 1865. K. Darrows\n\nDec, 281488 Jne. Stephenson\n\nNov. 27 978 Kuseli aud Co\n\nao. 201088, Heard and Co May 306Order\n\nJ. 14 101 Bu-sell and Co\n\nJane 28 506 Thomas Hunt &Co Oct.\n\n81041 Jaa. Purdon and Co\n\nDec. 1400 Russell and Co\n\nQueen of the Seas, spec. 17185Rll and Co\n\nRacebound\n\nRealute, ship\n\nShane Draper, sch.\n\nSportsman, shiy\n\nStar King, sly\n\nTuskina, ship\n\nYoung America, wip\n\nAug. 28 580. E. Barrows\n\nSept. 25 801 Russell and Ca\n\nHai, 26 206 A. Heard and Co\n\nNov. 20 626 Unter\n\nDec. 14177nder\n\nSept. 342 Y. J. Murrow\n\nSept 202000. Heard and Co\n\nMeteos, ship\n\nPeruvian\n\nAndreas, orig Architect, ship Carica, arqua L'allau, barque\n\nSantiago, banne Ugarte y Santiage,\n\nSMAR\n\nNoortol, banque\n\nSan Juan, barquə\n\nhq.\n\nSiamese Crow, stalp\n\nSintoy, schooner\n\nSpar\n\nDenia, schooner Bremen\n\nBertha, barque\n\nC. Metabets, you Solon, hanger\n\nChition\n\nAllanza, barque Spray, schooner\n\nNess Crans dinn Annie, barque\n\nMacao British\n\nW. Pustan and Co\n\n510 W. Puszu and Co\n\nJohn Bard sad Co Wm.Fustat and Co Jan. 15 540 die aussen end to\n\nTait and C\n\nNov. 16\n\nNov. 12 540. M. Rabinet& Co\n\nDar. 28 3505. J. das Remedios\n\nTall, 231 218 and\n\nJ.\n\nAcmel, brig Chico, brig\n\nClarita, brig Cara, skip\n\nkesits toge\n\nSiamese\n\nSea Horse, hocqus\n\nSiam, que\n\nSpanish\n\nSan Lorenzo, brig\n\nSeraphina, ship\n\nFubebau\n\nDritish\n\nCo\n\nMaste, bri\n\nDee & 9p. dos Remedios\n\nJan. 195. Robinet & Co\n\nSept. 15j 200 Order\n\nNav. 19 160 Order\n\nDee, 15 300inder\n\nAug. 26 250 under\n\nNov. Zayall, Still and Co\n\n1400W. Duxted and Co\n\nJan. 24 4702. S. Walker\n\nDet. 22 48fuhn Bond and Co Jan. 29 270/Onder\n\nDec. 220W.M. Robines & Co\n\nJuly 1307 Edward and Bailey\n\nJehn Macthic, ekip Feb. Rochampton, shijs Ang\n\nPortugues\n\nMetasje, barque\n\nNew Era, khij\n\nGaiden Raer, ship\n\nKingfisher, ship\n\nMandarin, ship\n\nSamuel Ronsell, ship\n\nSarah H. Snow, Ivy, Vancouver, ship\n\nHambog\n\nAtlas, barne\n\nSa Dent, Beate and Co\n\n289 fyn, Stilt end Co\n\n597 1..Robinct & Co\n\nTou Scimeter and Co 1543chaetler and Co 478sohaefer and Co 2448. D. Syme and Go 237 Adam Scott 190Schelfer and Co 424\n\n10. Nathabloy & Co\n\nOtto, barque\n\nVirginie, brig\n\nHamburg\n\nEsperanza, harqne Hannibal, schooner\n\n| fverbrook, brig\n\nLima, barque\n\nMary Boar, ship Pathfinder, barque Senatur, barque Pramin Amerika, belg\n\nSiamete\n\nBangkok Mark, ship Golffinder, baqme Sueroan, ship\n\nSparsh\n\nSanta Lucts, banque\n\nSwedish\n\nNov. 181296 Moncreiff, G. & Co Dea ¡Dec.\n\nBRITISH SHIPS OF WAR IN CHINA.\n\nمات قلات کا\n\nCLASS\n\nAv\n\nCanton Stoop\n\ni,kong !. W. Str. JiLong Sloop\n\nILong Flag Ship\n\nCanton loop\n\nCuroaandel Canton P. W. Br. Vatcounter anto\n\nHoteles\n\nHornet\n\nMam\n\n! Nakist\n\nNiger\n\n632 Dent, Dotle stud Co Elk\n\n600 John Herd and Go | Fary\n\nser. St. (kang Hospital Canto Ber. Sw. H.kongoro Ship\n\nFrigate\n\nPanton Bar Sta\n\nCOHKANDERS.\n\n12A, W. A. Haud\n\n8T. D. A. Fortescu 12 Licut. Beamish\n\n(lour Ad.\n\nCapt. W. K. Hall\n\n14. Jenkins 35 Doorglas HG.W.D.O'Callaghan\n\n17 C. C. Forsyth\n\nH. T. Fla, Muater\n\n60 H Keith Stewart 19H, A. A. Cochrane 408FW.F. Nicolson\n\n14. Barnard\n\n49. 9. Hand\n\n40 Cdre. m, Ú. Elliot\n\nBRITISH SHIPS OF WAR EXPECTED.\n\nCONDEAND\n\n.ALEN\n\nÜs..\n\nENGLAND\n\nza Frigate\n\nRav.\n\nW. 7. Bate\n\n11. Macendie. Str,\n\nKit Boater, 26\n\n11\n\n136A. Hearl wait Co\n\nNov.\n\n9191ent and Co\n\nPastalcon, brig\n\nNov.\n\n200 Cantujee and Co\n\nPique\n\nSgus Frigars\n\nKol: Small, ship\n\nAug. 29\n\n663 Gibu, L. and Co\n\nKenos\n\nPibehta Bloop\n\nRempaon\n\nAmor P. W. Str.\n\nAmerican\n\nAnnie Buoknax, 1.\n\nSept.\n\n530 Russell and C\n\nSybille\n\nHogue Frigate\n\nMay 16\n\n800 Russell and Co\n\nAug.\n\n1288ardine, M. and Co\n\nJune\n\n78. lead and Oə\n\n¿Mag\n\n94 Russell and Co\n\nDo.\n\n420|Klug and Go\n\nJune\n\n518 Bus and Co\n\nOut\n\n420John Burd and Co\n\nWienu, Larque\n\nJuct.\n\n490Biomes ami Us\n\nActoun\n\nAlseri\n\nNingpo British\n\nCullou\n\nCamila\n\nkt. T. Calville\n\nSlop\n\nCruizer\n\n17 ber. Str. Sept. 25\n\nCarnulle. ship Lyra, Belovner\n\n15. Hot\n\n120 Lindy and Co Forestr\n\nA. J. Innes\n\nidun Beat Sept. 20\n\nSolon, barane\n\n6\n\n560 Turner and Uo 469 A.A.de Mello & Co\n\naughty\n\nGan Beat Sept 25\n\nWilminginn, schooner Feb.\n\n196 Bell and Co\n\nHüchilyor\n\nInflexibla\n\nr. Vorhert\n\nAL\n\nOsprey\n\nAlbert Edward, ship\n\nBritisk\n\nang.\n\n497. Bowman and Coh\n\nNov,\n\nAliyals, ship\n\nNov. 20 1247 Biriey, W, and Co\n\nStaunch\n\n1. Wildonan\n\nAlchemist, ship\n\nDe\n\n914 Turner and Co.\n\nStarling\n\nA. 1 Villiers\n\njun Boat Sept. 25 Gun Boat Ool. 23\n\nAlligator, brig\n\nb.\n\n19710166, Land Co\n\nAugusts, ship\n\nNov. 23 372 Lindmy and Go\n\nBallarat, ship\n\nNov.\n\n719 Dent ad Co\n\nChallenger, barque\n\nSeph\n\n175 Turner and Co\n\nChieftain, barque\n\nJan.\n\n20John Burd and Co\n\nCo..lucius, ship\n\nThee.\n\n400 Holliday, Wine & Co\n\nVESSEL\n\nAr\n\nFLAQ\n\nCOMMANDERL\n\nDec. 19\n\nJune 15 566 Turner and Lo\n\nJan.\n\n127 William I. and Co\n\nCetinnt\n\nHongkong Fr. Str.\n\nSur Are\n\nL'et\n\n8501 & 0.2. F. Co\n\nSupt. 10 240 Jardine, M. and Co\n\nVirginie\n\nHongkong Fr. Frig\n\nCape, Plan\n\nForest Queen, ship\n\nNov.\n\n839 W.H. Wardley Co\n\nLevant\n\n18 Smith\n\nPortsmouth\n\nEassio Manens, barq. May 25 297 Jou d'Abreide Waris Carlota, Iryusi Jan. $30 J. J. don Rmuelion Slavina, banque\n\nTremelga, barqua\n\nFreach\n\n13ane 211 1705. 3. dos Ramedice\n\nSept.\n\nPort de Bordeaux, ship Oct.\n\nAmerican\n\nLorisiana, barq\n\nDeich\n\nBerena, rig\n\nDoggershank, skip\n\n3751 inday and Co\n\n816Dent and Co\n\nShanghae\n\n249W.M. Robinet &Co Arrow, ship\n\n237W. Pustuu and Co\n\nApril 22\n\nOct.\n\nDet\n\nBebehneller and Co\n\nEverdina izabeth, og Jan\n\n600 Schneer and Co\n\nDee,\n\n189 Schaefer and Co\n\nFra\n\n753 Order\n\nJuct.\n\n530 Schaeffer and Co\n\nJAR.\n\nSt. Heleon, brig\n\nTonia, ship\n\nVrow Jobunag\n\nHamburg\n\nLaura & Fonis, big,\n\nKose, brig\n\nWillewina, brig\n\nPeruvian\n\nGrimeness, chip\n\n243jDrayer and Co\n\nJuly 14, 1769. M. Burrows\n\nJuly\n\n224 Schaeffer and Co\n\nOct. 15: 50 Order\n\nCrystal Palace, ship\n\nKila Jane, barque\n\nElizabeth, brig\n\nHein, steamer\n\nFazli Corrim, barque\n\nFrances, ship\n\nGazelle, schooner\n\nGeelong, barque\n\nDec. 125 Birley. W. and Co\n\nWaton and Co\n\nMay 30 302 Tail and Co\n\nJan 15 212 Hooper\n\nAug. 11 3420ma, B. and Ca 651 gal. Stiti and Co\n\nMaria Natividad ship Sept. 18 610w.. Robins & Co General Windham, ship.\n\nEast Coast British\n\nChin Chin, harque Eamont, schonbur Gazelle, schoenor\n\nHazard, schooner\n\nHelen, brig\n\nion.\n\n316 Camajarse Co\n\nJan.\n\n121 Dent and Co\n\nGulnare, ship Hellespont, steamer Tuchinnan, arque Just\n\nBat, ship\n\nApril\n\n15Jardine, M. And Co\n\nJuly\n\n144 Y. J. Mucrow\n\nJan.\n\n180Turner and Co\n\nHydronce, ship\n\nJane\n\n137 Carlowitz and Co\n\nMalacca, barque\n\nAug\n\n089 Carlowitz and Co\n\nPearl, schooner\n\niJuly\n\nW.M. Reniunt & Lo\n\nTrumpu. schooner\n\nMay\n\n300jD. Laprak\n\nAntican\n\nDerby, ship\n\nJuly\n\n1098A. Heard sad Co\n\nProgressive Age, brig\n\nNov\n\n296A. Heard and Co\n\nRinglorier, ship\n\nMay\n\n2156 A, Heard and Co\n\nSancho Pans, ship\n\nSept\n\n875 Russell and Co\n\nWitw, la ver\n\nUst\n\n$10Kinder\n\nFra 2002 Hargreaves and Co\n\nJan. 886Fadine. M. and Co Sept. 1 265 Deus, Buaie y Co Dec. 241 8201Birley, W. and Co\n\nC. Reilowas\n\nJ.F.C.Hanitou 12 loop\n\nC. T. Lackie\n\nA. V. Hamilto\n\nC.F.A,Shadwell 21 Ser. Str.\n\nC Campbell\n\n6 P. W. Str. Oct, 25\n\n(Gan Bost\n\n21. J. Bomalieid 4 Ser. Str.\n\nKith Stewart !\n\nGu Buat\n\nHos, H.Keppel 60 Frigata\n\nFOREIGN MIPS OF WAR IN CHINA.\n\nSan Jacinto\n\nHongrong U. &. SI.\n\nStaigas U. S. Sh.\n\nFR-A. Guerla\n\n16 Fonta\n\nƒ m. A POOR Capt. Bell\n\nHongkong U. S. Sir.\n\nMandura\n\nMacao\n\nFort. Reig.\n\n90 Com. Tavara\n\nAmazona\n\nB+\n\nPurt.lorsha 6 Earnichs\n\nJorge Just\n\ndu.\n\nSelpion\n\ndr.\n\nSp. Ser.\n\nBg.\n\n4Brinnes\n\nAnies Ba\n\n14 Duran\n\nHongkongora Sv. 20 Capt, Boturin\n\nTERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION to the HONGRONG REGISTER and OVERLAND REGISTER AND PRICE CURRENT-For One Year, $25; 9 Months, $13; Three Mouths, $8. To the HONGKONG REGISTER For One Year, $15, Six Months, $2, Three Months, $5. To the OVERLAND RE- OISTER AND PRICE CURRENT' alone:--For One Year, $3; all payable in advanUSB, TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENT in the HONGKONG REGISTER-Advertscments, not exceeding 5 lines,\n\nesch insertion, $1; cach additional line 20 conts; une balf of these charges for Repetitions AGENTS for the HONGKONG REGISTER and GVERLAND REGISTER AND PRICE GUERENT J. G. APIHOur, Rey, London, Mars, Jant, steak & Co, Cricuta: Mesars. Binaton & Co. Bombay W. S. Donos, Faq., Singapore, Messrs. Thorson, Ronkers & Ur, Batavia, J. P. Pzabek, Boy. San Francisco.\n\nEdited, Printed, and Published by ROBERT STRACHAN, at the Hongkung Register Ofice: Gage Street\n\nVictoria, Hongkong. Tuesday, February 10, 1857.\n\nThe China Mail Extra.\n\nHONGKONG, SATURDAY, 7TH FEBRUARY, 1857.\n\n“Chino Muit\" Office, Feb. 7, 1857- thon to the unsatisfactory state of his toast, my wife remarked she felt giddy and sick, him; he pretended to be overlooking the business the investigation as Superintendent of Police, the A man can overlook his business while walking affair being then eurelaped in mystery; and I imagine\n\nThe Criminal Sessions of the Supreme fairs, which had be shewn to be the We let the room after 3, she immediately felt sick\n\nshop\n\nthat the first instanco Mr Mercer acted as Culo- Court the most exciting that have occur reverse of is a fouriebing condition, his and smiled, I thought nothing of it at the time, but about the e\n\nwalked was to the verandah to light a chemot, when Aaxx, cock to The Herland,On the 15th January, eial decrewry-in fact it was an investigation into rel since the settlement of the colony-debts to one firm alone amounting to nearly in the wor af gtating the elgar I suddenly felt sick\n\nthe morning, got bread from the Esing shoes don't the case genotally. I usually, in cases requiring commenced on Thursday, and closed last $15,000. He spoke of the temptation and vomited. Thinking no more about it, I went know the peron-thes was generally brings it, he particular forestigation, maka peliminary acquiry sight. The case of most interest-the bold out to Alum, of averting the pantah in my hair to the Folke Hospital, but when Tranches is not one of the prisoners; this was about half-past 7- before sending them up to the Magistrate. It was trial of Cheong Alum and nine others, on ment with which he had been threatened the entraner leading up to the fif, I was again sick; \n\nAtoy, coolie to be Hachand, Saw Esing's people not my original intention to make a magisterial and when I got clues to St Paul's College, was age\n\nmyrassine's house on the marning of investigation in the present instance; I merely aga.a bring bread a charge of dilempt to poison-lasted fee by the mandarins, by the commission was aide off and on, up to a quarter to 10. the 15th January; they are not among the priscoera. wished to yet an insight into the case as Superit daye, and ended in a verdict of Not guilty, would be considered a highly meritoriona was sick 19 or vlock that night. Next habit of getting bread from the Esing shop the was a very singalar case, I propound we should sit of an atrocious crime, but yet ar net which The romiting was very violent. Mrs Dengr W. A. HARLAND, M.,Was I believe, in the tundent of Police. but her two hours or so, as it\n\nto 1.\n\ntime.\n\nars from that shog-down to the morning of the 16th as Magistrate, and we then commented to take do We are sorry we are unable to give the one by the Chinese authorities, deserving day I tapponed to enter the Police Office, where en eloquent addresace of the Counsel on buth of commendation and reward, instead of vision was going forward, and promised then fancy inclusive I are a mail piece of the bread paltional,\n\nto send some of the bread to Dr Harland for analy. that morning, Dr Chaldecott and Dr Hat.ca alo Next, bo\n\nSANDWITH DAINKED-Am in business in the sides, but must content ourselves with the punishment, at their harde. \n\nzation; did that night. [Cross-conmiasi by partook of it. About an hour afterwards fe faint sity, and live in the wee house with Captain Endi- De Brive,I did not take the bread myself to Dr and aíck, and incised to veuit, and within a few mere heads of the points dwolt upon; and referred to the departure of Alam and \n\nnott Faing enpplicà me with bread on the 15th minutes ufteur wande vomited slightly, and fole a pain January-I partook of the bread and was very ill- even these, we fear, will prove very io his father from the colony on the very Herland. I know caly the Sih prisoner (Alum) na \n\nworning the criminal set was wusumnat belong ag to the Eving shop. I kept the balled the Beach. I then took an emotis, which made at the inmates of the house whe ate of the bread perfect. \n\nup in my own room until I sent it to Dr Harland.me veil a bitła man, and for a little time alter felt ed; and commented strongly on the suspi \n\nwere Hi-I have not perfectly recovered up to this Of the opening speech by the Hųn. T. \n\nIn consequence cf my laers, I delivered the cious manner in which this was managed. By the ATTORNEY Uraat.]-Don't know the 10thy, but shortly afterwards was able to attend to \n\nprisoner, never mw him before at all. sent the same people who can to she house sick. About to remainder of the breast Mr May at the Ptice lice C. Anstey, the Attorney General, wo \n\nWith regard to the sickness of his family \n\nbread a ten minutes past to Dr Harland, by a hours afterwards the pain in the stomach returned, this was on the evening of the 16th-Dr Badland have no notes whatever. He dwelt, how on board the steamer-this was easily and coalie named Attal. \n\nbut I could not vomit. I bai diethms during the I think was presos 1 lave had many dealings with ever, on the atrociousness of the attempt naturally to be imputed to sea-sickness; ATIAL METAL to Dr Dempeter--On the 16th night, and next day a violent headache, wakacss of the Esing abug in the bakery business -I know the made upon the community, and the utter for there were no proofs of them aftor January, escried a paper parcel from Dr Dampster to the jibs, and xansea, Dr Iamos got sick sooner 9th and 10th prisoners to belong to the duche than I did; but I did ont see him, as he had gone 10th I are always understood to be the father of Faing impossibility in such cases of producing sufferings which the medical evidence had Dr Harland, Do not know what was in it, but ir \n\nwas given me by my master. \n\nca Dr Chaldecots, hearing of people being sick, Alum), he was always in the shop, and when the direct testimony against the parties accus- abawo were the invariable effects of argo- ACHING, servant to Dr Dempster-om the 15th took an emetic, as he had ate more bread than any was cut of the sloop, I have left by neders with him od. The evidence in this, as in avery nic, and under which the foreigner who January, received rome bread at may master's day of on Before I had filed breakfast, a Parsee ger Orn about the 24 ur 3d of January, our he made similar case, tour therefore be entirely cir- had partaken of the bread in the present from two men from Esing; they are not at the bar. teman aliud. 20 mil the inam of his house were a contract with Alura fura supply of breuis for the cumstantial; but he would adduce sich a \n\nThis was about 7 wack gars the bend to my sick, and blamed the bread as being the cause of it; I Russian curvest On the Mih I went over to the instance had laboured. He also spoke of \n\nmaaler to estipul it up the breakfast table. \n\nlef my breakfast to go and see them, and it was on \n\nEwing how to apeak to Alure about the contract, Oa TARRANT, Editor of the Friend of my return I first felt sick myself. Both Dr Chalecoss the morning of the 13th, the shop bep called our art jury, as he felt assured must to a certainty and Agent of the steamer to retura to the N indelibly the stain of crime apon the Hongkong that night, as a ruse on his my bread from the Haing shop, dawn to the 13 several days séta, attending to people who were black lettres out in frens of his door sunt him user prisonem at the bar, and draw forth au \n\npart, when be found his hopes of escape January, inclusiva-row the 1st, 3d, and the staffering from eating the bread; the Parses had to ascertain its pats, and in consequent of what unanimona verdict of guilty. \n\nthe boy told us, I had the conversation with hiari on frustrated, and that the poison had not had and 10th prisoners to belong to the shop-the 1st taken only band and a cup of tea-they had all been \n\nI believe to be general assistant and Collector of sick, I adviced them to take emetica. Some of thus the 14th. I teid hum the boy haul informed us that Dr Bridges comarcal his defence by the fatal effets intended had his efforts balls; the 3d I have known in two capaction in con- we axtended effured much more everely than schare the chop said he intended to leave the iny, and remarking that, the case was remark succeeded, the result would have been nection with Exing shop, the inst was as breme-de-bes all had similar syroptatns. From the symptotes wished to sell out. He admitted the chup did say ablo from the atrocity of the attempted another frightful tragedy like that of the liverer; the 9th believe to be the head of the in my own case, and of others who came to be. I felt but said that it was not his intention to leave, but he crime; admitting most fully that there had unfortunate Thistle. He noted the contra- Eing the 19th is I believe the father he ais? i ere what arannic had been administered in the bread, Lad put out the notice for the purpose of deceiving be an attempt to destroy the community dictious in Alam's statements about the have knows in two capacities—one as general assist- I haght down a piece of bread from the Parets, and the Mandarine, who had been traping him a great ant of the Taing shop I have ren bien, 2 ay may kept the remnant of our own. I had alan overal deal told him that would not antinfy one had by poison, but denying that the guilt of poison to the various witnesses and frequently. I saw the 1st prisver five or air day specimens, from Dr Dempster, Captain Paints, and deceived me in a former contract, and I would not yest such an attempt was in any way hrought finally wound up with a confident aanr-before the 15th, ou my ectering my printing offit, othere, and two savea from Mr GrandPre, which he unsil I saw that the bieenit was in the drying lots - bone to the prisoners at the bar. Extra- ance on his part of a verdict against all the he was sitting there, and presentat me a hill from hia took from the Eving shop and gare ints my uwa he most go with me and show in that the bread wa ordinary, be said, bad been the display of prisoners. \n\nsaster. I told him I was then rather busy, and sa bas.d. Ir Deropster's and Captain Endicott's I re- there. Its went with me in my boat to the bakery the mercy and goodness of God, in not a His Lordship the Chief Justice then the bill was not recripted, if he would leave it with ceived on the tin. So let the first alarm, I in the Ila-wen, and on the page down we had a me, I would Inok at it and have it settled. He then endeavoured to ascertain in a busty way what was in conversation on various matters. I had him if he single instance of death having cocurred addressed the jury,-directing them to said in master intended to have the colony-replied the bread, and Ur Bradford curing in, be and I from the attempt. He sormented strongly card from their wouls everything they in rather an impartiment way, and marle a motion to \n\nad bi kamily in Hongkong? La replied he had. I satisfied ourselves it was anovic... Néxt day, at the sard, having his fatally bore, he had better remén on the singularity of the course adopted might have rend or heard about the case it down again and not to go away until he got paid. request of the Colonial Secretary, we made s moral the end of the war no one could supply to by goveraronut in departing from the ordi- nut-of-doors, and to couline theneelves Seeing he was disposed to be saucy, I took him by the crest analysis of each piece of bread separately, cuit so walk-te would make a good thing of it, and nary course of conducting criminal inves outinely to the evidence. As regarded nine coline, said he and his master might go to the devil if and found they all indicated the presence of arsenin. Le protected. He said it was not his wish to go, but they phased, and told him to go ont. The Ed prisoner 1 The analysis for Ascoctaining the yountity tank he had heen threatent, and there were at that time tigations, and still more strongly on the of the prisoners, the jury would probably have a good way times, but the seas. 1 up place entaequently, and we found that one pasad 88 Mandarins in Hongkong in disguise. I told mode in which the Attorney General had agree with him in thinking the evidence pore you (the Alterary General) referto, was eu an in- loaf of bread contained nearly a drms of armenia, B0 \n\nbim if he world report them to the police office, bo conducted the cause, by displaying personal against them was very slight, amounting quest on the 38 January, upon a body that was found grains to the diant commit while arsenic. The \n\nwould be protected. His answer was, that on bis animosity against the prisoners, and making indeed solely to their connection with the board the Thiste, on which occasion be described br I ate was brown, the uther specimens were arrival at the bakery, he would convince me that he \n\nwhite-both kinda contained ausanie; much been the quotatione from trial which had taken Esing Bakery. With respect to Alura, bebimself as Parare Mate on card the steamer, To \n\nhad a large amount of property at stake-that it was the best of my knowledge und belief, the 9th prisoner ivai contined aufficient cause deart. I also, on not bis desire to leave, and a thought he would take place in the worst periode of English ori-was alewn to have been at the bakery on the (Am) was the charterer of the steamer at the time the alterion of the 15th, had two jars brought me my advice and reusia. When we tired at the minal law; and lastly, wornarked on the afternoon of the 14th January, when tho she was destroyed. In consegaenen of the way the d by a pokocurau-one containing yet used on the bakery, the people appeared to be mixing water and pancity of the evidence brought forward dongh was making; and if the jury thought prisoner gave his evidence at the inquest, I objected to night of the lash, the other the materials for making dough in dimus ms in the plass. After visiting for the proscention-which, he said, ovea that he mixed the arsenie with the bread, is bringing bad es my bowo objected on the yat, together with me foar and some pastry from \n\nthe drying room, and when leaving the bakehouse, 15th January between Gand? in the morning, when if there had been to defenes to offer, would or ordered it to be so toixed, tuy weak aw him delving it. A man war with bin ear \n\nthe bakery-pasta scraped from the table, and some \n\nexported Alum would go back with me, and offered pastry in tin moulds, I found no trace of arsenic or him a passage in the heat, but he said he bad some net buvo warranted a conviction on the \n\nfind him guilty; or if they were of opinion rying cau basketa-prisoner took the bread out of other meallic poi in any of the materials. The business to attend to, and would walk bot part of the jury. Ha divided the evi- that he consulted with the forumon Alun the Easkew and put them into my base. I said to analysia was fade in the presenes of Dra Bradford, was between 3 and 4 in the aftermon. They dence for the prosecution into three classes and Atmoi on the subject, Le would be him \"Da my ine fellow, you deliver cay bread, ús Kenky, Watson, and Elspeter. \n\nwere mixing our and water in two ho 1st, those especially connected with the accessory before the fact; but if they were \n\nyou \"He made no response, but yard a kind of A. HAND-PRE, Assistaus Superintendant of Police, showed me a room he said was the brand bakery, gistrod outside the door, saw the bread handed Hava baard D: Harland's evidence-i tak lie fact of the poisoning; 2dly, them wit- \n\nnot perfectly assured in their own minds of in, and immediately after went in and ordered my board to him from the Eaing shop on the morning of supplied 400 families with bread this was told re and they were mixing duugh theve te told me ha nesses who detailet facts connected with Aluni's connection with, and cognizance Comprador to anale Raing's bill, and not to take any the 16th--was promet at the Cowai Station, whey, by him in evidence of the husless he was doing, and Alom before his departure; adly, the of, the attempt to poison, they would return more bread from him, as I was afraid he would the yeast and others things found in the bakery bis eonarquent disinclination to leave. day statement class who described his conduct on board a verdict of acquittal. His Lordship after-puss \n\nI and a servant girl partusck of the were sent to De Harland Tent thera. (Oroei- made by him that be bad sold his business to me la false. the steamer and on the way to Macao. wards, in reading over the evidence, called bread that morning she ate a little left on my plate. questioned by Dr Batmaks.]—I was acquainted with I was asked by MeMncow, anice my first examination, All that evidence he examined in detail; the attention of the jury to the facts of pent to my room, and there folt a sensation of flatu shop on the Queen's Road, and the bakery at the About five minutes alcer leaving the breakfast table, the Esing abop perious to this affair-1 know the then stated what evidence be intended to Alo's own furally being sick from par-toucy-sit1 had been eating wow at first wok Seng Gardens be the plows from which the bring forward in defence; and wound up taking of the bread, and to his offera of to notice of is, but eat down on my chair, looking at trend is carried to the shop there was formerly a with 3 general comparison of the whole 450 and $100 to Captain Xavier to return me papers, as the boy handed them to the the papers bakery about two years ago-attanited in the shop in the 19th, when the evidence I gave was rond over to evidence, and a confident averment of his to Hongkong that night, as rims facin were for the Yoss-offe, and the hot was landing the Queen's Road. The distance betwixt the shop him, he wished me to think if he had aut said he bound three up to as team tho ilone, when I suddenly bohat the jury would acquit all the proofs of his inuocance; but the jury vomited over him. Shortly afterwards two friends \n\nand Jokery in shout one mails. I was nogcainted bean aid there were 59 mandarina I call the place with Alnu, the 9th prisoner, before the 15th-have Queen's Roud the shop; I never wow the th Poy the charge, as affecting the nino consider them merely as clever ruses on called, and I told them I was sick-they said a great soon his very clices; he was always said to be the prisoner in the bakery. The contest was for 27,000 apuially, depending altogether upon their the part of a guilty man is dread of us many people were sick-I said I might be poised, master of the Eng shop. I don't know if he had anyar 28,000b of biscuit the bargain wet in writing. employment by Alam. \n\npision, and if so, would treat them ac- and had better take an omeric, and got up to get on, parts he was reputed sole owner. There were a hot made with Alur personally. I never made a but again vomited violently for about ten minutes good aber arrested on account of the affair contract with the 10th prisoner should never hate On the conclusion of the evidence for cordingly. \n\nwas frequently sick during the day, and bave con- the defence, the Attorney General rose, The jury retired for about half-an-hour, dinner to suffer from it to this time. [Cross-ques were all taken in eustody to the Pelice Stachnasa, nnd of Alum as the principal. My visit to about 20 in the shop-about 50 altogether they thought of doing so always looked opon him as an and after a long and very unnecessary and on their return, brought in, ng above- tioned by Mr DAY,--Don't know that Bing has they were taken before a Justien of the Peace-Mr the shop were always on matters of business on a orga (the Chief Justice thought) defence of the mentioned, a verdict of Nor GUILTY 5 to 1; more than one shop in Hongkongate swam be Chades May: no examination was held till år \n\nale, and were not very frequent. Sometimes, when conduct of the government, and more ez- \n\ncarried on the businem of a Liker have beard be -a conclusion in which, on regards the evi- has a bakery elsewhere--laays been for the shop also everal other J.P.- Mr Gibb, Mr Gray; and unetines sold him large lots si suur would William Thomas Merter, another J.P., was presented at, I dropped in three or four times a week, pecially of Mr Mercer, in this affair-Mr dence, we extirely coincide; though we are Queen's Road West, but an not aware of baking duct know it the latter and gentleman were sit Mercer's conduct never having been im- by no means satisfied of the primouere being carried on there I durt speak preitiselying Justices. When the two bust pristners were would not comes with him: I do not think the Teava ray rouage with the 10th prismer for Almu, but pagned, though the irregularity of the especially of Alum'a-mucence; sud to having en baking golog on nt bis shop, but beigh the Attorney finest was present. The 10th prisoner panas Erglist-the conversation was proooadings of the committing Justines bad would much rather, as we feel assured this I re-i think i have seen an oven there. Cus.al Pelice Station 1 not the usual place for carried on, I think, through one of the pureers in the beon commented upov by Dr Bridges would the inry themselves. that the Eu- Bring has carried on the bakery business tere for £utigation to take place, last 1 have sent them shop. I understood, when Alam talked of troubles I have bean resident to the feland sinne 1897. proceeded to au analytics of the evilmen,glish law had permitted them to return of te don't know, in my eagarity of Editer of lose wegs the learned Attorney General, Mr Mereer, it was er dorost of his haking bread for Phratyn \n\nthere. In the Nuisances investigation, for the dorim, that he meant thata-he said. which he performed in a very able manor, a verdict of not proven. But we shall the Friend of Chan, or otherwise, whether Baing has and Mr May. Mr May is also Superintendent of Pa- laying before the jury in the clourist recur to this subject in our weekly issue. a bakery near the Americe Naval Stores. Ilave ice-end that is the proper place for Lan to be Mr the time the disturbance wok place in November. light the strong points of cash witaees's Du leaving the Court after being dis-frequently been to the Ering shop-especially sons for May was not present when the two last prisoners: As we were going down to the bakery, we mea fire months ago, when I performed some arbitration were bought apen the day of then activel for a boat, and he asked me to pull up to it, as he wished testimony as bearing against the prisonera charged, the prisoners were reapprehended business for Abas. When I have called, I have such amiation. I do not recollect any Justices of the He commenced with the proofs of poison- und conveyed to jail under warrant issued him in the shop, but do not know what he was about \n\nto ask the price of it, and buy it if possible-1 A ing, as testified to by the medical witnesses by order of H. E. the Governor with As for the 21 prisoner, my knowledge of him on tigation of a criminal charge. The Chief Magis for $1; he mid it was for his bakery-and on my Penetting it the Police Salons before, on the in- EQ --he afterwards said he had purchased at at 14 picul then to the identification of the prisoners what intention we are not advised. a brand-deliverer is evnfined to the one occasion trate, I believe, was sitting at his usual post at the remaking it was very den, be sie it was dry wood, with the bakery whence the poisoned bread \n\non the 16th January. The father he served me in Pusa Cour, while this examination was going for and particularly witable for hia bakery; I afterward the slip, but I do not know him otherwise than se was issued, two as the proprietors, others \n\nward at the Poilue Sation-Justices of the Peace the wood discharging on the whart [Hty tha an sasiu do not know his to barn an interest were atting as this time at the Police Court trying ATTORNEY UNERAL-The episods of the boat sa bakers, and the rest as distributors of \n\nIn the businem. \n\ncase, Mr May having been relieved from bin dutes curred alter the conversation about il coming here, the brood; and maintained that if the \n\nJOHN GREIG, Mewart of the dulluna, 1 am so Asistant Magistrale, bis presence being ra and bad expressed doubts of his doing so 3 the coa- guilt of mixing the arsenic with the Hong, \n\nquainted with two last prisoners (9th and 10th) ị quire for the Police forca. It is the invariable versation between the hout-man and Alumi was in er of directing ita admixture, wore brought \n\nsaw them in Esing shep- \n\nthe rim tongue; I saw no money pass hetwoen at that shop. A little Magistrate's Court the Inspector on duty enters Eome to the principal prisoner Alum, there \n\nbefore 7 on the 15th January, I was in the shop, sand \n\nthe parties in payment of Lise wood, could be no doubt that those who assisted \n\nbught me loaf, Saw he let prisoner, the 9th and Court. Uf 50 (or thereabouts) prisoners first talien, uti With gard to the poisoning of the bread, them on the charge shoot, and sends them up to the CHEUNG-ALCMC staten ent]cing duly caution- fu moulding the poisoned bread, or in die- \n\ntheth, they protended to be running abousin a in custody than not here are mill detained in the he is entirely ignorant-that the bread is made in one great hurry, out I would not see they were doing any Cross-road Sumiva at the foot of Wellington Street, part of the town, and he lives in souther-he never had tributing it among the community, monet! have a guilty knowledge of the affair: he \n\nthing particular, Could not see what they were oppraits Gith, Livingston & Co.'s godown-they sy id of doing such a thing. He first came to the doing, but they appeared to be attending to the dwelt strongly on the fact that no less a \n\nbusireas of the shop. Did not romak anything par \n\nhave been there sine their first examination on the Colony at unly 18 years of age-ie was first ext quantity than Tea Pounds of arsenic must \n\ntieula: about the prisoners; e 9th was weighing \n\n15th January. The Attorney and was present played by Mr Higham, who afterwarde went to when the best tre primers Prese asumined, but dolla, and the 10th was waiking about all three don't know if he took part is the investigation. \n\nCalifornia; after that by Mr Franklyn; then by have been put into the dough-toɔ large a \n\nMarrow, Stephenson & Co.; then by Mr Do Seer, parcel to be easily concealed from the \n\nwem attending to the buriness of the shop. (Explsina \n\nཚ་ CHARLES MAY, Superintendent of Police, Haut for when he made hisenite, a well as did other that the shopmen, not the prisoners were running heard the evidence of Dr Elarland as to the analysis of business. persons employed in the bakery. He \n\nabout.) 1 seat the load off to the Satana, Afterwards the yeaat, e, found at the bakery. There were machine for making biscuit, and then another from Mr He some time afterwards purchase a next referred to Alam's presence at the very time the dough was being made J. C. DEMPSTER, Colonial Surgeon-Have been [Cross-examined by Dr Bass]-Often went to the iraking the bread The audement is perfectly cur- be purchased another from America, wich has ales yeusi, samples of dough, flour, and the water use for Duddeil, for $1,800; and as these were insufficient, then to him and is father being in the in the habit before the 15th of getting bread from the Exing shop to buy a loaf. Wes in the shop two or cock, Cross-questioned by D BRIDGE)-Have arrived. He is supplied the Nars with it. \n\nKaing shop belenging to the 9th and 10th primer tre minutes on the 14th. Don't know anything alun beard Mr Grand-Pre's statement. Is ehop at the very time the bread was being chlained based from the shep that morning, not with about the 16th man, except that I saw bar in the \n\nat with \n\nan only lately be has repaired the premises, and set sold to the customers-nuxt of his express- \n\nMe Merter on the evening of the 15th to conduct the three machines at work. Liam is here reminded uy only partook of it, sheus baif-paat 7 or 8 lock, shop have frequently seen him thera-he was walk- ed intention of learing the colony-and | at breakfasi. After eating a small portion of the ing about the shop. I tou ao particular native of came in about 2, and we sat till 8. Iematened ing, he proceeds), On the 28th of the 17th, the inquiries- luvited Mr Mereor to join meha that all tea above has nothing to do with the poison- \n\narray of facte for the consideration of be into's oer of $50 and $100 to the Captain 16-Have been in the habit of taking and I were kept engaged the whole dry, and for tention to Alum panting a new cbop (plan with \n\nSUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.\n\nCRIMINAL NENOMINAL\n\nMonday, 24 Febrnavy.) THE POISONING CASE\n\nJarp-Menara M. A. MACLEOD, W. H. Strms, Jour LMON, W. A. BOWKA, E T. DONGANDO, \n\nand GEORGE WALL\n\nCHEONG ARAW, Chrono Aurap, Chaco Aco, OM ARON, TAM ALEEN, FONG ANDER CHENG Amus, Pura AcuUT, CHNCHO ALU and Cuong Wyr Kox-4dministering Poles will intent, \n\nFor the Prosecution,-The Hon. To Anstav, diternay General; Ma HCR, Crom Sulicor, assisted by Mr 3, C. TURNER, \n\nPor the Defens-Dr Daines and Mr DAY, Gunel Mersta GAFELL & BROWN, and Mr H. J. 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        "content_text": "499\n\n(94)\n\nwitnesses as to the estimation I am held in by this community, could but little aid the cause of the Master of the Masonic Lodge of this Colony, for I could not hold that post, and be of even doubtful character. I hand in some testimonials for my past services as the evidence of absent superiors, and submit myself to the impartial justice of this Honourable Commission, upon the charges referred to them.\n\n[Mr Caldwell handed in and read several letters received at various periods between the 11th December, 1846, and the 28th March, 1857, from the Naval, Colonial, and Home authorities, expressing their high appreciation of his services, especially in the suppression of piracy.]\n\nExamined with reference to the arrest of A. ssow, the Interpreter. With regard to the statement by Assow as to his arrest, I state to-day, that I was not aware of his arrest until I heard of it here. I had heard on the morning, of the fact of two men being apprehended for the robbery and possession of a barometer; and about 2 o'clock that same day, while in Mr Lapraik's shop, I overheard a gentleman explaining to him that, besides the barometer which he had lost a few days before, he had that morning missed a clock. When he got that far, one of my servants came in and said that I was wanted immediately. On going home, Mrs Caldwell gave me a Chinese letter written \"important\" outside. I opened it, and found it was an anonymous letter to the effect that a man had been taken in custody for having stolen a barometer, and who had also on a previous occasion stolen a musical box; that both these articles had been sold to Assow the interpreter, (the document calling him by his common name of Pock-marked Sow,) the former for $4, and the latter for $16; and that if I made haste and searched the room of a prostitute kept by Assow, named Pat-mui, whose room in a registered brothel faced the top of the staircase, I should find the musical box there. Knowing the speed with which all information from the Central Police Station and the Police Court flies through the city, I, without going to the Central Police Station for a Constable, started off immediately to search this room. Finding neither the musical box nor the girl Pat-mui, I asked the mistress of the brothel where she was. She pointed to the house opposite and said she was there. I asked for Pat-mui, and told her I wanted to search her room, which I did, but did not find the musical box; although when I mentioned about the musical box which Assow had brought there one of the women said, \"He took it home two days ago.\" I did not consider it prudent to search the house where his wife lives, and I immediately went to the Central Station and informed Mr Jarman of all I knew of the matter, and advised him to be careful and listen to what the prisoner said when he was questioning him. I do not know from whom the anonymous letter came. I have it yet, and can produce it.\n\nCross-examined, on his defence.--As to Mr May getting up evidence by means of Lyons and Roberts, I refer to Mr May's own evidence, and also to that of Lyons and Roberts. Lyons, who was formerly Sergeant of Police and Inspector of Nuisances, has been promoted to be Deputy Inspector of Police; and Roberts, from Deputy Inspector of Police to be Assistant or Deputy Inspector of Markets. Those promotions must have been approved of, but perhaps His Excellency is ignorant of what has transpired in this Commission.\n\nI should think that these promotions would certainly be made upon Mr May's recommendation, he being their immediate superior. I do not know how the Acting Colonial Secretary acted in the matter. I cannot say whether Lyons, who was a Sergeant of Police, and Acting as Inspector of Nuisances, could have been removed from the latter office without the sanction of the Surveyor General. My impression is that he was only lent to the Surveyor General's Department, and could have been recalled by Mr May for other purposes.\n\n[The Chairman, as Surveyor General, here states, that the Inspector of Nuisances is attached to that department, and is entirely under the orders of the Surveyor General, and not directly under those of the Superintendent of Police; and is also on the pay-list of the Surveyor General's Department.]\n\nThe property sold to Lum Ateen has been transferred. Mr Stace told me so yesterday or the day before, and requested me to tell Lum Ateen that he could get the bills of sale endorsed upon application to him.\n\nI was never in the employ of Akwai of the Lower Bazaar. On the contrary, Akwai was in the employ of the Commissariat Department of the expeditionary force, of which I was head Assistant, and had the sole control.\n\nAt the time of Ma-chow Wong's trial, the lorcha Kee-loong-poo-on was not registered in my name in the Colonial Secretary's Office. The lorcha was not in my possession on his apprehension. I gave up my interest in the Kee-loong-poo-on lorcha in the latter end of October 1856, as mentioned in my statement of to-day. At this time the lorcha was down in the Gulf of Tonquin, chartered. She did not return to Hongkong until some time in April, 1857, as can be ascertained from the Harbour Master's list of arrivals. I immediately procured the Register from the Harbour Master, and had it cancelled at the Colonial Secretary's Office.\n\nI am aware that the two political prisoners in the treason case, who were interested in the apprehension of the murderers at Stanley, were evidently trying to bring forward Ma-chow Wong in the matter; so much so that they suggested to me that Ma-chow Wong would go with me to Stanley, and point out the persons connected with the murder. Mr Inglis was present at every one of the interviews I had with these people, and I put the question to him, when he was here being examined the other day, whether I did not object to take Ma-chow Wong with me; and I did so for the very reason that I saw plainly they were trying to assist him as well as themselves; and further, that Ma-chow Wong had never lived in Stanley before, and could not have pointed out the people.\n\n(95)\n\nI did make particular reference to the Rebel chiefs, but I did not to the two men referred to by the Attorney General and Mr Cooper Turner as having been deported, because by the Attorney General's own evidence, it will appear that the men were only remanded upon my bringing a specific charge against them, and not committed under the Deportation Ordinance. I wish further to state, that having no hand in the matter of the deportation at all, was entirely ignorant of who were or were not to be deported.\n\nAlthough I was in the habit of consulting Ma-chow Wong in piracy cases, I did not consult him in the case of the 72 pirates handed over at Kowloong. There was no necessity for so doing, as the informants came to me direct.\n\nSome 16 officers in all were on board the Eaglet from daylight that morning, until about eight the same night, and about 150 sailors and marines. I was obliged to supply the whole of the wounded men with the mattresses belonging to the saloon of the steamer, all of which were entirely destroyed, being saturated with oil poured over the wounded men to keep their wounds cool; and as the officers came without any provision for the day, I had to supply them with two meals and refreshments, and from that time up to the present moment I have never received even a word of thanks for all that service from anybody.\n\nI am glad now to have the opportunity of giving publicity to the services rendered by me, and of which not the slightest notice was ever taken. Sometime in 1855, I think in the month of August, I was on my way in the Eaglet from Macao to Hongkong. I think the day previously I had parted from a convoy of 92 Chinese vessels, lorchas, junks, and others, from Hainan—and on nearing the South Western point of Lantao, I saw 15 piratical vessels, which had just captured three of my convoy, and had them in custody at the time. I recognized three—one of them a lorcha; they held the English flag over the stern. I altered my course towards them, thinking that the pirates might be intimidated and let them go.\n\nOn the contrary, three of the largest junks immediately altered their course, and bore down on the steamer, making every preparation for an attack. I immediately altered my course for Hongkong, and reported the circumstance to the Senior Naval Officer, Captain Fellowes, of H.M.S. Rattler. I consented to go with Captain Fellowes the next day myself—and went with him in the Rattler, and after the 4th day, chased the pirates into Kulan, the convoy junks being still with them. I informed Captain Fellowes that they would consider themselves quite safe from the shallowness of the water as we could not get near them, and I told him, if he liked, I would place the Eaglet at his disposal. We immediately returned to Hongkong. I took in coal and provisions, took three of the American steamer Powhattan's boats astern, having all their crews numbering about 100 men on board the Eaglet, made fast astern of the Rattler and proceeded down to Kulan. At daylight the next morning, I took the three boats belonging to the Powhattan and the four belonging to the Rattler in tow of the Eaglet, the Rattler being anchored in deep water, and took the Eaglet into Kulan Bay myself. We found the bay deserted, but knowing the land in that locality perfectly well, I discovered, under a point of land about six miles off, the mastheads of a number of Chinese vessels, and immediately steered for them. As we approached, two guns were fired at us from the junks, which was answered by a rocket put on board the Eaglet from the Ordnance Department, on which the boats left the Eaglet and pulled in. Another rocket and a shot fired from the Eaglet as the boats were pulling in caused them to get up their anchors and sails, and go farther up the lagoon into shallow water. I remained with the Eaglet to protect the entrance, the Rattler being then some seven miles off, and after a desperate resistance, in which six men were killed and about a dozen wounded on our side, 18 junks were captured and destroyed, and seven trading vessels, including the three which I had originally seen in the hands of the pirates, were liberated.\n\nI cannot say positively whether I presented the petition in the gold dust case, but it is very likely it came through me, because the Colonial Secretary refuses all Chinese petitions unless they come through me.\n\nI do not think that I have stated that Mr May knew of Lyons's visit to the Gaol.\n\nI think this was the only occasion on which I gave such information to the Government, and I cannot recollect any piracy cases in which I have appeared at the Police Court. I certainly never appeared in any to give evidence either for or against the prisoners.\n\nIn the case of the Pawnbrokers, and the $400 said to have been paid to Shaplok: Wohang came to my office one day, and said that Mr Lane was in his house on one occasion, when he was asked to subscribe his share to the payment of $400 to Shaplok, and that Mr Lane advised him not to do anything of the sort; that he was afterwards sent for by Mr Anstey, who told him what Mr Lane had said to him, and asked him if it was true. I immediately said, \"What has that got to do with me?\" And he then said, \"Oh, but she said the money would be paid to you,\" I laughed at it, and said, \"This is the first I have heard of it then;\" and I said \"Mind, I shall expect you to prove what you now say;\" he immediately turned round and said that it was not his affair, he could not prove it; that he did not pay the money, that it was paid by one of the partners of the shop who had gone to Canton, and that he was merely asked to contribute his share, being a partner. I told him I should certainly question Shaplok as soon as I could find her, and I supposed his partner could always be forthcoming if wanted. I think he then remarked, that he considered it his duty to come and tell me this, and I said that I would not forget it. I have taken every means to find Shaplok, and I know the Police are doing the same, for they have searched her house within the last three days. I inquired...",
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        "content_text": "587\n\ninvitation I met with him in search. We discovered them after 3 days and gave chase but owing to the shallow water the \"Battler\" Capt. was compelled to give up the chase. I then suggested to Fellowes that my own vessels being of light draught would be of much assistance and offered her for that purpose. We consequently returned to Stonecutters, I instantly procured a sufficiency of coal and provisions & started with the \"Kattler\" and some armed boats of the U.S.S. \"Nowhattan\"; arriving in the vicinity of the pirates I took the boats of the \"Kattler\" in tow & proceeded. \"Nowhattan\" was in search of the pirate's fleet which shortly after I discovered at anchor under a neck of land. The boats were towed up and attacked the pirates, I remained in my steamer guarding the entrance of the passage.\n\nThe particulars of the attack are well known, but my name and that of my vessel have been omitted. It may readily be believed that I was at considerable expense during this service, when the cost of the coal consumed, having about 16 Officers on board until late at night who were unprovided themselves with provisions, and the entire loss of all my Salvon bedding to the wounded men, given are taken into consideration.\n\nMy health suffering, and finding the charge of a Steamer unsuitable for many reasons besides depriving me of the comfort of my family & home, I was again anxious to rejoin the service in which I had",
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        "content_text": "No. 28.\n\nGOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.\n\nThe following Despatch from His Excellency Rear Admiral SIR MICHAEL SEYMOUR, K.C.B., covering Captain COLVILE'S Report of a most successful Expedition against Pirates in the neighbourhood of Koolan, is published for general information.\n\nBy Order,\n\nColonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 17th March, 1859.\n\nW. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.\n\nCalcutta, AT HONGKONG, 17th March, 1859.\n\nSIR,\n\nHaving received information that a number of Pirate Vessels had assembled near their old haunt at Coolan, I despatched Her Majesty's Ship Niger, and the Gun-boats Janus and Clown, on the 11th instant, in search of them, accompanied by Mr Caldwell, Registrar General, who, as usual, kindly volunteered his services.\n\nThe Squadron returned last night, and I do myself the honour of forwarding your Excellency Acting Captain Colvile's report of his proceedings, which will show the essential service rendered to the community at large, and the gallant manner in which Captain Colvile and the Officers and Men engaged, have succeeded in destroying a formidable force of Pirates.\n\nI beg to draw your Excellency's notice to the good service rendered by Mr Caldwell—an additional claim to the many already possessed by that zealous Officer.\n\nAs this is the last opportunity I shall have of addressing your Excellency on the subject of Piracy, I beg your Excellency will express to Mr Caldwell my high sense of the important services rendered by him on the numerous occasions he has volunteered to accompany Her Majesty's Ships on expeditions against Pirates, in which he has volunteered to share all the danger, without the inducements which animate Naval Officers to distinguish themselves.\n\nI have the honour to be, Sir, your Excellency's most obedient, humble Servant,\n\nM. SEYMOUR, Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.\n\nHis Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, LL.D., &c., &c., &c., Hongkong.\n\nH.M.S. Niger, HONGKONG, 16th March, 1859.\n\nSIR,\n\nI have the honour to lay before you the results of my late cruise after Pirates, and to congratulate your Excellency on the success of the undertaking.\n\nActing on information received at Macao, the whole of the 12th instant was spent in searching for a Fleet of Piratical Vessels cruising in the vicinity of the Tang Rocks, but failing to discover them, I weighed towards evening, and anchored late off Koolan, with the intention of visiting Tsoo-chong, under whose batteries a formidable Fleet of Piratical junks were known to be lying—the depredators of several valuable cargoes: an Owner and Master of two of the captured Junks acting as Pilots, under the able and effective assistance of Mr Caldwell, Registrar General.\n\nAccordingly, at 7 on the morning of the 13th, I proceeded with the Boats (as per margin*) in tow of the Gunboats Clown and Janus, and after a run of 14 miles came within sight of a large flotilla of heavily-armed Junks and Row-boats, hauled under the protection of what we subsequently discovered to be regular defences, consisting of a water Stockade, with a double ditch and high stockaded embankment, armed with 36 Guns, protecting the whole sea face and flanks of Tsoo Chong.\n\nDirecting Lieutenant Wells in the 10-oared Cutter to examine a suspicious Junk to windward, whilst the Janus overhauled two others to leeward, I took the remaining Boats directly in towards the central force of Junks, leaving the Clown to cover our movements, but with peremptory orders to fire only in case the Shore Batteries opened on the Boats.\n\nHowever, it soon became evident that the Enemy were prepared for a determined resistance, the Crews of the Junks joined the Villagers, who, with violent ejaculations and waving white Flags, on which the characters \"Hoong-kin-wong,\" (Triad King,) was prominent, invited us on, at the same time a heavy fire of Round and Grape opened on our advance.\n\nForming behind a knoll of land, insulated by 500 yards of shallow water from the left extreme of the Stockade, leaving the Pinnace to cover the landing, and much assisted by the very excellent shell practice of the Gunboats, the storming party dashed waist-deep into the Stockade, and receiving a fire of Grape entered the embrasures of an 8-gun Battery, bayonetting the defenders, who crowded the inner ditch and appeared paralysed by the vigour of our proceedings.\n\nAfter a short hand-to-hand encounter, they retired precipitately, and now was seen the extraordinary sight of 60 Blue Jackets and Marines chasing fully 500 armed Men, through brakes and narrow acclivities for nearly two miles in the rear of the works.\n\nIn this movement great numbers of the Enemy were killed, and it had the effect of turning the Sea-defences, thus rendered comparatively harmless.\n\nThe storming party were now joined by the men under Lieutenants Blake and Wells, who, by a judicious detour to the right, had materially assisted in the discomfiture of the Pirates.\n\nEvery House in the Town was a Magazine, in which large quantities of Arms and Munitions were stored. I consequently directed the Village to be burnt. Eight large piratical fighting Junks and eleven Fast-boats shared a similar fate, their Guns having previously been sunk in deep Water. The 36 Guns of the Land-defences were also destroyed. Considerable resistance was offered by two of the Junks; the Boats were repeatedly hulled.\n\nWhen I bring to your Excellency's notice the very large force of Men, consisting of at least Thirteen Hundred effectively armed, with a necessary perfect knowledge of locale, and the determination they evinced in opposing our landing, I cannot but feel astonished at our good fortune: not a casualty occurred, whereas the loss of the Enemy could not have been under a Hundred and Eighty Men.\n\nAfter communicating with a Mandarin Junk force just arrived from Macao, with the information that 7 Pirate Junks were at anchor off Lie-wan-moon, opposite Moto, the Boats returned to the Ship at Koolan.\n\nMarch 14. Having despatched the Niger to await my arrival at Macao, I proceeded with the whole Boat Force to examine the numerous creeks to the west of Broadway en route to Lie-wan-moon.\n\nIn Ly-kee, a Bay opposite Koo-lan, four piratical Junks, with Guns, numerically formidable, were driven on Shore and burnt by Lieutenant Villiers. In the largest, an English red Ensign was found.\n\nIn a deep inlet to the North of Louchow, three others were captured and destroyed.\n\n*Galley—Acting-Captain Colvile.\n\nPinnace, Lieutenant Blake, Mr Laurenson, Mr Pearce, Mr Markham, and Mr Buck.\n\n1st Cutter,—Mr Price, Midshipman.\n\n2d Cutter, Mr Smyth,\n\ndo.\n\n3d Cutter, Mr Wells, Mr Potter, and Mr Wesley; subsequently to the destruction of Tsoo-Choong, Lieutenant Villiers...",
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        "content_text": "E\n\nSVE\n\n373\n\n( 94 )\n\nproof; witnesses as to the estimation I am held in by this community, could but little aid the cause of the Master of the Masonic Lodge of this Colony, for I could not hold that post, and be of even doubtful character. I hand in some testimonials for my past services as the evidence of absent superiors, and submit myself to the impartial justice of this Honourable Commission, upon the charges referred to them,\n\n[Mr Caldwell handed in and read several letters received at various periods between the 11th December, 1846, and the 28th March, 1857, from the Naval, Colonial, and Home authorities, expressing their high appreciation of his services, especially in the suppression of piracy.]\n\nExamined with reference to the arrest of Assow, the Interpreter. With regard to the statement by Assow as to his arrest, I stated to-day, that I was not aware of his arrest until heard of it here. I had heard on the morning of the fact of two men being apprehended for the robbery and possession...\n\nI\n\nCross-examined, on his defence.-As to Mr May getting up evidence by means of Lyons and Roberts, I refer to Mr May's own evidence, and also to that of Lyons and Roberts. Lyons, who was formerly Sergeant of Police and Inspector of Nuisances, has been promoted to be Deputy Inspector or Assistant or Deputy Inspector of Police; and Roberts, from Deputy Inspector of Police to motions must have been approved of, but perhaps His Excellency is ignorant of what has transpired in this Commission. I should think that these promotions would certainly be made upon Mr May's recommendation, he being their immediate superior. I do not know how the Acting Colonial Secretary acted in the matter. I cannot say whether Lyons, who was a Sergeant of Police, and Acting as Inspector of Nuisances, could have been removed from the latter office without the sanction of the Surveyor General. My impression is that he was only lent to the Surveyor General's Department, and could have been recalled by Mr May for other purposes.\n\n[The Chairman, as Surveyor General, here states, that the Inspector of Nuisances is attached to that department, and is entirely under the orders of the Surveyor General, and not directly under those of the Superintendent of Police and is also on the pay-list of the Surveyor General's Department.]\n\nThe ... of sale endorsed upon application to him.\n\nzaar,\n\nwhile in Mr Lapraik's shop, I overheard a gentleman explaining to him that, besides the barometer which he had lost a few days before, he had that morning missed a clock. When he got that far, one of my servants came in and said that I was wanted immediately. On going home, Mrs Caldwell gave me a Chinese letter written \"important\" outside. I opened it, and found it was an anonymous letter to the effect that a man had been taken in custody for having stolen a barometer, and who had also on a previous occasion stolen a musical box; that both these articles had been sold to Assow the interpreter, (the document calling him by his common name of Pock Sow) the former for $4, and the latter for $16; and that if I made haste and searched the room of a prostitute kept by Assow, named Pat-mui, whose room in a registered brothel faced the top of the staircase, I should find the musical box there. Knowing the speed with which all information from the Central Police Station and the Police Court flies through the city, I without going to the Central Police Station for a Constable, started off immediately to search this room. Finding neither the musical box nor the girl Pat-mui, I asked the mistress of the brothel where she was. She pointed to the house opposite and said she was there. I asked for Pat-mui, and told her I wanted to search her room, which I did, but I did not find the musical box; although when I mentioned about the musical box which Assow had brought there --one of the women said, \"He took it home two days ago.\" I did not consider it prudent to search the house where his wife lives, and I immediately went to the Central Station and informed Mr Jarman of all I knew of the matter, and advised him to be careful and listen to what the prisoner said when he was questioning him. I do not know from whom the anonymous letter came, it yet, and can produce it.\n\nI have ...\n\nKee-loong-poo-on lorcha in the latter end of October 1856, as mentioned in my statement of to-day. At this time the lorcha was down in the Gulf of Tonquin, chartered. She did not return to Hongkong until some time in April, 1857, as can be ascertained from the Harbour Master's list of arrivals.\n\nI am aware that the two political prisoners in the treason case, who were interested in the apprehension of the murderers at Stanley, were evidently trying to bring forward Ma-chow Wong in the matter; so much so that they suggested to me that Ma-chow Wong would go with me to Stanley, and point out the persons connected with the murder.\n\nMr Inglis was present at every one of the interviews I had with these people, and I put the question to him when he was here being examined the other day, whether I did not object to take Ma-chow Wong with me; and I did so for the very reason that I saw plainly they were trying to assist him as well as themselves—and further, that Ma-chow Wong had never lived in Stanley before, and could not have pointed out the people.\n\n( 95 )\n\nMachow Wong had never lived in Stanley before, and could not have pointed out the people. I did make particular reference to the Rebel chiefs, but I did not to the two men referred to by the Attorney General and Mr Cooper Turner as having been deported, because by the Attorney General's own evidence, it will appear that the men were only remanded upon my bringing a specific charge against them, and not committed under the Deportation Ordinance. I wish further to state, that having no hand in the matter of the deportation at all, I was entirely ignorant of who were or were not to be deported. Although I was in the habit of consulting Ma-chow Wong in piracy cases, I did not consult him in the case of the 72 pirates handed over at Kowloong. There was no necessity for so doing, as the informants came to me direct.\n\nI cannot say positively whether I presented the petition in the gold dust case, but it is very likely it came through me, because the Colonial Secretary refuses all Chinese petitions unless they come through me.\n\nI do not think that I have stated that Mr May knew of Lyons's visit to the Gaol.\n\nI am glad now to have the opportunity of giving public city to services rendered by me, and of which not the slightest notice was ever taken. Sometime in 1855, I think in the month of August, I was on my way in the Eaglet from Macao to Hongkong. I think the day previously I had parted from a convoy of 92 Chinese vessels, Jorchas, junks, and others, from Hainan-and on nearing the South Western point of Lantao, I saw 15 piratical vessels, which had just captured three of my convoy, and had them in custody at the time. I recognized three one of them a lorcha; they held the English flag over the stern. I altered my course towards them, thinking that the pirates might be intimidated and let them go. On the contrary, three of the largest junks immediately altered their course, and bore down on the steamer, making every preparation for an attack. I immediately altered my course for Hongkong, and reported the circumstance to the Senior Naval Officer, Captain Fellowes, of H. M. S. Rattler. I consented to go with Captain Fellowes, the next day myself--and went with him in the Rattler, and after the 4th day, chased the pirates into Kulan,--the convoy junks being still with them. I informed Captain Fellowes that they would consider themselves quite safe from the shallowness of the water as we could not get near them, and I told him, if he liked, I would place the Eaglet at his disposal. We immediately returned to Hongkong, I took in coal and provisions, took three of the American steamer Powhattan's boats astern, having all their crews numbering about 100 men on board the Eaglet, made fast astern of the Rattler and proceeded down to Kulan. At daylight the next morning, I took the three boats belonging to the Powhattan and the four belonging to the Rattler in tow of the Eaglet, the Rattler being anchored in deep water, and took the Eaglet into Kulan Bay myself. We found the bay deserted, but knowing the land in that locality perfectly well, I discovered, under a point of land about six miles off, the mastheads of a number of Chinese vessels, and immediately steered for them. As we approached, two guns were fired at us from the junks, which was answered by a rocket put on board the Eaglet from the Ordnance Department, on which the boats left the Eaglet and pulled in. Another rocket and a shot fired from the Eaglet as the boats were pulling in caused them to get up their anchors and sails, and go farther up the lagoon into shallow water. I remained with the Eaglet to protect the entrance, the Rattler being then some seven miles off, and after a desperate resistance, in which six men were killed and about a dozen wounded on our side, 18 junks were captured and destroyed, and seven trading vessels, including the three which I had originally seen in the hands of the pirates, were liberated. Some 16 officers in all were on board the Eaglet from daylight that morning, until about eight the same night, and about 150 sailors and marines. I was obliged to supply the whole of the wounded men with the mattresses belonging to the saloon of the steamer, all of which were entirely destroyed, being saturated with oil poured over the wounded men to keep their wounds cool; and as the officers came without any provision for the day, I had to supply them with two meals and refreshments, and from that time up to the present moment I have never received even a word of thanks for all that service from any body.\n\nI think this was the only occasion on which I gave such information to the Government, and I cannot recollect any piracy cases in which I have appeared at the Police Court. I certainly never appeared in any to give evidence either for or against the prisoners.\n\nIn the case of the Pawnbrokers, and the $400 said to have been paid to Shaplok: Wohang came to my office one day, and said that Mr Lane was in his house on one occasion, when he was asked to subscribe his share to the payment of $400 to Shaplok, and that Mr Lane advised him not to do anything of the sort; that he was afterwards sent for by Mr Anstey, who told him what Mr Lane had said to him, and asked him if it was true. I immediately said \"What has that got to do with me?\" And he then said, \"Oh, but she said the money would be paid to you.\" I laughed at it. and said, \"This is the first I have heard of it then;\" and I said \"Mind, I shall expect you to prove what you now say;\" he immediately turned round and said that it was not his affair, he could not prove it: that he did not pay the money, that it was paid by one of the partners of the shop who had gone to Canton, and that he was merely asked to contribute his share, being a partner I told him I should certainly question Shaplok as soon I could find her, and that I supposed his partner could always be forthcoming if wanted, I think he then remarked, that he considered it his duty to come and tell me this, and I said that I would not forget it. I have taken every means to find Shaplok, and I know the Police are doing the same, for they have searched her house within the last three days. I inquired about Shaplok the...",
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        "content_text": "Treasury Chambers.\n\nMy Deet. 8 DEC. 1859.\n\n\"I am directed by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to transmit to you herewith a copy of a Letter from Her Majesty's Minister at Washington, Relative to the Effects of his late son J. J. Brown, formerly of the Mercantile Marine, drowned in Swallow River, and I am to request that you will move the Duke of Newcastle to instruct the Governor of Hongkong, to ascertain whether the Official Administrator of Intestate Estates in that Colony, has taken charge of the Effects.\n\nBy some oversight at the Treasury Office, the dated copy of this letter was not sent - therefore this duplicate of it is annexed.\n\nI am at the same time sending a draft to O' Hanrahan, informing him that his passage allowance has been granted and a copy of the despatch announcing the ground of his Pension which I understand the Duke wishes him to have.\"\n\nPage 1\n\n \n1\n\n1\n\n \n...\n\n...\n\nPage 1",
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        "content_text": "Save \n\nneed whatever of water any frontage at Kowloon, while the possession of it is of vital importance to this Colony. Every available yard of Coast on this side from East Point to West Point a distance of 4 miles - is already occupied. The water on this side of the Harbor is generally shallow; there are no docks; no vessels can load and unload - and there is a great want of storage room for bulky Cargoes on the water's edge. The absence of these facilities for cheap business is driving away much of the legitimate trade of this Port to Whampoa and other places; and it is beyond dispute that whilst these deficiencies can be supplied, the further extension of Hongkong as a Commercial entrepôt is not possible.\n\n6. Mr. Cleverly points out in his report that Kowloon is capable of supplying all the defects of Hongkong as a Commercial Harbor; and he has marked on a plan which accompanies his report, the most eligible sites for batteries, Naval and Military Establishments, Docks, Piers,",
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        "content_text": "the whole available coast line in the harbour being already appropriated, the extension landwards in the principal part of the Town is impossible ; except at West Point which is removed from the centre of European influence and will eventually become almost invariably specially suitable.\n\nThe heavy expense to which Merchants have been put in the creation of their offices, Dwelling Houses, and Godowns, does not warrant the belief that the seat of business will be interfered with in any way whatever by the establishment of Kowloon as an entrepot.\n\nAnd I accordingly conceive that the best interests of the Crown, in affording facilities to the British Merchants for conduct of the important trade with China, in regard to which Hong Kong will most likely remain the Head Quarter, will best be served by affording relief to the Godowns or warehouses, overcrowded in Hong Kong, and giving such other areas as may be of importance for general Colonial purposes.\n\nThus it appears by the Plan that the extreme South and West Coast line is the frontage for such an occupation, being the only available with Mercantile objects, as all the remainder of the Coast is excessively shallow and otherwise unfitted, except at considerable expense and outlay, which would require a lengthened period to be made available, though in some portions of Hong Kong similar works have been done both by Chinese and Europeans.",
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        "content_text": "7\n\n124\n\n1.\n\nIt will thus be apparent that, if Kowloon is in any way to be a service to the Colony, it can only be effected by the retention of that portion of the sea coast which alone affords facilities for the import and export of cargo, ample provision of course being made for such an occupation of its length as would be requisite for Naval or Military purposes.\n\nWith regard to this latter, I may observe that, as the seat of Government and Centre of Trade will be kept in Kowloon, so too will the Naval and Military establishments, as I presume the Home Government will not sanction any excessive expenditure for the creation of Barracks or Store Houses, when (only in such cases as the present expedition, which I trust may never happen again) they are probably, except for Coal Depots, sufficiently provided; or at any rate, if either Department requires extension, I imagine it would be most undesirable to divide it into two parts separated by a mile and a half of water.\n\nI make the above, and following remarks, as His Excellency has placed before me the Plan and proposal of the Naval Commander-in-Chief to be granted an area, which if granted at once and for ever, would frustrate all advantages the Colony shores derive from it, as it would swallow up no less an area than 300 acres, and nearly 1¼ miles of sea frontage, literally not only the best, but",
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        "content_text": "357\n\nGreat Wall.\n\nCrops.\n\nTartar troops.\n\nCountry to south-ward.\n\nCattle, &c.\n\nSurvey continued.\n\nLew-Sia-Kwang.\n\nPeople civil.\n\nInformation as to great road.\n\n10\n\nto be about 4 to 6 miles wide, at which distance hills of about 2000 feet rise, and run about N.E. and S.W. There are several ranges, one inland of the other. The inner one the highest.\n\nThe wall, which close to the sea embraces a fort, runs back about in a N.W. direction, and surrounds Ning-hae, after which it runs much in the same direction, and straight up the chain of hills. It is seen again on the top of a hill a little to the N.E., and then disappears over the top.\n\nThe plain is dotted over with clumps of trees and small villages, and is beautifully luxuriant.\n\nwere.\n\nQuantities of Indian corn were growing. The cottages had flat roofs, and looked like the Tartar cottages in the Crimea. The Tartars here look much like Cossacks. They wear a leathern jacket, loose trousers, and boots. The sword is carried naked under the saddle-flap, and the matchlock slung behind.\n\nThey carry a whip, generally with a Malacca cane handle.\n\nJuly 30th. Surveyed down to the S.W.; landed on a point of land 100 feet high, composed of rock and sand.\n\nThere was a joss-house on it. It is connected with the mainland by a narrow sandy isthmus on the W., and only separated from the mainland on the N. by a creek or river, which at this point is about 50 yards wide, and has about 8 feet water at high tide. There would be perhaps 2 feet at low tide. This river is inconsiderable, as the greater part of the rain that falls appears to be absorbed in the loose sandy soil.\n\nNear the sea, there are springs of water trickling through in many places.\n\nSaw a number of cattle, horses, mules, &c. Country still the same.\n\n31st. The \"Forester\" having lost in time yesterday, had to do easy work to-day (Sunday). Stood across the bay in \"Forester\"; fixed her position, and sailed round the point in the cutter; landed and sketched. We were met on the beach by a blue-buttoned Mandarin, with 5 or 6 mounted Tartars. They asked what we wanted, but did not in any way interfere with us. Sounded across the bay in two directions, and returned to \"Cruiser.\"\n\nThis bay has shallow beach and rocky headlands, and is altogether almost impracticable for landing.\n\nAugust 1st. Having weighed in \"Cruiser,\" and stood down to the point we were at yesterday, and fixed her position.\n\nWe placed out the \"Forester\" and \"Starling,\" and then went on shore and sketched the bay, and walked through the village of \"Lew-Sia-Kwang,\" which is rather a poor one. We found the people very civil and communicative. Met the blue-buttoned Mandarin again. Extracted the following information:-\n\nThe high road from this part of the country to Pekin is that which passes through \"Ning-hae.\" (The commencement of the Great Wall.)\n\nThere is much traffic along it. The road passes within 30 le of \"Lew-Sia-Kwang.\"\n\nThe road crosses 6 rivers, and at the following distances:-\n\nFrom \"Lew-Sia-Kwang to R. \"Yang-ho\" 30 le\n\n\"Yang-ho\" to \"Ching-lung-ho\" 80 le\n\n\"Ching-lung-ho\" to \"Lan-ho\" 50 le\n\n\"Lan-ho\" to \"Sa-ho\" 180 le\n\n\"Sa-ho\" to \"Yin-lew-ho\" 60 le\n\n\"Yin-lew-ho\" to \"San-ho\" 80 le\n\n\"San-ho\" to \"Tung-chaon\" 70 le\n\n\"Tung-chaon\" to \"Pekin\" 35 le\n\nTotal 590 le or about 180 miles.\n\n\"Tung-chaon\" is on the \"Pei-ho,\" and is the place where travellers leave their boats, in order to go overland to Pekin-the water shoaling there too much to admit of boats going higher.\n\nThese rivers are not spanned by bridges, but in ordinary seasons are all fordable, and after heavy rains are crossed in boats.\n\n2nd. Went down to the R. \"Yang-ho.\" It is very shallow, having barely a foot of water at low tide half-a-mile from the mouth; rise of tide is about 5 to 6 feet.\n\nWater is fresh even at mouth during the ebb.\n\nThe bottom is sandy, with mud mixed. Junks unload in the mouth within the bar. There were 6 there laden with millet and a very small seed which is an article of food. About 20 or 30 carts were there to carry it off, each drawn by 6 mules and ponies. They were going to a place called \"Poo-ning-hsien,\" 30 le distant; which is, they say, not a large place, but containing some thousands of inhabitants. This town is situated on the great road, probably at the place where the \"Yang-ho\" crosses it. Some people say the road crosses the Yang-ho 15 le from its mouth.\n\nThey say there are no large towns along the road, and that if we had merchandise to take in the country by the road we should meet with no market short of \"Tien-tsin\" or \"Tung-chaon.\"\n\nTheir carts are about 4' 6\" between the wheels. They say that for a journey to Pekin they would use a lighter description of cart, as the road is bad-apparently from mud and ruts. It crosses small hills, but no considerable ones, and in general skirts the foot of a mountain range. They call the distance to Pekin about 560 le, and perform the journey in a light cart in 6 days.\n\nAnother river exists to the E. of the \"Yang-ho,\" called the \"Tac-cho-ho.\" Its mouth is only about 1 mile from it, but this is a much shorter one. It receives the water from the plain to the south of the great road, running from E. to W. and then turning to the south to empty itself into the \"Yang-ho\" Bay.\n\nThey say that 60 le to the southward of this is a small river called the \"Poo-ho,\" and there is a garrison of 600 or 700 Tartars there.\n\nThis river was not mentioned before as crossing the road, and is perhaps a short one.\n\nIn the afternoon we sent a boat up the river to buy vegetables, but they were met by a party of 100 armed Tartars, commanded by a blue-buttoned Mandarin, who said he had been sent by another with a red button, from a town 30 le distant (probably \"Poo-ning-hsien\")-to prevent our landing or going on shore at all.",
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        "content_text": "Provisions sent to us. Climate. R. \"Poo-ho.\" Troops. Coast and interior country. CL Yun-ping-foo.\" Mirage great. Country to the southward flat and wet.\n\n12 The men were all cavalry, and armed with spears or matchlocks. Understanding that we had asked for some provisions, they sent us a few fowls and melons, for which they refused money, but eventually someone took it.\n\nThere is a small fort about a mile W. of the river's mouth, but, as it evidently does not command the entrance, it is probable that a road passes near it. It is an insignificant little thing.\n\nThe description they gave of the climate is as follows:-There is cold weather with ice in the 10, 12, 1, 2 and 3 months, during which time the rivers are frozen, and occasionally the Bay also for two miles out. Snow falls to a depth varying from 2 inches to 2 feet. The ice breaks up in the third month.\n\nThey notice no difference in the level of the sea in the summer and winter months. Some say the water falls very slightly after a continuance of north wind.\n\nThey said that in 21 days they should commence wearing warm clothes. The soldiers were said to have come from “Yim-ping-foo.\"\n\nAugust 4th.--Moved down to the mouths of the Poo-ho,\" which is a short shallow river, which winds from the S.W. It is not navigable. Junks unload about 3-mile from the bar, and this spot is protected by an earthen fort of no great size.\n\nOn our arrival, we saw that the guns were manned. There might have been 6 or 7, from the number of sponge-heads I saw over the parapet. Troops also turned out and formed, just behind some hills. Some cavalry came down when we landed; amongst them a colonel, who, they said, came from a camp 50 le off.\n\nLanding at another spot, we saw a camp, distant about 2 miles from the landing place. There is evidently a road from this place; and as this river and the Yang-ho\" are both so small as to admit of only a few junks unloading at the same time, they are possibly both used to supply the same district; and it is, therefore, likely that a road leads from the \"Poo-ho\" to the road by which the corn from the \"Yang-ho\" is carried to the great road, and that this road passes by the forts mentioned as being near the latter river.\n\nBetween these rivers sandhills exist along the shore, about 30 feet high, and running back into the country for about a mile, Within them the country is flat.\n\nA range of hills, which run N.E. and S.W., terminates S. of the river's mouth, at a distance of about 7 miles. The country up to them being flat, cultivated, and with rows of trees, and some villages.\n\nThere is said to be a town called \"Yun-ping-foo,\" about 150 le N. of this and the other side of the mountains,\n\nAugust 7th. The horizon being always so distorted here, we landed to take the altitude with artificial horizon.\n\nSketched the country S. of the mouth of the \"Poo-ho.\" The same sand-hills run parallel to the coast, also the \"Poo-ho,\" which receives its water apparently from a vast extent of flat and swampy ground. The country here is so flat that it is possible it may to a considerable extent be affected by the tide, either by being actually flooded or by the river which drains it having its course dammed up by the tide.\n\n9th.-Landed some miles farther to the south. There is here a large flat, which is covered, at very high tide, to an extent of 4 miles inland. It is composed of sand and mud. At one spot, near where the tide enters, to get over the flat, boats unload. Horses are sent down here to graze.\n\nWe were accosted by a Mandarin. We got the following information from a soldier:-\n\nNot many miles to the S. of this spot, a considerable river runs into the sea, which, a short distance above its mouth, receives the waters of the \"Chin-lung-ho,\" and \"Lan-ho\" and is then called the \"Laon-moo-kaon.\" The town of \"Yun-ping-foo\" is on the \"Chin-lung-ho,\" distant from the mouth 150 le.\n\nThe city is described as having 4 gates. It is of considerable size, but not very large. The great road runs within 1 le of the south gate, and the \"Chin-lung-ho\" outside the west gate, and close to the walls. The river here is said to have an embankment.\n\n\"Yun-ping-foo\" is distant from Pekin 490 le, and from the Great Wall 190 le.\n\nGoing along the road from \"Yun-ping-foo\" to Pekin, you pass the following places:-\n\nTung-jen-lisien\n\nChechou\n\nSan-ho\n\nTung-chaon\n\nLe.\n\n160\n\n80\n\nThe great road is partly sandy and partly stony. It passes near woods or groves of trees, but does not go through any. There is a great deal of traffic on the road (so much so as to prevent there being any game near it). There are no large cities or important places on the road.\n\nGoing from \"Yun-ping-foo\" to \"Tien-tsin” you pass-\n\nYun-ping-foo\"\n\nTung-tai (apparently a fair)\n\nPang-uhr-chwang (a halting place for travellers)\n\nTec-tao\n\nTien-tsin\n\nLe.\n\n220\n\n70\n\n50\n\n23\n\n20\n\n360\n\nWith regard to the climate, they say the autumn commences on the 9th day of 7th Moon (8th August). The wet months are from the 4th to 8th, but the rains are not continuous. The snow and ice months are 11, 12, 1, and 2, The coast is frozen in these months more or less.\n\nPage 358\n\nPage 359\n\nPage 360\n\nPage 361",
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        "content_text": "Ditches, boundary stones, &c.\n\nR. \"Laon-moo-kaon.\"\n\nMandarin civil.\n\nNot allowed to proceed up\n\nHostile demonstration.\n\nthe\n\nTiver.\n\nReconciliation.\n\nNight review.\n\nTrucks laden with timber.\n\n14\n\nWith regard to the ditches said to exist near Tien-tsin, they say it is not the usual custom to divide their fields in this way, as they use boundary stones; but these ditches exist in places near the river banks, where they irrigate the land by means of them.\n\nAugust 12th.-Having discovered entrance to the \"Laon-moo-kaon,\" entered the river with two gigs, leaving a gun-boat anchored at the mouth. We were met near the mouth by a Mandarin, with a party of Tartar Cavalry, but were able to get little or no information about the upper part of the river. They were unarmed. The Mandarin told us that he was in command at the mouth of the river, but that his superior officer was a short distance higher up.\n\nThat it would be as much as his life is worth to allow us to pass his post, and he begged us not to attempt it.\n\nWe told him we wanted water for the ships, and also wished to purchase sheep and vegetables. He was very civil in his manner, but guarded in what he said. There were two men aides-de-camp to the Commander at the Great Wall, who had come down to him on business, and these men appeared rather to watch him.\n\nAfter conferring with him we said we should sail up a little higher, to see if the water would there be clearer than at the mouth of the river. He begged us not, but we sailed on in spite of him. They rode along the bank; and, on our passing the village, they all seized their arms, matchlocks and bows, and crying out to fight, they rushed behind a breastwork and levelled their pieces, and declared they would fire if we advanced.\n\nWe remonstrated, and asked them what they could mean by such threats; we did not wish to hurt them, and did not care about their river, if they were much opposed to our ascending it; they were our friends, and we did not wish to outrage their feelings. The Mandarin said he was full of the most friendly feeling for us, but he would be disgraced if he allowed us to pass after the orders he had received, and he could not risk such a thing by giving way to his affection for us.\n\nWe then landed and had tea with him, and were presented with a fan cach. Before leaving, I expressed a wish to see the bow used. He sent for one, and the man seemed to go a long way for it on horseback.\n\nSome remark was made about the time he was absent, to which the Mandarin replied, \"He has to go a great distance to fetch it; would it be proper to have warlike implements near, when such dear friends as you are with me.\" Meanwhile the boat's crew found about 40 or 50 jingalls and spears hidden in the sand close by.\n\nThat night heavy guns were fired in the direction of the river and jingalls, and several lights were noticed from the ships. On being asked next day what it meant, the Mandarin answered that his superior had had a review, but that now he was informed what intimate and dear friends were at hand, such a display would not be proper, and therefore we should not hear it again.\n\nMany of the junks in the river were laden with pieces of round fir timber about 6 to 10 feet long, and from 1' 6\" to 2 feet diameter. He told us they were for sawing up into planks, but the lengths appeared too short; several pieces were seen laid upon the beach at intervals, as if a boom was being formed. However, they might merely have been floated up thus. (Afterwards found to be for coffins).\n\n350\n\n15\n\nThe river opposite the village is about 400 yards wide, with flat low banks, Description of and has a narrow channel of deep water, in which there would be about 10 feet at low water. The water appears, however, gradually to shoal, and an anchorage could be seen about 1 mile above where we landed.\n\nriver.\n\nThe village at its mouth is composed to a great extent of houses for accommodating discharged cargoes, and it is therefore probable that the river is not navigable for junks higher up. There is a very rapid current.\n\nThe mouth of the river is closed by a bar of sand, having over it only 3 feet at low water, and as the tide rises only about 4′9′′ at springs, the river would not be available except for vessels of very light draft, and with a high tide. The country to the S.W. is flooded at high tides, and would appear impracticable Country to the but for the fact of cart-tracks being seen over the sand.\n\nA creek runs in from the sea a little below the river, and a road leads from it towards the N.W., which is protected by an old breastwork and battery for 3 guns.\n\nGreat mirage exists all down this coast, which may perhaps give an idea of more water than actually exists.\n\nS.W.\n\nHowever, the country appears extremely unfit for military operations at Country unfit for military operations. the very best; the shoal nature of the coast, and consequent large surface of land influenced by the tide, must render both landing and marching very difficult.\n\n\"Laon-moo-Kaou.\"\n\nThe water of the Laon-moo-kaon, though very thick, settles rapidly with Water good in the application of a little alum, and is very good. With an ebb tide it is perfectly fresh at the mouth.\n\nAugust 16-Arrived at the \"Ching-ho.\"\n\nThe country from the Laon-moo-kaon to this is all flat. Mud plains extend inland to a very great distance; they are covered at high tides. After walking inland for about 3 miles over this mud, a sort of cactus plant is met with, which marks probably the extreme high water boundary; but beyond this no cultivation is seen, and the rows of trees appear as far off as when seen from the beach.\n\nR.\" Ching-ho.\"\n\nThe mirage, which is constantly very great, prevents me forming a very Mirage. correct idea of distance, or whether the intervening space is water or not. The whole ground looks like a lake, and the dry sand has just the appearance of water. I believe, however, it is occasionally flooded, as is evidenced by the sca-shells and crab-shells, and general appearance of the mud. There is also in places an incrustation of salt, which places the fact of an occasional flooding beyond doubt.\n\nAbout 9 miles below the Laon-moo-kaon there is a small river, but shallow, having about 8 feet at high water at the mouth, but this lessens higher up. I believe it to be a branch of the Ching-ho. There is no fresh water here, Fresh water defi- as I saw a junk come and anchor, and a cart was driven down from the country with water in it to fill her.\n\ncient.\n\nWhen there is any wind a heavy surf breaks over the bar at the mouth of \"Ching-ho\" Bar. the \"Ching-ho.\" At low tide there is from 2' 6\" to 4 feet of water over it. The Chinese say there are 9 feet over with high tides.\n\nA north wind makes it shallow, and a south wind makes it deep. Within the bar there is a deepish channel from 8 to 24 feet, though not often above 10 or 12.",
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        "content_text": "360\n\nJunks very numerous laden with wood.\n\nCorn depot.\n\nMoved on to the \"Sha-lin-tien\" Banks.\n\nR. \"Peh-tang-ho.\"\n\nK.“Che-haon.ho.”\n\nBar.\n\n16\n\nAbout 3 miles from the mouth is an old 3-gun battery, with a breastwork for musketry. This commands 3 passages, viz., the main river, another passage from the seaward, apparently not much used, and, probably, too shallow for loaded junks, and a third shallow passage, only available for boats. After passing this battery the river becomes very narrow, in places not more than 50 yards at low tide. The channel is rather difficult to find.\n\nThere appears, however, to be 8 feet of water at high tide all the way up to the Corn Stores, which are about 6 miles up the river on the left bank, and are of considerable extent.\n\nHere the junks unload, and the goods are carried inland. The junks, of which we saw great numbers, possibly 100, were principally laden with corn, or large fir timbers, some of very large diameter. The larger timber usually the shortest, probably on account of the difficulty of transporting more than a certain weight overland without timber carriages, which I have not heard of the Chinese having.\n\nIt is said that there is a town called \"Laon-ting-shien,\" about 30 le higher up, and near the great road, and from this tower you can go by roads to any place.\n\nThe distance to Pekin is said to be 400 le, and to Tien-tsin 200 le. The river is said not to be navigable for junks above the Corn Depôt, which is about 6 miles from the mouth Here we met the two aides-de-camp of the District General, the same men we met at \"Laon moo-kaon.\" They asked us where we were going next, and are evidently following us down the coast. Their presence prevented our obtaining any information.\n\nIn consequence of the Mandarin's following us we determined to move to \"Sha-lin-tien,\" and correct rates of chronometers, and then move southwards, where it is important that we should land and get some information.\n\nThe Mandarin would lose sight of us, and if, on hearing of our being there, he moved down, we should probably have finished our work, and could up again ourselves, and give him the slip.\n\nReached Sha-lin-tien on 21st.\n\nAugust 22nd.---Leaving Cruiser\" with the chronometers to take sights, went down in Forester\" until we sighted the Pei-ho Forts, as we wished to communicate with the Americans, if they were there. Found they had left.\n\nBoarded a sea-going junk. Heard they had left 3 days ago, having been 20 days at Pekin.\n\nThe river at which they landed is called the \"Peh-tang-ho,\" and the bar is not passable by junks, except at high water. Could get no news of our lost vessels. Returned in afternoon, and sailed next morning, and anchored off the mouth of a river.\n\n23rd. Went up the \"Che-kaon-ho\" in boats. It is a tolerably deep river (12 feet); but with a bar across the mouth, and a narrow channel.\n\nThe bar has from 5 to 9 feet at high water; the latter only at springs. There were 7 feet at this time. H. W. at 3 P.M.\n\nPulling up to within about a 4-mile of the village of \"Che-kaon,\" which is on the right bank we found a creek on the left bank, narrow, but with 5 feet of water in it, the tide being at the time low.\n\nWe pushed the boat in and landed.\n\n17\n\nThe mud is hard, and supports the weight of a man well. The river is Nature of banks. here, at low water, about 300 yards from high-water level. The ground here is quite flat, and covered with a coarse sort of grass, and in spots (more particularly near the shore) corn is grown. This ground, apparently, is occasionally covered at very high tides. The ground in-shore looks flat and damp, but this is probably partly the effect of mirage; there are numerous cart-tracks leading Inland community. inland, so it is certain there must be inland communication.\n\nAbout three miles up the coast is another village, called Ma-ping-kaon.\" \"Ma-ping-kaon.” There is a dry road to it along the sea-shore, except in one place, where a creek about 160 yards wide has to be crossed. It is quite dry at low water, and never probably more than 2 feet deep; the bottom being very flat carts are driven over this; the country inside is flooded by this creek to a certain extent.\n\nWe were told at \"Che-kaon,” that after traversing 20 le of this flat (which they say at very high tides is sometimes covered), you reach a good road by which you can go to “Tien-tsin” or “Tung-koo.” They appear to exaggerate Reported distances. the distances, calling it 400 le to \"Tien-tsin,\" and 200 to the \"Pei-ho.\"\n\nFlats of hard mud run out from this river, and are dry at low water for a Extensive flats of distance of about 4 miles from the shore. The fishermen walk about on the mud and sand. mud with ease.\n\nNear the mouth of the river, on the flat where we landed, is a great ridge of shells thrown up, and quite hard and dry, affording a very good spot to form men, or place temporarily stores or guns. There is perhaps a mile of this ridge, and 50 feet wide.\n\nChe-kaon-ho\" not \n\nboats.\n\nI don't think the river would be available for gun-boats, but there would be no difficulty in landing a light column with mountain artillery to recon- practicable for gun- noitre; and I believe the route to the Pei-ho Forts\" would be found practicable for any force.\n\nShould the mouth of the river be defended, the hard nature of the banks would allow of men being thrown on shore to turn the works. We were told that the river was not deep enough for boats for more than 20 le higher than the village, also that by going higher up you got further distant from the road. We were told that no river exists between this and the \"Pei-ho.\"\n\nFurther information, which we got next day on board a junk, is much more credible. The distance to the Pei-ho\" is said to be 100 le, and a small river intervenes, which is called the \"Yen-ho,\" or Salt River, and receives its R. \"Yen-ho.\" water from the \"Pei-ho.\"\n\nMeasured a base of 2 miles on shore for survey of river mouth.\n\nAugust 26th.-Sounded in gun-boats, saw no means of approaching within or 4 miles of the shore. The villagers have no boats and the fishermen inva- riably walk out to their nets sometimes 3 or 4 miles.\n\nSteamed up to within 3 or 4 miles of the \"Pei-ho\" Forts; found there is no river of any size intervening, fancied we saw the \"Yen-ho,\" alluded to above.\n\nForts.\n\nThe Forts were manned, and numerous banners hoisted on our approach.\n\nAugust 27th.-Moved the vessel up to within about 6 miles of the \"Pei-ho'\n\nThe coast appears quite the same.\n\nMeasured a base.\n\nM\n\n13\n\nF\n\nS\n\n28th. Waded on shore. Boats can not approach nearer them than 600",
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        "content_text": "26\n\n1\n\n413\n\nthe South west. The wind during the direction from the It is further removed. the contaminating influences of the Town and Harbour.\n\n5th St must always remain open to the Country at the back the nature of the ground behind rendering any extension of the Town in that direction impossible.\n\n6thly, it has a better aspect, facing the South instead of the South West monsoon being four days out of five South and South.\n\nIt is open to the Sea on both sides. The right of the position resting on a bay with deep water well adapted for the landing of Commissariat and Defence Stores - the left on shallow sandy bay very...",
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        "content_text": "458 \n\nI consider it the best on the peninsula. \n\nThe only objection I see to the plan for Barracks and Hospitals proposed by the War Department is that the buildings being in two parallel ranges at right angles to the prevailing wind, one range would act as a screen to the other. \n\nThere are other sites which would answer for a Naval Hospital, but I would submit whether it would not be well to have it on Stone Cutters Island, where it is proposed to have a Convict Establishment and to which Convict Establishment the convalescent Sailors and Marines could be sent over. The Hospital guard would also act as a necessary guard.\n\nI concur with Lt. Moody in his recommendation of the site B on the accompanying plan for sea frontage for Commissariat and Military Stores; the site he proposes for a drill ground at D would answer for Barracks. The ground between the site proposed by Lt.-Colonel Mann and the sea to the Eastward would answer much better, and which being low and with shallow water frontage would probably be not much valued by the Colony.\n\nAlthough the seafrontage immediately to the south of the Naval Coal Store and due west of the south half of the proposed Barracks would not be required for Military purposes, it is ...",
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        "content_text": "## 78.\n\n463 \n\nseasons. The parade would be rainy because, therefore, a cause for disease; then the ground, unless asphalted, and every radiated heat would be considered in this climate. One range of buildings would interrupt the air from the other. The town and the Barracks I consider would, from various contingent circumstances, difference of level, climate, be very unhealthful; and that the Barracks thus enclosed, and checking the full benefit of the even monsoons, will not suit; and also, they are admirably adapted for a drier, and hotter, climate than Hong Kong, if in single ranges, or each building duly exposed originally to the full benefit of the Monsoons.\n\n\"I would therefore propose, in conjunction with Mr. Robinson (although probably he is influenced partially by anxiety to obtain more space for Colonial purposes) to occupy the site across the neck of the Peninsula, from water to water, and tinted (see plan) by Yellow. Cantonment to be extended with Deep Water Commencing on the West; on the Disp Water side - I would have the Commissural and Military Stores, and the Powder Magazine, under shelter in the neighbourhood. (Vide plan B & C).\n\nOn the Heights above the Military Hospital to within the proposed Lines, and in rear of left Hand Battery on the top of the height (Artillery Hill) on the left flank.\n\nOn the same height I would propose Staff Quarters - Offices &c.\n\nAbout the centre of the peninsula, Officers Quarters, Dress House, Provost Establishment; Ordnance Guard house, Commissioned Officers Reading Room, Garrison's Chapel, Barrack master's Quarters, Canteen &c.\n\nOn the right flank, near the water (Shallow water) I propose the married Soldiers Quarters, with houses, and a Guard House.\n\nIntermediate between the two flanks and the Centre (Officers Quarters four mentioned above) the remainder of the Soldiers' Barracks.\n\nEach barrack to be placed to meet the monsoon winds to the best advantage, reserving the centre and sea frontage of the cullet to the Cantonment Bulley, to ensure obstruction of a free movement.\n\n### a.iv.\n\nThere appears to be no want of water in this valley. It is obtained from wells.\n\nBetween this Cantonment and the Colonial location I propose a broad reserve belt of land to be planted.",
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        "content_text": "478 \n\nerection of civilian Gentleman's Villas from three to five hundred Compounds off in any manner with Colonel Mann's two parallel lines distant 100 yards, one fifteen feet above the other.\n\nThe proximity of the former to the sea will not avail for sea bathing, and the soldiers must actually go to Napier's Range, a distance of 1,000 yards, for that purpose. At each end of the Napier's Range Cantonment, they have a sea frontage of 500 yards, shallow water on one side and deep on the other; the soldiers have no necessity for going backwards and forwards.\n\nI know of no single objection to it under proper management, and this I say after an experience of twenty years of this climate, and during the whole of which time I have had the arrangement of much more troublesome areas than that of Napier's Range; but to leave it in its present state and occupy it, the results will be such as those occurring at West Point in Hong Kong.\n\nThe first Barracks were erected there, and it is unquestionably the finest site in the whole of Victoria, but the troops were unhealthy, and the place was condemned by the Military Board, and the present objectionable site chosen instead. I may remark that West Point was undrained, the surface water passed over, or through a grave yard, and then under the floors of the Soldier's huts; when the Barracks were... \nThe area is level, large. The parade grounds are available, the planting and gardens are available, the rifle range is immediately adjoining, in fact.",
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        "title": "CO129-094 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1863 [11-10]",
        "content_text": "36\n\n197\n\n!\n\nthe city from the noisome effluvia so loudly complained of, and an additional, although secondary, consideration in its favor, is that these reservoirs and connecting works might be made available as landing places, both for passengers and Merchandise.\n\nThe Committee do not anticipate any injury to the salubrity of the harbor from these outfalls. On the contrary, the sewage by being thrown into deep water where the currents are strong would be much more effectually removed than by the present imperfect system, which leaves fetid deposits in shallow water near shore.\n\n78.\n\nAs an escape for foul gases from the outfall reservoirs suggested above, a small hollow pillar might be added to each of them, 10 feet in height, with vent holes above and under the top, while below a trap could be fitted in the roof of the reservoir, and in which could be combined the means of odorising the gasses during their escape.\n\n79.\n\nThe object of having an escape under the top of the pillar is, that, if approved of, colored lights (in figures or plain) might be placed above; and duly classified, they would thus afford at night guides to these several convenient landing places.\n\n80.\n\nDeodorants are most valuable auxiliaries in sanitary arrangements, and",
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        "content_text": "and I have J\n\nthat\n\nZon\n\nrequest\n\nwill call\n\nupon his Lordship\n\n&\n\nupay that amount,\n\nin order that their\n\nadvanced by the Admiralty\n\nbe\n\nclaims may liquidated\n\nany\n\n2222 Hongkong\n\nfurther communication on\n\nthis\n\nsubject, it is requested that the Letter following the date may be quoted.\n\nRECENT\n\n3 MAR\n\n1863\n\nAdmiralty\n\n2 March 6083\n\n6\n\nMM\n\nThe person named on the\n\nother side hereof, having\n\nbeen Entertained onboard\n\nHer Majesty's Ship Swallow\n\non the occasions\n\nand between\n\nthe dates stated against his name; I am commanded by My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to request that you will move the Duke of\n\nBuckingham\n\nto cause him to be informed, whether the Expense of the\n\nis to be borne by the Public\n\nI am\n\nYour\n\nobedient\n\nhumble servant,\n\nErskine Rogers\n\nColonial Office\n\nPage",
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        "document_key": "CO129-098 - Sir Robinson - 1864 [4-5]",
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        "content_text": "120\n\nथ\n\n332\n\nwe\n\nanchored inside Roque's Point and\n\nthe Dragon boat with\n\nintelligence\n\nsoon came\n\nalongside\n\narmed junks were\n\nthat three heavily\n\nthen at anchor\n\ninside Cliff Island with a large rice junk they had captured off Zamzai two days previously.\n\nDirecting the Dragon boat to proceed to the N. end of Cliff Island, I weighed and proceeded round to the Southward and Leeward so as to\n\nprevent\n\npirates from escaping. As\n\nwe approached,\n\nwe perceived the junks\n\nanchored with their prize off a Village. They weighed and running into shallow bay clear of the houses,\n\nsoon\n\nanchored in line of battle, hoisting\n\nred flags.\n\nI closed within them until\n\na fisherman pilot insisted we\n\nshould run on some rocks —\n\nthe water was\n\nevidently shallow with a\n\ntide race over it, I hove to, and firing\n\na shot\n\nover them with the two\n\ngigs, I expected no serious resistance, not knowing that the\n\nred flag was their signal to engage.\n\nAs the boats approached they opened\n\nsuch a fire of grape and case that seeing\n\nI should probably lose half my men if I persisted\n\nin boarding, I returned to the ship\n\n(fortunately, without casualty), and engaged them from...",
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        "content_text": "345\n\nforesail but little other damage to the Haughty.\n\nIt is with much regret that I have to report that Mr Anderson 2nd master has been severely wounded in the head; he was of the greatest assistance to me and proved himself a very zealous Officer.\n\nI beg most respectfully to bring him to the notice of the Commander in Chief; the following is the list of the wounded.\n\nRobt Hamilton A. B. mortally, since dead. Mr MCM. Anderson 2nd master dangerously, Peter Shelly A. B. severely sent to Hospital at Amoy. Richards Ord: slightly. Win Steins Ord. Ditto.\n\nBen. Brown and M. I. Jones slightly Sent to Hospital at Amoy.\n\n(Signed) John Dr. Nicoll, Ind. Assistant Surgeon.\n\nH. M. S. Swallow.\n\nI have, &c. (signed.) Ins C. Wells, Lieutenant in Command.\n\nThe four Captured were handed over to the Chinese authorities through the Consul at Amoy and beheaded.\n\n(Signed) Ino. C. Wells, Lieutnt in Command.",
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        "content_text": "Belief is well founded there\n\nMy belief\n\nIf\n\ncan be\n\nno\n\ndoubt that\n\nere\n\nlong\n\nthey will not only avoid foreign vessels but will seek opportunity\n\nof attacking the more defenseless\n\nthem.\n\n(Signed) M. A. Bedder,\n\nLt. Wells\n\nCommanding A. Mr. B. B. Draughty, Senior Naval Officer\n\nAmoy.\n\nCopy!\n\nSir,\n\nYou\n\nH. M. S. B. Haughty\n\nAmoy January 21st 1864\n\n343\n\nI have the honor to inform\n\nthat\n\non the 2nd Instant I\n\nproceeded to Ha-tan and Chimmo\n\nthe 4th to Sha-tan on\n\nBay\n\non\n\npiratical expedition\n\nas\n\nreported\n\narrived at Amoy on 5th Instant,\n\nwhich place I found H. M. S.\n\nSwallow\n\nand\n\non\n\nthe 11th Instant\n\nagain proceeded in quest of pirates having proper Chinese\n\nOfficials on board anchored in\n\non 12th Instant\n\na piratical junk on",
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        "content_text": "335\n\nimmediately weighed and swept into a shallow creek the bun Boat following to a depth of 10 feet when we anchored and I proceeded with the boats. The crew deserted to the shore as we closed and opened fire with gingals and musketry from behind an embankment getting under cover of getting the boats the junk and boarding her we fired with good effect from her stern and two round shots from the Sun Don't's 68r routed them and they fled over the hills.\n\nAfter dark a banderin dragon boat full of soldiers arrived. aping ashore from Dinghai I sent with them and being joined by the villagers hostile to the pirates they chased to the seaside where they put off in Sempes and attempted to retake the loucha then a ground but being met by a volley from the meu I had left in charge they boarded a small salt jumbe cut her cable and made sail across the bay. Sit being very dark with little chance of securing did not purssic the men I had.\n\nThe soldiers and villagers had killed one man and two the villagers were slain. I towed ...",
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        "document_key": "CO129-099 - Sir Robinson - 1864 [6-8]",
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        "title": "CO129-099 - Sir Robinson - 1864 [6-8]",
        "content_text": "from the four of thing Kong Elation to the payment.\n\nof Compensation Li Cheneve\n\nremoved for their\n\nlands\n\nRontoon.\n\nAnd de frey wall\n\nfund tied the proportion\n\nof the compensation chut\n\nall have the proudid for by the Military Authinlin\n\n£371.19.7.\n\n3\n\n7\n\n8807\n\n21 SEP 1864\n\n258\n\nN112.\n\nFinancial.\n\nreas-cons-\n\n14 Oct.\n\n157.278.\n\nSir,\n\nHoughong\n\n27th July, 1864.\n\nI have the honor to report\n\nthat I have sanctioned, at the instance of the Past Master General, certain payments to the Packet Agencies at Swallow in China and Kanagawa in Japan.\n\nThe Right Honorable,\n\nR. Cardwell, M. P.,",
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        "content_text": "I enclose Mr Mitchell's \n\nletters in both cases. \n\nAt Suntow the \n\nexpense will \n\nbe $10 a month for Crew, with an \n\ninitial outlay of $35 for a boat, and the £7.6.10 revenue received from Swallow \n\nby this Colony, is satisfactorily shown \n\nto justify the expenditure. \n\nThe amount of $6 a \n\nMonth at Kanagawa is equally \n\nreasonable, as shown by Mr. \n\nMitchell's statement \n\nof \n\nreceipts \n\nfrom that Port. \n\nI hope for your confirmation of these items of expenditure. \n\nI have the honor to be, \n\nSir \n\nYour most obedient Servant, \n\nMatheson & Robinson \n\n \n\nPage 259 \n\non what footing in the Chinese Postal system and has done it fall to Hong Kong to lay for a profit by it? \n\nSin & Rogers \n\n \n\nAs the correspondence for China & Japan \n\nsent in \n\nthe Mail for Shanghai it is necessary to have Packet agencies \n\nConvened \n\nat the several Ports. \n\nThe Agents have generally \n\nthe salaries for the \n\nAssistants.",
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        "content_text": "12.7\n\nstrong from the SE and the length of time since they had left being so great, I deemed it advisable to return to Phong trong.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed) J. C. St. John.\n\n\"Captain M. Nolloth, Mr. S. H. M.S. Princess Charlotte Mam for the Colonial Secretary\"\n\n92\n\nLient. Meainwaring, R.N. Senior Naval Officer Hong Kong...\n\n(Copy)\n\nSir,\n\nH. M. Gun boat Havock, Hong Kong, 25th October, 1864,\n\nHerryking, arrived off Donlan Bay at daylight of the 15th but finding nothing in the Bay steamed on to Buckshine, noted Pirate Town on an island of the same name, about 10 miles M. E. of Trylon. On arriving off that Town I observed a Junk under a press of sail, about 1/2 a mile off, which on seeing the Havock, made sail across a very large but shallow Bay not marked in the Government Charts, in consequence of the water being so shoal it was three hours before I could overhaul her when I found the pirates had escaped to an adjacent island, leaving three fishermen on board who stated...\n\n(Signed) Captain M. Nolloth, R.N., Senior Naval Officer Hong Kong",
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        "content_text": "Admiralty,\n\nHongkong,\n\n9482 Eur 2\n\nThe Secretary of the Admiralty is directed by the Under Secretary to inform you in reply to your letter of the 19th August that the Crown Agents have been authorised to pay to the credit of Naval Funds in the hands of the Paymaster-in-Chief at Singapore the sum of £2/- for the entertainment of H.M.S. Swallow.\n\n33\n\nMy letter ...\n\nPage 33 appears to be missing some text, indicated by \"...\". The original text is likely to be a continuation of the letter.\n\nHowever, to follow the instructions to output only HTML using  for paragraphs and not include any explanation or markdown, the corrected output should be:\n\nAdmiralty,\n\nHongkong,\n\n9482 Eur 2\n\nThe Secretary of the Admiralty is directed by the Under Secretary to inform you in reply to your letter of the 19th August that the Crown Agents have been authorised to pay to the credit of Naval Funds in the hands of the Paymaster-in-Chief at Singapore the sum of £2/- for the entertainment of H.M.S. Swallow.\n\n33\n\nMy letter ...",
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        "content_text": "Admiralty Hong Kong\n\n153 9482\n\nSo. Menuler Robinson Esq.\n\nHolm 1 Oct by.\n\nJ. Proyn Kopy Attor Hardwicke\n\nL Ardan && Aquali\n\n23 Dec\n\nShowvarit & you\n\nletter from\n\n34 a copy of a letter from the Admiralty requesting a clarin on this blast to the sum of twenty pound\n\n27. for the Entertainment of the Hon. Inglis onboard dem Ships Swallow belen to porti otthong Shanghae. The Crown Agents have been instructed to pay this amount out of the credit of Naval Funds and to charge it to the account of your Government.\n\nton 泊",
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        "content_text": "18 \n\nfor the next morning I steamed to Sooni island, a notorious piratical haunt; the two or three villages on the island being their headquarters; no merchant junks go near it; and I have on former occasions found junks fitting out and arming at this place, as pirates do.\n\nOn the N. E. side of the island is a small well-sheltered bay, having a narrow and shallow entrance, where junks can only get in at high water. Here I observed over the low land three large junks, at anchor, and in such order as to command the narrow entrance - knowing that frequently they have their guns ready trained for any narrow passage, I anchored the gunboat as near the sandy beach as was safe, and landed in the boats with blue jackets.\n\nThe surf was high, and one of the boats dragging her anchor was washed up the beach, destroying all the spare ammunition. Crossing a narrow neck of land and entering a wood, I was enabled to come down on the bay close to the junks. At this time there were about 140 men on board, a number standing by their guns and making preparations for resistance; the rest were hastily removing goods into sampans.\n\nFinding some things on the beach I jumped into something with Mr. Searle, Boatswain...",
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        "content_text": "## \n\n1833\n\nneighbourhood like those in Deep Bay have little other occupation than piracy, and that their operations are chiefly if not wholly against traders proceeding to or from this Colony. At various times our gunboats have found junks fitting out evidently for piratical purposes. Officer commanding a Gunboat obliged the head man of a village to deliver up plundered property; and on searching the same officer released 3 women held to ransom, no doubt that the villagers hold constant communication with Hong Kong, receiving information as to the departure of junks - perhaps European traders - ill-found, and manned small craft, and the movements of our Gunboats. If one of the latter gets steam up during the day, information is at once conveyed overland to the numerous piratical haunts in the creeks and rivulets, and shallow bays which abound in Mir's Bay and neighbourhood, parts of which although from this anchorage some 30 miles distant are, as a glance at the Admiralty Chart will show, but about a few miles overland, across the narrow peninsula which runs S. Eastward.",
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        "content_text": "lost no time in communicating with the Comptroller of the Navy and the Accountant General - with a view to ascertaining firstly the speed calculated for the service and secondly the annual Cost of her maintenance.\n\nOn the first point I found a very general opinion entertained not merely by the Comptroller but by others competent to judge that a vessel of the Plover class - with a vessel of 400 nominal horse power and double screw was best adapted to chase craft escaping into shallow creeks and bays and at the same time to attain a high rate of speed against the strong currents prevailing in the Chinese seas.\n\nI therefore requested the Accountant General to make an approximate estimate of the total annual Cost of a vessel of the Plover Class giving details and checking by other estimates with which he kindly supplied me.\n\nI am afraid that its amount £4,182 per annum discourages me for although in some details - as wages for instance - it may be possible by employing natives partially instead of Europeans to effect some saving - yet I cannot suppose that practically any... \n\n## \n| Page 363 |\n\nINT. Council Office Treasury 1",
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        "content_text": "## \nat. 8° 3-presents an extensive forty-feet level site for Building with a gradual slope to the sea. It has the further important recommendation of the Sanatory qualities of the position having been already tested. General Guy informs me that in 1864 there was great mortality amongst 49th Regiment whilst encamped in huts where the proposed Military barracks are to be built - but that on being moved to No 3 under Canvas, the sicklist decreased rapidly from a very remarkable 25.4 per cent fact, and not explicable merely through any change in the weather or season.\n\n290 \nAdmiral King objects, however, to the position at 3 because during the North East Monsoon that site is to windward of the mount anchorage of Her Majesty's Ships and also because the landing is inconvenient and shallow, rendering difficult the Conveyance of patients to and from it, whilst its distance from the naval anchorage is also considerable.\n\nAt the same time, from what I have already stated, it is evident that the Admiral in his letter of 28th July 1865 to Mr. Mercer did not make sufficient allowance for the future diminished level of other hills when...",
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        "content_text": "however that the dies will give more perfect impressions after being a short time in use, and that such will be the case is much to be hoped. The present stamp being shallow and deficient in sharpness will soon be obliterated by the continual process of shroffing. The milling also is anything but good; it can be easily counterfeited by the simple mechanism of a file, and an ordinary amount of ingenuity which Chinese smashers have most decidedly proved that they possess, Mexican dollars being most successfully imitated. Possibly however these defects in the new coins may be owing to a slight want of adjustment in the machines--an error which practice alone can correct.\n\nBefore leaving the building His Excellency and the party visited the assay room, which is by no means the least interesting portion of the building; two modes of assay are in use. The French mode, in which the silver to be tested is dissolved in nitric acid and precipitated by a solution of common salt in water, the turbidity or clearness of the liquid remaining being an evidence of the presence of alloy or the absolute purity of the metal treated; the other method being by melting in a small furnace; the subsequent steps being the same as those adopted at the London mint. Too much praise cannot be accorded to the general arrangements of the mint or the intelligence of those to whom its arrangements and working are entrusted. Great care seems to have been taken to render it as secure from robbery as it can be in a colony owning rascals of so ingenious a turn of mind as the Chinese. In addition to a regular guard of European troops quartered in the building a gunboat has been moored off the side fronting the harbour, and we are furthermore authorized to publish the following statement of the arrangements which have been made to secure immediate assistance in case of an open attack being made on the building. The following signals have been arranged in case of an attack being made on the Mint.\n\nThe Gunboat at the Mint to show a blue light and fire a rocket on any attempt being made or alarm given of an attack, this signal to be repeated by H.M.S. Princess Charlotte who will fire a gun towards the shore; the sentry placed in front of McGregor's Barrack, would thereupon give an immediate alarm, when a Picquet composed of 2 Officers and 53 N. C. O. and men (previously warned for the duty,) would turn out as rapidly as possible and proceed at once to the Mint; a similar party would also get under arms and follow, from Fletcher's Barracks. The Guard stationed within the Mint would no doubt repel all attack until assistance arrived, and it is to be presumed also that the Police would not be idle meanwhile.\n\nSo extensive an influence will naturally be hereafter exerted by Hongkong over the money market of the East, that the position of the Colony must be considerably improved vis-a-vis the dependencies of all nations in this part of the world. Moreover no better scheme could have well been devised whereby to introduce through a natural channel a more extensive use of coin in place of bullion throughout the Empire of China. When it is once found that foreigners are so unwilling to accept the latter, that the new coins possess advantages for purposes of trade superior to those offered by Sycee or the Spanish and other dollars the Chinese will readily learn to accept them at their just value. The success or non-success of the mint cannot be a doubtful question; either it will be a total success or a total failure. We hope and predict the former.\n\n85",
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        "content_text": "# \nof the immense and massive flywheel is to reverse the steam; but any one acquainted with locomotive machinery is aware how long a time it takes to overcome the momentum of a heavy moving mass travelling at a speed of something like 60 miles an hour. Breaks might easily be applied which would effect the desired object. With this slight digression we return to His Excellency's visit.\n\nAfter leaving the rolling room Sir Richard and Lady Macdonnell proceeded to the stamping room where the round dumps of silver receive the obverse and reverse impression which converts them into dollars. A dump having been handed to Lady Macdonnell she placed it in one of the stamping machines and the **FIRST LEGAL DOLLAR** was coined in Hongkong.\n\nThe dies cannot be considered Masterpieces of the die sinker's art. In beauty of appearance the New Hongkong dollar is considerably inferior to the florin or even the old half crown. It is thought however that the dies will give more perfect impressions after being a short time in use, and that such will be the case is much to be hoped. The present stamp being shallow and deficient in sharpness will soon be obliterated by the continual process of shroffing. The milling also is anything but good; it can be easily counterfeited by the simple mechanism of a file, and an ordinary amount of ingenuity which Chinese smashers have most decidedly proved that they possess, Mexican dollars being most successfully imitated. Possibly however these defects in the new coins may be owing to a slight want of adjustment in the machines - an error which practice alone can correct.\n\nBefore leaving the building His Excellency and the party visited the assay room, which is by no means the least interesting portion of the building; two modes of assay are in use. The French mode, in which the silver to be tested is dissolved in nitric acid and precipitated by a solution of common salt in water, the turbidity or clearness of the liquid remaining being an evidence of the presence of alloy or the absolute purity of the metal treated; the other method being by melting in a small furnace; the subsequent steps being the same as those adopted at the London mint.\n\nToo much praise cannot be accorded to the general arrangements of the mint or the intelligence of those to whom its arrangements and working are entrusted. Great care seems to have been taken to render it as secure from robbery as it can be in a colony owning rascals of so ingenious a turn of mind as the Chinese. In addition to a regular guard of European troops quartered in the building a gunboat has been moored off the side fronting the harbour, and we are furthermore authorized to publish the following statement of the arrangements which have been made to secure immediate assistance in case of an open attack being made on the building.\n\nThe following signals have been arranged in case of an attack being made on the Mint.\n\n| Signal | Action |\n| --- | --- |\n| The Gunboat at the Mint | show a blue light and fire a rocket on any attempt being made or alarm given of an attack |\n| H.M.S. Princess Charlotte | repeat the signal and fire a gun towards the shore |\n| Sentry in front of McGregor's Barrack | give an immediate alarm |\n| Picquet from McGregor's Barrack | turn out (2 Officers and 53 N.C.O. and men) and proceed to the Mint |\n| Party from Fletcher's Barracks | get under arms and follow to the Mint |\n\nSo extensive an influence will naturally be hereafter exerted by Hongkong over the money market of the East, that the position of the Colony must be considerably improved vis-a-vis the dependencies of all nations in this part of the world. Moreover no better scheme could have well been devised whereby to introduce through a natural channel a more extensive use of coin in place of bullion throughout the Empire of China. When it is once found that foreigners are so unwilling to accept the latter, that the new coins possess advantages for purposes of trade superior to those offered by Sycee or the Spanish and other dollars the Chinese will readily learn to accept them at their just value. The success or non-success of the mint cannot be a doubtful question; either it will be a total success or a total failure. We hope and predict the former.\n\nPage 95",
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        "content_text": "the extension of the town would lead to filling up all the shallow portion of the harbour making a straight line of beach from North Point to the Praya. Whereupon the Colonel observed that he was already contemplating some improvements on a large scale.\n\nHis Excellency however had not the slightest conception that any plan of the kind then alluded to and involving extension of the Military bounds into the Harbour or in fact any alteration of the present Cantonments in any way had been not only matured but actually forwarded for the sanction of the War Department without his privity or Knowledge.\n\n3. He regarded such a proceeding infringing the existing Colonial practice and regulations and liable as proved in the present instance to occasion inconvenience and lead to cross purposes.\n\n7 It is His Excellency's duty to watch over the general interests of the Colony, and he conceives such transmission of proposed changes in boundaries to the War Department without the knowledge of himself and the Secretary of State for the Colonies prejudicial and I was directed to convey His Excellency's",
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        "content_text": "97\n\n355\n\nand the Naval Yard. The Major General\n\nis absent\n\nat a\n\nthis refers,\n\nleft\n\nGeneral\n\nto throw to what exact spot\n\nthe North Bank's\n\nBuildings situated between these two localities\n\ngrant\n\nThe\n\nI\n\nMissing. The sea wall\n\nobserve that\n\nIn paragraph 11 of this Excellency only remembers an accidental mention by Lt. Col. Lovell, Royal Engineers, in which the Governor\n\never mentioned\n\nthat possibly at same extension of the throw would lead to filling up all the shallow portion of the harbor, \"making a straight line of beach from North Point to the Praya, whereupon the\n\n\"Colonel observed that he was already contemplating\n\nsuch improvement on\n\n#1\n\n\"a minor scale. I now quote paragraph 4\n\n\"His Excellency never had not the\n\n\"slightest conception that any\n\nplan of the\n\nWind then alluded to, and involving\n\n\"extension of the Military lands into the\n\n\"Harbor, or in fact any alteration of the\n\nin any way\n\nhad\n\nproposed cantonments but not only maintained but actually\n\nforwarded for the sanction of the War\n\nDepartment without his\n\nor knowledge.\n\nIn reply I am to request you will call the attention of His Excellency\n\n20\n\nto the following facts - On the 26th April\n\n1863, Colonel Moody, then Commanding Royal Engineers in China, addressed a letter to the Inspector General Royal Engineers in England entering fully\n\nvery",
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        "content_text": "90.\n\nabout land in which the Nong-Ban people were involved with the neighboring clan of the surname Ching belonging to the village of Mui-hum, by whom the Kong people were oppressed in the matter. Numbers of people were wounded by the Mui-Lum party, until the late Magistrate of this district proceeded in person to the spot and restored order, calling upon the gentry and elders to settle the dispute by arbitration. Between the Mui-kum people agreed. They $300 as medical expenses to the other party, but, in consequence of excessive demand by the \n\n216\n\n91\n\ninhabitants of Bun Diem, they carried off certain of the latter and held them in confinement, with the design of compelling settlement of the disputes, and fetched over only $100 of the stipulated compensation. The Wan clan of Lun Tin were obliged to submit and swallow their feelings of resentment, without divesting their mind of hostile sentiments, and on the 30th of January last both parties met at the Market town of Shum Chun, where a quarrel arose over the new year's purchases, and the old dispute broke out again. The Wan clan hereupon",
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        "content_text": "## No. 7. RETURN of EMIGRANT SHIPs cleared by the Emigration Officer, Hong Kong, during the Year ending 31st December, 1866.\n\n### ADULTS. CHILDREN.\n\n| No. | DATE ARRIVED | SHIP'S NAME | TONS | Colors | MASTER'S NAME | WHERE FROM | REMARKS | ADULTS | CHILDREN |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | M. F | M. F |\n|  | Brought forward |  | 35,110 |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 1 | June 23 | Seaman's Bride | 841 | Siamese | Booth Slutt | Bangkok |  | 201 |  | 3,831 |  |\n| 2 | April 5 | St. Vicente Ferreira |  |  |  |  | 1866 |  |  |  |  |\n| 3 | May 8 | Garland | 41 |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  |  |\n| 4 | May 11 | Aline |  |  |  |  | 'th |  |  |  |  |\n| 5 | June 12 | Vortigern |  |  |  |  | 13 |  |  |  |  |\n| 6 | June 14 |  |  |  |  |  | 15 |  |  |  |  |\n| 7 | July 11 | Mary Frances |  |  |  |  | 16 |  |  |  |  |\n| 8 | Sept. 17 |  |  |  |  |  | 17 |  |  |  |  |\n| 9 | October 19 | Whirlwind | 888 | London | R. Hughes | Surinam, Dutch Guiana | 295 | 100 | 14 | 28 |\n| 10 | January 1 | Maria Ross | 340 |  | D. Ross | Melbourne | 200 | 24 |  |  |\n| 11 | February 4 | Golden Horn | 476 | Honolul | Molsen | Singapore |  |  |  |  |\n| 12 | March 14 | Joshua Bates | 118 | Portuguese | Dos Santos | Hamburg | 400 |  |  |  |\n| 13 | March 26 | Windward | 52 |  | I.. Gode |  | 17 |  |  |  |\n| 14 | March 28 | Pleindes | 805 | Liverpool | P. Slaughter | Labuan | 105 | 39 | 18 |  |\n| 15 | March 29 | Fairlight | 1,940 | Walwrk | J. F. Rice |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 16 | April 4 | las GreenDiao | 1,114 | Londou | H. E. Kier | Hamburg | 007 |  |  |  |\n| 17 | April 11 | General van der Beck | 660 | Melbourue | Win. Cotter | Melbourne | 782 | New York |  |  |\n| 18 | April 13 | Ellent | 617 | Hamborg | W. Bush | Hongkong | 466 |  |  |  |\n| 19 | April 25 | Spray of the Ocean | 750 | Calcutta | C. H. Barrett | Bangkok | 867 |  |  |  |\n| 20 | May 18 | Bunker Hill | 998 | American | Davis | San Francisco | 70 | 642 | Rotterdam |  |\n| 21 | May 18 | Denmark | 244 | Thanis | G. Baker | Pretor | 615 | 200 | British |  |\n| 22 | May 24 | Agamemnon | 276 | Bremen | Bommerman | Melbourne | 201 |  |  |  |\n| 23 | May 26 | Alice Ball | 700 | American | Ross | Singapore | 100 | 183 | 20 | 2 |\n| 24 | May 29 | Happy | 860 | Siamese | Brighton | Bangkok | 24 | 315 | 4 |  |\n| 25 | June 2 | Princess Seraphie |  |  |  |  | 10 |  |  |  |\n| 26 | June 5 | Palais Galien | 469 | French | Rohort | Saigon | 25 | 398 | 0 |  |\n| 27 | June 9 | Eugene Adela | 436 |  | Gero |  | 201 |  |  |  |\n| 28 | June 20 | Varna | 863 | $67 | American | 631 | New York | E. Wilinms | Melbourne | 170 |\n| 29 | June 28 | Douglas | 1,031 | 806 | Adelaide | N. S. Hedstroma | San Francisco | 243 | 16 | 18 |\n| 30 | July 1 | Didjan | 500 | Siamese | Whigan Koss Trodenhas | Bangkok | 100 | 28 |  |  |\n| 31 | July 18 | Sam Bina | 1,170 | French | De Laine | Saigon | 2) | San Francisco | A2 |  |\n| 32 | July 28 | Fearless | 900 | American | I. Drew | San Francisco and Honolulu | 58 | 22 |  |  |\n| 33 | July 28 | Resolute | 800 | Siamese | Euzaierre | Bangkok | 120 | 28 |  |  |\n| 34 | August 3 | Spray of the Ocean | 805 | Liverpool | P. Slaughter | Melbourne | 100 | 37 | 3 |  |\n| 35 | August 11 | Antonio Petronella |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 36 | August 17 | Alice Ball | 700 | American | Ross | Singapore | 100 |  |  |  |\n| 37 | August 28 | Metie |  | GIZ | Hamburg | Nicholson | Singapore |  |  |  |\n|  | TOTAL TONNAGE |  | 15,921 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  | TOTAL PASSENGERS |  | 4,671 | 240 | 196 | 29 |  |  |  |  |\n\n### SUMMARY.\n\n| SHIP'S NAME | TONS | Colors | MASTER'S NAME | WHERE FROM | WHITHER BOUND | REMARKS | ADULTS | CHILDREN |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | M. F | M. F |\n| Rapid | 429 |  | Carlos |  |  | 7 |  |  |  |\n| Chia Alpine | $49 | British |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| Thunder | 500 |  | Hutchinsen | Singapore |  | 45 |  |  |  |\n| Sea Forth | 600 | Siamese | W. A. Took | Bangkok |  | 23 | 594 | 203 | 28 |\n| Contest | 386 |  |  | San Francisco |  |  |  |  |  |\n| Comet | 507 |  | Moller | Sehwool |  | 20 |  |  |  |\n| Ocean Queen | 492 | Siantese | Elzier | Theopson | Saigon | 25 |  |  |  |\n| Kim-huye | 860 |  | Jissen |  | 50 |  | 17 |  |  |\n| Alardus | 813 | Hamburg | Popp | Singapore |  |  |  |  |  |\n| Walter | 287 | Siamese | Wotherspoon | Bangkok |  | 201 |  |  |  |\n| Resolution | 816 |  | MeKay |  | 601 | 34 |  |  |  |\n| Pet | 869 | British | Wassen | Singapore |  | R |  |  |  |\n| Indian Warrior | 564 | Siamese | Young | Bangkok |  | 35 |  |  |  |\n| Martha Kidont | 788 | American | Jaltesen | Singapore |  | 132 |  |  |  |\n| Imperatrice | 990 | French | Macnire | Saigon |  | 107i |  |  |  |\n| Pedro Primeiro | 1,484 | Portuguese | A. Fulle | San Francisco |  | 178 |  |  |  |\n| Castle | 975 | Siamese | Gergg | Bangkok |  | 60 |  |  |  |\n\nH. G. THOMSETT, Emigration Officer, &c.\n\n## No. 8.-RETURN of VESSELS bringing Chinese Passengers to the Port of Victoria, Hong Kong, from Places out of China, during the Year ending 31st December, 1866.\n\n### ADULTS. CHILDREN.\n\n| No. | DATE ARRIVED | SHIP'S NAME | TONS | Colors | MASTER'S NAME | WHERE FROM | REMARKS | ADULTS | CHILDREN |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | M. F | M. F |\n| 1 | September | Kriver | 777 | British | Bolton | Singapore | 50 | 11 | 3 |\n| 2 |  | Lightning | 316 |  | Rogers |  |  |  |  |\n| 3 |  | Bentik | 540 | Siamese | Hatbekost | Bangkok | 543 | 11 |  |\n| 4 |  | Light of the Age | 1,287 | British | F. &. Porter | New Castle, N.S.W. |  |  |  |\n| 5 |  | Passe Partout | 201 |  | Forrett | Bombay | Sal | +1 |  |\n| 6 |  | Bangkok | 209 | French | Chappot | Saigon | 92 | 105 | 10 |\n| 7 |  | Cello | 321 | Hanoverian | Lurhoff | Singapore | 108] | 11 | 1 |\n| 8 |  | Royal Eagle | 307 | British | Bargen |  | 40 |  |  |\n| 9 | 1866. January 1 | Eastward Ho | 607 | British | E. F. Byrne | Sydney | 52 | Á |  |\n| 10 | January 20 | Windward | 782 | American | Barrett | San Francisco | 72 |  |  |\n| 11 | February 8 | Thunder |  |  | Taylor | Singapore | 30 |  |  |\n| 12 | February 13 | Dorsead | 610 | Prussian | Malchow |  | 3 |  |  |\n| 13 | February 10 | Fairlight | 588 |  | W. Bush | San Francisco | 104 |  |  |\n| 14 | February 24 | Viscount Canning | 531 | Siamese | 'T. Beinroth | Singapore Bangkok | 50 | 100 |  |\n| 15 | February 25 | Canton | 797 |  | Heinschott |  | 50 |  |  |\n| 16 | March 15 | Golden Horn | 1,114 | British | J. F. Rice | Melbourne | 460 | 18 |  |\n| 17 | March 18 | G Wressel Castle | 250 | British | Harely |  |  |  |  |\n| 18 | March 18 | A. M. Lawrenco | 606 | American | Taylor | San Francisco | 193 |  |  |\n| 19 | March 20 | Joshua Bates |  |  |  |  | 7 |  |  |\n| 20 | March 21 | Uncewah | 3X9 | Italian | Thomaz Ordan |  | 382 | $114 |  |\n| 21 | March 27 | Arabia | 661 | 1,050 |  |  | 79 | 35 |  |\n| 22 | April 2 | Alphe | 900 | French | De L'Escaille | Saigon | 63 | 16 |  |\n| 23 | April 8 | Tem Chang | 180 |  | J. B. Sydserff | Suigon |  |  |  |\n| 24 | April 9 | Gravina |  |  | J. Maddison | Melbourne |  |  |  |\n| 25 | April 11 | Clan Alpine | 360 | Spanish | 949 | British | 11 |  |  |\n| 26 | April 27 | Elfn | 165 |  | Poente | Thomas | Manila |  |  |\n| 27 | April 27 | Annita | 306 |  | S. A. Pulis | Saigon | 561 |  |  |\n| 28 | November 5 | Sca Serpent | 974 | American | Bolcon | Winsor | Singapore | 40 |  |\n| 29 | November 12 | Patino | 1,200 | Spanish | S. de Castro | Mabiis |  |  |  |\n| 30 | November 28 | Caroline Chisholm | 345 | British | II. S. Deane | Singapore |  |  |  |\n| 31 | March 4 | Viscount Canning | 560 | Siamese | Shannon | Bangkok | 60 | 1 |  |\n| 32 | March 13 | Catherine Apear | 810 |  | Swanson | 301 | * | 1 |  |\n| 33 | March 27 | Teresa | 1,094 | Italian | S. Bollo | San Francisco | 464 | D |  |\n| 34 | April 12 | Canuar | 840 |  | W. Wilson | Sydney | 147 |  |  |\n| 35 | April 15 | Imperatrice | 10 |  |  |  | 6 |  |  |\n| 36 | April 15 | Far East | 1,551 | French | Macaire | Saigon | 122 |  |  |\n| 37 | April 22 | Chelse | $1 |  | W. J. Lowa | Melbourne | 30% | T |  |\n| 38 | April 26 | Telegraph | 302 | Siamese |  |  | 18 | \" |  |\n| 39 | April 26 | Bobert Lowe |  |  |  |  | 10 | T |  |\n| 40 | April 26 | Empress of India | 1,497 | British | Henry Jones |  |  |  |  |\n| 41 | May 26 | Galileo | 800 | Italian | Spliola | San Francisco | 307) |  |  |\n| 42 | December 14 | Clan Alpine | 949 | British | Hutchinson | Singapore | 40 |  |  |\n| 43 | December 18 | Benares | 1,491 |  | J. Laing |  | 50 | 12 |  |\n| 44 | December 20 | White Swallow | 985 | American | C. C. Knowles | San Francisco |  |  |  |\n\n### SUMMARY.\n\n| SHIP'S NAME | TONS | Colors | MASTER'S NAME | WHERE FROM | REMARKS | ADULTS | CHILDREN |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | M. F | M. F |\n| Reiver | 777 |  | Bolton | Singapore | 17 | 40i |  |\n| United Service | 600 |  | Browne |  |  |  |  |\n| Meridian | 300 | Siamese | Heynolds | Bangkok | 20: | \"J |  |\n| Der Sud | 610 | Prassian | Malchow | Singapore | 387 |  |  |\n| Shooting Star | €20 | Siamese | Hochronter | Bangkok | 63 |  |  |\n| Donnai | 1,699 | French | Bourdon | Saigon | 71 |  |  |\n| Rattler | 908 | American | Marsh | San Francisco | 37 |  |  |\n| Spray of the Ocean | 805 | British | Slaughter | Singapore | 51 |  |  |\n| Randy | 632 | Siamese | Hanson | Bengkok | 20 |  |  |\n| Clan Alpine | 945 | British | Hutchinson | Singapore | 37 | $2 |  |\n| Tie Wat | 604 | Siamese | Luis | Bangkok | 33 |  |  |\n| Ottawa | 900 | British | Fastley | Singapore | 30 |  |  |\n| Suoma | 792 | Russian |  |  | 35 | $7 |  |\n| Eagle | 845 | British | N. Langlois |  | 36 |  |  |\n| John Bright | 677 |  | Nordberg | J. E. Bentham | ** | zoi |  |\n| Solent | 782 |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| Excelsior | 345 | Dutch | Wynbrock | Batavia | 24 | 17 |  |\n| Moonlight | SOU | Siamese | Jurgenson | Bangkok | 20 | 40 |  |\n| St. Paul | 286 |  | Leyseri |  | 71 | 41 |  |\n| Senator | 382 |  | Wichers |  | 1 | 42 |  |\n| Rodrigo | 200 | Spanish | Gorado | Manila | B | 48 |  |\n| Oceanis | 1,158 | Dutch | Dirkzan | Singapore | C | 44 |  |\n| A. E. Vidal | 381 | Hamburg | C W. Rehse | Saigon | D | ++ |  |\n| Albert Victor | 838 | British | A. Overbury | Singapore | JE | 77 |  |\n| Chase | 284 |  | J. Hamilton | Manila | F | 17 |  |\n| Tye-long | 478 | Siameso | 0. Demsky | Bangkok | G |  |  |\n| Swiftsure | 219 | British | Struckman | Saigon | B | 49 |  |\n| Braganza |  |  | Shiriton | Sarawak | 30 | I |  |\n| Hyacinth | 824 |  | McFarlane | Sydney | 110 | G |  |\n|  | TOTAL TONS |  | 83,079 |  |  |  |  |\n|  | TOTAL PASSENGERS |  | 9,247 | 21 |  |  |  |\n\nH. G. THOMSETT, Emigration Officer, &c.\n\n### Page 149\n\n### Page 150\n### Page 151",
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        "content_text": "## THE LONDON AND CHINA TELEGRAPH. [AUG. 13, 1867.\n\nA certain individual went out of his course into eternity. Such is the fact as narrated to us, and we are further informed that the body of the deceased has not yet been found. The incident occurred near an island, and the effects were also felt here, but caused no important damage.\n\nIt is learned that certain benevolent and liberal Chinese are contemplating the erection of a hospital for the benefit of the poorer class of their own nationality in Hong Kong. They have already purchased a large piece of ground upon which to build and have asked the permission of the Surveyor-General to commence work at once. The petitioners are prepared to defray the entire expense at their own cost, and their intention, so far as we presently understand, is to place the establishment under purely native conduct.\n\nThe report of the case of Olyphant and others v. Loo A-hung, for breach of warranty on a sale of sugar, contains the following extraordinary proceedings:\n\nShortly after this case commenced, and while Mr. Whyte was cross-examining the plaintiff's compradore, some reference was made to another Chinaman, also in the plaintiff's employ, and the Chief Justice said, \"Put him in the box.\" The following conversation ensued:\n\n**The Chief Justice**: As the man is a servant of the plaintiff, they should produce him.\n\n**Mr. Pollard**: You cannot produce him like a piece of paper. Let him be subpoenaed in the usual way.\n\n**Chief Justice**: Do you mean, Mr. Pollard, to put them to the trouble and expense of subpoenaing him? Well, if you don't produce him, I will take that into account in my direction to the jury.\n\n**Mr. Pollard**: I will put only those witnesses in the box which I, as counsel for the plaintiff, may see fit. I may make a mistake, but I will not be dictated to or talked down by anyone as to what I am to do.\n\n**Chief Justice**: I am not talking you down, Mr. Pollard. You will do your duty, and I will do mine.\n\n**Mr. Pollard**: That's all right, if we would only stick to it.\n\n**Chief Justice**: Now, Mr. Pollard, you will always have the last word; and I think it is most disrespectful to the Court to use language you are in the habit of using.\n\nThe Chief Justice then left the Bench but returned after an interval of a minute or two.\n\n**Chief Justice**: Do you apologise, Mr. Pollard?\n\n**Mr. Pollard**: For what, my lord?\n\n**Chief Justice**: You know what has passed; you know what...\n\n**Mr. Pollard**: If I have offended in any way, there is no man more willing to admit it and to apologise. Will you hear me?\n\n**Chief Justice**: For an hour, if you like.\n\nMost of the damage caused by a recent earthquake in Java was not in Hong Kong but in other districts, especially Djocjacarta, where several indigo and sugar manufactories sustained injury. The sugar mills are again in operation, while others will be able to commence grinding within a month at the farthest.\n\n### STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.\n\n#### SINGAPORE.\n\nThe London mail of the 27th May arrived out on the 27th June, and London telegrams had been received to the 14th June. During several sittings of the Legislative Council, the chief subject for discussion had been the purchase of a steamer or steamers for the service of a local marine. It was decided that a paddle steamer of about 300 tons, with special adaptations to the service, should be procured from England, together with a Tender and a steam launch for shallow river operations.\n\nIt was decided by the Government to give a subsidy of £100 per month to the British India Steam Navigation Company for the maintenance of the present mail line between Calcutta, British Burmah, and the Straits Ports.\n\nColonel Anson, the Lieutenant-Governor of Penang, had arrived there and relieved Colonel Man of charge. Mr. W. W. Cairns, the Lieutenant-Governor of Malacca, had been sworn in and proceeded to Malacca to relieve Major Barn.\n\nSir William Hackett, Acting Chief Justice, had arrived from Penang and would open the third criminal session of the year on the 9th July. The calendar was not large.\n\n#### PENANG.\n\nDates are to July 1. The Penang Gazette gives the following account of an expedition by H.M.S. Wasp to the Nicobar Islands:\n\nH.M. steamer Wasp left on the 12th June for the Nicobar Islands to investigate the murder of the crew of the brig Futtek Islam of Penang. The return of the Wasp gives a miserable story connected with the Nicobar Islands. To say that a nest of pirates has been discovered is almost too mild a term.\n\nAt Trinkut, the Wasp met two vessels, the Rattlesnake and the Harriet, of Penang, both at anchor and trading with the natives. It is reported that the natives threatened to attack the Rattlesnake on the departure of the man-of-war. The captain of the Rattlesnake stated that he had seen a white (European) woman on the island about eight months ago. It appears that about six years ago, a ship was wrecked on these islands, the captain and crew were murdered, and the wife of the captain and two children were taken on shore. The fate of the poor woman was sad; she was passed about from one to another through the whole tribe. When the poor lady was seen and spoken to by the captain of the Rattlesnake, the natives probably got alarmed, and it is said that they gave her poison, which was not sufficient to kill her outright. The Wasp has brought over three men and one woman as prisoners.\n\nAbout two and a-half years ago, another brig was seized at the Great Nicobars, the captain and crew murdered, and a lady with two children taken on shore, probably treated in the same way as the former one.\n\n### EXPORT OF TEA AND SILK TO GREAT BRITAIN. 1866-67 AND SEASON 1867-68.\n\n| From | Tea-lbs. | Silk Bales |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Shanghai, &c. | 1,138,727 | ... |\n| Foochow | 1,015,000 | ... |\n| Canton | 969,110 | ... |\n| Hankow | 1,255,041 | ... |\n| ... | ... | ... |\n\n### EXCHANGES ON LONDON.\n\n| At | 4 months' sight | Bank |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Yokohama | 4s. 8d. to 4s. 9d. | ... |\n| Shanghai | 4s. 8d. to 4s. 9d. | ... |\n| Canton | 4s. 8d. | ... |\n| Hong Kong | 4s. 6d. to 4s. 7d. | ... |\n\n### COMMERCIAL REPORT.\n\nA considerable improvement has taken place in the market for Grey Cotton Goods, and the Chinese have been buyers to a large extent. Sales of Yarn have been on a large scale, particularly in the first part of the fortnight. Grey Shirtings have been in great demand and have been sold to the extent of about 82,000 pieces.\n\n### BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.\n\n#### BIRTHS.\n\n- On the 9th August, at Larkbeare, Exeter, the wife of John C. Bawring, Esq., of a son.\n- On the 28th June, at Hong Kong, the wife of Mr. Charles Collins, of a son.\n- On the 20th June, at Hong Kong, Mrs. D. R. Crawford, of a daughter.\n\n#### MARRIAGE.\n\n- On the 7th August, at the parish church of Wakefield, Yorkshire, Mr. Joseph Leach Wood, of Barnsbury, London, and late of Foochow, China, to Eleanor, youngest daughter of the late Joseph Benton Rorbury, near Wakefield, Yorks.\n\n#### DEATHS.\n\n- On the 19th June, at Shanghai, Edward Burdett, aged 86 years.\n- On the 19th June, at Shanghai, David Paton, aged 81 years.\n- On the 17th June, at Shanghai, John Woolley, aged 30 years, major in the Imperial service.",
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        "content_text": "## \n4 \n\n15 \n\n39 \n\nat Gytam balony and Aberdeen te te in this and whose evidence on chinese ground in the presence of chinese Officials and before the Singular tribunal of Mang evinces a sort of cheung-toung almost flowery gratitude for the facilities Kindly Afforded them by hunting them up in British Harbors so as to enable them to pay with greater ease the dues which they were only too eager to pay. \n\nSuch shallow humbug contrasts strongly with the maimed indignation of those whom I had personally examined, and who seemed to see little but a piratical squeeze in this attempt to fill a chinese Salt Commissioner's treasury by exactions in British waters.\n\n** \n11 \n\n17. \nOn this the Comptroller finally observes that the Managers of the Salt Revenue ought in future to receive payment for the salt at the time of its sale and thereupon issue licenses discriminating between duty paid and smuggled salt, and although payments were legitimately made by the fishermen, and there was no forcible extortion yet his conduct was highly improper in trespassing within the territory of HongKong. Consequently in future on making sales of salt the Comptroller should receive payment in Cash and not arbitrarily allow arrears to reccumulate. \n\nI despatch replies into town Militory to collect the duty.",
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        "content_text": "206 \n\nGunboats, one or more to be kept at each port south of the Foo, able to pursue into shallow water and to seize or destroy any pirate junks. This again falls to the Chinese.\n\nLastly, the effective cooperation of Foreign Ships of War whenever a large body of pirates had to be pursued or attacked, so as to ensure the total destruction of their fleets and haunts involving combined action.\n\nMeasures carried out in succession or together would seem to promise effective repression in the first instance; and, given time enabled all to be made complete and brought into operation together, the suppression of piracy within such proportions would, could prevent any kind of danger to Foreign Ships Commerce, beyond which it ceases to be an international question.\n\nThese suggestions are submitted for the consideration and opinion of the Representatives of Treaty Powers now in Peking in order that some concerted action may be taken in communication with the Young-li-Yamen and the respective Senior Naval Officers in the Chinese Seas with as little delay as possible.\n\nPeking, 11 February 1858.\n\n**(Free Copy)**\n\n**Acting Colonial Secretary**",
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        "content_text": "the\n\nsecond one of their plunder, seems the part of to the Chinese.\n\n388 Foreign Powers.\n\nLastly the effective co-operation of Foreign ships the third in order of importance in connection with the preventive Service and the maintenance of small effective Cruisers in the form of GunBoats, were to be kept at each port south of the Formable to pursue into shallow waters. Pirates had to be pursued all over to ensure the Maritime Customs total Fleet Combined action.\n\nSuch measures carried out together with destruction of their haunts, involving seizure and destruction of pirate Junks. This again would seem to promise effective repression in the first instance, and as time enabled...\n\nHowever, to follow the exact output format as requested, here is the revised version in HTML:\n\nthe\n\nsecond one of their plunder, seems the part of to the Chinese.\n\n388 Foreign Powers.\n\nLastly the effective co-operation of Foreign ships the third in order of importance in connection with the preventive Service and the maintenance of small effective Cruisers in the form of GunBoats, were to be kept at each port south of the Formable to pursue into shallow waters. Pirates had to be pursued all over to ensure the Maritime Customs total Fleet Combined action.\n\nSuch measures carried out together with destruction of their haunts, involving seizure and destruction of pirate Junks. This again would seem to promise effective repression in the first instance, and as time enabled...",
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        "content_text": "12\n\nSUPPLEMENT TO THE \"DAILY PRESS.\"\n\nlikelihood of war breaking out was one which applied equally to other nations.\n\nMr. POLLARD-Yes, but other nations did not resort to practices such as these. If we were called upon on the grounds of the necessity of treating China as on an equality to allow her to appoint a Consul to this Colony, surely we were called upon also to remove the far greater assertion of inequality which existed in the exterritorial clauses, which on account of not being able to trust the native officials to do justice in an ordinary Civil suit, all recognised as positively necessary. If we made her swallow that camel, it was absurd for us to countenance her straining at the present gnat.\n\nHis EXCELLENCY-Yes, but we have now removed our hand off her throat, and she naturally objects to swallowing any more camels.\n\nMr. POLLARD-Then remove the exterritoriality!\n\nHis EXCELLENCY said the question entered upon was a very large one. He was sorry that, in this instance, he could sympathise with few of the arguments advanced; and he adhered to his opinion that permitting the appointment of a Consul was negotiating in the right direction.\n\nThe deputation would be at liberty to make any representations they might think fit; but His Excellency did not consider he could adopt as a basis of negotiation, coming forward, and telling the Chinese that we think them so despicable and corrupt that we are compelled to refuse them the common privilege accorded to all other nations.\n\nMr. POLLARD hoped that this fact would not detract from the force of the remarks that had been made.\n\nHis EXCELLENCY said he had been very glad to hear them, and to have had the opportunity of telling them his views frankly. Nothing, however, would alter his view that it was essential that the right claimed as to the appointment of a Consul should be recognised.\n\nHon. Mr. TAYLOR enquired whether there was any prospect of the Chinese conceding the right to navigate the Upper Yangtze.\n\nHis EXCELLENCY was afraid not at present. There were such serious complications anticipated by the Chinese, and the matter had altogether excited so much alarm, that it was not to be hoped the privilege would be conceded. He himself would be glad to see navigation granted as far as Tchang, but there was no such disposition on the part of the Chinese.\n\nHon. J. B. TAYLOR made a similar enquiry as to the West River; to which His Excellency expressed his opinion that there was no hope that the right to navigate it would be granted.\n\nMr. POLLARD and the Hon. Mr. Taylor then thanked Sir Rutherford for the reception he had given to the deputation, and His Excellency expressed the satisfaction the interview had afforded him, and his regret that the opportunities for such frank interchange of views, which always led to useful results, were not more frequent.\n\nThe Deputation then withdrew.\n\nADDRESS FROM THE BRITISH MERCANTILE COMMUNITY AT SWATOW TO H.E. SIR RUTHERFORD ALCOCK, K.C.B., AND REPLY FROM HIS EXCELLENCY.\n\nThe following documents have been laid for publication:\n\nSWATOW, 24th November 1869.\n\nSIR,-Though few in number, we are not the less sincere when we address your Excellency on this occasion-perhaps the last we may have-to express our thanks for what you have done to further the interests of this Port, through the instrumentality of the Central Government of Peking, and chiefly we are grateful to you for authorizing the formal opening of Chao-chow-foo last year, the advantages of which are various.\n\nAmong them may be mentioned-\n\n1stly. A monopoly of the opium trade with Kiangsi through Chao-chow-foo, by some ten Hongs of that city, has been broken up.\n\n2ndly. The water communication with the city has been rendered safer by the traffic of foreigners on the river, and will be still more so when a steamer of light draft, now being constructed, is running between it and Swatow.\n\n3rdly-So far as foreigners are concerned (and Chinese also, if they choose to avail themselves of the foreign medium for the transmission of their goods), certain village \"black mail levies\" are not now compulsory.\n\nAnd\n\nLastly-A larger field is open to foreign enterprise which, if properly directed, may lead to increased consumption of British fabrics, as well as the export of some articles of native industry.\n\nWe leave it to your Excellency to judge of the expediency of this measure politically, in connection with which the matter of Octroi duties holds a prominent place. We are far from wishing to have undue advantages conferred on foreign trade, but there are so many ways in which this tax can and does become a powerful agent for thwarting the sale of British manufactures and maintaining the foreign merchant in ignorance of the requirements of the place or its capabilities of consumption, that the matter becomes one of paramount importance.\n\nBy Chinese, acquainted with the locality, conversant with the different means of access to the place, able at the proper time and with the proper person to have recourse to bribes, the inconvenience is less felt; and the various markets offered to them for their goods in transit render such taxes in many instances nugatory.\n\nOn these grounds we argue that there is no undue advantage to the foreign merchant, if he enjoys immunity from such taxes.\n\nJANUARY 7, 1870.\n\nAnd unless it be a matter of congratulation that China is as she stands at present, and that we are to be content that she absorbs so much of our industry as she does, it appears an injustice that those who have contributed towards it may soon have to vacate the field-in which case the commerce of the southern part of the Empire would centre in Hongkong.\n\nNor would that Colony derive any benefit, for, unchecked by the wholesome restraint of the foreigner at the minor Ports, manufactures sold to Chinese at Hongkong, and by them imported, would be easily subjected to any amount of taxation the whim or capacity of the Native authorities might choose to impose.\n\nFrom another point of view also, viz., the immunity of native manufactures from such taxes, our proposition derives additional strength.\n\nStill more detrimentally does the Commerce of this Port suffer from the differential duties levied at the Harbors and places between this and Hongkong.\n\nWithin a distance in direct line of 150 miles from Hongkong, with numerous Bays and Rivers available between to diminish the distance, it requires but a glance to comprehend how prejudicial to the interests of this Port is the encouragement given by the local authorities to this traffic, from which they reap a rich harvest.\n\nWere the Customs here less strict, or a trustworthy coastguard organized, no complaint could stand, but constituted as is the one and absent as is the other, nothing but disappointment can result to the simplest commercial calculations.\n\nThe treatment of claims against Chinese is also a subject which calls for improvement if not indeed total reform.\n\nPayment of the best-founded claims, acknowledged by the defaulters as such, is subject not to their ability but to their willingness to meet them; and reference to the Chinese authorities is of so little avail as to be practically valueless, owing to the venality which pervades all the Yamuns, their professions of bringing pressure to bear on the delinquents being of course at variance with fact.\n\nThe vexation, the delay, and time uselessly spent in periodically bringing such claims to their notice through the Consul, are almost effectual barriers against pressing them at all, and a premium is thus being placed more and more on dishonesty.\n\nWe submit with deference,-\n\nThat where such a condition of things prevails, H.M. Consul should have it in his power to hold the Chinese authorities responsible for such miscarriage of justice, which so greatly adds to the usual risks of trade.\n\nThe disadvantage under which the British flag, as compared with that of other nationalities, labors in the traffic with our own Possessions at the Straits, can only, we should think, require to be known to our Government, when a remedy would at once be found.\n\nAccording to the Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855, British vessels are liable to serious penalties if they carry to the Straits (on a voyage of not more than 10 days' duration in the North-East monsoon) more than one passenger to each two tons of the ship's register; and while no such law hampers the flags of other nationalities, the Chinese Customs authorities authorize the carriage of three passengers to each two tons register.\n\nAs the expenses attending a vessel conveying a large number of passengers are proportionately much less than attend one with few passengers, the British flag has been able to obtain no share in this trade; and the consequence has been that British interests have suffered materially for many years, and that, too, in a traffic which should be more especially theirs.\n\nThe annual exodus of Chinese from this port alone to the Straits may be put at about 10,000 men, whose passage money averages about $3 per head, so that there is a loss to British ship-owners of $30,000 per annum here (and more at the other ports), by the working of a law which presses so unfairly.\n\nThe Governor of the Straits Settlements has legislated for the conveyance outwards from these colonies of not more than one passenger to each registered ton, which has received the sanction of the Imperial Government; and though we are of opinion three men to every two tons register is not excessive, when the duration and ease of the voyage to the Straits are taken into consideration, assimilation is urgently needed for the protection of British interests.\n\nIn bringing these points to your Excellency's notice, we venture to hope we may find in you no advocate of them, if not in their entirety, at least of such portions as may seem to you most in need of reform.\n\nRadical changes, such as the equalization of maritime duties on goods carried by foreign and native vessels-the free import and export of salt-the opening of other ports-are perhaps subjects better mooted and dealt with by larger and more influential communities, from whom also it may come with better grace, to comment with approbation on what we believe from certain despatches published in the \"Blue Books\" to have been your Excellency's Policy with regard to British interests during the term you have been the Representative of our nationality in China; but, even at the risk of being considered personal, we ask leave to add our mite of satisfaction at the course pursued by your Excellency on the many occasions that have arisen during the time you have occupied the high position of H.M. Minister and Plenipotentiary in China-occasions which we are fully convinced required great ability to cope with and decisive firmness to deal with.\n\nWith our best wishes for your Excellency's\n\n268",
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        "content_text": "# THE CHINA MAIL\n\n## HONGKONG, SATURDAY, MAR. 5, 1870\n\nThe **Frederic** the Java Bode of the 8th February, contains the following account of the burning of this coolie ship in Batavia roads :---- \n\nLast Friday there came to the outer roads here, the Belgian ship **Frederic**, 803 tons burden, having on board 379 Chinese coolies, and two women, bound from Hongkong to Callao, A. Nicaise being the captain, and also supercargo. At Hongkong, which the vessel left on the 19th January, unpleasantness had already taken place, and two attempts to set fire to the ship had been made, which were found out in time, and frustrated, with little trouble. According to the statements of the Chinese interpreter, the coolies were continually talking about, and conversing on the subject of arson. The ship passed through Gaspar Straits on its way to Batavia, to take in water and fresh provisions, and afterwards it was intended to continue the voyage direct to Callao.\n\nOn the 6th, the day after her arrival at Batavia, the Captain, who was on shore, on the point of going on board, learned at 4 p.m. that his ship was on fire. Shortly afterwards he found that the ship was wholly in flames, so that it was found to be impossible to get on board. The crew had put the Chinese to the pumps, to endeavour to subdue the flames, while they themselves took the necessary measures consequent on the conflagration; the principal being to get the vessel into shallow water and sink her. This, however, appeared to be impracticable, because, in the first place, there was no wind, and in the second place, because the flames shot forth fiercely in every direction from the deck, so that the sails and rigging were almost instantly in flames.\n\nThereupon leave was given to the Chinese coolies to jump overboard, and endeavour to save themselves as well as they could, for from the rapidity with which the flames spread themselves, and consumed the rigging, &c., there was no possibility of getting out the boats, with the exception of the life boat, and another, both belonging to the Captain, which were attached to the stern, having been thus kept ready for any sudden emergency. All the woodwork obtainable was flung to the swimming Chinese, so that they might avail themselves of it in saving their lives. The crew and 52 Chinese got into the two boats above mentioned, which would not hold more; however, the boats and other craft came hastily on from all sides, and picked up the Chinese, as also did the steam launch of the guard ship, and the steamer **Chilliwung**, in which were the Resident and Assistant Resident of Batavia.\n\nCaptain Nicaise went on board the steam launch, which attached a line to the fore part of the burning ship, so as to endeavour to have her towed into shallow water. Through the low steam power of the launch, this plan miscarried. The **Chilliwung** then took over the line, which was, however, reached and severed by the flames shortly afterwards. As the fire spread itself with amazing swiftness, it became impossible to make fast a fresh line. The cathead of the starboard anchor was also consumed by the flames, whereby the anchor dropped, and thus the vessel lay fast. Consequently she was burned to the water's edge.\n\nFour of the rescued Chinese died immediately, and twelve others are missing, who swam away in the direction of Islands in the roads and have possibly reached them. Of the residue of the cargo (cordage and Chinese articles of trade) nothing has been saved. The crew, also, have not succeeded in saving any of their property. Through the good care of the authorities, the coolies have been lodged in the buildings of the fish market. Their good condition, and outward appearance, giving evidence that they had not been ill-treated on board.\n\nThe fire was first discovered between-decks under the after hatch, on the larboard side, around the rice. The hatches between-decks were grated, and if we take into account what occurred in Hongkong roads, and the conversations on the subject of arson among the coolies during the voyage, and consider their connection with this calamity, it is pretty plain that we may conclude it to be very possible that ill-will may have caused some of the most malevolent of the coolies to throw fire and combustibles among the rice through the gratings of the hatchways.",
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        "content_text": "## E. GALLAIS & CO., WINE GROWERS AND IMPORTERS.\n\n**WINE MERCHANTS** to the  \nARMY AND NAVY CLUB, CLARENDON CLUB,  \nEAST INDIA UNITED SERVICE CLUB, NEW UNIVERSITY CLUB, OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE CLUB,  \nUNITED UNIVERSITY CLUB.\n\n27, MARGARET STREET, CAVENDISH SQUARE; &  \n61, QUADRANT, REGENT STREET, LONDON, W.\n\n### Notice of Removal.\n\nThe great increase in the consumption of Clarets has led to the introduction here of Wines bearing names of high repute, some of which are sound and pure, but most of them are very inferior. As Wines can only be judged by actual comparison, we earnestly recommend a trial of our **VIN de MEDOC** at 12s. per Dozen (Bottles included), which we are now daily supplying to the Medical Profession, London Clubs, Regimental and Naval Messes, &c. &c. A single sample bottle may be had.\n\nC. J. Dotesio, **GRANT'S MORELLA CHERRY BRANDY** having succeeded to the old-established Business of Messrs. Wart and Co., Wine Merchants to Her Majesty, of 19, Swallow-street Regent street (which premises have recently been rebuilt), has now **REMOVED** to that address, where his Business is being carried on.\n\n95, Regent-street, Nov. 1870.\n\nBuy your Wines of the Wine Merchant, you will save 10 per cent. commission.\n\n| Wine Type | Price per Dozen |\n| --- | --- |\n| Clarets, bottled at Bordeaux, in 1 doz. cases | 12s. 16s. 18s. |\n| Sherries, pale or gold (good wines) | 80s. 38s. 42s. |\n| Fine Old Ports | 25s. to 36s. |\n| Champagne (all known shippers) | ... |\n\nSample bottles may be had. Four dozens carriage free to all Stations.\n\nHENRY WATSON & CO., 16, Clement's-lane, City.\n\n**CATALAN** from the fine Kent Morella, besides being the most delicious Liqueur, is recommended by Medical men of high standing in all cases of Weakness and in various Internal Disorders. It may be obtained through any Wine Merchant, or direct from T. GRANT, Distiller, Maidstone, at 48s. per dozen case. A copy of testimonials and a sample sent to any established Medical Practitioner on application.\n\nParticulars can be obtained through Agents for Henry Brett and Co.'s Malt Eau-de-vie (O.D.Vure Brands), or direct from Old Furnival's Distillery, Holborn Bars, at 42s per dozen, inclusive bottles and railway carriage. Their \"Eau-de-vie\" 88s. per dozen.\n\n**KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY**  \n**NOTICE** KINAHAN & CO. have **REMOVED** to their new and spacious premises, No. 6A, GREAT TITCHFIELD STREET, leading from Margaret-street, Regent-street, and Market-street, Oxford-street.\n\n| Product | Price per Dozen |\n| --- | --- |\n| \"Crown\" Red Catalan | 20s. |\n| \"Crown\" White | 20s. |\n| \"Diamond\" Red | 17s. |\n| \"Diamond\" White | 17s. |\n\n**KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY**.-This famous and most delicious old malt spirit is the very **CREAM OF IRISH WHISKIES**. The RED WINE.--Full bodied, delicious, fruity in quality unrivalled, perfectly pure, and more wholesome than the fashionable port flavour. The WHITE Exquisitely delicate.\n\n### NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA'S MINIMUM SELF REGISTERING THERMOMETER\n\nNegretti & Zambra's Self-Registering Minimum Thermometer (fig. 4) consists of a glass tube, the bulb and part of the bore of which is filled with pure alcohol, in which floats freely a black glass index. A slight elevation of the thermometer, bulb uppermost, will cause the glass index to flow to the surface of the liquid, where it will remain, unless violently shaken.\n\n#### Directions for Use\n\nHaving caused the glass index to flow to the end of the alcohol by slightly tilting the thermometer, bulb uppermost, suspend the instrument (in the shade with the air passing freely to it on all sides) by the two plates attached for that purpose,—in such manner that the bulb is about half an inch below the opposite end of the thermometer, then on a decrease of temperature, the spirit will descend, carrying with it the index; on an increase of temperature, however, the spirit will ascend in the tube, and leave that end of the index, furthest from the bulb indicating the minimum temperature. To re-set the instrument, simply raise the bulb end of the thermometer a little, as before observed, and the index will again descend to the end of the spirit, ready for future observation.\n\n### NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA'S TERRESTRIAL RADIATION THERMOMETER\n\nFor determination of Terrestrial Radiation.\n\nThe bulb of this instrument is transparent, and the divisions are engraved on its glass. In use, to be placed with the bulb fully exposed to the sky, resting on grass with stem supported by little forks of wood. The directions for using this instrument are the same as No. 4.\n\nIt is advisable occasionally to examine Minimum Thermometers, to see if any portion of the alcohol has collected on the upper part of the tube, or separated in small particles in the bore, if so, swing the thermometer, bulb downwards, with a sharp pendulous motion, until the whole of the alcohol is joined to the main column.\n\n**NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA, OPTICIANS, AND METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENT MAKERS**  \nTo Her Majesty the Queen; the Royal Observatory, Greenwich; the Admiralty; Hon. Board of Ordnance; Board of Trade; and the British Meteorological Society, &c.;  \nTemporary Premises, 103, HATTON GARDEN, HOLBORN, Until our New Building on the Holborn Viaduct is completed;  \nCORNHILL; 133, REGENT STREET; and 153, FLEET STREET, LONDON.\n\nALFRED BOOT, Printer, 8, Eastcheap, E.C., and Dockhead, S.E.  \nPage 456",
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        "content_text": "282 \n\n# THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 2ND JUNE, 1866.\n\n## HYDROGRAPHIC NOTICE. [No. 1.]\n\n### CHINA AND JAPAN STATION. SCARBOROUGH SHOAL; CHINA SEA.\n\nBearings are Magnetic. Variation 1° E, in 1866.\n\nIt having been reported that the Scarborough Shoal was placed 14 miles in error on the Admiralty Charts, Edward Wilds, Esq., commanding H.M. Surveying Vessel Swallow, was ordered to determine its position, and the following notice is the result of that officer's survey.\n\nThe Scarborough Shoal is a dangerous coral reef rising out of deep water, and it affords, and that only in calm weather, a single precarious anchorage off the entrance to its lagoon at the south-eastern extremity of the reef.\n\nIt consists of a narrow belt of coral, nearly level with the water's edge, enclosing a lagoon of clear blue water. On the belt are scattered several rocks 3 to 10 feet above water, visible about 5 miles. In shape, the reef is a right-angled triangle with the corners rounded off, the three sides lying S.E. 7 miles, S.E. by E. 10 miles, and E. by N. 8 miles. The opening to the lagoon, about two cables in width, has a depth of 4 fathoms over coral bottom, but just within, it shallows.\n\nThe current was found (March) running strong to the westward. In April 1863, it was found very doubtful in direction in the proximity of the shoal. It is H.W. full and change about 8 P.M. with a rise of 5 feet.\n\nThe positions of the reef are as follow: The South side and North point are in lat. 15° 7′ and 15° 12′ N. respectively, and the West side and East point are in 117° 44′ and 117° 52′ E. longitude.\n\n**BY ORDER OF VICE-ADMIRAL G. ST. VINCENT KING, C.B., COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF,**\n\nHongkong, April 16th, 1866.\n\n## No. 86. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.\n\nChas. Bullock, Commander of H.M.S. \"Serpent.\"\n\nHis Excellency Governor SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, C.B., has appointed the Honorable W. H. RENNIE to act as Colonial Secretary, during the temporary absence on leave of the Honorable W. T. MERCER.\n\n**By Order,**\n\nColonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 31st May, 1866.\n\n## No. 64. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.\n\nW. H. RENNIE, Acting Colonial Secretary.\n\nBy direction of His Excellency SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, C.B., Governor, by and with the Advice of the Executive Council, and in continuation of Government Notification No. 59 of 20th Ultimo, the following Rules for the receipt of Silver Bullion into the Mint of Hongkong are published for general information.\n\n1. Tenders of Silver Bullion will be received at the Mint between the hours of eleven and three daily, Sundays and Holidays excepted, provided they are made in duplicate on a printed form, copies of which will be supplied on application at the Mint.\n\n2. Tenders of parcels of Silver Bullion weighing less than 5,000 oz. will be declined.\n\n3. All Bullion found on Assay to be unfit for coinage will be returned to the importer, who must pay an Assay fee of $1 for each Assay.\n\n4. Parcels of dollars, or other small pieces of silver intended to be tendered for coinage may be pre-melted in the Mint before being received or assayed. Should the Bullion prove unadapted for coinage, it will be returned to the importer, who must pay, in standard silver, the pre-melting fee which will be calculated on the gross weight, unless the parties tendering prefer defraying the cost necessary to raise it to Standard. Such cost to be estimated by the Master of the Mint.\n\n5. When the Bullion shall have been assayed by the Mint Assayer, the amount of the standard value will be communicated to the importer. On receipt of the importer's acceptance of the Mint Assay Report, notice will be given to him of the date on which the new dollars due to him will be ready for delivery.\n\n6. The seignorage on Silver Bullion coined into dollars will be (when charged) two per cent.\n\n7. The pre-melting charge will be * per cent.\n\n8. Bullion brought to the Mint to be pre-melted will be considered to be in the custody and at the risk of the importer, to whom every facility will be given for securing and storing until it shall have been melted and afterwards weighed at the Mint scale.\n\n9. Consignments of New Coin will be issued to importers in the order in which their parcels of Bullion entered the Mint preceded or accompanied by the tender prescribed in the first rule.\n\n**By Order,**\n\nColonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 2nd May, 1866.\n\nW. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.\n\n## VICTORIA GAOL,\n\nTo His Excellency, General Whitfeild, C.B., The GOVERNOR OF HONGKONG.\n\nThe Humble Petition of Edward Ayx, now a Prisoner in Victoria Gaol.\n\n17082)\n\n215\n\nSHOWETH. That your petitioner is undergoing the sentence of three months imprisonment with hard labor for felony, convicted by J. Russell, Esq., on the 21st March 1871. That your humble Petitioner having served in the Army for the period of many years, six months, and three days, having been engaged in the Campaigns of Poonjaub in 1848-9, Burmah in 1852-3, and 1858 - Also through the Sidians mutiny and was one of the Defenders of the Residency of Lucknow under the Command of Sir Henry Havelock (for which he received the Victoria Cross) by the recommendation of the said Sir Henry Havelock himself - also served through the Bhootan Expedition in 1864-1865 under the Command of General Mulcaster, and that during the whole period of my Service, I was never a prisoner in Gaol, nor even brought up for any offence whatever, and that I left the Army with the rank of Sergeant at my own request - Hoping and most humbly imploring my character's much reference thereto for your favorable consideration. I do assure your Excellency that after all my previous good conduct in the Army, I did not come to this Station and joined the Police for the purpose of making myself a thief, and I very humbly beg that your Excellency will mercifully take my case under your merciful consideration and remit the remaining portion of my sentence.\n\nAnd your Petitioner, as in duty bound, will ever pray, &c.\n\n(Signed) Edward Ayx.\n\nApril 27, 18...",
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        "content_text": "THE LONDON AND CHINA TELEGRAPH.\n\nIs not a great deal of the work in Siam caused by the doctrine of extra-territorial jurisdiction applying to the inhabitants of British Burmah? Yes, and to British India; I would not separate British Burmah exclusively.\n\nThere is a difficulty in following criminals from British Burmah, is there not, to Siam; do not cases occasionally occur of the escape of criminals into Siam?--I have not heard of any particular case of that kind.\n\nDo you think that work of that kind could be decreased; it has been stated here that there has been a somewhat extravagant interpretation of this doctrine in the case of the inhabitants of British Burmah?--Well, it would be a very great comfort if the work of looking after these men could be taken away from the consul altogether, because it is a terrible responsibility having to give an opinion about cases which happen hundreds of miles away from you, and of which you cannot get any very satisfactory evidence. I do not see how we are to avoid doing it with our Treaty.\n\nThe officers of the consulate are occasionally sent great distances up country, are they not, in these cases?--No, they were not in my time; I have never known of an officer being sent beyond 60 miles about a case.\n\nBut the labour involved in these cases to the consulate is very considerable?--Very considerable, and the anxiety still greater.\n\nDo you know whether it was the custom of other Powers for their consuls to act as agents there?--In some cases the consuls were merchant consuls, trading consuls, and in that case they might of course be agents for anything; the Lloyd's agent in Siam was a merchant.\n\nViscount ENFIELD: Is the cost of living in Siam very great?--It is great as compared with England, because there are certain luxuries which a man must have in a climate of that sort; I mean to say that whereas a young man in England can live very well for £150, out in Siam it is impossible for a student interpreter to live decently on the pay that is given to him.\n\nMR. HARPER in his evidence before the Committee said that H.M. Consuls often acted as agent for Lloyd's, and that the commissions paid on wrecks were at times valuable, he might instance the case £3,000 paid on one ship at Batavia.\n\nCHINA SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH COMPANY (LIMITED).\n\nThe second ordinary general meeting of the shareholders was held on the 13th inst.; Mr. JOHN PENDER, M.P., in the chair. The Secretary (Mr. T. Fuller) read the notice convening the meeting, and the minutes of the last meeting, which were then confirmed; the report of the directors, given in our last issue, was taken as read.\n\n[Nov. 18, 1872.]\n\nThe CHAIRMAN stated that since the opening of the line it had worked in every way satisfactorily; there had been one or two interruptions, but of a slight character. In regard to one which occurred at Saigon in shallow water, they had the satisfaction, in repairing the cable, that it was as perfect as on the day it had been laid down.\n\nIt was also a matter for congratulation to perceive that, even taking into account the low rate of charges that had rated for a considerable period of the company's operations, the result had been about as good as that attained by any submarine line during the first year of its working. It was proposed to pay the shareholders a dividend of 8 per cent. for the whole year.\n\nThe directors entered into arrangements with the Great Northern, by which that company was to receive interest at 5 per cent. on the capital, and the cable to be repaired by them; that all above that sum was to be equally divided; and, although the traffic had been interrupted, the amount received last year from that source was £4,752.\n\nHe thought that at some future time it would be necessary to call upon the shareholders to find the money to lay another cable in conjunction with the Great Northern, as the present cable seemed to be not quite so good as that company had expected it to be. He also believed that an alternate line was necessary to give the public the accommodation they required, and at the same time to secure themselves a fair return.\n\nThis company had put up its tariff to £6, whilst the Great Northern Company were working at £4 10s., but he thought that they were getting as full a share of the traffic as those who went to the expense of telegraphing their messages by both routes.\n\nMr. Forde, a shareholder, said he regretted that the Board had any idea of laying a cable between Hong Kong and Shanghai in conjunction with the Great Northern Company. Such a step would be much in the interests of that company, but against theirs. He must very earnestly urge on the directors the policy of amalgamating with the other companies; a low tariff was only to be obtained by amalgamation. The working expenses of this company—£16,000 on earnings of £85,000—were enormous, and the salaries paid were too high.\n\nMr. HOLMES agreed with Mr. Forde as to the Shanghai line, and he considered the £1,838 for the Agnes repairing ship was excessive, and a contract should be made for the repairs.\n\nThe CHAIRMAN, in reply to these remarks, said that the laying of the cable to Shanghai was merely foreshadowed, but if done, it must be in conjunction with the Great Northern in good faith, according to the bargain made. The policy of amalgamation was quite approved by the Board; but those things required time, and could not be carried out so speedily as Mr. Forde seemed to think.\n\nWith regard to the expenses, he read a statement of salaries, &c., at each port, and explained that the expenses of living were so high at the stations that the salaries of proper officers must be in proportion. The expense for repairs and maintaining cable would be reduced.\n\nThe directors had no objection to half-yearly meetings. The report was then put and carried, as also the re-election of the Baron d'Erlangen as a director, and two auditors. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors.\n\nTHE JAPANESE AT MESSRS. ALLAN, RANSOME AND CO.'S.\n\nYesterday the Minister for Agriculture, with members of his suite, together with American and English employers of labour, visited the works of Messrs. Allan, Ransome, and Co., in King's-road, Chelsea, to view some newly-invented labour-saving machinery of remarkable construction and power.\n\nThe strikes of workmen in the building trades, the increased cost of production in the carpentry and joinery branches of those trades, and the difficulties caused to employers by the restrictions of Trades Unions, have each had their share in directing the attention of engineers to find the means of meeting the pressure caused by the contracted amount of available skilled labour; and the machines exhibited yesterday were in every way so perfect that it is not easy to see how hand labour will hold its own.\n\nThe first machine inspected was a portable saw frame. Any one who has seen the old saw-pits, where the \"top sawyer\" and the \"bottom sawyer\" laboured from morning to night and day after day in cutting a log into planks, would be greatly astonished to see this comparatively small machine, attended only by one man, cut up the body of a large oak into fourteen planks at once, it having twelve saws, which cut through the whole bulk of wood in something less than half an hour.\n\nA mortising machine, the invention of Mr. Richards, of Philadelphia, was set to work, and accurately and cleanly cut in a few moments mortises which would have taken a workman hours.\n\nA moulding machine, for cutting mouldings, did in a minute thirty-five feet of work, which would have taken a skilled workman many hours, and this work could apparently be done by a boy.\n\nIn what was called a \"general joining machine\" there was apparently no limit to the work to be done, the one machine cutting mortises, shaping blocks, planking, carving out banisters, and turning in a few minutes a plain block of wood into a perfectly carved piece of work.\n\nAnother machine, exceedingly small and unpretentious, was shown to be capable of planing any sort of work, oval or flat, and at the same time a revolving chisel cut mortises with celerity and accuracy.\n\nA very fine piece of machinery is one which cuts raised or recessed panels, in other words, which can cut the sunk or raised ornamental work in wood now so highly prized and so dearly paid for, as the best and most skilled.\n\nBy another machine, an American invention, but improved by the Messrs. Ransome, a door can be finished—that is, cleanly sand-papered on both sides—in three minutes.\n\nThe planing and trying-up of work, or what would be properly called the trueing \"up, by which is meant the nice work of making blocks of wood exactly like one another, in order to hand labour, is, by one of Ransome's machines, done at once and perfectly in a few minutes, all the blocks, of whatever size, being placed together and turned out as like as peas, and mathematically correct in every respect.\n\nA band saw machine, by which both fine and rough work was cut in all sorts of shapes, and a saw cutting machine, with F. Ransome's patent stone, were among the other works shown.\n\nWith one or two of these machines an employer with a man and a boy as staff, could turn out as much work as twenty or thirty men, and never be troubled about the nine hours, eight hours, or any other movement.\n\nThe remarkable fact about these machines is that they are not limited to the pattern, shape, or character of wood, for the knives are changed in a few minutes, and whatever the class of work required, it can be done at once.\n\nThe inspection lasted for several hours, and all the visitors expressed themselves delighted with these new machines, some of which are to go to the Vienna Exhibition.\n\nNAVAL AND MILITARY.\n\nThe screw steamer Scotland, Captain James, sailed from Queenstown on the 12th inst. for Singapore and Hong Kong, via the Suez Canal.\n\nThe following are the details of the officers and men who proceed in the Scotland to strengthen the garrisons in the Straits Settlements and Hong Kong:-To Singapore, Captain Battye, Lieutenant Armstrong, and 79 men of the 10th regiment and 10 men of the Royal Artillery.\n\nTo Hong Kong, Captain Stone, with 294 men and 19 women and children of the 80th Regiment; an armourer sergeant, a sergeant, and 10 men of the Royal Artillery: and 3 men of the Royal Engineers.\n\nMajor Watson, of the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, Captain Hewson, 73rd Foot, and Lieutenant Chevera, of the 73rd Foot, proceed to Hong Kong on duty with the draft of the 80th Regiment, and will afterwards return to Ceylon.\n\nThe medical officer in charge of the troops is Staff Surgeon O'Halloran, who will, after their arrival at their respective stations, proceed to Penang.\n\nThe Mosquito, composite gunboat, 400 tons, and 360-horse power, which was commissioned at Devonport on the 30th ult., for service on the China station, by Lieutenant-Commander William Henry Bond, was moved into Plymouth Sound on the 9th inst., has made the customary trial of her engines, and has embarked her supply of ammunition preparatory to sailing.\n\nLieutenant-Colonel Joseph H. F. H. Hudson, Grenadier Guards, is to be confirmed in his appointment of military secretary to General Henry Renny, in command of the forces in Ceylon.\n\nMONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.\n\nThe suspension of Messrs. Bowles Bros. and Co., noticed in our last issue, has caused the stoppage of the \"Joint National Agency,\" a company formed for general financial and agency purposes in connection with the Japanese now in Europe, amongst whom we are sorry to say are the agents of the Japanese Government, who have lodged Government funds in the hands of the Company.\n\nJudging from the following circular, it seems that the company is utterly crushed, and will be dissolved.\n\n446, Strand, London, 9th November, 1872.\n\nSIR.—With the greatest regret, and by order of the Board of Directors, I have to inform you that in consequence of the sudden and unexpected suspension of payment of one of the bankers of this company, the firm of Messrs. Bowles Brothers and Co., this company has also found it necessary to suspend payment.\n\nIn order at once to secure the assets of the company its immediate winding up has been determined upon, and with this view an extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders will be held here at two o'clock in the afternoon, on Tuesday week, the 19th inst., when a resolution will be submitted to the effect that it has been proved to the satisfaction of the company that it cannot, by reason of its liabilities, continue its business, and that it is advisable to wind up the same.\n\nI am, Sir, your obedient servant,\n\nWALTER H. FARRA, Secretary.\n\nFollowing closely on the failure of Joshua, of Singapore, we have telegrams announcing the stoppage of Chang \"Tee, Watseng and Co., and Absoon and Co., both Chinese firms of importance in the Straits and Saigon trade, with heavy liabilities to European firms.\n\nThe mail also brings advices of the failure and arrest for fraud of A. Velge, a commission merchant at Singapore, by which the banks will also lose.\n\nMessrs. Joshua Brothers and Co., of Great Winchester-street, desire it to be stated that their firms, together with the firms of Joshua Brothers, Melbourne, and Joshua Brothers, Mauritius, are in no way related to or connected with the firm of Joshua Brothers, of Singapore, whose suspension has been announced.\n\nCorrespondence from Shanghai by the last two mails has been very gloomy, and failures are expected before the end of the year, notwithstanding the assistance given here to the Silk market by a combination.\n\nBar Silver has again declined, and the nearest quotation we can give is 59d. per oz., at which rate some small parcels have been sold; the market is weak, and a further slight reduction may be looked for.\n\nThe Bank of Holland has decided to buy no more silver at any price. It has hitherto bought silver at 1.104.65 per Dutch pound, and has not varied the price for years.\n\nBANK AND MISCELLANEOUS SHARES.\n\nTELEGRAPH COMPANIES.\n\n£10\n\nChartered Bank Ind., Aust., and China\n\nAll\n\n59 to 54\n\n13 to 15\n\nAll\n\n23 to 25\n\n10\n\n1 to 15\n\n58 to 60\n\nAll\n\nJOINT STOCK BANKS.\n\n£10\n\nAgra Bank\n\n25\n\nBank of Egypt\n\n20\n\n45\n\nChartered Merc. of India and China\n\n20\n\nCity Bank\n\n+14\n\n1.\n\n100\n\nColonial Bank\n\n500fr.\n\nComptoir D'Escompte of Paris...\n\n2291\n\n100\n\nHong Kong and Shanghai Bank\n\n[Imperial Bank\n\n20\n\n28 to 29\n\n50\n\nLondon and County\n\n20\n\n69 to 58\n\n50\n\nLondon Joint Stock\n\n15\n\n48 to 47\n\n100\n\nLondon and Westminster\n\n20\n\n67 to 62\n\nOriental Bank Corporation\n\nAll\n\n$1 to 42\n\n50\n\nUnion of London...\n\n43 to 44\n\n10\n\nBritish Indian Extension\n\nAll\n\n34 to 144\n\n13\n\nBritish Australian...\n\nAn\n\nA to 99\n\n30\n\nChina Submarine.\n\n10 to 10\n\n10\n\nEastern Telegraph Company\n\n10 to 10\n\n10\n\nGreat Northern\n\nAll\n\n10 to 114\n\n25\n\nIndo-European\n\nAll\n\n14 to 30\n\n30\n\nMediterranean Extension\n\nAll\n\n£ to 7\n\n12\n\nTelegraph Construction Company\n\n£24 to 23\n\n60\n\nIndiarubr.,Gutta Percha &Tel. WorksCo.\n\n45\n\n391 to 301\n\nMISCELLANEOUS\n\n20\n\nBritish India Tea Company\n\nAll\n\n4 to 5\n\nBrit. and Foreign Marine Insurance Co.,\n\n1\n\n6 to\n\n6\n\n20\n\nCeylon Company\n\n***\n\n**\n\nAll\n\n15 to 17\n\n20\n\nDo.\n\n10\n\nLo\n\ndis.\n\n20\n\nDo.\n\nར\n\n4 to\n\n3 dis\n\n50\n\n2 to\n\nI dis.\n\n5\n\nAll\n\nto\n\n53\n\n10\n\nGeneral Credit and Discount Companyj\n\n73\n\nTo\n\n15 pm.\n\n10\n\nHong Kong Gas Company\n\n414\n\n10\n\nInternational Finance Society...\n\n5\n\n1 to dis.\n\n98\n\nJapan Loan, 9 per cent...\n\nAll\n\n110 to 112\n\n$4\n\nLondon and Prov. Marine Insurance Co.\n\n2\n\n24 to 21 pa1.\n\n26\n\nNational Discount Company...\n\n5\n\n121\n\n122\n\n25\n\n50nfr.\n\nOcean Marine Insurance Company\n\nMessageries Maritime of France\n\n5\n\n13 to 14 pm.\n\nAli\n\n50\n\n50\n\n100\n\n21)\n\nP. and O. Steaming Company\n\n170.\n\n1867...\n\n20.\n\nRoyal Mail Steam Company\n\nRealia Marine Insorance Company\n\nAll\n\n51 10\n\n68\n\n10\n\ndis. to par\n\n60\n\n93 to B5\n\nJ\n\n1 to I dis.\n\n4021.\n\nSuez Canal Company\n\n*\n\n20\n\n20\n\nThames and Mersey Marine Lasur. Co.\n\nUniversal Marine Insurance Company!\n\n5 to\n\nFLE\n\nColonial Company\n\nCredit Foncier of England\n\nARTICLES OF IMPORT.\n\nTEA.\n\n1,530\n\n1.360\n\n5pm.\n\n4 to jum\n\nMessrs. Shepard, Harrison, and Rehden's Circular says--\n\nDuring the past few days buying, except at auction without reserve (sales of China or Indian growth taking place daily), has been all but suspended, owing to the disturbance in the money market and the advance in the Bank rate, which is now 7 per cent.; arrivals have also been on an exceedingly large scale; buyers therefore act with extreme caution.\n\nAdvices from China, as to ultimate total shipments, state, \"all will depend on prices paid for common Congou;\" as regards this market, there is no encouragement to ship such here; demand has been \"off\" this class for some time, and late imports of what may be fairly classed as \"good common\" are not saleable over 9d.\n\nThe export trade to all quarters has been inactive.\n\nThe public sales of China have comprised 16,117 packages, of which week amount to 8,211,346 lbs., against 3,161,038 lbs. last year.\n\n14,449 packages have been sold without reserve.\n\nThe deliveries for the sales have been...\n\nBlack-Red leaf: No change as to prices for siftings and leafy; good flavoury kinds at 1s. to 1s 1d. have been scarce, but a better selection is offering from ships now discharging; Souchong and Kaisow kinds at 1s. 3d. to 1s. 5d. offer good value; medium to fine at 1s. 6d. to 2s. are hard of sale; finest sells in small lots at 2s. 1d. to 2s. 6d. per lb.\n\nPakling kinds: No demand.\n\nTayshau leaf: Fall supplies are in course of landing; a few sales at 10d. to 1s, for good common and fair.\n\nBlack leaf: In low and ordinary common there have been occasional small sales at 6d. to 7½d.; fair to good common we quote at 8d. to 10d. per lb., and difficult of sale; preferable kinds 1s. 7d, we make rather lower; fine and finest 1s. 8d. to 2s. 2d., limited at 1s. to 1s. 2d. are scarce; medium to good medium at 1s. 3d. to 1s. 6d. are...\n\nSouchong: Few transactions at no alteration in value.\n\nScented Tea, Canton kinds--Caper: There has been fair trade doing, as late good common to fair 10d. to 1s., good to medium 1s. 1d. to 1s. 4d, fine imports are of desirable quality, many parcels being strong scented; 1s. 5d. to 1s. 8d., finest 1s. 9d. to 2s. per lb.\n\nScented Orange Pekoe: Limited supplies, but sufficient for present wants, Foochow growth being in full supply, and selling at a moderate scale of prices.\n\nGreen Large sales by auction without reserve; the imports, ex Glenroy and Ajax, over 800,000 lbs., offering a varied selection, chiefly of Peling Suey leaf, which has sold at an average 1d. per lb. decline, No. 1 Gunpowder selling down to 2s. 11d., other grades in proportion.\n\nSlogane and Fychow leaf, with the comparatively small supply, has been selling at extreme rates.\n\nCanton and Japan kinds: No change.\n\nSILK.\n\nMessrs. Kilburn, Kershaw, and Co. report as follows:--\n\nThe slight improvement in demand which had shown itself recently has been checked by the movements of the money market, and buyers generally seen disposed to wait; there is no change in quotations.",
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        "content_text": "Land quite recently has cate in which it was arisen not improbable that Proceedings would have to be instituted against the Spanish Consul under Sections 4 and 5 of Ordinance No 9 of 1870 which provide that any Person refusing to yield up on Demand to the Official Administrator the Property of any Person deceased which may be found within the Colony \"shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor and punishable by Fine Imprisonment. The great majority of cases which present themselves are those of foreign Seamen and Passengers in foreign Ships, and the assets are generally so small, that the Fees and Costs of their administration in the Supreme Court often swallow up the greater portion of Proceeds. Again the Foreign Consuls object to sign any Administration Bond and altogether the present system gives rise to such constant complaints of difficulty and trouble to all concerned, that it would in my opinion be a great relief to be Sep.",
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        "content_text": "information in respect to the arrangements which may be made for Emigration to the Cape of Good Hope. \n\n2. Accordingly I have now the honor to enclose the copy of a report received from Sir Brooke Ecbertson which gives full information regarding prospects of emigration from that Port Swallow or Amoy. \n\n3. I entirely endorse the statements made by him as to the preference to be given to the latter over Canton, and I concur in his views as well in regard to the expediency of Emigration being placed under a Government Officer, the necessity of direct and frequent communication between China and the colony for which Chinese labourers are being procured.\n\n4. In regard to the information asked for in your despatch respecting the cost of collecting and importing labourers and the rate of wages it is right that you should understand in the first instance that a Chinaman does not in the proper sense of the word emigrate but simply goes to a foreign country with a...",
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        "content_text": "# DESPATCH\n\n10466. No. 7819\nDate. \nNo. 46\n1825\n\nAssist rendered to P. & O. S.S. \"Swallow\" by the Sor. of Macao.\n\nCopy herewith of letter from P.&O. Agent acknowledging the services in ...\n\n(Minutes.)\n\nprevious Paper 6882\n\nus lay (Subject.)\n\n436 \n\n9887 has every body questions now than head Put le SWR July 1.\n\nAgat atonce Um 17 (4175-B & S 6876)",
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        "content_text": "than selves at their own expense, they I think find the best remedy - \n\nwould \n\nfor the existing states of things in adopting \n\n& standard which has a definite minimum, but yet admits of various sources - These \n\na1< \n\nCoins cannot be all of \"equivalent value, bald take it they \n\nnearly 20, & I have nev heard of difficulty from their concurrent circulation, or that the evils of chopped \n\nMINUTE PAPER. \n\n95 \n\nTaking the last suggestion of the Deasing \n\nI think there \n\nbe no objection \n\ntrial option fit on the none of consisting, tomal option \n\nscore \n\nif it is clearly laid down that the fol kite is mythical against bullion & not as a scheme a source of profit. \n\nthe fine I think We may the first say \n\nCamairon in \n\nthat Land \n\nrecommend \n\nprepared to work \n\nthe suggestion to the Colony \n\nEstimating \n\nMenulus \n\nanomalous \n\nCurrency matters. \n\nto the Straits thin \n\nPar present \n\nJelling \n\natt \n\ntime! \n\nCoinage were very troublesome at the Straits... In \n\nsending letter tallading specially to the best paragraph for thin for W. Jervois's edification, I waed Suffert \n\nthat He should be asked to report on the working of the Straits \n\nsystem affecting the difficulties arising at Drayton \n\nIngguted a similar thinking Gore mars \n\nR2 \n\nnever to alter owsianna relating to \n\nthe Zunenu \n\nBanks on \n\npages its fate. \n\n29/1/76. \n\nwithout home hoped \n\nt firs \n\nit \n\nItaining wituation from stallow \n\nbe issued this charl, wanted. \n\nas \n\na means \n\ntheir \n\ncondition in \n\nBut before sending \n\nthe correspondence to Hong Kong with this direct, Law Camer \n\nBucke \n\nA \n\nthinks it right. \n\nfew cherations with land Some of the other alternative methion which have been ingguted, by the trade \n\nn \n\n\" \n\nn American Dollar. Henstate the case as in My Round's minute \n\nbehalf of this pointing out that although the sing uses the terme of Equivalent Value, in is a gration whether practically it will not conform this stipulation \n\n5",
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        "content_text": "Trong trong FONo 9887\n\ne or Individual.\n\n(Subject.)\n\nDOMESTIC.\n\n348\n\nOffice Conveyance & SW. of Macao of thanks of British,\n\nDate.\n\n1875° We 2\n\nSort for aid rendered to the St Swallow\n\n\"\n\nprevious Paper. Jerforen\" of has been rec? from Minister at Lisbon\n\n47319.\n\nPariy\n\nFit hende\n\n(Minutes.)\n\nI think that this may be put by?\n\nHardly worth sending to the Governor.\n\nRBR.\n\n3/9/75\n\n76-H & S 6877)\n\n \nIt appears that the original text has significant OCR errors and formatting issues. Here's a corrected version in HTML format as per the instructions:\n\nFrom FONo 9887\n\nE or Individual.\n\n(Subject.)\n\nDOMESTIC.\n\n348\n\nOffice Conveyance & SW. of Macao of thanks of British,\n\nDate.\n\n1875 We 2\n\nSort for aid rendered to the St Swallow\n\nPrevious Paper. Received from Minister at Lisbon\n\n47319.\n\nParis\n\nFit hende\n\n(Minutes.)\n\nI think that this may be put by?\n\nHardly worth sending to the Governor.\n\nRBR.\n\n3/9/75\n\n76-H & S 6877\n\nHowever, to strictly follow the format requested:\n\nFrom FONo 9887\n\nE or Individual.\n\n(Subject.)\n\nDOMESTIC.\n\n348\n\nOffice Conveyance & SW. of Macao of thanks of British,\n\nDate.\n\n1875 We 2\n\nSort for aid rendered to the St Swallow\n\nPrevious Paper. Received from Minister at Lisbon\n\n47319.\n\nParis\n\nFit hende\n\n(Minutes.)\n\nI think that this may be put by?\n\nHardly worth sending to the Governor.\n\nRBR.\n\n3/9/75\n\n76-H & S 6877",
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        "content_text": "bo bucanied into the nearest that surface gutter, if practicable a b some other national outlet : in no case should they be connected directly with the sheet sewers.\n\n6. Pam Watu Lant. The Ramloste taub under the berandah of the wash-house to be 15 feet long 5 feet deep and 9 feet wide : to be built in accordance with the description hereinafter specified for the roofs and floors. The thickness of the side walls will depend upon the nature of the soil in which it is excavated : if in rock of fairly uniform character, little more than a watertight facing will be required ; in any case 9 inches brickwork laid in cement and sand 1:2\" will be amply sufficient : the top of the tank may be formed of a solid slab of concrete 6\" thick which will also serve as the level floor of the berandah. A manhole for access to the tank to be formed in the top, with stone covering slab, fitted with a flushing grating and ventilating shaft, and in the bottom of the tank a shallow wash out well should be provided for cleaning purposes. Great care must be taken not to connect the overflow pipe of this tank with any part of the foul drainage system.\n\n4. Manholes and ventilating traps to drains. At the points shown by small rectangles in plan and at such other points as may appear necessary, manholes will be formed on the lines of drain for the purposes of inspection, flushing and ventilation.",
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        "content_text": "Supply of T.W. cistern and cushion intermediate feed cistern 16\" x 9\" x 18\" with mica ball valve and mica 10.1\" feed pipe connected into return pipe.\n\n4. Circulating pipes.\n\n1 1/4\" W.I. circulating pipe, connecting the boiler and hot water cistern, the return pipe being carried under the secondary flue to the bath tower and back.\n\n1/2\" W.I. flow and return pipe, to be carried from the boiler under the corridor floor to the sword blacksmith's workshop and boiler house. 1/4\" flow and return pipe to the bath tower and blacksmith's workshop.\n\nAll the pipes to be laid to regular fall, to facilitate circulation and to be supported under the concrete floor on proper brackets and hangers. The circulating pipes to be well clothed with felt and covered with two coats of ...\n\n6. Laying on. Animal supply cock with stop valve, with inch draw off pipes for emptying boiler. Hot water services from the circulating pipe to the different bath rooms and bath tubs, with proper Ts and connections and services to dispensary branch of the lavatories and to scullery sinks.\n\nWoodwork\n\nA. Jaw half-inch form metal bib cocks screwed for half-inch pipe with stop valves and branches to lavatories and 3/4\" cocks and shutters to sinks. Track metal bib cocks screwed with four-way pipes, with wood-covered handles, for hot water to each bath and to bath tubs.\n\n6. Generally, All the W.I. Pipes to be equal to steam, put together with un-leakage joint and red and white lead, with all necessary Ts, bends, elbows, long screws, back nuts, etc.\n\nLift.\n\nProvide and fix a hand-power lift with inside dimensions: The lift to be 3'6\" high and 2'0\" x 2'0\" fitted with shallow sliding tray and lift. The height through which the lift travels is ... (Overlayed detail drawing should be prepared to show exact space available).\n\nPage 90\n\nPage 91",
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        "content_text": "332\n\nof Hongkong in the typhoon of 1871,\n\nI consider a place of refuge for them most necessary, especially as the number of boats and steam launches is continually increasing. Most of the boats swarm to Kowloong for shelter if they hear southerlies; and being too numerous to get into the creek near the racecourse in time, many take refuge outside and are broken up. This was the case in 1871.\n\nA Breakwater of rough stone from Kellet Island in an E.S.E. direction towards the shore will effectually give shelter from the N.E. quarter which is the most mischievous; the natural form of the land shelters the rest.\n\nAs the water is shallow it need not be very expensive. I propose to have a passage between the Breakwater and Jardine's Bund for boats and steam launches, and also that the sweep of the tide may keep the channel between the Bund.\n\nIt will not interfere with the use of Kellet's Island as a powder depôt if that is any advantage, as it will still remain deep close to it.\n\nIt will not interfere in any way with the anchorage of ships or vessels.",
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        "content_text": "# \n\n74 \n\nThe gravel as a foundation for the ballast has not been considered at a greater depth than the sea bed. It is necessary to go down to the rock for a depth of four feet even where it is only below the gravel. In such places, therefore, as Cross Section houses 24, 25, and 28 (Drawings Nos. 12 and 13), it is proposed to sink horizontally continuous planking on edge, kept up as far as possible by sharp stakes, to retain the ground while the trench for the concrete is being dug out to depths varying with the degree of hardness of the gravel.\n\nIn the places where the latter contains a larger proportion of large stones and where it was found extremely hard to bore through, it is not proposed to lay the concrete to a greater depth than 3 feet below the gravel. But at Cross Section 24, over a length of about 40 feet, where there is an admixture of coarse material and where the bottom was found hard to bore, the concrete will be widened and deepened as shown in Drawing No. 12.\n\nThere is another place of the same kind, 20 feet long, at Cross Section 19, where, on account of the shallow depths of the rock below the sea bed, it is suggested to found this concrete directly on the rock, if after the removal of the old foundation, it is ascertained that the rock surface is sufficiently level. The temporary casing will be lined with tarred cotton cloth to prevent leakage.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-182 - Governor Hennessy - 1878 [9-12]",
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        "content_text": "## THE GOVERNOR'S STATISTICS.\n\n### SUPPLEMENT TO THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS.\n\n## SPOTS OF INTEREST ON THE ADJACENT MAINLAND.\n\n### CHUEN-WAN\n\nCounsel, whose mind is of far too logical a nature, stands first. As was well said by the Hon. W. KESWICK in the Council Chamber some months ago, Hongkong ought not to be made the prison-house of South China. Such, however, it must inevitably become unless steps be taken to keep the Colony free from the habitual criminals from Kwangtung, instead of, by tender treatment and good board and lodging, practically holding out to them an invitation to pay the island periodical visits for purposes of plunder.\n\nThe other pass, known as the Shing-moon pass, leads to the eastward of the great Tai-mo-shan, the lofty mountain peak, by far the highest in the neighbourhood, at the foot of which Chüen-wan is situated, skirts the villages near Castlepeak Bay, passing through Shap-pat-heung, or the eighteen villages, which lie on the Eastern side of Deep Bay; then by the bank of the half canal half creek which gives junk communication between Sam-chun and San-hu, or new market, and thence into the heart of the Tung-koon district to Shok-lung, which communicates with Canton via Kaulung City and the pass beyond to the northward.\n\nThe intending traveller from Hongkong to Sam-chun crosses the harbour by the Yau-mak-tee ferry. From Yau-mah-tee he walks through Kowloon City to Chuen-wan, and sees to recant the opinions thus ably expressed in the report at the foot of which his signature leads to the eastward. We have had new and doubtful experiments tried, while some excellent provisions, the repressive character of which had been proved by the experience of many years, were relaxed, and groundless leniency shown to convicted murderers.\n\nHis Excellency the GOVERNOR mainly responsible for the present position of affairs-October 7th. It is important, when tracing the great increase of crime in the Colony to its sources, nor to lose sight of any conducing causes that have been overlooked, full credit will be given for them. Among other matters referred to in the schedule of documents laid before the Committee appointed to inquire into the Police Duties, is a reference to a despatch by Sir ARTHUR KENNEDY to Lord CARNARVON two years back in which he seems to anticipate a serious increase of crime consequent on the lowering of the fares by the Canton river steamers. Mr. HENNESSY certainly makes a point here.\n\nThe anchorage in Chüen-wan Bay is regarded by junk masters as a peculiarly safe one, with good holding ground, hence the selection of this spot in former days by pirates as their depot or stronghold, to which they repaired for refitting their craft or disposing of their ill-gotten gains, and for which purpose Chien-wan presents singular facilities in the fact that the two passes through the mountains into the Tung-koon and Wei-chow districts and the wealthy and populous towns to the northward and eastward may be approached either by Chien-wan.\n\nAfter landing, which is a somewhat difficult business on account of the mud, walk up past the villages by a stone-paved path, often shaded by trees, then, turning to the left, up the mountain side several pretty Chinese water mills may be seen. These water wheels are worked by a wooden shaft on which are projecting knobs which depress a lever, on the other end of which is a heavy stone pestle, which thus alternately elevated and allowed to fall, pulverizes the sandalwood or other substance contained in a large stone mortar beneath.\n\nIn the village of Chen-wan the manufacture of incense or Chinese joss-stick is carried on on a somewhat extensive scale, the principal ingredient being sandalwood powdered in the mills I have referred to. Chinese vermicelli is also made here.\n\nOr to those not afraid of the long Chinese walk, or provided with chairs, a visit to the lead mine spoken of before might not be without its interest. The locality is about half a mile beyond the village of Shing-moun, at the top of the pass. One able to endure the fatigue would be well repaid by the magnificent view of Tai-tú-shan with Mirs Bay, and its surrounding mountains, notably the curious saddle mountain, or Ma-on-shau, on the other.\n\nAs a few lines about the place where the robbers of Tuesday night, 24th ultimo, landed after committing their raid on the Cheung Shing goldsmiths shop may be of public interest at the present time we will in as few words as possible give a brief sketch of the place. Chien-wan Bay, called in olden times Pirates Bay, is a shallow inlet situated about a mile to the eastward of the Cap-shui-moon and some two miles or more to the northward and westward of Stonecutters' Island.\n\nThe bay itself is some half-mile broad, by about the same depth, and shallowing so gradually that sufficient depth of water for a launch could not be found at less than a hundred yards or more from the shore in any part. Chien-wan is approached from Stonecutters Island by a passage between the mainland and the Island of Chung-hü. This passage, after passing the large Island of Chung-hü, is termed Kai-chap-moon and is, after passing Ma-on Island, exposed for about half a mile, where it receives the protection of Ma-on Island.\n\nThis is the island which, situated between the large island of Nam-tai-o, or Tai-te-shan, and the mainland, forms the two passages leading over the mountains into densely populated plains. These plains are inhabited by an industrious, and, as Chinese go, honest population, but very turbulent and always carrying on clan fights amongst themselves, nearly every house or village being built as a fort.\n\nThe former is the passage taken by the Canton river steamers; the latter will be found convenient for boats or launches which are unable to make way against the strong tide running in the Cap-shui-moon, or for those who, dreading the pangs of sea sickness, wish to avoid the heavy seas which often have to be encountered when taking the more exposed route by Cap-shui-moon.\n\nPeople going out for an excursion would find the place not unworthy of a visit. The private residence of a wealthy Chinese well known as the Stanley great man is picturesquely situated amongst a grove of trees on a well-wooded hill side, and, although strangely built in the Chinese style of architecture, it was some years back captured by thieves, who after holding the house some hours, carried off everything of value, including the youngest and choicest of the unfortunate proprietor's concubines.\n\nThis Shing-moon leads down to the southern arm of Mirs Bay and so communicates by water with several nests of thieves and pirates in Mirs Bay or rather on the northern shore of the bay. These places thus referred to are at the extremity of passes through the mountains into the densely populated plains.\n\nThe Police report for `1877` showed an increase of `6.45` per cent. of serious crime and `23.86` per cent. of minor offences over the preceding year. In `1878` there was a much larger increase of serious crime, and since then things have gone from bad to worse, though attention has been called to the facts by the GOVERNOR in the Legislative Council and by the Press.\n\nHow, then, is it that a check has not sooner been given to this growth of crime? Mr. HENNESSY would seem to contend that the increase has been natural and inevitable; we maintain that its later and worst development is the fruit of His Excellency's mistaken policy. At a time when it was obvious that greater rigour should be observed in dealing with criminals, he indiscreetly denounced in strong terms the practice of former administrations and induced an impression among the criminal class that more lenient treatment would be dealt out to offenders in future, a notion that was still further confirmed by some highly judicious pardons granted by His Excellency.\n\nA reference to the return published in the Gazette of the number of pardons granted during fifteen months of Sir ARTHUR KENNEDY's administration and a like period of the present administration, it indicates nothing unless the relative numbers of conditional pardons be also published, if these are included, as we presume they are. Conditional pardons generally involve the absence of the pardoned from the Colony for a certain number of years.\n\n## DESPATCH.\n\n**No.** `13089`  \n**Date.** `14 OCT 78`  \n**Subject.** Midan Baraphrase of telegram from the Governor of Hong Kong.\n\nThe Crown Agents would be glad if the `15` constables on the usual conditions be engaged to fill the vacancies which may be expected at the end of the year.\n\n**(Minutes.)**  \nThere was scarcely any need for cipher. Send a copy to the agent with instructions to comply.  \nC.Pd. `14 Oct`  \nDieffore the atom \"AM `15710`\" may be done.  \nLast previous Paper `*77 8856`  \nAgente ins!? `18 Oct 78`  \nM meade.",
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        "content_text": "# \n\nMr Price states distinctly in the 4th paragraph of her report of 23rd Oct `15447` that it is proposed to do all unskilled work by convict labour, & by the form of account adopted in Hong Kong the value of any convict labour employed is not charged against a work - since mentioned there points to Capt Om he admits that this would make a considerable difference, possibly even as much as half the amount of the estimate.\n\nUnder these circumstances I do not think we should be justified in delaying the work merely to account for the difference in the estimate this Mr Price should be told that he ought to have furnished details of his estimate.\n\nAnd as it is clear from `2006` that there is money available, I hardly see why the work should not be allowed & proceed at once.\n\nM. Hennessy in `15447` suggested the Special fund being used for this purpose; several years have elapsed now since the Gambling Houses were closed, the very satisfactory modes of disposing of the greater part of it have presented themselves.\n\nIn this case the work proposed, being in shallow water, is intended more to protect the life of Chinese boatmen than for any commercial purposes, & a Revenue of $20,000 a year is derived from the Registration of licensed Chinese junks.\n\nI think the Special fund might be utilized, partially, at all events (I say half the cost of the work) might be devoted to this purpose.\n\nW. Hennessy requested in `187447` that a reply might be sent by telegram, but as the plan of the work has been materially modified by the Consulting Engineer, I doubt whether this is possible: but I think there papers might be sent at once to the Governor with instruction to lay them before the Council, & subject to their readiness to vote whatever is not contributed from the special fund, permission to undertake the work at once.\n\nP.J. Jannex lists to luette Om man ey-willen since I began the minett.\n\n`MR 243,70`",
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        "content_text": "## \n1 \n\nThe proposed Harbour would in time deteriorate through loss of its depth; it would, however, require very many years before it would become filled with detritus to such an extent as to render it inadequate for the accommodation of the shallow draught cargo boats and small crew which it is intended to shelter. As the other sites are open to the same objection, and security for the shipping population is urgently needed, it might be deemed desirable to sanction the construction of the proposed Breakwater, even although a sufficient depth under its lee had to be maintained at a distant date by dredging, which could be accomplished at no very considerable annual outlay if a steam dredging machine were available.\n\n## \nShould the formation of the proposed Harbour at Causeway Bay be favourably entertained, I would beg to recommend that the Breakwater be constructed upon the line indicated by red colour on the annexed trace. It will be seen that this line, although of the same length, varies somewhat from that suggested by the Surveyor General, being carried about 120 feet further seaward, in an average depth at low water of 3 fathoms 6 inches to 12 feet in the case of the work coloured brown. At the western end of the Breakwater, I would form a \"knee\" or elbow in the manner indicated. Experience has shown in the case of Breakwaters...",
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        "content_text": "236 \n\nbeen continued uninterruptedly from the formation of the Company to the present time\n\n4. made great such passages are always made during daylight and that with the exception of about five hundred yards at the entrance or pass, the steamers traverse smooth and shallow water of an average depth of about four and a half fathoms, the lapsing which are from thirty to thirty-four feet in height from the keels to the upper decks.\n\nThat the steamship \"Kinshan\" has carried before the passing of the Ordinance, and can carry without overcrowding ever and with perfect safety thousand passengers and that the \"Powan\" in like manner can carry over three thousand passengers. That according to the instructions issued by Her Majesty's Board of Trade to the Surveyors of ships appointed by that Board under the Merchant Shipping Act and Passengers Act, river steamers plying in smooth and superficial water of the size and extent of decks as the \"Kinshan\" and \"Powan\" would be permitted to carry three thousand six hundred and seventy passengers and five thousand three hundred and...",
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        "content_text": "## Court Proceedings\n\nMr. Brereton--The strongest evidence that the Ordinance is ineffective is the bringing in of a new bill.\n\nMr. Sharp--Unless that is passed, your Worship cannot take notice of it.\n\nMr. Brereton--There are Acts of Parliament on the statute book at the present day which prohibit acts now perfectly lawful, such as a Roman Catholic going to his church or a Roman Catholic clergyman appearing in public in his robes, but they are never put in force. And I object to this Ordinance as being absurd and inapplicable.\n\nHis Worship said he had simply to look at the Ordinance.\n\nMr. Brereton--You have a right to look and see if it is contrary to reason and equity.\n\nHis Worship--To cut things short, I may say I don't intend to consider the new bill at all.\n\nMr. Brereton--Well, I am really surprised at your laying down such a dictum, that if an Ordinance is silly, unjust, and purports to do an act of gross injustice, your Worship will carry it out. Do I understand your Worship to say that?\n\nHis Worship--Yes, that is exactly what I intend to do in this case.\n\nMr. Sharp--If my friend has any protest to make, it should be made in another place.\n\nHis Worship--Exactly. They can follow the same course as they did before, and I dare say with the same result.\n\nMr. Brereton--But that is not to preclude me from using the arguments here. I can appeal to the Supreme Court, but that does not preclude me here.\n\nHis Worship said he would decide the case according to the Ordinance.\n\nMr. Brereton--It is the first time I have heard a judge say he would decide a case without hearing the arguments against it.\n\nHis Worship--I have heard your argument.\n\nMr. Brereton--With great respect, you have not. I have another point, which you have not heard, but after what your Worship has said, it is no use saying another word.\n\nMr. Sharp--This is not the proper time.\n\nMr. Brereton--It is, because if I show there is no Ordinance applying to the case, it is practically an objection to the jurisdiction of the court. It is laid down that in cases of this kind, no Ordinance or Act of Parliament shall apply.--Mr. Brereton read a quotation from Dwarris on the Statutes to the effect that an Act of Parliament repugnant to common sense and right reason and impossible to be performed could not be enforced by the court. He said he was prepared to show that this Ordinance was one of exactly that kind.\n\nHis Worship--But you say it is because there is another bill before the Council.\n\nMr. Brereton--No, I do not.\n\nHis Worship--Well, on the first point, I don't think it is much use arguing further.\n\nMr. Sharp--His Worship has not heard the case yet.\n\nMr. Brereton--My objection is a preliminary objection to the jurisdiction of the court, though I don't put it in that way, because the Ordinance is repugnant to right reason and common sense. Your Worship is not here to give effect to such an Ordinance. You are here to hold the balance evenly between the Government and the subject. In England, no magistrate would be displaced on account of his decision. You are here to do justice fearlessly and without favour to one side or the other.\n\nHis Worship--I cannot see anything contrary to reason or justice in the Ordinance as it stands. You have not shown me anything yet.\n\nMr. Brereton--Well, here is an Ordinance which lays down as a proper criterion for the number of passengers that should be carried on river steamers that two passengers only can be carried for every three tons. Now, what possible reason can be given for that? How could that Ordinance be framed so, unless on the hypothesis that every Chinaman weighs a ton and a half? Two to every three tons, and the ship-owners, but add another passenger, or a ton and a half more, and down goes the ship! The number of passengers to be carried on a ship is, and only can be, regulated by the superficial extent, not the tonnage. If the tonnage were the criterion, this vessel could carry over 20,000 people, for the average weight of a Chinaman is not one ton and a half but ... . Now, I hold in my hand the Board of Trade's instructions to the surveyors of ships, and they seem to me to meet in all respects the case. There, the proper criterion is the superficial extent of each vessel. If those rules were applied to my client's vessels, one could carry over 2,000 passengers and another over 3,000. And those instructions apply, not to vessels plying in rivers, as these, which run in shoal water, but to vessels plying in water ten fathoms deep. Here, these vessels are plying altogether in shallow water. With the exception of the Cap-sing-moon, for three or four hundred yards, there is not a yard where the depth exceeds four or five fathoms, so that if a vessel were to go down, there would be safety for everyone.\n\nMr. Sharp submitted that these remarks ought to be made by and by, if they were made at all, but they were utterly irrelevant.\n\nMr. Brereton said he was taking a preliminary objection, which his Worship had allowed him to do, and went on to argue that the criterion supplied by the Ordinance of the number of passengers to be carried was absurd and defeated its own purpose, because if it were applied to large steamers built for cargo only, say one of 5,000 tons, it would allow them to carry more passengers than there would be room for on the deck, the vessel not being built to carry passengers. He characterised the Ordinance as a tissue of absurdity, a monument of folly, and an instrument of injustice, and urged that it ought to be treated as a dead letter, being contrary to right reason, justice, and common sense. It was no aspersion on the legislature to speak in this way, for it was notorious that very silly Acts of Parliament were constantly passed at home.\n\nMr. Sharp--Your Worship, I contend the protest which Mr. Brereton has put forward and the remarks he has made upon it cannot possibly have any weight with your Worship. Of course, any remarks he may make can hereafter be embodied in a memorial, but here we simply have to deal with the Ordinance before us. It was an Ordinance which was most carefully considered and passed after grave discussion in the Council. The summonses are taken out under the 3rd section of 11 of 1876, which enacts that:\n\n| Section | Description | Penalty |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 3rd section of 11 of 1876 | If any steamship shall enter the waters of the Colony of Hongkong, having passengers on board, from Canton or from places on the Canton river, or from Macao, in excess of the proportion of two passengers for every three tons of the registered net tonnage of such steamship | a penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, in addition to a penalty of five dollars for every passenger on board, in excess of the proportion of two passengers for every registered three tons (net) of the said steamship |\n\nMr. Brereton--There is no such thing as registered three tons net.\n\nMr. Sharp--Well, my friend has cited a precedent, in which Mr. May dealt with a precisely similar case, and the full penalty was inflicted. Previous to the taking out of these summonses, it was known that there was an excess carried by the steamers, not only by those of the company but also the other steamer, the Ichang, and I may say the numbers were counted privately and a report was made. Instructions were then given to make a very careful search upon all the steamers, and this was done: on the 17th and 18th of the present month. Boats were placed round the vessels as they came into harbour, and precautions were taken that no coolies should get on board either from boats or from on shore. Responsible men were stationed at the three gangways and they counted all the passengers as they came off. On board the `Kinahan`, 2,021 were counted, the net tonnage of that vessel being 1,381.26, making the number of passengers she was allowed to carry 920. On board the `Powan`, the registered tonnage of which is 636.69 net, giving a carrying capacity for passengers of 424, it was ascertained there were 1,359, being an excess of 935. The `Ichang` was also counted on that same day, but very fortunately for her, she was just within the mark, and therefore no summonses have been issued against her.\n\nMr. J. L. de S. Alves, register clerk at the Harbour Master's office, produced the registers of the two steamers, showing the tonnage to be as stated by Mr. Sharp in his address, and formally proved the number of passengers they are allowed to carry.\n\nBy Mr. Brereton--The Harbour-Master is in the habit of licensing steam launches to carry passengers. There is a special Ordinance for regulating...\n\nPage 313",
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        "content_text": "## Court Proceedings\n\nMr. Brereton's question was put unnecessarily, as the man was giving his evidence in a perfectly straightforward way.\n\nMr. Brereton said his experience was that the people who gave their evidence in the most straightforward way were those who had cooked it up beforehand.\n\nMr. Sharp said that surely Mr. Brereton would not accuse the police of cooking up this evidence. Mr. Brereton said he would be very far from doing that, but it was most extraordinary that this witness should happen to come down on that day, and bear such accurate knowledge.\n\nHis Worship said there was nothing extraordinary in what the witness had said.\n\nMr. Sharp said he had to prove that the steamer came from Canton and that was what this witness was called for.\n\nWitness, in reply to Mr. Brereton, said he had often travelled to and from Canton in the steamers, which were always more or less crowded.\n\nWong Asani, a passenger in the Powan, was called by Mr. Sharp for the same purpose as the last witness. He was unable to say anything as to overcrowding.\n\nThis closed the case for the prosecution.\n\nMr. Brereton, for the defence, then called Captain Carey, in command of the company's steamer White Cloud, said—I have been in the service of the company since its formation in 1865. I formerly commanded the Kin-shan while she was running between Hongkong and Canton. The Kinshan, without overcrowding, inconvenience, or danger to life, could carry 1,500 passengers, supposing there was no cargo on deck. That would be a fair number. She could carry more. I am speaking of the main deck only. On the upper deck and including the Chinese saloon she could carry 400 more. We generally carry measurement cargo. 800 tons would be an average load. I cannot say how much dead weight she could carry, perhaps about 30,000 piculs. It is sometimes very difficult to prevent the Chinese getting on board. I remember when I was summoned in September, 1878, for carrying an excess of numbers. I did all in my power to prevent overcrowding on that occasion. There is nothing to prevent overcrowding, but the four watchmen and the officers. There are no police available at a moment's notice to assist us. We might get assistance from the Chinese Authorities. When I carried an excess I had 1,684 passengers on board. There was no overcrowding then, and no difficulty in navigating the vessel. The average number of passengers depends very much on the passage money. 500 might be a fair average number of passengers carried by each steamer on every voyage counting from the commencement. Two steamers have been running every day. I have only known of one accident since the company started, when the superheater of the Kinshan burst and one man was killed. Supposing the same arrangement were made with regard to the Canton steamers as is in force with reference to the launches in the harbour, namely, one passenger allowed to every seven superficial feet. I should say the people on the launches would be in the greatest danger, I have commanded the Powan. On the main deck and in the holds I have carried 2,400 passengers, and they were not crowded then. I should say they were in a great deal less danger than the people on the launches in the harbour. I was not on board the Powan during the typhoon of 1874. I know she rode out that typhoon. I don't know how many passengers she had on board. Between this and Canton the depth of water varies from five to eight fathoms. The height of the Powan from her keel is about 30 feet. The Kinshan is close on the same. If anything serious happened they could be run into shallow water. If one of the vessels sunk suddenly those on the top would be all right, those down below would have a lively time of it getting up.\n\nBy Mr. Sharp—The Poyang was lost between Hongkong and Macao in the typhoon of May, 1875. She had about 120 passengers on board. The Kinshan carries boats which might hold 360 men.\n\nThe number of passengers carried can always be calculated by the amounts of money taken. Since the last case that was before this court the fares have been raised from ten to twenty cents as a precautionary measure against too many passengers coming on board. There is nothing to prevent people coming on board the steamer except a gate on the wharf. The officers are stationed at the gangways and endeavour to prevent too many coming on board. There are two officers besides four watchmen.\n\nThe officers are sometimes otherwise engaged. Of course it is a very different thing for launches carrying a large number of passengers across the harbour amongst the shipping and a large steamer going up to Canton. The Canton steamers are sometimes detained by the weather for a portion of the night.\n\nBy Mr. Brereton—In case of detention we got into a secure anchorage, where we could get every passenger on shore in case of necessity. I still remain of opinion the passengers on these steamers would be safer than those in the launches.\n\nMr. Pugh, chief officer on the Kinshan, said that on the day in question there was great pressure on the part of the people at Canton to get on board. By order of the captain the gangway planks were hauled off, the gangways and ports closed, and men stationed round to keep them off. Notwithstanding this they got on board by means of bamboos and grappling hooks. On this occasion it was impossible with the means at our disposal to prevent them coming on board. I have heard the captain ask the Custom House officers at Canton to assist us in preventing them. I concur in the evidence of Captain Carey as to the capacity of the Kinshan for carrying passengers. The passage from here to Canton is a very safe passage. There is little or no risk. I keep the log of the Kinshan. The extract put in is a verbatim copy from the log-book—The extract described the crowding at Canton.\n\nBy Mr. Sharp—We were crowded at Canton and I had orders from the captain to allow no more on board. I have not made inquiries as to how many passengers were brought down that day. I could have ascertained, but I made a point of not doing so. I suppose there were about 120 taken on board at Whampoa. I did not know until the other day how many passengers the ship was allowed by law to carry. I had an idea it was about a thousand. I had instructions not to allow the vessel to be overcrowded. I do not know her superficial measurement, and my estimate of the number she might carry is simply my own idea. There are four watchmen, one at each gangway, to prevent overcrowding, as well as some of the crew. There is no preventive against people coming over the side of the ship, in the way of spikes or otherwise. On the day in question some one came on board in a steam launch after we entered the harbour. Some people also came off in a pull-away boat two or three miles from here. I don't know whether they were passengers or not.\n\nMr. Brereton put in certificates from Captain Cairns showing that the superficial space on the decks of the Powan was 17,332 square feet; that of the Kinshan 12,061 square feet.\n\nMr. Brereton then addressed the Bench for the defence. He said it was not merely a question of money with his clients, but a much broader question, because that Ordinance, if not the farrago of nonsense it proclaimed it to be, would make his clients guilty of something like manslaughter if an accident had happened when there were more passengers on board than the Ordinance allowed, and therefore he was bound to protect them by showing the space on the steamers. He confessed he never felt in a more humiliating position than he did at that moment. Here was a company established for the last fourteen years, which had tended very largely to build up the trade and prosperity of this colony, a company which must have carried to and fro since its formation not less than five or six millions of human beings. Yet it was sworn by the most competent witness it was possible to produce, that was Captain Carey, who had been in the service since the company was formed, that there had been but one casualty. If evidence were wanting to show the care the company had taken of human life, and the admirable quality of their ships, could there be a more pregnant fact than that? Look at our railways in England and elsewhere. Not a month passed that we had not a sacrifice of human life to a most appalling extent and legislation had been found powerless to prevent it. Now, here was a company doing a valuable service to this colony, making the colony prosperous, and now the company was brought in here and sought to be muleted in a large sum by the precious Ordinance before them. It was humiliating to him as an advocate to have to defend the company from such a trumpery charge, it was humiliating to the police to bring forward such a charge.\n\nHis Worship said it was the duty of the police...\n\nPage 7\nPage 315 \nPage 4",
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        "content_text": "## \n\nthe Schools in Classes for the purpose of giving special gratuities, those ranking first receiving a gratuity of monthly five dollars, those ranking second fifteen dollars. This was the great benevolence of the Government with a view to exercise liberality towards literary pursuits. The undersigned Masters feel in every way obliged for the favor.\n\nThat unexpectedly Mr. Chen Chu Grung first borrowed from the undersigned Masters two dollars from the special gratuities of five dollars from the rank of the recipients of the first rank, and ten dollars from the rank of the recipients of the second rank, saying that it was on account of temporary urgencies, that it would be repaid after the lapse of some months. On inquiring among all the other recipients of gratuities, it was found that this borrowing did not merely include the undersigned three Masters (but also others).\n\nThat subsequently when he (Mr. Chui Che Yang) was pressed for repayment, he did not repay the loan, but paid... \"if it had not been for my exertion (influence), how could you have received a gratuity at all?\" And so forth.\n\nThat this being a matter known to all, the undersigned Masters could but repress every feeling and swallow (liven) anger, not daring to disclose the matter.\n\nThat now in the course of these two years, although he... of the masters (concerned), Lau Lai Ram and Lau til hing have urged... the debt has not been repaid yet.\n\nThat Your... \n\nPage 379",
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        "content_text": "the other points contained in Your deep. of the 30th \n\nof \n\nJuly reflecting the staff \n\nof the Supreme Court exclusive of the interference \n\nof the \n\nGovernor. \n\nNo. \n\nHong Kong \n\n13795. \n\nNO. \n\n(Subject.) \n\nC. C. \n\nDESPATCH. \n\n13795 REC? Hong. \n\nREGO \n\n3 AUG 31 \n\n284 \n\nby 99 Chinese Emigration \n\nDate. \n\n1881 to Australia - \n\n21 \n\nLast previous Paper. \n\nBor. \n\nPut By \n\n13006 \n\nn swallow \n\nEncloses despatch \n\nme \n\n& letters to & from the N.S. Wales \n\nthe subject \n\n(Minutes.) \n\nM: Prunell \n\nI do not know whether this will be of any interest to your department \n\nAs far as we are concerned I think Put By CPL \n\nEmigration Dept \n\nAlas I feel cut single dagen, \n\nJ. Branston - \n\n110 \n\n15 \n\ns. 481-II & S 626) \n\n4 Cry \n\nAy \n\nThis consists of information supplied to New \n\nS. Wales Govt. respecting Chinese Emigration. \n\nconcerned \n\nPath \n\nRm \n\nto far as Aust: Dest: is concerned \n\n6/8/01. \n\ntag: 20 Km 0/0 Must be 9. M",
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        "content_text": "## \nmagnitude can be observed without difficulty. A delicate level and a filar micrometer constitute the zenith-telescope attachment. The level is affixed to one side of the tube, with its length at right angles to the horizontal axis, and revolves on a centre, its indications serving to give a measure of any small change of inclination of the telescope consequent on reversal. The value in arc of one division of this level, as determined at the Washington Naval Observatory, is 1.067. The micrometer-screw carries three parallel threads perpendicular to the ruled lines of the transit reticule, the middle one of the three being that which is commonly used for measuring differences of zenith-distance. The value in arc of one revolution of the screw, as ascertained from numerous careful observations at the Washington Observatory, is 68.\"698; and, as the graduated screw-head is divided into 100 parts, each of which can be read to tenths by estimation, it affords a measure of .069 of a second of arc. The whole number of turns is read off on a comb at the side of the field of view, and these, for convenience, are numbered consecutively from left to right as viewed, the central tooth being Number 20. Parallactic motion is given to the eye-piece by a long-pitched screw, so that stars can be accurately observed either on the north or the south of the middle of the field.\n\nObserving-hut—For shelter, I had a roomy and well-designed portable wooden observatory, with the requisite openings, which was given to me by Lieutenant-Commander GREEN.\n\nThe instrument-pier is of Canton blue bricks set in Portland cement, and rests on a shallow footing of brickwork, but not isolated below the ground-level, though it has no contact with any part of the hut. This was found to answer very well, no unsteadiness having been perceptible during ordinary movements in the hut.\n\n## Zenith-telescope method of determining the Latitude\nIn determining the latitude or declination of the zenith by the zenith-telescope method, the general procedure is as follows. Pairs of stars are chosen for observation, such that their meridianal zenith-distances shall be nearly equal, but on opposite sides, north and south, of the zenith, and that they shall pass the meridian within a few minutes of one another. There is no fixed limit to the zenith-distance suitable for this method, but it is desirable not to pass much beyond 25°, and in this determination I have limited myself to within 20°, while the mean for all the pairs observed is just 8°. For difference of zenith-distance of any pair of stars the usual limit is 20' of arc, in order that the stars may not be too near the edge of the field, and also that the resulting latitude may not be too largely affected by any error in the adopted value of the micrometer-screw. I have practically conformed to this limit on the present occasion, having in the case of two pairs only passed a little beyond it. The difference of Right Ascension should be not less than one minute, in order to allow time for reading and reversal, and it should not exceed twenty minutes, on account of the risk of instrumental changes in the interval, resulting from changes of temperature. About sixteen minutes is the greatest interval for any pair used in this determination.\n\n## Method of observation\nFor observing, the instrument, having been previously adjusted carefully to the meridian, and its cross-axis levelled, is clamped at the mean of the zenith-distances of the two stars, and then directed at the proper time to the star which will pass the meridian first of the pair, the bubble of the telescope-level being brought to the middle of its run by the screw for that purpose. This star is bisected with the micrometer thread at or near the moment of its passage over the middle transit thread, the time being noted and, immediately afterwards, the level and micrometer-screw readings. The instrument (telescope and level remaining clamped) is then reversed, and it will evidently now be inclined to the zenith at the same angle as before, but on the opposite side of it, so that the second star will at the proper time appear in the field. This star is bisected at or near its transit, and the chronometer, level and micrometer read as before. The above constitutes one complete observation for latitude.\n\n## Advantages and disadvantages of the method\nThe chief advantages of this beautiful method over all others are—that it substitutes for measurements of large arcs small micrometric measurements of difference only of zenith-distance; that the time needs not be accurately known, an error of two or three seconds being of no moment; that possible errors arising from incorrect estimates of refraction are reduced to a minimum, inasmuch as the only term involving refraction which affects the result is the difference of refraction for stars at small and nearly equal zenith-distances; and that the effects of errors of flexure are similarly minimised. Its \"weak point,\" at the present day, is the scarcity, for any station, of stars fulfilling the necessary conditions whose declinations have been determined with high precision. The stars available are mostly of small magnitudes, a circumstance which, though favourable to accurate bisection, presents the drawback that, as compared with the Clock and other Standard stars, they are seldom observed at the fixed observatories, except under special arrangements for this particular purpose.\n\n## Selection of Stars, and Computation of Mean Places\nIt follows that, when possible, stars from the best catalogues only should be chosen; and, keeping this in view, I have limited myself to using none but stars that have been observed at the Royal Observatory, and whose places are given in the Greenwich Nine-Year Catalogue for 1872. In that catalogue, the Mean Places of the stars are given for the epoch 1872, January 1. Those places have been reduced to the epoch 1882, January 1, by the formula,\n\nMean R.A., 1882, January 1 = A + (p + q + $\\frac{n}{2}$n + c)\n\nwhere A is the star's Mean Right Ascension for 1872, January 1, p its Annual Precession in Right Ascension, q the variation of p in 100 years, $\\gamma$ the star's Annual Proper Motion in Right Ascension, n the number of years elapsed, and c the small correction from the Table at page 5 of the Introduction to the Catalogue.\n\nIn this case, n = 10, and the formula becomes,\n\nMean R.A., 1882, January 1 = A + 10(p + q) + ...\n\nSimilarly, I have computed the Mean North Polar Distances by the formula,\n\nMean N.P.D., 1882, January 1 = D + 10(p' + q') + ...\n\nwhere ... is the small correction from the Table at page 27 of the Introduction to the Catalogue.\n\nForty-eight stars, formed into 28 pairs, were used in the determination, each pair having been observed from one to five times. The average is two times for each pair, making 56 determinations, on eleven nights in January and February. Of these it has only been necessary to reject two as imperfect. The following Table exhibits, for each star, in Column I its name as taken from the Greenwich Nine-Year Catalogue for 1872; in Column II its number in that Catalogue; in Column III its number in the British Association Catalogue; in Column IV its Mean Right Ascension for 1882, January 1, computed as above; and in Column VI its computed Mean North Polar Distance for the same date. Columns V and VII show the number of observations at Greenwich, of Right Ascension and North Polar Distance respectively, in the Nine-Year period 1868 to 1876, which were combined to form the Mean Places given in the Catalogue for 1872, January 1.\n\n### TABLE I. COMPUTED MEAN PLACES OF STARS FOR 1882, JANUARY 1.\n\n| Star's Name | Number in Greenwich Nine-Year Catalogue | Number in B. A. C. | Mean R. A., 1882, January 1 | No. of Obs. of R. A. | Mean N. P. D., 1882, January 1 | No. of Obs. of N. P. 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        "content_text": "# CONTENTS OF No. 1\n\n## Chinese Studies and Official Interpretation in the Colony of Hongkong\n## Constitutional Law of the Chinese Empire\nThe Tang Hon Chi, a Modern Chinese Novel (Continued from Vol. F., page 382)\n## A Chinese Primer\n## The Law of Inheritance (Continued from Vol. V., page 251)\n\n## Short Notices of New Books and Literary Intelligence\n\n## Notes and Queries\n### By E. J. EITEL, C. F. PRESTON, E. L. OXENHAM, S. CH. ALABASTER\n\n| Topic | Page |\n| --- | --- |\n| Chinese Marriages | 13 |\n| Studies in Words | 17 |\n| The Educational Curriculum of the Chinese | 29 |\n| Restoration of the Old Sounds of the Chinese Language | 46 |\n| Notes on Chinese Grammar | 51 |\n| Russian Sinologists | 57 |\n| Assyria and China | 64 |\n| \"The Word Swallow\" | 66 |\n| Bhanghai | 67 |\n\n### Corrigenda\n\n| Correction | Page |\n| --- | --- |\n| Chinese Studies and Official Interpretation in the Colony of Hongkong | 1 |\n| ... | 142 |\n| X.. Y. Z. |  |\n| JOSEPH LEXINS | 57 |\n| J. EDKINS | 70 |\n| N. N. | 73 |\n| E. BRETSCHNEIDER | 73 |\n| N. P. | 73 |\n| E. J. E. | 73 |\n| P. | 74 |\n| T. W. K. | 74 |\n| E. J. EITEL | 74 |",
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        "content_text": "## THE CHINA REVIEW\n\nfrom the above, that the phrase \"fih kuh\" cannot possibly mean \"followers,\" nor even \"followers carrying screens over a general in his chariot.\" One screen might, at any rate, suffice even for a general, whether Chinese or Assyrian. But as to the second half of the sentence, and its Assyrian reference, Dr. Williams must have derived his inspiration from a source even more obscure to him than Kaughi's comments. It is perhaps impossible to decide whether the words \"such as is seen\" refer to the chariot or to the general, and it therefore appears to me that the \"remarkable coincidence,\" to which N. P. refers, is more remarkable for its obscurity than for anything else.\n\nE. J. E.\n\n## THE WORD SWALLOW\n\nEvery Chinese student has of course remarked as an extraordinary coincidence that the Chinese words 燕 and 燕, a noun and a verb of the same sound, should exactly correspond to a noun and verb in English which are also homophonous. The word \"swallow\" is of course alluded to. The inference is irresistible that in the case of the English words, as obviously in that of the Chinese, the verb is a derivative of the noun. Can any philologist state whether this is actually so?\n\nP.\n\nThe resemblances alluded to by P. in both cases are but accidental. In the English instances adduced we have only to go back to Anglo-Saxon to discover that the two words, swallow, verb, and swallow, substantive, have no connexion. The first we find had the form swelgan, in German schwelgen; the second swalewe, in German schwalbe. The latter is according to Curtius connected with the same stem as σικινις (sistrum), σείω (to shake), σύριγξ (tuba), σάλη (cithara), &c.\n\nSo in Chinese we may apparently trace up the origin of the two, or rather three forms, for 燕 means not only the bird, but also rest, repose, to those distinct forms in ancient Central-Asian speech. Unfortunately we have no means of discovering, except by analogy, the parent language of which modern Chinese is the degenerate offspring. There is however little difficulty in comparing 燕 in the sense of a swallow, with the Latin hirun-do, which in Greek becomes χελιδών; 燕 in the sense of rest, repose, is apparently to be connected with the Greek ἄψ, in Sanscrit ram, with similar meaning, and this we must refer to the same root as the third form 嚥, which we may likewise trace in the Sanscrit sri man, which becomes in Latin glutio.\n\nThe resemblance which might seem at first sight to betoken some connexion fades away in the case of the Chinese as of the English word as soon as we begin to look below the surface. Comparative philologists have long since given up the habit of looking out for sham resemblances to establish community of origin, and prefer following fixed and uniform laws of change to guide them in their researches.\n\n## CORRIGENDA\n\nT. W. K.\n\n## CHINESE STUDIES AND OFFICIAL INTERPRETATION IN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG\n\nIn writing under this heading, and referring to Dr. Bridges (p. 3) I regret to have committed an inaccuracy, from imperfect recollection. On referring to the Government Gazettes of 1858, I find that Dr. Bridges himself requested to be put on his trial, in consequence of the charges brought against him by the public papers, that the trial was conducted by a Committee of the Legislative Council, and that the report of this Committee winds up by saying that they consider Dr. Bridges' honour and integrity quite unimpeached.\n\nE. J. EITEL\n\n## ERRATA\n\nIn the Note on Patria Potestas, Vol. V., p. 405, column 2, last line, for \"no mother\" read \"no matter.\"\n\n* Here the Manuscript is illegible.--Ep. China Review.",
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        "content_text": "## \n471 \n\nLaying Paffar \n10\" gun. \nWall Battery \nBattery \n64 Pr \n40,000 \n11,200 £ 51,200 \ndetachment \n150 men. \n\nB. This is exclusive of armament proposed at this point. \n$2 \nCannot be considered sufficient, the distance between the two points being upwards of 5000 yards. \n\nFor the defence of the \"Roads\" it will be necessary to enlarge the fort on the Dock Wall for 3-10\" Guns to fire on the anchorage, and to build in addition, as proposed by the Committee for the defence of New Harbour, a fort in the shallow water between the two batteries. \n\nThis neutral fort should mount 6-10\" Guns. \n100,000 \n20,910 \narmament \n£ 120,910 \ndetachment \n100 men. \n\nTanjong Katong \nThis fort should be placed near the point marked B in the chart. \nTanjong Katong in its present state is not of sufficient strength in itself, considering its isolated position. \nIt might easily be taken or rendered useless by a small number of men effecting a landing near Siglap.",
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        "content_text": "## Existing Harbour Facilities\n\nOn the northern side of this island are the Naval Coal Stores, and on the southern side is a small dock. Opposite Pulo Brani and at the foot of the Mount Faber range, are the wharves of the Borneo Company, Jardine's Company, and the Peninsula and Oriental Company. The total length of these wharves is about 600 yards. Still further to the westward, and near the western entrance to the New Harbour, which is only about 300 yards wide, are the wharves, docks, fitting shops, and coal sheds of the New Harbour Dock Company. Here are two docks, 415 feet and 459 feet long respectively, whilst the wharves will accommodate five or six vessels. These wharves, docks, and machine shops are now constantly under use by Dutch ships of war, which are sent here from Acheen to repair and refit, and may of course also be used by vessels of the Royal Navy. Their situation is most advantageous, for it will be seen that the New Harbour is covered on the sea side by the Blakan Mati and on the land side by Mount Faber with its adjacent hills; the entrance from the westward is narrow, whilst the Outer Shoal and Pulo Brani partially close the eastern entrance to vessels of heavy tonnage. The harbour thus assumes the form of a long arrow-shaped navigable basin which, with but little difficulty, could be closed against hostile vessels.\n\n## Existing Defences\n\nThe existing works of Singapore are weak and insignificant. Built many years ago, they were only intended to meet local requirements, and were constructed without reference to the importance of the place as an Imperial Naval Station. They are five in number, viz--Fort Canning, crowning the hill at the back of the town; Fort Fullerton, situated on the low projecting spit at the entrance of the Singapore river; Mount Palmer Battery, constructed on the steep sea-face of the hill of the same name; Mount Faber Battery, situated on the south-eastern extremity of that ridge, at a height of 132 feet; and a battery for two 13-inch Mortars near the site of the flag-staff (Point 1) at a distance of about 900 yards from the last-named work, and at a height of about 300 feet above the level of the sea. The position of these defences is shown on `Plan (D)`.\n\n### Fort Canning\n\nFort Canning is a long, narrow, straggling work, 450 yards in length by 80 yards in mean width, its trace approximately following the top contour of the hill on which it is built. It is unprovided with flank defence; the parapets are weak and badly proportioned; the ditch is shallow and insignificant; the scarp and counter-scarp are for the most part unrevetted; the glacis are only partially swept by musketry fire from the parapet; the magazines are not bomb-proof and are much exposed; and there is, moreover, little or no bombproof cover for the garrison.\n\nThe armament in its present condition is practically unserviceable. Most of the S.B. guns with which it is armed require re-venting, and the wooden carriages and platforms, upon which they are mounted, have all suffered from exposure to climate.\n\nAt the southern end of the Fort is an outwork called the South or Seaward Battery. The terreplein of this battery is at a somewhat lower level than that of the main work, and its gorge is closed by the main parapet. It is armed with seven 68-pdrs. S.B. guns of 95 cwt.--only one of which is at present serviceable. Five of these guns, however, are repairable. The main work is armed with eight 8-inch S.B. guns of 65 cwt. mounted at intervals at the salients, together with three 13-inch M.S. mortars of 36 cwt. on its south-eastern face. In the centre of the terreplein stand a Barrack and Offices, originally built to accommodate two garrison batteries of Royal Artillery. They are now occupied by the headquarters of one battery of Royal Artillery and by a company of Infantry.\n\nFort Canning is too retired to be of service for the defence of the roadstead, even if the work were remodelled to receive a heavy armament of long range. A fire from this work, moreover, would not only be ineffective in itself, but would draw an enemy's fire on the town. The fort, however, occupies a position from whence Singapore is well commanded on all sides, and, in case of an insurrection of the coloured population, it would be a valuable place of refuge for the Europeans of the settlement, whilst its fire would overawe the town and prevent the insurgents from maintaining possession thereof. If properly armed, its western faces would command the valley which extends towards Mount Faber, and with a work, to which I shall hereafter refer, on this point, the intervening country would be swept, and an enemy prevented from advancing on the land side to attack the establishments in the New Harbour.\n\nFort Canning should, therefore, be maintained, not as a work to aid in the defence of Singapore to seaward, but to combine with a work on Mount Faber, and an intermediate field redoubt, in sweeping the valley between itself and Mount Faber; also to command the chief quarters of the town. It should, therefore, undergo such alteration and receive such armament as would secure these objects. I would recommend that four rifled guns of small calibre--say 64-pdrs. Palliser converted M.L.R. guns--should be mounted on the western faces; that the 8-inch S.B. guns, which form part of the existing armament, should be re-vented and re-distributed in the most convenient manner to command the town; that the glacis should be cleared and levelled, and the profile of the work so altered that the musketry fire from the parapet should sweep the ground in front; that a palisade be constructed...",
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        "content_text": "43 \n\nwill be custom for bosh, and therefore if the proprietors of jinrickshaws and the safety of the passengers who may fall him, a case of his interests are of sufficient importance, it may be desirable to obtain from the tramway promoters the adoption of as shallow grooved a rail as is consistent with the safety of their tramcars. The groove, in order to be sure for the safety of the jinrickshaws, should also be wide enough to allow a jinrickshaw wheel tyre, which is extremely narrow, to disengage itself with ease and rapidity once it has fallen in. \n\nBut what is good for the jinrickshaw is bad for the common carriages which have ordinarily large tyres; these, of course, would be the better for a very narrow grooved rail, as practically proved in the case of the wheels of his hand cart. Carriages are, however, so few in Hong Kong that in the impossibility to consult every interest, it may be necessary to sacrifice the minority and look principally to the jinrickshaws; but the preferable plan would be for the local authority to watch results and be guided by experience, reserving to itself the right in the event of its proving a public necessity hereafter, to change the form of rail in those short sections of the tramways where there is most carriage traffic. \n\nFor this purpose, it would be desirable to insert in the Ordinance a clause somewhat in the terms of Section 7 of the Stoke-upon-Trent",
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        "content_text": "To little is known in England of this quarter of the globe that I may be expected to take this opportunity of submitting a brief account of Macao. It will be recollected that this is the most ancient European settlement in the Far East, for the Portuguese first founded it in A.D. 1557. For nearly three centuries, Macao continued to be the centre of European trade and the residence of the principal European Merchants in the China seas. But the foundation in 1843 of the English Colony of Hongkong and its rapid progress during the last forty years, with its more commanding position and deep and spacious harbour, have reduced Macao to little more than a shadow of its former importance. Its port is shallow, and is filled with sand and mud so as to be no longer accessible to the large ships of modern commerce. It is indeed a striking change to pass, in a voyage of four or five hours, from the vigorous life, from the glare and bustle, from the crowded harbour\n\nPage 30\n\nPage 31",
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        "content_text": "6\n\ninjunctions have been given that they shall be carried out with discretion and forbearance, so far as the Chinese are concerned.\n\n6. I annex, moreover, one of the Wonghong Newspapers, an article from The Daily Press, which sums up fairly the general opinion of the Europeans on this subject in this Colony.\n\nHONGKONG, JUNE 15TH, 1888.\n\nThe Government have marked their sense of the urgency of the Order and Cleanliness Ordinance by proclaiming it at once without waiting, as is customary, for the sanction of the QUEEN. Sanitary matters have for years past, during the late Administration, been allowed to drift without any attempt to promote the cleanliness of the Colony. Since, however, Mr. CHADWICK made his report, the Authorities have displayed every desire to carry out his suggestions as far as possible.\n\nThe improvements in the system of drainage must necessarily be deferred for some time, but the task of regulating the disposal of rubbish and offensive matter, the closing up of cesspools or drains, the keeping of pigs, goats, or cattle, and other matters, can be undertaken, and has accordingly been grappled with. Under the new Ordinance, the night-soil coolies will not be permitted to poison the air or foul the drains at any hour they please, nor will householders be allowed to accumulate dust, garbage, or other rubbish to propagate the germs of pestilence.\n\nThe side-channels in the streets will have to be kept clear, so that the flow of rain drainage may run off unimpeded. No person will be allowed to deposit dust, earth, or dry rubbish on any waste or vacant lands, nor will lazy employers be permitted to shoot débris into any drain or stream or thoroughfare, a provision most decidedly called for, seeing the prevalence of the practice by contractors of shooting their rubbish into the first convenient corner.\n\nOne of the most important of the new regulations published in the Gazette is that numbered 17, which is to the following effect:-\"No house-boat or inhabited boat of any kind shall establish itself within the enclosure of the Typhoon Refuge at Causeway Bay or in the Bowrington Canal, or in the Yaumati Refuge, or on any foreshore above low-water mark for a longer time than in the opinion of the Police shall be absolutely necessary for its safety during stress of weather, or for the purposes of repair, or for embarking or landing persons or cargo, or under normal circumstances for a longer period than one low tide, and any nuisances committed in respect of the disposal of waste products by the owner or the occupants of a boat shall be deemed the same in all respects as if committed by a householder or occupant of a shore tenement.\"\n\nCauseway Bay has gradually for the past twelve months been growing more and more unbearable. A host of sampans and small boats--some in a very dilapidated condition--are permanently located there, the inhabitants of many being employed on shore. The Bay, which is slowly silting up, becomes shallower each year, and when the tide goes out a vast expanse of the foulest mud is left exposed, which, under the influence of a tropical sun, gives forth the most unwholesome vapours.\n\nIt is simply marvellous that this reeking cesspool, for it is little better, the tides as a rule only creeping in, has not caused the outbreak of an epidemic long ago. The regulation above quoted, if properly enforced, will certainly go far to work a cure, but it will doubtless excite some opposition from those marine squatters who believe they have acquired a vested right to the particular position of which they have for so long held undisturbed possession.\n\nIt would, however, we think, be worth while for the Government to consider whether it would not be advisable, at some early date, to reclaim that portion of Causeway Bay extending out as far as the old causeway. This is exceedingly shallow, and at low tides is a mere stretch of slimy mud. The cost of reclamation would not be great and it would provide valuable sites both for Chinese houses and industrial undertakings.\n\nThe outer portion of the Bay would still be available for a harbour of refuge and might be dredged if necessary. It would then be comparatively easy to prevent the Bay being made a fever bed, while a fine stretch of ground would be placed at the disposal of the Government for sale or public use.\n\n111",
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        "content_text": "Taid it was a most pernicious system. Mr. Price had told that the giving out of the contracts was in the hands of the Governor, and therefore the paragraph ought to be taken, so far as it referred to the matter of contracts, as referring to the Governor if it referred to any one personally. Mr. Price was not particularised in any way with reference to the giving out of contracts. He then referred to the latter Mr. Price wrote to the Colonial Secretary with reference to stopping the paper supplied to his office. In that letter the following passage occurred-\"Apart from the fact that the subscription to this scurrilous paper is a waste of public money I have grave objections to allowing it inside my office on the grounds of decency and decorum, and I cannot but think some responsibility attaches to the Government for the pecuniary support which it renders month after month to a convicted criminal in his abandoned career\" A more villainous, scandalous libel than this, he said, was hardly heard of in this world.\n\nThe defendant at this point, referring to Mr. Francis, spoke of him as \"his learned friend.”\n\nMr. Francis, interposing, said he wished the defendant would stop calling him his friend. The term was only admissible between barristers. He was not his friend; he would be disgraced to be his friend.\n\nThe defendant then referred to Mr. Francis as \"his learned enemy,\" and afterwards as \"the learned barrister,\" and went on with his address. He spoke at considerable length with reference to Mr. Price's letter and the circumstances attending the correspondence, and said the stopping of the paper was the result of an article which commented severely on what he considered to be a waste of public money, namely, the paying of full salary and travelling expenses to Mr. Price during the time he was on leave because he had been going about the country making investigations in the interests of a tramway company. With reference to the expression \"a convicted criminal\" he said it was true he had served two months in gaol for libelling Mr. D. E. Bandmann, but looking back to that matter he regretted nothing he had said or done. Mr. Price had no right to denounce him to the Government as an abandoned criminal, and though one libel could not be set off against another he thought it ought to be. He referred to the evidence of Mr. Stewart Fraser-Smith and Mr. Rose, and contended that the latter, desirous of keeping his appointment, had deliberately perjured himself and, further, that it was impossible for Mr. Rose, with his family, to live honestly on his salary. He went on to refer in sarcastic terms to Mr. Francis's mode of conducting the prosecution, and the terms in which he had referred to himself. Mr. Francis had done himself credit by rising from the humble position of 8d. a day to his present one, but Mr. Francis should exercise a little judgment and discretion when criticising other people's education and position, especially when those other people were people of whom he knew nothing. Mr. Francis was not there to villify him, or attack him personally, to refer to his education or antecedents; all he had to do was, in the interests of his client, to prove that a libel had been committed. With reference to Mr. Francis's repudiation of his friendship, it had not always been thus; Mr. Francis had been proud of his friendship, and had been proud to have services rendered to him by his (the speaker's) newspaper. Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis. That was the Latin Mr. Francis had been studying for years. In conclusion he referred to the fact of his not having the benefit of legal assistance, but said he left his case in the hands of the jury with every confidence.\n\nMr. Francis then replied upon the defence, remarking that he would not take up time with the technical points of law which had been raised, as he had no hesitation in leaving them in his Lordship's hands. Before summing up this in some respects amusing case, he would simply say, with reference to Mr. Fraser-Smith's observations, that he had no recollection of having been at any time rendered any service by the defendant or his paper. He would also, in the interests of the public, correct a mistake he had made; when he (Mr. Francis) left Her Majesty's service he was receiving 4s. 6d. a day, not eightpence. He would just take a glance at the defendant's paper. In the middle of 1882 the defendant was tried and convicted in that court for a criminal libel, and was sentenced to two months' imprisonment. From that time to this, as the jury were aware, the defendant had distinguished himself and his paper by his violent and most scurrilous attacks upon Mr. Bandmann and upon the court and jury connected with that case. When Mr. Price returned to the colony the paper was full of these scurrilous and indecent attacks upon Mr. Bandmann and the court and jury in his case. Mr. Francis thought the jury would not consider it astonishing that Mr. Price should desire the supply of the paper to his department to be discontinued, and a grave additional reason for his doing so was that, as the defendant had said, it contained many attacks upon the Surveyor-General and his department. He did not think any of the gentlemen of the jury would be willing to admit into their firms, or place in the hands of their clerks, papers containing scurrilous attacks upon themselves. As to the latter Mr. Price sent to the Colonial Secretary, it was a privileged communication which he had a perfect right to send; and it would probably never have seen the light of day had it not been brought forth by the defendant in this case. As Mr. Price had said, he was perfectly entitled to entertain any opinion he pleased of the defendant or his paper. He thought also that the correctness of that opinion would commend itself to every member of the jury. The defendant had supplied them with a motive for his virulent and malicious attacks on Mr. Price, in the same way that he had shown a motive in the Bandmann case, when he let out that a few words had been spoken by Mr. Bandmann reflecting upon Mr. Fraser-Smith and his paper. In this case the motive had been supplied in the evidence as to the refusal of Mr. Price to continue to take the paper in his department. According to the defendant's own statement, he must have been made at once aware of the letter the Surveyor-General had written to the Colonial Secretary, and hence it was that he had attacked Mr. Price at every point on every possible occasion. In his opening address, not having fixed up what evidence he should call, the defendant described himself as the biggest scoundrel in the world if it was true that he had persistently and maliciously attacked a man of whom he knew nothing personally, and had had no communication whatever, for private motives. In doing so he had pronounced judgment upon himself, for he had shown them his private motives, and he was therefore a scoundrel. No fair comments upon public acts were complained of, and had the defendant simply confined himself to his impertinent remarks and crude opinions upon these matters he would have acted within his legitimate right; but what they did complain of was that the defendant persistently attributed to Mr. Price discreditable motives—that Mr. Price was not guided by public interest in his public works, but by self-interest, ambition, and a desire to secure all the good things for his own pocket. The defendant had not confined himself to Mr. Price's acts, but he had made foul and malicious comments upon supposed and imaginary acts. What did the jury think of a man who told them in open court that he was taken by surprise at these proceedings, because he thought editors of newspapers were protected from any consequences of attacks on public officials by some order from home? The cowardly scoundrel—the defendant had applied the latter term to himself, and he had no hesitation in adding the word \"cowardly\"—had vented his spite and malice upon Mr. Price because he thought he was protected from any consequences in doing so. Then as to the statement that he had not written the article—not one word of that was heard from the defendant until just at that time.\n\nThe defendant—That is not true; I stated it in the Police Court when I first appeared.\n\nHis Lordship—I am not aware of that.\n\nThe defendant—It has appeared publicly.\n\nHis Lordship—I am not aware of that either.\n\nMr. Francis—I was in the Police Court, and I have no recollection of any such statement having been made; had it been made, it would have been provided against. Not only did he not repudiate it, but he re-published it eleven days afterwards in his overland edition, and he attempts to bolster up the lying falsehoods in that article by a shallow letter written by his own brother in his own office expressing the belief of the public in the insinuations contained in that paragraph. Mr. Francis went on to ask if that was the conduct of a man actuated by a bona fide desire to act for the public good.\n\nPage 62",
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        "content_text": "vious to need much demonstration. The species of Eucalyptus ordered by the GOVERNOR is not, we presume, the common Blue Gum, which proved a failure on its trial some years ago, but the variety upon which Mr. FORD has reported favourably,\n\nHis Excellency was able to show that the financial position of the Colony is eminently satisfactory, the revenue exhibiting a steady increase over expenditure, and a balance for 1883 of $120,800. In addition to this the Colony has an estimated balance at credit of $1,095,505. The public works in construction or contemplation will, however, more than swallow up this million and odd dollars, and Sir GEORGE BOWEN therefore proposes that a moderate loan, not to greatly exceed the revenue of a single year, should be raised on the exhaustion of the present assets. Of course there is no immediate necessity for such a loan, but the GOVERNOR wished to elicit the opinion of the Council as to the advisability of incurring a public debt. That opinion was pronouncedly in favour of the proposition, and we feel confident that the Council most faithfully reflects the views of the colonists on the subject. It would be most unreasonable to expect the present generation of residents to bear the entire cost of enormous public works of permanent value, by which their successors will benefit even more than themselves. Some of these works, moreover, will be reproductive, such as the reclamations at Causeway Bay and Belcher's Bay, the continuation of the Praya past the Naval and Military present sea frontage, &c., &c. A loan could easily be raised, probably within the Colony and neighbouring Treaty ports, on easy terms, and would form an excellent and secure investment for those persons who have small savings and object to incur risk of losing them.\n\nThe GOVERNOR touched lightly on the Blockade question, but while saying nothing definite on the matter, he expressed great confidence that Sir HARRY PARKES will do his utmost to procure an equitable settlement of this long-standing grievance. Several other matters are referred to in the Speech which cannot now be referred to in detail. They will all, however, we doubt not, receive the earnest consideration of the newly constituted Council, which promises to work harmoniously for the common good, and do its utmost to promote the prosperity and well-being of the Colony.\n\n337",
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        "content_text": "517 \n\nwere coerced by them. The caller of the high offices of troops along the coast, with the Governors General and Governors concerned, combined in a united attack with the French troops with their armies of defence, ordering them to continue as heretofore to extend their protection in an equal degree to the merchants and subjects of every nationality. French officials, merchants, missionaries and citizens pursuing their avocations in an orderly manner were included in the category of those entitled to protection. The Count was guided in the dignified line of action thus assumed by no other considerations than sincerity in the treatment of the subjects of other Powers.\n\nIt has lately come to our knowledge that the former General, Governor and others at Canton have issued a proclamation calling upon the inhabitants of the sea coast to show their loyalty and patriotism by piloting French ships upon the sea into shallow waters where they will take the ground, and placing poison in the food of the French. They further extended this mandate to Chinese in Singapore and other places. In posting such proclamations on Chinese soil, the Governor General ...",
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        "content_text": "## 2\n\nThe next day I sent Mr. Hillier to the Yamên to inform the Ministers that I had been authorized by your Lordship to insist on the publication of an Imperial Decree, but before making a formal demand on this point, I wished to know whether the Chinese Government were prepared to take this step of their own motion, as I preferred that it should appear to be a spontaneous act of their own, that they could spare me the necessity of making such a demand, as an Imperial Decree. The Ministers told Mr. Hillier had already been issued, and would be communicated to me in the course of the day. They alleged that they had only received their Report from Canton the previous evening, but that in the meantime, the publication of the offensive Proclamation had come to the knowledge of the Empress from another source, and that Her Majesty had at once ordered the issue of a Decree disapproving of the employment of such underhand means of attack, censuring the high authorities who issued the Proclamation, and proclaiming the inviolability of foreign jurisdiction. They added that the Decree would be published in the \"Peking Gazette,\" as I had desired.\n\nIn the evening I received from the Yamên the note, of which I inclose a translation, communicating to me the Decree, which appears to me to be quite satisfactory, and I trust it will be so regarded by your Lordship. It appeared yesterday morning in the \"Peking Gazette.\" I add a copy of my reply to the Yamên, acknowledging its receipt, and expressing my high appreciation of the promptness with which His Majesty the Emperor had marked his high disapproval of an act which constituted an aggression on the sovereignty of Great Britain, and was calculated by its inhuman character to bring grave reproach upon the Chinese Government.\n\nIn conclusion, I venture to observe that the publication of an Imperial Decree censuring two High Imperial Commissioners, the Governor-General of two provinces and the Governor of the province in which Canton is situated, in less than three days from the time when I first intimated that I considered such a step necessary, furnishes very acceptable evidence of the desire of this Government to maintain friendly relations with ourselves, and of an improved disposition to comply with the just requirements of Her Majesty's Representative.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed)  \n**HARRY S. PARKES**\n\n## 3\n\nstating that the Proclamation had been published at Singapore, and demanding that immediate steps should be taken to rectify the serious evils it would create.\n\nSeven days having elapsed since the first interview, Sir H. Parkes considered that the Prince and Ministers would surely have received the telegraphic Report they had called for, and when he visited them again yesterday he expected to find them fully informed on the subject. He was therefore surprised to learn from them that they had yet received no reply from the high authorities at Canton.\n\nSir H. Parkes then stated to his Highness and their Excellencies that having carefully thought over the subject during the interval which had elapsed between his two visits, and being now assured by the telegrams he had received, both from the Consul at Canton and the Governor of Singapore, that the publication of the Proclamation was an undoubted fact, he had formed the conclusion that the only adequate remedy for an act which would be universally regarded with abhorrence, and which was an offence against the dignity of the Chinese Government, as well as against the sovereignty of Great Britain, was the issue of an Imperial Decree, to be published in the \"Peking Gazette,\" denouncing the adoption of such barbarous measures of retaliation, enunciating the impropriety of invading the sovereign rights of other Powers, and censuring the authorities who had issued the Proclamation.\n\nHe understood the Prince and Ministers to say that they acquiesced in this view, but that they could not frame a Report to the Throne and pray for the issue of such a Decree until they were in possession of the terms of the Proclamation, which they were momentarily expecting. If the representations of Sir H. Parkes were confirmed by their Report, they were certain that the Proclamation would be entirely disapproved by the Emperor, as it was opposed to His Majesty's previous Decree.\n\nSir H. Parkes expressed his appreciation of these assurances, though he felt compelled to regret the unaccountable delay shown by the high authorities of Canton in reporting on the subject. He would continue to wait two or three days, by which time he trusted these Reports would have arrived.\n\nSir H. Parkes has to add that having telegraphed at the close of yesterday's interview to Her Majesty's Consul at Canton, to ask him to name the high authorities who had issued the Proclamation, he has just received a reply from the Consul stating that they are the Governor-General and Governor with the Imperial Commissioners, Prêng and Chang.\n\nWith, &c.\n\n### Inclosure 1 in No. 1\n\nSir H. Parkes to the Tsung-li Yamên.\n\nPeking, September 27, 1884.\n\nWITH a view to prevent misunderstanding, Sir H. Parkes thinks it desirable to place on record the representations which he made to the Prince and Ministers at the two interviews he has held with them relative to the Proclamation issued by the high authorities at Canton on the 15th instant, and in which they call on the Chinese in Tonquin, Saigon, Singapore, and Penang to destroy French vessels and poison French men.\n\nSir H. Parkes first saw the Prince and Ministers on this subject on the 19th instant, immediately on receiving a telegram from Her Majesty's Consul at Canton, informing him of the publication of the Proclamation. He pointed out to the Prince and Ministers that such a Proclamation was a grave infraction of international law and a gross offence against humanity; that it would most seriously injure the reputation of China in the estimation of all nations, and that for any Chinese authority to issue Proclamations to the Chinese in British territory was a serious affront to the Government of Great Britain. It also seemed to him that this Proclamation was wholly opposed to the spirit and injunctions of the Imperial Decree of the 26th ultimo, the liberal tone of which had elicited general admiration.\n\nThe Prince and Ministers disavowed all knowledge of the Proclamation, and declared that such a publication would never be permitted by the Government, if only for the reason mentioned by Sir H. Parkes, namely, that it was altogether adverse to the Imperial Decree of the 26th August. They assured Sir H. Parkes that they would at once call upon the high authorities at Canton for an explanation by telegraph, and would communicate with Sir H. Parkes immediately on receiving a reply.\n\nPending this reference, Sir H. Parkes also telegraphed to Her Majesty's Consul at Canton to ask whether he was quite sure that the Proclamation had been issued, and the Consul reported in answer that he was certain of its authenticity. Yesterday morning Sir H. Parkes also received a telegram from his Excellency the Governor of Singapore.\n\n(Translation.)\n\n(Signed)  \n**HARRY S. PARKES**\n\n### Inclosure 2 in No. 1\n\nThe Tsung-li Yamên to Sir H. Parkes.\n\nPeking, September 29, 1884.\n\nTHE Prince and Ministers of the Tsung-li Yamên have the honour to inform the British Minister that on the 29th September, 1884, the Grand Secretariat were honoured by the receipt of the following Imperial Decree :-\n\n\"In consequence of the infringement of Treaty and breach of good faith of which the French were guilty some time since, and the hostilities which were commenced by them, we called upon the high officers in command of troops along the coast, with the Governors-General and Governors concerned, to combine in a united attack upon the French troops with their armies of defence, ordering them to continue, as heretofore, to extend their protection in an equal degree to the merchants and subjects of every nationality, even French officials, merchants, missionaries, and citizens, who pursued their avocations in an orderly manner, being included in the category of those entitled to protection.\n\n\"The Court was guided in the dignified line of action thus assumed by no other considerations than sincerity in the treatment [of the subjects of other Powers].\n\n\"It has lately come to our knowledge that the Governor-General, Governor, and others at Canton have issued a Proclamation calling upon the inhabitants of the sea-coast to show their loyalty and patriotism by piloting French ships upon the sea into shallow waters where they will take ground, and placing poison in the food [of the French]. They further extended this mandate to Chinese in Singapore, Penang, and other places.\n\n\"In posting such Proclamations on Chinese soil the Governor-General, Governor, and those associated with them were animated by a desire to arouse a strong feeling of ...\n\nPage 346",
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        "content_text": "## \nAn intrusive rock with a stratified rock. There was no exception to this rule throughout mining in the Malay Peninsula; he had never seen any tin deposits except such as were derived from the wearing down of the rocks which were at the junction of the slates with the granite. If he were asked why that was so, he could give them a reply which was satisfactory to himself as the most reasonable way of accounting for it. All rocks were derived from marine action, and water, no matter how pure it might be, contained in solution some proportion of all the metals. Sea water, for instance, contained an appreciable amount of gold as well as silver. Supposing these rocks had been thrown down or sunk beneath the earth's surface, and subjected to the influence of heat generated from the rocks being piled above them, the metals would run together in consequence of the rocks being reduced to the pasty description which he had described, even when the particles were so finely divided as would be the case of gold in sea water. The quantity, they might say, was infinitesimally small, but the amount of gold taken out of the earth as compared to the amount of rock which was crushed and beaten for gold was infinitesimally small—much less than the quantity in the sea water at the present time. In the first state these rocks contained a certain amount of tin, and in the course of time the rocks became transmuted by the action of the steam he had described, and the result was that the tin became segregated into fine grains and was more or less unequally distributed throughout the granite. But why was tin found at the junction of the paleozoic rocks and the granite? Possibly it was by being brought into a state something like sublimation, that was converting the metal into vapour, from which state it would be condensed on the cooler or untransmuted portions of the stratified rock. In giving that explanation he was aware that the term sublimation was not strictly correct, but he used that because it would convey to his hearers the nearest idea of what he wished to explain to them. Certainly they found that the tin existed most in the uninterrupted parts of the paleozoic rocks. That was a fact which he was glad to say was being more recognised than previously. Over and over again he had pointed out to those searching for minerals in Perak that there were two things they must look for, first, a place where there had been a watercourse, and, second, a place where the rock had been composed of a junction of the paleozoic rock with the granite. There was no rule of thumb for finding tin. He knew there were some who would say \"That looks a likely place, put down the rod and you will find metal.\" Sometimes they were right but more often they were wrong and it was more chance if they were ever right. It was mere charlatanism which practical business men should put aside as much as possible. He thought there had been a little of that in the Malay Peninsula. In these cases the simple rule was lost sight of that alluvial tin could only be expected where there had been a watercourse, and, secondly, that not only must they look for it at a watercourse but also in those places where the rocks had been composed of the junction of the paleozoic rocks and the granite. Now how was that to be told? Generally they could tell it by the colour of the soil, but not always. The soil ought to be of a reddish or yellowish colour, because the peroxide of iron in the paleozoic rocks generally gave rise to a fiery red soil. If these rules were adopted it was easy to tell whether any place was a likely place to find alluvial tin in, but they must not go so far as to say that as a matter of course tin was to be found there, though nearly always such was the case. Then another thing was to be said about the deposits of tin. They were not to be worked on ordinary mining principles, because the alluvial soil was at most only some fifty feet thick, rarely so much, and more often only fifteen or sixteen feet. Under these conditions they could do nothing but strip off the alluvial soil, and on coming to the tin extract it from the deposit by means of washing. That was the simple process of mining in the Malay Peninsula. He did not know of any place where similar deposits could be worked otherwise unless they were very deep, and then they could not be worked profitably unless they were unusually rich.\n\nHe did not think that had been recognised by the Europeans concerned in the Malay Peninsula. It had been assumed they could sink shafts and run galleries and tunnels. That was sure to lead to failure. Even if they could do so they were sure to meet with large granite boulders, and as they could not use dynamite where the working was so shallow they would have to work round the rocks and leave a good deal of valuable tin in doing so. No doubt it was very gratifying to our national vanity to be able to show the Chinese what could be done with machine appliances, and if it were merely a benevolent undertaking that would be very interesting, but in practical work it led to a great deal of unnecessary expenditure and could not result in any great gain to those interested. His impression was that the mistake had been in not mining as the Chinese do. They strip off the soil in the most economical manner, they wash their tin deposits without any great appliances, and in that way they make their money. Probably it would be said the Chinese have advantages which we do not possess. This was perfectly true, and it seemed to him, if he might offer a suggestion—and this was where he meant his ability was not sufficiently trustworthy—he would suggest that the mines should be carried on by Europeans on the tribute system rather than by the use of appliances which from the nature of the case could not be expected to pay. He would give an illustration of this. In the early days of gold mining in Port Philip some of the mines gave very large dividends. One of the most prosperous for a time was the Clunes mine, but as they went deeper and deeper the quartz got poorer and poorer until at last it was found the mine did not pay. The shareholders got alarmed, and some of them were for selling off and realising their property as soon as possible. However, better counsels prevailed. Those who understood the matter said \"Look here, these miners are bringing up all sorts of stuff for you to crush in your mills. They do it because they are paid so much a ton, and they will go on doing so without reference to anything but bringing so many tons to grass.\" The miners were then told they could take so many cubic yards, they could take all the gold, and the company would pump and wind for them. The consequence was that the Clunes mine, instead of becoming a loss, was soon returning nearly as large dividends as it did previously. He thought the only way to mine successfully in Perak would be on a somewhat similar principle. Let the tributaries be the Chinese, who know how to work the mines, and let as few Europeans as possible have anything to do with it. The climate was bad, the privations great, and the Europeans employed deserved to be paid good salaries; but let there be as few such as possible. He would not detain them further. He could say more, but what he had said he hoped was sufficient to make clear to them that mines in Perak are no exception to mines elsewhere. They are rich; they offer favourable fields for the employment of British capital; but they require care in the working. In the end they cannot fail to yield satisfactory results. (Applause.) He begged to thank the audience for the attention with which they had listened to him, and His Excellency for presiding.\n\nThe lecturer on resuming his seat was loudly applauded.\n\n## \nMr. E. J. ACKROYD—Ladies and gentlemen, I am sure I do but express the sentiments of you all when I rise to move a vote of thanks to the Rev. Mr. Tenison-Woods for the very clear and lucid lecture he has given us to-day on the tin deposits and tin mines of Perak. (Applause.) His great knowledge of the subject and his experience have enabled him to treat it in such a simple and clear way that he has made it intelligible to many who were not acquainted with geological terms. To those who have no interest in these mines but came for the love of science I am sure he has afforded great pleasure, while to those who are interested he has given valuable information which may lead to practical measures being taken for the proper working of the mines. I beg to tender Mr. Tenison-Woods our best thanks for the very pleasant afternoon he has afforded us. (Loud applause).\n\nThe GOVERNOR—I offer you, Mr. Tenison-Woods, the thanks of the meeting tendered by acclamation.\n\nRev. TENISON-WOODS acknowledged the compliment and moved a vote of thanks to His Excellency for so kindly presiding.\n\nCarried by acclamation.\n\nThe GOVERNOR, in acknowledging the compliment, said that, as Mr. Tenison-Woods had said, when he was in Australia he was always ready to promote geographical or geological explorations. He assured them he should always be the same so long as he remained in Hongkong.\n\n174",
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        "content_text": "32\n\n373\n\nof steep bad road we reached a Buddhist monastery built at the highest point in a pass through a range that runs east and west—the Hsueh Shan, marked Su Shan on European maps. The pass I make 5,550 feet above the sea; there hung in the monastery an antithetical couplet, presented by an official early in the century, which may be paraphrased as follows:—\n\nTo have a nature broad, strong, and under control is to be God (\"Ji\"), and Prince, and Spirit, and Buddha: to be of high virtue is to be Ruler, and General, and Prophet, and God (\"Shên\").\n\nIn countries where religion is taken seriously, one might be astonished that such a Catholic text should figure in a Buddhist temple dedicated to the God of War.\n\nHaving taken lunch, and boiled our thermometer under the shade of this inscription, we proceeded south. No sooner were we out of the monastery door than a steep descent began along the dip of strata running down towards the river. We descended right away for about 8 miles, and struck the river at a level of 2,040 feet above the sea, having descended 3,480 feet from the monastery. It was dusk when we reached the river—the Chih-shui Ho—but it appeared a swift stream, 70 yards wide, and shallow for the most part. It takes its rise, according to a Map lent me by the Magistrate of the Pi-chieh district, in the mountains to the west, not far from Lao-wa-t'an, and flows hence to join the Yang-tzu at Ho-chiang Hsien, forming, where we crossed it, the boundary between Ssu-ch'uan and Kuei-chou. It is not navigable here.\n\nWe crossed the river in a ferry-boat, and set foot in the Province of Kuei-chou by the light of Venus and the new moon, set in the purple light of the sun some time sunk beneath the horizon. Heads of General Pao's braves in cages lined the road, and were in keeping with the dusky stillness of the scene. The opposite ascent begins at once. The regular inns were all crowded with General Pao's braves; but we found a cottage, some 200 feet above the river, which we rented for 8d., a sum that included the services of a cadet of the family, who sat up all night to watch my sedan, and to keep the pig out of doors. Next day we continued the ascent, leaving the sandstone which prevails at the level of the river, through calcareous rocks—chalk, shale, and limestone—dipping to the north-east, and broken into deep precipices on the south-west, beneath the upper edge of the strike. Three miles from the river, at Kao-shan P'u, observation of boiling-point gave an elevation of 4,068 feet. Thus, the valley of the Chih-shui Ho is a huge ravine causing, within 11 miles of road, a descent of 3,480 feet, and a corresponding ascent of 2,000 feet, a crux for the railway engineer who may come this way.\n\nEight miles further south, at a village named Pai-ai, I saw for the first time Miao-tzu, or aborigines of Kuei-chou. Next to nothing is known in Europe about the non-Chinese races of Southern China, although they probably form much more than half the population of Yün-nan and Kwang-si, and are very numerous in Kuei-chou and Western Hunan,* a rich district lying between the 22nd and 28th degree of latitude, and larger than France in area.\n\nThe subject is as interesting from the point of view of science or history as from that of politics and commerce. All the information I was able to gather about these races will be found collected in Appendix II, where the facts are recorded on which the occasional remarks given in the body of this Report are based.\n\nAn overcast sky, which greeted us when we turned out from our quarters at E-lo-mi, grew thicker as the morning advanced, and an east wind brought down the temperature to 40 degrees Fahrenheit, quite enough to make people who had just passed through the Chung-ch'ing summer thoroughly miserable. Sleet and the want of breakfast further embittered our condition, for there was not a house for miles. Snow stopped us at a miserable village named Chin-yin-shan, where the whole place was occupied by braves. We had to put up at inn with six of them. They (the landlord and his wife) all smoked opium, and kept talking half the night, as the manner of opium-smokers is, adding walnuts to their feast of opium and flow of soul, and cracking them on the wooden partitions with the nearest piece of furniture. About midnight some of their friends arrived from a neighbouring inn to discuss the abortive campaign, so that sleep was difficult.\n\nOn the 12th November we reached Pi-chieh Hsien, a busy district town situated in a long fertile valley yielding good crops of opium and rice. The place is sufficiently supplied with piece-goods from Yung-ning Hsien, and the prices were little dearer than at that town. However, half the population are Lo-lo and Miao-tzu, the district Map, which I borrowed from the Magistrate, being so covered with aboriginal Chieftainships and exceptions to the jurisdiction as to have the interesting appearance of a geological survey.\n\n* Exclusive of Western Ssu-ch'uan and the Thibetan marches, the abode of Lo-lo, Ku-isung, and Si-fan.",
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        "content_text": "203\n\nto En\n\nEncourage and facilitate the removal of as many of the Chinese population as could be conveniently spared, rather than by the sudden commencement of large works to attract others to the Colony.\n\nI therefore fully concur with Major Whitmore as to the superior advantages of a rough stone breakwater; there can, I think, be no question whatever of its immense superiority to any of the other schemes, provided the necessary funds can be obtained for its construction. Major Whitmore's report and the sketch attached to it show the line which it is desirable to adopt; this is not theoretically the best line with regard to our necessary present defenses, but it is meant to take advantage of the shallow water on Hellets bank.\n\nAssuming that the stones will sink 8 feet into the mud, and that the depth of water at low tide averages 22 feet, the breakwater should be from 30 to 35 feet high; taking the greater height (35 feet), this would require about 280 cubic yards of material to every lineal yard of the breakwater, and the cost at 80 cents per cubic yard, the cost of the breakwater would be about $224; this would give about $627,200 for the 2800 yards of breakwater proposed by Major Whitmore.\n\nIf the gap of 1000 yards to the north of Green Island is thought necessary, it would be requisite to have fortifications on Bland and also on the opposite shore of the Sulphur Channel, and to place the mine fields to the north and south of Green Island instead of opposite Belcher's Point. The Stonecutter Mine Field would also have to be brought further forward towards the breakwater.",
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        "content_text": "20\n\nsince I have no\n\nlocum tenens\n\nto leave in charge of my duties.\n\n24. Other Heads of Departments of equal relative rank as my-\n\nself, but having a residence in the Hill Districts\n\nare debarred from the privilege of men, which I Explained,\n\nare allowed quarters, coals, and passages as regards\n\na residence in this respect. Only once in seven years have I been able\n\nto obtain leave of absence for five weeks, and then owing to the circumstance\n\nof Dr Jordan, a private practitioner having volunteered to act\n\nfor me under very favourable conditions to my-self.\n\nEven with the allurements of a Passage Allowance and of half pay during my absence a substitute could not always be readily\n\nfound among the physicians practising here as the onerous duties of the post\n\nwould require more time than could be spared from their own\n\noccupations. The half pay alone without a housing allowance\n\nwould scarcely compensate a substitute as the expense of compulsory\n\nresidence in the Central District would swallow up one third of that half pay.\n\n25. With regard to furlough or vacation leave other Heads of Departments can obtain leave of absence without any difficulty by finding\n\na substitute in accordance with the Colonial Office regulations.\n\nMy position however, is Exceptionally difficult to be filled.\n\nTherefore\n\n31",
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        "content_text": "67. The Annual Reports of this Department are regularly sent in exchange to all our correspondents.\n\n68. The library contains, besides the various reports and papers, 270 volumes.\n\n69. In Appendix No. 1 I record a few notes made during a visit to San Ui in the delta of the Canton river on the Palm which is cultivated extensively by the Chinese for the production of leaves for making fans, rain coats for coolies, and for use as thatch, for which it is so extensively employed in South China.\n\nFORESTRY.\n\n70. The area of ground operated on in artificial reproduction was smaller than in some previous years. It was necessary to reduce the operations of 1886 for two reasons, one of which was in consequence of the weakening of the controlling staff, and the other was to meet the circumstances of the reduced vote for 1887 which was contemplated in 1885. By providing a small balance from the vote for 1886 I was enabled to devote it to the operations which could be carried out in that year as part of the following season's planting, thus enabling us to accomplish more work during the present year when the staff is again complete and competent to resume the full complement of work.\n\n71. The number of trees planted was nearly up to the average. It was in the rearing of trees in situ that the diminution of area operated on was effected. This operation was entirely suspended. With the exception of a few thousands of trees planted in the neighbourhood of Deep-water Bay the planting was successfully accomplished. The few which were not successful suffered for want of water in a spell of dry weather which succeeded the planting of them.\n\n72. The total number of trees planted was 299,911, of these 293,000 were China Pines, 4,500 Camphor trees, and 1,000 Pride of India trees. The remainder consisted of miscellaneous trees to the number of about 1,200.\n\n73. CAMPHOR TREE.-A large number of trees of this species were planted in 1885, and they are in fairly good condition. It is probable that this tree will be successful in Hongkong, but it is too early to yet pronounce positively one way or another on the subject. If the conditions do prove suitable for the tree, it will be a valuable acquisition, for besides affording pleasant variety to the sylvan effects of the landscapes, the timber may in time be of value.\n\n74. The early made plantations of China Pines at high altitudes, and in wind-swept patches do not, as I anticipated, succeed very well. However to put the theory to the test a sufficient number of trees were planted in exposed places and at high elevations for experiment. Now the selection of lands for planting is made at comparatively low altitudes.\n\n75. PINUS MASSONIANA. In 1882 I obtained from Japan seeds of this tree which is indigenous to that country, and of a sturdy habit, with which to experiment for cultivation above the height at which the China Pine did well. The seeds were sown in situ at an altitude of from 1,000 to 1,400 feet. The growth of the tree is slower than that of the China Pine, but the trees are very healthy and of robust habit, and they seem well adapted for bearing the adverse conditions for general tree growth which prevail towards the tops of the hills.\n\n76. QUERCUS FISSA.--At the same altitude as the Japanese Pine, young trees of this Hongkong Oak were planted. Some of them, where a little sheltered, have grown very well, and they now measure as much as 9 feet in height and the same in diameter.\n\n77. TRISTANEA CONFERTA.-A member of the myrtle family, and native of North Australia, Queensland, and New South Wales. It grows into a large tree and the timber is well spoken of in Australia. The rapid growth of a solitary tree of this which had been introduced from one of the Botanic Gardens of Australia, and planted in our Botanic Garden led me to send to Australia for a supply of seeds. From these 800 trees were raised in 1883 and planted out three years ago. The majority were planted on the north side of the island at about 300 feet altitude, and a number of them at a similar height on the south side of the dividing ridge. All have made remarkable progress, the height of the trees now being as much in many instances as 20 feet. The growth and vigour is greater than that of any tree yet tried, if we except the Gum trees, and of these only a few kinds equal the Tristanea.\n\n78. GUM TREES.—The Eucalyptus trees continue to do well. Of those planted near the Military Sanitarium two years ago a few species have become splendid vigorous trees. These are on the top of a ridge where the soil is naturally loose and deep. At the same time as these trees were planted, a quantity of the same species were planted at not more than 100 to 200 feet above sea-level, those near the Sanitarium are at about 800 feet. Of twelve kinds three succeeded better at the low level than corresponding plants of the same species at the higher level, five succeeded better at the higher level, while four succeeded equally at both places. The result of the experiment is therefore slightly in favour of the higher altitude for Eucalyptus cultivation.\n\n79. ALEURITES VERNICIA----(Chinese Varnish and Wood-oil-tree.) A plantation of this on Mt. Parker is flourishing and has entirely met my anticipations. The young trees are of an average height of about 2 feet. The situation of the plantation is well sheltered and the soil is good and deep. Seeds, however, which were sown at the same time near Pokfulam in an equally sheltered position, but where the soil was shallow, and in which there was a large mixture of stones, have produced trees very inferior to those on Mt. Parker.\n\n80. SOWING BROADCAST in Situ.-In 1883 and 1885 experiments were made of sowing seeds broadcast amongst grass in various places without any preparation of the soil. In two places the results have been very good, and the young trees are so promising that I intend to adopt the method on a larger scale on lands similar to those where the experiments succeeded. The cost has not yet been accurately ascertained, but it appears so small that I believe double the area of that accomplished by transplanting from nurseries can be operated on in an equally successful manner by the new method. The selection and demarcation of the lands suitable for the system will, however, require to be done carefully by European agency, and this, under the present organization of the staff, seems hardly possible with the great amount of other work which demands all available time.\n\n81. BAMBOOS.-In 1885 an operation, which has not yet been reported, was commenced in the Bowrington Plantation of dividing large clumps of bamboos and transplanting them in one of the divisions with a view to the replacement with the bamboos of the pine trees which now exist there, and of the production of a supply of bamboo canes for the use of the department, and probably for sale. The soil and situation is well adapted for the bamboo, and if the whole of the enclosure be planted with bamboo there should in the course of a few years be an annual revenue from that source.\n\n82. I hope to be able to introduce from the bamboo growing districts to the north-west of Canton, and from other places, many of the valuable kinds of bamboo which are of such inestimable use to the Chinese. These will be planted in the Bowrington Plantation, besides placing one specimen of each kind in the collection within the Botanic Gardens.\n\n83. PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA.--This is a small shrub, a member of the large order of Euphorbiaceae, which bears an edible fruit, often an inch in diameter, of a very acid taste, somewhat resembling a hard smooth, round, green gooseberry, and which is apparently palatable to the natives. It is found growing wild scattered about various places in the Colony, not very high above sea-level.\n\n84. The bark is a valuable tanning material, and is in much request by fishermen, so much so that we have great trouble in conserving the shrubs which exist. I am informed that the fishermen place a higher value on it as a tanning material than even on Mangrove bark.\n\n85. I have procured a large quantity of seeds of this plant, and they will be sown in the nurseries with a view to rearing plants for making plantations with. It may be possible that plantations of it will in time be valuable.\n\n88. CLEARING OFF BRUSHWOOD.-The brushwood in some plantations having become ranker than desirable near roads where it impeded free passage of currents of wind, and where it afforded too much cover, I arranged to have the most advanced plantations cleared of the undergrowth. The plantations through which the Peak road passes have been done.\n\n87. Those near Kennedy Road are begun and the work there and in other plantations will be continued when more important works free men to enable them to do it.\n\n88. The clearance of undergrowth will not only be done free of expense to the Government, but revenue will be collected from it.\n\n89. SPECIMENS FOR INDIAN AND COLONIAL EXHIBITION. A collection of specimens of wood of different kinds of Hongkong trees was made and taken with me to England, where they were cut and polished, and afterwards named and set up in the Exhibition.\n\n90. Specimens of a large number of articles made from bamboo and used in domestic economy were afterwards collected by the Acting Superintendent and forwarded to the Exhibition.\n\n91. PLANTING OPERATIONS BY CONTRACTS.-These are done under five different contracts. They are-1. Supplying Seeds, 2. Rearing Trees in Nurseries, 3. Making Tree Pits, 4. Planting Trees, and 5 Rearing Trees in Situ.\n\n92. Prices paid vary somewhat one year with another. For instance the price paid for Seeds in 1885 was higher, with one exception, than at any other time. The contract just made is next to the lowest on record. The contract for 1885 for making Tree Pits was higher, than it was in the two previous years, while that just made is fixed at the same price as the previous one. The 1885 contract for Planting Trees while lower than in some previous ones was about fifty per cent, higher than the last contract for the same kind of work. The 1885 contract for Rearing Trees was lower than it was in the two previous years, but not so low as it was three years before, while it was a good deal higher than the one recently made.\n\n93. Last year's tenders threw out the experienced men who had for several years given satisfaction in Rearing Trees. A new man entirely without experience in this work received a contract for all the trees which were wanted. Although the contract price is low, we are paying dearly for the contractor's inexperience as the trees are the most inferior which I remember,\n\n355",
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        "content_text": "2\n\nto the English Local Government Board requirements and therefore the only fear that I would have would be that the open space of 101 foot would be insufficient. Native landlords have told me before now that the Chinese tenant does not require light or ventilation. With all respect, I submit that that is nonsense. I should say the native tenant requires and appreciates light and ventilation quite as much as his landlord. At the present moment in a great many native tenements if the tenant wishes to breathe unpolluted air, he has to go outside into the street, and if he wishes to see he has to burn lights throughout the day. Some of the tenements I have seen as dark as Erebus even at noonday. That, it must be admitted, is a most unsatisfactory state of things, and it is gratifying to think that if hon. members will support the clauses which relate to the provision of adequate space around buildings, we may find in this Bill a remedy for so grave an evil.\n\nI am told, again, that some of the building lots in this town have been divided into sections and subsections, so small as not to admit of backyards ten feet wide. That may be so or may not be so. I must confess that I know several lots and sections of lots myself, where, possibly, backyards might not be admissible. All I can say, with regard to properties of this kind is that if they are so shallow as not to admit of a backyard for the purposes of light and ventilation, then they are manifestly unfit for human habitation, though they may, perhaps be utilised for shops or workshops, or for industrial or commercial purposes, or in fact, for any purpose other than that of human habitation.\n\nThere is one more matter in this Bill which I shall refer to very briefly. It is perhaps the crux of the Bill. I mean the clauses which relate to overcrowding. The Bill seeks to make overcrowding a misdemeanour. That proposal is perhaps at first sight a startling one. We will be asked \"Where do you propose to house the surplus population, which you propose to turn out of doors?\" The question would be a very natural one to make, and unquestionably the reply will be \"More houses must be built.\" It is only right to mention that concurrently with these legislative enactments against overcrowding the Government propose to submit to the Legislature at once certain extensive building schemes in the outskirts of the city.\n\nBut it will be obvious to hon. members that even if there were 10,000 empty houses at the outskirts awaiting occupation, it is not likely the Chinese would leave the central portions of the city to go and inhabit them unless some provision, in the nature of these clauses, made overcrowding a misdemeanour. Unless these clauses are passed as part and parcel of this Bill it will be impossible to get the population to leave the congested districts and go to the outskirts. The object of the Bill is, if I may use a mathematical term, centrifugal. It seeks to relieve the congested centre of the town by sending the surplus population to the circumference or to the outskirts.\n\nIt may be urged that a working man will not readily leave a home near his work and make a distant foot journey every morning and evening from and to his work, and that therefore there will be a great difficulty at the outset in getting new building lots outside the town taken up and built on. But the Government has wisely made provision for this contingency, and it is intended in conjunction with the passing of this Bill to propose the construction of tramways to bring the outskirts of the town into cheap and rapid communication with the centre.\n\nWith regard to the other miscellaneous provisions of this very long Bill which are of a less contentious nature, I shall not at this stage take up the time of the Council with any further remarks. I will only say, in conclusion, I am confident that when hon. members digest this Bill, they will find it is nothing more than a reproduction, however imperfect, of the Health Law of England, watered and diluted so as to meet the peculiar conditions of Hongkong. And they will not fail to notice another thing, and that is that this measure is characterised by a manifest desire to press as little as possible on private interests.\n\nThey will find that the measure, so far from being arbitrary or harsh, has been so tempered as to be—well, I was going to say brought to the very verge of inefficiency from sheer weakness—but, perhaps, that is too disparaging an expression to use. The Sanitary Board in the drafting of this measure and the Government in its approval of it have been animated by a wish to proceed tentatively and both have gone on the principle that half a loaf is better than no bread.\n\nI agree with my hon. and learned friend in thinking it is possible there may be imperfections found in this Bill, but I think it will also be possible that in Committee such imperfections if found may be remedied. I beg to second the motion of my hon. and learned friend.\n\nHIS EXCELLENCY—Hon. gentlemen, after the very exhaustive statements which have been made, there is very little for me to say, but I do not wish we should separate to-day without my saying a few words on this subject. First of all, I would endorse what the last hon. gentleman who spoke told us, that the very greatest consideration had been shown to the interests of private individuals by this Government. That has always, I think, characterised the way that this Government tries to act, because we believe that public prosperity is merely the greatest aggregate amount of individual well-being and prosperity.\n\nI can also thoroughly endorse what the hon. gentleman the Acting Attorney-General has told us with regard to the evils that exist in our midst. I have myself inspected some of the native parts of the town—I am told not the very worst parts—and I have also inspected several of the villages, and from having been military sanitary commissioner in various places, I can affirm most decidedly that I have never in all my life seen such a condition of things as exists in this City of Victoria and in the villages around us. Anything worse I have never seen in India or anywhere else.\n\nI therefore think this is a most urgent question, which should be disposed of as soon as possible, that is, with all due regard to time being given for the thorough ventilation of the subject, and for its consideration not only by ourselves but the public at large. I think, speaking for myself, that we should further consider this Bill in a month's time. I think the urgency of the question lies in the fact that we cannot go on with any of the great public improvements until this matter is settled.\n\nThe hon. Surveyor-General has told us that he is endeavouring to find outlets in various directions for the surplus population. I may tell you that a large scheme for further reclamation at Causeway Bay has been before the Executive Council, and as soon as this scheme has been revised and printed it will be laid on this table. It will first of all be sent to the Public Works Committee.\n\nWell, hon. gentlemen, what is the use of considering that, and also the Praya scheme—which will form, of course, the connection between this part of the town and Causeway Bay, and without which we can hardly expect this tramway—what is the use of considering this scheme until we have considered and passed, as I hope we shall, this Ordinance? I was myself most particularly anxious, during the recess, of working in the direction of getting this Praya scheme settled. I believe it to be a work of primary importance.\n\nTherefore it was my anxious desire to write to the authorities at home, and try and get them to understand the urgent need for its sanction. I rather differ from the hon. gentleman who, in addressing some questions to me the other day on the defences, said that the home authorities were rather chary in allowing us to spend our own money. I think that we have only to show we are in earnest on any subject, and mean what we say, and we shall be allowed to spend our own money as we like. But we must show we are in earnest, and I think hon. gentlemen we must show we are in earnest in this matter.\n\nIt is a matter that must be disposed of, but, as I said before, with all due consideration to private interests. I don't think I need take up your time longer, and the subject has been so thoroughly handled that I have really nothing left to say. I intended only to have spoken on the question of urgency, and I hope you will consider the matter.\n\nThe motion was carried nem. con. and the Bill was read a first time.\n\nPage 37",
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        "content_text": "354 \n\n## Enclosure 3. \n\n## Report of the Government Analyst. \n\n**GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL,**\n\n**HONGKONG, 21ST APRIL, 1888.**\n\nSIR-I have the honour to forward a statement of the work done in the temporary laboratory of this Hospital during the year 1887.\n\n### WATER. \n\nDuring the months of February, March, and April analysis of 328 waters derived from wells or springs within the City of Victoria were made at the request of the Sanitary Board. My instructions were to simply \"separate the wells into two classes viz.; those which were evidently much polluted and those which were not.\" Many of these waters had been examined in former years and in previous special and annual reports I have expressed my views on the danger incurred by the public in having recourse to the shallow wells in this City for a supply of water for dietetic purposes.\n\nIn judging of the extent of the pollution of these well waters some considerable care was taken to ascertain the existence or absence of nitrites the detection of which in shallow well waters being, in the opinion of most chemists, held as conclusive evidence of the presence, in the water under examination, of fresh decomposing sewage.\n\nOf the 328 waters examined 223 or 68 per cent. showed unmistakable evidence of the presence of nitrites; and 199 or 60 per cent. contained considerable quantities of free ammonia. The specimens of good well water I have analyzed in this Colony have been found to contain practically no free ammonia and certainly not even the faintest trace of nitrites.\n\nIn all cases an accurate determination was made of the amount of Chlorine present in the water and after a careful consideration of the chemical data and an inspection in many instances of the localities whence the samples were drawn, I placed 233 of the samples or 71 per cent. in the category of waters that were evidently much polluted.\n\nI may add that the greater part of the remaining 95 samples contained Chlorine considerably in excess of the quantity found in water derived from wells that are without doubt uncontaminated; and in the last report on water analysis I submitted to the Board, a recommendation was made that when an abundant water supply was available the Government would do well to order the closing of all wells in the City of Victoria.\n\n### MILK. \n\nDuring the year nine samples of milk which had been obtained by the Nuisance Inspectors were analyzed at the request of the Sanitary Board. Of these three were returned as being adulterated. One of the specimens was estimated to contain at least 50 per cent. of added water.\n\nSometime ago the necessity of checking the quality of the milk supplied to the Civil Hospital was very clearly demonstrated to the Civil Medical Staff, and it was decided that once a month samples from the morning and evening milk delivered by the contractor were to be analyzed.\n\nTo enable me to form a proper estimate of the quality of the milk an analysis is made, regularly once a month, of a sample selected at the Contractor's Farm from the mixed product of the whole Dairy.\n\nToo much weight cannot be attached to the necessity of providing the sick with milk of the best quality seeing that in many cases it forms their sole article of diet. Mr. ROGERS the Hospital Steward has been, for some months, in the habit of noting the Specific Gravity and Temperature of every delivery so that all possible precautions are now taken to prevent an inferior article being sent up to the wards for the patients' consumption.\n\nThe process adopted in every case is the one devised some years ago by Dr. JAMES BELL the Principal of the Somerset House Laboratory. In all 36 samples of milk were analyzed during the year.\n\n### TOXICOLOGICAL. \n\nInvestigations were conducted in three cases where there was evidence pointing to the use of poisonous agents.\n\n1. **Calomel Poisoning.** On the 3rd of August Dr. J. A. LOCKHEAD brought me a small quantity of a decoction of coffee which he had received from one of his patients-an officer of the American ship `Alice D. Cooper` then lying in the harbour of Hongkong. The officer, at the request of Dr. LOCKHEAD, presented himself at the Government Laboratory and furnished me with the following information: \"About 5 o'clock one morning while I was on watch-the ship being then in the China Sea within a few days sail of this port I received at the hands of a negro cabin-boy a cup of Coffee which had been prepared by the ship's Cook. I drank about a mouthful and fancying from the taste that there was something wrong I carelessly threw overboard the greater part of the beverage. I soon felt very violent pains about the region of the stomach and about five minutes after drinking the Coffee I vomited. On hearing of the occurrence the Captain gave me an emetic and something to drink. None of the vomits were preserved, what remained of the Coffee was placed in a small bottle and handed over to the Doctor soon after our arrival in Hongkong. For several days I felt very weak and had a nasty taste in the mouth. I complained of a bad stomach. These symptoms continued until I placed myself under Dr. LOCKHEAD'S treatment after the ship came into port.\"\n\nThe bottle contained about half an ounce of Coffee. There was a considerable sediment of a greyish brown colour which at first could not be very easily diffused throughout the supernatant decoction. A microscopical examination of the deposit revealed the presence of a number of fat globules (milk fat) and an amorphous body which was in due course identified with Calomel, the Sub-chloride or mild chloride of mercury of the British and United States Pharmacopoeias.\n\nA special report on the result of this analysis was forwarded to the American Consulate at the request of Colonel WITDERS, the United States Consul.\n\nMost persons will agree with me in condemning in the strongest terms the practice-revealed in the course of my enquiry into this case-of leaving a ship's medicine chest open to persons other than the senior officers of the vessel.\n\n2. **Fish Poisoning.** On the night of the 16th of September some men were observed to put into a live fish tank in one of the City markets a substance known as `Chá tsai ping`. The fish were killed almost immediately. The water containing the poison was removed and a supply of fresh water put into the tank. The only material available for analysis was the dead fish.\n\nThe above data-derived from the depositions of the witnesses who gave evidence at the Magistracy--was obligingly placed at my disposal by Mr. H. E. WODEHOUSE, C.M.G., the senior Police Magistrate.\n\nIn this case two questions were referred to me by the Court for consideration and report: \n1. Can the active principle of Chá tsai ping be detected in the dead fish? \n2. Are fish destroyed as above fit for human consumption?\n\nBefore giving an opinion on these two points I wrote to Mr. Chas. FORD, F.L.S., the Superintendent of the Botanical and Afforestation Department enquiring if he could give me information concerning the preparation and uses of this poison, special reference being made to the possibility of more than one plant entering into its composition.\n\nI append as an Appendix to this report, an extract from Mr. FORD's letter and also an extract from a memorandum sent to me by Mr. J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, the Registrar-General, of whom I requested assistance in obtaining the opinion of the Chinese fish merchants as to the suitability or otherwise as an article of diet, of fish destroyed by Chá tsai ping or `Chá fu` as it is sometimes termed.\n\nIt will be seen from Mr. FORD's account (Appendix A) of its preparation that the seeds of *Camellia oleifera*, Abel, of the Natural Order Ternstremiaceae, minus the oil, are the sole constituent; and the practical observations he makes as to the uses of the substance for the destruction of low forms of animal life without doubt prove that it is a poison although only a mild one. Confirmatory evidence on this latter point will be found in Mr. LOCKHART'S memo. (Appendix B).\n\nThe only recorded description of this fish-poison accessible to me is that given by Mr. HUGH MCCALLUM in his annual report for 1882 and in a paper by the same author in the Pharmaceutical Journal (3) Vol. XIV, p. 21. Mr. MCCALLUM refers to its use as a fish-poison, and states that its activity is doubtless due to the glucoside saponin which exists in the seeds to the extent of about 10 per cent. The seeds also contain about 44 per cent of a fixed oil. The action of saponin on man has been but little studied but Mr. WYNTER BLYTH is of opinion that it is an undoubted poison and capable of endangering the life of man.\n\nThe attempt made by me to discover the glucoside in one of the fishes sent to the Laboratory by the Police proved a failure.\n\nWith regard to the question as to the use as human food, of fish destroyed by Chá tsai ping, I would invite attention to the following consideration: \n1. The absence of any record of such fish acting injuriously.\n2. The opinion of the Chinese as to their harmless nature.\n3. The fact that birds are not affected by worms similarly destroyed.\n\n(1.) *Camellia Sasanqua*, Thunb. Index Flava Sinensis p. 82.\n(2.) Poisons (1884), p. 421.",
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        "content_text": "284 \n\n(12) \n\nSurface floats constructed of wood were also set adrift and watched during the day, but their course followed so closely on that of the sunken vanes that further observation of them was abandoned soon after sunset as unnecessary. A boat with adequate crew was detailed to watch the drifting of each float and to follow it day and night, and having a steam-launch at our disposal we were able to visit each float periodically and to note its change of position.\n\nOn the plan submitted herewith, the relative positions of the several floats at the various times of our visits are shown, the approximate course between each observation being sketched in. I will now briefly describe the courses of the floats.\n\nOn the morning of February the 27th (during the North East Monsoon) at 10:15 A.M., float No. 1 was set adrift off North Point on the ebb tide; the course followed by this float is indicated in the plan by a red line.\n\nAt 10:30 A.M., float No. 2 was started about three-quarters of a mile east of North Point; its course is indicated by a blue line.\n\nBoth these floats got into an eddy in Quarry Bay; No. 2 grounded in shallow water and, on being moved out to the position of the surface float, it closely followed the course of No. 1.\n\nAt 11 A.M., float No. 3 was set adrift off North Point and nearly made the Lyemun Pass; its course being indicated by the green line.\n\nAt 12:30 P.M., No. 4 was started off North Point; its course is indicated by the brown line.\n\nAt 1 P.M., No. 5 was started about a mile and a half east of North Point; its course is indicated by the yellow line.\n\nThe tide turning shortly after 1 P.M., a strong current set in through the Lyemun Pass, carrying the floats westwards.\n\nAt 2:55 P.M., float No. 6 was started off North Point on the flood tide; its course is indicated by a red line.\n\nThis float, passing to the west of Green Island, found its way out to sea on the afternoon of the following day.\n\nAt 5:15 P.M., float No. 7 was started off North Point; after travelling a short distance westwards, this float returned on the ebb as far as the Lyemun Pass, but missing the mid-channel current, returned on the flood. Its course is indicated by a blue line.\n\nAt 6:45 P.M., No. 8 was set adrift off North Point and, after travelling westwards for four hours, it returned on the ebb and passed through the Lyemun Pass at 2:30 A.M. Its course is indicated by a brown line. This completed the float experiments at North Point.\n\nOn the following day, February the 28th, a similar series of experiments was effected at Belcher's Point. At 8:45 A.M., No. 1 was started on the ebb tide and, taking a westerly course, as indicated by the red line, got into shallow water to the north-west of Green Island. On being set free again, this float continued its westerly course round Green Island and, turning southwards, made for the open sea.\n\nAt 11 A.M., float No. 2 was started and passed direct through the Sulphur Channel, gaining the sea; its course is indicated by a blue line.\n\nAt 1:45 P.M., No. 3 was started and also passed through the Sulphur Channel, but meeting the flood tide was carried in a north-westerly direction outside Green Island; its course is indicated by a brown line.\n\nAt 3:50, 5:10, and 6 P.M., respectively, Nos. 4, 5, and 6 were set adrift. These, as indicated by the blue, red, and brown lines, made little progress.\n\nAt 9:25 A.M. on the 21st of August, during the South West Monsoon, float No. 1, started on the ebb tide, got into slack water off the west point of Quarry Bay and remained almost stationary until the turn of the tide, when it proceeded westwards, arriving off the south of Stonecutters' Island at 10 P.M. During the following ebb, it returned as far as Kowloon Point, and during the next flood, it was carried back to the south of Stonecutters' Island, arriving to the south of its previous position at 8 P.M., showing a tendency to leave the harbour westwards; its course is indicated by a red line.\n\n(13) \n\nAt 10:5 P.M., No. 2 was started and went direct through the Lyemun Pass, arriving at the Pass in one hour; its course is indicated by a blue line.\n\nAt 1:20 P.M., No. 3 was started; making but little progress eastward, it was carried on the flood through the harbour as far as the Canton Wharf, returning thence as far as Causeway Bay on the following ebb tide; its course is indicated by a green line.\n\nAt 3 P.M., No. 4 was started on the commencement of the flood and, after passing North Point on the flood tide, followed practically the same course as No. 1.\n\nAt 4:45 and 6:15 P.M., Nos. 5 and 6 were started and left afloat till the night of the 22nd. No. 5 would probably, on the following ebb tide, pass North Point, and No. 6 would follow somewhat the same course as followed by Nos. 1 and 4; the course of each of these floats is indicated by green and blue, respectively.\n\nAt 8:15 A.M. on August the 22nd, No. 1 was started off Belcher's Point and took an easterly course past North Point; on the following flood, it drifted back a little to the west of that Point and would probably have got into the mid-channel current on the following ebb and been carried through the Lyemun Pass; its course is indicated by a brown line.\n\nAt 10:15 A.M., No. 2 was started and, after progressing down the Sulphur Channel for some distance, returned on the half ebb, arriving off the Canton Wharf at 10 P.M.; at the end of the flood, it would take a north-westerly course and would probably be carried thence up towards the Canton River on the next flood, passing out west of Green Island on the following ebb; its course is indicated by a red line.\n\nAt 12 o'clock, No. 3 was started. Taking an easterly course, it reached Yau-mati bay at 6:10 P.M. and, after sweeping round on the flood in a south-westerly direction, it took an easterly course, arriving off the Canton Wharf at 10:35 P.M., at which hour the commencement of the next ebb would probably take it eastwards past North Point; its course is indicated by a green line. At 2:25 P.M., No. 4 was started and travelled eastwards slowly; its course is indicated by a blue line. At 5:40 P.M., No. 5 was started on the flood tide but made little progress; its course is indicated by a red line.\n\nWith respect, therefore, to a sewage out-fall at North Point, it appears from these experiments:-\n\n1. that during both the North East and South West Monsoons, there is a strong tidal current tending to carry all matters held in suspension in the waters of the harbour at or about North Point through the Lyemun Pass during the ebb tide, and that this tendency extends as far as Kowloon Point during the North East Monsoon.\n2. that during the North East Monsoon, the flood tide sweeps through the harbour and effects a general dispersion of all suspended matter, and that there is also a strong current round Kowloon Point towards the South of Stonecutters' Island.\n3. that during the South West Monsoon, the general tendency of the flood tide is to carry suspended matter from North Point through the harbour towards the mouth of the Canton River.\n\nAnd with respect to a sewage out-fall at Belcher's Point, it appears from the experiments:\n\n1. that during the North East Monsoon, the ebb tide will probably carry all suspended matters out to sea to the south of Green Island.\n2. that the flood tide has little effect at this Point, either during the North East or South West Monsoon.\n3. that during the South West Monsoon, the ebb tide sets in an easterly and north-easterly direction.\n\nFrom the foregoing, I am of the opinion, considering the depth of water and strong tidal currents that exist in the harbour during the whole of the year, leading to the general dispersion and mixing of all foreign matters with the tidal waters, that no nuisance will arise from the placing of sewer out-falls at Belcher's and North Points, and it is on this account that these two Points have been selected as suitable out-fall stations.",
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        "content_text": "Enclosure I\n\nMcM. Sued to Acting Colonial Secretary.\n\nSir,\n\nHongkong,\n\n26th March, 1891.\n\nThe Companies would be prepared to supply and lay on behalf of the Hongkong Government a cable 33 knots in length between Gap Rock Lighthouse and Hongkong and would recommend type B (7/ton cables) being used throughout as most suitable, having regard to the shallow water, anchorage risks, etc. The Companies have not sufficient cable in stock to send it out from England. It will be delivered at Hongkong within about 5 months from the date of the contract for...",
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        "content_text": "that this well should be tested by continuous pumping during the dry months of this year, and I further recommended that some cheap pumping apparatus should be sent out for the purpose. \n\nFor my report on the Estimates for 1891, I included a sum for this purpose; and this recommendation was approved by H. E. the officer administering the Government in Executive Council. \n\nI should be glad to know whether this recommendation has received the approval of the Secretary of State for the Colonies. \n\nIf so, I have the honour to recommend that the pumps should be procured and sent off without waiting for an indent from Hong Kong. \n\nAs it is, we shall only just have time to send the pump out in time for the coming dry season. If we fail to get it before the monsoon, the preparation of the final design and estimate must be deferred till 1892, for the well, which is a shallow one, will certainly afford an abundant supply in wet weather, so that a test would be useless. \n\nI cannot recommend, even the preparation of a final project, a work involving some expense, till the certainty of abundant perennial supply is established by direct experiment, beyond all doubt. \n\nIt would also facilitate my work if I were provided with...",
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        "content_text": "## 531\n\nbe experienced again for many years few hundred gallons. \n\n0. In many to come and that by the provision of the bye-pass the appearance of the water will be so improved as to satisfy all reasonable requirements. \n\n10. By simple filtration neither the Pokfulam nor Faitam waters can be rendered as bright as we should like to see them. By adoption of the album process they can be rendered perfectly bright and clear at all seasons of the year. On a small scale the process has been in continuous operation at the Civil Hospital during the last seven years. The results leave nothing to be desired in respect of either the appearance or composition of the water. There are however considerations which affect a public supply of upwards of three million gallons a day which do not apply to a private source of only a few gallons.\n\n11. In Jewish communities there is a marked prejudice in favour of well waters and in this Colony we have good reason to believe that still some householders have recourse to shallow wells in preference to the public supply. In 1887 the majority of the waters from wells in the city of Victoria were returned as \"polluted\" when examined in the Government Laboratory. It is highly improbable that any improvement has taken place since. This prejudice would, we fear, not be removed but in reality augmented if the public supply were submitted to chemical treatment before filtration, although the objections to such treatment are, in our opinion, purely sentimental. In view of the favourable results obtained in the analysis of the Pokfulam",
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        "content_text": "520\n\n( 26 )\n\nHe issued sub-licenses, and had got from the Opium Farmer practically a monopoly of the sale of prepared Opium in the colony. The Opium Farmer was not at liberty to grant any licenses for preparing opium, having been deprived of that power, which former Farmers had. He had two establishments for preparing opium, one of which was over at Mongkok, and he was in the habit of receiving there and at his place here opium the property of his licensee, which he prepared for the licensee, charging him $100 a chest in all, $65 being for the fee and the remainder for expenses. At Mongkok Punti workmen were employed, and one method of preparation, and at the establishment on this side Amoy workmen and another method. The licensee if he wanted the opium for one purpose sent it over to Mongkok to be prepared and if for another purpose it was prepared on this side. On the 4th and 5th September he purchased twelve chests of opium and for the removal of these twelve chests to Mongkok the usual permits were obtained in the name of the Opium Farmer, who assumed the responsibility of the opium being accounted for. The learned counsel detailed the process by which permits are obtained and traced the connection by which he intended to show that the permits which would be put in applied to the particular opium seized. The opium was taken down to the cargo boat in chests, put on board before six o'clock and about that time the boat left. On that evening there was a very strong tide running with little or no breeze. The junk could make little or no progress and the opium was transferred to small boats to be taken over to Mongkok. At that place there was a long stretch of shallow water and mud without any proper landing stage, and it had always been the custom to unpack the opium either in the godowns or in the junk, for convenience in carrying it ashore, as they could not carry it in chests, and that was done in this case.\n\nHe would call people from the various godowns from which the opium was obtained to prove the marks and numbers of the chests, and the owner of the cargo boat, who would explain how the chests were broken and the opium put into bags on board the junk and passed on to two boats as the more convenient way under the circumstances of the tide and wind of getting it over to Mongkok. He would also call the Opium Farmer, who would state that what was done was with his consent, these people being practically his partners. The covers of the chests, with their marks and numbers, would also be produced. If he succeeded in proving what he had stated, he thought his Worship would have no difficulty in finding the opium was in possession of the prisoners simply as that of their masters, that their masters were properly in possession of that opium, amounting in all to twelve chests, and that it was properly and lawfully on its way to Mongkok.\n\nInspector Bremner was recalled for cross-examination. He stated the positions of the boats at the time of the seizure, and said that even under the circumstances of the tide on the night in question he would not expect to find boats taking that direction to reach Mongkok.\n\nIn reply to question by his Worship the witness said the man in charge of one of the boats told him they were going to Mongkok, but afterwards changed his mind and said he did not know where they were going. The man also said he was unfortunate to get caught, that the seizure was a good chance for witness, but that he was only to have had $10 for his share. There was a pass over the hills from Mongkok.\n\nLain Chune Sing, of the Yune Tak firm, No. 121, Praya Central, was then called, and gave particulars of the opium in question in accordance with the statement of counsel. He said the opium was sent to Mongkok because the expenses were smaller there and the water was better.\n\nL. G. D'Almada, clerk in the Imports and Exports Office, identified the permits and the applications on which they were issued.\n\n(97)\n\nKoh Ching Seng, the Opium Farmer, also gave evidence as to the Lam Chune Sing being his licensee, and of the custom of sending opium over to witness's factory at Mongkok. He had three factories, one at West Point, one at East Point and one at Mongkok. The reason he had a factory at Mongkok was that the water was better and there was a constant supply. The supply of Pokfulam water was not constant and was often muddy. He explained that he would have to account for the twelve chests of opium in question, as he was only allowed by his contract to boil 3,600 chests a year, and if he was debited with more than that quantity in the books of the Superintendent of Imports and Exports he would have to pay an additional sum for each chest.\n\nAt this stage the case was adjourned until Tuesday at 2.30\n\nPOLICE COURT.\n\n17th September.\n\np.m.\n\nLARGE CONFISCATION OF OPIUM AND HEAVY PENALTIES,\n\nThe case in which six men were charged with being in possession of 411 lbs. of Malwa opium and 1,382 lbs. of Patna opium in quantities of less than one chest were again before the court on remand. Mr. Francis, Q.C., instructed by Mr. Webber, appeared under instructions from the owner of the opium for the defence.\n\nThe case for the prosecution, as appeared at the former hearings, was that the opium was found packed in bags on board two sampans in the harbour at night. The defence was that the opium was being lawfully conveyed to the Opium Farmer's boiling establishment at Mongkok and that the chests had been broken and the contents packed in bags simply for convenience of landing.\n\nA number of witnesses were now called by the defence to trace the opium from the godowns where it had been stored to the sampans, and to identify it as the contents of the chests mentioned in the removal permits. The cargo boatman gave evidence to the effect that he had often previously taken opium on board his boat for Mong-kok and had it packed in bags on the way over.\n\nMr. Francis then addressed the Court.\n\nHe submitted that the opium seized was in the possession of the first, second, and fourth prisoners, the others being simply boat people. The possession by the first, second, and fourth was really possession by the Yuen Tak Hong, to which the opium belonged. The question therefore arose whether the Yuen Tak Hong was lawfully or unlawfully in possession of it, and he submitted the possession was lawful, the master of the hong having received permits in the name of the Opium Farmer from the Imports and Exports Office authorising him to transfer it from the godowns of the importers to the Opium Farmer's place at Mongkok. The master of the Yuen Tak hong was really the licensed retail seller of prepared Opium, under the Opium Farmer, and he was also a large exporter of prepared opium. There seemed to be no provision in the Opium Ordinance for the exportation of prepared Opium at all and no one was supposed to be in the possession of prepared Opium without a document in a particular form from the person from whom he bought it and that it was intended solely for local consumption.\n\nAs a matter of fact it was known the Opium Farmer had for many years past largely exported to California and other countries his own prepared Opium. The owner of the Opium in this case was in the habit of",
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        "content_text": "521\n\n( 28 )\n\nexporting prepared Opium, to California, Tonquin, and elsewhere, and not being able to prepare it himself he had made arrangements with the Opium Farmer to do it for him, paying him a fixed rate per chest. Now, the Opium Farmer prepared it over at his place at Mongkok, where, as he had explained in his evidence, rent was cheaper and there was a good supply of water, not like that we get from Pokfulam, and it was a very convenient place for his business. If the Opium was to be prepared there it must of course be sent across. Under Ordinance 22 of 1887 he submitted there were only two persons who could properly or reasonably apply to the Imports and Exports Office for a permit to remove opium, either the person in whose godown it was at the moment and who might want to remove it to some other godown or the person into whose godown it was to go, because the entire object of the Ordinance was that a correct account might be kept showing in whose custody every chest of opium was. If a third person applied the Imports and Exports Office would naturally ask if the removal was being made with the knowledge of the owner and of the person into whose godown the opium was going. Therefore, although in the witness box the owner of the opium was not able to explain very clearly why it was done in this way it seemed not unreasonable that as the Opium Farm was to be charged with this quantity of opium in the books of the Imports and Exports Office this course should be followed.\n\nThen came the question of the transfer. He thought it was fairly clear that it was not easy to land chests of opium at Mongkok owing to the shallowness of the water, and the Opium Farmer said they had been in the habit of putting the chests in a big junk on this side and on the way over opening the chests and packing the contents in bags to land them through the shallow water and mud. He had shown that on this occasion the opium had been properly purchased by Lam Tak, that his servants went and got the chests from the several godowns, that they were carried down and put in the cargo boat, and the head coolie went on board with two of his coolies. It was not a usual thing for the stuff to be transferred to sampans, but on this particular occasion, with the strong tide running, it was found that it would take much too long four hours to get over, and the man in charge thought it would be more quick in sampans. The opium was therefore put in two sampans and was on its way over to Mongkok. He did not wish to throw doubt on Mr. Bremner's evidence, but it seemed to him that sampans starting from the Pasig wharf on a moonlight night might appear to him to be, and for a moment might have been, on the line between the P. & O. wharf and Stone Cutters. But the suggestion was that they were making for Chinese territory and were not going to Mongkok. Now put it to his Worship that that was absolutely improbable.\n\nIn the first place nothing of that sort could be done without the knowledge of the Opium Farmer, because the twelve chests were put down as going to Mongkok and he was responsible to account for them at any time he might be called upon. If he were intending to smuggle into Chinese territory it was about the last night and the last he would dream of doing it. It was a light night on which a boat could be readily seen and in the direction in which it was alleged the sampans were pulling the boats of the Chinese preventive service literally swarmed. If they were thinking of smuggling they were doing it in the silliest possible way; the simplest way would have been to take the opium direct to Mongkok and by the pass over the hills there, where they would have had no trouble, certainly not with the Imperial Maritime Customs. He submitted also that the quantity was considerably over one chest, and that the Ordinance did not mean that the opium should be in the chest but that the quantity should be equivalent to one chest. It had been abundantly explained why the chests had been broken up. He therefore asked his Worship to declare that this opium was properly in the possession of the master of the Yuen Tak Hong and was being lawfully removed from the godowns of the importers to the Opium Farmer's place at Mongkok and to discharge the defendants.\n\n( 29 )\n\nHis Worship—I am not surprised that the Inspector of Police in coming across these boats in the harbour at the west end of Stone Cutters' Island should have imagined that they were engaged in a smuggling expedition on to the mainland; and it is satisfactory to know that all these people really were doing was taking the opium over to Mongkok to boil. And considering the expense involved in breaking open the chests and carefully packing up each separate ball, engaging two sampans, and taking the boats three or four miles out of the proper course, it speaks remarkably well for the sweetness of the waters of Mongkok that all that expense and trouble should be taken to have the opium boiled at that place. The thing to consider is whether in transferring it in this convenient manner they were acting in accordance with the law. If they were acting in accordance with the law, then to my mind the whole of the Raw Opium Ordinance is a complete failure and fiasco.\n\nThe object of that Ordinance, the main principle of it, was that nobody except the Opium Farmer should be found in possession of any opium in quantities less than one chest, the chest being defined as the package with the opium therein such as is usually imported by merchants in the colony. The object is two-fold, partly to protect the Opium Farmer in his revenue, or rather to protect the revenue of the colony by making it worth while for any one to pay a large sum for the Opium Farm, and indirectly, as a friendly act towards China, to put a stop to smuggling from here to that country. Perfectly worked there can be no doubt that the system of not allowing anybody to have quantities of less than one chest would be a death blow to all attempts at smuggling from this island. Unfortunately there had to be arranged with that provision some protection for the Opium Farmer, who necessarily must have opium in his possession in quantities of less than one chest, that is to say, that after he has removed the opium from where he has purchased it it is necessary for him to break open the chests in order to prepare it. He therefore is protected by section 6, which says that no person except the Opium Farmer and others mentioned shall have in his possession or under his custody or control opium in quantities of less than one chest. That is the protection that is granted to the Opium Farmer. Does that protection also allow the Opium Farmer to remove opium in quantities of less than one chest? Reading the Ordinance as I do all it means is a protection to the Opium Farmer to have opium in quantities of less than one chest when he is about to prepare it, and that he is no more authorised to have it in broken lots than any one else. All he can do is in the usual way to get his removal permits and take it to the place where he is going to prepare it and then he can break open the chests.\n\nI am extremely doubtful whether even the Opium Farmer has power to break the chests one moment before they are to be prepared for boiling. The main part of the defence in this case has been that Mongkok is inaccessible, that it is much more convenient to break up the chests before they arrive there, and therefore, whatever the law says, it is right to do that, and in fact, from the way in which the defence is put, it might be supposed the existence of the establishment at Mongkok was an essential condition of the existence of the Farm, that without it it would not be possible for the Farm to exist, and that therefore it is not for the Farm to give way to the law but for the law to give way to the Farm. The purchaser of the opium in this case has evidently had some doubts as to his powers in the matter and has thought that by getting his removal permit made out in the name of the Opium Farmer he thereby constituted the Opium Farmer in a manner the custodian of the opium within the meaning of section 6 of the Opium Ordinance. There is no other reason why he should apply to the Opium Farmer for a permit. All these permits must necessarily go to the Opium Farmer after they have been issued from the Office of the Superintendent of Imports and Exports. The removal permit is in compliance with section 11. The removal of the whole chest is there contemplated and I can see no way in which it can be made out that any one, even the Opium Farmer, can move opium otherwise than in a chest or chests.",
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        "content_text": "2. 130\n\nWhen taken in excess it is undoubtedly an evil, all moral sense disappears; the person addicted to the habit will commit any crime to obtain the drug, physically victims to the habit are to be known at once by their attenuated bodies, their wizened, yellow skin and their lethargic habit; Socially all family ties, friendship and those of ... are severed. Lekiran have been known to sell even their own children to obtain the drug.\n\n4.\n\nThe effects of ... are much the same. Consumers are chiefly of every race. Chinamen also take the opium in the form of pills; those who are so fully employed that they have not time to indulge in sucking the drug, they indeed are too busy to go through all the tedious processes involved in smoking; to obtain the stimulant and sustaining effect of the drug they swallow or eat opium in the form of small pills. I have never heard of decoction being drunk.\n\nLately a practice has sprung up in this colony of injecting Morphine, one of the alkaloids of opium, subcutaneously.",
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        "content_text": "134\n\n**\n\nor take to the\n\nOr\n\nalready consumed here, hypodermic injection of the drug, or swallow it in the form of pills obtained from European Dispensing firms or druggists' stores. The lehmere know no substitute for opium; the craving seems to be so great, the habit having been once established that they would do anything to obtain it in one form\n\n12.\n\n(a) $389,900 was the amount obtained in 1891 from the Opium Farmer for monopoly of selling opium in this Colony.\n\n13.\n\nSome few do; I have had three cases under treatment in this hospital during the past six years. There is, in my opinion, a hereditary tendency amongst Chinese to contract this habit. They are not liable to contract it also from the sake of example and by the teachings of their so-called Doctors!\n\n14.\n\n(a) First by seeing that it is not a custom amongst their fellow countrymen at a certain age to take to this habit, and secondly by the advice of their elders.\n\n(b) You should frequently\n\n(c) It is in my opinion a Chinese living prophylactic amongst",
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        "content_text": "174\n\n5\n\n6.\n\nthe accused drug.\n\nA man who subordinates every consideration, his duty and honour to his cravings, useful or pleasant can never be a member of a family or community.\n\nChinese consumers chiefly smoke opium, but in some instances, when smoking is inconvenient or impossible, they would either cook some of the usual opium decoction and swallow it, or take the extract raw, and sometimes they would even swallow opium-dross to relieve their cravings. Some again, would in time of need resort to some preparations of morphine to satisfy their longings.\n\nNo. The effects are the same, only in the case of smoking, the effects are more gradually produced.\n\nThe great majority of opium consumers certainly become slaves to the drug, and they all eventually become \"opium sots\" if means and circumstances would allow them. There are a great many moderate consumers, but that is a fact which is not due to the inclination, desire or choice of the consumers themselves.\n\nNo, there are some cases of moderate consumption known to me personally. The tendency in the majority of cases is, however, towards immoderation.\n\n4\n\nNo. I do not know of one single case among the thousands that have passed under my personal observation. Every opium consumer suffers more or less in health from his evil habit, and this is a fact as well known to the opium consumers themselves as to the general Chinese public.\n\nThis question I have already answered in effect in answers (2) and (3). The general effect on their efficiency, whether they are merchants, clerks, labourers, artisans, etc., is gradual deterioration.\n\nFirst, the opium consumer, hitherto however bright and diligent, is observed to get duller, more stupid and decidedly more lazy. His methodical and cleanly habits little by little disappear. Then instead of an early riser he was, he keeps his bed till late in the day, and he is often observed to be either asleep at or absent from his post, and little articles of value vanish from time to time as if by magic. Then he becomes untruthful, dishonest and unreliable, and finally shameless and devoid of all conscience and manly feelings. These remarks are the results of personal observation in hundreds of cases, two of them happened to be my own employees, and over a score my own friends and associates.\n\nThere is no comparison between the moderate...",
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        "content_text": "(56)\n\nagainst the opposition of those who might rea- It is like having to swallow a bitter pill; sonably expect that their long residence in the the doctors order it, and so, however bitter East and their knowledge of its habits and re- the pill is, we must swallow it. But I hope quirements should entitle their opinion to some the time will soon come when the colony will consideration. In giving an adverse vote I may emerge from the bondage of Home Government say, sir, that we unanimously protest against and have a representative majority to govern this ill-timed and ill-advised measure, which, as far as I can see, can do no possible good but will the colony, to adjust our local affairs according certainly work a great deal of harm and misery, subject to the dictum of anyone who is quite \n\nHon. Ho Kai—Sir, I think it is due to my ignorant of local requirements. position in Council to say a few words, however useless they may be, to record my protest against the passing of this measure. I claim the right to speak with some authority on the subject, and although it may not meet with the approval of the home authorities, I must put it on record as my opinion that the passing of this Bill must work great hardship among the poor women and poorer girls of the Chinese nation who are unfortunate enough to be in these places, perhaps kidnapped for immoral purposes by the many evil persons who had this business as a means of making money, and also for luring the rich to squander their money. The Ordinances have worked very well during the past 15 years. During my long residence in the East—or rather, since I was born here, as soon as I came to watch the working of the Ordinances, I found that they have worked wonderfully well, and have prevented a great many miserable and dreadful lives being led by girls who are averse to such a life of ill-fame.\n\nHon. A. McConachie—I join, sir, very fully in the protest of my colleagues who have spoken before me. It appears to me that in repealing this Ordinance we deprive poor miserable creatures who cannot protect themselves of the little protection the Government can at present extend to them. We know how thoroughly they are at the mercy of the keepers of these houses—monsters from whom they can have no protection whatever now.\n\nA division was then taken.\n\nFon.\n\nAGAINST.\n\nThe Colonial Secretary Hon. Ho Kai The Colonial Treasurer The Attorney-General The Harbour Master Hon. E. Bowdler\n\nMotion carried.\n\nBill read a second time.\n\nHon. C. P. Chater Hon. E. R. Belilios Hon. A. McConachie\n\nThe Council went into Committee, no section being challenged.\n\nThe ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded. Hon. C. P. CHATER—In order to be perfectly consistent I beg to move that the third reading of this Bill be postponed to this day twelve months.\n\nHon. Ho Kai seconded. Amendment put.\n\nFor. Hon. C. P. Chater Hon. E. R. Belilios Hon. Ho Kai Hon. A. McConachie\n\nAGAINST.\n\nThe Acting Colonial Secretary The Acting Attorney-General The Harbour Master\n\nThe ACTING ATTORNEY-GENERAL—Unless there is any objection on the part of the unofficial members, I will beg to move the third reading of the Bill. Now ones these Ordinances are withdrawn these poor people will have no further protection, except such as is given them by the common law, which is practically no protection at all to them; and it is equally useless to leave it to the neighbours to complain of there being a brothel constituting a nuisance. For Chinese girls, of course, are not like English girls, or European girls, but are totally ignorant of the national liberty of the English or European, and they undoubtedly require some officer such as a Registrar-General and others to remind them of their rights from time to time, and to make them understand that they are at liberty to depart or escape from the infamous imprisonment to which they are constantly subjected by their keepers. I pity also the Chinese residents who have families here. It is quite true that on the complaint of three neighbours the house may be shut up; but our knowledge of the Chinese is such that we know nothing of this sort will be the case. The Chinese as a people are not fond of going to law or going to appear in the police courts, but will rather suffer a good deal of annoyance, and the result would be that they would remove their families from the colony or not bring their families to the colony in future to live amidst brothels broadcast. Upon these facts I think I should fail in my duty if I did not protest in the strongest manner possible against the passing of this Bill, although I know, as my colleague has just put it, that our best efforts are futile.\n\nAmendment lost.\n\nThe Colonial Treasurer\n\nHon. E. Bowdler\n\nBill read a third time and passed.\n\nHIS EXCELLENCY—The next order of the day is the second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance for the Summary Resumption of certain Crown lands situate in the Taipingshan District of the City of Victoria and for other purposes.\n\nC.O. 18004 Red 15 001 94(92)",
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        "content_text": "# Enclosure \n→ The North-China Daily News. \n\n**IMPARTIAL NOT NEUTRAL,** \nHONGKONG, 9TH JANUARY, 1895. \n\n## HEALTH IN HONGKONG \n\nA year ago 1894 must have been ended in Hongkong with a sense of relief. It began badly with a sudden and prolonged drop in exchange which brought in its train misery to many. Let us hope, wisdom too.\n\nHardly had the Colony begun to accommodate itself to an altered standard of living, when a riot broke out among the Chinese, the danger of which was not, perhaps, sufficiently appreciated at the time. As a matter of fact, it was a serious riot which cost no small amount of trouble and anxiety to subdue. To the riot succeeded the Plague, than which no more weighty misfortune ever befallen the Gibraltar of the East. The calamity was not without its uses in the fine public spirit it provoked. There was an absence of anything like panic among the English. The disease was faced and fought calmly and resolutely, with a zeal and devotion, both civil and military, not unworthy of the traditions of the race from which they sprang. Even when the fight was done, the shadow of Death still hovered near, and as the year drew to a close, the beat of his wings was heard in the death of more than one, who in public and social life had earned the respect and regard of the community in which they had lived and borne their part.\n\nIf we are to learn from the lessons of the past, a retrospect such as this cannot be without its value. It should teach us at least to investigate the causes of our ills; to remove them when possible; and, where that is deemed to be impracticable, to endure the results with patience. Exchange is one of these evils, not perhaps remediable but to which, pace the metallists, we have learned in our generation to bow the head. It may be hoped that it will be ameliorated and finally extinguished with the growing intimacy of our relations with our Chinese fellow-subjects. Death still comes with equal foot and irresistible to the door of rich and poor. His servant, the Plague, has been fought and conquered; ought never, indeed, to have won his temporary victory, but for supineness and neglect. Overcrowded dwellings, contaminated wells, defective sanitation were the sources of weakness: the springs of the strength of the enemy. The lesson is writ large - abolish these and you banish the Plague.\n\nAnd now let us see how Hongkong has taken the lesson to heart. The Public Health Bill passed its first reading as far back as last September. Since then, it has been discussed and overhauled by official and unofficial members, referred to that sapient body, the Sanitary Board for consideration and re-drafted about half-a-dozen times by the Attorney-General. In fine, no stone appears to have been left unturned to render as free from fault as possible the measure which at last advanced to the second reading stage at the Hongkong Legislative Council on the 22nd ultimo. It would be an abuse of language to describe this deliberate method of procedure as legislation in a panic. Ample time had been given for full discussion, and yet one of the unofficial members had the hardihood to ask for an adjournment on the plea that further time was required for consideration. This preposterous request having fallen to the ground, the obstructive tactics of the opposition were turned upon the Bill itself.\n\nIt is unnecessary to deal with the Bill in detail. It was admirably summarised in a lucid and cogent speech by the Attorney-General. Suffice it to say that the sections making provision for requirements of floor and air space, powers of house inspection, the closing of wells and the shutting up of houses where two or more convictions have been obtained within three months, were each and all opposed by the unofficial members in a body. The Amendment to the first of these sections proposed to substitute 21 square feet of floor space instead of 30 feet, and 800 instead of 400 cubic feet of air space, that is to say just one fifth of the air space required by law for every prisoner in Victoria Gaol. In the second section referred to, Doctor Ho Kai proposed to confine the inspection to common lodging houses. The third section was opposed on the ground that the use of wells might still be safely allowed for fire and drain purposes. And in the fourth, it was proposed that the house should only be closed when the conviction had been obtained against the same person.\n\nNow it is plain that these sections form the very head and front of the Bill. Under the old figures of section I, a floor might be covered with coolies lying on their backs, one man's head within 6 inches of the feet of the other, and a space of 6 inches round each. No one will contend that that would not be overcrowding, and everyone, who knows anything of the Chinese and their habits, knows that that is just what would take place. It is idle to legislate against overcrowding unless you determine the number of occupants to each house. Even then, your efforts will be foiled without a thorough-going system of inspection. How else is it possible to check the herding of Chinese? The proposal to limit the inspection to common lodging houses would nullify, and was intended to nullify, all provisions against overcrowding. So with regard to the closing of wells, you may put up what notices you please, the Chinese will continue to use water nearest at hand, contaminated or not, and, lastly, it is useless to hope to reach the offender unless you close the house after two or more convictions. It passes the wit of man to devise other means for catching a Chinaman. Suppose the Amendment of Mr. Belilios carried and the conviction required against the same person, who does not see that as soon as one offending tenant was evicted, his brother would take his place, and then his cousin, and so on through the long gamut of Chinese relationships. The fact is, the amendments were simply a barefaced attempt in the interests of a few landlords, whose pockets were likely to be affected, to wreck the Bill. In vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird.\n\nThe Bill is a thoroughly practical and well-considered measure. It is urgently needed. It is supported by the Press and by the great body of educated opinion in the Colony. It may even be doubted whether the landlords are not unnecessarily alarmed. Plagues are expensive things and, if they cast their bread upon the waters now, the landlords may find it coming back to them after many days in the shape of increased rents from healthier and wealthier tenantry. In any case, it would be as well for them to reflect that, in spite of all their efforts, the Government is determined to set its house in order. They cannot afford to run the risk of another outbreak of the Plague. The opposition will be brushed aside by a compact Government majority and the Bill will shortly pass into law.\n\nSo far, good. But he would be a shallow observer who would say that, therefore, obstruction does not matter. A wider issue is being raised by the opposition than they themselves seem to be aware of, in the spectacle of a Legislative Assembly, where the Government is found engaged in a struggle for the public weal against the public representatives themselves. We are forced, not for the first time, to ask whether representative Government in Hongkong has not been made a failure and a sham by the unworthy tactics of men who seek their own ends, thrusting better men out of their places, and robbing the word \"Honourable,\" applied to political life, of half its significance. People are being led to seriously ask themselves if it would not be better to do away with it altogether, if the affairs of the Colony would not be better administered under a strong Governor with Downing Street behind him as a court of appeal. And in the present state of affairs in Hongkong, we think they would.\n\n## Page 118 \n\nI have the honour to be, \nMy Lord Marquess, \nYour Lordship's Most Obedient \nHumble Servant, \nWain Rehnis \nRobwigy \n\nC. O. \n3001 \ndated 18 Feb 1895",
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        "content_text": "# HongKong \n## DESPATCH. \n### C. O. 12750 \n#### 22 JU 628 \n##### Governor. No. denison 201 \n###### Date. 1895 \n###### 19 June \n###### Last previous Paper. \n\n**(Subject.)** Magistracy Repats that McWodehouse is performing the duties without assistance : proposals for retrenchment and submits.\n\n9149  \nAud 190  \n: 2.8.95  \n\n###### Next subsequent Paper.\n\n**(Minutes.)**  \nMr. Farifirle  \nSee also `12751`  \nI much dislike abolition pensions which swallow up more than half nominal saving, but there will be a positive saving of $1200 I suppose. I approve these arrangements, and had better take the opportunity of expressing a hope that occasion may occur for reemplozment of some able and hardworking officers.\n\n24954  \nRupsence Court?  \n12451 2  \nStaff.  \nThe three abolished ...\n\nS.W. d. 26  \nC.Pd. 26.  \nAt once  \n\"Am 3017",
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        "content_text": "# S\n\nAt present, the water supply situation is as follows:\n\nThe water is now available at low pressure at various street fountains created in Taumati, Isin. The tour and Honing Them, Sha-trui, and Ona jealo are under consideration for increasing the supply to the City of Victoria and for the supply of The Sun and Shaukiwan, for which the necessary funds will be asked for next year.\n\n4. The water in all the villages is now obtained from shallow wells and the streams running through these villages are murky at all times, especially during the dry weather and at the time of heavy rains, liable to serious pollution.\n\n## Latrines\n\nThe lack of proper accommodation for the disposal of human excreta throughout the Colony, but more especially in the City of Victoria, is a most serious matter. The propagation of disease, besides the general unhealthiness of the atmosphere, is too well known to need any emphasis on my part.\n\nThe condition of things that obtains in the City of Victoria in this respect is abominable; scarcely a house occupied by Chinese is provided with any latrine accommodation, the custom being...",
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        "content_text": "*** \n\nGiven up \n\nU \n\n555 \n\nThe Torpedo-boats for the Ironclad ship, \nshore batteries only been received a fortnight before the \nJapanese attacked. Further salvage work was to anchor the rest of the ships in shallow water \nso that if they were torpedoed and sunk, the loss of life \nwould not be so great. The *Lai-yuen* was torpedoed and all \nhands were lost, but the story about men having lived \nin her for 3 days, Tyler says he does not believe possible. \n\nTyler further says that had they enough men to man the \nguns and had the mainland forts been destroyed, Lei Kung \nTao could have held out for 6 months as they had provisions \nfor that time and plenty of ammunition. ... which was just the punishment they wanted inflicted against \nthe Japanese. He has a great admiration for the sailors; \nif they were only led they would go anywhere and do anything, and be sure he does not see why under proper \norganization and leadership the soldiers should not do \nthe same. He says an army entirely officered by Europeans \nwould not do, because it would destroy any *élan* or \nesprit, but all organization, army affairs and \njudicial matters should be in the hands of Europeans. \n\nThe Japanese are the best people to reform and rule \nChina because they are of kindred race, and further \nthe lower orders of Chinese and the Japanese come in \ncontact, without Chinese official interference, there is \ncomplete ...",
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        "content_text": "domestic dwellings, \n\nwhile \n\npermit have been issued by the Sanitary Board for the occupation of 544 of these \n\nbasements as shops, with one \n\nor more caretakers, according to the degree of ventilation of the premises. \n\nSome of the over-crowding of the poorer classes of dwellings has been abated by enforcing the provisions of sections 1, 8 and 9; \n\nbut I regret to say that this Ordinance has signally failed to provide any remedy whatever for the far more injurious crowding together of dwellings which at present exists in the Chinese quarters of the city. \n\nMany of these dwellings are what is known as \"back-to-back houses\", often fronting narrow private streets, and many of them have originally been provided with shallow \"back yard\" about 5 feet deep, but these have been long since covered in and converted to various domestic uses, with the result that the kitchens and back premises of these dwellings are in almost total darkness, necessitating the use of artificial light at all hours of the day. \n\nIt would appear \n\nto have been the intention \n\nof the \"Committee on housing the Chinese\", to judge from their report of 28th July 1894, \n\nthat this Ordinance should deal with these insanitary conditions, but unfortunately no provision was made therein enabling...",
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        "content_text": "## C.0. Conclosure 4538\n\n**RECP**(REGP 2 MAT 17)\n\nI have the honour to be,  \nYour Most Obedient. Humble Servant,  \nWithin Rebingey  \nYOUR EXCELLENCY.\n\nI have to report that on Wednesday, the 23rd instant, with Your Excellency's permission, I left this Colony in company with Mr. WHITEHEAD at 8 a.m. in the SS. Honam to proceed to Wu-Chau-fu on the West River by way of Canton. We arrived at Canton at 3 p.m. and found Mr. BREDON, Commissioner in His Imperial Chinese Majesty's Customs, awaiting us. The original intention had been to start immediately on our arrival, but unfortunately Mr. BEAUCLERK, late Secretary of Legation at Peking, who was to make the fourth in the party, had missed the steamer at Hongkong, which meant a delay of 15 hours till the next steamer arrived. This delay was to be regretted as the time at our disposal was short enough as it was, and we could ill spare 15 hours of it.\n\n84\n\nThere are several creeks, intersecting the delta, connecting the Canton branch of the river with the main stream of the West River. Of these the three most navigable are (1) the Hamilton Creek, (distance 186 miles to Wu Chau-fu); (2) the Fatshan Creek, (distance 216 miles); and (3) the Saiwan Creek, (distance 165 miles). The water in the Saiwan Creek is very shallow at this time of the year, and only sampans and boats of a similar draught can venture to go by it. The Fatshan Creek has plenty of water and is navigable, I believe, for river steamers at any time of the year; so is the Hamilton Creek, and this being the shorter route of the two, we elected to go by it. As the first part of our route was, therefore, down the Canton River to enable us to get into this creek, we decided not to wait till Mr. BEAUCLERK arrived, but to drop down the river and take him off the steamer as she passed us.\n\nWe accordingly made a start at 10.30 p.m., our mode of conveyance being two house-boats towed by the Customs steam-launch Fu Mun-tsai. We slept in the house-boats and had our meals on the steam-launch. It was a bitterly cold night when we started, thermometer 37°.\n\nWe anchored at the entrance of Hamilton Creek shortly after midnight, there to wait the arrival of Mr. BEAUCLERK's steamer. She arrived at 5.10 a.m., when we took him off, weighed anchor immediately, and proceeded on our journey. The next day, Thursday, the 24th, was a brilliantly fine day with a crisp north wind blowing - indeed, typical X'mas weather without the snow. We found ourselves still steaming through the Hamilton Creek, or rather a continuation of it called the \"Brick-kiln Creek.\" The width of the creek varied, in some parts narrowing down to as little as 50-60 feet, and then again in others widening out to as much as 4-500 feet. The surrounding country, which was not remarkable for its beauty, but flat, with a few hills of moderate size rising up here and there, seemed well populated, and we passed many villages lining the river banks. A general air of prosperity pervaded everything, and as we passed junk after junk laden with all kinds of merchandise, one could not help being struck with the amount of river traffic that seemed to be going on.\n\nThe passenger traffic seemed very large; huge junks, more like floating caravanserais, passing us time after time laden with Chinese passengers. The mode of propulsion of these junks is by a stern wheel worked on the principle of the treadmill by about ten to twelve coolies. The pace is not very great. The passenger traffic ought to be a source of great profit to the river steamers when the West River is opened up. The fare charged, though, will, at first, have to be very moderate in order to entice out the junks. What their exact tariff is, I regret to say I could not find out, but I was told, and I can rely on my information, that it was something ridiculously small.\n\nThe last creek before arriving at the West River is called the Kum Chuck Creek",
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        "content_text": "place. (Applause).\n\nMr. FRANCIS thought the resolutions embraced too much. It was estimated that the public would subscribe $50,000 and the Government would offer $50,000 more. The estimated cost of the construction of the hospital for women and children was $50,000; there was nothing in the report about the cost of upkeep. It was further estimated that the cost of the training institute would be $82,000, and the cost of maintenance about $8,000 or $9,000. Those two schemes would swallow the whole of the Committee's funds, as the estimates were sure to be exceeded and there would be nothing left for the road. He certainly thought the Committee had no authority for making proposals which involved the future taxation of this colony, and the Committee were practically pledging the community to future taxation. The whole cost of the road would fall upon the Government and it would have to be provided for by increased taxation.\n\nThe HON. SECRETARY—Not necessarily.\n\nMr. FRANCIS said it was not necessarily the case, but everyone knew sufficiently about how things were managed to know that it would be made the object of additional taxation. There would be an increased expenditure of about $20,000 a year and that would be subjected to 17 per cent. for the Military Contribution. The total cost of the road would be about $225,000 and it would be constructed bit by bit; so that those who had contributed towards its construction would not have an opportunity of enjoying it. He thought it was better that the $100,000 should be devoted to one particular object. He also thought that before the public were asked to subscribe towards the hospital and the nursing institute a definite plan should be submitted to them. He moved the following amendment: \"That the amount subscribed by the community and the money to be granted by the Government be applied exclusively towards the construction of the hospital for women and children and for the erection of an institute for the training of nurses, the Government pledging themselves for the maintenance of both.\"\n\nHon. F. R. BELILIOS suggested that the subscribers should give to what object they preferred—either the hospital or the road.\n\nMr. THURBURN said the difficulty could be easily got over. The road was mainly a public work, and it was not yet even known how much the public would subscribe. He suggested that the hospital and the nursing institute be first paid for and if there was any money left it could be handed over to the Government to go towards the cost of the road. If there was no money left the Government would no doubt begin the road.\n\nHon. F. H. MAY thought some confusion had arisen. Did the Chairman mean to limit the memorial to two proposals—one the hospital and the other the first section of the road?\n\nThe CHAIRMAN—In my opening remarks what I meant was that out of the total sum we collect, including the amount contributed by the Government, we shall devote one half, whatever that half may be, to the building of a hospital and the nursing institute is to be worked in conjunction with this hospital.\n\nMr. FRANCIS—That has nothing to do with the hospital.\n\nThe CHAIRMAN—It has a very important bearing as I shall show you. The other half will go towards the commencement of the new road, the Government undertaking to finish the road by degrees. With regard to the nursing institute, probably you may all have observed in the papers which were printed that the Government have as far back as October taken this matter of nursing in hand; in fact they have already started in a small way a nursing institute and at the present moment—we have it in Dr. Atkinson's evidence. He says \"We have probationers in the nursing institute and they are trained in the Civil Hospital.\" What I pointed out to Excellency was that the Government had seen the necessity for the Institute and had taken the matter in hand by having probationers in the Hospital, and by having more nurses from home those ladies would help to educate more probationers to carry on nursing in the colony. That is as far as the Hospital and the Nursing Institute is concerned. When this Hospital is ready we can take in more probationers and those probationers would be educated in this new Hospital. The balance of $50,000 would go a long way towards carrying on the road from Belcher's Bay to Aberdeen and the Governor says in his letter that by degrees that road would be completed by the Government. If you attempt to separate the two schemes I fear you will cause a schism in the whole community. There are gentlemen who are very strongly of opinion that the road should be taken in hand at once in celebration of the sixtieth year of Her Majesty's reign, and there are others who are equally as strong in the opinion that the hospital should be taken in hand. By doing what we propose we shall not only please Her Majesty, but we satisfy the community and we do honour to the colony. If you divide the schemes I fear your subscriptions will be small, and probably not one of the projects will come to anything.\n\nHon. T. H. WARREN said perhaps it would be as well, with a view to obtaining unanimity, if the consideration of the resolutions were deferred for eight days.\n\nMr. FRANCIS again read his amendment and said that when the Chairman referred to the hospital and the nursing institute he thought the two institutions mentioned in the report were meant.\n\nThe CHAIRMAN—What I meant is that whether the two institutions are going to cost $100,000 or $180,000, we only pledge ourselves to give half of what we get, including the sum from the Government.\n\nMr. FRANCIS said there was no security in that. Let the money be applied to completion of something and do not let it depend upon the whims of future Governors or future Directors of Public Works.\n\nThe CHAIRMAN thought the letter of His Excellency the Governor was a sufficient security.\n\nMr. CRAWFORD seconded Mr. Francis's amendment on the ground that the project Mr. Francis had mentioned would be more pleasing to Her Majesty.\n\nThe amendment was then put and lost by 13 votes to 8.\n\nMr. SMITH then proposed an amendment that the road scheme only be adopted.\n\nHon. E. R. BELILIOS recorded.\n\nThe amendment was lost, only four voting in favour of it.\n\nHon. H. WHITEHEAD's resolutions were then put and carried; only two—Mr. Francis and Mr. Mehta—voted against them.\n\nThe CHAIRMAN then read the following letters he had received from various sections of the community:\n\nDear Sir, I have the authority of all German firms residing in this colony to inform you of their desire to offer their heartiest co-operation in any scheme to be decided upon to celebrate the 60th year of Her Majesty's reign, and I beg to request you kindly to communicate this to your Committee.—I am, &c.,\n\nM. GROTE,\n\nHongkong, 17th April, 1897.\n\nDear Sir,—Permit me, on behalf of myself and the greater number of the seniors among the Portuguese residents in this colony, whom I have had the opportunity of consulting, to assure you that they are prepared to co-operate with your Committee and with the community generally in celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen Empress. We entertain for Her Majesty the highest admiration and respect and most fully appreciate the beneficent rule under which we live.\n\nI consider the Portuguese community would be failing in their duty if they should allow this opportunity to pass by without tendering their warmest congratulations on this occasion, as their interests are, in many ways, closely connected with the prosperity of this colony, and without acknowledging with gratitude the many benefits and blessings derived from a good and peaceful government.—I am, &c.,\n\nA. G. ROWANO.\n\nHongkong, 10th April, 1897.\n\nSir, In the public rejoicings in celebration of the 60th year of the reign of Her Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, shortly to take place in this colony, we, the undersigned, citizens of the United States of America and residents in the colony, would request to be permitted to join and to contribute a share towards the necessary expenditure.\n\nWe would wish to do so because as residents we cannot fail to appreciate the blessings of Her Majesty's Government and acknowledge that we and our predecessors have shared in the prosperity which has attended the growth of the colony.\n\nPage 472",
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        "content_text": "I exchanged calls with Mr. Hancock, Acting Commissioner of Customs, who stated that the custom-house will probably be placed on Lot A, and that the rock will be the eastern limit of the anchorage. Soundings showed a shallow patch in the position given by Mr. Ross' native informants.\n\nLot B is, so far as I can learn, still unsold, but the Hong Kong, Canton, and Macao Steam-beat Company have bought land on the bank between Kong-kun and Sun-hu.\n\nOn the 11th instant, at 10 A.M., we anchored off Chao-ch'ing city after spending the night opposite Kuang-li, a village about half-a-mile long, with few signs of trade. In the gorges leading to and from the city the current was moderate, and the only danger would be meeting rafts in the narrower places.\n\nChao-ch'ing, like Te-ch'ing, Feng-ch'uan, and Wuchou, is of very moderate size, and the space inclosed by the walls is not by any means crowded. Business is carried on in the suburbs, some 2 miles long, in front of which many junks were moored. The public buildings of the city and the temples, in one of which the telegraph office is located, are in good repair.\n\nDuring this afternoon we passed the town of Luk-po, a place of very considerable size and apparent traffic. We anchored a few miles short of Te-ch'ing (Takhing), which did not seem very busy.\n\nAt noon on the 12th May, Tu-cheng was reached. Many boats lay here, and there was a greater air of life and bustle than at any other place along the river.\n\nSome intricate navigation brought us about 4 P.M. to Feng-ch'uan, the great groves of bamboos opposite to which are noticeable, and we stopped at a salt station just within the Kuangtung boundary.\n\nThe channel thence to Wuchou showed unexpected depth, and was less tortuous than the chart indicated. The suburbs are as busy as reported, and many foreign sundries are for sale in the well-built shops. Half of the space within the city walls is taken up by a barren hill slope, and the streets of the lower portion, like the public offices, are mean and dirty.\n\nThe number of native craft met or passed on the way up was not so great as we expected. The chief cargoes seemed to be wood and grain, to which may be added cassia and some tobacco and medicines. The neighbourhood also produces a little silk and tea; but the city is in great measure simply a distributing centre, trade routes reaching to Yünnan, Kueichow, and Hunan. Most of the merchants are natives of Kuangtung, and many firms are branches of Canton houses.\n\nAt Wuchou, as at Samshui, all the foreshore sites are liable to flooding during the summer freshets (each of which, however, lasts but a few days), but Jardine, Matheson, and Co., Butterfield and Swire, and the China Merchants Steam Navigation Company have all bought land on the north bank below the city, and later purchasers will find it hard to acquire frontage. Go-downs, if built, must be raised on pillars, and, as in view of the rapidity of the current (even now 2½ knots), the crossing of the river must often be very difficult, residences will have to be placed some distance inland or else on the high ground across the Fu Ho or Little River.\n\nThe Commissioner of Customs is about to move from his boat into a temple outside the east gate. A piece of land has been bought at the east end of the suburb, but in all likelihood His Imperial Majesty's customs will have to follow the example of the li-kin and other Chinese collectorates, and make use of a hulk for examining goods. The Hong Kong, Canton, and Macao Steamboat Company have already placed two pontoons just below the native Customs hulk.\n\nSo conflicting are the local accounts of the rise and fall of the river, that any soundings taken now are of doubtful value. The northern side of the Wuchou reach from the Josshouse rocks to the Fu Ho at present offers an expanse of water, at least 10 feet deep and about one mile long by half-a-mile broad, which seems to be free from obstructions, but some say that the river is now 10 feet above winter level.\n\nThe conclusion to which I incline is, that only powerful steamers of 14 knots drawing 4 feet or less will be able to ply hither the whole year round, and it seems likely that such stern-wheel vessels as tow flats on the Upper Irrawaddy would best suit the conditions of the Upper West River.\n\nAt Samshui and this city I saw Proclamations posted notifying the people of the opening of those ports by Imperial Decree, and enjoining in very satisfactory terms the courteous treatment of foreigners. I am told that similar notices are displayed at the calling stations.\n\nCaptain Holland having expressed a desire that our flag should be shown at Wuchou as soon as possible, I did not pay or receive calls at any place on the way up, merely sending a messenger to tell the local officials that I was pressed for time, but would shortly return. Soon after our arrival here the Magistrate came on board and offered every possible assistance in a very cordial manner; while the Prefect, who sent an apologetic message yesterday, called with the Foreign Affairs Deputy this morning. These three officers give a dinner to the ship's officers, the Commissioner of Customs, and myself to-morrow.\n\nMr. Watts informs me that the kerosene oil trade has been checked by the impending establishment of a tso-li Company, which will levy 20 cents a case throughout Kuanghsi. I learn also that, so soon as the port is opened, a system of Syndicates, similar to those that hamper the trade at Canton, will be set up to levy additional duties on all articles of foreign trade at least. An emissary from the Kuangtung Li-kin Office is now here making the necessary arrangements.\n\nAt present both the Prefect and the Deputy for Foreign Affairs assure me there is neither li-shui nor tso-ku at Kuei-lin nor at Wuchou. Unless the question of additional taxation at open ports is taken up, there is serious danger of the benefit of the new Article being seriously impaired—and this, apart from the ever-present risk that, to counteract the use of transit passes, a heavy tso-li, tso-ku, or lo-ti terminal charges, not overtly differential in character, will be imposed throughout this province and the transit li-kin charges reduced.\n\nI have, &c. (Signed) E. H. FRASER.\n\nPage 306\n\n \nTRI-TJELTET",
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        "content_text": "# Memorandum by Mr. Gubbins\n\nTHAT the extradition of fugitive criminals should be regulated in a definite manner with as little delay as possible is a question which, in my opinion, admits of no doubt. Mr. Fraser's present Memorandum, and his despatches on this subject written from Japan, as cases of rendition came up for settlement, explain the position clearly, and the need for such action as will place matters on a more solid footing. It is true that the temporary understanding arrived at in the Campos case—which, with some modifications, was adhered to in the subsequent case of Woodin—may serve as a precedent for future cases,\n\nBut an understanding of this kind cannot be very satisfactory. The situation must, so long as no definite agreement is arrived at between Japan and ourselves, remain one of great difficulty. It exposes our relations with Japan to grave risks, for we might at any moment, through the indiscretion or over-zeal of a British or Japanese official, be confronted with a serious complication; and it may also fairly be held to weaken the position of our Minister in Tôkio, who is obliged to ask as a favour what he would, were the matter definitely regulated, be entitled to demand as a right.\n\nWhen speaking to Sir H. Bergne on the 18th ultimo I was under the impression that the proposal to negotiate a regular Extradition Treaty originated with the Foreign Office in London. I have since learnt from the papers which Sir H. Bergne placed in my hands on the 1st December that it is the Japanese Government which desires to substitute an Extradition Treaty for the rendition arrangement accepted in principle by the late Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs. Under these circumstances I think it right to qualify, in a measure, the opinion I gave to Sir H. Bergne at our first interview, by submitting the following considerations, to which due weight should, I think, be given before Japan's request is granted.\n\nNo exception can be taken to the view—so far as it applies to general cases—that, if the subject of extradition is to be regulated at all, this can be done better by a Treaty than by any mere arrangement. But in the case of Japan it is well not to overlook the circumstances of our negotiations with her in the past and the nature of the Government with which we are dealing. The history of all our negotiations with Japan of late years, whether on Treaty revision or extradition, is a record of concessions made by us, and though in many respects these concessions were inevitable, and were the natural outcome of the changing and progressive conditions of the country—as an instance of which I need only point to the recent assumption of jurisdiction by Japan over Portuguese subjects—and other foreign Powers have fared no better than ourselves, it cannot be denied that the policy pursued by Japanese statesmen is one of encroachment. Each party seeks to make capital for itself, and thereby strengthen its position in the country, by advancing fresh pretensions in any negotiations which may happen to be pending, and the advent of a new Ministry to power invariably means the putting forward of new demands.\n\nThe position of the Japanese Government, moreover, at the present time is not very favourable to the successful conclusion of any important negotiations. They are weakened by divided counsels, and are embarrassed by the hostility of a Parliament, with which neither they nor their predecessors have ever been in harmony, and which they are often quite unable to control.\n\nThe negotiation of a regular Extradition Treaty would mean a fresh advance on our side to meet Japan, and though I am inclined to think that on the whole such a Treaty, with proper safeguards, would be better than an arrangement, it must be remembered that this Treaty, as now drafted, will still fall short of what is found in many similar Conventions elsewhere, and of the stipulations of the Extradition Treaty between the United States and Japan, and that there is a possible danger that Japan may again be tempted to coquet with us, and endeavour to extort from us, by methods with which we are now familiar, the little that is still withheld. For this danger we must be prepared, and for the further eventuality that the Japanese Ministry may on the very eve of concluding negotiations, when all difficulties have apparently been surmounted, be at the mercy of a political faction which will paralyze its action; and it occurs to me, therefore, that it might be possible to ascertain confidentially through Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires in Tôkio whether, if we met Japan so far as to accede to her proposal to conclude a regular Extradition Treaty, there are good grounds for believing that she\n\nThat is not the case so far as English Treaties are concerned. The draft is on the latest models of our arrangements with civilized Powers, and contains practically all we can grant to any State.—H. G. B.\n\nwould accept, without the unreasonable delay and the bad faith which have characterized her previous negotiations, a Treaty on the lines drafted by Sir H. Bergne.\n\nArticle II. I do not think there is reason to anticipate any difficulty in regard to the list of crimes. The present Revised Penal Code in Japan, which is founded on the Code Napoléon, probably embraces all the crimes specified, but I cannot speak with absolute certainty on this point.\n\nArticle III, para. 1.\n\nI do not think that the Japanese Government will be likely to object to the stipulation as to non-surrender of nationals. In the Extradition Treaty between her and the United States a discretionary right is reserved in these cases, and in the present temper of the people the extradition of a Japanese subject to any foreign State would cause great excitement in the country,\n\nPara. 2. Having regard to the vague condition of the question of naturalization in Japan it might, perhaps, be best to omit this paragraph.*\n\nArticle IV. para. 1. I agree with Mr. Fraser that this provision is essential. There is a great difference between the immunity which, under the Rendition Arrangement, the subjects of a third Power would enjoy—and to which objection is taken in the 6th paragraph of the Japanese Memorandum of the 4th October last—and the conditional extradition provided for by this Article.\n\nPara. 2. I think with Mr. Fraser that Japan would object to this stipulation, and it is not easy to see how the difficulty is to be overcome. For even if we were to obtain from her an undertaking in the form of a note, to bear the same date as the Treaty, that, so long as British Consular jurisdiction was exercised in Japan, she would not surrender a British subject to a third Power without our consent, our position would still be somewhat illogical, since the very negotiation of a regular Extradition Treaty implies, or may be taken to imply, the admission that offences committed out of Japan do not come within the province of our extra-territorial jurisdiction in that country. At the same time a British subject arriving in Japan becomes at once amenable to British jurisdiction, and the Japanese authorities would, I think, be bound to obtain our concurrence before proceeding even to arrest such individual, much more to extradite him.\n\nAs Mr. Fraser points out in his Memorandum, there is no possibility of a British subject being surrendered by Japan to the Chinese authorities for a crime committed in China, for the offence would be judiciable by our Courts in China. And the same remark applies to Corea and to all other countries where we exercise Consular jurisdiction.\n\nIt should not, however, be forgotten that our authorities in Japan may be called upon at any moment to deal with the case of the surrender of a British subject, who is a fugitive offender, to the British authorities in China, Corea, or Siam, for an offence committed in any of those countries, and that, similarly, a demand for the apprehension and extradition of a British subject who has committed an offence in Japan may be made by the British authorities in the latter country. So long as Consular jurisdiction exists anywhere there will be fugitive offenders of this class; and yet if a demand be made by a third Power, such as the United States, for instance, for the surrender of a British subject who has taken refuge in Japan, we cannot, if we negotiate either an Extradition Treaty, or an Arrangement, with Japan, base our argument, as regards extradition, upon the existence of our Consular jurisdiction.\n\nPerhaps some understanding in the direction I have indicated might be possible, and we might in that case strengthen our argument by drawing Japan's attention to the fact that, so far as the extradition of British subjects by Japan to the United States is concerned, the Extradition Treaty between her and United States must, failing our concurrence, remain a dead letter.\n\nArticle XII. The Japanese Government will probably wish to alter the wording of this Article.‡\n\nArticle XVI. As Mr. Fraser states in his Memorandum, the cases of extradition between Japan and the British Isles will be very rare. The question derives its greatest importance from the growing intercourse between Japan and our Colonies, and between Japan and States in proximity to her where we exercise Consular jurisdiction.\n\nIn conclusion, I would only point out that, as matters now stand, Japan may be expected to extradite British fugitive offenders on the application of our authorities in Japan, whereas we on our side cannot, until the subject is definitely regulated, surrender any Japanese fugitive offender to Japan; and, although it may fairly be held that the advantage under these circumstances rests with Japan, since she is not forced to harbour\n\nI see no objection to omitting this paragraph.—H. G. B.\n\nWe might perhaps retain it as a point to be surrendered if necessary in negotiation. We must have one or two things to give up, as it cannot be expected that Japan will swallow the draft whole.—H. G. B.\n\nWe should invite them to do so if they wish.—H. G. B.\n\nPage 323",
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        "content_text": "## WEATHER-FORECASTS AND STORM-WARNINGS ISSUED FROM THE HONGKONG OBSERVATORY.\n\nA knowledge of typhoons and their paths is often required when you have to decide whether to remain at your moorings or to slip your cable and run; for instance, a vessel between Hongkong and Swatow in an anchorage sheltered against N and E winds will be safe while a typhoon is moving from E to W across the China Sea, but should the centre move northwards, the vessel might be thrown on a lee shore when the wind backs through W to S.\n\nA steamer at anchor, when a typhoon is approaching, should get up steam, and a sailer should, if possible, take down the top masts as soon as it blows a fresh breeze in the squalls. With reference to a sailing vessel, the time when to begin striking the top masts must, of course, depend upon the extent to which she is undermanned. Striking the masts increases the rolling. A sheltered anchorage must be selected, and when the centre passes very near, the berth may have to be changed to avoid being thrown on a lee shore.\n\n### METEOROLOGICAL SIGNALS.\n\nMeteorological Signals are hoisted on the Mast beside the Time-Ball at Kowloon Point for the information of Masters of Vessels leaving the Port. They do not imply that bad weather is expected in the Colony itself.\n\n| Signal | Meaning |\n| --- | --- |\n| **A DRUM** | Indicates a Typhoon to the East of the Colony. |\n| **A BALL** | Indicates a Typhoon to the West of the Colony. |\n| **A CONE, Point Upwards** | Indicates a Typhoon to the North of the Colony. |\n| **A CONE, Point Downwards** | Indicates a Typhoon to the South of the Colony. |\n\nRED SIGNALS indicate that the Centre is believed to be more than 300 miles away from the Colony. BLACK SIGNALS indicate that the Centre is believed to be less than 300 miles away from the Colony.\n\n### NIGHT SIGNALS.\n\n* **TWO LANTERNS Hoisted Vertically** indicate bad weather in the Colony and that the wind is expected to veer.\n* **TWO LANTERNS Hoisted Horizontally** indicate bad weather in the Colony and that the wind is expected to back.\n\nThe Signals are repeated on the Flagstaff of the Godown Company at Kowloon, and also, by day only, at the Harbour Office and on H. M.'s Receiving Ship.\n\n## LOCAL STORM-WARNINGS.\n\nThe Colony itself is warned of approaching Typhoons by means of the **TYPHOON-GUN** placed at the foot of the Mast, which is fired whenever a strong gale of wind is expected to blow here.\n\n### NOTICE BOARDS.\n\nNotice Boards placed at the Eastern Extension, Australasia and China Telegraph Company's Offices, Observations made at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. are exhibited shortly after 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Peddar's Wharf, at the Harbour Office, and at the Office of the Kowloon Godown Company. Weather-forecasts and Storm-warnings are exhibited daily about 11 a.m., and also at other hours, and at night, whenever necessary while Typhoons are raging in the Far East. The China Coast Meteorological Register is exhibited about Noon (Sundays and Government holidays excepted).\n\n## THE LAW OF STORMS.\n\nFurther information concerning the weather to be expected while signals are hoisted, and sailing directions, are given in \"The Law of Storms in the Eastern Seas.\"\n\nShipmasters may obtain by telegraph the latest information as to weather at any station reporting to the Hongkong Observatory by payment for a reply of at least ten words (2.6, twelve words including the address). Application may also be made for similar information to be telegraphed on some future specified day.\n\nWith reference to typhoon anchorages in China, beginning with Hainan, we have Backli bay (19° 41' N. 108° 39′ E.) with shelter against winds between NNE. and S. only. It is not a very good labour, and the natives are not to be trusted. In southern Hainan, we have Yulinkan bay 18° 12', ... Ga bay (18° 13', 109° 34′) may also be used. Manin harbour (19° 57', 109° 52') can be used when the centre is to the north of Hainan. Hunghom bay (20° 17', 110° 23′) is shallow and is not often used, except when no better place is within reach. Hui-ling-san (21° 34′, 111° 47') and Nan'ao bay (21° 35', 112° 34') are available between Hainan and Hongkong. Near Hongkong is the excellent harbour by Saint John's Island (21° 40', 112° 42'), which is commonly used. Vessels of great draught anchor to the S. of the position given. Tongku harbour (22° 35′, 113° 55') is used in case of typhoons crossing the China Sea. It offers no shelter against W. winds. This is at the mouth of the Canton River. Higher up the river, ships anchor under the Bogue forts, although typhoon centres pass that spot, but then it does not blow so hard as out at sea, when the centre is inland. Capsingmoon pass to the W. of Mahwan is shelter against typhoons, but Chingwan bay (22° 49' 114° 96') is one of the best harbours in China. In consequence, it is too crowded during a typhoon. To the NW. of Stonecutter's Island (22° 20' 114° 8') launches find shelter. Tytam bay to the SE. of Hongkong is an excellent harbour. Deep bay (22° 47', 114° 16') gives better shelter than Kors bay (22° 48', 114° 13'), but some vessels prefer the latter as the storm-signals can be seen from these. A position between Taipintong and the Channel Rocks makes the best anchorage. Mirs bay (22° 38', 114° 27′) under Pengchau offers shelter to vessels bound for Hongkong from a northern direction. Between Mirs bay and Swatow, there are no very good typhoon harbours, but shelter may be found against NE. winds. By Namoa Island (23° 28', 116° 57') is excellent anchorage. Tongsan bay (23° 47', 117° 35′) is much used, and also Amoy harbour. Making harbour (23° 32', 118° ...) by the Pescadores is excellent. In Pilquan harbour (24° 10′, 120° 31') there is good shelter from NE. winds to vessels under 15 feet draught. The Haitan Straits (25° 26', 119° 44′) are very ... There are several anchorages round Chusan. In Luzon, there is an anchorage at the entrance to Manila bay, N. of Corregidor Island (14° 25', 120° 33'). On the S. coast of Mindoro, we have Garza bay (12° 13′, 121° 11′).\n\nWhen the red drum is hoisted, the weather is generally fine in Hongkong, and settled fine if the typhoon moves northward, so that this signal does not by any means imply bad weather here. Steamers bound for northern, western or southern ports should then lose no time in starting, as they may expect more or less fine weather. Those bound for the Philippines should take precautions to avoid cyclones as explained above. Sailing vessels bound for western or southern parts should lose no time in starting, but those that are bound for the north or east ought to remain in the harbour awaiting information, should the wind be westerly here at the time, as they may expect to fall in with calms or contrary breezes after starting, even ...",
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        "content_text": "I venture to recommend that after formal possession has been taken of the new territory, the laws and rules that govern the population of the colony of Hong Kong should be brought into operation gradually and discreetly. \n\nI think that with tact & judgement there will be little chance of friction with the law-abiding Chinese population, a population with the exception possibly of a fort on the \"Devil's Hill\" on the north of the Lymoon Strait. \n\nI do not consider that the increase of territory demands an extension of our defence line beyond the Kowloon Peninsula; with our present garrison it would be injudicious to terrace forward more than our present position. If it is thought necessary in consequence of the increase in territory to increase the garrison, I trust that ample notice will be given beforehand, as the question of housing troops on healthy sites needs full consideration.\n\nI assume that there exists no intention to occupy in any way the shores of Suids Bay, as it seems clear to me that by our naval power alone we hold it & deny its use for hostile purposes. As for Deep Bay, it is an indentation in the coast with very shallow water, & was probably chosen as the line between the two bays was the shortest available and admitted of easy demarkation.\n\nThe inhabitants of the colony are jubilant over the extension of boundaries, which was communicated to them by a Reuter's telegram on the 11th inst.",
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        "content_text": "410 & for \n\nAs some increase of administration officers will probably be required, it may be desirable to select a certain number of competitors for cadetship by the approaching examination for appointments in the Civil Service of Hong Kong etc. There are at present in Canton studying Chinese.\n\nI have the honour to be,  \nSir,  \nYour obedient Servant,  \nW. Black, Major General, Officer Administering the Government\n\n**EXTRACT**  \nof a despatch from the Officer Administering the Government of Hong Kong to Mr. Chamberlain.\n\n**Confidential.**\n\nDated 13th June 1898.\n\n4. With the exception possibly of a fort on the \"Devil's Hill\" on the north of the Lymoon Strait, I do not consider that the increase of territory demands an extension of our line of defence on the Kowloon Peninsula. In fact, with our present garrison, it would be injudicious to throw forward our troops beyond the present position.\n\n5. If it is thought necessary, in consequence of the increase of territory, to increase the garrison, I trust that ample notice will be given beforehand, as the question of housing troops on healthy sites needs full consideration.\n\n6. I assume that there exists no intention to occupy in any way the shores of Mirs Bay, as it seems clear to me that by our naval power alone we hold it and deny its use for hostile purposes.\n\n7. As for Deep Bay, it is an indentation in the coast with very shallow water, and was probably chosen as the line between the two Bays was the shortest available and admitted of easy demarkation.",
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        "content_text": "## DOMESTIC.\n\nNo. 15629  \nC.0. 15029  \n13 JUL 28  \n\n**Consular Report**  \nC. 8648.145 + 148/  \n**(Read throughout letter)**  \n\n**(Minutes.)**  \nM. Lucas  \nMr. J. Pangy. The Swatow Report has some interest for the Straits, as it deals at length with the causes of Chinese emigration to the Malay Peninsula. These causes are given by the Consul briefly as a good rice crop, decreased demand for labour at the Straits, and temporary prohibition of immigration for two months. There are some interesting details regarding the trade relations of Hong Kong and Swatow, which are very discouraging to the trade. The Report on Hankow is also very disappointing as regards British trade, but the subject of Ceylon tea, which its figures and facts show is fast displacing China Tea, is delightful.\n\n[These Reports go in the ordinary way. Put by. \"Come to the Colonies\"]\n\n## Previous Paper:  \nTomae of Hawkow  \noptan how, Swallow  \n13 July  \nfice or Individual.  \n1898  \nchong trong  \n\n## Subsequent Paper:  \n246  \n`XCR(85)72` is not present, however `GR1178/1922/32(III)` is not present either, but `Bugis A.F13T` and `713` are present.  \nPage 713  \n`Bugis A.F13T`",
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        "content_text": "## THE LANDING\n\nIt was nearly 11.15 when Meugens crept out round the point as close in to the rocks in the shadow as he dared in the `Lun On`, with all lights screened and a bag kept constantly wet about a foot above the mouth of the funnel to choke the sparks. Creeping round, the three vessels were found to be moored head and stern broadside on to the beach, about five cables inside the island, not 400 yards from the shore. Derricks were rigged and on both sides pontoons, guns and troop-boats were being hoisted out. Boats from the davits had been lowered and were being rapidly filled with men. The most admirable order was maintained, and almost perfect silence observed; only very occasionally gleams of light were visible.\n\nThe `Lun On`, which had approached to about 300 yards, was then backed, but whilst turning was perceived and chased by a small pinnace that shot out from under the bows of the Saratoff, the most westerly of the enemy's troopers. The `Lun On` was driven full speed for the Aberdeen passage, expecting every moment to be fired on. The enemy, however, evidently desired to capture her. Morrison (who had been recalled from the Water Police gig), accompanied McNab and the two remaining Indian Constables by road to Deep Water Bay, orders being left with Findlay that when the other two Indians arrived they were to be sent on after them.\n\n11\n\nwhich afterwards proved to be the Saratoff, of 3,458 tons, Capt. Stromsky, the Yaroslav, 2871 tons, Capt. Ostolopoff, and the Moskou, 2245 tons, Capt. Andrief—headed in for Deep Water Bay (where we have had many a jolly afternoon's golf together, but never shall again). A large junk that was hovering off the entrance to the Bay suddenly showed a green flash to seaward, which was immediately answered by two short red flashes from the forecastle of the Saratoff, the leading ship. The junk immediately turned Northwards and preceded the strangers in towards Deep Water Bay. The whole proceedings were so suspicious that Meugens and Hazeland, who had lifted their anchor, and paddled so in softly towards the bay at the approach of the vessels on seeing the exchange of signals, at once sheered off to the N.W. for Aberdeen, pulling as hard as they could. At the first splash of their oars they were hailed from the Saratoff in Chinese (which Hazeland spoke fluently), and bidden to come alongside, being promised a good price for their fish. Disregarding the hail, however, they pulled hard for Aberdeen, and on landing rushed up to the Police Station where they only found one Scotch Constable—Robert Findlay—who, after some demur, consented to telephone to the Central Police Station in Victoria.\n\nThere being no rockets or other fireworks at the Station that could be used for signalling, it was arranged that two or more rifle shots would signify \"Enemy landing,\" which was to be at once telephoned to the Central. Two blasts of the steam-whistle in quick succession was to convey the same meaning. Though there were stables, there were no Police horses at Aberdeen, so Mr Kerr, the Superintendent of the Aberdeen Dock (then not in use), and the only other European in the place (Duncan, the clerk, being absent), volunteered to carry information by the Pokfolum Road, travelling on his bicycle. Kerr had been roused by McNab's orders. A telephone had been received from Cuthbert at Pokfolum Station, stating that nothing was in sight in Telegraph or Sandy Bays, in reply to one from Aberdeen. After that nothing more came from Pokfolum—the wire had been cut, and it is impossible to doubt in the light of after events, but that French agents, who had represented themselves as Destitutes and been cared for by the Fathers at Douglas Castle, destroyed the line.\n\nBy midnight all the telephone wires throughout the island were cut. Being Government lines the mere non-working would under ordinary circumstances have aroused no suspicion—interruption of communications being very frequent. All the cables had, however, ceased to work, and the land lines to Canton were found to be interrupted. It was very easy to fish up the shore ends of the cable from junks in Telegraph and Deep Water Bays. It was subsequently discovered that the Gap Rock had been taken possession of at 7 P.M. The light was of course kept going.\n\nBut for the accident of the premature discovery by Hazeland and Meugens, in another hour or so no communication by telephone could have been made. Findlay was left at the Aberdeen Police Station with five Chinese Water Police Constables armed with cutlasses, and two of the land force, the latter having been dispatched the preconcerted message \"Enemy landing,\" the last from Aberdeen, no almost immediately afterwards, before Meugens landed, telephonic communication ceased.\n\nAfter the whistle had been blown Meugens rushed the launch in amongst the sampans, in the bight between the Docks and Aberdeen village, till she grounded; whilst doing so a lamp capsized in one of the boats rushed past, immediately setting fire to the matting in her—giving Meugens the idea of firing the launch, which was done by Morrison breaking the engine room lamps over an old awning aft and a pile of bedding in the cabin forward. The pinnace did not pursue the launch amongst the boats, being too slight, but stopped outside firing at her, killing one of the Chinese crew who was crouching down forward, and hitting Meugens twice at the wheel, once in the neck, once in the left shoulder.\n\nOn jumping overboard Morrison continued setting fire to the sampans, turning out the occupants into the shallow water, and firing the boats with their own lamps, the roofs burning brightly, until he was shot through the head from the pinnace, not, however, till the boats over a large...",
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        "content_text": "# COUNTING THE COST\n\nleys from Farcy's men on the enemy's right firing from the East face). Sammort on the Bank from the Wanchai Road, crushed the right was doing as Hadley had done on the attack along the Aberdeen Road. Pushing left-unable to assist the left, he was on with the guns in the centre, Hush's company leading, the saddle was seized by him, whilst the attack was forging up on about 3.30 a.m.\n\nThe left between him and the square; then Harrington at once brought his guns into action, playing on the now retreating masses of the enemy in the valley. Hush and Farey's men skirmished up the ridge to the left of the Maxims, and Rox's company covered the guns, firing volleys into the valley. The murderous fire of the Maxims speedily drew the fire of the Troopships. Our whole line was now advancing down the valley. Tristful's men, who had crowned the Eastern ridge and pushed on when the enemy began to check, were closing in and pressing hard what had been their right attack-their left in the retreat. Rambie was killed by a heavy shell whilst sitting on the trail grinding out a hail of bullets. The Maxim was knocked to pieces, and Sir John Harrington at once extended the guns,--Hadley's being sent some 100 yards up the ridge to the left; Sammert's about the same distance southward, to the right. Here Capt. Landers was killed, a few minutes afterwards. The whole left attack of the enemy was now turned on the Western Ridge and the Maxims.\n\nAs soon as the enemy appeared on the beach our Artillery opened on them again, swashing and sinking numbers of the boats. Still the large junks took much pounding from our pop-guns, and if it had not been for them, not a man would have escaped. Rox's square was never broken, though fearful gaps were made in it. Sir John Harrington, Rox himself, and Lt. Goward were killed. Hayward also, whilst working the Maxim. The whole ridge was a mass of combats--the remains of Hush and Farey's companies, in knots of five and six, were fighting with clubbed muskets, or stabbing with the bayonet, ringed in with white-capped, green-coated swartus. The wounded were firing between their comrades' legs. All his crew were killed with him.\n\nNeither the Russian nor our own Artillery could now take part in the conflict on the Ridge for fear of injuring their own men.\n\nIt was a very stubborn contest till Hill's and Hartrum's men, with some of Tanham's gunners, brought relief, and swept the enemy down to the beach, when the Maxims were manned again, and fire re-opened; the fire from the one in the square had never ceased. Over 700 Russian dead were counted here afterwards, and 186 British were killed or wounded. A large part of the Maxim fire had been effective in the Valley. The flank attack had consisted of 300 men all told, including the Volunteers with their Maxims. Wreckage was floating all over the bay. Nine field guns were captured (all that had landed), and 160 prisoners, all mostly wounded. It was a great victory,--another such and the garrison would be annihilated.\n\n## COUNTING THE COST\n\nHush and Rox's companies had suffered before the saddle was reached. Farey (R.E.) and Hush's companies had ceased to exist, and only 9 Volunteers out of 40 were alive. Lt. Blackpen was the sole surviving officer. Some 1200 Russians escaped on board the troopers, that slipped into action and went to sea, firing their stern guns. Book-keeping ceased after that, as you can readily understand by the sequel.\n\nThe total forces General White brought into action numbered 75 officers and 2,614 rank and file, made up as follows:\n\n| CORPS | Strength | Killed | Wounded | Fit for duty after action |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  | Officers | Men | Officers | Men | Officers | Men | Officers | Men |\n| West Borks | 26 | 980 | 12 | 538 | 6 | 92 | 8 | 350 |\n| H. K. Regt. | 23 | 985 | 8 | 246 | 3 | 153 | 12 | 586 |\n| Asiatic Artillery | 4 | 126 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 65 |\n| R. Artillery | 4 | 130 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 61 |\n|  | 3 | 75 | 2 | 56 | 0 |  | 1 | 32 |\n| R Engineers' | 1 | 34 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 36 | 1 |  |\n| Marines | 13 | 100 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 25 |\n| Volunteers | 1 | 374 | 3 | 61 | 1 |  |  | 15 |\n| Total | 75 | 2,614 | 30 | 1,047 |  |  |  |  |\n\nOf the staff, Belman was killed. McHorman died of his wounds. Col. Razor, R.A., and Capt. Pensilian (Army Pay), temporary A.D.C., were severely wounded. Both the other A.D.C.'s (Captains Dovehand and Lunt) were slightly wounded, but remained on duty.\n\nSome six thousand coolies, under the Public Works Department and Royal Engineer staffs, were set to work on the field of battle to bury the dead in trenches. Considerably over 3,000 Russians were buried; some accounts put the figures as high as 3,500, but Rook (the Water Authority), who kept such accounts as were attempted at the time, and was not a man prone to exaggeration, reported 3,100 buried in trenches; some score or so of scattered bodies got a shallow covering of earth where they were found, and possibly some were not buried at all; but the bulk of the dead were strewn thickly together in the valley as the tide of battle had rolled up and then receded. On the beach the enemy lay very close. For days afterwards corpses came floating up. All men who had not been in action were sent up to relieve those who had. The survivors lay down to sleep in the batteries - guards having been posted. Excellent and plentiful meals were sent out to the troops by the residents, with a liberal supply of ...\n\nThe West Borks had borne the brunt of the battles, and their loss was proportionately great; their officers killed were, one Major (poor Rox), three captains, five lieutenants, and three second lieutenants, amongst the latter Gordon's own boy.",
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        "content_text": "83\n\nweather. The heads of the inlet of Mirs Bay Inlet, Jai-po hi Bay and Starling Inlet are shallow; the tide at low water leaving a mile or more of sand or mud exposed. Deep Bay in the west is extremely shallow and at low tide miles of mud can be seen.\n\nThis Bay has, however, a deep channel which is well known to native boatmen.\n\nNo proper survey of the Bay has ever been made. This should be taken in hand as soon as possible; and in the mean time the deep channel should be properly marked in order to facilitate the navigation of these waters.\n\nA report on the harbours in Mirs Bay, with which Command. de Hosey of H.M.S. Ploven kindly furnished me, will be found in the Appendix No. 4.\n\nThe general trend of the mountain system is north-east and south-west, with two main ranges: the southern range and the northern range. The southern range extends from Shark Bank, which forms the south point of Mirs Bay, to...",
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        "content_text": "## Harbours in Mirs Bay\n\n1. Starting In let. Good anchorage in & fans. Head of bay suitable for military purposes.\n\n2. Crooked Harbour ? Good, protected, being out of line of Communication.\n\n3. Double Haven { anchorages 6 to 7 fathoms. Useful only for local fishing requirements.\n\n4. Anchorage under Fingehan Island. Good anchorage in & fans but much rock.\n\n8. Long anchorage. Suitable for a mercantile port.\n\n9. Port Shelter. Good anchorage for any size of ships. Chiefly deep close to shore & divided from a ... by a channel 1/2 mile wide. Shallow for Navigation atwass. If road be brought down either side of bay parallel to shore, ships drawing 21 feet of water could lie along a short pier.\n\n10. Rocky Harbour, unimportant.",
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        "content_text": "## MAPS AND PHOTOGRAPHS\n\nIn order to facilitate consideration of this territory, a map of it has been specially prepared by Mr. Ormsby, Director of Public Works, Hong Kong (Map II.), based on the excellent map made by Bishop Volontieri in 1866, when a missionary of the Propaganda in San On (Map III.), and a series of photographic views has been taken, unfortunately in weather not always favourable for the photographer, by Corporal Whitewood, R.E., under the superintendence of Lieut. Rundall, R.E., and by Mr. Xavier, Surveyor in the Public Works Department, Hong Kong. These maps and photographs, to the latter of which have been added a few taken by Afong and Mee Cheung, photographers, Hong Kong, are attached.\n\n## AREA\n\nThe area of the territory as shown on Map I. is as follows:-\n\n## ALBUM II\n(Views taken by Messrs. Afong and Sing Cheung.)\n\n1. Panorama of Chinese Kowloon\n2-5. Views of Ch'ik Wan, Deep Bay\n6. Tin Wan\n7. Wharf at Chinese Kowloon\n8. Kap Mun or Ma Wan Customs Station.\n9-11. Views of the Island of Cheung Chau\n12-13. Views near Kowloon City\n14. Gambling House outside Kowloon City.\n \n| Number | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| 15 | View of Kowloon City and neighbourhood. |\n| 16 | Landing Pier outside Kowloon City, |\n| 17 | Boundary between British and Chinese territory. |\n| 18 | Customs Station-Kat'iu Shok, |\n| 19 | Outpost at boundary between British and Chinese territory. |\n\n## ALBUM III\n(Views taken by Corporal Whitewood, R.E., under the Superintendence of Lieutenant Rundall, R.E.)\n\n| Number | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| 1 | Members of the Commission |\n| 2 | Officers, H.M.S. \"Plover \" |\n| 3 | Crow, H.M.S.\" Plover\" |\n| 4 | Panorama of Kowloon City |\n| 5 | Kowloon City |\n| 6 | Yung Shu Au Village, Starling Inlet |\n| 7 | Sha Ta Village, Mirs Bay |\n| 8 | San Wai Village, Lang Kwat |\n| 9 | Tai Wo Valley, near Taipó Hü |\n| 10 | Lo Ts'ün Valley, in Leng district. |\n| 11 | Lam Ts'ün Plateau district |\n| 12 | Long Valley, from Lin Au looking North. (See No. 17.) |\n| 13 | Kak Tin Valley, near Sha Tin |\n| 14 | Sha Tin Creek |\n| 15 | Sha Tin Village |\n| 16 | Bridge Valley, near Taipó Hü |\n| 17 | Southern end, Long Valley, near Lin Au, looking West. (See No. 12.) |\n| 18 | Nam Wai, near Sai Kung |\n| 19 | Sai Kung |\n| 20 | Pak Sha Wan, near Sai Kung |\n| 21 | Ts'ün Wan |\n| 22 | Ts'ün Wan Hamlet |\n| 23 | Castle Peak Valley |\n| 24 | Customs Station in Island of Cheung Chau. |\n| 25 | Shap Village, Island of Lantao |\n| 26 | Wharf at Sham Chun |\n| 27 | Village of Lok Tei Tong, east coast of Island of Lantao, |\n| 28 | Boat dwellings and Jose House, Island of Cheung Chau. |\n\n## PHYSICAL FEATURES\n\nThe new territory is mountainous, with rich and extensive cultivated valleys, and possesses a coast line deeply indented by bays.\n\nThe coast to the south and east is bold and rugged, with deep water close up to the cliffs, and numerous land-locked bays, affording good anchorages, which render them safe in all kinds of weather. The heads of the inlets of Mirs Bay, such as Starling Inlet, Tai-po-hü Bay, and Tide Cove, or Sha-tin Inlet, are shallow, the tide at low water leaving a mile or more of sand or mud exposed. Deep Bay in the west is extremely shallow, and at low tide miles of mud can be seen. This bay has, however, a deep channel which is well known to native boatmen. No proper survey of the bay has ever been made. This should be taken in hand as soon as possible; and in the meantime the deep channel should be properly marked, in order to facilitate the navigation of these waters.\n\nA report on the harbours in Mirs Bay, with which Commander De Horsey of H.M.S. Plover, kindly furnished me, will be found in `Appendix No. la`.\n\n## Mountain System\n\nThe general trend of the mountain system is north-east and south-west. There are two main ranges-the southern range and the northern range. The southern range extends from Sharp Peak, which forms the south point of Mirs Bay, to the peaks opposite Stonecutters Island, and may be regarded as ending in the mountains of the island of Lantao. The most noticeable peaks in this range are Sharp Peak, 1,540 feet high, with one spur to the north, 1,630 feet high, and another spur running into Tolo harbour, ending in the magnificent twin peaks named on English maps the Hunchback Hills, and called by the Chinese \"Saddle Mountain,\" with a height of 2,305 feet; peaks 1,895, 1,440, and 1,240 feet high immediately to the north of Kowloon city, ending in a peak 1,600 feet high to the north of Tai-kok-tsui. The southern range here drops rapidly into Hong Kong harbour, opposite Stonecutters Island, but re-appears in the island of Lantao, where it reaches an elevation of 3,050 feet near the west end of the island.\n\nThe northern range extends from Crooked Harbour in the north of Mirs Bay to Castle Peak Bay and the southern point of Deep Bay. It commences with elevations of 1,655 feet, 1,500 feet, and 1,200 feet, and in the Pat Sin Ling, or Eight Peak Mountain, north of Tolo Harbour, attains to a height of 1,857 feet. \n\nPage 638",
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        "content_text": "# \nVaims Shan Harbour it trends south-west, with elevations varying from 1,300 to 1,500 feet, until it reaches its highest point in the splendid range of Taihio Show, which rises to a height of 3,000 feet. It then decreases in elevation in the direction of Castle Peak, which is 1,800 feet high, but has a lower spur to the north, forming the southern arm of Deep Bay, in which there are two peaks rising to an elevation of 1,200 feet.\n\nBesides these two main ranges, there are cross ranges of lesser altitude, which divide the watershed between Mirs Bay and Deep Bay, with low hills in some of the valleys.\n\nThe heights of the mountains are taken from the map, sketched by Lieutenant E. G. Young, R.E., which gives a clear idea of the mountain system of the new territory, (Map. IV.)\n\n## WATERSHEDS\n\nThe watersheds of the territory being as a rule close to the east and south coasts, the more extensive valleys and plains lie to the west and north, and drain into Deep Bay. Such are the valleys of which the town of Sham Chun is the centre, and the valleys and plains of Pat Heung and Shap Pat Heung, lying to the north-west of the range of Tai Mo Shan. A remarkable feature in the Shap Pat Heung plains is the abrupt and clearly-defined line between hill and plain. The plain extends from the shores of Deep Bay for some miles into the interior, never reaching an elevation of more than 10 or 15 feet above high water mark, but from this point the hills rise abruptly at an angle of 15 to 20 degrees.\n\n## RIVER SYSTEM\n\nThe river system, like the mountain system, is divided into two sections—a northern and a southern. The chief river of the northern section and the largest in the territory is the Sham Chun river,* which has three branches or tributaries, a northern, an eastern and a southern. The northern branch rises in the mountains on the borders of the Sin Kun and San Tin districts, flowing in a south-westerly direction, joins the main river to the west of Sham Chun; the eastern branch rises in the low hills west of Starling Inlet, and flows in a westerly direction, joining the main river to the east of Sham Chun; the southern branch has its source in Kau Lung Hang, to the north of Tai Po Kau, and flows in a north-westerly direction, falling into the main river a mile below Sham Chun. All these branches are good-sized mountain streams, and most valuable as irrigators of the cultivated land through which they flow. They are, however, of no value as highways of trade, as they are too shallow to be navigated by even small craft. The Sham Chun river, from the town of Sham Chun to its mouth, is at high tide from 60 to 80 feet wide, has a depth of 7 to 12 feet, and is navigable for junks and launches. The bar at its mouth is about 6 or 7 feet in depth, and is reported at low tide to be only 3 feet in depth.\n\nThe Sham Chun river system is separated from the Un Long and Kam Tin, or southern river system, by the Kai Kung Tau range of mountains. The Un Long river rises in the northern slope of the Tai Mo Shan range, and, flowing in a northerly direction, empties itself into Deep Bay. The Kam Tin river, which has its source at the foot of Tai Mo Shan, flows in a north-westerly direction, joining the Un Long river at the village of Sheung Shui. The Un Long river is navigable by small junks as far as Un Long, a market town three miles distant from Deep Bay to the north.\n\nThe Kam Tin river has a depth of from three to six feet at high tide all the way from its mouth in Deep Bay to the town of Kam Tin, a distance of about six miles.\n\nThe first steamer that ever went up this river was the pinnace of H.M.S. Plover, which had no difficulty in conveying the members of the Commission as far as the market town of Kam Tin, with a cutter in tow.\n\nWithin the basins of these two river systems are found the most fertile soil and the most populous villages in the area about to be leased.\n\n## WATER SUPPLY\n\nThe water supply appears to be excellent everywhere. During the month of August, when the inspection of the territory was made, there were streams of water pouring down the hill sides in every direction, and the villages' wells contained ample water, as a rule within six or eight feet of the surface. Sufficient water to raise two crops of rice a year seems always to be available throughout the district.\n\nIt is probable that the high mountain ranges attract more rain clouds from the China Sea during the south-west monsoon than is the case at Hong Kong, where the average rainfall is 90 inches. Mr. Ormsby is of opinion that in many places the construction of storage reservoirs, if required, will be a simple matter. He considers that the construction of such a reservoir on the southern or eastern slope of Tai Mo Shan for the supply of Kowloon is very desirable, in order to meet the wants of the rapidly increasing towns on that peninsula, by gravitation, and thus set free the large acreage now reserved as a catchment area, and render it possible to dispense with the present expensive pumping establishment.\n\n## IRRIGATION\n\nIrrigation of the paddy fields is effected simply by leading the water along the sides of the hills by means of channels, from which the water is allowed to run on to the terraced fields as required. In addition to the ordinary paddy fields in the valleys, works of reclamation have been carried out, by which a large quantity of land has been reclaimed from the sea. Walls of rough rubble, backed by earth, have been constructed to keep out the water. Along the top of these embankments there is a foot path, and sluices made of timber planking sliding in grooves cut into the stone side walls enable the villagers to keep out the sea and get rid of their surplus fresh water at low tide. By the improvement and extension of such works of reclamation, many large areas could be brought under cultivation.\n\n## GEOLOGY\n\nAn interesting report by Mr. Ormsby on the geology of the district will be found in `Appendix II`.\n\nI agree with him that a mining expert should be deputed to examine and report on the minerals in the territory. There is no such expert at present resident in Hong Kong, so it will be necessary to secure the services of a suitable person at home.\n\n## SOIL\n\nThe soil is formed from the decomposition of volcanic trap rock in the north-east and east, and is alluvial in the broad valleys drained by the Sham Chun and Un Long rivers. It is generally fertile, and yields annually two crops of rice. Even the hillsides are in many places brought under cultivation, and rice was found growing at a height of over 1,200 feet.\n\nBy the Chinese the soil is divided into three classes, and is taxed according to its quality. The first class is supposed to pay about 36 cents per acre; the second class about 24 cents, and the third class about 15 cents per acre. In reality, fully double these amounts are levied, though not officially accounted for.\n\nPayment in kind is also made, but this payment is commuted for a money payment at the rate of 4.8 taels, or 6.67 dollars per picul of rice (a picul is equal to 1 bushel 2 pecks 2 quarts).\n\n## PRODUCTS\n\nRice is the principal article of cultivation,* and the quality of this product is so highly esteemed that a quantity of it is exported to San Francisco for the use of the Chinese residents there. There is also a large area of land devoted to the growing of sugar cane, indigo, hemp, peanuts, potatoes of different varieties, yam, taro, beans, sesamum, pumpkins, and vegetables of all kinds.\n\nExperiments are now being made to ascertain whether the cotton plant will flourish in the newly-leased area, and there seems to be no reason, as far as soil and climate are concerned, why these experiments should not succeed. If they are successful, the cotton mill which is now being erected in Hong Kong would find this a convenient source of supply for at any rate a portion of its raw material.\n\nPage 4\nPage 5\nPage 18",
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        "content_text": "## Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory (Secret)\n\n### Appendix No. 1\n\nWhereas it has for many years past been recognized that an extension of Hong Kong territory is necessary for the proper defence and protection of the Colony:\n\nIt has now been agreed between the Governments of Great Britain and China that the limits of British territory shall be enlarged under lease to the extent indicated generally on the annexed map. The exact boundaries shall be hereafter fixed when proper surveys have been made by officials appointed by the two Governments. The term of this lease shall be 99 years.\n\nIt is at the same time agreed that within the City of Kowloon the Chinese officials now stationed there shall continue to exercise jurisdiction except so far as may be inconsistent with the military requirements for the defence of Hong Kong. Within the remainder of the newly leased territory Great Britain shall have sole jurisdiction. Chinese officials and people shall be allowed as heretofore to use the road from Kowloon to Hsinan.\n\nIt is further agreed that the existing landing place near Kowloon City shall be reserved for the convenience of Chinese men-of-war, merchant and passenger vessels, which may come and go and lie there at their pleasure; and for the convenience of movement of the officials and people within the city.\n\nWhen hereafter China constructs a railway to the boundary of the Kowloon territory under British control, arrangements shall be discussed.\n\nIt is further understood that there will be no expropriation or expulsion of the inhabitants of the district included within the extension, and that if land is required for public offices, fortifications, or the like official purposes, it shall be bought at a fair price. If cases of extradition of criminals occur, they shall be dealt with in accordance with the existing treaties between Great Britain and China and the Hong Kong Regulations.\n\nThe area leased to Great Britain, as shown on the annexed map, includes the waters of Mirs Bay and Deep Bay, but it is agreed that Chinese vessels of war, whether neutral or otherwise, shall retain the right to use those waters.\n\nThis Convention shall come into force on the 1st day of July, 1898, being the 13th day of the 5th moon of the 24th year of Kuang-Hsu. It shall be ratified by the Sovereigns of the two countries, and the ratifications shall be exchanged in London as soon as possible.\n\nIn witness whereof the undersigned, duly authorised thereto by their respective Governments, have signed the present agreement.\n\nDone at Peking in quadruplicate (4 copies in English and 4 in Chinese) the 9th day of June in the year of our Lord, 1898, being the 21st day of the 4th moon of the 24th year of Kuang-Hsu.\n\n**(Sd.) CLAUDE M. MACDONALD,**\n\n**(Sd.) LI (HUNG-CHANG).**\n\n**(Sd.) IISU (YING-KUEI).**\n\n### Appendix No. 1a\n\n**Report on the Harbours in Mirs Bay**\n\n| Location | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| Starling Inlet | Good anchorage in 4 fms. Head of bay too shallow for purposes of navigation. If road be brought down to either side of bay on parallel 114° 14' 30\" E. ships drawing 21 feet of water could lie alongside a short pier. |\n| Crooked Harbour | Good protected anchorages in 6 to 7 fms. Useful only for fishing requirements. |\n| Double Haven | ... |\n| Anchorage under Pingchau Island | Good anchorage in 7 fms., but much taken up with fishing stakes and unimportant for line of communication. |\n| Plover Cove | Very good anchorage in all weathers in 4-5 fms., but out of trade route. |\n| Tolo Harbour | Like Starling Inlet, too shallow at head of bay for purposes of navigation, although there is a boat channel, which if marked out, will take small junks up to town. Anchorage on 4 fms. line. Suitable for shipping; whichever side of bay road is made it should be brought out on parallel 114° 11' 45\" E., in order to allow of vessels lying alongside a pier in 21 feet. |\n| Tide Cove | Communication by small junks or light launches at high water to top of bay. Sampans at low. Anchorage in 3 fms. Protected in all winds. Distance from head of bay 3 miles. Important as being the closest by land to Kowloon. |\n| Long Harbour | Good anchorage in 7 to 8 fms. More suitable for a military than a mercantile port. |\n| Port Shelter | Good anchorage for any size of ships. Chiefly useful as being deep close to shore, and divided from Tseung Kwan O by a small neck of land 1/4 mile wide. |\n| Rocky Harbour | Unimportant, being out of line of communication. |\n\n### Appendix No. 2 (Geological Report)\n\nThe geological formation of this territory is simple, granitic trappean and metamorphic rocks largely predominating, the only stratified rocks which are found belonging to the hypozoic period. There are in places evidences of volcanic action, but of a very remote period, while the granitic and trappean rocks are very prominent everywhere. The hills facing Hong Kong are chiefly of granite, of which many varieties occur, from a fine close-grained felspathic white rock and a pink coloured granite like that of Aberdeen, to a very coarse porphyritic granite. Kaolin probably exists, but I did not come on any defined beds of it, though told that it was to be found near the west point of Castle Peak Bay. Syenite is common and of very good quality, a dark, highly crystalline variety, in many cases the large distinct crystals of hornblende being well shown.\n\nThe bold and rocky east coast shows some very characteristic cliffs of columnar basalt, and blocks of this, an almost black and highly crystalline rock, are largely used for bridging streams inland.\n\nFurther inland other trap rocks appear, while some of the islands in Mirs Bay show very distinctly the terraced and step-like appearance of these formations. The more compact and crystalline varieties seem to predominate, though trap tuffs and claystone porphyries are not absent. Specimens of basalts, greenstones, and felspar porphyries were numerous.\n\nIt is extremely difficult in such a country as I have described, where the varieties of trap rocks are so numerous and so mixed up with rocks of the granitic system, to say what other rocks may not exist. One thing is certain, there is everywhere an abundance of the best building material, and for road macadamizing nothing could surpass the hard basalts.\n\nIn one or two places I came on distinctly stratified rocks, of a hard, crystalline, close-grained variety, dark grey or bluish grey in colour, which I would call syenitic gneiss.\n\nPure quartz rock is uncommon, though in places distinct out-crops of quartzite were to be seen. I saw no mica schists, and except in the pure granites mica is not to be seen.\n\nTalc also is absent, but hornblende appears everywhere, and I should say chlorite schists, hornblende schists, and actynolite schists are fairly common.\n\nI saw no limestone, all lime used in buildings being obtained from the burning of coral or oyster shells.\n\nThe lower hills between the mountain ranges are of laterite, rounded or conical in shape, and well covered with vegetation, combining to form the extremely picturesque scenery usually associated with such formations. The richly cultivated valleys lying between, formed by the denudation of the surrounding mountains, seem in most cases to have a few feet of good soil overlying laterite; some excavations, as in wells, showed this distinctly. The laterite is what would be called a coarse cabook in Ceylon, fit for cutting out in blocks for building purposes. This is extremely like the disintegrated granite of Hong Kong, but contains more silicate of alumina and oxide of iron, the latter showing in large nodules.\n\nSome excellent pottery clay exists on the slopes of Tai Mo Shan, of which we saw specimens in the village of Un Long, of a light brown colour and extremely fine texture. Brick clay is found in all the valleys, and is used in the form of large sun-dried bricks in many of the village houses and walls.\n\nPossibly beds of primary limestone will be found, but the lime obtained by the burning of shells is sufficient for local needs.",
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        "content_text": "673\n\nPROGRAMME No. 6.\n\nThis trip is only a slight deviation from the last (Programme No. 5) as we proceed over exactly the same country up to the walled market town of Kam-Tin-Ho. From this point we strike off to the eastward, rounding another group of low hills in the Pat-Leung valley, before facing the Tai-Mo-Shan pass. In this neighbourhood partridges are reported to be very plentiful, especially on the rising ground to the left of the approach to the road leading over the hill. The country here is certainly interesting and probably contains unknown treasure both for the sportsman and also for the explorer. We must not lose too much time as it will take at least three hours to cross the mountain to Tsin-Wan, where our boat should be in waiting for us.\n\nPROGRAMME No. 7.\n\nShould occupy at least two days as it covers a line of country which will be found specially interesting. Proceed by steam-launch or Hakka boat, accompanied by sampan, to Deep Bay, and if possible, anchor within a mile of the Black Rock, an isolated granite boulder situated at a slight elevation on the northern shore of the Bay. Having partaken of a hearty breakfast and made the necessary arrangements for tiffin, departure rendezvous, &c., get ashore and strike inland, when at a short distance you will perceive a clump of trees with one specially large banyan tree in the forefront. Immediately in the neighbourhood of these trees is a bit of marshy ground overgrown with rushes where snipe in particular abound. This patch will occupy the attention of several guns for some time.\n\nOur direction is now easterly along the shore of the Bay until around Sha-Tao there are many such corners of interest, including two small lagoons. Continuing on to Shekkha, we have to pass quite a number of villages surrounded by plantations of lichee trees and bamboo canes. Pigeons here are very plentiful and remain so in the shooting from village to village all the way up to the market town of Sham Chun. As it is not proposed to go further than this market town, to retrace our steps we can decide upon either bank of the river, north or south, as our sampan should be about a mile from the entrance to take us on board the launch or Hakka boat to dine and sleep. The next morning can be devoted to such ground as has yielded the best results the previous day, with a trip through Kam-Tin-Ho and the Pat Leung valley, or the Telegraph pass route, to arrive at Tsin Wan by evening. If this, with the climb, is too much, take the direction to Castle Peak, all nearly level country, and having sent the steam launch and boat round, you should meet them about 5 o'clock in the evening.\n\nPROGRAMME No. 8.\n\nMirs Bay, or more properly Inner Mirs Bay, is formed by an arm of the sea entering the land in a south-westerly direction from the outer or Mirs Bay proper. The direct opposite to Deep Bay, which is one vast expanse of shallow water, Inner Mirs Bay is approached by a narrow strait about five miles in length leading to a continuation of inlets and narrow channels with deep water in almost every direction. As a place for sport it is limited to ducks and geese, with a few snipe and curlew; the villages and hills furnishing pigeons and partridges. Little is attempted at Mirs",
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        "content_text": "462\n\nR\n\nWe would further invite attention to the evidence of Mr. Lenu at page 34 of the report where he says that \"cubicles shut out a vast amount of light\" and to the remark of Mr. PALMER at page 40 to the effect in the case of those cubicles they are absolutely dark; there is no light possible.\" \"As far as health goes it would be a good thing [to get light into them].\"\n\nWe do not agree with the opinion expressed by Mr. LEIGH at page 34 that under existing conditions the light in cubicles is sufficient for the health of the Chinese,\" and we are supported in our opinion by the fact that the majority of Plague cases have, in all the epidemics that have occurred in the Colony, occurred in Chinese tenement houses where cubicles abound and where in consequence the absence of light ventilation is most marked.\n\nWe therefore strongly urge that the whole of our recommendations with regard to cubicles be adopted. It is unfortunately impossible to prohibit cubicles altogether, but everything should be done to render them as little obnoxious to health as possible.\n\nOVERCROWDING.\n\n20. We are not satisfied that the provisions of section 9 of Ordinance 15 of 1894 are sufficient for the purpose of abating overcrowding. We would point out that owing to the numerous means of exit from Chinese dwelling-houses it is extremely difficult except with the assistance of several persons to prevent escapes, and to obtain the necessary evidence on which to prosecute for breaches of this section.\n\nWe therefore recommend that the following additional regulation be made:- In a room fitted with bunks or beds, sleeping accommodation shall not be provided for a greater number of persons than may occupy the room in accordance with section 9 of Ordinance 15 of 1894.\n\nIt is a common thing to see bunks and other sleeping accommodation provided in a room for a greater number of persons than may legally occupy it. We see no reason why such encouragement to overcrowding should be permitted.\n\nWe are further of opinion that section 7, sub-section (I), of Ordinance 15 of 1894, should be amended by the deletion of the words \"where such room is partitioned or divided off into separate compartments.\" As the section reads at present there is nothing to prevent the erection of mezzanine floors or cocklofts of any dimensions, in any room in which there are no cubicles. Mr. CHADWICK, para. 168 of his Report on the Sanitary condition of Hongkong (1882) expressed the following emphatic opinion: \"Cocklofts should be absolutely prohibited.\"\n\n21. PRIVATE STREETS AND LANES.\n\nThe recommendation of the Commissioners under this heading is as follows:- Clause 14. We recommend that owners of Private Streets and Lanes be required at their own expense to surface, channel, and light such Streets and Lanes, and to maintain them in a sanitary condition. We concur in this recommendation as far as it goes, but we desire to suggest the following amendments: All private streets and lanes must be surfaced, channelled, and lit to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works and no obstructions whatever should be permitted to be erected in private streets and lanes upon which domestic buildings abut.\n\nWe consider that bye-law No. 27, made under section 13 of Ordinance 15 of 1894, is inadequate. One of the Commissioners (Mr. WHITEHEAD) was so much impressed by Dr. CLARK's remarks that he stated that the obstruction to the entrances of private lanes \"ought to be put a stop to at once\" and remarked that the Commissioners ought at once to \"suggest to the Government the necessity of amending the Ordinance\" so as to give effect to the recommendation.\n\nOnly one of the other three witnesses was questioned by the Commissioners on this important point. The witness was Mr. DANBY who, at page 28 of the Report, is reported to have expressed the opinion that because a street in Birmingham 36 feet in width might be obstructed to the extent of one-third of the width of the street, that therefore in Hongkong a private lane without reference to its width (and the vast majority of them are under 15 feet wide) might be allowed to be obstructed to the same proportionate extent.\n\nWe confess that we are unable to see any analogy between the two cases, but we observe with pleasure that Mr. DANBY was of opinion that some limit at any rate should be placed to the obstruction of entrances to private lanes.\n\n22. LATRINE ACCOMMODATION AND REMOVAL OF NIGHT-SOIL from Private Premises. Although the absence of adequate latrine accommodation throughout the Colony and the irregular collection of night-soil from the dwellings of the poorer classes of the Chinese are matters which closely affect the sanitary condition of the dwellings, and to which attention was specially directed by the late Director of Public Works in his evidence before the Commission (pp. 20 and 21), by Mr. W. DANBY (p. 32), by Mr. R. K. LETON (p. 37), and by Mr. CLEMENT PALMER (p. 40), we observe that the Commissioners have made no recommendations to the Government on this subject, and we desire to urge therefore upon the Government the necessity for the provision of additional public latrines throughout the Colony at an early date, and we are also of the opinion that the Government should undertake the daily collection of night-soil from private premises, on the lines laid down in the specification submitted to the Government by the Sanitary Board in 1896, (C.S.O.2719 of 1896; a copy of which is attached).\n\nApart from the desirability on general sanitary grounds that night-soil should, especially in a tropical climate, be removed from dwelling-houses as early as possible, we would point out that such removal is rendered still more important where Plague prevails. It is now recognised that the excreta of Plague infected persons are highly infectious, and we cannot but view with the gravest concern the continuance of the present system under which, for purposes of economy, night-soil is not removed daily from the dwellings of the poorer classes of Chinese.\n\n23. AMENDMENT OF SECTION 66 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH ORDINANCE OF 1887.\n\nThere remains for notice the recommendation made by Dr. CLARK at page 13 of the Report that section 66 of the Public Health Ordinance, No. 24 of 1887, should be amended so as to apply with some modifications to all new buildings erected in future.\n\nDr. CLARK pointed out that under the existing law \"there is no power to prevent the erection of back-to-back houses except upon land purchased from the Crown after the passing of Ordinance 24 of 1887, which practically means that the whole of the City outside of Taipingshan can be re-erected with back-to-back houses.\"\n\nThis recommendation was endorsed by Mr. COOPER who concurred generally in Dr. CLARK's proposals.\n\nMr. DANBY was questioned on the point, but did not think such an amendment of the law necessary, although he admitted (see page 31) that from a sanitary point of view it was desirable.\n\nMr. LEIGH was also examined on the subject and his objection to the alteration in the law was that it would tend to make landlords keep up their old houses as long as they could,\" and that any question of compensation for loss of property \"would be a very large sum\" (vide page 35).\n\nMr. PALMER was not asked any questions on the point.\n\nThus we have two witnesses entirely in favour of Dr. CLARK's suggestion, a third in favour of it (with certain modifications as to the depth of the open spaces required) on sanitary grounds but opposed to it on the ground of the reduction in value of property that it would entail, and a fourth likewise opposed to it on the latter ground although he had in an earlier portion of his evidence stated that existing Houses the principal rooms of which were over 40 feet deep could afford to give up 10 feet each for backyards (vide page 33 of Mr. LETON's evidence).\n\nThe only way in which we can reconcile Mr. LEIGH's two statements is to imagine that his objections to Dr. CLARK's suggestion for the amendment of section 66 of the Public Health Ordinance were intended to apply to shallow houses only or at any rate to houses with rooms of a less depth than 40 feet. The balance of the evidence is therefore in favour of Dr. CLARK's recommendation, but in spite of that fact the recommendation is not even alluded to in the body of the report.\n\nFortunately, two of the Commissioners-Messrs. WHITEHEAD and EDE--the latter of whom was a member of the Sanitary Board for 13 years, recognised the importance of Dr. CLARK's suggestion and supported it in an addendum to the report which we have already quoted in paragraph No. 8 but which we may for facility of reference again quote here:\n\nClause 17. Upon mature consideration we strongly recommend that the further erection of dwelling-houses of a greater depth than 30 feet, which cannot be ventilated and lighted on each floor from the back as well as from the front, should be absolutely prohibited, and such ventilation should be provided by means of an open space, or yard, of an area not less than one-eighth of the area occupied by the building.\n\nWe regret that Messrs. WHITEHEAD and EDE should have eliminated houses of a depth of 30 feet and under from their recommendation.\n\nWe have shown in paragraph No. 6 that dwelling-houses for the lower classes of Chinese of whatever depth should have light and ventilation at the back, and we cannot therefore agree to the elimination proposed.\n\nWe have already referred to Appendix No. 7 which shows the provisions of bye-laws for open spaces around new dwelling-houses in some of the principal cities in England. It will be seen how large the requirements are at home with regard to the provision of open spaces both in front and in rear of dwelling-houses, and we suggest that new buildings should be provided with the same amount of open space in the rear, as is required in the case of existing buildings (for which vide para. 5), in which case the amendment of section 66 of the Public Health Ordinance would not be necessary.",
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        "content_text": "565\n\nfrescen,\n\nas this itinerary\n\nis mountain.\"\n\n3. The main trad\n\nto Jaipo hive is in my cardinal\"\n\nhist\n\napinim. J. importance and from the only means of communication; which would readily be observed, available in all weathers. Experience shows that in heavy weather it requires a beacon firing crew at Deep Bay, while Deep Bay is too shallow that causing\n\nis often very difficult. Two Companies gathered\n\nWelch Fusiliers apt\n\nSam chun ziren\n\nJunh\n\naccarim,\n\nGood stander in Deep Bay, and did not arrive in Ang Kang until the third day.\n\nSo The road to Jaiser wich goes through very\n\nlittle Cultivated Ground. It keeps the hill side abms The Cultivation. There have been practically no claims for compensation",
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        "content_text": "Last \n\n5 \n\n3, \n127 \n\n4 \n\nlead to a determined effort \nand will render \non the part of the Provincial Government to put down the banditti pirates, whose lawless actions, if continued, \nlegitimate commerce all but impossible. It is to be feared, however, that under the \npresent Viceroy's \nadministration \nand \nboats, \nno real \nreally sustained effort is likely to be made to restore the sovereignty of the law in these provinces, and the Committee are of opinion that the most practicable as well as the surest means of restoring confidence and safety along the southern waterways will be for Her Majesty's Government to employ a Flotilla of \ngunboats \nof the \"Sandpiper\" class to patrol the West River, with armed shallow draft steam-launches to watch the creeks. The appearance of such craft in the waterways would be hailed with satisfaction by the native traders and merchants, and need not excite official hostility, as they could act in conjunction with the vessels employed for the Canton Government, but which, unfortunately, \nare \nludicrously inadequate for the work, and not infrequently go off duty to act as \ntugs for native craft. The number \nof gunboats \nand \nguardboats on the river has, if I am \nrightly informed, been reduced. The above suggestion has been already mooted in a telegram despatched to London, and the Committee trust it will receive your approval and support. \n\nI have the honour to be, \n\nYour \nSir \nmost obedient servant, \n\n(Signed) R.M. Gray \nChairman",
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        "content_text": "14\n\nsee by the joint letter of Messrs. Jardine Matheson and Company and other merchants in Canton contracts made with Silk manufacturers in Europe have been broken, to their serious loss by the non-delivery of the silk for which they had contracted with Chinese merchants, unable through the insecurity of the river to forward the produce.\n\n2. It is evident that this great injury to trade can only be remedied by affording protection to the Chinese producer and whatever steps the Chinese Government may be able to take on land to suppress the bands of robbers, on the river it would appear to be powerless.\n\n3. To afford adequate protection on the river and its affluents it would be necessary to secure constant supervision by considerable increase in the number of boats of light draught of the \"Sandpiper\" class with smaller armed boats to enable piratical boats to be pursued into the shallow creeks to which they retire.\n\n4. Although one or two foreign craft have been attacked in the West River, notably the steamer plying between Macao and Sam-shui which on the 20th July, 1899, was pirated, the purser, a Portuguese, being shot and seriously wounded, These attacks are usually made upon Chinese vessels. The modus operandi is almost always the same. At a given point a boatful of armed men board the junk, or call upon the steamer",
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        "content_text": "undertook to scotch piracy on the coast of China, and accomplished the work so thoroughly that this pest to commerce was practically extinguished, only recurring since at long intervals and under exceptional circumstances.\n\nMy Committee will be glad therefore if the East India and China Section of your Chamber can see its way to take up this important question and press it upon the attention of the Imperial Government. This Chamber is already indebted to your Chamber for the vigorous and effective manner in which it espoused the cause of this Colony in connection with the representation sent home on the question of the extension of its boundaries and the inclusion therein of Kowloon city, and the Committee now hope you will be equally successful in convincing the Government of the deplorable state of affairs now existing in these two provinces and of the urgent necessity for prompt and decisive action to prevent the disorganisation and possible suspension of trade on the southern waterways of China-I am, Sir, Yours faithfully,\n\nR. CHATTERTON WILCOX, Secretary.\n\nTo Kouric B. Murray, Esq., Secretary,\n\nLondon Chamber of Commerce.\n\nHongkong General Chamber of Commerce,\n\nHongkong, 14th August, 1899,\n\nSir-\n\nIt is with regret that the Committee of this Chamber have to bring to your attention facts that are not only reducing the concession lately obtained of the opening to foreign trade of the inland waterways of South China to a valueless point, but are also seriously hampering and restricting business generally,\n\nAllude to the piracy on the West River and the condition of disorder and lawlessness which prevails in wide districts of both the two Kwang provinces. Bands of brigands, well armed with modern weapons, and possessing strongholds among the hills, make descents upon the villages and towns in the silk producing and other prosperous districts and either plunder the inhabitants or extort regular contributions from merchants and producers. Traders carrying produce to port of shipment and those returning with the bullion received therefor are robbed, and, if they offer resistance are shot or otherwise disposed of. Vessels of all descriptions on the river, from native junks to foreign steam-launches, are attacked and looted, and in several cases murder has preceded robbery. Only so lately as the 20th ult. a launch flying the flag of Portugal was boarded by a pirate craft, the master shot, the crew overpowered, and the vessel robbed.\n\nIt is perhaps hardly to be wondered that under such circumstances, the wealthier inhabitants of those districts should be sending their money for investment elsewhere, or that the silk merchants at Canton should have given notice that there is some possibility that they may not be able to fulfil contracts for delivery of silk, the producers being afraid either to attempt its transport to Canton or to make the return journey with treasure of which they are so likely to be despoiled en route. Native merchants are, as a result, loth to enter into contracts for export, and business threatens to come to a comparative standstill. The foreign steamboat companies, which have been pluckily engaged in an uphill pioneer work on the West River, also find their earnings seriously curtailed by the operations of the pirates and banditti.\n\nThe British Consul at Canton has no doubt informed you of the condition of affairs in the Two Kwang, and not improbably he has made you acquainted with the very unsatisfactory nature of the steps taken by the Viceroy to cope with predatory gangs who set the local authorities at defiance. The Committee trust you may make such representations to the Tsungli Yamen as will lead to a determined effort on the part of the Provincial Government to put down the banditti and pirates, whose lawless actions, if continued, will render legitimate commerce all but impossible,\n\nIt is to be feared, however, that under the administration of the present Viceroy no really sustained effort is likely to be made to restore the sovereignty of the law in these provinces, and the Committee are of opinion that the most practical as well as the surest means of restoring confidence and safety along the southern waterways will be for Her Majesty's Government to employ a flotilla of boats of the Sandpiper class to patrol the West River, with armed shallow draft steam-launches to watch the cranks. The appearance of such craft in the waterways would be hailed with satisfaction by the native traders and merchants and need not excite official hostility, as they could act in conjunction with the vessels employed for the Canton Government, but which, unfortunately, are ludicrously inadequate for the work and not infrequently go off duty to act as tugs for native craft. The number of gunboats and guardboats on the river has, if I am rightly informed, been reduced. The above suggestion has been already mooted, in telegrams despatched to London, and the Committee trust it will receive your approval and support.-I have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient servant,\n\nR. M. GRAY, Chairman.\n\nTo H. O. Bax Ironside, Esq., H. B. M.'s Chargé d'Affaires, Peking.\n\nHongkong General Chamber of Commerce,\n\nHongkong 5th August, 1899.\n\nSir,\n\nI am directed to transmit to you, for the information of His Excellency the Governor, copy of a letter addressed by this Chamber to Her Britannic Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Peking on the subject of the disorders prevailing in the Kwang province (culminating on the 12th inst. in an engagement with the Imperial troops at Cot-Kaw on the West River which ended in the complete defeat of the troops by the rebels) and the consequent derangement of trade on the inland waterways. I have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient servant.\n\nR. CHATTERTON WILCOX,\n\nSecretary.\n\nHon. J. H. Stewart Lockhart, C.M.G.,\n\nColonial Secretary.\n\nHongkong General Chamber of Commerce.\n\nHongkong, 10th August, 1899.\n\nSir,-\n\nI beg to hand you herewith a copy of the letter addressed by this Chamber to Mr. Bax Ironside, Her Britannic Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Peking, on the subject of the internal disorders and lawlessness prevailing in the Kwang provinces and their effect upon trade generally and silk business in particular. -I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant,\n\nR. M. GRAY, Chairman.\n\nTo H. B. M.'s Consul, Canton.\n\nPage 23",
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        "content_text": "It seems that it will have to be done by a British Naval patrol.\n\n32\n\nThis being the case, the Committee would respectfully suggest to His Excellency the Governor the propriety of still further augmenting the gunboat flotilla by getting out more boats of the \"Sandpiper\" class, so soon as they can be procured. Meantime, it might perhaps be practicable to send armed light draft steam-launches to be attached to the larger vessels for use in the shallow waters.\n\nThe Honourable Colonial Secretary.\n\nI have etc.,\n\n(Sd.) R. Chatterton Wilcox.\n\nSecretary.",
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        "content_text": "This Document is the Property of Her Britannic Majesty's Government.]\n\nCHINA TRADE.\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\n20037\n\n[October 6.]\n\nSECTION 1.\n\nPage 16 OCT 29\n\nNo. 1.\n\nSir,\n\nAdmiralty to Foreign Office.-(Received October 6.)\n\nAdmiralty, October 3, 1899.\n\nWITH reference to your letter of the 15th ultimo, respecting the prevalence of piracy in the province of Kuangtung, I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to transmit, for the information of the Secretary of State, copy of a letter on this subject, dated the 28th July last, from the Commodore at Hong Kong, together with a copy of the remarks by the Commander-in-chief on the China Station.\n\nThe correspondence referred to in the Commodore's letter is not forwarded, as they formed the inclosures to your letter above quoted.\n\nI am, &c.\n\n(Signed)\n\nEVAN MACGREGOR.\n\nInclosure 1 in No. 1.\n\nMemorandum by Vice-Admiral Sir E. Seymour.\n\nSUBMITTED for information. I quite concur with the Commodore that the duty of policing the river clearly belongs to China, but it is a duty which, so far as I can learn, has never been properly carried out. A strong representation by Her Majesty's Minister at Peking to the Tsung-li Yamên to urge them to fulfil their obligations in this respect may have some effect.\n\n2. The evil is the result of long-continued apathy (if no worse) on the part of the officials, from the Viceroy down to the local Mandarins, and may take some time to remedy, but there should be no insuperable difficulty in suppressing it, if a serious attempt is made by them to do so.\n\n3. The \"Sandpiper,\" which was specially commissioned for duties in the West River, has been constantly patrolling since the end of February last, and her presence, undoubtedly, has a good effect, but little can be done by her alone if the Chinese themselves do not make strenuous efforts to check piracy in their own waters. When Nanning is opened to trade, I am of opinion we should have a second vessel on the river.\n\nThe only vessel out here which could get up as far as Wuchou (except the shallow draught vessels already appropriated) is the \"Tweed,\" now in reserve, and she could not get beyond that town.\n\nAugust 11, 1899.\n\n(Signed)\n\nE. H. SEYMOUR.\n\nInclosure 2 in No. 1.\n\nSir,\n\nCommodore Powell to Vice-Admiral Sir E. Seymour.\n\n\"Tamar,\" at Hong Kong, July 28, 1899.\n\nFROM the correspondence from Her Majesty's Consul at Canton, which I have the honour to forward herewith, you will see that the state of affairs on the West River and the provinces bordering thereon is becoming worse.\n\n2. To take the policing of the river entirely into our hands, a duty that clearly belongs to China, would do a certain amount of good, but even then the blackmailing and robbery on shore would continue, and goods would either never reach the river or in such small quantities as to make it not worth the merchants' while to trouble about.\n\n[2242 f-1]\n\n624\n\nPage 17",
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        "content_text": "CO P.Y.\n\nTranslation,\n\nFrom Viceroy Tan.\n\n10th December, 1899.\n\n222\n\nSir,\n\nI am in receipt of your despatch of the 5th instant embodying a communication from the Governor of Hongkong stating that further robberies of cattle intended for Hongkong have taken place on the West and North Rivers; that the prevalence of piracy on the West River was seriously injuring the trade between Hongkong and the two Kwangs; that it may not be convenient to send a large force to suppress piracy, but that even a gunboat acting in conjunction with the Officer Commanding Her Majesty's ship on the West River would demonstrate that any action taken by Her Majesty's ships was in accordance with the wishes of the Chinese Government.\n\nIn reply I have the honour to state that the movements of the robbers on the West River are uncertain, and that they decamp when they see the soldiers coming. Most of the piracies take place in the creeks where the water is shallow and large gunboats are useless. Some time ago, I ordered the despatch",
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        "content_text": "# COPY.\n\n5.0.\n\n13320 248\n\nRec? & Prc 30 APR 00:\n\nSIT, HongKong General Chamber of Commerce.\n\nHongKong, 21st September, 1899.\n\nI am directed by my committee to again invite the attention of **His Excellency the Governor** to the condition of the districts watered by the West River and the piracies committed on that waterway and its tributaries, to the serious obstruction of trade.\n\nThe despatch of the gunboat \"Tweed\" and of a torpedo boat hence to the West River has no doubt had a good effect in some portions of the territory in question, but the length of the river and the numerous creeks preclude such a small force from having more than a very partial effect.\n\nIf the Chinese Authorities could be relied upon to do their duty and second the efforts made to rid the country of the lawless characters who batten upon the labours of the industrious portion of the population, probably the force sent thither might suffice for the purpose. Unfortunately, however, the reverse is the case; nothing is attempted in real earnest by the Chinese officials; and if the evil is to be rooted out, it seems that it will have to be done by a British naval patrol.\n\nThis being the case, the Committee would respectfully suggest to His Excellency the Governor the propriety of still further augmenting the gunboat flotilla by getting out more boats of the \"Sandpiper\" class, so soon as they can be procured. Meantime, it might perhaps be practicable to send armed light draft steam-launches to be attached to the larger vessels for use in the shallow waters.\n\nI have etc.\n\nWilcox,\n\n(signed) R. Chatterton\nSecretary.\n\nTo\nHonourable Colonial Secretary.",
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        "content_text": "# REPORT ON WATER SUPPLY, KOWLOON\n\n## BY LAWRENCE GIBBS, A.M.L.C.E.\n\n18253 REP 19 JUN 00\n\nSIR,-I have the honour to submit the following report on the subject of providing an adequate water supply for the Kowloon Peninsula.\n\n### EXISTING WORKS\n\nThe existing waterworks were carried out on the recommendation of Mr. COOPER (vide his report on Kowloon Water Supply dated 30th June 1892), with some additions suggested by Mr. CHADWICK. The following is a brief description of them :-\n\nThree valleys at the back of the Rifle Ranges, having a joint area of 220 acres, are reserved as a collecting area, the water in the flat sandy bottoms of these valleys being intercepted by collecting pipes and led to shallow wells, below which dams are built across the valleys to prevent the escape of water underground. The wells are connected by iron pipes to a tank having a capacity of 150,000 gallons at Yau-Ma-Ti, whence the water is pumped into the distributing mains, the supply being regulated by two small service reservoirs, one near Yau-Ma-Ti 215 feet above sea level and of 160,000 gallons capacity, and the other near Hung Hom 160 feet above sea level and of 90,000 gallons capacity.\n\nThe minimum supply obtainable was estimated to be 232,000 gallons a day, and the population of the district to be supplied was, according to the census of 1891, 13,200.\n\nThe works were completed in 1895 at a cost of $116,000, the regular supply being established on the 24th December, 1895. Small extensions of mains have since been undertaken at various times, and in the beginning of the present year the dam in the principal valley was raised 5 feet. Including these additions, the total expenditure under Mr. COOPER's scheme has been $128,000.\n\nIn 1898 the consumption was found to be rapidly overtaking the available sources of supply, and authority was obtained (`C.S.0, *12`) to construct works for the collection of an additional supply from the hills in the New Territory. These works are now in progress, but they can only be regarded as a temporary means of augmenting the supply until the more extensive scheme, about to be described, can be carried out. They will bring the minimum dry weather supply up to 300,000 gallons a day, which is sufficient to meet the present requirements of the district now supplied.\n\nBefore proceeding to enter into details with regard to the new scheme, it may be pointed out that, with an ample gravitation supply and sufficient storage, fire hydrants can be provided throughout the district, there being no provision whatever of this nature at present, and further a great saving would be effected in maintenance, the cost of pumping alone for a supply of 200,000 gallons a day being about $5,000 a year.\n\n### QUANTITY OF WATER REQUIRED\n\nThe census of 20 January, 1897, gives the following information for British Kowloon:\n\n| Category | Population |\n| --- | --- |\n| Civil Non-Chinese land population | 716 |\n| Do. Chinese | 26,442 |\n| Floating population | 7,624 |\n\nThe Military and Naval population, allowing for the barracks in course of erection at Gun Club Hill, may be estimated to be:—\n| Category | Population |\n| --- | --- |\n| European | 300 |\n| Asiatics | 1,200 |\n\nIn the New Territory, Kowloon City and Sham-Shui-Po, with estimated populations of 2,000 and 1,500 respectively, should be included in the scheme.",
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        "content_text": "#97 \n\nfrom Peking, and the Tsungli Yamen cannot apparently be brought to take the matter up seriously.\n\n4. When Sir Claude MacDonald was passing through Hong Kong on the 15th instant I met him and the Governor of Hong Kong (Sir Henry Blake) in conference on this subject, and we concurred in a telegram, sent by the Governor to the Colonial Office as the result of the conference, that effective measures should be taken against the pirates, specially with reference to this case, and a reply is awaited.\n\nFor Great Britain to effectually patrol the river many shallow-draught Gunboats will be required if undertaken by the Navy, but it could in my opinion be better done by the establishment of a system of Water Police with stations on the river, and armed launches, controlled by the Head of the Police of Hong Kong. There are at Whampoa several Chinese Torpedo Boats which usually lie idle, but which might be most useful in patrolling the West River.\n\n(Sd) **B. H. Seymour**,  \n**Vice Admiral**",
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        "content_text": "## moto XI. M. 2438 \n## 24 Feb to Colonial Officer\n\nSir,\n\nH.M.S.\"TWEED\" – CHU-TAU-SHAN  \n6th January 1900.\n\n18457  \n**REC'd 27 FEB 00**  \n39\n\nI have the honour to report that about 3 p.m. to-day the launch (Chinese) \"Yuen-Hing\", plying between Canton and Kong Mun, passed this ship without a tow, and was fired at by the soldiers on Chu-Tau-shan Island.\n\nI at once manned and armed the steam cutter and gave chase. The launch turned up an unsurveyed creek just below the ship, and about six miles up we came upon her, the pirates discharging cargo with all speed.\n\nWe at once opened fire on them, which they returned. I understand there were only ten pirates on board, but about forty or fifty men opened a hot fire on us, under cover of bushes from the bank, one of our men, Mounch, A.B., being seriously wounded in the right thigh.\n\nI did not consider it advisable to risk having any more men wounded or perhaps killed, so I therefore proceeded in the \"Yuen Hing\" with the steam cutter alongside, to the \"TWEED\". A party of Chinese soldiers from the fort arrived as we were leaving.\n\nFrom information received from one of the passengers, the launch left Canton this morning at 7 a.m. with a junk full of Chinese passengers in tow, and was pirated shortly after leaving Canton. After pirating the junk, they cut the tow rope at Nam sha and proceeded in the launch. One pirate was killed while passing Chu-tau-shan.\n\nThe creek is very shallow in parts, varying from 5 feet to 7 fathoms.\n\nI distinctly saw two men drop from our fire, but could not ascertain whether they were killed.\n\n**Commodore**  \nF. Powell, C.B.,  \nH.M.S.\"TAMAR\".",
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        "content_text": "## II.-Trade between Canton and West River Ports\n\nThe recent ruling of the Inspector-General forbidding inter-Treaty port steamers to call at the various riverside towns, such as Juitsing and Dosing, has been a severe blow to the passenger trade. This line is now served by four regular steamers. Efforts have been made to obtain a modification of the rule in favour of passengers, and I understand the local Commissioners of Customs are in favour of this arrangement.\n\nIt is evident that the Customs must for the present maintain the rule as far as cargo is concerned, otherwise, were a steamer permitted to carry goods, say from an \"inland\" place above Wuchow direct to Canton, they would lose their \"coast trade\" duty. The ruling, however, sets up differential treatment, as cargo carried on a native boat can pay one li-kin duty at the point of departure, and receive a certificate franking it through to Canton; and there is no doubt that the specially constructed passenger boats towed by the Ping On Company's launches habitually carry passengers and cargo between and beyond Treaty ports, although they are not specially registered for the trade.\n\nThere is much room for improvement in the type of steamer running between Canton and Wuchow. Even the newest are small and slow, and draw too much water to enable them to take advantage of the short route from Samshui to Canton during the summer months. The Canton Steam-boat Company are building two stern-wheel steamers of light draft, with spacious passenger accommodation; but they will not be ready for another year.\n\n### III. ---\"Inland Waters\" Trade\n\nThe number of launches plying under \"Inland Waters Certificate\" between Canton and various points on the Delta, North and West Rivers, has largely increased this season (by season is meant the high-water period from April to November, when launches can make use of the \"back\" creeks to Canton).\n\nThree launches have run regularly this summer between Canton, Samshui and North River towns; two between Canton, Samshui and Shuihing; one between Samshui, Samshui is not repeated in the original text, so it is assumed to be \"Sainam\" or another town, and Dosing. All but the last were under the Chinese flag. It will be noticed that the last-mentioned, the British steam-launch \"Choyfat,\" does not make Canton her starting point. The Customs refused to allow her to run from Canton on the plea that with an Inland Water Certificate she could not pass Samshui, a second Treaty port.\n\nI called the Canton Commissioner's attention to the fact that Chinese launches run regularly from Canton via Samshui to various places on the North and West Rivers under Inland Water Certificate. He admitted the fact, and, after some correspondence, the Custom-houses at Canton and Samshui have agreed not to consider the latter place as a Treaty port for the purposes of inland water traffic. This constitutes, I venture to say, an important move in the direction of facilitating the free navigation of the inland waters by steamers.\n\nI do not think that British Companies will ever be able to compete successfully with Chinese in the inland water carrying trade, even supposing both to enjoy equal opportunities. The general working expenses of the steamers (which for some years to come will probably be launches towing passenger and cargo boats) are much less in the case of a Chinese concern, and this saving is even more considerable in the items of agencies, travellers, &c. A certain number of launches will always be found carrying the British or other foreign flag, but these will be in reality Chinese owned, with a registered foreign owner to secure Consular protection.\n\nShould the time ever arrive when the Chinese authorities would treat their own merchants with the justice they now unwillingly extend to foreign merchants, then it is probable that the number of British firms in Hong Kong and up the West River would sensibly diminish.\n\nThere is no reason, however, why British Companies should not obtain the monopoly of the direct carrying trade between Hong Kong and West River ports even up to Nanning, and there is room for a good line of shallow-draft passenger steamers between Canton and Wuchow—always presuming that the wayside towns will be re-opened to inter-Treaty port vessels.\n\nI have made no mention of the new Inland Water Regulations which, together with a \"responsible officer,\" were to appear at the beginning of this year.\n\nThe provincial authorities both in Kuangtung and Kuangsi have offered a determined opposition to the scheme, in which they foresee the deathblow to the present profitable method of collecting li-kin, and (as already reported) the \"Weiyuan\" appointed to Wuchow was actually dismissed by the Governor for drawing up draft Regulations suggested by the Commissioner of Customs.\n\nThe li-kin Weiyüans at Samshui and Wuchow have now been appointed Inland Water Weiyüans, and naturally things are at a standstill.\n\nIn spite of this fact and in spite of the restrictions still existing to the free navigation of the waters of this province by steamers, I venture to express the opinion that the complaints, so freely voiced in Hong Kong commercial circles and the public press, that the opening of the West River to foreign trade is a farce, are somewhat exaggerated. Trade in all the branches I have referred to is steadily increasing, and the precautionary restrictions placed on it at its inception are gradually being removed.\n\nThe complete opening of the inland waters of this province would entail a revolution in its fiscal Government, for the collection of revenue, both on domestic and foreign trade, would have to be placed in the hands of the Customs—a most desirable and necessary reform, but one that cannot be effected in a day. I think a very good beginning has been made.\n\nTwo years ago the privilege of transit passes had become a dead letter in this province; now goods are sent up from Canton to all parts of the province in ever-increasing quantities.\n\nWhen Wuchow was first opened to foreign trade, transit passes were publicly torn in pieces at a li-kin station within sight of the Custom-house; during the last half-year 9,439 inland passes were taken out at the Custom-house for all parts of Kuangsi, and even Yünnan and Kueichow, while native produce from such distant places as Nanning, Pose, Liuchow, and Lungchow were brought down under 551 outward transit passes.\n\nIt has been made easier for native produce, say, from Lungchow, to take a fourteen days' journey by water via West River to Hong Kong than to travel overland via Langson and Hanoi, only a five days' journey at the most.\n\nThe two or three specially licensed steam-launches which formerly ran up the West River from Canton past this port have given place to some ten steamers and launches a-day, making connection between Hong Kong, Canton, Samshui, Wuchow, Macao, and all the important wayside towns on the West and North Rivers.\n\nIt must be admitted that the Preamble to the Inland Steam Navigation Regulations...\n\nPage 417",
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        "content_text": "# CHINA TRADE.\n## CONFIDENTIAL.\n### No. 1.\n\n13030  \n[APH] 2]  \nSECT 897 MAY 00  \n\n**Sir C. MacDonald to the Marquess of Salisbury.-(Received April 2.)**  \n\n### (No. 19.)\nPeking, January 31, 1900.\n\nMy Lord,\n\nWITH reference to my despatch No. 346 of the 18th December, 1899, I have the honour to transmit herewith copy of a despatch from Her Majesty's Acting Consul at Samshui, reporting two further cases of piracy on the West River.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed) **CLAUDE M. MACDONALD**\n\n## Inclosure in No. 1.\n### Acting Consul Fox to Sir C. MacDonald\nSamshui, January 8, 1900.\n\nIN continuation of my despatch No. 12 of the 8th December, 1899, I have the honour to report two further cases of piracy which have lately occurred on the West River in the neighbourhood of Chu-tou-shan.\n\nOn the morning of the 31st December, 1899, the launch \"Esang,\" with a passenger boat in tow, was seized by pirates and the passenger boat plundered, near Kumchuk. The alarm was promptly given to the customs station there, and the Customs armed launch \"Fumuntsoi,\" which happened to be anchored at Kumchuk, at once set off in pursuit. The \"Esang\" by this time was well on her way down the river in the direction of Chu-tou-shan.\n\nAnother towing launch meeting the chase, slipped her tow, and joined the \"Fumuntsoi.\" The British river steamer \"Saikong\" was next sighted, and she tried, unsuccessfully, to run down the pirate's launch. The \"Saikong,\" however, swinging round, joined in the chase, her British officers firing repeatedly at the \"Esang\" with small arms, the pirates returning their fire at intervals. The \"Esang\" was afterwards found to have her awning and woodwork riddled with shot, but apparently no people were hit.\n\nThe pirates at length took refuge up a creek near Chu-tou-shan Island, and succeeded in running the launch ashore and making good their escape, owing to the fact that the \"Fumuntsoi\" and the other launch grounded more than once in the shallow waters of the creek. The captain and engineer of the \"Esang\" were arrested and taken with the launch to Canton.\n\nI have considered it proper to report this case to you in detail, as it is the first instance of foreigners coming into actual contact with these West River pirates, and it is, I think, significant that the pirates did not hesitate to fire on an armed launch and a steamer of 230 tons burden. And it is further evident that the district round Chu-tou-shan, comprising the large villages of Hoo-tong and Ku-chen, is the home of these pirates, and that the villagers are in league with them. The next case I have the honour to report removes all doubt on these latter points.\n\nOn the 6th January, the launch \"Juenking\" was pirated near Canton. On her way down to Chu-tou-shan she was seen by Her Majesty's ship \"Tweed,\" whose captain (Lieutenant the Hon. L. Forbes-Sempill, R.N.) promptly gave chase in the steam-cutter. The launch ran up a creek opposite the south end of the above-mentioned island, and the \"Tweed's\" cutter followed her for 6 miles to a village on the right bank.\n\nHere the pirates landed, and reinforced by some forty to fifty villagers started firing on the cutter. Our men succeeded in recovering the launch and retired with one sailor severely wounded in the thigh. Of the pirates two were killed for certain, and probably more; they were sheltered to a great extent by the bank and trees.\n\n[1947 -1]",
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        "content_text": "776 \n\n: \n\n2 \n\nThe people were curious about us and collected in great crowds, as indeed they did in all the places we passed.\n\nAbove this town for some distance the hills sink into the plain or recede to a considerable distance. The country is apparently sparsely populated and only partially cultivated. It consists largely of undulating grassy downs, which look like excellent grazing land, but which at present lie unused. Ta Huang Chiang (75) is a prosperous-looking little town prettily situated at a bend of the river, with high hills in the background. It imports a considerable quantity of foreign goods, and there is a daily steamer passenger service to Wuchow.\n\nFor the following 20 or 30 miles the river is enclosed by high, sloping banks, which afford splendid pasture, but scarcely any cattle are seen. 15 miles further on is the Prefectual city of Hsün Chou (98) which has a population of some 30,000 or 40,000 and is situated at the foot of high, sloping grass-covered hills. It was devastated by the Taipings, and has not yet recovered. The principal products of the district are silk and rhea. The aspect of the country continues much the same up to Kuei Hsien (153), a town of some 30,000 inhabitants. Two steam-launches run between it and Ta Huang Chiang. I was told that rifles and revolvers were being freely sold in the town.\n\nThe land in the neighbourhood is generally flat, broken by ragged limestone hills and ridges of rocks a few feet high, which suggest that a part of the country was once the bed of a river or lake.\n\nAbout 18 miles distant, at San Ma Shan, there are some mines of silver, gold, and lead worked by a Chinese Company registered in Hong Kong, under the superintendence of a native engineer educated in England. Some 400 people are employed, but there is a lack of skilled labourers and experienced overseers. The capital of 300,000 dollars has all been spent, and an attempt is now being made to raise more money. The establishment is provided with American machinery, and large offices built in foreign style.\n\nOn leaving Kuei Hsien the river contracts to about a quarter of a mile in width, and the country seems better cultivated. A broad fertile plain extends on both sides, and there is everywhere evidence of a sufficient and industrious population. The principal products are maize and rice.\n\nAt Wu Sun-po (178) we anchored for a week for the water to rise to enable us to get over the rapids a mile or so farther on. These rapids are the most dangerous on the river, and during our stay six junks were wrecked there out of a total of four or five that passed every day. The danger lies not so much in the want of a sufficiently deep channel as in the difficulty of making the sharp turns amongst the rocks. The pilot was of opinion that a launch of 4 feet draught with narrow beam could get over if she were fitted with sufficiently strong steering gear. It being often said that where a junk can go a steamer can also go, it is well to point out that the junks are fitted with very large rudders and are also steered from the bows by means of an immense car.\n\nAs the water continued to fall, and information reached us of the critical state of affairs in the north, we went back to Kuei Hsien, where orders were received to return to Wuchow.\n\nWe met with no accident during the journey, and I think Commander Carr is to be congratulated on taking his step safely through so many hidden perils.\n\nThere is no doubt that the navigation above Wuchow is dangerous, and is only possible with a most thorough knowledge of the river. It seems probable that shallow draught steamers could run all the year round as far as Kuei Hsien (153), that is about half-way, but beyond that for not more than three months, subject, even then to liability to delay by a temporary fall of the river, a not infrequent occurrence. Even if it is possible for specially-constructed steamers to run to Nanning the whole year round, they would probably be of such a kind as to be fit only for towing purposes. The best method, I think, would be to run two sets of towing launches, one to the rapids above Kuei Hsien, and the other from above the rapids to Nanning, leaving the tows to be tracked over.\n\nI am of opinion, however, that the volume of trade is at present not large enough to attract foreign capital, especially under the Regulations now in force, which would prevent a Wuchow-Nanning steamer from calling at places en route, and would prevent a steamer plying from Wuchow to inland places from entering Nanning.\n\nThere is no town up to Kuei Hsien of 50,000 inhabitants, and the rural population is, for China, very sparse.\n\nUntil the mineral wealth of the province is developed and the population and production largely increase, there is not likely to be much scope for profitable steam navigation. Moreover, the inducements the native authorities would be sure to hold out to merchants to ship by junk must be kept in view. The duties on steamer cargo are fixed and immutable, whilst the duties on junk cargo may be lowered at the will of the authorities. For instance, at present scarcely any cassia is shipped by steamer because the native Customs levy a much lower duty on it if shipped by junk than would be levied by the foreign Customs if shipped by steamer. It seems impossible to prevent this kind of preferential treatment unless a certificate of payment of duty to the native Customs be accepted by the foreign Customs as freeing the goods covered thereby from further charges.\n\nNanning was declared a Treaty port more than a year ago, but it still awaits the establishment of a foreign Custom-house before it is effectively open to foreign trade. A considerable quantity of goods is already sent there from Wuchow under transit pass, and the only advantage the opening of the port is likely to bring is that foreign goods for consumption in the port will pay only the import duty of 5 per cent. ad valorem, instead of import duty and transit duty (7 per cent.).\n\nGoods distributed from Nanning will, for the most part, be in the same position as regards payment of duties as when distributed from Wuchow. As Nanning itself is probably not a very great consumer the gain thus accruing will not be of much value. Against this advantage, too, would have to be set the expense of maintaining agents there for putting merchandise through the customs, which would probably more than balance the saving of the transit duty of 2.5 per cent. on goods actually consumed in the port.\n\nIt is possible that the interport trade may benefit by the foreign Customs competing with the native Customs, but even so steamers are not likely to gain much, for the native authorities will doubtless find means of favouring the junk-borne trade as they do now in the lower part of the river. Moreover, unless steamers run to Nanning, or the Yang-tsze system of chartered junks be adopted, merchandise will not come under the Treaty Tariff levied by the foreign Customs, and the opening of the place does not take effect. In any case I am of opinion that in the present state of the country and under the conditions now obtaining, no benefits of great value will accrue to trade from the inclusion of Nanning amongst the Treaty ports.\n\n(Signed) H. A. LITTLE.\n\nSamshui, July 6, 1900.",
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        "content_text": "# The Malarial Mosquito in Hongkong\n\nFROM THE 44 CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.\n\nThe accompanying notes concerning the existence of the Malarial mosquito in Hongkong were read by Mr. C. V. Ladds at a meeting of the South China Branch of the British Medical Association on Monday evening :-\n\nIn a Circular Despatch from the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, dated December 6th, 1898, His Excellency the Governor was requested to forward to the Colonial Office a collection of mosquitos from the colony with a view to investigating the possible connection of Malaria with this genus of insect. Two collections were forwarded as requested upon August 18th and November 24th respectively, and none of the species Anopheles having been included in these collections it was thought at that time that they did not exist in Hongkong. Having always taken a great interest in the Malaria question, and not being satisfied with the result obtained during the above investigation, I determined to take up the subject privately, and commenced work in December, 1899.\n\nAfter going thoroughly into the matter, and after having cultivated the larva of many varieties of mosquito, I at length found that the Anopheles undoubtedly did exist in the colony and was to be found in most of its known malarial districts. I first discovered them close by a Government Bungalow at Kennedy Town. The different occupants of this house having been subject to repeated attacks of fever ever since its erection in 1895, I determined to make this place my starting point, and after a very careful examination, I found a small pool swarming with Anopheles larvæ within fifty yards of the building.\n\nExtending my search I found the same species near the Kennedy Town Fever Hospital, at Magazine Gap, at Wong-nei-cheong village, near a house on Bonham Road, at Quarry Bay, close by the Taikoo Sugar Refinery, all round the camp of the Welch Fusilier detachment at Kowloon, and in many other places.\n\nThis being sufficient evidence of their existence over a considerable area of the colony, and having now no doubt that they were to be found in all the malarial districts, I next proceeded to examine the particular kind of pool which the Anopheles appeared to select as most suitable for the propagation of its species.\n\nA small shallow pool containing algae, or green flocculent water-weed, and fungoid growths, abounding in all kinds of aquatic insect life, and which is not quite stagnant (or if stagnant at the time of discovery is not likely long to remain so, but is renewed occasionally by small flushes of rain water), appears to be their favourite habitat.\n\nIn early every instance I found them only in such pools, which were in most cases fed by minute streams issuing from small springs in the hill side, and those not being of sufficient volume to carve out a channel of their own, just spread themselves over the surrounding lower ground, and so help to form and feed the typical Anopheles pool.\n\nThey do not seem to inhabit pools which are entirely stagnant (or likely to remain so long) or which contain no water weed; and appear to be particularly careful in their selection, as, although there may be dozens of pools in the locality, only a few of them may contain Anopheles.\n\nHaving repeatedly found the mosquito hovering round a pool which contained the same species of larva, it is probable that the adult insect returns to its original home to deposit its eggs, and this theory may, if correct, account in a measure for their not being found scattered indiscriminately about everywhere. After once seeing the particular kind of pool which these mosquitos affect it is easily recognized, but it is not quite so easy to describe it correctly; yet I trust that I have given a fair general idea of what to look for.\n\nREG 16 AUG 371\n\nI find by experimenting that the Anopheles larvæ appear to feed upon the algae or water weed which is found in their particular pools, and also possibly upon some of the animalcula which they contain. This I proved by placing some larvæ in clear tap water and others in water taken from an Anopheles pool which contained water weed; those in the former dying quickly, while those in the latter hatched out in due course. I should not say that the larval stage of the insect is a long one, probably about a week to ten days, this depending a good deal upon the nature of the pool; after which time they emerge therefrom as adult mosquitos. The life of the mosquito itself probably extends over a period of several weeks, perhaps longer.\n\nI have so far not succeeded in finding the Anopheles larvæ in any of the healthy districts of the colony, or far distant from human habitations, nor have I yet found them in rice fields, in large pools of water, in rapidly running streams, in pools with sandy bottoms, in wells, old broken pottery, tubs, pans, etc., as in the case of Culex, which may be found in almost anything which contains water.\n\nIn contradistinction to the Anopheles, water weed does not seem to be necessary to the existence of the Culex larvæ, they being often found in pools, etc., from which it is entirely absent. A further distinction between the two species being that the former appears to be much more delicate than the latter. It is not necessary here to describe the Anopheles larva or mosquito, they being so entirely different from the other species as to be easily recognised after having been once seen. Having satisfied myself as to the existence of the Anopheles in the colony, and having given a brief description of its habitat, etc., I will now pass on to the possibilities of its extirpation from the island. With this object in view, I have been testing the effects of various insecticides. I found that kerosene used as described by the African Commission was very effective in still pools, or in those which were temporarily stagnant; gas tar also proved to be very useful, but in my opinion Jeyes' Fluid is the best of those which I have tried up to the present.\n\nSo far as my experiments have gone, I find that one part of Jeyes' Fluid to 10,000 of water kills both Anopheles and Culex larvæ in a few hours, very much weaker solutions destroying them after a longer interval.\n\nPermanganate of potash appears to be of very little use. In a solution of 1 to 1,200 of water, equal to one in five of Condy's Fluid, the larvæ lived for twenty-four hours, and were as lively as ever at the end of that time, while in a solution of 1 to 500, equal to nearly one in two of Condy's Fluid, they lived for four hours without there being any appreciable effect upon them, and even after twenty-four hours more than half of them were alive.\n\nHence by treating all Anopheles resorts frequently with Jeyes' Fluid, kerosene, or gas tar, during the whole of the dry season, when such pools are comparatively scarce, and by paying particular attention to surface drainage in malarial districts, much might be done toward effecting their partial, if not total, extermination.\n\nIn conclusion, I think I may safely say that by working upon these lines, and given the services of half-a-dozen intelligent coolies, some one to look after them, and the necessary supplies of the above-mentioned chemicals, in a very short time it would be possible to cause the Anopheles to become so scarce in Hongkong that should they prove to be the only source of infection by malaria, cases of malarial fever would soon be as rare as cholera, and the finding of the Anopheles larvæ in any part of the island as difficult a matter as looking for the proverbial needle in a truss of hay.",
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        "content_text": "[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government]\n\nAFFAIRS OF CHINA.\n\n3\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\nNo. 1.\n\n4079-3\n\n342 [October 24.\n\nSECTION 1.\n\nActing Consul-General Scott to the Marquess of Lansdowne.-(Received October 24.) (No. 31. Confidential.) My Lord,\n\nCanton, September 21, 1901,\n\nI HAVE the honour to inclose herewith, for your Lordship's information, copy of a despatch which I have addressed to His Majesty's Minister in Peking on the subject of French activity in the Two Kuang.\n\nInclosure in No. 1.\n\nI have, &c. (Signed)\n\nJAMES SCOTT,\n\nActing Consul-General Scott to Sir E. Satow,\n\nCanton, September 16, 1901.\n\nI HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your telegram, Secret, of the 12th instant, and in reply to state that your instructions will be carefully carried out.\n\nRegarding the situation generally, there appears at present to be no immediate intention to effect a coup, for the force at the disposal of the French in Canton consists of one man-of-war with two shallow-draft gunboats, and there seems to be no special disposition of French naval forces along the coast. There can, however, be no doubt that the French intend, and are preparing for, an aggressive policy in the Two Kuang Provinces. In the Delta and along the coast they have practically no trade, but within the past year they have been attempting to develop their influence in Canton. At the French Consulate, Yamên, within the city there has been constructed a large foreign building to be used as a college for the instruction of Chinese in the French language. Upon Shameen a small hospital has been opened for the treatment of European and Chinese patients. Two steamers \"Le Rhône\" and \"La Seine,\" having head-quarters in Canton, one of which runs to Hong Kong and the other, started just lately, to Kuang Chou Wan, are both generally understood to be under subsidy from the French Government, while a claim is considered by the French Consul to exist in favour of his Government and his nationals to priority of all mining rights in the Two Kuang Provinces.\n\nSystematic support is accorded to the French priests, and protection is given in a special degree to their native converts in their litigation and disputes with their non-Christian fellow-subjects. In the Port of Canton the French officials have recently ignored the authority of the Maritime Customs in respect to the mooring of ships, and have taken upon themselves to lay down buoys.\n\nRecently junks and launches have taken to flying French colours, and it is notorious that one firm (Chauvin, Chevalier, and Co.) regularly lends its name and assistance for this purpose. The Chinese authorities are unwilling to interfere with these French-protected vessels. Surveys have been made by the French river gun-boats of the West River and the Delta waterways, which they are constantly patrolling.\n\nIn the Ports of Hoihow and Pakhoi there are large Consular establishments with medical officers and hospitals attached.\n\nThe Chinese officials all over Kuang Tung Province, as I know specially from my experience at Swatow, are in constant apprehension of demands, claims, and high-handed proceedings on the part of the French authorities, especially in regard to Mission questions; for there is no doubt that the French priests are training up a large native following subservient to their wishes and looking to France as their protector.\n\nAnother significant fact is the establishment of a regular French post-office which the French Consul has stated, by circular, to be in conjunction with the Postal Union; two sub-offices have been established in conspicuous parts of Canton City. Some time after the setting-up of these sub-offices the French Consul applied to the Viceroy in order to\n\n[2350 aa--1]\n\nPage 3\n\nPage 4\n\n...\n\n(No further text is given as the original scan ends here)\n\n \n## Becomes \n[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government]\n\nAFFAIRS OF CHINA.\n\n3\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\nNo. 1.\n\n4079-3\n\n342 October 24.\n\nSECTION 1.\n\nActing Consul-General Scott to the Marquess of Lansdowne.-(Received October 24.) (No. 31. Confidential.) My Lord,\n\nCanton, September 21, 1901,\n\nI HAVE the honour to inclose herewith, for your Lordship's information, copy of a despatch which I have addressed to His Majesty's Minister in Peking on the subject of French activity in the Two Kuang.\n\nInclosure in No. 1.\n\nI have, &c. (Signed)\n\nJAMES SCOTT,\n\nSir,\n\nActing Consul-General Scott to Sir E. Satow,\n\nCanton, September 16, 1901.\n\nI HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your telegram, Secret, of the 12th instant, and in reply to state that your instructions will be carefully carried out.\n\nRegarding the situation generally, there appears at present to be no immediate intention to effect a coup, for the force at the disposal of the French in Canton consists of one man-of-war with two shallow-draft gunboats, and there seems to be no special disposition of French naval forces along the coast. There can, however, be no doubt that the French intend, and are preparing for, an aggressive policy in the Two Kuang Provinces. In the Delta and along the coast they have practically no trade, but within the past year they have been attempting to develop their influence in Canton. At the French Consulate, Yamên, within the city, there has been constructed a large foreign building to be used as a college for the instruction of Chinese in the French language. Upon Shameen, a small hospital has been opened for the treatment of European and Chinese patients. Two steamers, \"Le Rhône\" and \"La Seine,\" having headquarters in Canton, one of which runs to Hong Kong and the other, started just lately, to Kuang Chou Wan, are both generally understood to be under subsidy from the French Government, while a claim is considered by the French Consul to exist in favour of his Government and his nationals to priority of all mining rights in the Two Kuang Provinces.\n\nSystematic support is accorded to the French priests, and protection is given in a special degree to their native converts in their litigation and disputes with their non-Christian fellow-subjects. In the Port of Canton, the French officials have recently ignored the authority of the Maritime Customs in respect to the mooring of ships, and have taken upon themselves to lay down buoys.\n\nRecently, junks and launches have taken to flying French colours, and it is notorious that one firm (Chauvin, Chevalier, and Co.) regularly lends its name and assistance for this purpose. The Chinese authorities are unwilling to interfere with these French-protected vessels. Surveys have been made by the French river gun-boats of the West River and the Delta waterways, which they are constantly patrolling.\n\nIn the Ports of Hoihow and Pakhoi, there are large Consular establishments with medical officers and hospitals attached.\n\nThe Chinese officials all over Kuang Tung Province, as I know specially from my experience at Swatow, are in constant apprehension of demands, claims, and high-handed proceedings on the part of the French authorities, especially in regard to Mission questions; for there is no doubt that the French priests are training up a large native following subservient to their wishes and looking to France as their protector.\n\nAnother significant fact is the establishment of a regular French post-office, which the French Consul has stated, by circular, to be in conjunction with the Postal Union; two sub-offices have been established in conspicuous parts of Canton City. 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        "content_text": "COPY No. 4818.\n\nEnclosure No. 1 to Despatch No.\n\n80th, June, 1902.\n\n2650\n\nthe\n\nC.O.\n\n29944\n\n\"Glory\" at Wei-hai-wei\n\nAugust, 1901.\n\n425\n\n1.\n\nSir,\n\nIn the correspondence regarding the improvements in the lighting of Hongkong Harbour it was plain that what most concerned the navigator was the existence of shoals and rocks within the harbour itself. I venture to invite the serious attention of Your Excellency to the matter,\n\n3.\n\nThe several proposals for installing lights for use in the inner waters, would not probably have been made but for the feeling that it was absolutely necessary to provide arriving and departing ships with the means of avoiding the dangerous obstructions which are still to be found in this fine harbour.\n\n3.\n\nThe form taken by the suggestions for lighting the Lyemoon Pass brings this out distinctly. Even on a moderately dark night the navigator would find so great difficulty in bringing his ship through such a straight short pass (of which the channel is clear of dangers and the sides lofty and well marked), were he certain of finding clear water inside it. It is the presence of the rocks and shoals on the inside and not any inherent difficulty in the passing of the Lyemoon that makes additional lights in the harbour desirable.\n\n4.\n\nI would urge upon Your Excellency's consideration the necessity of taking immediate steps to remove some at least of the above-mentioned hindrances to navigation. It is well-known that the size of ships,— especially in draught of water and length – has greatly increased of late years and seems likely to increase further. Water, navigated with ease by ships of a few years ago, is becoming more and more inaccessible to those of recent date. This is fully recognised in the greater dimensions given to docks; and there does seem a certain incongruity in deepening and lengthening docks whilst the water outside is allowed to remain as shallow and as cramped by obstructions as ever.\n\n5.\n\nIt is, I believe, becoming a common practice to improve important commercial and war harbours: and in days in which competition is active, omission to take timely measures for the improvement\n\nHis Excellency Sir Henry A. Blake, G.C.M.G.\n\nGovernor of Hongkong.",
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        "content_text": "No. of individual steamers\n\nTonnage\n\nin\n\n1881\n\n1891\n\n1901\n\n  \n    Tonnage\n    1881\n    1891\n    1901\n  \n  \n    2,000 to 2,499\n    17\n    42\n    110\n  \n  \n    2,500 to 2,999\n    0\n    7\n    88\n  \n  \n    3,000 to 3,499\n    1\n    5\n    35\n  \n  \n    3,500 to 3,999\n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    3,500 to 8,999\n    1\n    1\n    37\n  \n  \n    4,000 to 5,000\n    0\n    0\n    20\n  \n  \n    5,000 and above\n    0\n    0\n    4\n  \n  \n    TOTAL OVER 2,000\n    19\n    55\n    284\n  \n  \n    TOTAL individual steamers\n    ...\n    503\n    832\n  \n\nThese four steamers were German and are of over 3,000 tons was corrected to over 8,000 tons.\n\nThese four steamers were German and are of over 8,000 tons.\n\nThe average number of entries of ocean-going ships for the last 5 years is 3,483 and the approximate number of these in Port every day of the year was 57.\n\nThe necessity for providing special anchorages for the accommodation of Ships-of-War, coal ships and ships with gunpowder or dangerous goods, as well as for keeping three fairways clear for the passage of ships through the Harbour, curtails very much the available deep water space, and, in order to provide further berthing room without extending the anchorage to an inconvenient distance East and West, the question of deepening the comparatively shallow area lying between Yaumati and Stone Cutters' Island, and of removing the shoal patches off Quarry Bay and in some other parts of the Harbour, will have to be seriously considered, probably a system of more or less constant dredging provided for.\n\nI attach a tracing of the water area within the Harbour Limits, distinguishing by Colour between the deep and the comparatively shallow water, and denoting by the same means the manner in which the area is subdivided owing to the necessity for special Anchorages and Fairways.\n\nThe\n\n was rewritten to \nNo. of individual 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much the available deep water space, and, in order to provide further berthing room without extending the anchorage to an inconvenient distance East and West, the question of deepening the comparatively shallow area lying between Yaumati and Stone Cutters' Island, and of removing the shoal patches off Quarry Bay and in some other parts of the Harbour, will have to be seriously considered, probably a system of more or less constant dredging provided for.\n\nI attach a tracing of the water area within the Harbour Limits, distinguishing by Colour between the deep and the comparatively shallow water, and denoting by the same means the manner in which the area is subdivided owing to the necessity for special Anchorages and Fairways.\n\nThe\n\nis further rewritten to the following to fit the HTML format requirement.\n\nNo. of individual steamers\nTonnage\nin\n1881\n1891\n1901\n\n  \n    Tonnage\n    1881\n    1891\n    1901\n  \n  \n    2,000 to 2,499\n    17\n    42\n    110\n  \n  \n    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        "content_text": "# Enclosure No. 5. to Despatch No.444 of the · October, 1903. Extract from the \"HongKong Daily Press\" of the 8th October, 1902.\n\n## YACHTING IN HONGKONG\n\nThe first breath of the North-east monsoon has come as a welcome reminder that the yachting season proper is close at hand. A year or two ago during the sweltering heat of summer, pleasure craft were surely to be seen silcat, but since the acquisition of the New Territories a comfortable shallow-draught type of cruiser, suited to local conditions, has been evolved and several of these useful craft have been in commission during last summer. They are of an interesting type, these cruisers unlike anything to be seen in home waters and with their long, low, but beamy hulls, sharp bows, big rudders and Chinese sails are strongly reminiscent of the \"Hakka\" boat, formerly but now rare in those waters.\n\nThough the paltry breezes and blistering heat and glare of a summer's day may be endured in such craft as these, the owners of the smaller cruisers and the racing twenty-fours are compelled to tailor their sport to the duration of the north-east monsoon. During the next few weeks, A King's yard, where most of the yachts have summered, will be at its busiest as boat after boat is fitted out. Soon after the beginning of November the season will be in full swing, and the long series of races organised by the **Royal Hong-kong Yacht Club** will start.\n\nYachting has always been a favourite sport in Hongkong, but since the foundation of the Yacht Club it has flourished as it never did before, and there are now on the Club's register more yachts than have ever before been owned in Hongkong in any one year. The total tonnage may not be as great as in the old days when big cutters used to race here, but it cannot be far short, for of cruisers of twelve up to twenty-fours tons there are six, of smaller craft—mainly intended for cruising—four, and of twenty-four ft. raters, old and new, fifteen and two building.\n\nThis large fleet of twenty-fours is divided into three classes: the first class consisting of the newest and best boats; the second, or handicap, class of boats which formerly raced in the first class but which have been outbuilt and cannot compete on equal terms with the newer boats; and the one-design class consisting of four boats all built to the same lines. In the course of the six months' season there are held under the auspices of the Yacht Club twelve \"Club\" races for each of the three classes and at least as many other races, usually handicaps, for prizes presented by various donors. For the prizes are not given for each race, but the winner scores ten, the second four, the third one point, and at the end of the season two substantial prizes are given by the Club to the winner of the two highest aggregates in each class.\n\nThe Yacht Club, which can boast of being the premier \"Royal\" Club in the Colony, is a vigorous organisation consisting of about one hundred members, keen yachtsmen most of them, for paid skippers are unknown and members sail and man their boats themselves. The Club is at present somewhat handicapped by having no club-house and no permanent anchorage of its own. The Naval Extension drove them from their old anchorage and the Wanchai Reclamation, when carried out, will turn to dry land the anchorage off A King's yard now used by most members. The question, too, of a new repairing yard may soon become acute, for A King's tenure of the piece of foreshore he now occupies is precarious; but sufficient for the day is the evil thereof, the Club can flourish under present conditions and it is to be hoped that before those conditions change a convenient anchorage and a site for a new yard may be found.\n\nYacht racing is popularly supposed to be a very expensive amusement, but in Hongkong at any rate it is not so, though the cost has undoubtedly increased somewhat of recent years, and two or three men of very moderate means clubbing together can race a twenty-four without difficulty. Every year a sound yacht or two is for sale at a reasonable price, say from $200 to $500 complete, and the cost of keeping a yacht in racing trim, including wages and all small repairs and renewals, need not exceed $25 a month.\n\nFew places in the world offer such advantages as Hongkong to the beginner. In the landlocked harbour there is practically no danger, the expense is small, the races frequent, and at times fixed to suit the busy man. Few sports are so exciting as yacht racing and few games call for greater nerve and judgment, but the rawest beginner need not despair, for every time he goes out he will see others little better than himself learning to handle their boats and though he may not win races at first, it is certain he will do so in time, if he will only persevere and profit by his failures.\n\nBut after all racing is not the be all and end all of yachting. On off-days, Saturdays and holidays what can be more delightful than cruising in and about the neighbouring bays and islands. No one who does not yacht knows half the beauties to be found within a very few miles of the Clock Tower, nor does he know how ... exhilarating the air of Hongkong can be. For the hardworked man, for the man who has to live in this stuffy town of ours, there is no sport so healthful, no tonic so efficacious as yachting, and large as is the number of sailing craft to be seen out on a fine winter's day, the only wonder is the number is not double as great considering the unrivalled advantages Hongkong can offer to yachtsmen.",
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        "content_text": "## \nThe Council favoured the second scheme, a view which I myself shared.\n\n3. I am not yet in a position to lay this scheme before you because the preliminary negotiations to obtain the consent of all the Marine Lot holders have not yet been concluded, difficulties having arisen with some of them. A difficulty has also arisen, I may mention, with the Naval and Military Authorities in respect of the boundary between the proposed reclamation and the reclamation in front of the adjoining Naval and Military properties.\n\nI may state, however, that it is my intention to recommend that this reclamation should be carried out by the Colonial Government on behalf of the Marine Lot holders in a similar manner to that in which the Praya Reclamation now nearing completion was executed.\n\nNo expense would, therefore, fall on the Government except for the comparatively small area which will accrue to it, there being very little Crown Land along the Eastern Praya.\n\n## \n4. I am of opinion that a reclamation in front of this portion of the town will become imperative in the near future on Sanitary grounds, and that at the present time it is very desirable in order to provide more housing space for the population and more wharfage space for the shipping, the water in front of the present Eastern Praya being too shallow to admit of vessels of any size approaching it.\n\n5. In view of the above considerations, I venture to state that I do not consider that the services of Messrs. Boulton and Mudie can be availed of to supplement the \n\nPage 210  \nPage 211",
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        "content_text": "222 \n\nto great ... caused by the operations, to additional cost involved and the difficulty of determining the proper ... that due provision may ... Lovels so ... made for the de... drainage of the area affected by each reclamation.\n\nA glance at the chart will show, that, under the original scheme, a shallow bay would be formed which would be protected from the tides and would therefore be liable to become foul and to silt up. The scheme now submitted this will be done away as the proposed line of the Praya wall is adopted to the outline of Kowloon Point the opposite side, ensuring continual carriage ... \n\nJudging from the soundings shown on the Chart and our inspection of the sections taken for the Naval and Military Reclamation, the foundation of the wall will be in practically the same depth for my scheme and for the original scheme. The cost of the wall, which forms a large item, will therefore be much the same. \n\n2 \n\nAs",
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        "content_text": "## Annex B (3)\n\n441\n\n**(Translation)**\n\nLi, President of the Board of Works; Sheng, Junior Guardian of the Heir-Apparent, Vice-President of Board of Works; Imperial Chinese Commissioners for dealing with questions connected with Commercial Treaties; to Sir James L. Mackay, His Britannic Majesty's Special Commissioner.\n\nShanghae, September 5, 1902. We have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of to-day's date with regard to the allocation of the surtax funds allotted to the Provinces, and to inform you that the views therein expressed are the same as our own.\n\nShanghae, September 2, 1902. We have the honour to inform you that on the 22nd August we, in conjunction with Governors-General of the Liang Chiang and the Hu-kuang Provinces, their Excellencies Liu and Chang, addressed the following telegraphic Memorial to the Throne:----\n\n\"Of the revenue of the different provinces derived from li-kin of all kinds, a portion is appropriated for the services of the foreign loans, a portion for the Peking Government, and the balance is reserved for the local expenditure of the provinces concerned.\n\n\"In the negotiations now being conducted with Great Britain for the amendment of Commercial Treaties, a mutual arrangement has been come to providing for the imposition of additional taxes, in compensation for the abolition of all kinds of likin and other imposts on goods prohibited by Article VIII. After payment of interest and sinking fund on the existing foreign loan to the extent to which li-kin is thereto pledged, these additional taxes shall be allocated to the various provinces to make up deficiencies and replace revenue, in order that hardships may be entailed on them. With a view to preserving the original intention underlying the proposal to increase the duties in compensation for the loss of revenue derived from li-kin and other imposts on goods, it is further stipulated that the surtaxes shall not be appropriated for other purposes, shall not form part of the Imperial Maritime Customs revenue proper, and shall in no case be pledged as security for any new foreign loan.\n\n\"It is therefore necessary to memorialize for the issue of an Edict, giving effect to the above stipulations and directing the Board of Revenue to find out what proportion of the provincial revenues derived from li-kin of all kinds, now about to be abolished, each Province has hitherto had to remit, and what proportion it has been entitled to retain, so that, when the Agreement comes into operation, due apportionment may be made accordingly, thus providing the provinces with funds available for local expenditure, and displaying equitable and just treatment towards all.”\n\nOn the 1st instant an Imperial Decree \"Let action, as requested, be taken\" was issued, we now do ourselves the honour reverently to transcribe the same for your information.\n\n**(Seal of the Imperial Commissioners for dealing with questions connected with Treaty Revision)**\n\n## Annex B (2)\n\nGentlemen,\n\nShanghae, September 5, 1902. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of the 2nd instant forwarding the text of the Memorial and Decree dealing with the disposal of the surtaxes.\n\nI understand that the surtaxes, in addition to not being pledged for any new foreign loan, are not to be pledged to, or held to be security for, liabilities already contracted by China except in so far as li-kin revenue has already been pledged to an existing loan.\n\nI also understand from the Memorial that the whole of the surtaxes provided by Article ... of the New Treaty goes to the Provinces in proportions to be agreed upon between them and the Board of Revenue, but that out of these surtaxes each Province is obliged to remit to Peking the same contribution as that which it has hitherto remitted out of its li-kin collection, and that the Provinces also provide as hitherto out of these surtax funds whatever may be necessary for the service of the foreign loan to which li-kin is partly pledged.\n\nI hope your Excellencies will send me a reply to this despatch, and that you will agree to this correspondence forming part of the Treaty as an Annex.\n\nI have, &c.\n\nTheir Excellencies Lü Hai-huan and Sheng Hsüan-huai, &c. &c. &c.\n\nWe would, however, wish to point out that, were the whole amount of the allocation due paid over to the Provinces, unnecessary expense would be incurred in the retransmission by them of such portions thereof as would have to be remitted to Peking in place of the contributions hitherto payable out of li-kin revenue. The amount, therefore, of the allocation due to the Provinces, arranged between them and the Board of Revenue, will be retained in the hands of the Maritime Customs, who will await the instructions of the provinces in regard to the remittance of such portion thereof as may be necessary to fulfil their obligations, and (on receipt of these instructions) will send forward the amount direct. The balance will be held to the order of the Provinces.\n\nIn so far as li-kin is pledged to the service of the 1898 loan, a similar method of procedure will be adopted.\n\nAs you request that this correspondence be annexed to the Treaty, we have the honour to state that we see no objection to this being done.\n\n**(Seal of the Imperial Commissioners for dealing with questions connected with Treaty Revision)**\n\n## Annex C\n\n### INLAND WATERS STEAM NAVIGATION\n\n#### Additional Rules\n\n1. British steam-ship owners are at liberty to lease warehouses and jetties on the banks of waterways from Chinese subjects for a term not exceeding twenty-five years, with option of renewal on terms to be mutually arranged. In cases where British merchants are unable to secure warehouses and jetties from Chinese subjects on satisfactory terms, the local officials, after consultation with the Minister of Commerce, shall arrange to provide these on renewable lease, as above mentioned, at current equitable rates.\n\n2. Jetties shall only be erected in such positions that they will not obstruct the inland waterway or interfere with navigation, and with the sanction of the nearest Commissioner of Customs; such sanction, however, shall not be arbitrarily withheld.\n\n3. British merchants shall pay taxes and contributions on these warehouses and jetties on the same footing as Chinese proprietors of similar properties in the neighbourhood. British merchants may only employ Chinese agents and staff to reside in warehouses so leased at places touched at by steamers engaged in inland traffic to carry on their business; but British merchants may visit those places from time to time to look after their affairs. The existing rights of Chinese jurisdiction over Chinese subjects shall not by reason of this clause be diminished or interfered with in any way.\n\n4. Steam-vessels navigating the inland waterways of China shall be responsible for loss caused to riparian proprietors by damage which they may do to the banks or works on them, and for the loss which may be caused by such damage. In the event of China desiring to prohibit the use of some particular shallow waterway by launches, because there is reason to fear that the use of it by them would be likely to injure the banks and cause damage to the adjoining country, the British authorities, when appealed to, shall, if satisfied of the validity of the objection, prohibit the use of that waterway by British launches, provided that Chinese launches are also prohibited from using it.\n\n5. Both foreign and Chinese launches are prohibited from crossing dams and weirs at present in existence on inland waterways where they are likely to cause injury to such works, which would be detrimental to the water service of the local people.\n\n**(Signed)** JAS. L. MACKAY\n\n5. The main object of the British Government in desiring to see the inland waterways of China opened to steam navigation being to afford facilities for the rapid transport of both foreign and native merchandise, they undertake to offer no impediment to the transfer to a Chinese Company and the Chinese flag of any British steamer which may now or hereafter be employed on the inland waters of China, should the owner be willing to make the transfer.",
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        "content_text": "## Page 300 \n## Page 314 \n\nThe original Bill attached to Messrs. Chadwick and Simpson's Report included domestic buildings as were required by Sections 170 to 175, but I found it unnecessary and impracticable to include Sections 176 and 177 of that draft in the Ordinance.\n\nThe provisions for open spaces around buildings erected on land purchased from the Crown after the passing of this Ordinance, for the restriction of the height of such buildings, and for the widths of new streets, secure ample open spaces without the additional provisions of Section 176.\n\nSection 177 involved such an enormous loss of property that it became impracticable on the ground of the compensation that would have been involved. Owing to the fact that the City of Victoria is built on the side of a steep hill, these clauses would have prevented the re-building of many houses, with the result that the Crown would have had to resume the sites, not a few of which are of great value.\n\nTo take Plate III of the Report as an example, if a house in Queen's Road had been destroyed by fire or other cause, it could only have been rebuilt in such a way as to leave a space between its back-wall and the front-wall of the house behind it in Tsui On Lane of not less than one-half of the height of such latter walls. This would have rendered the valuable site in Queen's Road so shallow as to be practically valueless. If, on the other hand, it had happened to be a house in Tsui On Lane that had been destroyed, it could not be re-built at all because after setting back to a distance equal to one-half the height of the back-wall of the house opposite it fronting on Queen's Road, and leaving (in accordance with Section...",
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        "content_text": "## 312 \n\nA \n\nAnchorage marked upon it. It will be observed that those boundaries overlap the foreshore beyond the limits of the Dockyard and Military Establishments, the one ending at Murray Pier on the West, the other at Arsenal Street on the East. On either side of those points are sites of great value where junks moor and discharge their cargo. The value of the sites from Messrs. Butterfield and Swire's to the Westward is at least $20 per square foot, and those East of Arsenal Street may be taken at half that value. Messrs. Butterfield and Swire's Buildings next to Murray Pier are used as godowns, and all might be used for that purpose. We cannot confiscate those rights without compensation that will probably run into hundreds of thousands of dollars. These boundaries were laid down before the Praya Extension, and that small craft were not prevented, by the devotion of a certain portion of the Harbour to the purposes of Anchorage of Warships, from anchoring near the foreshore is clear. Had the Naval Authorities been conceded rights over the shallow waters near the shore, the Western Praya Extension could not have been carried out without the previous consent of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and there is no record that such consent was ever sought, or suggested, or claimed as a condition precedent by the Naval Authorities.\n\n5.\n\nThis correspondence began by a demand that the moorings of Sir Paul Chater's steam-launch should be removed from a position Westward of Murray Pier, which is outside the Westermost Extension of the Dockyard, to make room for some lighters of the Dockyard Contractors who, on the refusal",
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        "content_text": "313 \n\nThe refusal of this Government to remove the moorings which had been laid down for a considerable time, found that the space was not necessary.\n\n6.\n\nThe water hatched in blue is the area in which a large number of Government and private launches are moored and is absolutely the only area in this part of the crowded Harbour now available for them. Here the Governor's launch, the launches of the Port Officers of Health, the Post Office, and a great many private launches are moored, and there seems no reason why this section of the shallow waters of the Harbour should be taken from the Colonial Government and handed over to the Naval Authorities to the great additional detriment of the Colony. I have no doubt that such a proceeding would be followed by a strong agitation. Again, the concession of the new demands formulated under (C) paragraph 3 of your Despatch would profoundly affect the proposed Scheme of the Eastern Praya Extension as it would destroy the Marine rights of the owners of property East of the Military Reclamation on the Western boundary of Arsenal Street.\n\n7.\n\nI would suggest as a practical solution of the present controversy that the reservation for the Man-of-War Anchorage be taken from the North-Western boundary to the Western point of the Dockyard Extension, and the Eastern boundary from the North-East point of reservation to the Eastern point of the Extension Reclamation in front of the Military Land on the West side of Arsenal Street. All this reservation can by legislation be handed over absolutely to the Navy from the Northern boundary to the shore with only a right of way for ships and Boats in motion through the reservation.",
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        "content_text": "4. \n5. \nb. \n7. \nnow \n47 \n\nforward you and are marked? \nwhich I 1, 2, and 3 respectively. \n\nThe following \nis an account of the works undertaken and the results ascertained. \nAll depths mentioned are below Ordnance Datum, which is practically \nthe level of the bed of the bay at Site M2. \n\nOperations were at first confined to Tai N'I, which, upon inspection, appeared in every way favourable for a dam. On both sides of the bay, rock was abundantly evident, the depth of water was very shallow, the distance across the bay was a minimum, and a dam at this point would have a very large impounding capacity. \n\nAfter several borings had been taken, which were reported to show rock at a depth of about 44 feet, the sinking of Well No1 was begun. This well got so seriously out of plumb that it had to be abandoned after being sunk to \na depth of 38.4 feet. \n\nWell No2 was next undertaken and, after great difficulty, principally on account of skin friction, was successfully sunk to a depth of 46 feet, at which depth work was stopped. The trouble arising from skin friction was overcome by increasing the load on the well until it ultimately reached about 600 tons. Pumping operations...",
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        "content_text": "C. Hongkong 12th December 1903.\n\n## 214 \n## IREC \n\nJoseph Welch Mag: \n\n19 JAN 04 \n\nHon. Secretary, \nChina Association, \nLONDON. \n\nDear Sir, \n\nReferring to my letter of the 4th inst on the question of the opening of Walchow to foreign trade as a treaty port, I now beg to lay the views of my Committee thereon before you at length. \n\nSome particulars concerning this large and populous city may not be out of place. It is situated on the East River directly north of New Territory or Kowloon Hinterland, and is connected with the shore of Mirs Bay by (for China) a good and fairly straight footpath through a country free from natural obstacles. The Waichow prefecture contains an industrious and flourishing population, and the soil is rich and productive. A tributary of the East River divides the city from another busy town called Kweishin. Walchow is not accessible by water except by small native craft, the East River at that point being swift and shallow. \n\nAt present, therefore, the communication with this thriving and populous district is circuitous and tedious. Its value to Hongkong would be very great if brought within easy access, as it would lead to a development of trade and probable increase in the labour supply of the Colony, a matter of great moment. \n\nIt is therefore eminently desirable that the opening of it to British trade should not be deferred until the doubtful period of general acceptance by the Treaty Powers of the Provisions of Article of the Mackay Treaty; and the Committee will be glad if you will be so good as to represent to the Foreign Office the importance to the Colony of Hongkong and to British trade of pressing the Chinese Government to have this stipulation of the Treaty being carried into effect simultaneously.",
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        "content_text": "In any further communica-\ntion on this subject, please quote\n\nM\n\n13960\n\nand address letter to---\n\nThe Secretary,\n\nAdmiralty, Whitehall,\n\nLondon, S.W.\n\nAdmiralty,\n\n19th November\n\n394\n\n1903.\n\nSir,\n\nC.O\n\n42419\n\n*\n\nG23 NOV 03\n\nfor\n\nWith reference to your letter No.35730/03\n\nof the 7th ultimo, forwarding a despatch from the Governor\n\nof Hong Kong on the subject of the Man-of-War anchorage\n\nat that Port,- I am commanded by My Lords Commissioners\n\nof the Admiralty to request you will inform Mr Secretary\n\nLyttelton that they are unable to consent to any reduction\n\nof the space set apart for the anchorage of His Majesty's\n\nShips; but they have instructed the Commander-in-Chief on\n\nthe China Station, to whom a copy of this correspondence has\n\nbeen sent, to consider whether an alteration of the limits of\n\nthe anchorage, so as to exclude the shallow water along the shore outside the limits of the Admiralty and War Office land, would meet the case.\n\nAldwyland,\n\n1902 2.- Should any arrangement of this nature be found to\n\nbe practicable, My Lords assume that in that case the\n\nregulations set forth in Colonial Office Despatch No.250\n\nto Sir H. A. Blake will be put in force.\n\nI am\n\n•\n\ne Under\n\nSecretary of State,\n\nCOLONIAL OFFICE,\n\nS. V.\n\nSir,\n\nYour obedient Servant,\n\nC. I. Thomas\n\nLP.- No,",
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        "content_text": "C. A \n\n0. \n\n30601 \n\n¡REC? \n\nReet 17 AUG 03 \n\nNo. 7, Cartafet Street \n\n12 \n\nWestminster, S.W. \n\nAugust 1908. \n\nTo the Crown Agents for the Colonies, \n\nDowning Street, S.W. \n\n469 \n\nI \n\nGentlemen, \n\nRB HONG KONG 26471. \n\nTYTAM WATERWORKS \n\nI have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of \n\nyour letter of the 5th August and beg to state that I do not \n\nthink any inconvenience will result from the salt in solution \n\nin the sea-water, contained in the interstices of the sand, \n\nforming the bed of the new Tytam reservoir. In the first \n\nplace, the salt is, in itself perfectly harmless, provided \n\nthat it does not exist in sufficient quantity to make the \n\nwater brackish and unpalatable. \n\nThe presence of chlorine in upland waters, especially that of shallow wells, is assumed to be indicative \n\nof sewage-contamination; for, most of the common salt consumed by man passes away in the urine. Consequently, when \n\nan upland well water contains a large dose of chlorine, it \n\nmay be looked upon as suspicious, and it should be carefully \n\nexamined, especially as to the surroundings of the well. \n\nIf no possibility of sewage contamination exists, then a \n\nreasonable dose of chlorine, is absolutely harmless. \n\nWater of wells, sunk below sea level, always contains a considerable proportion of chlorine, \n\nThe \n\nAgain, the salt dissolved in the sea-water which \n\nnow saturates the sand will diffuse upwards very slowly. \n\nI had numerous examples of this in Malta. In one case some \n\nslightly brackish well-water was pumped, by mistake, into a large tank containing rain water. It sank to the bottom, so much so, that the surface-water was normal, whilst a \n\n1",
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        "content_text": "can only speak a very rudimentary sort of Chinese. The affinities of the Minchia have yet to be studied, but they do not appear to be connected with any Thibetan or Shan stock, though the Shans once reigned at Ta Li. Near Hsia Kuan to this day is shown a \"wan jen tui,\" or tumulus of the 10,000 which is popularly supposed to be the grave of the warriors who fell in a great battle when a Chinese attempt to get possession of the country was defeated with heavy loss.\n\nThe Minchia are remarkable as being the only non-Chinese tribe in Yünnan which has mingled with the Chinese on something like equal terms; they have retained their lands and their language, but they have adopted the literature, the religious ideas, and, at least in the case of the men, the dress of the Chinese. A literatus of Ta Li who would be inclined to draw but little distinction between Kachins, Miao, Lisaw, and other wild tribes puts the Minchia on a higher level. \"They read books,\" i.e., the classics. It is to be feared that it would be a work of great difficulty to unearth Minchia ideas, which are covered by a superstructure of Chinese beliefs; merely as a guess, I suggest that they may be connected with the Man Tzu of Szechuan. The Minchia are peasants, and nothing more; the shop-keepers at markets such as Hsi Chon, 40 li north of Ta Li, or at Chiang Wei, at the north head of the lake, are Chinese. The Minchia villages and farmhouses are exceedingly well built, and I am inclined to think that the top storey, which is found in nearly all Yunnan country houses, but is so contrary to Chinese ideas, was derived from the Minchia. In the Ta Li plain, where wood is scarce, the Minchia house is a substantial stone structure built with the limestone and conglomerate which is littered about under the Tsang Shan; but the best type of Minchia dwelling is to be found in the Hoching Valley. It is commonly built round three sides of a square, the fourth side being closed with a wall in which there is a porch. The lower storey is of mud or sun-baked brick on a stone foundation, and sometimes with stone pillars, but the top storey is of wood, the architecture resembling that of a Swiss chalet. The section opposite the porch is usually the dwelling-house, while one of the sides is given up to the cattle, with a straw-loft over them, and the other side is used as a grain store. Comfort and cleanliness these houses are far superior to the Chinese, as I can testify after having enjoyed many days of Minchia hospitality, which is readily given in places where there are no inns.\n\nThe pure Minchia type resembles that of the Romany or gipsy, save that it is lighter in complexion; the Minchia women have natural feet, manage boats, carry loads, do masons' and bricklayers' work, and in the La Shi salt district I have even seen them acting as muleteers.\n\nWholesale commerce has quite deserted Ta Li, but there is a busy market every five days, and in the third moon occurs the annual fair, or \"yueh kai,\" a commercial event of some importance. It is held outside the West Gate, and lasts for five days, after which a good deal of business is done in the city itself for fourteen days before the merchants disperse. The number of persons attending the fair is given at various figures, but it is usually stated to be only one-third of the old days before the rebellion. The official Proclamations state that for the \"yueh kai\" \"myriads of merchants from the four quarters of the globe collect together dense as the clouds;\" but Chinese Proclamations have to be taken in a Pickwickian sense, and I believe that the present attendance is not over 5,000. Thibetans and representatives of all the tribes in West Yünnan come in some force, while besides Yünnanese there are, of course, Cantonese and Szechuanese; I am not aware that any natives of India attend. Drugs, including China-root, rhubarb, and musk, mules and ponies, Thibetan wools, tea and brown sugar in small cakes, cottons and cloths, are the chief objects of exchange, and I believe that the fair is still of sufficient importance to be worth the attention of British or Indian merchants desirous of opening up new lines.\n\nAmong other minor products of Ta Li I may mention pigs' bristles, which are of good quality, but not, perhaps, easy to collect in sufficient quantity, and straw braid used for the native sun-hats. The plaiting leaves to be desired at present, but this might be improved for foreign buyers, and the straw itself is of excellent quality.\n\nThe traveller who has passed through the rich fields and flourishing villages of the Ta Li Plain, and has enjoyed the double view of hill and lake (\"tsang esh esh kuan\") is interested to learn how this happy valley first came into existence. The curious folklorist may discern traditions of the early struggles of the first Chinese settlers in the legend of the advent of Buddhism, and perhaps of some geological cataclysm. In the ancient days the waters of the lake lapped the foot of the Tsang Shan, and there was no plain. The caverns in the hills were inhabited by a \"yao kwei,\" or monstrous being, who used to sally forth, and for his food tear out and devour the eyes of the Chinese in the neighbourhood. Kuan Yin, the Goddess of Mercy, pitying the sorrows of the black-haired people, appeared upon the scene disguised as a venerable Buddhist nun in her \"ka sha,\" or yellow robe and accompanied by a lame dog. Addressing the monster, she promised to supply him with the food which he liked on condition that he would give her a patch of dry land under the hills. \"How much dry land?\" asked the monster. \"The breadth,\" replied the goddess, \"of my yellow robe and the length of three leaps of my lame dog.\" After some haggling a contract on these terms was reduced to writing. But when the aged nun spread out the robe it covered a space of 15 li, and such was the uncommon agility of the lame dog that in three leaps he cleared a space of 100 li. For his food the goddess captured shell-fish, and gave the eye-like contents to the \"yao kwei\"; the voracious but unwary monster seems to have thought that he had been swindled, and became obstreperous; whereupon the goddess seized him and interned him in a hole or cavern in the earth near Hsi Chou, where there was only a small open slit through which he could breathe. In his struggles, his fiery breath issuing from the slit burned up the waters of the lake. But the goddess had cast a spell on the monster; so long as Chinese assemble at the West Gate of Ta Li during the third moon so long must the monster remain in durance vile; wherefore to this day, at the commencement of the great spring fair, the General comes out in state and fires off all his artillery, so that the dragon may know that the time of his release is not yet.\n\nIn case this bald narrative fails to convince the sceptical western, I may point out that the length of the Ta Li Plain from the upper to the lower pass is, in fact, 100 li, and its breadth 15 li. Is not the shore of the lake littered with empty shells, the contents of which have been devoured by the \"yao kwei\"? Is not there at Hsi Chou a long narrow strip of land stretching into the lake from which the water was blown by the struggling prisoner? Was not the contract between him and the goddess reduced to writing and engraved on stone that all might see? and finally, is it not a fact that to this day an annual crowd has assembled outside the West Gate for the third-moon fair, and that the \"yao kwei\" has never once emerged from his prison?\n\nFrom Ta Li city to the Shang Kuan (upper pass) is an easy march of 16 miles in a northerly direction across the level plain, between the lake on the right and the Tsang Shan on the left. The main caravan route is at the foot of the mountains, but the lower road which leads by the shores of the lake is much more agreeable, as it gives an opportunity of observing the lake villages which cluster on the stone bunds fringing the shore, and in the morning, of shooting some wild geese and duck as they fly back to the lake after their night feed in the fallow fields. Shang Kuan is a small tumble-down village with a li-kin and Prefect's tax station, at each of which about 1,000 taels are collected annually on goods going north. Travellers for Lichiang usually pass Shang Kuan to the head of the lake, and leaving the bridge of boats and the series of marshes through which flows the principal feeder of the lake, slightly to the east, enter the plain of Teng Chuan at the tiny city of that name. This plain is about ... miles by ... miles, and is well supplied with water from several large lagoons in which heavy crops of rushes are grown for fuel.\n\nAt Yui So, ... miles, there is a market where Chinese and Minchia exchange grain, opium, sugar, salt, cloth, pigs, mules, and cattle; and at miles ... the river is crossed at Chung So. It is here 25 yards broad, shallow, and flows for some miles between high artificial embankments, the safety of which are of prime importance to local agriculture.\n\nAt 15 miles the road and river leave the Teng Chuan Valley by a gorge. The road then leads through broken ground along the foot-hills of the east side of the Lang Kung Valley, past the hamlet of Ying Shan P'u, and through fertile country to Nui Kai, an important market of about 150 houses, and so to the north-east corner of the fertile Lang Kung Valley. At Kuan Yin Shan the road enters the hills and splits into two tracks, the one going a little west of north to Chien Chuan Chou (one long stage), and the other which I followed leading over an important pass into the Yang tsze basin. After leaving Kuan Yin Shan we commenced an ascent up a gorge by a fair road, and spent the night in a log hut on an open terrace in the hills (San Chiu Tang), whence there was a fine view. The next day we ascended the silent and frost-bound pass of Kwa La, past rhododendron scrub and frozen marshes, varied with patches of forest. At the village of Kwa La, which consists of a few wattle huts, we observed the plaited bamboo basket industry, which is of some local importance, and so descended to the guard station of the Hei Nui (the Black Ox), situated in a gorge by a rushing stream; here a salt road from Chien Chuan joined our route, and there is considerable passing traffic. At 13 miles beyond Hei Nui a road branches off east to Sung Kwei, which is an important market near the Yang-tsze. It is an entrepôt of the salt, sugar, and tobacco trade, and also a pony and mule market.\n\nPage 9\n\nAt ...\n\n248",
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        "content_text": "20\n\nMan Ying is a Shan village, but there are a number of Chinese squatters here, and also at Lien Ti, 14 miles further north in the river valley (where there is a Chinese hereditary \"t'u-ssu\"), and further north, beyond Lien Ti, at Luku, Teng Keng, and the villages which are the property of the Chinese Tuan clan. (See above.)\n\nChinese cannot live permanently in the Salwen valley at the latitude of the suspension bridge, on account of the deadly malaria—famous from Marco Polo's description. Yet, at Mengku, only 30 miles further north, we find \"John Chinaman\" flourishing, and bullying the Shans after his manner. I was solemnly assured that, except in the autumn, when it is dangerous to travel, there is no such disease as malaria known north of the suspension bridge!\n\nThe Chinese do not, according to my information, extend north of about latitude 26° 30′ in the Salwen valley; beyond that the population is Lisaw. But I was told at Man Ying that the river banks further north are very precipitous, so probably there is not much population of any kind. I may further mention that, north of Luku (which was visited by Prince Henri), the Salwen valley is quite unexplored. Here is a chance for some of our enterprising geographers and travellers. Unluckily, Consular officers rarely have time for so long and difficult an expedition. Perhaps the Government of India will see to it that this blank in the map is filled up. A Chinese merchant at Man Ying told me that it would be difficult, but quite possible, to ascend the course of the Salwen for \"several tens of stages,\" but that the track would not be possible for mules. Precipices and lack of supplies would, I was told, be a greater obstacle than the inhabitants.\n\nup\n\nOn starting from Man Ying up the range which hangs over the west bank of the Salwen, and which divided us from the Irrawadi basin, the worthy Headman warned us against the robbers on the slopes and the poisonous herbs on the summit, which would infallibly kill our animals if allowed to feed there. The whole morning we ascended steadily, passing through a series of zones of vegetation, till we reached the terrace of Hui Po (7,700 feet). After a halt here we were told that there was a camping-ground a little higher up, at Ta Lan Pa, and, while ascending a steep spur to that place, we came upon the robbers, sure enough. At a spot where the road is only a few yards broad, with precipices on both sides, a petty officer, stationed there to guard the road, had erected a couple of gateways at a short distance from each other. These formed a sort of trap, and any porters or mules passing by (and the number is considerable) are held here until they have satisfied the demands of the gallant officer. A large salt and sugar caravan of some fifty mules was in the trap when I arrived on the scene, and a terrific hubbub was going on. However, as soon as the officer saw a foreigner he at once opened the gates, and we proceeded to the camping-ground with our rescued friends. The camp was a small, open plot on the top of the spur, at 8,900 feet, where a bitter wind raged furiously all night, banishing sleep; so, at the very top of the morning, we continued our toilsome ascent along a narrow path, with a ravine on both sides of us. The whole mountain-side is covered with a dense forest of pines, rhododendrons, and other shrubs, and there are no human dwellings above Hui Po. The last half-hour to the summit of the pass, which is known as the Ma Mien Kuan, was comparatively easy going over snow, through one of those dense bamboo brakes which are usually found on the upper slopes of the great ranges in this part of Yünnan. The summit of the Ma Mien is 10,000 feet, and the total ascent from the jungles on the banks of the Salwen to the snows on the top of the pass required six and a-half hours of march. The view from this pass to the west comprises all the northern part of the Teng Yueh district. At the spectator's feet are the upper valleys of the Shweli (or Lung Chiang) and the Ta Ho (or Ta Ping) Rivers. To the south-west the crater-like summit of the Ta Yin Shan mountain, which hangs over Teng Yueh, is conspicuous. To the west the trend of the valley of Ming Kwang can be made out, and in this direction the prospect is closed by a long and well-defined range with a snow-powdered peak. This is the range on the east bank of the N'maikha branch of the Irrawadi, and the peak is Ming Kwang Pum, so well known to the Kachins. This Ming Kwang range is, in fact, their frontier, and should be made the frontier of the British Empire. To the north and north-west were spread confused masses of hills beyond the head-waters of the Shweli. These are inhabited by the wild Lisaw, who admit no man as their lord.\n\nthe\n\nThe Salwen-Irrawadi divide, which we crossed at the Ma Mien, is a very conspicuous object from Teng Yueh. The Burmah-Ta Li trade route crosses it on the second stage out from Teng Yueh—a tough ascent, but nothing like the Ma Mien Kwan.\n\nWe descended to the Upper Shweli Valley from the Ma Mien Kwan, at first by a steep and difficult corkscrew path littered with stones. At 10,000 feet there is a small temple where benighted wayfarers may rest. The descent here is so steep that there is hardly any snow, and it continues down and down to a dark defile, along which flows a mountain stream. Then the path leads by the banks of the stream through a damp and sunless forest, where the moisture favours the growth of great tree-ferns. At 8,300 feet the defile becomes impassable, and the road has been skilfully taken up to the shoulder of a spur on the south of it, whence, after three hours' march from the top of the pass, we emerged from the forest at 7,800 feet. From this point a good path leads down to the valley, through plantations of the shrub locally known as \"kou shu\" (though it is not the real \"kou,\" but Edgworthia Gardnerii), from the bark of which an excellent paper is made. This industry occupies 150 families in the valley. After passing the tax station of Shan Yao we wound down into the heart of the valley, and struck the east branch of the Upper Shweli at the little town of Chiao T'ou (100 houses), where we camped after a long march of nine hours.\n\n21\n\nThis valley is watered by the most easterly of the three streams, which join to form the Shweli or Lung Chiang River, which, sweeping round in a south-west direction through the Lung Ling district, and receiving many tributaries as it goes, forms the frontier between the Chinese Shan State of Meng Mao and the Burmese Northern Shan States for some distance, and finally flows through Burmah and joins the Irrawadi, of which it forms one of the most important tributaries.\n\nThe east head-stream of the Shweli is locally known as the Ta Tang River, because it issues from the mountains of Ta T'ang, 15 miles, or one day's journey north of Chiao Tou. Chinese jurisdiction only extends to the head of this stream.\n\nThis upper valley of the Shweli is certainly one of the most beautiful in Yünnan. A series of ridges descending from the imposing Ma Mien Kwan range cross it, and it is broken up into well-wooded knolls and terraced slopes, abundantly supplied with good water, and in the folds of which are numerous villages and farmsteads surrounded with bamboo clumps. The population is dense and entirely Chinese.\n\nMoving down the valley in a southerly direction for 5 miles, we reached Kai T'ou, a market with 200 houses and a yamên, the residence of a petty civil official, who is under the sub-Prefect of Teng Yuch. From Kai Tou, Teng Yueh city can be reached in two easy days, following the Ta Tang Valley for 15 miles, and then by a gentle col passing into the Ta Ping Valley, and entering the city by the North Gate. We, however, desired to see the other head-waters of the Shweli, and moved out of the Kai Tou in a west direction, crossing the river at [] miles by an elegant camel's-back wooden bridge, and then up the western slopes which fringe the valley of Kai Tou, and so to a pass 7,100 feet, from which there is a good view of Ming Kwang Pum, with its winter cap of snow.\n\nof\n\nDescending through a gorge at 9 miles from Kai Tou the path divides, one route bearing north-west into the Ming Kwang Valley, and the other which we followed, south-west to the bamboo huts of the village of Hokow, which is by the banks of the second or middle head-branch of the Shweli. This is a shallow stream, 30 yards broad, flowing over a pebbly bottom; its source is in the hills north of Ming Kwang Valley, and it is locally known as the Ming Kwang River. From Ho K'ou to Ming Kwang is only half a day's journey. In the hills near Ho K'on village silver is worked, and the ore is smelted at a small establishment by the roadside. The output is said to be inconsiderable.\n\nWading our beasts across the Ming Kwang stream, we marched south, along a good road, first by some padi-fields and then over bare downs, the stream being lost in a gorge to our left. At 16 miles we looked down on the extensive Hsi Lien Valley, and could trace across the plain the winding course of the Ming Kwang stream and of the third, most westerly and smallest, of the three head-streams of the Shweli; the two streams join in the south-east corner of the Hsi Lien Valley, and so flow on to their junction with the Ta Tang stream, from which point the Shweli proper may be said to begin. We descended to Ku Tung, the chief market of the Hsi Lien Valley, which contains much uncultivated land, though there is a fringe of villages along the banks of the streams, and irrigation works would do wonders for the whole valley. From Ku Tung to Teng Yueh is a long day's march, through not very populous upland valleys, in sight of the Ta Yin Shan hill the whole way until the traveller passes the north shoulder of that conspicuous mountain and descends into Teng Yueh.\n\n[2021-1]\n\nQ\n\n254",
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        "content_text": "that His Excellency is not likely to be provided in the near future. I consider that it is a question of this alleged importance that when the lights are ready this should be brought to notice. This deficiency cannot be made good.\n\nA case for 4 tin Esquimaux Voterikus who are 1 officer and 39 men under Colonel Nicholson, and this as most of the Engineer Volunteers are experts in their own branches in the Employment of the Dock Companies they would be required by this new form of work outlined by the war.\n\n5. The question of Port Warren Signal Stations is under consideration here, (my 1.48/04 of the 6th May 1904) both by the Naval Commander in Chief.\n\n6. The Pranchio, has been bought and notification to meet the scheduled requirements is now drawn on the treasury. They have been compared with reference to the approved scheme for gum lights. At the present Entrance Channel position of Green Island and Kellet Bank obstructs the navigation in such a difficult part of the channel can be worked independently on the other, His Excellency's junction of the lures occurring in shallow waters when ships cannot go. The difficulty of planning the huts de shown keeps ripples around the lighted area obstructing navigation nights.\n\nbeyond this 483\n\n7. The local defence Committee has before them this question \"whether it is advisable in the interests of Harbour to close the western entrance to the Harbour of Hong Kong often have in time of war\", and they came to the conclusion that it would be advisable. It appeared to them that it would in no way impede or hamper trade, but they thought that it would be advisable to keep open the portion of the entrance to the North of Stonecutters for the use of Junk traffic only. So this would have to be through the Lyemun Pass, which would reduce the navigation channel's requirements to this channel with the Exception of that for the junk traffic North of Stonecutters, when a steamer makes Gap lock, which is about 36 miles from the Harbour it is found no easy task for it to make the Lyemun Pass.\n\n8. Another point that Committee has before them was of recent events \"caused by the proximity with the Conveyance of the Harbour rapidly being within striking distance of action of torpedo boats in these waters\" The committee were unable to come to any decision without the advice of Experts and as the question is to be considered connected with Harbour defence, I think the opinion of the Naval Commander-in-Chief should be drawn on the subject.\n\n9. As to the provision of a refuge for women and children, it is generally agreed now that this can be accommodated easily and protected by special Constables who would be employed.\n\n10.\n\nI would call attention to the rapidly increasing Chinese population on the Island and the situation in consequence as regards:-\n\n(i) A possible demonstration or riot.\n\nI have the honour to be,\n\nSir,\n\nYour Excellency's obedient servant,\n\n(S.H.)\n\nMajor General\n\nCommanding in South China,",
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        "content_text": "Enclosure No 3\n\nof\n\nSecret dispatch of\n\nSeptember 19041\n\n486\n\nCopy of\n\n&\n\nLetter from Messrs. A. Hewett & Company\n\nto\n\nHis Excellency Sir Matthew Nathan\n\n13th September 1904\n\nIn continuation of my conversation with Your Excellency regarding the probable effects upon the trade of Hongkong were the western entrance to the harbour blocked, I have made inquiries of some of the leading British Shipping Agents on the subject.\n\nI find that we are practically agreed that considerable inconvenience to say the least would be caused to the shipping were such a scheme carried out.\n\nI have seen Mr. A'Grefsen, Mr. Law, Mr. Wheatley (of Dodwell & Co.), Mr. Arbuthnot (Hepworth & Co.), Mr. Kingston (2), Mr. Arnold (Canton Steam Boat Co.) (2), and generally Mr. Craddock of the Canadian Pacific Line, but I find the question is not one which concerns them (i.e. the C.P.R.).\n\nIt seems to be as well to give a summary of the various objections brought forward against the proposal.\n\nAs I have already explained to Your Excellency, it is a convenience for large deep-loaded vessels entering the port to have the choice of either the eastern or western Channel1,2; to enable them on leaving to proceed straight to sea in the direction in which they happen to be heading at the moment, whether a stiff breeze is blowing, or the currents are running strong, which is frequently the case. It is difficult for a steamer to turn in the harbour and swing to the often crowded state of the vessel anchorages; this manoeuvre can only be carried out with considerable risk of collisions. The Lyemoon Pass has its distinct disadvantages and alone is not sufficient for the traffic. Even in its present state it is often crowded with fleets of junks tacking in and out and also at certain times of the year often dangerous to navigation on account of fog.\n\nThis pass therefore cannot be considered adequate for the whole traffic of Hongkong.\n\nIt is presumed that the blocking to which Your Excellency referred would be by submarine mines.\n\nIf this is the case, in view of the fact that ships have frequently drifted through such mines getting adrift or out of position, the result may be to deter vessels from visiting the port. While I think we may safely count on severe premiums for insurance being demanded on ships and their cargoes coming to Hongkong. I am correct in supposing that by \"blocking\" mines are intended to make a mined port. If I am right, the passage will also presumably be closed to junks. The greater part of the enormous junk traffic of Hongkong passes through this channel of the harbour.\n\nIf this traffic be diverted and forced to take the passage round Stone cutters Island, that passage will probably be so choked as to render the navigation extremely difficult for those shallow-draught vessels and the whole of the Canton River and Macao junks, which will have to make \"way\" for it.\n\nFurther, it would be necessary to have the passage round Stone cutters Island properly lighted. This would be more than ever necessary for inward-bound vessels from Canton or the western ports, as in thick weather or at night, unless this were done, they might easily miss their course and thus enter the dangerous waters.\n\nSuch a scheme as it was feared that some of the opinions expressed were only advice to the effect that the western entrance to the harbour being blocked not only would this cause inconvenience to shipping, but also would...",
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        "content_text": "103\n\nnative craft, the East River at that point being swift and shallow. At present, therefore, the communication with this thriving and populous district is circuitous and tedious. Its value to Hong-Kong would be very great if brought within easy access, as it would lead to a development of trade and a probable increase in the labour supply of the Colony, a matter of some moment.\n\nIt is therefore eminently desirable that the opening of Walchow to British trade should not be deferred until the doubtful period of the general acceptance by the Treaty Powers of the Provisions of Article VIII of the Mackey Treaty; and the Committee will be glad if you will be good enough to represent to the Foreign Office the importance to the Colony of Hong-Kong and to British trade of pressing the Chinese Government to agree to this stipulation of the Treaty being carried into effect simultaneously with the opening of Kongmoon.\n\nInseparably connected with this question of opening Walchow to foreign trade, as I hope presently to show, is the larger and more important one of the immediate construction of the long projected Kowloon-Canton Railway. It is universally felt in this Colony and by all the British residents in Canton that it is of the highest importance to British interests that this line should be completed before the Hankow-Canton section of the great trunk railway of China is constructed. The latter is now being actively prosecuted by the American-Belgian Syndicate, to whom the concession was granted; but up to the present moment the British Syndicate, who obtained the right to continue the line from Canton to Kowloon, have given no sign of activity in connection therewith.\n\nThe Committee feel strongly that the interests both of this Colony and of British trade are being endangered by this delay, and that British prestige is also suffering from the apparent want of enterprise on the part of the British Syndicate. There is, moreover, in the background a further but no less real danger, to which the late Governor of Hong-Kong (Sir Henry Blake) forcibly alluded in his farewell speech to the community, to\n\non",
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        "content_text": "[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]\n\nCHINA TRADE.\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\nNo. 1.\n\n144\n\n[January 29.]\n\nSECTION 2.\n\nSir,\n\nChina Association to Foreign Office.--(Received January 29.)\n\n159, Cannon Street, London, January 28, 1904.\n\nBY section 12 of Article VIII of the Treaty of Shanghae, signed on the 5th September, 1902, the Chinese Government agreed to open to foreign trade, amongst other places, the city of Waichow (Hui-chon-fu) in Kuang Tung, when this Article comes into force.\n\nI have the honour to forward you a copy of a letter from the Hong Kong branch of the China Association, which contains some interesting information about Waichow, and gives reasons for asking that the opening of Waichow to British trade should not be deferred until the doubtful period of the general acceptance by the Treaty Powers of the provisions of Article VIII.\n\nThis Committee desire to express their agreement with the opinions and wishes of the Hong Kong branch, and trust that they will receive the favourable consideration of His Majesty's Government.\n\nI may mention that a copy of the letter from the Hong Kong branch has been forwarded to the British and Chinese Corporation, which is interested in the Kowloon-Canton Railway, and its contents will be considered at the next Directors' meeting.\n\nI have, &c. (Signed) JOSEPH WELCH,\n\nHonorary Secretary.\n\nInclosure in No. 1.\n\nMr. R. C. Wilcox to Mr. J. Welch,\n\nDear Sir,\n\nHong Kong, December 12, 1903.\n\nREFERRING to my letter of the 4th instant, on the question of the opening of Waichow to foreign trade as a Treaty port, I now beg to lay the views of my Committee thereon before you at length.\n\nSome particulars concerning this large and populous city may not be out of place. It is situated on the East River, directly north of the new territory or Kowloon hinterland, and is connected with the shores of Mirs Bay by (for China) a good and fairly straight footpath through a country free from natural obstacles. The Waichow Prefecture contains an industrious and flourishing population, and the soil is rich and productive. A tributary of the East River divides the city from another busy town called Kweishin. Waichow is not accessible by water, except by small native craft, the East River at that point being swift and shallow. At present, therefore, the communication with this thriving and populous district is circuitous and tedious. Its value to Hong Kong would be very great if brought within easy access, as it would lead to a development of trade and a probable increase in the labour supply of the Colony, a matter of some moment.\n\nIt is, therefore, eminently desirable that the opening of Waichow to British trade should not be deferred until the doubtful period of the general acceptance by the Treaty Powers of the provisions of Article VIII of the Mackay Treaty; and the Committee will be glad if you will be good enough to represent to the Foreign Office the importance to the Colony of Hong Kong and to British trade of pressing the Chinese Government to agree to this stipulation of the Treaty being carried into effect simultaneously with the opening of Kongmoon.\n\nInseparably connected with this question of the opening of Waichow to foreign trade, as I hope presently to show, is the larger and more important one of the immediate construction of the long projected Kowloon-Canton Railway. It is universally felt in this Colony and by all the British residents in Canton that it is of the highest importance to British interests that this line should be completed before the Hankow-Canton section of the great trunk railway of China is constructed. The latter is now being actively prosecuted by the American-Belgian Syndicate, to whom the Concession was granted; but up to the present moment the British Syndicate, who obtained the right to continue the line from Canton to Kowloon, have given no sign of activity in connection therewith.\n\n[1827 (~2]",
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        "content_text": "[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\nNo. 1.\n\n511\n\n[September 12.]\n\nSECTION 6.\n\nSir E. Satom to the Marquess of Lansdowne. (Received September 12.)\n\n(No. 258.)\n\nPeking, July 20, 1904.\n\nMy Lord,\n\nYOUR Lordship forwarded to me, in your despatch No. 68 of the 1st March, a list of mining Concessions in China and Cores, published by the \"Moniteur Officiel du Commerce,\" and communicated to the Foreign Office by His Majesty's Ambassador in Paris.\n\nAs I possessed no information about certain of the Concessions mentioned in this list, I addressed an inquiry to His Majesty's Consular Officers in the districts where such Concessions are situated, and requested them to furnish me with reports.\n\nThe following are the Concessions about which I desired to be informed:--\n\n1. The Nanking coal mines, in the Province of Kiangsu, a Concession to work which was said to have been acquired by the \"Société Franco-Belge d'Entreprises Industrielles en Chine.\"\n\n2. The coal mines of Ainantse, near Tschiou. Concession acquired by the same Company.\n\n3. Metal mines (gold, silver, copper, and iron) in the Tien-shan and Maikong districts, in the Province of Szechuen. Concession in the hands of the \"Société Française des Mines de Szechuen.\"\n\n4. The Concession of the \"Société d'Etude du Fokien,\" in Fukien Province.\n\n5. All the Concessions noted in Manchuria.\n\nWith regard to (1) the Nanking coal mines, His Majesty's Consul at Nanking informs me that, in spite of careful inquiry, he has not been able to find any trace of a Concession having been granted to the Franco-Belgian Company.\n\nThe only coal workings in the neighbourhood are some shallow shafts at Lungtan, some 15 miles on the road between Nanking and Chinkiang. These were started some eight years ago by the local authorities at a cost of over 100,000 taels, but were abandoned after a little while as unremunerative. Some natives last winter reopened the mines, but were soon stopped by the authorities, who bought out their appliances and recouped them for their outlay.\n\nLatterly the same group of Chinese induced a British subject to act as figurehead for them, but the authorities re-entered into possession, and are now working the seams themselves.\n\nMr. Sundius is led to believe that the authorities intend to claim any coal that may be discovered in the range as Government property, and that they do not intend granting concessions to any one to work it.\n\n2. With regard to the Concession which is alleged to have been secured by the same Company in Hupeh, the Acting Consul-General at Hankow reports that, in spite of extensive inquiries, he has been unable to glean any information. No representative of the Company has ever visited Hankow.\n\n3. The Concession of the \"Société Française des Mines de Szechuen\" to work metals in the districts of Tien-shan and Maikong is stated, by His Majesty's Consul-General at Chengtu, to be one working for the \"five metals\" in the department and independent sub-prefecture of Tien-chuan-chou and Mou-hung-ting. These districts are situated respectively in the north-west and north of the prefecture of Ya-chou-fu. The Concession expired in January 1903, and has been renewed from time to time, but neither prospecting nor work has as yet been undertaken.\n\nWith regard to Nos. 4 and 5, the Concessions in the Province of Fukien and in Manchuria, I have the honour to transmit to your Lordship herewith copies of the replies to my inquiries which I have received from His Majesty's Consuls at Foochow and Newchwang respectively. In these despatches all that is known of the Concessions is entered into in full detail.\n\nI may here mention that the coal mines at Dalai Nor, a short distance to the south of the Manchurian Railway, are believed to be connected with the main-line by a railway. It is possible that the existence of such a branch line may have given rise...\n\n[2156 m-6]",
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        "content_text": "As the French are about to resume railway construction on the frontier, and with the continuation of the Tonquin main line from Hanoi to Lungchow and Nanning, the Province of Kuangsi will inevitably be brought under French influence, and the French authorities will undoubtedly endeavour to arrange with the Chinese Government for special facilities for rail-borne cargo crossing the frontier. Under these circumstances, the presence of a British Consular officer at Nanning might perhaps prevent any serious steps being taken to the detriment of British trade; he would, in any case, be able to obtain early information as to what was going forward.\n\nAs regards the future competition of the French railway system with the West River trade route, and the substitution of Hanoi for Hong Kong as the distributing centre of South-West China, I do not think the latter port has anything to fear as long as the Chinese Government continue to grant reasonable facilities to foreign trade on the West River and the shipping Companies of Hong Kong continue to maintain and improve their steam-boat services. What is now being done in this direction I shall briefly refer to in the next section, but I would here venture to call attention to the vital importance of the West River to the trade of Hong Kong. We have here one of the largest rivers in China, second only to the Yang-tsze in commercial importance, traversing and, with its tributaries, draining the whole of the Provinces of Kuangtung and Kuangsi, and parts of Yunnan and Kueichow, to join the ocean in the waters of a British Colony. To-day steamers and steam-launches are taking passengers and cargo from Hong Kong, Canton, and all the principal towns in the delta, to Samshui, Wuchow, Nanning, and even Posé, distant 750 miles from the coast. By means of this service, assisted by native shipping, foreign goods can reach by water all the principal markets in South-Western China - to Shaokuan and Nanhsiung (Namheung), on the borders of Kiangsi; to Kueilin, on the borders of Hunan; to Posé, on the borders of Yunnan; to Lungchow, on the Tonking frontier.\n\nIt is surely to the interest of the Chinese Government, as well as the British, to develop the natural advantages of this wonderful network of waterways, and prevent its growing trade being diverted to the artificial channels of the French railway system.\n\nPage 2\n\nThe site selected by the Chinese authorities for the foreign Settlement at Nanning is on the right bank (city side), distant about a mile down river from the South Gate. It consists of an oblong tract of high ground - the highest ground in fact in the neighbourhood - and has a frontage of about 970 yards, with a depth of 390 yards. Not more than a quarter of this area is at present available for building purposes; the remainder consists of ponds which will have to be filled in, presumably at the expense of the Chinese Government. The proposed site is, in my opinion, open to two serious objections. In the first place, I do not think that a foreign Settlement is required at Nanning at all. As I have said before, it is extremely unlikely that foreign merchants will ever settle at Nanning; they will be represented by Chinese agents who will, of course, live in the city, where they will be in touch with the native hongs. At Wuchow there is no foreign Settlement and, after an experience of seven years, the necessity for one has not - as far as I am aware - made itself felt. The only foreigners who are likely to reside in Nanning when the port is opened, are the officials of the Imperial Maritime Customs and the foreign Consuls; these will have no difficulty in securing suitable building sites in such positions as they may find most convenient. In the second place, the proposed site is too far removed from the business centre of the city to be suitable as an anchorage for steamers and a landing-place for passengers. At Wuchow, the Customs, when the port was first opened, acquired land for the Custom House and offices below the town in much the same position as the site proposed at Nanning; this ground has never been built on, the Customs' offices are located on hulks, locally known as \"páis,\" moored in the river about half-a-mile above the Customs' property, and as the shipping trade of the port is obviously centring at the junction of the two rivers, it is an open question whether the Customs would not be well advised in removing their offices to the corner of the Fu Ho, where they would be in a position to easily control the steam traffic, both up river and down river. The conditions at Nanning are similar in many respects; launches will load and discharge their passengers and cargo alongside \"páis\" moored off the business suburb of the city, and the Customs, at any rate in the beginning, will doubtless find it convenient to locate their offices in the same neighbourhood.\n\nI ventured to express these opinions to the Taotai, and I added that should it become necessary to open the port at an early date I did not think the demarcation of a foreign Settlement area need be considered as an indispensable preliminary. I instanced the case of Yochow, where, I understand, the Chinese Government went to considerable expense in laying out a foreign Settlement, the necessity for which the trade of the port has not hitherto justified.\n\nThe Taotai concurred in my views, but gave me the impression that the provincial authorities were anxious to set apart this tract of ground as an international Settlement in order to prevent the French railway administration obtaining exclusive control over it at some future date. The proposed site for the railway terminus is, however, on the other side of the river.\n\nPage 3\n\nSection III - Steam Navigation on the West River above Wuchow.\n\nI will preface my remarks in this section by a short description of the waterways above Nanning. At San Chiang kou (Sam kong hau), about 25 miles beyond, the river again divides into two branches, the southern, called Tso Chiang (left river), leading to Taiping and Lungchow; the northern, called Yu Chiang (right river) to Posé. Lungchow is distant from Nanning 100 miles, but only 30 from Tong Dang, the present terminus of the Tonquin Railway. No steam-launches have yet succeeded in reaching the port, but I believe an attempt was to be made with a light-draught launch shortly after our visit to Nanning. The river is shallow, and obstructed by rocks and rapids. I understand, however, that the clearing of a channel suitable for light-draught steamers presents no engineering difficulties, and the merchants of Lungchow and Taiping would doubtless contribute liberally towards the expense of a work which would place them in regular steam communication with Nanning. The Posé branch, although the longer of the two, is reported to be navigable at high water for light-draught launches; in fact, a launch left Nanning for Posé while we were there, but was recalled at the instance of the Commissioner of Customs at Wuchow, as her owner had not obtained the necessary permit to run on inland waters hitherto unvisited by steamers. I am informed that the Po On Steam-launch Company, owners of a fleet of inland water launches on the river, applied for permission to run to Posé over a month ago, but no reply has yet been received from the Minister of Commerce. As the high-water season is now far advanced, this praiseworthy enterprise will have to be deferred to another year. Article 7 of the Additional Rules for Inland Water Navigation appended to the new Treaty says that in the case referred to the Chinese authorities shall at once give their approval.\" The present Report is, perhaps, not the place in which to discuss these new Regulations; I would, however, point out that both Articles 7 and 8 contain clauses which, if literally interpreted, will cause Launch Companies on the river considerable inconvenience. The referring, for instance, of applications to ply on inland waters exclusively to the Chinese Government - if by that term is meant the Ministry of Commerce - will seriously interfere with the launches at present plying between up-river ports, which must vary their runs according to the state of the river, and are constantly being withdrawn for repairs.\n\nDuring the high-water season, lasting from about April to September, launches drawing not more than 4 feet can reach Nanning. Four vessels, of which three are under the British flag, have been running regularly during the past summer.\n\nAs a typical example of the type of vessel employed, I give the dimensions of the \"Choyfat\": length, 75 feet; beam, 12 feet; tonnage (registered), 17; draught, 3 feet. These launches stop at all recognized passenger stations en route, and are invariably crowded with passengers. They make the journey from Wuchow to Nanning, under favourable circumstances, in four days, as against four weeks taken by a junk. So far, the launches carry hardly any cargo, nor do they tow cargo boats, the passenger trade is sufficiently remunerative. As steam towage is rapidly increasing on the lower river no doubt it will come into vogue on the upper river when the launch tonnage increases.\n\nBetween Kueihsien and Wuchow a regular daily service of passenger launches is maintained during about nine months in the year; at Konghau, the Kueihsien boat transfers her passengers to a larger boat for Wuchow. The Wuchow-Konghau launches run practically all the year round. To show the rapid growth of this passenger traffic during the last six years I append the following Table:\n\n  \n    [2156 3-4]\n  \n  \n    B 2\n  \n  \n    608\n  \n\nPage ...",
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        "content_text": "NUMBER of passengers carried between Wuchow and up-river ports.\n\n1890 8,104\n\n1900 25,013\n\n1901 58,762\n\n1902 74,359\n\n1903 118,457\n\nThe majority of the launches plying above Wuchow now fly the British flag, being owned nominally by certain British subjects resident in Hong Kong and Canton, who are paid a monthly sum for the use of their name by the actual owners, the Po On and Pau Ta Steam Launch Companies--both Chinese, but the former registered as a British Company in Hong Kong. Both Companies confess to having made large profits last year, and I must admit that they display most commendable energy in the management of their business.\n\nI have more than once suggested to the \"combined Companies,\" now styled the British West River Steamboat Company, that they should come to an arrangement with the up-river launch Companies to exchange passengers and quote through rates. Waiting rooms would have to be provided for passengers on the hulks at Wuchow, as is done by the Launch Companies both here and at Konghau. I understand that Captain Dixon, the West River Company's agent in Wuchow, is giving the matter his attention. It would benefit both Companies and incidentally take a good many passengers from the French steamer. I look forward, however, to the day when the páis\" of the Canton steamers and the up-river launches will be moored side by side at the corner of the Fu Ho, and passengers will be able to step from one to the other without delay or inconvenience. And then I hope the West River Company will be running its own launches to Nanning.\n\nAs touching the question of the best type of vessel for the up-river service, I consider--speaking, of course, as an amateur--screw boats to be preferable to stern-wheelers, at any rate to any type of stern-wheeler that has so far appeared on the river. Extreme shallow draught is not required, but steaming power and narrow beam, the trouble on the upper river being, not so much want of water as the narrowness of the channels between the rocks in many places. The \"Moorhen,\" a vessel 146 feet long and 26 feet in beam, drawing, however, only 2 ft. 10 in., apparently required 8 feet more water to cross the Great Rapid than did the launches, drawing 3.4 feet, but only 75 feet long and 12 feet beam. Of almost equal importance is the question of speed; the river gun-boats \"Sandpiper\" and \"Moorhen,\" although otherwise well fitted for up-river navigation, are seriously handicapped by their poor steaming power; the \"Sandpiper\" can with difficulty steam at the rate of 2 knots over the ordinary summer current in the river. Most of the launches at present employed can steam 10 knots--making about 6 over the current--and I should advise, were a boat being specially built for the trade, to make her a knot faster. I think two classes of launches should be employed on the upper river; for the Wuchow-Konghau run, twin screw steel launches, of about 75 tons register, maximum length, 100 feet; beam, 15 feet; speed at least 10 knots; to carry 150 passengers. For the run from Konghau to Kueihsien and Nanning, I would suggest wooden launches--of about 40 tons register; length, 75 feet; beam, 12 feet; draft, 4 feet; speed, 11 knots; to carry 100 passengers. I mention wood as the material for the second-class, as being less liable to damage than iron or steel, should the vessel come in contact with the rocks.\n\nThe numerous rapids strewn with rocks on the river between Wuchow and Nanning, undoubtedly form a serious impediment to steam navigation, except during the high-water season. They are, as far as I can learn, on a much smaller scale than those of the Upper Yang-tsze, and they are susceptible, if not of removal, at any rate of considerable improvement. It is perhaps unreasonable to hope that the Chinese Government will, under present circumstances, take any steps themselves to survey the upper river, and remove some of the principal obstacles to navigation. I venture to suggest that one of His Majesty's light draft gun-boats would render valuable service to British shipping on the river, were she to spend the summer months above the Great Rapid. She might go up with the first rise, say about the beginning of May, and make a survey of the rapids as far as Nanning; then at the first opportunity proceed to Lungchow, and afterwards to Posé; on her return she might ascend the Liu River as far as Liuchow. The four summer months of May, June, July and August, would, I think, afford ample time in which to make these journeys.\n\nUnder present conditions launches of the type I have described can maintain regular service between Wuchow and Nanning during at least five months in the year, and practically all the year round between Wuchow and Konghau. In winter the Nanning launches can be employed towing on the lower river. That there is money to be made in this trade, if conducted on business lines by a large Company, I have not the slightest doubt whatever.\n\nIt has long been the cry of the British shipping Companies in Hong Kong that the restrictions placed on inland water navigation by the Chinese authorities have rendered remunerative trade on the West River impossible. These restrictions have now been to a great extent removed; the river is open to steamers from Hong Kong to Nanning; the trade on the river is increasing every year, and it remains for the shipping Companies to justify their former complaints by showing what they can do when the opportunity is offered them of engaging, on equal terms with the Chinese, in the carrying trade of this great waterway.\n\nWuchow, August 5, 1904,",
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        "content_text": "# \nwhich the railway by either route would have its terminus.\n\nThe determining factors in the selection of one or other of these two routes are:-\n## I. Cost of Construction.\n## II. Cost of running and maintenance.\n## III. Time required for construction.\n## IV. Time required for running.\n## V. Anticipated traffic and development.\n## VI. Administrative, Naval and Military advantages.\n\n### 1. COST OF CONSTRUCTION.\n\nThe East route from the Kowloon terminus to the Lo Fu Ferry is about 21 miles, the West route about 33 1/3 miles in length. By the former, some 13 miles would be over level country without engineering difficulties, while 7 would be on hill sides or on embankments across shallow water, and there would be about 1 1/2 miles of tunnelling. By the latter, nearly 17 miles would be over level country and an equal length on hill sides and through some short tunnels.\n\nThe cost of the line along the East route, according to figures taken from the report made by Mr. R. T. Somerville Large for the British & China Corporation, would be under $4,500,000. I have insufficient data on which to make even an approximate estimate of the cost of the line along the West route. It was not examined by Mr. Large \"being so far out of the direct route to the North\". Another railway engineer, Mr. Hamilton Smyth, M.I.C.E., has, I am informed, expressed a strong preference for the East route, not looking on the Shatin tunnel as a very formidable work. On the other hand, I am told that Mr. K. Chatham, M.I.C.E., Director of Public Works in this Colony, but at present in England, is in favour of the West route.\n\n### 5.\nMr. Large's preliminary survey contemplated crossing the hills North of Kowloon under the Shatin Pass at a high level by a route involving 7 tunnels aggregating 1,600 yards in length and costing",
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        "content_text": "## \nclosure C. \ndlosure D \n30 \n\ntected from weather. The West route gives access to Castle Peak Bay and Deep Bay but all protected water in these is very shallow. From the point of view of accessibility to deep water which may assume importance in the event of the development of large industries the East route is therefore to be preferred. \n\nEnclosure C gives particulars of the trade at the various market towns in and near to the New Territories and shows that the trade of Tai Po on the East route, valued at something over half a million dollars a year, is about 8/5ths that on the West route would be at Un Long while the trade of both places is small compared with that of Sham Chun which is less than a mile beyond the boundary and would be tapped by either route. While the junk trade with Hongkong from Tai Po amounts to 90,000 piculs (between 5,000 and 6,000 tons) annually that from Un Long comes to 250,000 piculs (about 15,000 tons) and the total export and import trade of Sham Chun is over 70,000 tons. \n\n17. \nParticulars of the junk trade and of the launch traffic between Hongkong and places in and close to the New Territories are given in Enclosure D. By the East route the line would probably soon take up near Sha Tin the bulk of the passengers averaging daily 175 each way that go by launch from Sha U Chung on the North shore of Mirs Bay in Chinese Territory to Hongkong. These passengers have already shown their desire to avoid the rough water round the coast even at the expense of a climb over the Kowloon Hills. The line along this route would also probably take the traffic averaging daily 15 each way that now goes by launch from Tai Po to Sha Tin. \n\nIt is possible that the launch traffic between Hong Kong and Tsun Man, Tai Lam Cheung and Castle Peak Bay averaging about 100 persons both ways would be taken by a railway along the West route. The existing launch traffic to and from Un Long and places...",
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        "content_text": "## 4\n\nnot entirely conclusive, but it shows that there is a strong presumption in favour of its stability.\n\nNotwithstanding this weakness in the data, I consider that, taking all the evidence cumulatively, the conclusion that no appreciable deterioration in the harbour or its approaches has taken place is a sound one.\n\nIn dealing, then, with the barrier question on the lines before indicated, it would appear that conservancy consideration need not be taken into account, and that all that is necessary is to provide that the barrier shall not embarrass navigation.\n\nBut early in my study of these matters a possibly alternative scheme presented itself to me. Half-way between the Front Reach and the Back Reach is the Elliot Reach. There is reason to believe that before the placing of the one stone barrier on it, it had a continuous deep channel free from shallows. If then a sufficiency of water still existed in it, the removal of this one barrier would enable any vessel that a survey of the nine miles could cross the second bar to get up to Canton Harbour.\n\nOf this reach was therefore undertaken. The result, however, was disappointing. It showed that for half a mile above, and more than half a mile below, the barrier no channel existed, and that elsewhere over long stretches the channel was comparatively shallow—14 feet—and tortuous. I judged that the difficulties of opening this channel were such as not to justify a departure from the more obvious course of improving the navigation of the other reaches.\n\nI mention this matter partly with the object of bringing forward the evidence which the condition of this reach adduces, as to the reason for the immunity of the approaches to Canton generally from detrimental effects consequent on the existence of the barriers.\n\nThe Elliot Barrier, unlike the other barriers, has practically no channel through it. It is continuous right across the river, and reaches within 4 or 5 feet of the level of low-water spring tides. The natural result of this has obviously been a very considerable general silting up of the whole reach. This being so, a much less volume of water passes through it now than before. It is probable that in its former condition the greater part of the ebb water flowing down the South Reach entered the Elliot Reach, while that from the Fatshan Branch flowed down from the Blenheim Reach, the so-called Taimei Spit, with 10.4 feet on it at low-water spring tide, forming a natural guide. But with the partial closing of the Elliot Branch a part of the water which used to flow down the Elliot Reach must have been forced over the Taimei Spit into the Blenheim Passage. In this connection the important thing to realize is that, under existing conditions, the excess of ebb over flood in the Blenheim Passage is now greater than it was before the Elliot Passage was closed. Now it is this excess that enables the silt to be carried down to the sea, and I take it that it is this increased excess that has at least counteracted such deteriorating tendencies as the barriers in Blenheim Reach caused.\n\nAnd also as regards such deteriorating tendencies there is the following consideration. With the exception of Taishek none of the barriers, in effect, raise the river bed, and at Taishek the bed is raised only to within 11 feet of the level of low-water spring tide. When we realize that at the second bar the river bed is only 14 feet below low-water spring tide, and that the tidal range there is a foot more than at Taishek, it will be seen that the depth, 11 feet at Taishek, is not a serious matter.\n\nAgain, as regards lessening the cross-section of the river at Taimei—a natural obstruction—the cross-section is some 11,000 square feet. At Taishek, some 2 miles lower down, I estimate the cross-section to be about 10,000 square feet. The reduction of the cross-section by 10 per cent. is the deteriorating feature of this barrier. At the Iron Barrier the cross-section is not less than 30,000 square feet, i.e., it is about three times as great as at a natural obstruction 2 miles further up, and it is, therefore, improbable that the restricted cross-section here even tends to deterioration. These aspects of the barriers in the Back Reach, namely, the comparative unimportance of the decrease in depth and cross-section, together with the effect of the increased excess of ebb over flood tide, enable one to understand how it is that the barriers in the Back Reach have not had that deteriorating effect that was expected of them.\n\nIn the Front Reach the cross-section of the river at the Salt Flats and Sulphur Point have not been ascertained, but it seems likely that in this reach also the diminution of the cross-section of the river by the barriers is of comparative unimportance.\n\nThe foregoing explanation being concluded, I will proceed with a description of the work now undertaken. Plans Nos. 6, 7, 8, and 9 are surveys of the several barriers.\n\n## 5\n\nAt the Iron Barrier.\n\n| Task | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| (a) | A widening of the channel through it to about 570 feet. |\n| (b) | The securing of a depth of not less than 16 feet through the centre width of this passage. |\n\nThe width 570 feet has been taken as that corresponding to a certain section of the piles which give promise of being more easily removed than the remainder, i.e., stones are not heaped up round them to the same extent as elsewhere.\n\nLooking to possible requirements in the future, it seems proper to do now all that these requirements may possibly call for—as regards the screw piles—because as years go on their removal will become more and more difficult. For this reason the channel here is made wider than elsewhere, and every effort will be made to entirely remove these piles so as to admit in the future of any depth being obtained.\n\nAt the Bridge Barrier.\n\nThe entire removal of this barrier, and where stone exists its removal to a depth of 16 feet.\n\nAt the Taishek Barrier,\n\nThe removal of stone to a depth of 12 feet in a channel 400 feet wide where the bed of the river admits of it.\n\nAt the Cambridge Barrier.\n\nThe removal of piles, stones, and sunken junks, so as to secure a channel of 400 feet wide with a depth of not less than 16 feet.\n\nAt the Whampoa Barrier.\n\nThe removal of piles, stones, and sunken junks, so as to secure a channel of 400 feet wide with a depth of not less than 9 feet; and, perhaps, also the removal of the south-east elbow of the barrier, so as to straighten the course of vessels passing through. The amount of work to be done in this latter respect to depend on the difficulties encountered.\n\n(Signed) W. FERD. TYLER,\n\nCoast Inspector's Office, Canton, November 2, 1904.\n\n## APPENDIX\n\nWITH the object of ascertaining whether there has been any significant alteration in the level of high and low water and in the tidal range at Canton, the mean of the daily recorded heights have been ascertained for the years 1882, 1888, 1893, and 1903. As a check on these the mean of the daily ranges has also been ascertained.\n\nThe value of these tidal data and of the deductions obtained from them will, of course, depend on the stability of the tide-gauge, and this stability cannot be taken for granted, for on the one hand it appears to have been originally intended to show the depth of water on the Salt Flats, and on the other it is known to have recently been 6 inches in error. Before, therefore, the value of deductions from these tidal records can be estimated, it is necessary to get some idea of the accuracy of the records themselves.\n\nAt Canton a datum mark, 10, is cut on the steps immediately to the eastward of the Custom examination shed; its date is unknown. When 10 on the gauge was on the same level as this mark the gauge was supposed to show the depth of water on the Salt Flats. There is every reason to suppose that the gauge has been set by this mark for the past twenty years and more.\n\nOn the 1st November, 1900, the gauge is reported to have been lifted 6 feet, and its zero then adopted as a standard low-water level. When, however, I examined the gauge in June last there was a difference of 5 ft. 6 in. instead of 6 feet between the datum and the gauge.\n\nWas this discrepancy due to the setting in November 1900, or was it due to a subsidence? To ascertain the answer to this, a comparison of the records of high and low waters at Canton and Whampoa were made with the object of seeing the degree to which the zeros of these places conformed, and whether any change had taken place in this conformity.\n\nIt should be understood that the difference in the level of these gauges has never been ascertained by levelling.",
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        "content_text": "# \nconsider-speaking, of course, as an amateur--screw boats to be preferable to stern-wheelers, at any rate to any type of stern-wheeler that has, so far, appeared on the river. Extreme shallow draught is not required, but steaming power and narrow beam, the trouble on the upper river being not so much want of water as the narrowness of the channels between the rocks in many places. The \"Moorhen,\" a vessel 146 feet long and 26 feet in beam, drawing, however, only 2 ft. 10 in., apparently required 8 feet more water to cross the Great Rapid than did the launches, drawing 3 feet, but only 75 feet long and 12 feet beam. Of almost equal importance is the question of speed; the river gun-boats \"Sandpiper\" and otherwise well fitted for up-river navigation, are seriously handicapped by their poor steaming power. The \"Sandpiper\" can with difficulty steam at the rate of 2 knots over the ordinary summer current in the river. Most of the launches at present employed can steam 10 knots-making about 6 over the current-and I should advise, were a boat being specially built for the trade, to make her a knot faster. I think two classes of launches should be employed on the upper river; for the Wuchow-Konghau run, twin screw steel launches, of about 75 tons register, maximum length 100 feet, beam 15 feet; speed at least 10 knots, to carry 150 passengers. For the run from Konghau to Kueilin and Nanning I would suggest wooden launches--of about 40 tons register; length 75 feet, beam 12 feet, draft 4 feet, speed 11 knots, to carry 100 passengers. I mention wood as the material for the second-class, as being less liable to damage than iron or steel, should the vessel come in contact with the rocks.\n\nThe numerous rapids strewn with rocks on the river between Wuchow and Nanning undoubtedly form a serious impediment to steam navigation, except during the high water season. They are, as far as I can learn, on a much smaller scale than those of the Upper Yang-tsze, and they are susceptible, if not of removal, at any rate of considerable improvement. It is perhaps unreasonable to hope that the Chinese Government will, under present circumstances, take any steps themselves to survey the upper river and remove some of the principal obstacles to navigation. I venture to suggest that one of His Majesty's light draft gun-boats would render valuable service to British shipping on the river were she to spend the summer months above the Great Rapid. She might go up with the first rise, say about the beginning of May, and make a survey of the rapids as far as Nanning; then at the first opportunity proceed to Lungehow, and afterwards to Pose; on her return she might ascend the Liu River as far as Liuchow. The four summer months of May, June, July and August, would, I think, afford ample time in which to make these journeys. Under present conditions launches of the type I have described can maintain a regular service between Wuchow and Nanning during at least five months in the year, and practically all the year round between Wuchow and Konghau. In winter the Nanning launches can be employed towing on the lower river. That there is money to be made in this trade, if conducted on business lines by a large Company, I have not the slightest doubt whatever.\n\nIt has long been the cry of the British shipping Companies in Hong Kong that the restrictions placed on inland water navigation by the Chinese authorities have rendered remunerative trade on the West River impossible. These restrictions have now been to a great extent removed; the river is open to steamers from Hong Kong to Nanning: the trade on the river is increasing every year, and it remains for the shipping Companies to justify their former complaints by showing what they can do when the opportunity is offered them of engaging, on equal terms with the Chinese, in the carrying trade of this great waterway.\n\nWuchow, August 5, 1904.\n\n(Signed) \n## Inclosure 2 in No. 1\n### Sketch Map of West River Basin.\nHARRY H. FOX.\n\n## Office or Individual.\n1905\n\n| Document Reference | \n| --- | \n| `No. 3162` | \n| Subject | \n| Southwest China |\n\n## DOMESTIC.\nC. O. \n3162 \nR 30 JA.. 05 \n\n## (Minutes.)\nsue 3889.\n\n| Reference | \n| --- | \n| `3 & 1 178) -20~5000-17-4` |",
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        "content_text": "6 \n\nof the Canton-Hankow (or Yueh Han) railroad. The \"Robin\" anchored here for half an hour, and two of them came on board. They informed me that the main line from Canton will join the North River at Pakkong-hau, just above the Fi-loy-tze gorge, and thence follow the river as far as Shao-chou-fu. The survey was commenced last February, and the work, hitherto carried on intermittently, is now being pushed on at the rate of about a mile a day. The actual construction of the line would, they said, be commenced as soon as the branch line to Samshui had been completed. The party, six in number, was accompanied by a Chinese official and a strong military guard; the country people were now on the whole friendly, and placed no serious obstacles in their way.\n\nAbove Wong-shek both banks of the river are lined with bamboo groves, as far as the Taimin-hap (\"Great Temple Pass\"), where the stream again winds between high hills and precipitous cliffs. Passing a few miles further on the Censer gorges, we reached at 1 o'clock the entrance to another famous pass, the Mong-sai-hap or Blind Boy Pass, so called from the striking profile of a face visible from certain points of view on a cliff at the left-hand side. Here the Lienchou River, the second principal tributary of the Pakkong, joins the main stream. At the junction lies the busy shipping port of Kong-hau.\n\nThe Lienchou River rises in the north-west corner of the province, near the Hunan border, and flows for some 120 miles through a mountainous country, inhabited by the Miao-tze aborigines, who still, to a great extent, secure in their inaccessible mountain homes, defy all the efforts of the Chinese to control or civilize them. They seldom come down to the North River, but they have been visited on several occasions by missionaries who speak well of their hospitality to foreigners.\n\nThe principal towns on the river are Lienchou, a prefectural city of some 50,000 inhabitants, the centre of trade in north-west Kuangtung, situated in a fertile plain; Yung-shan, district city; Taiwan and Howkong, the latter a large li-kin station with a bridge of boats.\n\nThe Roman Catholic missionaries have for some years past had stations all along the river, and recently the American Presbyterians have established themselves at Lienchou.\n\nAt 5 P.M. we passed the large limestone quarries of Lau-ti-wan, where blasting operations were in full swing. The stone is run down the sloping banks in wheel-barrows and discharged into junks, some thirty of which I counted moored along the river bank. Shortly afterwards, having successfully found our way through a shallow crossing opposite the quarries, we came in sight of the Yingtak pagoda on the right bank, and turning a corner to the left we steamed up to the district city of Yingtak, where at 6 P.M. the \"Robin\" anchored for the night.\n\n## Yingtak\n\nYingtak, a small walled town on the left bank, is picturesquely situated in an amphitheatre of rugged hills, just above a range of limestone cliffs, which, jutting out into the stream, form one of the numerous gates of the North River. Opposite the town, the Yung-yuen, or Copper River, joins the main stream: this tributary is navigable only for small boats, numbers of which, laden with charcoal, came floating down on the evening of our arrival and anchored in rows close by us. Yingtak was formerly the seat of the Government for this part of the province, and a noted Buddhist centre. It is now a busy shipping port, the present limit of regular steam navigation on the North River. Launches drawing not more than 4 feet can reach Yingtak under normal conditions from May to September. Below Yingtak the river, although shallow in places, presents no exceptional difficulties: navigation is not hampered by rocks and rapids as on the West River.\n\nI consider that two small light-draft stern-wheelers, able to carry about 200 passengers on a 3-foot draft, would pay well if placed on the run between Canton, Tsing-yuen, and Yingtak. They could, if necessary, run in connection with the Canton-Sanshui Railway, transferring passengers at Sainam.\n\nAbove Yingtak the river narrows considerably, and its navigability, even for native craft, depends entirely on the rainfall. We found a bar about a mile above Yingtak with less than 3 feet on it; on my return a week later, after a day's heavy rain, there was at least 10 feet in the same place. I do not think, therefore, that it would be possible to maintain a regular service to any point above Yingtak on remunerative lines; there seems to be no reason, however, why the Yingtak boats, of the type I have indicated, should not run to Shao-chou whenever the water permits, as the West River launches run to Nanning. Even when the railway is completed, I consider that river steamers will have a fair chance of holding their own. I am quite sure that these stern-wheelers would be well patronized by foreign passengers; many people in Hong Kong and Canton have assured me that they would jump at the chance of escaping from the heat of the delta and spend a few days among the breezy North River gorges. The Hong Kong, Canton, and Macao Steam-ship Companies, who are each year meeting with stronger competition on the Hong Kong line, might, I think, do worse than turn their attention to the North River.\n\nYingtak is a much smaller town than Tsing-yuen, but has some fair shops in the main street. Prominent among the foreign goods I noticed condensed milk, canned fruits, Japanese beer, and cigarettes, all imported from Canton. The district—a poor one, according to the Magistrate—produces rice, sugar, and bamboo. We were unable, as I shall explain later, to proceed the next day, so I took the opportunity to call with Captain Vaughan on the district Magistrate, Shih Yün-tuan, a native of Shansi. He sent his own chair and red umbrella to take us to the Yamên, returning our call immediately after in full uniform. He was very cordial in his manner, and evinced an intelligent interest in the \"Robin\"; as, however, he had only been a month at his post, the information I obtained from him on local affairs was not of much value.\n\nThe following morning, the water having fallen slightly during the night, we made an early start, but were obliged to return, as the \"Robin,\" drawing 2 ft. 8 in., was unable to cross the bar about a mile above the town. At the time we stranded, and throughout the day, large salt junks, drawing at least 3 feet, found their way across the bar, but our pilot being obviously unused to steamers, Captain Vaughan deemed it prudent to remain at Yingtak until a rise occurred. I took advantage of the delay to explore the town and surrounding country, meeting with no incivility from the people.\n\nDuring the night of the 9th July the clouds which had been gathering all day burst in a thunderstorm, followed by three hours' heavy rain. Next morning the river had risen 15 inches, so we made a fresh start, and this time succeeded in crossing the bar without difficulty, although the pilot twice put the \"Robin\" ashore a few miles higher up. For some miles above Yingtak the river flows between high banks through a fertile country, sown with rice and sugar cane. At 10 A.M. we passed Mong-fu-kong, a village with a pawnshop on the right bank. On the summit of a hill behind the town there is said to be a small lake, indicating the crater of an extinct volcano. Another hour's run brought us to the celebrated Kuan-yin-shan, and the cave temples dedicated to the Goddess of Mercy. On the left bank a wall of rock, covered with dense foliage, rises almost perpendicularly from the water's edge to a height of some 600 feet. At the foot a stone stairway leads into the caverns which pierce the cliff in all directions. The main shrine of the temple is visible some 100 feet up the face of the cliff. We had no time to visit this interesting spot, but steamed on past a series of limestone quarries, the largest at Pak-shek-hui on the right bank.\n\nAt Sha-hau, 22 miles above Yingtak, the Canton salt junks tranship their cargoes for Shao-chou during the low-water season. At 6.30 P.M. we anchored for the night amid really magnificent mountain scenery, just above the small town of Wu-shek. Starting again at 6 o'clock on the morning of the 11th July, the river slowly rising, we passed through another striking gorge, called the Tantze-ki or Cannon Ball barrier, where the cliffs rise even higher than at Kuan-yin-shan. Here man has not interfered with Nature—there are no shrines, and the tall cliffs afford a nesting place to innumerable birds.\n\nAt Pakto, a large village on the left bank, the Yü-yuen or Lung-kwai River joins the main stream. This river flows down through a mountainous region inhabited by several large tribes of aborigines. An interesting account of the people will be found in Dr. Henry's \"Ling Nam,\" above referred to. The principal productions of the Lung-kwai district are maize, bamboo, and charcoal. In the hills above Pakto coal can be seen outcropping in many places; the deposits were formerly worked, but have now been abandoned.\n\nAt 1 P.M. we reached Shao-chou (locally known as Shiu-kuan), the principal city in Northern Kuangtung, and our destination on the present occasion. The \"Robin\" anchored opposite the West Gate (on the left branch of the river) about half a mile above the ruined fort which lies at the junction of the two streams.\n\nThe prefectural city of Shao-chou is finely situated in the angle formed by the junction of the Ching or Clear River with the North River. The former stream leads to Lok-ch'eng and the Chi Ling Pass into Hunan; the latter to Nam-heung, and the Mei-ling Pass into Kiangsi. Both waterways, being impeded by rapids, are unnavigable for any but light-draft junks. Shiu-kuan has for centuries been an important Customs barrier: a bridge of boats stretched across the river on both sides facilitates the collection of duties.\n\nFrom an intelligent employé of the native Customs (Ch'ang-kuan) I learnt that the receipts from both li-kin and native Customs have greatly fallen off during recent years, partly owing to the diversion of trade to the sea route, partly owing to the increased use of transit passes for articles such as kerosene oil and cotton yarn. My informant estimated the annual...\n\nPage 360\nPage 361",
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        "content_text": "## \n\n244 of the Fire Brigade calls for little comment. A satisfactory feature is the decrease in the number of fires from 57 in 1904 to 32 in the year under review. The heavy sentences inflicted upon persons found guilty of arson doubtless tends to check this formerly prevalent crime.\n\n10. Fire Hydrants were fixed at various points on the Peak during the year, as the completion of the new pumping station and main rendered a full supply of water available for them.\n\n11. In consequence of the high estimate received for a floating fire-engine of shallow draught such as I had proposed in the third paragraph of my Despatch No. 92 last year, this purchase has not been effected. I have now come to the conclusion that a floating engine of ordinary draught will meet the requirements of the Colony, and I propose to set apart a sum of $50,000 in the Estimates for 1907 for this purpose.\n\n12. The lack of Fire Alarms throughout the City and at the Peak has been engaging my attention, but in view of the uncertainty that exists as to the most serviceable form of Alarm, I have decided to take no steps in the matter until a report is received from Mr. Hallifax, Assistant",
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        "content_text": "514 \nToe 27156 \n\nThe assumption in the 4th paragraph of his letter that this reclamation will not be carried out till after that between Arsenal Street and Kellett Island is incorrect. The East Praya Reclamation Scheme to which he refers, after having for a long time formed the subject of discussion with the Naval and Military Authorities with regard to a minor matter of boundaries, has been dropped by its promoters as reported in my despatch No.170 of the 29th June, 1905. In our view of the fact that the land which was to be obtained from this reclamation, abutting on shallow water, would have been mainly suitable for dwelling houses and godowns, and that there is little demand at present for additional accommodation of this nature in the part of the town to the East of and cut off by the Naval Yard, it is unlikely that the project will be revived in the near future. \n\n25704 \n5. \n\nOn the other hand, between Causeway Bay on the West and Quarry Bay on the East, in which part the reclamation, shown in the tracing enclosed in Major-General Hatton's letter of the 22nd June, will abut on deep water in which vessels of considerable draught can lie, there is already a considerable demand for areas to be reclaimed. Marine Lot No.285, as stated in the letter to the General Officer Commanding covered by my despatch of the 16th June, has",
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        "content_text": "## 3037 4G\n\nFenwick & Co's lot (Marine Lot No.285) amounts to:-\n \n| Category | Calculation | Amount |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Premium | 47 x 15,246 | $724,185 |\n| Crown Rent | 474 x $475 | $22,562.50 = $225,625 (Capitalized at say 5% - 20 x $22,562.50) $451,250 |\n| Total |  | $1,175,535 (=$724,185 + $451,350) |\n\n9.\n\nIn the foregoing circumstances and in view of the urgency of at once making to Messrs. Blackhead & Co. the offer to which reference has been made, I propose to dispose in such manner as may appear to me most advantageous of the North Point reclamation site to the West of a meridian through the centre of the battery. The small dead area which may possibly eventually result from such disposal would involve practically no defensive disadvantage as the water is mostly shallow, as it is already obstructed by the Dutch & Asiatic Petroleum Company's pier near its East limit, and as piers which would certainly be projected from the new reclamation would quite as effectually as the guns in the battery deny the use of the area to an enemy's ships or light craft.\n\n10.\n\nThe part of the dead area shown on the chart as lying to the West of the meridian through the centre of the battery includes deep water, and before disposing of any part...",
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        "content_text": "Serial Name\n\nEnclosure 2 to Despatch No.262 dated the 22nd October, 1906,\n\n514\n\nSupplementary List of Casualties to Steam Launches in Hongkong Harbour on the 18th September 1906 between the hours of 8.30 am. & 11 am\n\n  \n    Name of Launches\n    Name of Owners or Agents\n    Crew\n    No. of passengers missing\n    Where casualties happened\n    Nature of Casualties\n  \n  \n    38 Kwong Lung\n    \n    6\n    \n    Opposite to Police Station, Yaumati\n    Sunk\n    18.47\n  \n  \n    36 Fie Sing\n    \n    3\n    9\n    Opposite to Hung Hom\n    \n    44.86\n  \n  \n    Ving Fat\n    \n    12\n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    239 Ving\n    \n    132\n    \n    Near Causeway Bay\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Wai Hoo\n    \n    118\n    \n    Sui Muo\n    \n    7\n  \n  \n    Awong Jai\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    240 Choy Lee\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    44 Lee\n    Bismarck\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n  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\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Ma Mie Ma\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Isang Shine wing\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Cheung Chem Kwai.\n    \n    51\n    \n    Hongkong Hotel\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Tai tik\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Lee Fo\n    \n    54\n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Hoi Tum\n    \n    J$\n    \n    \n    \n    160\n  \n  \n    -China Kwong Yik\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Yik On\n    Lee Wai\n    KHLI\n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    đường vắng\n    \n    6!\n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Ching Kong\n    \n    62\n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Cheung Ching\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Cheung Lee!\n    On jik\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Kwok Lin\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Leung Kan\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    -Chan The\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Kwok Chi\n    Kwok Ju\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    duck giun chung.\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Chan Hing\n    thương đẹp trong\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Do.\n    \n    20\n    \n    \n    \n    27\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    /8\n    \n    \n    \n    2\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    18\n    \n    \n    \n    13.22\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    28\n    \n    \n    \n    6.57\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    24\n    \n    \n    \n    15\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    33\n    \n    \n    \n    13\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    25\n    \n    \n    \n    34\n  \n  \n    Lochenko\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Cher\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    36 Kwok Chow\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    You\n    mali\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Tham shu po\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    (Enginrar)\n    Aung Nom Bay\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Jai Fo\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Maknown\n    \n  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        "content_text": "287\n\n2\n\nindicated generally under the term \"artificial obstructions to navigation\" in Article V of the Mackay Treaty. I inclose copy of His Highness' note and Memorandum, and request you to inform me whether it can now be considered that the Article in question has been duly carried into execution.\n\nI am, &c.\n\n(Signed)\n\nERNEST SATOW.\n\n3\n\nThe expenditure incurred on account of removing barriers—not including salaries, &c., of a number of Customs officers detached for the special duty of planning and directing the operations during a period of many months (15,306·07 taels)—amounted to 111,329·27 Haikwan taels. (Total, 126,635·34 taels.)\n\nJ. F. OIESEN, Chief Secretary.\n\n(Signed)\n\nInspectorate-General of Customs, Peking, November 18, 1905.\n\nInclosure 2 in No. 1.\n\nPrince Ching to Sir E. Satow.\n\nYour Excellency,\n\nPeking, December 26, 1905. BY the Vth Article of the Mackay Treaty the Chinese Government undertook to remove within the next two years the artificial obstructions to navigation in the Canton River,\n\nThe Board has repeatedly consulted the Viceroy of Canton with regard to effecting this work in accordance with Treaty and at the proper time, and directions were sent by the Inspector-General of Customs to the Commissioner of Customs at Canton to take the necessary steps for the removal of the obstructions.\n\nI am now in receipt of a letter from the Inspector-General reporting that the removal of the barriers in the Canton River has been completely effected, in which he shows what measures were taken, and incloses a Memorandum in English for communication to your Excellency.\n\nI have therefore the honour to inclose the Memorandum herewith for your information.\n\nInclosure 3 in No. 1.\n\nMEMORANDUM showing what has been done, in accordance with the provisions of the Vth Article of the Mackay Treaty, by the removal of artificial barriers in the Canton River to facilitate communication along two routes between the city of Canton and the sea.\n\nTHE two channels selected to be cleared of obstructions were the Back Reach and the Front Reach. In the Back Reach, which is the principal approach to Canton, were three barriers—the Iron Barrier, Bridge Barrier, and Taishek Barrier. In the Front Reach, which is 4 miles shorter, but, owing to shoals, is little frequented by foreign vessels except river-steamers coming up at certain stages of the tide, were two barriers—the Cambridge Barrier and Whampoa Barrier.\n\nOperations for improving the passages through these barriers were begun on the 5th October, 1904, and were completed on the 15th August, 1905. The work involved the removal of enormous masses of stones, iron piles, timbers, and sunken junks laden with stones.\n\nBefore improvement the width of the channel through each barrier was—\n\n  \n    Iron Barrier\n    150\n  \n  \n    Bridge Barrier\n    200\n  \n  \n    Taishek Barrier\n    100\n  \n  \n    Cambridge Barrier\n    300\n  \n  \n    Whampoa Barrier\n    200\n  \n\nThe work done has secured the following results:—\n\n  \n    \n    Width\n    Depth at Low Water\n  \n  \n    Iron Barrier\n    670\n    16\n  \n  \n    Bridge Barrier (entirely removed)\n    \n    16\n  \n  \n    Taishek Barrier\n    400\n    12\n  \n  \n    Cambridge Barrier\n    450\n    16\n  \n  \n    Whampoa Barrier\n    400\n    9\n  \n\nInclosure 4 in No. 1.\n\nConsul-General Scott to Sir E. Satow.\n\n(No. 23.)\n\nCanton, March 31, 1906. Sir,\n\nI BEG to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 26 of the 28th December, 1905, regarding the removal of barriers in the Canton River, in which you direct me to inform you whether it can now be considered that Article V of the Mackay Treaty for the removal of \"artificial obstructions to navigation\" has been duly carried out.\n\nI beg to report that on receipt of your despatch I duly communicated with the Hong Kong Government with a view to obtaining expert opinion—and more particularly the views and wishes of the naval authorities and the Shipping Companies—on the subject. So far I have not succeeded in obtaining any expert opinion, but I beg to inclose copy of a despatch from his Excellency the Admiral, and also a joint letter from Messrs. Jardine, Matheson, and Co., Messrs. Butterfield and Swire, and the Hong Kong and Canton Steam-boat Company.\n\nAccording to Admiral Noel's letter, sufficient depth of water has now been provided to admit of the usual traffic, but he records his opinion that the Mackay Treaty has not been carried out. Admiral Noel admits, however, that the total removal of the barriers might lead to a risk of causing the deep channel to silt up. He further suggests that the parts of the barriers left should be so cut away as to render them practically useless in facilitating the erection of barriers in future.\n\nThe Steam-ship Companies, on their part, acknowledge that good work has been done in facilitating navigation, but claim that the provisions of the Treaty have not been fulfilled, only a comparatively small portion of the barriers having been removed. They suggest that the Iron Barrier to the north should be wholly removed, and in this view I entirely concur. There should be little difficulty in the operation, and the material is evidently of some value, for I understand that a Chinese had offered to remove it free of cost. The Companies further suggest that the Taishek Barrier be also removed, and that further dredging operations might be carried on in the Front Reach and at Sulphur Point, Whampoa.\n\nIn regard hereto I have merely to observe that these places cannot come under the category of \"artificial obstructions,\" as understood in the Mackay Treaty, and the suggestions need not therefore be discussed.\n\nThe shallow place near the Taishek Barrier which the Shipping Companies wish to have removed is more or less a moving shoal, which disappears with the floods and reappears during the dry season. The only question to be considered is how far the deepening and widening of the Taishek Barrier will affect this shoal permanently, and this can only be ascertained by future observation.\n\nIn paragraphs 6 and 7 of their joint letter the Shipping Companies raise the question of the improvement of the harbour of Canton, and especially the removal of the Pak Hin, Honam, and Fati rocks. This question, however, is separately provided for, under Article V of the Mackay Treaty, by a special arrangement between the merchants and the Customs, and by a tax on goods landed and shipped.\n\nThe underlying idea of the Companies is, no doubt, that, in consideration of the only partial removal of the barriers and the consequently lessened cost to the Chinese Government, the latter will forgo their claim and will improve the harbour at their own expense.\n\nI would point out that the removal of the rocks in question must prove a tedious and expensive operation, and the benefits to be derived from the removal can never be commensurate, as far as British interests are concerned, to the cost, nine-tenths of which would fall on British trade. The Norwegian and German tramp steamers would be the sole gainers. The reason is: the Hong Kong and Canton Steam-boat Company already possess their wharves and landing-stages, and all that is necessary to meet their",
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        "content_text": "4\n\nrequirements is occasional dredging where the steamers usually lie. Butterfield and Swire have already solved their difficulties in the harbour by acquiring a large area of land and foreshore, where they have erected godowns and wharves. Jardine, Matheson, and Co. have their regular bunys, to which their steamers can always be moored, and a small outlay on dredging from time to time would secure them sufficient depth of water for their steamers.\n\nAs to the statement by the Companies that \"the front door has been partly opened, leaving the inner as before,\" I fail to see that they have any ground for complaint.\n\nSummarizing the situation, I have arrived at the following conclusions: Firstly, the Iron Barrier might well be removed entirely; the cost of the work would be practically insignificant. Secondly, the Chinese Government are no doubt bound by Treaty to provide for the total removal of all artificial obstructions, and it is a question for consideration that in accepting the proposed partial removal the Chinese Government should be called upon, as a quid pro quo, to undertake certain minor operations in the Canton harbour, such as dredging the accretions of the Honam Spit and the foreshore from Wong Sha along the front of the Foreign Settlement. It is along this length that foreign steamers generally lie, and in recent years it has begun to silt up owing to the mass of junks and hulks allowed to anchor at Wong Sha. Seeing that the Canton dredger, which has already done valuable service in removing the barrier, can be chartered for about 500 dollars a-day, a judicial expenditure of some 25,000 dollars would meet the requirements of the situation.\n\nI observe that in his statement of accounts the Inspector-General enters a charge of 45,000 taels odd as expenses of Customs officers on special duty in connection with It covers the the work. I submit that this sum should not appear in the accounts. salary and wages of the regular Customs staff, which would have had to be paid to these men in any case. They were engaged in surveying the harbour and its approaches, a work which would have been necessary sooner or later, apart from any question of the removal of barriers. Moreover, the money, I understand, comes out of tonnage dues.\n\nAs regards the 111,329 taels charged for the removal, I know that the Canton dredger did nine-tenths of the work, and received some 80,000 dollars. Before her arrival, Chinese labour and appliances were employed on the barriers, but the work was found so unsatisfactory and expensive that Mr. Mayers, the Commissioner of Customs, took upon himself the responsibility of employing the dredger. The credit of the speedy removal of the barriers is due to his initiative.\n\nI am forwarding a copy of this despatch to the Hongkong Government, and also to the Shipping Companies concerned.\n\nI have, &c. (Signed)\n\nSir,\n\nInclosure in No. 1.\n\nAdmiral Noel to Governor Sir M. Nathan.\n\nCC\n\nJAMES SCOTT.\n\n\"Alacrity,\" at Hong Kong, February 24, 1906. WITH reference to your Excellency's letter of the 30th January last, regarding the removal of the barriers in the Canton River, I have the honour to inform your Excellency that it would appear from the reports accompanying your letter that sufficient depth of deep water has been provided to admit of the usual traffic, and it is suggested that further removal of the barriers is quite likely to cause a silting up of the present\n\nang channels.\n\nI concur with the reports and opinions forwarded with your letter, but there is no doubt that the Mackay Treaty is not carried out; and although it is undoubtedly undesirable to remove the whole of the artificial barrier at the risk of causing the present deep channel to silt up, it is necessary that part of these barriers not wholly removed should be so cut away and destroyed as to render them practically useless in facilitating the re-erection of barriers in future.\n\nI have, &c. (Signed) G. H. NOEL.\n\n5\n\nInclosure 6 in No. 1.\n\n288\n\nMessrs. Arnold, Butterfield and Swire, and Jardine, Matheson, and Co. to Consul-General Scott.\n\nSir,\n\nHong Kong, March 14, 1906. WE beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 20th January requesting our opinion as to whether or not the work done in the removal of the barriers in the Canton River is such that Article V of the Mackay Treaty may be considered to have been duly carried out.\n\n2. While we fully recognize that good work has been done in minimizing the risk of collision between steamers passing through the barriers, we consider that it would be incorrect to state that the conditions of the Treaty, even in the spirit thereof, have been fulfilled by what has been accomplished.\n\n3. The Mackay Treaty provides for the entire removal of all the barriers in the front and back approaches to Canton, and we cannot consider that the removal of only a comparatively small portion of four of them is a final settlement of the matter.\n\n4. While the widening of the opening in the Steel Barrier has undoubtedly been an improvement, the better way of carrying it out would have been to remove the section adjoining the northern bank altogether; at present in thick foggy weather, to a steamer feeling her way along the dimly discerned line of shore, it is a distinctly dangerous obstacle, as it is quite invisible until close to. Its complete removal is advisable.\n\n5. Meantime, as the Chinese Government has benefited considerably in outlay by the modified programme carried out, we would suggest that at least part of the saving might be devoted to dredging channels through the shallow place near the Taishek Barrier, where steamers frequently stick; at Taimee, where there is a shoal of hard removable bottom, and where old pilots say stone junks were formerly sunk to obstruct the fairway; at the salt flats in the Front Reach; and at Sulphur Point, Whampoa.\n\n6. We also beg to point out that nothing has yet been done to improve the harbour of Canton, which is now in a very unsatisfactory condition. Vessels in some of the berths are aground a considerable time before low water, and the river-steamers have frequently great difficulty in getting away. At present only ten \"deep sea steamers can be accommodated, while, were the harbour dredged and the Pak Hin Hok, Honam, and Fati rocks removed, some sixteen steamers could be berthed and the harbour rendered much safer.\n\n7. The point of the whole question is that, while what has been already done is decidedly favourable to the safer navigation of the river, it is of little practical value until the Taishek, Taimee Barrier, and salt flats are deepened, as vessels able to cross the improved barriers are unable to cross at the above points; in other words, the front door has been partly opened, leaving the inner as before.\n\n8. We would recommend making these suggestions to the Chinese Government, holding out as an inducement to them the prospect that, if carried out, the British Government may thereby be eventually advised by those interested that they are satisfied with the interpretation of the Chinese Government as to their responsibility under the Mackay Treaty—construed in a liberal and reasonable spirit on both sides—thus enabling all concerned to give expression to the opinion desired in the first paragraph of this letter.\n\n9. In conclusion, we should like to express our appreciation of the assistance rendered by Mr. Mayers in connection with the work which has been already done.\n\nWe are, &c.\n\n(Signed)\n\nTH. ARNOLD, Secretary, Hong Kong, Canton, and Macao Steam-boat Company.\n\nBUTTERFIELD AND SWIRE, Agents, China Navigation Company (Limited).\n\nJARDINE, MATHESON, AND Co., General Managers, Indo-China Steam Navigation Company.\n\nN.B.—A letter identical with the above was sent by the China Association, Hong Kong, to the Hong Kong Government under date of the 5th March, 1906.\n\n[2241 r-1]\n\nC",
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        "content_text": "20\n\nCLAREYRA NU.\n\n\"SHIRE\"\n\n24\n\nLINE OF\n\nSTEAMERS\n\n403\n\n19\n\nThis accusation evidently has a very poor opinion of a shipmaster or knows nothing at all about him.\n\nThe crews are paid off...\n\nOf\n\n...m\n\nThey way it is\n\nMery\n\nHand lines for you after such long seron to be relaxed with such shallow accusations which appear to one consistent of a degree of spite & want of foundation, you have my character and I trust you will be able to redeem it.\n\nADDRESSING\n\n6, LLOYDS AVENUE, LONDON.\n\nTELEGRAMS.\n\n\"JENKINS, LONDON,\"\n\nDear Mr Guterres.\n\nI am surprised, and sorry\n\n... Ave N Slut\n\nI was\n\nTO\n\nSTRAITS, CHINA & JAPAN.\n\n...you\n\nS.S.\n\nMor...\n\nMouthshire\"\n\nHong Kong, Jan. 5th 1904.\n\n3rd\n\nOn arriving here on Feb. 3rd, I was extremely sorry to hear you had been suspended from your post as shipping master, which you have so ably filled for so many years past, and on learning the reason of this suspension, I was still more surprised that the government here should, on the evidence they had, justify it. I know that whenever my crews have been paid off by you, they have always received their full wages. In my presence, the cash has been placed on the desk, and the balance, if any, has been handed to the men, the total agreeing with the amount of the way bill, so the accusation that you have kept money back from the men is false as far as my ships are concerned.\n\nI have always watched each man get his hands on the money, and have seen it counted in my presence, and the whole proceeding was far too public for any malpractice that you are accused of to take place.\n\nI have had considerable experience of shipping, various ports of the world, and in no port, other than this, can so much work be done in such a short time. You have filled a difficult post with, I think, the strictest credit, and with the various types of...",
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        "content_text": "It is very hard lines for you after such long servitude to be taxed with such shallow accusations which appear to be consistent with a degree of spite and want of foundation, you have redeemed your character by sympathy and I trust you will be able to keep it unblemished.\n\nYours truly\n\n(Signed) J. Barber",
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        "content_text": "C \n\n(2) \n\n627 \n\nGOTSX2 37 YAN ANI \n\nAutumn 1 (03 \n\nSeptember 3R \n\n+ \n\nHOITORS TEND \n\nC \n\n40 \n\nVARIZAS MOERAL TECTON \n\n-::- \n\n\"no\" nesvjed ottiend rennosesq ex \n\nysb neq yar rone (285 twode ineceny de 22 \n\nWey £16 £Ð?%£0 % PE \n\nam: Io 818 xut eden deswol edt pism \n\n200LT BEST ¤Ald,gind en tot adneo ¿ë ai inseenq to anoṛHORREG \n\n3 10 70% no anźbregob, asombeta eroe no atceo 08 to 08 os - 3 pked dilato te rotmua sɛort .900 trięła 10 ab a BÅ \n\nDAN AUN of vnwitell erd tot #Idtamount so blow I 22 tromes@brà enca ce,ghaj en tot etnon fò rebin be¢s\" od mat yd yta vw Brenneɑasy 9serit eotdns of TUETO et duo \n\n+ឌខ \n\n**ARE $t of card werb yan roisw gatrit vine s:t al sost côu ene hård no Ibex vd (event of beɔubná si vam enda viðktong bus Dengu að 14:097 9 ́d Jano brawtot di dug aan nadjak voriðdal mis \n\nDa Maldive une to dano latiqso set of noltra-orą ni bebivió er Boy (d to oidon and nå at rioldw vi̇evitoogeen anottue? spanich \n\noporte \n\nszexizo ent not evit bas mottoe? Kaitlyn o ́s \n\n.*v*t co oro duo- citas and t Joeda i DINR amninïas to notat¬ib to asteva stri \n\n€ \n\nut of otse It I bra 19 neeasy to resio eid tot elfineori \n\nNI \n\nput extenfijo po #LOA T** \n\nnolown une mo* ngo* neonded vonuoj a not adnou 02 Saudiar una ‚ë ot & to oitan ert mi bohirib o1ow atneo C3 ...e araw vert. 93 effo00 and salgıtas not adres 08 evisest birow \n\nona u 041 *ot adres 06 vino de birow noitoon eventu \n\nto wánkyu ve vi taco Inves and at rotim,eft: 18g Jaso .GIAMMO tomwearoy uusio .brč 6 \n\no Ifa ya diters on der Altev ne bron teenb. g \n\nentirely and am going to base my calculations on an even division by mileage. \n\nThis Railway enters into competition with water carriage in various places along its length. The Chief Station is Canton, to which place the carriage by water is extremely low and as I said before some inducement such as greater speed must be held out to draw traffic to the line. The number of coolies travelling however is so large that a very small profit per mile mounts up to a good sum of money and for reasons stated above this division of profits for this traffic must be by mileage. I will enter into figures later on. \n\nAnother centre of passenger traffic for which I have got figures is San Chun a town of some importance about one mile over the frontier in Chinese territory. The fare by steamer from Hong Kong is 30 cents. The first part of the journey is by steam launch and then as the tide very often does not allow of the steamer reaching the landing stage, passengers have to tranship into a stern wheel boat. The landing stage is about a mile from the town. This is a place to which much higher rates per mile can be charged and yet easily get all the passengers. In the first place owing to shallow water it sometimes takes a whole day to go from Hong Kong to Sam Chun, and then the passengers have to walk about a mile. The Railway will bring passengers there in about 75 minutes and land them much near the village. The distance from Hong Kong is about 23 miles of which only one mile is on the Chinese Section. For this reason the British Section must have the power to quote a high rate say 14 cents per mile for 3rd. class passengers. \n\nShek Lung is in a similar position, but I have not been able to obtain any figures for the traffic between Hong Kong and this place. At present anyone wanting to travel between Shek Lung and Hong Kong must tranship at Wangpoo and would probably have to pass through Canton, \n\nThere is another place to which a fair number of passengers go",
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        "content_text": "310 \n\ndivided in the ratio of 3 to 5, the British Section would receive 30 cents for carrying the coolie 22 miles while the Chinese Section would get only 50 cents for 100 miles or only 0.5 cent per mile, which is the actual cost in my opinion of carrying a 3rd class passenger one mile.\n\nThe Chinese Section would get no profit at all and I am therefore leaving such a division of profits out of the question entirely and am going to base my calculations on an even division by mileage.\n\nThis Railway enters into competition with water carriage in various places along its length. The Chief Station is Canton, to which place the carriage by water is extremely low and as I said before some inducement such as greater speed must be held out to draw traffic to the line. The number of coolies travelling however is so large that a very small profit per mile mounts up to a good sum of money and for reasons stated above this division of profits for this traffic must be by mileage. I will enter into figures later on.\n\nAnother centre of passenger traffic for which I have got figures is Sam Shui, a town of some importance about one mile over the frontier in Chinese territory. The fare by steamer from Hong Kong is 30 cents. The first part of the journey is by steam launch and then as the tide very often does not allow of the steamer reaching the landing stage, passengers have to tranship into a stern wheel boat. The landing stage is about a mile from the town. This is a place to which much higher rates per mile can be charged and yet easily get all the passengers.\n\nIn the first place owing to shallow...",
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        "content_text": "311 \n\nIn shallow water, it sometimes takes a whole day to go from Hong Kong to Sam Chun, and then the passengers have to walk about a mile. The Railway will bring passengers there in about 75 minutes and land them much nearer the village. The distance from Hong Kong is about 23 miles, of which only one mile is on the Chinese Section. For this reason, the British Section must have the power to quote a high rate, say 14 cents per mile for 3rd class passengers.\n\nShek Lung is in a similar position, but I have not been able to obtain any figures for the traffic between Hong Kong and this place. At present, anyone wanting to travel between Shek Lung and Hong Kong must tranship at Wangpoa and would probably have to pass through Canton.\n\nThere is another place to which a fair number of passengers go per day, namely to Sha U Ching in Mirs Bay. At present, to reach this place, they have to go by launch through Lyemoon Pass, and the sea is often very rough. The fare is about 60 cents for the trip. When the Railway is open, they will travel by rail to Taipo and go by launch from there, avoiding the rough sea met with East of Lyemoon. Very much more than 1 cent a mile could be charged to passengers booking through to Sha U Ching, but I would not advise this unless the Railway care to start running the launch. I do not think the ordinary passenger travelling to Taipo would pay more than this amount.\n\nFrom this, you will see that the rates per mile for the 3rd class passenger must vary according to the way in which there is competition with the steamers, and I will endeavour to prove that with careful adjustment...",
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        "content_text": "# 86 \n\n4 \n\nThe only drink is hot tea, the tea coming from the same source. All other stores for the ship are supplied by the Captain, except coal, ordnance, oil, and all engine-room stores and gunner's stores, rope, sails and awnings, &c. \n\nThe pay is supplied by the Captain as well.\n\nThe temptations assailing the honesty of a Captain and his opportunities for squeeze are untold. \n\n39 \n\nHow the Captain is to perform all these duties and also do his proper work one cannot guess. \n\nThe money for paying the officers and men is sent down periodically from Tien-tsin or Nanking, and arrives most irregularly. Admiral Sa has about 20,000l. at his disposal for casual payments. If he is short of cash, he calls for more. \n\n## Gunnery and Torpedo Efficiency\n\nThere appears to be no reserve of ordnance stores at all. The ammunition carried on board the ships is all that exists, or practically all. This remains a fixed quantity, for no firing is ever done, except with blank on ceremonial occasions. No tube cannon drill is done, and no aiming drill. The torpedoes are never fired, nor are primers nor gun-cotton ever tested. \n\nThe efficiency of the guns' crews is at zero, and the knowledge of the majority of the crews is nil. The guns are clean, and the crews are smart and jump about well, and are attentive and willing. The fault is want of knowledge, not want of discipline. \n\nIf a crew were casually selected and examined as to their knowledge of their weapon, perhaps the captain of the gun could shift the breech-block, but certainly no one else could do so. It is very doubtful if any of the executive officers could do so, except the Gunnery Lieutenant, who might be capable of the feat. The Gunnery Instructors, who are fairly numerous, know their work and may be expected to teach the others soon. But at present the position is as described. \n\nThe Secretary of the Admiralty had a good scheme ready to remedy this, but it is probable that he will not be permitted to start it before he returns to his coast inspector duties. The following is an outline thereof: \n\nTo collect all the most promising Gunnery Lieutenants and Instructors that can be selected, and to place them ashore in a gunnery school under some competent foreign Instructor. After six months, these, who should not exceed six officers and twelve men, would remain at the school as Instructors, and a further selection of others and men would be sent to learn, and would remain at the school for six months. After two years of this type of progressive instruction, the most brilliant officers would be chosen, and some half-a-dozen would be sent to England to some gunnery school. These would be the future gunnery and torpedo experts of the Chinese navy. In this way it is hoped that a Chinese Gunnery Staff will be created, which staff would be self-contained and capable of doing without outside assistance from the foreigner. \n\nThe Chinese sailor is recruited mainly from the coasts and islands, and is generally a good type of individual, capable of much hard work, and most amenable to discipline. Add to this that he is convinced of the superiority of his race to all others, and have first-class material for the manufacture of a good man-of-war's-man, for he is brave, cool, and indifferent to comfort. \n\n## The Officers\n\nThe Captains are very ignorant, and they know it; but they are anxious to learn and see progress made. There are two classes in each rank, as senior Lieutenants and junior Lieutenants. A \"Navy List\" is being prepared. I will try and get a copy, for I could not understand the technicalities of their ranks. \n\n## Fleet Training\n\nThe military training of the navy has never been considered. Cruiser squadrons exist, and the only cruises made are in the nature of searches for pirates or smugglers, work which could be very well done by small vessels of the gun-boat type. At present there is no intention to build more ships; and, if the authorities will take the advice of their present Secretary, none will be built until the men are educated and capable of working them. This will not be for another five years at least, and then the ships must be built. Allow ten years to elapse, and China may have a fleet of modern battle-ships or cruisers and a small number of destroyers. \n\nBut no danger need be apprehended from her till then, and it will be necessary for her army, or at least her artillery, to keep pace with the navy if the latter is going to do any good, as her harbours are at present so shallow that either enormous harbour works will be necessary or large numbers of artillery will be required to defend the naval fortresses in the outlying bases amongst the islands. \n\nBut, in looking ahead, it must be remembered that, if the day of the large ship has returned for good, less practice is required than heretofore to make a fighting fleet. Only a few people technically trained in handling ships will be required in a fleet. The remainder can very easily be trained ashore. The essentials will be stores, equipment, reserves of ammunition and guns, spare parts for everything, auxiliaries, fuel, and, above all, a suitable base. The prime essential being money, those who fear China should make themselves acquainted with the state of her exchequer, and should carefully watch the progress of her methods of technical education. If these are found to be in a crescent condition, it will be time enough for apprehensions of her intentions usward to be entertained. As the Academy, if ever founded, will be here at Shanghae or at Nanking on the river, there should be no difficulty in keeping well acquainted with its progress. \n\n## Training of Chinese Midshipmen\n\nI am not in a position at the present moment to give an accurate account of the training, or rather lack of training, of the midshipmen. The following remarks let fall by Rear-Admiral Sa suggest that the system is at present neither thorough nor successful: Midshipmen are admitted to the Academy at Nanking at any age between 18 and ... . They study in navigation and other school subjects till three years have passed. They are then drafted to some ship, in which they remain an indefinite time, and from which they may at any time be taken away. The ships do not as a rule carry midshipmen, and seldom more than three in each ship. He attached great importance to the training received by the Chinese midshipmen who are now serving in our fleet. It is not improbable that some of these young officers may be sent to Shanghae Arsenal to assist Admiral Sa in his work. Admiral Sa seemed to favour this plan of getting information at first hand from officers who, having served so recently in a modern fleet, should be able to help him in his reorganization work. \n\nWhen this ship goes up to Nanking, I will call at the Cadet Academy and see Mr. Munro, formerly a Naval Instructor in His Majesty's ship \"Sans Pareil\" and other ships. He is instructing the Chinese cadets. \n\nThe ships under the immediate eye of the Admiral appear to be smart and clean. They are very well handled when passing up and down the river, and details such as mounting guard are carefully attended to. A further report will be made as soon as information of a more detailed nature as to particular ships can be obtained. \n\nRear-Admiral Sa is the most courteous of mortals and the best of hosts. He is very much liked by all foreigners, is regarded by the Chinese as their best officer, but is considered by them to be more than half a foreigner, as he furnishes his house in two fashions, those rooms where he welcomes foreign guests being furnished to suit the taste of the latter, and others being kept according to the Chinese custom. For himself he prefers the former, where he can sit and smoke a briar pipe and reorganize his fleet on English lines. \n\n**BERNARD LOUIS MAJENDIE**\n\n(Signed) \n\n\"Cadmus,\" at Shanghae, November 1, 1906. \n\n5 \n\n0",
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        "content_text": "## CONFIDENTIAL\n\n**CHINA TRADE.**\n\n**(No. 520.)**\n\nSir,\n\nNo. 1.\n\n[January 28.]\n\n**SECTION 1**\n\nC.O. 5521\n\nReceived 13 FEB 07\n\nSir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.—(Received January 28, 1907.)\n\nPeking, December 11, 1906.\n\nIN continuation of my despatch No. 505 of the 27th ultimo, I have the honour to forward to you herewith copy of a note which I have received from the Chinese Government on the subject of the proposed removal of artificial obstructions to navigation in the Canton River.\n\nI have sent a copy of this note to the Governor of Hong Kong as well as to His Majesty's Consul-General at Canton.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed) J. N. JORDAN.\n\n### Enclosure in No. 1.\n\nWai-wu Pu to Sir J. Jordan.\n\nSir,\n\nPeking, December 4, 1906.\n\nON receipt of your Excellency's letter of the 24th September on the question of the removal of artificial obstructions to navigation in the Canton River, this Board at once directed the Inspector-General of Customs to give instructions for inquiries to be made into the matter, and to reply as soon as possible.\n\nSir Robert Hart has now laid before the Board a Report from the Commissioner of Customs at Canton, stating that on receipt of instructions to inquire into the question of removing the section of the iron barrier which still remains on the north bank of the river, he deputed the Assistant Coast Inspector, Captain Myhre, to make a survey of the waterway above and below this point.\n\nAccording to Captain Myhre's Report the removal of that part of the iron barrier which has already been effected opened up a channel 570 feet wide, and no obstacle exists now to its free navigation. If the remaining section were removed, ships coming up-river would be liable to run ashore on the shallow, and thereby incur a danger caused by the removal of this section. Under the circumstances he is therefore of opinion that it would be best not to remove this section of the barrier, but that another light should be placed there with a fog signal.\n\nThe Commissioner of Customs further consulted with other experts, and the unanimous opinion was that this section should not be removed. In making this Report he also inclosed at the same time a tracing of the survey.\n\nSir Robert Hart is therefore of opinion that as the part of the barrier already removed affords a channel 570 feet wide, which is sufficient for the purposes of navigation, and that as insistence on the removal of the north section would involve ships in the danger of running ashore, it is evident that this section should not be removed.\n\nSuch being the result of the Inspector-General's inquiries, we have the honour to urge that the question need not be further considered, and to request your Excellency to communicate this view to the proper quarters.\n\nWe avail, &c.\n\n(Prince Ching and Ministers of the Wai-wu Pu)\n\n254\n\n4\n\nweather are such as to consider it an obstacle to be removed in accordance with Article V of the Mackay Treaty,\n\nLiterally taken, there can, of course, be no question with regard to this; but, as Captain Tyler remarks in his Memorandum on the removal of the artificial obstructions in the Canton River, the literal wording can hardly be taken to denote what those who framed the Treaty actually meant should be done.\n\nWith regard to the barriers, Captain Tyler, in the same Memorandum, deals with them from the following point of view :-\n\n\"To what extent do the barriers embarrass navigation? What is necessary to remedy this?\"\n\nTaking this as the guiding principle, and treating the question of removing the northern section of the steel barrier accordingly, I am of the opinion that it cannot be considered an obstacle which embarrasses navigation to such an extent that it should be removed, as other adequate measures can be made to minimize the danger of colliding with it, and at the same time facilitate the navigation of the opening.\n\nThe most effective remedy is, I consider, to place a more powerful light on the southern end of this section, and to establish a reliable fog-signal which should be powerful enough to warn steamers in time to allow them to anchor at a safe distance from the barrier if the weather should be too thick to navigate the opening with a fair margin of safety.\n\nIn considering the proposal of removing the northern section, it should also be borne in mind that thick fogs are the exceptions, and that a light in the position now occupied by the present one is an excellent guide to navigation; and in connection with a good fog-signal, I consider it more valuable from a navigation point of view than the non-presence of the northern section of the barrier.\n\nH. G. MYHRE,\n\nTrue copy:\n\n(Signed) J. A. M. CASTLE,\n3rd Assistant.\n\nCoast-Inspector's Sub-Office, Canton, October 8, 1906.\n\nDeputy Coast Inspector,\n\n**[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]**\n\n[2324 #2-1]",
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        "content_text": "## 328 \n\n## \n\n2 \n\nKa Du, and the arsenal wharves, and tide records kept for over a month at each place. Sounding lines have been run, about 400 feet apart, from the lower end of Kinleeyuen Wharf to Pailien Creek (2.4 miles). Deep water soundings were fixed by sextant angles, shallow soundings by actual measurement from both banks of the river; junks and sampans anchored in the way much retarded work off the Chinese bund. Shore lines (wharves, jetties, bunding) were measured from the low end of the French bund to the upper end of the native waterworks (2 miles) on the Shanghae side, and from Pailien Creek to Yangking Creek (5 miles) on Pootung side, excepting Pootung Point. \n\nWoosung outer bar was resounded and plotted in September to ascertain last half-year's changes, and Foochow poles, 9 feet long, placed between Telegraph and bar stations as fixed marks for cross-section lines. Marks were placed on the upper and lower ends of Gough Island to indicate the parts required for conservancy work, also for land required at Kajao Creek. Six cross-sections, 400 feet out in the river, were taken at Black Point, Pootung side, plotted, and handed to the engineer-in-chief. The parts of the river from Woosung outer bar to the point and from the French bund to Pailien Creek are completed (plotted and inked in). \n\nThe Chinese gun-boat \"**Loong Shiang**\" was returned to Admiral Sah on the 28th September. \n\nWork has been considerably delayed by the illness of two out of our three tracers. M. de Ryke writes:-- \n\n\"Compared with the survey made in February last, I am much pleased to be able to say that, during the last half-year, the outer bar has not in any way grown worse.\" \n\n## 5. Expenditure.--A statement for the period under review is sent herewith. \n\nWe have, &c. \n(Signed) \n**JUI CH'ENG**. \n**H. E. HOBSON**. \nMembers of the Whangpoo Conservancy Board. \n\n## Inclosure 2 in No. 1. \n\n## STATEMENTS of Receipts and Expenditure of the Whangpoo Conservancy Board during September Quarter 1906. \n\nThis Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government. \n\n## AFFAIRS OF CHINA. \n\n**CONFIDENTIAL**. \n\n[February 4.] \n\n## SECTION C \n\n### No. 1. \n\n7655 \n\n**Sir Edward Grey to Sir J. Jordan**. \n\n**RECO** \n28 FEE 07 \n**(Telegraphic.) P**. \n\nSAINAM piracy case. \n\nForeign Office, February 4, 1907. \n\n[2613] \n\n(No. 18.) \n\nMy telegram No. 195 of the 16th November, 1906. After considering the representations of the Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce and the China Association, I have decided against putting the claim for consequential damages forward. \n\nThe presentation of the claim can therefore now be proceeded with, in accordance with the original instructions issued to His Majesty's Consul-General at Canton. \n\n[2376 d-1] \n\n| Category | Haikwan Taels | C. |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| **RECEIPTS** |  |  |\n| Balance from June quarter | 84,058 | 64 |\n| (a) Superintendent on Account Grant | 9,080 | 70 |\n| (b) Unclassed: Sundry receipts | 44,038 | 84 |\n| (c) Gain by exchange | 41 | 00 |\n| Total net receipts September quarter | 44,042 | 84 |\n|  | 492 | 04 |\n|  | 45,828 | 15 |\n| Total | 125,288 | 47 |\n| **EXPENDITURE---** |  |  |\n| Advances repaid |  |  |\n| Total |  |  |\n| Salaries | 21,830 | 72 |\n| Transport | 9,827 | 25 |\n| Rent.. | 638 | 17 |\n| Plant: Cost and maintenance | 1,100 | 45 |\n| Houses, furniture, &c. | 10,625 | 50 |\n| Ordinary Stores, &c.; miscellaneous | 504 | 50 |\n| Special | 4,475 | 68 |\n| Loss by exchange | 692 | 95 |\n|  | 5,168 | 58 |\n| Total net expenditure September quarter | 39,847 | 92 |\n| Advances lent | 39 |  |\n|  | 5,666 | 66 |\n| Balance carried forward | 45,514 | 58 |\n| Total | 4,318 | 57 |\n|  | 45,828 | 15 |\n\n(Signed) \n**H. E. HOBSON**.",
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        "content_text": "## 6.0.\n\n**This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.**\n\n2\n\nKa Du, and the arsenal wharves, and tide records kept for over a month at each place. Sounding lines have been run, about 100 feet apart, from the lower end of Kinleeyuen Wharf to Pailien Creek (2.4 miles). Deep water soundings were fixed by sextant angles, shallow soundings by actual measurement from both banks of the river; junks and sampans anchored in the way much retarded work off the Chinese bund. Shore lines (wharves, jetties, bunding) were measured from the low end of the French bund to the upper end of the native waterworks (2.3 miles) on the Shanghae side, and from Pailien Creek to Yangking Creek (5.4 miles) on Pootung side, excepting Pootung Point.\n\nWoosung outer bar was resounded and plotted in September to ascertain last half-year's changes, and Foochow poles, 9 feet long, placed between Telegraph and bar stations as fixed marks for cross-section lines. Marks were placed on the upper and lower ends of Gough Island to indicate the parts required for conservancy work, also for land required at Kajao Creek. Six cross-sections, 400 feet out in the river, were taken at Black Point, Pootung side, plotted, and handed to the engineer-in-chief. The parts of the river from Woosung outer bar to the point and from the French bund to Pailien Creek are completed (plotted and inked in).\n\nThe Chinese gun-boat \"Loong Shiang\" was returned to Admiral Sah on the 28th September.\n\nWork has been considerably delayed by the illness of two out of our three tracers. M. de Ryke writes:-- \n\"Compared with the survey made in February last, I am much pleased to be able to say that, during the last half-year, the outer bar has not in any way grown worse.” \n\n## 5. Expenditure\n\nA statement for the period under review is sent herewith.\n\nWe have, &c. \n(Signed) \nJUI CHENG. \nH. E. HOBSON. \nMembers of the Whangpoo Conservancy Board.\n\n### Inclosure 2 in No. 1.\n\n**STATEMENTS of Receipts and Expenditure of the Whangpoo Conservancy Board during September Quarter 1906.**\n\n| RECEIPTS | Taels | C. |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Balance from June quarter | 1,293 | 27 |\n| (a.) Superintendent on Account Grant | 34,058 | 64 |\n| (b) Unclassed: Sundry receipts | 9,980 | 70 |\n| (e.) Gain by exchange | 41 | 00 |\n| Total net receipts September quarter | 44,042 | 84 |\n| Advances repaid | 492 | 04 |\n| Total | 45,828 | 15 |\n| Special: Loss by exchange | 125.28 taels | 47 c. |\n| ... | 1,724 |  |\n| ... | 9,827 taels | 25 c. |\n\n| EXPENDITURE | Taels | C. |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Salaries | 4,475 | 63 |\n| Transport | 21,810 | 72 |\n| Plant: Cost and maintenance | 638 | 17 |\n| Houses, furniture, &c. | 1,100 | 45 |\n| Ordinary Stores, &c.; miscellaneous | 10,625 | 50 |\n| ... | 504 | 50 |\n| Total net expenditure September quarter | 39,847 | 92 |\n| Advances lent | 692 | 95 |\n| Balance carried forward | 5,168 | 58 |\n| Total | 45,514 | 58 |\n| ... | 4,313 | 57 |\n| ... | 40,828 | 15 |\n| ... | 92 |  |\n\n(Signed) \nH. E. HOBSON, \nCHINA TRADE.\n\n**CONFIDENTIAL.**\n\n`[4403]`\n`C. O. 8374`\n\n[February 9.]\n\n**REC SECTION 3.**\n\n8 6 MAR 07\n\n### No. 1.\n\n**Sir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.--(Received February 9, 1907.)**\n\n(No. 549.)\n\nPeking, December 25, 1906. Sir,\n\nI HAVE the honour to transmit to you herewith, copy of a letter which has been addressed to Consul-General Sir Pelham Warren by the Chairman of the Shanghae-branch of the China Association on the subject of Sir Robert Hart's recent Circular dealing with the changes in the Customs Administration. The Association consider that the situation is not improved by the Circular and are of opinion that the recent Edict means \"the thin end of the wedge.\"\n\nIn this connection I may say that comments on the Customs question not infrequently appear in the foreign press in China that are based on a misapprehension. Thus the \"North China Daily News,\" in a recent issue, refers in strong terms to the appointment of a Chinese Commissioner of Customs to Yatung. The writer of the article was doubtless unaware of the understanding embodied in the notes exchanged between Sir E. Satow and Mr. Tong after the signature of the Thibet Adhesion Agreement, according to which none but Chinese subjects were to be employed in Thibet in any capacity.\n\nI have, &c. \n(Signed) J. N. JORDAN.\n\n### Inclosure in No. 1.\n\n**China Association (Shanghae Branch), to Consul-General Sir P. Warren.**\n\nShanghae, December 5, 1906. \n\nI HAVE the honour to bring to your notice that my Committee are of opinion that the Circular issued by Sir Robert Hart to the Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners of the Customs Service, inspired as it evidently is by the Chinese Government, does not improve the position with regard to the Imperial Edict issued in connection with the control of the Service.\n\nThe Imperial Edict distinctly stated that the control of the Customs Service would pass into the hands of the Shui-wu Ch'u, represented by Tieb Liang and Tang Shao-i, and no amount of verbal assurance that no change is intended can alter that fact.\n\nIt is the opinion of my Committee that the Edict means the thin end of the wedge and was issued as a feeler and with a view to curtailing the Inspector-General's authority, eventually placing it in the hands of the Chinese.\n\nIf the Wai-wu Pu is honest in its declaration that the transfer of control will not entail changes in relations, or procedure generally, there can be no reason why the Edict should not be rescinded, and there is no reason why the Powers should not insist upon that course being followed.\n\nIn the future the fact of an Imperial Edict being in existence will quite outweigh the fact that ambiguous verbal assurances were given, and it moreover will probably be argued that the givers of these assurances had no power to do so.\n\nIn conclusion, my Committee wish to state that the Edict of the 9th May was, and is, calculated materially to affect the established administration of the Imperial Maritime Customs and to prejudice the interests of the bondholders and traders, and further recognizes that the Circular issued to the Service by the British Inspector-General, which acquiesces in the action of the Chinese Government, renders it difficult for the British Government or others concerned to take further action in the matter pending definite violation of the Chinese Government's verbal reassurances.\n\nI have, &c. \n(Signed) E. 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        "content_text": "## Inclosure 1 in No. 1\n### Prince Ching to Sir J. Jordan\n\nSir,\n\nI HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Excellency's note of the 21st January, 1907, respecting the delay in establishing custom-houses in Northern and Southern Manchuria, to the detriment of British sea-borne trade, and requesting that custom-houses may be established at Antung and Tatungkou before the spring, so that the Tariff duties may be collected impartially and irrespective of nationality.\n\nI have the honour to state in reply that we are at present actually engaged in making preparations for opening custom-houses for the levy of duty at Antung and Tatungkou, and are only awaiting the completion of satisfactory arrangements for the opening of these establishments before the spring.\n\nI avail, &c.\n\n## Inclosure 2 in No. 1\n### Report by Mr. Coales respecting Antung and Tatungkou\n\n#### Situation\nAntung is situated on the right bank of the Yalu River, at the point where the several branches into which that river and the Ai-kiang divide, after leaving the mountains, reunite and form a broad tidal stream. It is distant about 30 miles from the sea.\n\nThe town is built on a low plain between the river and a range of hills, and is bounded on the north and south by two streams called the Hsiao-sha-ho and the Ch'i-tao-kou. The Ta-sha-ho, which flows from Fenghuangch'êng and enters the Yalu just above Antung, has given the local name of Sha-ho-tzu or Sha-ho-chên to Antung. The Chi-tao-kou, or Seventh Creek, is the last of a series of creeks entering the Yalu on the right bank, which give their names to the districts they drain; for example, the site of the Japanese Settlement is also known as Chi-tao-kou. In order to avoid the periodical freshets of the Yalu which flood the lower parts of the town to the depth of 10 to 15 feet, the town has extended up the lower slopes of the hills, and here the inhabitants take refuge during these inundations.\n\nAbout 10 miles to the north-east by road from Antung is the Corean town of Wiju or Ichou, on the left bank of the river. It was formerly important as the centre of the trans-frontier trade and seat of the Corean Frontier Customs, but it now seems destined to decay in consequence of the rise of a new town, called by the Japanese New Wiju or Hsin Ichou, and Malientung by the Chinese, at the riverside terminus of the North Corean Railway, about 1 mile below Antung. A small town of some 1,400 Japanese, 200 Chinese, and 80 Coreans has already sprung up here.\n\nFarther down the river on the left bank is the Corean town of Yongampho, called by the Chinese Lung-yen-p'n or Lung-pao-kou. It is about 18 miles from Antung.\n\nThirty miles from Antung on the right bank of the Yalu estuary is the Chinese town of Tatungkou. It is situated at the edge of a plain at the junction of two tidal creeks connecting with the Yalu, called respectively on the north the Tung-tien-kou and on the south the Ta-tung-kou. The town consists of two or three long streets running parallel to the creeks and a number of cross lanes. On the eastern bank of the creeks is an almost uninhabited reed flat extending to the open estuary.\n\n#### The River Yalu\nThe River Yalu is tidal as far as Hsich-li-miao, about 13 miles above Antung. At Antung the tide rises at springs 9 feet and at neaps 6 feet. At Yongampho spring rise is 18 feet and neap rise 13 feet, and in the estuary at Hung-Shan or Tasarugi the rises are 23 and 16 feet respectively.\n\nThe river is closed to navigation by ice at Antung about the 22nd November, and at Tatungkou about the 7th December, and opens about the 20th March and the 5th March respectively.\n\nOff the native town at Antung the Yalu is rather less than half-a-mile broad, but off New Wiju it is nearly two-thirds of a mile broad. Towards the sea it broadens out rapidly, and has an estuary several miles wide. Unfortunately its navigation is much obstructed by shoals and banks which are dry at low tide, and there is a shallow bar just below Yongampho which prevents any but small steamers reaching either that town or Antung. An additional difficulty in its navigation is the changing character of these shoals, which a violent freshet may completely alter. The average size of steamers running to Antung is therefore only about 500 tons, drawing 6 to 7 feet of water, but Mr. Okabe, the Japanese Consul, told me that a steamer drawing 12 feet had under very favourable circumstances reached the Japanese Settlement in 1906, and that now the river is getting better known larger steamers are able to come up. Under these limitations there is good anchorage at Antung from above the native Customs to a point called San-tao-lang-t'ou, about 7 miles below, except at one or two points. On the other hand, the Corean side is shallow. In former years vessels running under Inland Waters Rules used to anchor off the native town, but in 1906 Japanese steamers running from Chefoo have been berthed off the Japanese Settlement, and when the railway bridge, to which I refer later, is built, steamers will be forced to stop below this.\n\nBelow San-tao-lang-t'ou the deep channel passes to the Corean side, and there is an anchorage near Yongampho. It is said to be not so good as that at Antung, and to be silting up.\n\nIn the estuary of the Yalu there are three anchorages. That which is said to be the most commodious, and which is used by steamers from Chefoo bringing or taking cargo to or from Tatungkou and Antung, is on the west, near the Islands of Chang-tzu-shan and Hsiang-pi-tzu-shan (the Corean names in Chinese are Hsin-tao and Ma-tao respectively). Steamers wait here for the tide to take them up the river, or cargo is lightered and conveyed into Tatungkou or up to Antung. The other anchorages are on the Corean side, near the Islands of K'u-lung-mên (Japanese, Bumbegi or Pai-men) and Hungshan (Japanese, Tasarugi). Steamers from Chemulpho and Japan usually anchor at K'u-lung-men, and lighter their cargo up to Yongampho or Antung and load export cargo. During the war transports of 6,000 tons anchored at Hungshan.\n\nThe islands in the river, both those above Antung and those in the estuary, including Chang-tzu-shan and Hsiang-pi-tzu-shan, are Corean territory.\n\nAs steamers are unable to enter the creeks at Tatungkou the anchorage for that town is at Hsiang-pi-tzu-shan. The harbour at Tatungkou consists of the two above-mentioned creeks, Tung-tien-kou and Ta-tung-kou. They contain no water at low tide, and when full can only be used by Chinese boats. Their average breadth is about 100 feet, and there is a broad foreshore on the town bank. Tatungkou owes its importance as a timber port to these creeks. Timber descending the Yalu is floated with the tide into the Tung-t'ien-kou up to the town, and is there handled and stacked on the broad foreshore. When exported it is loaded on junks and conveyed out by the Ta-tung-kou, and in this way the congestion which might constantly happen is prevented. An advantage which Tatungkou enjoys over Antung in the timber business is its immunity from the disastrous floods which at the latter place are liable to wash away...",
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        "content_text": "# No.366.\n\n116 \nC O. \n33579 \n30123 \n25 July, 1907. 20 SEP 07 \nLOOP 9 1907) \nJai Nu Pu \nJuly. \naton ko.33 \n12 July. \n\nExtract from \ngto letter. \n\nSir, \n\nWith reference to my telegram No.136 I now have the honour to enclose copies of the letter which I addressed to the Wai Yu Fu on July 10 respecting the piracy of the British launch Chi Chang (or Ki Cheung) near Canton, and of Mr. Hansfield's despatch No.83 of July 18th describing this occurrence.\n\nIt will be seen from this enclosure that the attack was carried out by armed pirates, four of whom were on board in the guise of passengers and who assumed control of the launch. As soon as they had done so, they were joined by six confederates who came alongside in a boat and set about pillaging the launch.\n\nThey were pursued by a Chinese gunboat, but escaped, after running the launch into a shallow creek.\n\nThe Right Honourable \nSir Edward Grey Bart., M.P. \netc. \netc.\n\n**Confidential**",
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        "content_text": "## \nThe \"Ki Cheung\" was run into a shallow creek near Sau-hsis Kou in Hsiu-tsae which the gunboat, according to the Captain's statement, could not enter. He therefore landed with seven men, only to find that the pirates had made good their escape.\n\nThe question of the suppression of piracy has, as Your Excellency is aware, for many months past had the most careful attention and closest consideration of His Majesty's Government, His Majesty's Minister, His Excellency the British Admiral and the Commodore at Hongkong, and their unanimous opinion has been that the only means to reduce it is to employ fast-moving, well-armed and adequately manned cruisers under Customs control to police the waterways and cooperate with the officials on land in searching for and tracking down those desperadoes. I had the honour in my despatch of the 25th ultimo to inform your predecessor H.E. Chou that the Wai Tu Pu had some time ago given its assent to this scheme and added that the plan for stationing guards on launches could only be accepted as a complement to it. I must now reiterate the opinion which I have repeatedly expressed before that the employment of the guards on launches alone is entirely inadequate to meet the circumstances of the case and that patrolling cruisers of such speed as to be able to overtake the fastest trading launches are absolutely necessary if it is intended to take any determined step to suppress the repeated piracies in these waters.\n\nThere are certain facts in the present case which I have the honour to bring prominently to Your Excellency's notice:-\n\n(1). That the piracy occurred on the much frequented and busy route between Ch'en Ts'un and Canton.",
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        "content_text": "## AFFAIRS OF CHINA\n\n**CONFIDENTIAL**\n\naux tiers; nous pourrions donc, si un arrangement avec la \"Chinese Engineering and Mining Company (Limited)\" devait en fin de compte être impossible, chercher, sans enfreindre aucune règle d'équité, une entente directe avec la Chine.\n\nLes assurances de bon vouloir que me réitère votre Excellence dans sa lettre d'hier m'inspirent heureusement la confiance qu'un recours à cette ressource extrême sera évité.\n\nThis Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.\n\nVeuillez, &c.\n(Signé) \n[30123] \n**EDMOND BAPST**\n\n(No. 366.) Sir,\n\n## SECTION 9\n\n### Inclosure 18 in No. 1\n\nExtract from the Procès-verbal of the Fourth Sitting of the Corps Diplomatique, November 5, 1900.\n\nM. DE COLOGAN rappelle à ses collègues qu'il leur a communiqué une lettre de M. de Giers relative aux mesures à prendre pour éviter des difficultés à l'avenir à l'occasion des agrandissements des terrains des Légations. Celles-ci ont occupé une partie des emplacements de leur voisinage appartenant à l'État ou à des particuliers, afin d'y installer leurs escortes. Cette extension des Légations, nécessitée par les besoins de défense commune, pourrait rencontrer des difficultés si les terrains occupés par elles étaient achetés en sous-main aux Chinois par des spéculateurs étrangers, dans un but que personne ne saurait approuver. Pour prévenir ces transactions irrégulières et éviter toute source de difficultés futures, M. de Giers croit qu'il serait utile de décider en commun d'avertir les ressortissants des Légations, qu'aucun achat de terrains aux Chinois, depuis le commencement du siège, dans le quartier dont il s'agit, ne saurait être valable sans l'assentiment des Ministres Étrangers, et qu'une Commission de Délégués de chaque Légation sera réunie pour fixer les limites du Quartier Diplomatique.\n\nCette proposition, mise aux voix par le doyen, est adoptée à l'unanimité.\n\n### Sir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey\n\n(No. 1.)\n\nPeking, July 25, 1907.\n\nWITH reference to my telegram No. 136, I now have the honour to inclose copies of the letter which I addressed to the Wai-wu Pu on the 10th July, respecting the piracy of the British launch \"Chi Chang (or \"Ki Cheung\"), near Canton, and of Mr. Mansfield's despatch No. 33 of the 12th July, describing this occurrence.\n\nIt will be seen from this inclosure that the attack was carried out by armed pirates, four of whom were on board in the guise of passengers and who assumed control of the launch. As soon as they had done so, they were joined by six confederates who came alongside in a boat and set about pillaging the launch.\n\nThey were pursued by a Chinese gun-boat, but escaped, after running the launch into a shallow creek.\n\n**(Confidential.)**\n\nAs regards the observations of His Majesty's Consul-General on the subject of the scheme for patrolling the river with cruisers under Customs control, I have no doubt whatever that the Provincial opposition to the scheme has been fostered by the lukewarm attitude of Sir R. Hart, and the obstructive temper of the present Commissioner of Customs at Canton. The inclosed extract from a private letter received from His Majesty's Vice-Consul while in temporary charge of the Consulate-General will serve to show the tendency exhibited by Mr. King, the Commissioner of Customs, to overdo his part as a servant of the Chinese Government, and if the scheme under Customs control is introduced as a result of pressure brought to bear on the Chinese Government on account of this fresh case of piracy, it will still be necessary to induce Sir Robert Hart to see that his Commissioner deals sympathetically with the measure.\n\nI have, &c.\n(Signed) **J. N. JORDAN**\n\n### Inclosure 1 in No. 1\n\nSir J. Jordan to Prince Ch'ing.\n\nJuly 10, 1907.\n\nHIS Majesty's Consul at Canton has reported by telegraph that on the 6th July the British launch \"Ki Cheung\" was pirated at a place some 9 miles from Canton. No lives were lost, but the losses of property belonging to the crew and passengers amounted to a value of about 400 dollars.\n\nI have the honour to request that urgent instructions may be sent by telegraph to the Acting Viceroy to effect the immediate arrest of the pirates concerned, and to pay over at once to His Majesty's Consul-General full compensation for the losses, of which a list will be furnished to his Excellency by Mr. Mansfield.\n\nIf this is not carried out at once, I shall be obliged to submit the case by telegraph to His Majesty's Government for such action as they may deem necessary.\n\nSoliciting the favour of an early reply.\n\nI avail, &c.\n(Signed) **J. N. JORDAN**\n\n### Inclosure 2 in No. 1\n\n(No. 33.)\n\nConsul-General Mansfield to Sir J. Jordan.\n\nCanton, July 12, 1907.\n\nI HAD the honour on the 9th instant to telegraph to you reporting the piracy of the British launch \"Ki Cheung\" off San Shan Kao, some 9 miles from Canton. I now...",
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        "content_text": "## Page 2\n\nI inclose copy and translation of a despatch addressed to His Excellency the Acting Viceroy in which the circumstances of the case are stated at some length; I venture, however, to invite your attention to one special act of the pirates which is not therein mentioned, and which goes to show that the men who took part in the attack were professional robbers or pirates like those who pirated the \"Sainam\" in June of last year. It appears from the evidence given me by the Captain of the Chinese gun-boat \"Pao Ching,\" by those on board the launch, and by the rescued passengers themselves, that the pirates strictly enjoined upon these last when thrown overboard that they were, if picked up by the gun-boat, to caution her not to push the pursuit home or the launch would be blown up. The pirates were, in fact, provided with a number of stinkpots which would have caused fire, but would not have enabled them to properly execute their threat.\n\nI received yesterday your telegram No. 44 of the 10th instant, and at once addressed to the Acting Viceroy a further despatch, copy and translation of which are herewith forwarded.\n\nIt is impossible to regard this additional piracy of a British launch in the close vicinity of Canton in any but a most serious light, and I felt confident that you would approve of the opportunity being seized to again press home upon the Provincial Government the demand for patrolling cruisers under Imperial Maritime Customs control. As telegraphed to you in my telegram No. 43, the Admiral is not now opposed to their employment, and I have little doubt, though no positive proof, that the chief opposition to them throughout has been offered by the Provincial Treasurer, Hu Hsiang Lin, the present Acting Viceroy. He has, as reported in Mr. Sly's despatch No. 24 of the 18th May last, the reputation of being notoriously anti-foreign, and (so my information goes) has, as the most influential member of the Board of Reorganization (`Shan Hou Chu`) and the Customs Board (`Kuan-wu Ch'u`), given more or less free rein to his proclivities in this direction.\n\nEven though the sum required to purchase the four cruisers mentioned in your despatch to the Foreign Office No. 208 of the 1st May last should be furnished by the Revenue Council (`Shai-wu Ch'u`), there still remains the question of the maintenance of the vessels once they are put into commission. It seems to me that the Commissioner of Customs should be authorized to debit his accounts with the money necessary for this purpose. My reason is twofold: firstly, it will strengthen his control of their management; and, secondly, it should assist in removing opposition on the part of the Provincial Treasury. Failing this plan, I can conceive of only one other, namely, that the Central Government categorically insists upon the acceptance and proper maintenance of the ships by the Provincial Government. At the same time, knowing how slender is the control of the Imperial over a Provincial Government, I hesitate to think that this latter plan holds out much promise of success; while, for the reasons which I have already given, I consider the former preferable. In any event, it will be necessary for the Inspector-General to make the Commissioner clearly understand that he is expected to act in furtherance of, and not in opposition to, the scheme which has received the approval of His Majesty's Government and the `Wai-wu Pu`.\n\nI have, &c.  \n(Signed) J\n\n## Page 3\n\nbeing money and property to the value of some 300 dollars taken from the passengers, 40 dollars in cash belonging to the launch, and 30 dollars and various articles of clothing the property of her crew. The launch was kept under way, and subsequently encountered the launch \"Li Tung\" with a passenger-boat in tow. The tow was dropped, and the \"Li Tung\" went in pursuit of the \"Ki Cheung,\" being afterwards joined by the gun-boat \"Pao Chieh,\" which also gave chase. To delay the pursuit, ten passengers in all were thrown overboard at different times, four of whom were picked up by the gun-boat, four by the \"Li Tung,\" and two by another launch, the \"Kuan Li,\" which was also met. Eventually, the \"Ki Cheung\" was run into a shallow creek near Ssu-hsia Kou, in Hsiu-tsao, which the gun-boat, according to the Captain's statement, could not enter. He therefore landed with seven men, only to find that the pirates had made good their escape.\n\nThe question of the suppression of piracy has, as your Excellency is aware, for many months past had the most careful attention and closest consideration of His Majesty's Government, His Majesty's Minister, His Excellency the British Admiral, and the Commodore at Hong Kong, and their unanimous opinion has been that the only means to reduce it is to employ fast-moving, well-armed, and adequately manned cruisers under Customs control, to police the waterways, and co-operate with the officials on land in searching for and tracking down these desperadoes. I had the honour in my despatch of the 25th ultimo to inform your predecessor, His Excellency Chou, that the `Wai-wu Pu` had some time ago given its assent to this scheme, and added that the plan for stationing guards on launches could only be accepted as a complement to it. I must now reiterate the opinion which I have repeatedly expressed before that the employment of the guards on launches alone is entirely inadequate to meet the circumstances of the case, and that patrolling cruisers of such speed as to be able to overtake the fastest trading launches are absolutely necessary if it is intended to take any determined step to suppress the repeated piracies in these waters.\n\nThere are certain facts in the present case which I have the honour to bring prominently to your Excellency's notice:--\n\n| Fact | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| 1 | That the piracy occurred on the much-frequented and busy route between Ch'en Ts'un and Canton. |\n| 2 | That the actual spot is only some 9 miles from this great provincial capital. |\n| 3 | That the gun-boat \"Pao Chieh,\" though she gave immediate chase, had not sufficient speed to overtake the captured launch, all allowance being made for the delay in picking up the passengers thrown overboard. |\n\nThus, beneath the very eyes of the highest Provincial authorities, the piracy of a peaceful British trader is allowed to obtain.\n\nI am reporting the facts of the occurrence to my Minister in Peking, and shall have the honour to address you on the subject again.\n\nI avail, &c.  \n(Signed) R. W. MANSFIELD.\n\nInclosure 3 in No. 1.  \n**Consul-General Mansfield to Acting Viceroy Hu**  \nCanton, July 10, 1907.\n\nI regret to have to report to your Excellency another piracy of a British launch, the \"Ki Cheung.\" The circumstances, as gathered from the information given me by the Captain of the Chinese gun-boat \"Pao Chieh,\" by four passengers who were thrown overboard by the pirates and rescued by him, and by the owner, captain, and crew of the launch, are as follows:\n\nThe \"Ki Cheung\" left Ch'en Ts'un on the afternoon of the 6th instant for Canton, and when off San Chau Kao was boarded by six armed pirates who came alongside in a sampan, the captain being forcibly compelled to slow down, to allow them to come on board, by four pirates who were already on the launch in the guise of passengers, and who attacked him with iron bars and bamboos.\n\nHaving obtained control of the launch, the pirates set about to pillage, their booty\n\nInclosure 4 in No. 1.  \n**Consul-General Mansfield to Acting Viceroy Hu**  \nCanton, July 11, 1907.\n\nIn continuation of my despatch of the 10th instant, reporting the piracy of the British launch \"Ki Cheung,\" I have the honour to inform your Excellency that I am now in receipt of telegraphic instructions from His Majesty's Minister to urgently press for the immediate arrest of the pirates concerned and for the promptest payment in full of the losses sustained by the launch, her crew, and passengers.\n\nIt hardly requires that I should point out to your Excellency that this act of piracy on a British launch at so short a distance from Canton is of the most barefaced description, and is proof positive of the inability of the Provincial Government to protect peaceful British traders. The vessel being British, the attack is in violation of the requirements of international law, and full compensation is therefore due. Any argument that the passengers were Chinese subjects will not hold good; they were in a British launch and have therefore to look to the British authorities for proper protection and redress, should that protection not be vouchsafed to them.\n\nI have accordingly the honour to request that your Excellency will issue immediate...  \n\n## Page 257",
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        "content_text": "**CONFIDENTIAL**\n\n[33141]\n\n(Confidential.) Sir,\n\nNo. 1.\n\n**Admiralty to Foreign Office**.-(Received October 5.)\n\n[October 3 47  \nSKOTTON 8.  \nTREY 29 OCT 07  \n356]\n\nAdmiralty, October 3, 1907.\n\nI AM commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to transmit, for the information of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a letter dated the 10th August, with its inclosures, which has been received from the Commander-in-chief on the China Station, respecting piracy in the West River.\n\nI am, &c.\n\n(Signed)  \nC. I. THOMAS.\n\n## Inclosure 1 in No. 1.\n\n**Vice-Admiral Sir A. Moore to Admiralty.**\n\n(Confidential.)\n\nSir,\n\n\"King Alfred,\" at Hakodate, August 10, 1907.\n\nWITH reference to Admiralty telegram of the 3rd August last on the subject of piracy in the waterways of the West River delta, I have the honour to report as follows, in amplification of my telegram No. 66 of the 5th idem.\n\n2. On the 15th May last the Senior Naval Officer in the West River was able to report that no cases of piracy affecting British interests had occurred for six months, and that \"the energetic attempts at patrolling the river instituted by the Chinese after the piracy of the 'Sainam' are still maintained.\" He further stated that of the fourteen patrol launches ordered by the Viceroy of Canton two had arrived in the river; they were well found with a speed of 9 knots and well equipped with a good stand of arms, but at present carry no guns (vide China Station submission of the 4th June last).\n\nAs will be seen from the inclosed copy of a letter from the Acting British Consul-General at Canton, new Traffic Regulations, specially drawn with a view to the prevention of piracy, have lately been issued by the Chinese authorities at Canton. These Regulations appear to have been carefully thought out.\n\n3. I have throughout advocated the desirability of a certain number of armed patrol launches, commanded by Europeans, being placed in the West River with authority to deal with cases of piracy; this would ensure that the launches under Chinese control are kept up to their work. I understand that the proposition of His Britannic Majesty's Minister to the Chinese Government that six launches should be placed under the control of the Imperial Maritime Customs Service was originally acceded to, but that opposition is now being raised by them. In view, however, of the foregoing facts, it appears that the Chinese authorities are making a determined effort to deal with the situation themselves, and so long as no further case of piracy arises they can argue that their efforts are meeting with success, and I think it would be inopportune and impolitic to put pressure on them at present on the grounds that they are neglecting the duty of policing their own waters.\n\n4. As regards the possibility of our undertaking this duty for them, it would be impossible to do so without suitable vessels. At present we have only three shallow draught gun-boats in the West River, and I have previously pointed out the unsuitability of the \"Robin\" and \"Sandpiper.\" These vessels are too slow, and often in the strong currents of the river can barely make headway.\n\nTo carry out the policing of the waters would entail the provision of faster gun-boats, supplemented by small powerful armed launches, which would be used to follow up the pirates in the creeks and to the villages which form their head-quarters. The question of landing armed men in Chinese territory would also arise.\n\nThe Chinese authorities are of course perfectly well aware how we are situated in this respect, and unless we are prepared to go to the expense of building or obtaining special vessels, it seems to me unwise to threaten a course of action which we are not in a position to follow.\n\n[2692 e-8]",
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        "content_text": "# Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Goverment.\n## CONFIDENTIAL\n\nNo. 1.\n\n**Foreign Office to Admiralty.**\n\n[October 31.]\n\n### SECTION 1\n\n**(Confidential.)**\n\nSir,\n\nForeign Office, October 31, 1907.\n\nI AM directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to refer to the communication from the Commander-in-chief on the China Station inclosed in your letter of the 3rd instant, relative to the insecurity of the waterways in the Canton Delta and on the West River. Sir Arthur Moore there stated that no cases of piracy affecting British interests had occurred for six months before the 15th May last; and that, in view of the efforts which were being made by the Chinese authorities to deal with the situation, he did not consider it politic or opportune to put further pressure upon them.\n\nThe situation appears to have changed materially since Admiral Moore wrote. The Chinese authorities appear to have taken no effective steps in the matter, since, as the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty will see from the telegrams from His Majesty's Minister at Peking, of which copies are inclosed, no less than three cases of piratical attacks on British launches have occurred within the last ten days.\n\nThe Viceroy at Canton has, moreover, refused even to consider the question of compensation in the \"Sainam\" and \"Kaicheng\" cases, previously reported.\n\nI am to state that, in Sir E. Grey's opinion, the time has come when the Commander-in-chief should consider whether some decisive action cannot be taken in order to convince the provincial Government that His Majesty's Government will no longer tolerate the present condition of affairs.\n\nI am therefore to request that Sir A. Moore may be communicated with, and instructed to report by telegraph what action he would propose.\n\nIn this connection, and in view of the Admiral's statement that the present shallow draught gun-boats in the West River are unsuitable for policing and for the pursuit of pirates, I am to inquire whether there are no vessels laid up at Hong Kong which might be put into commission temporarily for the purpose required.\n\nIt has occurred to Sir E. Grey as a possible method of procedure that, should sufficient evidence be forthcoming that the pirates have their home in any particular village in the near neighbourhood of the river, the village might be called upon to surrender the culprits, and in the event of refusal or evasion, might be destroyed by His Majesty's forces.\n\nA copy of a telegram which has been addressed to Sir John Jordan on the subject of these outrages is also inclosed.†\n\nI am, &c.\n\n(Signed) F. A. CAMPBELL.\n\n* Sir J. Jordan, No. 180 (Telegraphic), October 18; ditto, No. 181 (Telegraphic), October 25; ditto, No. 182 (Telegraphic), October 28, 1907.\n† To Sir J. Jordan, No. 112 (Telegraphic), October 30, 1907.\n\n[2692 hh-1] \n## Page 4",
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        "content_text": "## 126\n\nwith the Loan Agreement, and in consequence discussions were held with the British and Chinese Corporation as to its terms. As matters now stand the British and Chinese Corporation are eliminated from any control in the line beyond the limited powers which they possess under the Loan Agreement to safeguard the interests of their Bondholders. The Chinese Central Government has assumed entire control, and it is probable that they dislike and resent the termination of what will be the main trunk line from Peking to Canton having its outlet at any but a Chinese Port. They regard the Hongkong Section merely as the final link of an all Chinese Railway over which according to Mr. Pope they would be justified in demanding running powers or instead of which they would, in Mr. Butler Wright's view, be alternatively entitled to claim the management. In the event of the Colony proving obstructive or unreasonable, they would probably consider that they could starve out the Kowloon Section, (while their own will pay well without entering British Territory) and compel the Colony to accept their terms, or in the alternative, they can serve their line by shallow draught vessels and possibly by creating a deep-water port at Whampoa. In this connection I enclose correspondence from the `delcoure` 3 August 1908 september.",
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        "content_text": "# Approximate Position of Sunning and Surroundings\n\n## Cpp Chalcott, Fient Comdr, 173, Hms. Moorhen, 10 Sept.08\n\nSketch to show \n- Large water ways are shown in **Blue**.\n- Railways: \n  - Completed\n  - Suggested\n\n| Location        | Description          |\n|-----------------|----------------------|\n| KONG YIK        | BUILT                |\n| SUN RING        | BUILT                |\n| SAMSHUL         |                      |\n| SAMSHUI         | Camtas, HAN          |\n| WEST RIVER      |                      |\n| KONG MUN        | SUGGESTED CONSTRUCTING|\n| SAM GAP HOT     | CANTON               |\n| Whampoa         |                      |\n\n## Steamers Route\n\n- WANG MUN\n- WEST RIVER\n  - uns uare yaď Ying: shallow with deep narrow Channel\n- MACAO: Viry shallow at Lowest Tides\n- East River\n- HONGLONG\n\n### 6-Thurber",
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        "content_text": "## 8\n\n\n1\n\n\n\n204 is the period when they are generally experienced.\n\nWe also gather that on several occasions throughout a year warnings are issued that a typhoon is in existence, but many of them do not cross the Colony, and therefore their ill effects are not experienced by the shipping and native craft in Hong Kong Harbour.\n\nWe have been furnished with cross sections of certain sea walls which were damaged by the typhoon of September 1906, from which it appears that these structures were but ill adapted, from their mode of construction, to withstand the stroke of typhoon seas, and consequently the injury they sustained is not a matter of surprise. These walls were mostly located along the sea margin of Mongkoktaui, and were thus open to the same action as will fall upon the proposed sheltering Breakwater, although, in consequence of the walls being in shallow water, the wave stroke on the contemplated Breakwater will be of greater intensity.\n\n17.\n\nAs we have previously stated, the annexed plan \n--7--",
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        "content_text": "6\n\nI have communicated the substance of your Highness' note to His Majesty's Government by telegraph, and I assume its meaning to be that the provincial authorities have accepted the scheme for placing these vessels under the control of the Imperial Maritime Customs, as proposed by me in repeated consultations with the Board. This point is, however, not explicitly stated in your Highness' note, and I have the honour to request that I may be definitely informed whether this assumption is correct.\n\nI also have the honour to point out that your Highness' note makes no mention of the question of compensating the losses which have been sustained by British shipping through these piratical attacks. I am gratified to see from your Highness' note that the present Viceroy admits the inefficiency of the provincial police, and as the occurrence of these outrages has only been possible on account of the neglect of his predecessors in office to afford proper protection to trade and shipping, the obligation of the province to pay for this neglect is self-evident.\n\nI have the honour to request, therefore, that the Viceroy may be instructed to lose no further time in discussing this question of compensation with His Majesty's Consul-General, and I should remind your Highness of the statement in my note of the 31st October that if compensation is not paid locally by the province without further delay, His Majesty's Government will hold the Central Government responsible for its payment.\n\nI avail, &c.\n\n(Translation.)\n\n(Signed)\n\nInclosure 9 in No. 1.\n\nJ. N. JORDAN.\n\nMemorandum communicated by the Wai-wu Pu to Sir J. Jordan.\n\nIN their note of the 5th instant the Board had the honour to convey to his Excellency the British Minister the substance of the numerous telegrams which had passed between him and the Viceroy at Canton on the subject of the placing of additional patrol-vessels on the West River in the Province of Canton.\n\nThey have now received a further telegram from the Viceroy, in which his Excellency observes that the Canton Provinces cover a wide area, and that the West River, in its course from Hsun-Chou and Wuchow to the provincial capital, traverses fully 300 miles; that merchant-vessels of all nationalities ply back and forth in large numbers, and even with additional patrol-vessels it would be impossible to supply an escort to every ship. Piracies are sometimes effected by desperadoes who, masquerading as passengers and secretly armed, make their attack during the trip, and who differ from ordinary pirate gangs. Frequently after a robbery has taken place the vessel continues on her course as usual, and the patrol-vessels have no means of ascertaining that a robbery has occurred.\n\nThere are at present in the Canton Province about seventy vessels of the preventive service, both large and small, but unless some thoroughly effective method of employing them can be devised, they can serve no good purpose. His Excellency has therefore now drawn up a set of Regulations, in concert with the Commissioner of Customs, which are to be put into effect in the first instance on the West River. These Regulations are briefly:\n\n1. It is proposed to purchase four additional shallow-draught vessels with a speed of 12 knots; two to patrol the upper reaches, and two to patrol the lower course.\n\n2. To divide the existing nineteen patrol-boats into detachments of two vessels, and to mark off sections for them to patrol.\n\n3. To arrange for each pair of these vessels (a large and a small vessel) to patrol in fixed watches.\n\n4. To establish a strict system of rewards and punishments for the non-commissioned officers and men on board these vessels.\n\n5. To arrange ports of call for merchant-vessels, the Commissioner to determine how many such ports of call there shall be on the banks of the West River, these ports of call to be for the landing and discharging of passengers and cargo, and a patrol-boat to be stationed at each one for purposes of protection.\n\n6. To determine steamer routes, and to instruct the Commissioner of Customs to ascertain what are the busiest places between which vessels will be required to ply, so as to facilitate the keeping of a look-out by the patrol-boats.\n\n7. All merchant-vessels in passing patrol-boats to approach within hailing distance.\n\n8. Foreign vessels as well as Chinese vessels to have a number of soldiers on board, each as an escort during the whole river voyage.\n\n9. To establish stations at strategical points along the river, and for all vessels clearing from Canton to undergo inspection by the local authority.\n\nAn official having been sent to frame the above Regulations in consultation with Mr. King, the Commissioner of Customs, and the latter having expressed his entire concurrence in them, it is proposed to select tried officers and put the Regulations into effect. With regard to the purchase of the additional fast vessels, the acting Admiral, Ch'in, sent an officer to Hong Kong the other day to arrange prices.\n\nIt is intended that the Regulations, now drawn up with the concurrence of the Commissioner of Customs, shall be effectively carried out, and the Commanding Officers of the vessels will under no circumstances be allowed to idle away their time as before. The Commissioner, Mr. King, has been in Canton a long time and is thoroughly conversant with local conditions. The Viceroy intends to send an official to discuss with him measures for the reform of the police system and seek his advice from time to time. The cost of the additional vessels and their annual upkeep will be borne by the provinces themselves. There is no need for the Revenue Council to remit the 200,000 taels they proposed to devote to that purpose.\n\nThe Board are of opinion that as the proposed scheme, outlined in the Viceroy's telegram, has been arranged after consultation with the Commissioner, Mr. King, it may be regarded as affording a satisfactory solution of the question of police reform, and shows that effective action is being taken which should suffice to put down piracy and restore the confidence of the trading community.\n\nSince the Viceroy at Canton proposes to raise the funds for the purchase of the additional vessels himself, they will therefore naturally be under his Excellency's sole control. The sum of 200,000 taels, which the Board arranged should be raised by the Revenue Council, has already been appropriated, and the Board will therefore write and ask the Revenue Council to direct the Inspector-General of Customs to hand 100,000 taels of this sum to the Commissioner of Customs at Canton with which to purchase two vessels, to be placed under his own independent control, and to use the other 100,000 taels to defray the annual expenses incurred by the Commissioner for the upkeep of these vessels.\n\nThe Board have sent a telegraphic acknowledgment to the Canton Viceroy and written to the Revenue Council, and, while awaiting their respective replies before communicating further with his Excellency the British Minister, have in the meantime the honour to prepare this Memorandum for his information.\n\nNovember 11, 1907.\n\nInclosure 10 in No. 1.\n\nMemorandum communicated by Sir J. Jordan to Prince Ching.\n\nWITH reference to the Board's Memorandum of the 11th November regarding the Regulations drawn up by the Viceroy at Canton, in concert with the Commissioner of Customs, Sir John Jordan has the honour to observe that no mention is made as to whether His Majesty's Consul-General has been consulted on the subject of these Rules. Since it is proposed by the Viceroy to introduce Rules to be followed by foreign vessels, it seems an indispensable preliminary to consult the Consular Representative chiefly concerned in this matter.\n\nIt would also be advisable to consult with Vice-Admiral Sir A. Moore, who has exceptional sources of information upon such a subject, and who is now at Hong Kong.\n\nUntil the opinion of his Excellency the British Admiral and of His Majesty's Consul-General has been taken upon these proposals, Sir John Jordan does not feel prepared to express his views on them, and he has the honour to request the Board to telegraph to his Excellency the Viceroy that he should confer with the British Admiral and Consul-General as soon as possible.\n\nPeking, November 12, 1907.\n\n0\n\n423",
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        "content_text": "2\n\narrived at Shanhaikuan, where the Great Wall of China, leaving the mountains crosses the plain to the sea and divides China from Manchuria, I was informed by an officer detached from the Customs at Tien-tsin, that it was his intention to search my baggage for arms. Explanations followed, and the search was dispensed with, but when one considers that the offscourings of Europe followed the armies during the war, and that many of them still remain in Manchuria, it is evident that some such precautionary measure is necessary. A Customs officer engaged in this special work has been stationed at Shanhaikuan for about six months.\n\nImperial Railways of North China and Taxation of Traffic,\n\nSince the purchase by China from Japan of the railway, 3670 miles in length, built by the latter between Hsin Min Fu and Mukden during the war and military occupation of Southern Manchuria, the section from Shanhaikuan to Mukden has become the main line of the Imperial Railways of North China in Manchuria, and the line from Shanhaikuan to Ying-kou, or the port of Newchwang, is now a branch line leaving the main line at Kou-pang-tzu junction. As complaints have been made that foreign goods imported into Newchwang and afterwards forwarded by this railway to Mukden are taxed at Kou-pang-tzu, I interviewed the Traffic Manager on the subject. He informed me that there is a tax office of the Hu Pu, or Board of Revenue, in the neighbourhood of the station, and that foreign goods unaccompanied by exemption certificates are taxed. He further stated that Chinese merchants had frequently complained to him that they were unable to obtain exemption certificates from the Imperial Maritime Customs at Newchwang; but the Commissioner of Customs there, with whom I discussed the matter, assured me that applications for exemption certificates made in due form and showing that import duty had been paid had never been refused. As, however, exemption certificates are granted only for goods liable to duty, and on which duty has been paid, duty-free goods, such as foreign flour, are not protected, and it seems to me that the Customs at the port of entry should, if called upon, issue certificates that would exempt duty-free goods from taxation between the port and the open marts in the interior. The Imperial Railways of North China have for some years proved a veritable gold mine to the Government: in the year ending the 30th September, 1905, the gross earnings amounted to 12,943,383 dollars, and in 1906 to 12,191,188 dollars; but during the present year there has been a considerable falling off in traffic due to trade depression—which, however, is not confined to Manchuria—and the earnings for the year ended the 30th ultimo will probably amount to about 10,000,000 dollars. There is another method of taxing trade on the railway which is still less legitimate. The Chinese station-masters are known to derive considerable incomes for granting, or pretending to grant, special facilities to the consignors or owners of goods, and I have been assured by a foreign official connected with the railway that some men have drawn as much as 2,000l. a-year from this source; but every effort is being made to suppress the irregularity, and suspects are being removed.\n\nNewchwang.\n\nA steam ferry-boat belonging to the railway now plies between the railway wharf on the right bank of the Liao and the town of Newchwang, and passengers are landed free of charge at a wharf just below the custom-house.\n\nMany changes have taken place at Newchwang since I visited it in the spring of 1906. It was then under the military administration of Japan; there were some 4,000 Japanese civilians in the town; a good road had been built from the town east and north-east to the railway station at Niu-chia-tun, 3 miles distant; and a Japanese Settlement was being marked out between the town and the station. The administration of the town was restored to China on the 6th December, 1906; Japanese civilians now number about 2,000, and are housed for the most part in their own Settlement of red-brick buildings, the most imposing of which are a hospital and municipal offices, the latter not yet completed; and a line of rails has been laid from the goods station to, but not through, the Settlement. This branch line was laid for carrying bricks and building materials, and is not used for ordinary traffic. The Settlement did not impress me as being at all prosperous: the houses on the main street leading to the railway station were mostly occupied by small shopkeepers, and in other streets I noticed that many houses were tenantless. The Settlement was at first policed by Japanese, but these were subsequently replaced by Chinese from the Kuantung leased territory. The Japanese possess little land on the river bank, most of the river frontage having been bought up by speculative foreigners in the hope that the Russians would bring the railway to the town. In this they were disappointed; but a proposal is now on foot to bring the line nearer the town with its terminus on a piece of frontage purchased by the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha—the largest Trading Company in Japan—from the Russian Government who acquired it for docking the gun-vessel \"Bobr\" previous to the war. This piece of land was seized by Japan, but afterwards restored to Russia. Negotiations have been opened by the South Manchurian Railway Company with the foreign proprietors of the land through which the line must pass, but the terms offered are such as to lead one to think that the Railway Company is not serious in its project.\n\n3\n\nFor many years the Liao River has been eating away its left bank in the bend which it takes before reaching the town of Newchwang, especially from the railway station down to the remaining four lots of the old British Concession. The Japanese have attempted to stop the encroachment by piling (20 feet into the mud) and boarding the river face; but much of the new bunding near the railway station has slipped bodily into the river, and it is feared that, owing to the absence of hard bottom, the remainder will follow. But there is an even graver danger threatening the port from the river higher up. Some years ago, when I was stationed at Newchwang, I had occasion to measure the neck of land which separates the tortuous course of the river opposite the western half of the native city, in view of acquiring a British Concession on the right bank to the east of the Chinese railway station, and I found the breadth to be about 600 yards. I am told that the breadth at the present time is only 400 yards, and as the main current of the river now runs between Duck Island and the right bank, and mud flats are exposed at low water between Duck Island and the left bank, it seems only a question of time when the river will pierce through the neck, find a much shorter channel to the sea, and leave the whole of the foreign quarter of Newchwang high and dry. The danger has become so imminent that Mr. de Rijke, the Engineer-in-chief of the Wangpoo Conservancy, has recently visited Newchwang for the purpose of studying the question and giving his opinion as to what steps should be taken to conserve the waterway.\n\nThe Liao was exceptionally low during the present year, and the bean-boats did not come down freely until July. The state of the river is greatly exercising the minds of the Chinese merchants and dealers, and there have been frequent meetings of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce to discuss the whole situation with a view to finding a remedy. It appears that some years ago a channel or trench was dug from the right bank of the Liao to the Shuang-tai-tzu River further west, the object being to drain off the surplus water of the main river and prevent flooding, to which its valley was frequently exposed, and it has been proposed to block this channel to a certain height. This may be a slight remedy, but as I afterwards found the Liao exceedingly shallow between Mukden and Hsin Min Fu, and as a severe drought visited Central and Northern Manchuria in spring and summer, the lowness of the river was probably due to absence of rain.\n\nNewchwang's main industry has always been the extraction of oil from beans and the manufacture of bean-cakes as a resulting product. In addition to numerous native mills of the old pattern there are now six mills with foreign machinery engaged in this industry, the two latest additions being a large Chinese mill within the Chinese railway reserve, and a Japanese mill between the town and the Japanese railway station. The latter is worked by hydraulic pressure instead of hand-presses, and has not proved a success. It has been found difficult to regulate the pressure, and the cakes turned out are too dry and liable to crumble. The ordinary hand-presses turn out cakes which can be handled without falling to pieces. Beans were scarce and dear, and only four of the mills were working at the time of my visit, and that intermittently.\n\nA scheme for supplying Newchwang with water is now being carried out by a Japanese concern called the Electric Light, Telephone, and Waterworks Company of Yingkow. Reservoirs are being constructed on the left bank of the river opposite the town of Tien-chuang-tai, 13 miles up-river. It is expected that the town will be supplied with electric light early next year. The power house is in the vicinity of the Japanese railway station at Niu-chia-t'un.\n\nThe feeling of the mercantile community of Newchwang is that that port will hold its own with Tairen, and that in any case there will be ample room for both places. This is evidenced by the fact that many foreign houses have recently been built, and that others in course of construction are leased even before they are\n\n448",
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        "content_text": "China, the shopkeeper is ably assisted by his wife and family, and there are numerous tea-houses in which Japanese girls, known under the euphonious names of singing girls and waiting maids, play their part. Chinese patronize the latter in great numbers, the true occupation of their inmates is unquestioned, and prices are well within the reach of all. It is, perhaps, no exaggeration to say that there cannot be far short of 20,000 of these girls in Manchuria from Taiwen in the south to Tsitsihar in the north, and their earnings, regularly remitted to Japan, must account for some of the millions left by the belligerents during the war. These young ladies are all carefully registered, and taxed at the rate from 1 to 3 dollars a-month according to age, and the revenue thus derived must be considerable.\n\nA large revenue is also derived from opium and gambling dens, which, closed in the Chinese town, have taken refuge in the Japanese Settlement. I have the best authority for stating that there were at the time of my visit 160 opium smoking dens, each of which had to pay a tax or levy of 60 yen cents a-day, a total of 96 yen; five large gambling establishments, each of which paid 150 yen a-day, four paying 10 yen a-day, and sixty outdoor booths or stands, each of which was charged 140 yen a-day, making a daily total of 874 yen derived from gambling alone.\n\nA Chinese Imperial Maritime custom-house was opened at Antung on the 14th March, and a branch office at Ta-tung-kow on the 1st October, 1907. Like Newchwang, the port will be closed by ice for about four months. There is also a native custom-house which controls the junk trade. The river junks are estimated to number 2,000, and sea-going junks 1,000. Both custom-houses lie close together on the river bank in the Chinese city, to the immediate east of the southern section of the Japanese railway reserve. Their sites are liable to be flooded, and I was informed that the Japanese are anxious to provide a site for the foreign custom-house within their area.\n\nThe Chinese city, which is about 30 miles from the mouth of the river, is small, with a population of 20,000 inhabitants, and owes its existence to the Yalu timber trade, every establishment with any pretence to importance dealing inter alia in timber. A peculiar feature of the place is the terraces of houses on the hill behind the town, where the shopkeepers take refuge with their goods in flood time. During the present year the river did not overflow its banks. Antung is itself of no importance as a producing or consuming centre, but it is the market for the districts lying along the right bank of the Yalu, which is navigable by junk as far as Mao-erh-shan, about 200 miles up-river. Enormous quantities of timber logs are floated down the Yalu and its chief tributary the Hun River, and are then distributed from Antung and Ta-tung-kow, principally by junk, over the sea-board of North China. Cocoons of the oak-fed silk worm and beans are the other chief exports, while flour, kerosene oil, piece-goods, and sundries, such as enamelled and Japanese chinaware were very much in evidence in shops and on street stalls.\n\nAs to the annual value of the trade through Antung it is as yet impossible to form a reliable estimate. Vague figures were given to me by the native custom-house, and the foreign custom-house could give me only revenue not value, which will not be made up until the end of the year. The revenue of the foreign customs was 35,692 and 19,360 Haikuan taels in June and September quarters respectively, and the Commissioner of Customs estimated that the total revenue from the 14th March to the 31st December would run to about 75,000 Haikuan taels. Steamers have visited the port during the year from Japan and Corean ports, Tairen, Newchwang, Tien-tsin, Chefoo, and Hong Kong. From the last named came a large consignment of flour from the British Kowloon Junk Bay Flour Mills. Four Japanese steamers were in port on the day of my arrival. During my visit the junk trade was at a stand-still, the Taotai having issued an order that each junk should be taxed, while the owners were resolutely refusing to pay.\n\nAn American Vice-Consul established himself at Antung on the 4th July, a British firm started business in the Japanese Settlement on the 15th April, and a German in the Chinese city on the 8th May. During an interview which I had with the Taotai, I informed him that a British Vice-Consul would soon take his residence, and he assured me that he would do everything in his power to assist him on his arrival. One of his subordinates, a very old friend of mine, was present, and I am sure that the Vice-Consul will receive a hearty welcome.\n\nIn dealing with Antung I have left the two great questions which are agitating the port to the end. Article 10 of the Additional Agreement, concluded between China and Japan on the 22nd December, 1905, says: \"The Imperial Chinese Government agree that a Joint-stock Company of forestry, composed of Japanese and Chinese capitalists, shall be organized for the exploitation of the forests in the regions on the right bank of the River Yalu, and that a detailed Agreement shall be concluded in which the area and term of the Concession, as well as the organization of the Company and all regulations concerning the joint work of exploitation, shall be provided for. The Japanese and Chinese shareholders shall share equally in the profits of the undertaking.\"\n\nNo satisfactory Agreement has yet been concluded on the subject, but there is a Japanese timber bureau established on the river bank above Antung, and one log out of every four is selected by Japanese from descending rafts and paid for at prices much under their real value. These prices were variously given to me as one-fourth and one-third of those paid by Chinese, and they enable the Japanese merchants to undersell Chinese, or any others who wish to take a share in this trade.\n\nThe second question is the proposed bridging of the Yalu for the purpose of connecting the Corean and South Manchurian Railway systems. In conversation with Consul Okabe, that gentleman informed me that the position of the bridge was to be that marked on the accompanying plan of Antung, which was kindly supplied to me by the Commissioner of Customs, and that it was to be a fixed, not a drawbridge. I pointed out that the bridge would cut off shipping from the native city, and asked him whether it would not be possible to build the bridge above the town. He did not appear to think that any change could be made, and I understood from him that work would commence next spring. A reference to the plan shows that the position of the proposed bridge is the present lower harbour limit, and that both the steamer and junk anchorages are higher up. The soundings given on the plan are in feet reduced to low-water springs, and they show that, while the river is shallow abreast the lower part of the Chinese town, the deep water is on the Corean side, both above and below the position of the proposed bridge. Merchants complained loudly of the cost of lighterage, which is almost as much as the freight from Chefoo, and if the anchorage is driven further down river, as it must inevitably be if the bridge is built as proposed, these charges will be much enhanced, and any chance of improving the waterway so as to render it navigable up to the native city, of the possibility of which the Commissioner of Customs spoke hopefully, will be lost. I understood from the United States' Vice-Consul (Antung was opened by the United States' Treaty with China of the 8th October, 1903) that he had reported unfavourably on the Japanese project, which, if carried out, will have the further tendency to concentrate trade in the Japanese Settlement. The matter is one deserving the most serious consideration.\n\nI did not visit Ta-tung-kow, which the consensus of opinion describes as a place which is not now and never will be of commercial importance. There are about 100 Japanese there, the great majority of whom are small shopkeepers and the like. The Taotai informed me that he proposed to set apart 850 mou (141 acres) to the west of Ta-tung-kow for a foreign Settlement, and the fact that land is available for this purpose contrasts strongly with situation at Antung, where the proposal is to give up about 100 acres of the native city. It is a pretty clear indication that, although Ta-tung-kow was opened by the Japanese Treaty with China of the 8th October, 1903, it is not now considered of very much importance.\n\nAntung to Mukden.\n\nI left Antung at 7:12 A.M. on the morning of the 8th October for Mukden, travelling by the Japanese light railway of 188.7 miles built during the war. The train, which started from the Settlement station, was made up of a small engine and thirteen small carriages and trucks, most of which, being empty, were shunted off as we proceeded along the line. The railway follows the high road north-west up a narrow valley as far as Feng-huang-ch'eng, or, to give it its official title, Feng-huang Ting, one of the marts opened by the Japanese Additional Agreement of 1905. Here the valley opens out, and the railway passes about a mile or more to the west of the city. This valley presents the finest scenery I have witnessed in Manchuria. The low hills which bound it are well-wooded, especially with scrub-oak (Quercus mongolica), whose leaves are used to feed the wild silkworm (Antheraea Pernyi), and the russet tints of autumn were magnificent. The valley to the west, through which the main line goes south to Port Arthur, is barren in comparison. Indian corn and Kao-liang (Holcus sorghum) were reaped, the brown bushy heads of the latter lying about in the fields.\n\nPage 9\n\n451\n\nNot reproduced.\n\n[2813 7--2]\n\nD",
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        "content_text": "# \nI think the above quotations go far to show that His Majesty's Consuls at Canton have not acted under the assumption that they were entitled to register a British vessel in the sense of giving it that national character that alone entitles it to fly the British flag, though I confess that the phrase, Certificate of Registry, has been loosely used for \"Certificate of Ownership\" by both my predecessors and myself. I am unable to trace who was responsible for the statement in the printed form inclosed in my despatch No. 12 of the 5th February last, that it is \"issued in terms of the Maritime Order in Council, 1874.\" It will be observed that in the proposed amended form I had altered this to \"issued under the sanction of His Britannic Majesty's Minister, dated Peking, 3rd February, 1886.\"\n\nI have the honour to inclose copy of my remarks on Article 4, and the Articles under the heading of Inland Waters Steam Navigation of the draft Merchant Shipping Regulations, 1907.\n\nWith Sir Edward Grey's opinion that the whole matter is in a very unsatisfactory condition I most fully agree. When the Inland Waters Steam Navigation Regulations were negotiated, it was believed that British trade with the interior of China would greatly benefit. As a matter of fact the British launches running under them in these waterways are almost entirely engaged in the Chinese passenger traffic, are entirely manned and officered by Chinese, and are probably to a very great extent owned by Chinese under British names. Under present conditions Consuls have no adequate control over the launches, and it was to obtain such most necessary control that I asked for sanction of the local Regulations which have been disallowed. Whatever His Majesty's Government may decide on this subject, I venture to submit that very considerable discretion should be left in the hands of His Majesty's Consuls to deal with the constantly varying local conditions.\n\nAs regards the flying of the red ensign, which is now declared illegal, I request instructions as to whether I am to take immediate steps to stop it. To do so will, undoubtedly in the eyes of the Chinese authorities, be equivalent to a withdrawal of British protection.\n\nI am sending copy of this despatch to Sir Havilland de Sausmarez.\n\nI have, &c.\n(Signed) R. W. MANSFIELD\n\n## Inclosure 3 in No. 1\n\n### Remarks by Consul-General Mansfield respecting Article 4 and Articles under Heading of Inland Waters Steam Navigation\n\n#### PART II-Registry\n\nRegulation 4—British launches plying under the Inland Waters Steam Navigation Rules, while coming under the denomination \"ships\" (see definition), are furnished with none of the documents herein mentioned as essential to navigation in Chinese waters.\n\n#### PART VI-Inland Waters Steam Navigation\n\nRegulation 42 (3) (c).—In shallow waters such as those of the Canton Delta, an accident is hardly conceivable in which the launch could not be beached. Many of the launches are too small to carry the life-saving apparatus herein described, and in the larger ones the passenger carrying capacity would be greatly diminished by it.\n\nRegulation 42 (3) (h). This limitation of the number of passengers carried (it must be remembered that no cargo practically is carried) would in combination with the enforcement of the preceding clause effectually drive all launches carrying the British flag out of the trade. Annexed is a copy of the Special Rules in force here for the guidance of the Customs Surveyor who, as reported by me, has been also appointed Inspector of hulls and machinery of British launches: also the Inspection and Survey Certificate issued by me on his report. As regards the number of passengers, I also inclose a copy of the Customs rules for determining the number of passengers that may be carried by steam launches and passenger boats in tow of launches. The space therein allowed seems amply sufficient when it is taken into consideration that the passengers are without exception Chinese, and the distances travelled are generally very short—10, 15 or 20 miles probably on an average. Longer journeys are nearly always made, on the West River at any rate, in well found steamers plying between Canton and Wuchow. It seems highly desirable that the conditions ruling for Chinese and British launches should, as far as possible, be identical.\n\nRegulations 45, 48, 49.—At so great a distance from Peking the functions attributed to the Minister in these Regulations would in practice be very difficult to exercise. The Consul should have power to act provisionally, and from his action there is, I take it, always power to appeal; and in Regulation No. 48 powers should be given to cancel a certificate, temporarily or definitely, where repeated infractions of rules as to overcrowding, care of machinery, &c., occur.\n\n## Inclosure 4 in No. 1\n\n### Sir H. de Sausmares to Sir J. Jordan\n\n**(No. 13.)**\nSupreme Court, Shanghae, October 1, 1907.\n\nA delay has occurred in answering your despatch of the 2nd July as to the Canton Launch Regulations in consequence of Mr. Mansfield's opinion that \"if it is desired to put an immediate and effective stop to British launches now plying under the regulations, it is only necessary to lay down that they must conform to the provisions of the `Merchant Shipping Act`.\"\n\nSince then I have had the opportunity of a conversation with you, and I have now the honour to furnish you with my comments on the situation; they, I think, will require consideration before the rules referred to in Sir E. Grey's despatch of the 15th May last can be drafted.\n\nThe question appears to be one of importance as the principle involved affects not only the Canton launches but the majority of launches plying on the inland waters of China under the British flag.\n\nI entirely agree that, as the law stands, the right to fly the red ensign depends entirely on the provisions of the `Merchant Shipping Act`, and that the necessity of registration thereunder follows. I do not, however, understand that it is obligatory that Shanghae should be the port of registry, though it appears so in Sir E. Grey's despatch. Registration in any port of registry, e.g., Hong Kong, would suffice.\n\nIt would appear from Mr. Mansfield's despatch that the red ensign is now flown by launches, which would in many cases probably fail to qualify for registration. Holding the strong views that I do as to the necessity of protecting our flag where properly flown on British shipping, especially in Chinese waters, I think that it behoves us carefully to scrutinize claims to fly that flag. Indeed I have, on one or two occasions where an abuse of this right has been brought to my notice in Court, directed the matter to be reported to the registrar of shipping with the result that more than one ship has been removed from the registry. It is clear that when undertaking the responsibility of protecting a ship as British, we should insist on its being *bona fide* a British ship.\n\nThere is, however, a further most important point of view from which the question must be regarded, that of British trade in the inland waters.\n\nIf it were purely a question of a few passenger launches the matter would be of small importance, but I understand it to be far otherwise, and it is therefore necessary to devise some plan which will conform to the law and which will not make registration too onerous.\n\nThe procedure for registration is contained in sections 4-13 of the `Merchant Shipping Act`. There is nothing therein which cannot be done by an agent in Shanghae save the surveying of the ship. The survey must be by a surveyor who may be appointed by His Majesty's Minister under Article 13 of \"The China and Corea (Shipping Registry) Order in Council, 1904.” It would therefore be competent for you to appoint a sufficient number of surveyors at different ports to obviate any hardship which a survey in Shanghae would involve. Further, if the retention of an agent's services in Shanghae should be too onerous, I see no reason why you should not issue instructions under Article 17 (1) to Consular officers in the out-ports which would direct them to take the necessary papers and transmit them to the registrar of shipping in Shanghae.\n\nThere are, however, provisions in the `Merchant Shipping Act` which will probably be onerous, particularly in the engagement and discharge of native crews,",
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        "content_text": "2\n\nregard to the Sainam\" compensation claim, this matter had not been officially brought to my notice, but I raised the question at the instigation of His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General, who informed me that it had been outstanding a year, and that the Canton authorities had hitherto refused to discuss the claim, urging that they were not in any way liable. The Viceroy professed to be unacquainted with the details, but promised to go into the matter and give his decision in a week.\n\nIt will be observed that during the discussion his Excellency alleged that many of the British vessels pirated were really owned and run by Chinese, and that I informed him that the matter would be gone into. The Regulations for registration of launches under the British flag by His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General at Canton had already been occupying my attention, and the result of my inquiries, together with my remarks thereon and proposals for the revision of the Regulations, are given in Inclosure 7.\n\n5. On the following day the conference on board the \"Alacrity\" the Viceroy's despatch of the 21st November (Inclosure 4) was received. I discussed with His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General what steps should be taken in view of his Excellency's refusal to agree to the placing of the four fast launches under Customs control.\n\nThe opposition of the Customs officials themselves to this scheme gave the Viceroy a very strong position in refusing to agree to it. His motives in doing so were probably two-fold: in the first place, he no doubt resented foreign interference in the police duties of the Provincial Government, and in this he had popular opinion to consider, which in Canton is distinctly anti-foreign; and, in the second place, he was probably infected with that jealousy of the foreign-controlled Customs Service which is developing very strongly in Chinese official circles.\n\n6. The situation required careful consideration. A mass meeting of Chinese merchants to protest against foreign interference in the policing of the Canton Delta was already advertised in the local native newspapers, and Mr. Mansfield informed me that, in view of the present feeling in Canton, any drastic action on our part might precipitate anti-foreign riots with serious consequences; also, there was the possibility of a boycott of everything British to be considered.\n\nWe both agreed that the principal point to insist upon was payment of the compensation demanded in the case of the \"Sainam.\" It was the one genuine case of the piracy of a bona fide British trader due to the inefficiency of the local authorities in affording protection to foreign trade in the waterways.\n\n33\n\n7. Two courses of action were open to us. Either to increase our patrol service forthwith, first acquainting the Viceroy of our intention to do so, or to inform him that, if he would meet the \"Sainam\" claim, action on our part would be deferred until the result of his proposed measures was seen. If we could carry the \"Sainam\" claim to a successful issue, and so obtain an admission from the local authorities of their liability for such outrages, a valuable point would be gained. As in a matter which touched their pockets, they would no doubt take every precaution that such a case should not occur again.\n\n8. Before acting I decided to ascertain the views of His Britannic Majesty's Minister at Peking, and telegraphed to him accordingly. His reply (vide Inclosure 5) was received the next day, and the Consul-General, being of opinion that it would carry more weight if I addressed the Viceroy direct, I forwarded to the latter the despatch of which a copy is given as Inclosure 6, and I informed their Lordships of the action taken (telegram No. 105).\n\n9. Pending the Viceroy's decision in the matter I returned to Hong Kong to make the necessary preliminary arrangements for increasing our patrol. With reference to their Lordships' telegram (No. 126), received the 24th November, the action proposed in my submission of the 29th September, 1907, will be taken, should the Viceroy decline to meet the \"Sainam\" claim.\n\n10. In conclusion, I cannot refrain from remarking that, should this action become necessary, it would have afforded me more satisfaction to feel that we are taking it entirely in the interests of genuine British traders, and not that it has been forced upon us mainly for the protection of passenger launches, which are seldom really British owned, are never British manned, and in which British interests are only indirectly, if at all, concerned.\n\nI have, &c. (Signed)\n\nA. W. MOORE.\n\nP.S. November 29.-Since closing the above a despatch from His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General at Canton (vide Inclosure 8), transmitting the Viceroy's reply to my letter of the 23rd instant, has reached me, and I am now requesting Mr. Mansfield\n\n3\n\nto inform his Excellency of my intention to increase our patrol of the Canton Delta and West River (Inclosure 12).\n\nFurther details of action taken will be forwarded by next mail.\n\nInclosure 2 in No. 1.\n\nRegulations for Policing the West River,\n\nA. W. M.\n\n(Translated from the Chinese text forwarded by the Viceroy of Canton.)\n\n1. Provision of additional Fast Cruisers.\n\nTHE waterways comprised within the limits of the West River begin in the district of Feng Chuan and extend as far as the Canton River, covering a distance of some 230 miles. Nineteen launches have hitherto been employed to patrol the upper and lower divisions of these waterways in sections. These launches are, however, deficient in horse power, and have been unable in many cases of piracy to overtake and capture the pirates. It is therefore proposed to provide four fast shallow-draught cruisers having a speed of at least 12 miles an hour or 40 Chinese li. Two of these cruisers will be apportioned to the upper division of the West River waterways and two to the lower. They will be constantly engaged in patrol work night and day, and, except in a special emergency, when they may be wanted for military operations, they shall not be detached for any other purpose, but shall be specially commissioned for the prevention of piracy.\n\n2. Scheme by which the old launches Patrolling the various Sections shall work in pairs.\n\nNineteen launches have hitherto been employed in the patrol of the sections of the upper and lower divisions of the waterways. The upper division begins at Feng Ch'uan and extends as far as Chao Ching Ch'eng, a distance of about 100 miles. This division is at present patrolled in sections by eight gun-boats, viz.: \"Hai Feng,\" the \"Hsi Ning,\" the \"Hai Ching,\" the \"Hai Chien,\" the \"Hsi Te,\" the \"Hsi An,\" the \"Hai Ting,\" and the \"Kung Chi.\" The lower division, from Chao Ch'ing to Chu Tou Shan, 130 miles in extent, is policed by eleven gun-boats, viz.: the \"Kung Wu,\" the \"Li Chi,\" the \"Hsi Hsing,\" the \"Hsi Hai,\" the \"Hsi Chiang,\" the \"Hsi Ming,\" the \"Hsi Shan,\" the \"Hsi Shun,\" the \"Hsi Hai,\" the \"T'ai Chi,\" and the \"Pao Chieh.\" Owing, however, to the small number of soldiers carried by these gun-boats they are unable to detach men to follow up pirates making good their escape on shore. The arrangement now proposed, therefore, is to make these gun-boats work sections in pairs, and to place them under the direction of the two new cruisers in whose division they are. By this system the soldiers on the gun-boats will be able to unite their strength.\n\n3. Number of times Sections will be Patrolled by Gun-boats.\n\nThe upper and lower divisions of the West River waterways cover distances of about 100 and 130 miles respectively. The new cruisers having a speed of 12 miles an hour, will therefore be able to traverse their divisions twice in the day. Thus each division having two cruisers will be traversed throughout its length by these cruisers four times a day. The old launches, whose speed varies from 4 miles to 7 miles an hour, will also patrol their respective sections twice in the day. It follows, therefore, that with the two new cruisers and two of the old launches, any particular section of a division will be patrolled throughout its length by each pair four times in the day—that is to say, eight times a day by the two pairs together. The Regulations governing patrol gun-boats will, as heretofore, be adhered to, and gun-boats will enter in their log-books particulars of the point from which they started and of the place where they stopped. They will also enter the names of other patrol launches signalled by them, and of any trading launches they may pass, with times and places. These log-books must be sent in for inspection every month as a safeguard against abuses.\n\n15",
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        "content_text": "No. 34\n\n6\n\nhas any mention been made of the decision of the Wai-wu Pu to furnish the Commissioner of Customs here with a sum of 200,000 taels for the purchase and upkeep of two additional vessels to be placed under his independent control, as stated in the Board's Memorandum to you of the 11th November. There is a possible chance that, if Sir Arthur Moore inaugurates his increased patrol, the Provincial Government may be moved by the \"loss of face,\" which this will involve, to be less obstructive; but they are so openly and actively hostile that I hesitate to think that, in the absence of ... I should here add that, in sheer force, any concession is to be obtained from them.\n\nstating in my telegram No. 60 that active hostile action might have far-reaching and disastrous effects, I did not mean to include in this expression the Admiral's proposed extended patrol. Foreign-vested interests in Canton are very considerable, and there is always the possibility, should actual operations, either naval or military, be undertaken, that the populace here might be excited into attacking foreign residents and their property.\n\nI have Lastly, there is the question of the registration of British launches, furnished Sir Arthur Moore with a copy of my despatches to you, Nos. 31 of the 18th December, 1906, and 12 of the 5th February last, and have also handed him copy of a Memorandum, copy inclosed, by Mr. Sly, together with copies of Sir Nicholas 'O'Conor's despatch No. 4 of the 3rd February, 1886, and Sir Claude MacDonald's No. 13 of the 7th September, 1898.\n\nAdmiral Moore feels very strongly on the subject of the certificate of British ownership being granted to launches which in reality are the property of Chinese. I agree with him to a great extent, but in practice the prevention of the abuse bristles with difficulties. A British subject appears with the bill of sale to himself of a launch and the price is paid in my presence. He further makes an affidavit that he is the sole owner. Whatever one's suspicious may be as to the bona fides of the transaction, it is in most cases impossible to verify them. A refusal to register based on mere suspicion would throw very serious responsibility on the Consulate, and lay it open to the charge of refusing to a British subject rights given by an International Agreement.\n\nI have, &c.\n(Signed)\nR. W. MANSFIELD.\n\nInclosure 7 in No. I.\n\nRegulations for Policing the West River.\n\n(Translated from the Chinese text forwarded by the Viceroy of Canton.)\n\n1. Provision of additional Fast Cruisers.\n\nTHE waterways comprised within the limits of the West River begin in the District of Feng Ch'nan and extend as far as the Canton River, covering a distance of some 230 miles. Nineteen launches have hitherto been employed to patrol the upper and lower divisions of these waterways in sections. These launches are, however, deficient in horse-power, and have shown themselves unable in many cases of piracy to overtake and capture the pirates. It is therefore proposed to provide four fast shallow-draught launches having a speed of at least 12 miles an-hour or 40 Chinese li. Two of these cruisers will be apportioned to the upper division of the West River waterways, and two to the lower. They will be constantly engaged in patrol work night and day, and, except in a special emergency when they may be wanted for military operations, they shall not be detached for any other purpose, but shall be specially commissioned for the prevention of piracy.\n\n2. Scheme by which the Old Launches Patrolling the various Sections shall work in pairs.\n\nNineteen launches have hitherto been employed in the patrol of the sections of the upper and lower divisions of the waterways. The upper division begins at Feng Ch'nan and extends as far as Chao Ch'ing Ch'eng, a distance of about 100 miles. This division is at present patrolled in sections by eight launches, viz.: the \"Hsi Feng,\" the \"Hsi Ning,\" the \"Hsi Ching,\" the \"Hai Chien,\" the \"Hsi Te,\" the \"Hsi An,\" the \"Hsi Ting,\" and the \"Kung Chi.\" The lower division, from Chao Ch'ing to Chu T'ou Shan, 130 miles in extent, is policed by eleven launches, viz.: the \"Kung Wu,\" the \"Li Chi,\" the \"Hsi Hsing,\" the \"Hai Hai,\" the \"Hsi Chiang,\" the \"Hsi Ming,\" the \"Hai Shan,\" the \"Hsi Shun,\" the \"Hsi Hui,\" the \"Tai Chi,\" and the \"Pao Chieh.\" Owing, however, to the small number of soldiers carried by these launches, they are unable to detach men to follow up pirates making good their escape on shore. The arrangement now proposed, therefore, is to make these gun-boats work sections in pairs, and to place them under the direction of the two new launches in whose division they are. By this system the soldiers on these gun-boats will be able to unite their strength.\n\n3. Number of Times Sections will be Patrolled by Gun-boats.\n\nThe upper and lower divisions of the West River waterways cover distances of about 100 and 130 miles respectively. The new cruisers, having a speed of 12 miles an hour, will therefore be able to traverse their divisions twice in the day. Thus each division having two cruisers will be traversed throughout its length by these cruisers four times a day. The old launches, whose speed varies from 4 to 7 miles an hour, will also patrol their respective sections twice in the day. It follows, therefore, that, with the two new cruisers and two of the old launches, any particular section of a division will be patrolled throughout its length by each pair four times in the day, that is to say, eight times a day by the two pairs together. The regulations governing patrol launches will, as heretofore, be adhered to, and launches will enter in their log-books particulars of the point from which they started and of the place where they stopped. They will also enter the names of other patrol launches signalled by them, and of any trading launches they may pass, stating times and places. These log-books must be sent in for inspection every month as a safeguard against abuses.\n\n4. Instructions to Soldiers on Gun-boats to Land and go in pursuit of Pirates.\n\nIt invariably happens that, when the piracy of a trading launch occurs and the pirates are pursued by soldiers, they at once land and make good their escape. Unless, then, the soldiers on the launches land and follow them, there is no chance of effecting their capture. The number of soldiers on the new launches is considerably greater, while the old launches working in pairs will have greater numerical strength. So that, whenever pirates leave their boats and take to the shore, soldiers can at once be landed in pursuit and will be given every assistance by troops on shore and by local militia towards capturing the pirates and their plunder. If any officers or men from any of the launches fail to land and go in pursuit of pirates, or if any troops on shore fail to render them assistance in capturing the fugitives, they will render themselves liable to the severest penalties.\n\n5. Places at which Trading Launches may Land and embark Passengers and Cargo.\n\nChinese and foreign launches trading on the West River must, under Inland Water Rules, designate the places at which they embark and land passengers and cargo. A list of such landing-places has to be previously submitted by the master of the launch to the Commissioner of Customs, who inserts them in the launch's Inland Waters papers.\n\nMasters of launches are not permitted to embark passengers and cargo as they please en route. By the arrangement now proposed, the officials controlling the patrolling of the West River will, in concert with the Commissioner of Customs, decide the number and position of the places on the West River waterways at which it shall be permissible to land and take on board passengers and cargo. The sampans employed by launches at these stopping stations for the transfer of passengers and goods must also hold certificates issued by the Commissioner of Customs. Any launch found landing or embarking passengers at unauthorized places en route, or using sampans not licensed by the Commissioner of Customs, will, whether Chinese or foreign-owned, have their inland papers taken from them and cancelled, and will not be allowed at any future date to resume trading on the West River. The object of this arrangement is to prevent pirates using private sampans to board launches and pirate them, or to intercept them en route.\n\nPage 7\n\n1",
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        "content_text": "6. Times of Arrival and Departure of Trading Launches.\n\nAt all places to which launches trade, and the jetties where they land and embark passengers and goods en route, there are fixed times of arrival and departure. It is therefore proposed that every master of a launch shall each month make out a list showing times and places of departure, time of arrival at and place where he lands his cargo; also the times and places at which he takes on board or lands passengers or goods en route. These lists shall be submitted to the Commissioner of Customs, who will amalgamate them and issue them to the commanders of patrolling launches on the various sections of the waterways. The possession of these particulars will enable them to give trade better protection. If a vessel does not run every day, but makes a trip, say, every other day or every few days, the master must likewise make out a time table for the guidance of the authorities. In the event of a change in the landing places or the addition of a new launch, the fact must be at once reported to the authorities.\n\n7. Routes which Launches are to follow.\n\nThere are a great many Chinese and foreign-owned launches running on the West River waterways. These latter are very intricate, and the routes followed are very uncertain, a circumstance which renders the task of the launches policing the river extremely difficult. It will therefore be necessary to determine what route must be followed, so that the gun-boats may find it easier to give protection. However, in case, owing to the condition of the tide, a deviation from the normal route becomes necessary, a low-water route must be decided upon, so that gun-boats may be placed there to keep guard. Any trading launch which, with the object of securing passengers or cargo, purposely deviates from the regular route, or, in order to save coal, takes a different direction, will incur the penalty of a fine.\n\nAnd in the event of a launch deviating from the appointed route, thereby rendering it impossible for the gun-boats to protect it, sole responsibility shall, if she be pirated, attach to the master of the said launch, who alone shall be liable to pay compensation for the losses sustained.\n\n8. Examination of Launches en route.\n\nAt some point in the middle of the journey, pirates produce fire-arms, intimidate the master of the launch, and then proceed to rifle her of everything on board. During this time the launch is kept going as before, so that even when a gun-boat is passed, it is impossible for the latter to tell that anything is wrong. Having driven the launch to some lonely spot on the river, the pirates land with their spoils and make off, rendering pursuit and capture hopeless. To meet this difficulty, every master of a Chinese or foreign-owned launch should be instructed to pass close by any gun-boat they may meet, in order that the latter may be able to satisfy herself that everything is in order. Any launch which fails to comply with this regulation will be at once followed by the gun-boat and ordered to stop until she has been closely inspected.\n\n9. Establishment of Guards on Launches.\n\nGuards have already been established on Chinese launches and tows, and regulations have been made for their control. It is proposed that, from now onwards, Chinese and foreign merchants alike be compelled to comply with these regulations and carry a certain number of guards of the Protection of Trade Corps to search suspicious passengers. These guards will, as provided by the regulations, be paid and found in food by the owner of the launch.\n\n10. Rigorous Search of Passengers for concealed Arms.\n\nPiracies are for the most part perpetrated by pirates travelling in the guise of passengers with arms concealed about their persons. At a given point in the journey they produce their weapons and plunder the launch. It is therefore indispensable that there should be a systematic search for arms if this kind of piracy is to be stopped.\n\nIn the Canton district, however, before a launch has got fairly started on her trip, passengers come on board mainly from sampans, and at no assigned places, rendering a complete search impossible. To meet this difficulty, it is proposed, at the most convenient and important places in the Canton River, to establish three Government examination stations, at three points where the East, West, and North River routes join the Canton River; and to compel every launch proceeding from Canton to call at one of these stations and submit to an inspection. Launches of every nationality shall be subject to a close examination by the officials in charge of these stations, and masters of launches shall render all the assistance in their power to this end, and shall offer no opposition. On the arrival of a launch at an examination station, she shall be immediately inspected in her turn by the station officials, and allowed to proceed with as little delay as possible. The officials must not, without due reason, delay her departure. Any passengers found carrying arms on their persons or in their baggage, and having no permit for the same, shall be at once arrested and handed over to the authorities for punishment. As regards the places of call touched at en route, Government stations will similarly be established under the control of permanent officers to examine the persons and baggage of passengers embarking by sampan. No sampan will be permitted to embark passengers until they have been so examined.\n\nThe officers of these place-of-call stations and the three Canton River stations will note down the date, hour, and name of the launch examined.\n\nThe above regulations are provisional, and subject to such additions or amendments as may hereafter be considered desirable.\n\nInclosure 8 in No. 1.\n\nMemorandum by the Commissioner of Customs.\n\nI HAVE carefully perused the Ton Regulations for the better policing of the West River handed me by Taotai Wen, and after consultation with General Ch'in, Minister Wei (Han), and Taotai Wen now venture to make the following suggestions regarding them:\n\n1. The proposal to add four fast shallow-draft cruisers of a minimum speed of 12 English miles an hour is an excellent one. These fast cruisers should be employed in patrolling the waterways, each being in charge of a deputy entitled \"West River Patrol Officer.\" These patrol officers and the cruisers patrolling the waterways should have the duty of seeing whether the patrol launches and stationary gun-boats of the various sections for the protection of passenger and goods landing stages are energetic or not.\n\n2. The original nineteen launches must still patrol the river, and the commercial West River must also be divided into sections. As regards the West River and the various passenger and goods landing stages, detailed maps should be made, while the nineteen launches should be directed to carry on the patrol by sections, night and day.\n\n3. This proposal is an excellent one. As, however, the four cruisers will be in constant use, at least two additional fast cruisers of the same kind should be held in reserve. In this way, in the event of one of the four fast cruisers being temporarily off duty and in dock for repairs, its place on the patrol will be able to be taken by those in reserve.\n\nThe \"West River Patrol Officers\" on board each cruiser should be appointed specially for such duties, and should keep a log in which are entered in detail the ship's movements, daily transactions, and the number of trading launches inspected.\n\n4. This is an excellent proposal, and may be adopted.\n\n5. I have made a list of all landing places called at by trading launches and passenger boats, and have made a map showing their different positions. If the stationary gun-boats, patrol launches, and fast cruisers obtain control along the waterways, and are efficient, there will be no need to limit the embarcation of passengers on steam-launches to certain places. In the Inland Water Regulations, no such limit is specified. Absolute and complete independence is necessary for the shipping world, in order to insure a profit. Moreover, steam communication is of the greatest advantage and convenience for the Chinese people, so that there would appear to be some injustice if certain places were alone selected as places of embarcation.\n\n[2846 h-1]\n\nD\n\n35",
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        "content_text": "2\n\nMiscellaneous.\n\nNovember 22. Students.----“In consequence of the activity of students in connection with the opposition to railway loans, an Edict has been issued to the effect that students should give their whole attention to their studies and leave politics alone, and commanding the Board of Education to issue the necessary instructions.\"\n\nNovember 27. Footbinding.\"The Empress Dowager is said to intend issuing a prohibitory Edict against footbinding, making it not only an offence punishable as disregard of an Imperial Edict, but also excluding girls, whose feet begin to be bound after the publication of the Edict, from the respectable classes who are eligible for honours.\"\n\nWest River: Suppression of Piracy.\n\nNovember 19.-\"Much indignation is felt in Kuangtung against the Wai-wu Pu for allowing the British to arrest pirates on the West River. Meetings are to be held to consider the matter.\"\n\nNovember 24.-\"An Association for the recovery of national rights which has been formed among the students of Canton has telegraphed to the Wai-wu Pu strongly urging the necessity of recalling the permission to capture pirates on the West River.\"\n\nNovember 26.—“The Cantonese residents in Shanghae have telegraphed to the Wai-wu Pu asking them to oppose permission being granted to foreigners to arrest pirates on the West River. The merchants at Canton are much irritated over the West River question, and are getting up a violent agitation against it.\"\n\nNovember 27.-\"The people of Canton, regarding the policing of the West River by foreigners as detrimental to sovereign rights, telegraphed to the Army Board asking for ships of war to be sent. The Board, being of opinion that there were not sufficient vessels at disposal, took no notice. The provincials are very indignant, and have sent a further telegram offering to pay the expenses of the ships. Ten representatives of the gentry have also telegraphed in very strong terms to the Grand Council.\"\n\nNovember 28.-The Wai-wu Pu have telegraphed to the Viceroy at Canton, on the subject of West River piracy, that the intention of the Government was that the Commissioner of Customs should provide additional steamers to co-operate with the police in arresting pirates, and that there was no other intention. The Board adds that inquiry should be made into the agitation which has been caused by the misrepresentation of their former telegram. The gentry of Canton, however, are resolved to continue their opposition, since they regard it as bad policy to grant the Commissioner of Customs a share of military power.'\n\nSoochow-Ningpo Railway.\n\nDecember 4.-\"The Chekiang Railway Delegate has had an audience lasting three hours. The Empress Dowager explained the railway situation to him in detail. She said that the irresponsible talkers did not know the difficulties encountered by the officials, deprecated the excitement got up among the people of the south-east, and pointed out the terrible consequences of a breach in amicable foreign relations. Lu replied that, while the people of the south-east were loyal and patriotic, yet it was due to the influence of the high authorities there, and to the growing enlightenment of the people, that there had been no serious outbreak during the long course of the present controversy. If the British brought too much pressure to bear in this difficult situation, a serious outbreak might result. \"He did not know what solution the Wai-wu Pu might have to offer, but he thought the best plan would be to command them to make every effort to negotiate a satisfactory settlement with the British Minister. The Empress Dowager said that the British Minister was immovable, and that, while popular feeling must not be offended, international relations were not to be lightly regarded; and she directed him to go into the question fully with Wang Ta-hsieh, bearing in mind both the popular and international aspects of the question.\n\nNanking.\n\nHis Majesty's Consul reported on the 31st October that the closing of the opium dens throughout the city and suburbs was effected without disturbance on the 8th August. It is generally believed that the order was on the whole enforced strictly,\n\nOrder seems to have been restored at Anking, the scene of the assassination of the\n\n3\n\nGovernor in July, and the 700 troops sent there to assist in preserving order returned to Nanking on the 25th September. Two battalions (about 1,000 men) were dispatched on the 1st October to Kanchow-fu, in the south of Kiangsi, in consequence of the Boxer disturbances there.\n\nEducational. The latest proposed addition to the Government educational institutions in Nanking is a \"school of languages,\" in which German and French are to be taught. The services of Dr. Kratsch, Interpreter of the German Consulate, have been engaged for a few hours a day to supervise the school and teach German. It is proposed to look for a teacher of French, but English is omitted from the curriculum on the ground that there are already many opportunities here for studying English.\n\nRailways. At the beginning of October 20 miles of permanent way out of the 44 miles between Chinkiang and Nanking had been completed, and the opening of railway communication between Shanghae and Nanking is confidently expected in February next.\n\nThe route for the light railway to connect the main line with the city has now been selected, and is being staked out. The railway will enter the city at an old gate which has long been closed, but will be reopened for this purpose in defiance of superstition. The gauge is the same as that of the main railway, and the motive power will be steam. One of the British engineers on the Shanghae-Nanking Railway has been engaged by the Viceroy for the construction, and the plant will come from England.\n\nHankow.\n\nSome of the articles in the Hankow press are of interest :-----\n\nOctober 15. River Gun-boats for the Yang-tsze from Japan.--A newspaper states that \"the late Viceroy Chang placed orders through the Mitsui Bushen Kaisha with the Kawasaki Dockyard Company for ten shallow-draught river gun-boats, the contract price being fixed at 5,000,000 taels. The limit of time for completion of the contract and for payment was fixed at six years, and the transaction got Imperial sanction. Of these ten ships, four have already been handed over last winter and this spring, and the Viceroy has managed to pay the instalments, 3,000,000 taels through the Yokohama Specie Bank to the Nagisaki Bank. The dockyard have twice written for a deputy to be sent to accept ships Nos. 5 and 6, which are now ready, but the Acting Viceroy Li, thinking the matter very serious, and acceptance involving payment, intends to await his Excellency Chao's arrival to make permanent provision.\n\n44\n\nThe Hupei fleet now consists of a dozen ships, which are very burdensome to keep up, even though the Japanese sailors and engineers employed on the four already received have been sent home. The present position is an earnest of what will happen in future, and we think his Excellency Chao on arriving will surely devise steps to meet it.\"\n\nBridge over Yellow River at Lanchou, in Kansu.\" At Ho Chou, in Lanchou-fu, Kansu, a floating bridge of boats bound together with chain cables is at present used for crossing the Yellow River, but the officials have condemned this bridge as not permanent and when the river is full liable to collapse. They have therefore ordered materials for a proper iron bridge from the Hupei ironworks, and have also summoned several skilled workmen to Lanchou to supervise the construction of the new bridge. The materials have already got to Changchan, Honan, and all the officials on the route have been asked to assist in forwarding them.\"\n\nJapanese Employés.\" At the Wuchang hemp factory Japanese experts were employed to assist and instruct. The term of their agreement having now expired, and the Chinese women working in the factory having taken so readily and intelligently to the work, twenty-seven men and forty-five women of the Japanese originally employed have been dismissed and have returned to Japan.\n\n\"The factory have only retained the services of six Japanese men.\"\n\nSzechuan-Hankow Railway.\n\nText of representation by Tu, a Secretary of the Board of Finance, regarding the Szechuan-Hankow Railway, which has been laid by the Censorate before the Throne:-\n\n\"This line was the first to attain native control, but after three years not an inch of the track is fixed and nothing definitely arranged. Of nearly 8,000,000 taels collected the pay and work office expenses have run away with 1,600,000 taels and the Copper-piece Bureau has embezzled over 2,000,000 taels. Such horrifying extravagance and peculations have happily been shown up by the Board of Commerce, and the Court's acumen has\n\n54",
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        "content_text": "151\n\n4\n\nThe seeds ripen at the beginning of November, and are gathered by cutting off all the branches, which are subsequently utilized as firewood. The tree is therefore quite naked in the winter. The seeds are gathered in alternate years, a year's rest being apparently required for the tree to recover. The trees grow all over the lower hills, and are also planted round the fields. The natives say that the tree is only propagated through the agency of birds which swallow the seeds, the exterior coating of tallow being removed in this way. The tallow is certainly not easily removed except under the influence of heat, and it is conceivable that the seed would not germinate with it on.\n\nFrom the above it will be seen that the tallow tree is a most useful member of the vegetable kingdom. It produces two kinds of tallow for making candles of a fine and coarse quality, an oil for illuminating purposes, a fertilizer in the shape of cake from the refuse of its seeds, and fuel from its branches and seed husks. The total value to the farmer of the produce of one tree in a good year would be nearly 1 dollar (say 2s.), while the finished products would be worth nearly three times as much.\n\nQuantity Exported.\n\nThe tallow tree grows in some other parts of China, but this is by far the most important district. The total quantity of vegetable tallow passing through the Imperial Maritime Customs at the various ports in 1906 was about 260,000 cwt., nearly the whole of which is exported through Hankow and Ichang (including Shasi), but the large amount of 240,000 cwt. credited to Hankow is, I am told, really produced in the region extending 150 or 200 miles around Ichang. At this port there are nine mills, which are said to handle some 50,000 cwt. of tallow seeds, but there are many more mills scattered about the country. The mill which I visited employed over 100 men and a dozen mules and oxen, using 12,000 to 13,000 cwt. of seed a-year. The cost of fitting it was stated to be about 500l.\n\nVarnish Tree.\n\nAnother valuable vegetable product of the district is the varnish tree, which, however, only grows at an altitude of from about 3,000 to 8,000 feet. At this height it is found in large numbers all over the mountains, and is also planted around the fields. One farmer at whose house we stayed (four days from Ichang) told me he had some 3,000 trees, the yield per tree being from 5 to 15 oz. The local price for the unadulterated article was 600 cash (a little over 1s.) per catty (1¼ lb.). This tree is remarkable for the curious way in which the number seven is associated with it. First tapped at the age of seven, it is said to be tapped seven times at intervals of seven years, and at each tapping seven incisions are made at intervals of seven days. Many trees are, however, killed at an early age by over-tapping or by being tapped before the proper time. The pure varnish, which is very difficult to procure, it being nearly always adulterated with wood and other cheaper oils, is of a whitish colour, which generally turns a deep black when used, but some districts produce a paler shade. It is the chief ingredient in the so-called Ningpo varnish, which is not produced but merely prepared at that place, the dealers there having apparently acquired a special skill in the art of mixing the ingredients. When used in the pure state a much smaller quantity is required than when adulterated.\n\nVarnish Oil.\n\nFrom the seeds of the tree an oil is obtained and made up into solid cakes in much the same way as tallow, with which, as stated above, it is mixed for making candles. The leaves fall in the early autumn, and the trees then look black and gaunt; when numerous they give a rather weird and desolate appearance to the landscape.\n\nThe total export of varnish through the Imperial Maritime Customs in 1906 was just over 21,000 cwt., nearly the whole of which came from Hankow and Ichang. As in the case of tallow, by far the greater part is credited to Hankow, but is, I am informed, produced in the district extending for 200 miles or so around Ichang. According to the Customs valuation the price was nearly 6l. per cwt.\n\nWood Oil Tree.\n\nThe wood oil tree grows well up to about 3,000 feet, but I refrain from giving any account of it, as it is now well known on the foreign market. I am informed the oil was first imported into the United States a few years ago owing to an attempt there to corner linseed oil, for which it is a good substitute. There are mills for extracting the oil in the country, but none at Ichang.\n\nThe height of the mountains in this district may be pretty correctly gauged by the presence of these three trees. At the 2,000 feet line the tallow disappears; the wood oil tree continues to flourish up to 3,000 feet, where it is replaced by the varnish tree, whose range extends to about 8,000 feet.\n\nBamboo Paper.\n\nWithin a day's journey of Ichang there are numerous plantations of small bamboo, which is extensively used for making a coarse wrapping paper. During the journey we came across three or four mills, one of which has been established for over 100 years. In the one I visited the methods appeared to be very simple. The bamboos are split, soaked in water and lime, and pounded to a pulp by means of a water-wheel working two heavy pieces of timber cut from the trunk of a tree. The pulp is then soaked in fresh water and taken out on a very fine bamboo tray, or rather sieve, divided into sections to regulate the size of the paper, placed in layers on the frame of a press, which when full is screwed down to press out the moisture. The paper is then cut along the lines of impression left on it by the sections of the tray and laid out on the hill-side to dry. With the pulp ready one man can make a little over 1 cwt. of paper a day. The paper is sold mostly at Ichang at about jd. per lb.\n\nWheat straw is also used for paper making.\n\nSmall quantities of joss paper are made, for which the leaf of the Lonicera fragrans is used.\n\nPaper Mulberry.\n\nThe paper mulberry tree is found in the district, but does not appear to be utilized.\n\nCaoutchouc.\n\nWe saw a few caoutchouc trees, the bark of which is used for making medicine, but the gum is not extracted.\n\nPersimmon Oil.\n\nBoth the small and large varieties of persimmon were occasionally seen, but not in large quantities. The former kind yields an oil which is used for glazing umbrellas and making bean curd. The peel is dried and eaten as a vegetable.\n\nSoap Tree.\n\nThe soap tree grows well, but is not very common. The pods are used as a substitute for soap, a lather being quickly formed by rubbing them in water.\n\nHemp.\n\nAt about the 4,000 feet line we frequently saw a kind of hemp called locally \"t'eng ma,\" the fibre of which is used by the natives for making sandals. From the seeds an oil is extracted which is used for illuminating and culinary purposes. This oil is said not to congeal in the coldest weather. The plant grows to a height of 6 feet or more and is cultivated. The ordinary ramie is also found in a wild state, but is not utilized. At an altitude of 3,000 to 4,000 feet European cabbage was occasionally seen in the cottage gardens and appears to have been cultivated for many years. The potato also grows well. Both were probably introduced by Catholic missionaries. In one district the potato had become the chief food of the inhabitants until a disease destroyed the crops and led to a local famine.",
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        "content_text": "[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government\n\n152\n\n6\n\n44\n\nYung-t'ou.\"\n\nA little-known fruit called the \"yang t'ou\" grows wild in the mountains, the size of a small apple, has a rough brown skin, and a peculiar flavour resembling both the strawberry and gooseberry. It is palatable and very refreshing. I am informed it was introduced into England a few years ago as an ornamental tree, and is doing well.\n\nOpium.\n\nAFFAIRS OF CHINA.\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\n[6480]\n\nSmall quantities of opium are produced in some places. We saw the Anti-Opium Regulations posted in one village, but no measures seem to have been taken to enforce them. Some peasants said they were replacing opium with wheat and millet, while others were preparing ground for next year's crop. A few cases of opium-smoking came under my notice in different localities.\n\nInhabitants, Inns, &c.\n\nThe people everywhere were very friendly and did not show that troublesome curiosity which is so trying to the patience of most travellers in this country, although for several days we were altogether off the beaten track and foreigners had not been seen more than once or twice before. The standard of living seemed up to the general level in country districts, and whilst there were few signs of wealth, there were also few or none of destitution. The houses were built of mud, and but few stone buildings were seen outside the bigger valleys. In the more elevated parts, Indian corn is the principal food. The peasants for the most part own the land they till, and hired labourers are not numerous. The wages of the latter are about 2s. a month with food and lodging.\n\nAs everywhere in China, the inns are very poor, resembling a fuel-house or coal-shed rather than a dwelling-place. Many of them have no \"kang\" (raised floor for lying on), so that a camp-bed must be carried, as well as all provisions, &c., practically nothing that foreigners require being procurable en route.\n\nAn itinerary is attached.\n\nDecember 16, 1907.\n\n(Signed)\n\nH. A. LITTLE.\n\nRemarks.\n\nItinerary.\n\nDistance.\n\nLi.\n\nShili-tou Ya\n\n60\n\nMain road to Shib-nan Fu. Good.\n\nKun-tzu Ling\n\n60\n\n31\n\nHo-chia Fing\n\n35\n\nGood; then broken, long, steep slope.\n\nKuan Pao\n\n50\n\n40\n\nLan Ping.\n\n40\n\nLong slope; fairly good. Precipitous.\n\nPa Tzu\n\nilo-chia Ping\n\n25\n\n(And thence as above.)\n\nPa-ko Mino\n\nSide road. Very steep.\n\nMain road. Good at first, then very steep.\n\nFairly good.\n\nNo. 1.\n\nTREE\n\nSECTION\n\n10573\n\n[Library 24.]\n\nMAR 08\n\nAdmiralty to Foreign Office. (Received February 24.)\n\nAdmiralty, February 22, 1908.\n\nSir,\n\nI am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to transmit herewith, for the information of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a letter, dated the 26th December, which has been received through the Commander-in-Chief, China, from the Commanding Officer, His Majesty's ship \"Widgeon,\" respecting Chinese proposals for building shallow-draught craft for use on the Upper Yang-tsze.\n\nI am, &c.\n\nC. I. THOMAS.\n\nSir,\n\nInclosure in No. 1.\n\n(Signed)\n\nLieutenant Commander Knox to Admiral Sir A. Moore.\n\n\"Widgeon,\" at Ichang, December 26, 1907.\n\nI have the honour to report that Mr. H. H. Bristow, late His Britannic Majesty's Consul at Chung King, who passed through this port on the 24th December on his way to Shanghae and England, gave me the following information concerning the building, &c., of steam-craft for the Chinese for service on the Upper Yang-tsze:--\n\nThe Provincial authorities at Cheng-tu have decided to place on the river two small shallow-draught steamers for the purpose of carrying cargo, &c. One of the craft is, I believe, to be a tug.\n\nMr. S. C. Plant, pilot to the French, has been asked by the Chinese authorities to supervise the running of and to conduct the management of these steamers. Mr. Plant, whose engagement with the French does not expire for another two years, has not yet accepted the proposal of the Chinese. As soon as the agreement is arrived at with Mr. Plant, the Chinese state they will immediately place the order for these vessels with Messrs. Yarrow and Co., and will utilize them on the river and lakes below Ichang until Mr. Plant's agreement with the French expires.\n\nMr. Bristow also informed me that he had heard on reliable authority that Messrs. Yarrow and Co. had refused an order from the French Government to construct a shallow-draught gun-boat after the type of His Majesty's ship \"Widgeon,\" though he was unable to state for what reason this vessel was intended for service on the Upper Yang-tsze.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed) JOHN F. KNOX.\n\n[2846 aa-\n\n-11\n\nTime occupied on journey nearly fourteen days. Weather fine and warm, but cold at night for first ten days; then heavy fall of rain and showery weather.\n\n0",
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        "content_text": "336\n\nto the Viceroy and have withdrawn the whole of the additional vessels. The ordinary patrol of the three shallow draught gunboats will be resumed next week.\n\n2. Prior to the interview, Commander Majendie had accompanied Admiral Li Chun on a tour of inspection of the patrol service instituted by the Chinese Authorities in the West River and Delta, and had furnished me with a précis of the arrangements made, copy of which I enclose for Your Excellency's information.\n\nCommander Majendie was of opinion that the scheme is a workmanlike and definite plan for a Preventive Service, and in this opinion I concur. With Admiral Li in supreme command, and Chinese naval officers trained in the British Navy as Inspecting Officers, I think there is great hope that a satisfactory standard of efficiency will be maintained, and I trust we shall hear no more of the piracy of British vessels.\n\n3. I am now leaving for the Southern part of the station, but return early in March and will then pay\n\n332",
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        "content_text": "This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.\n\nC. O.\n\n4855\n\nAFFAIRS OF CHINA.\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\n(7876)\n\nNo. 1.\n\n182 [March 7, 20 APR 08\n\nSECTION 2.\n\n352\n\nSir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.(Received March 7.)\n\n**\n\n(No. 32.) Sir,\n\nPeking, January 21, 1908.\n\nWITH reference to my despatch No. 435 of the 17th September last, in which I inclosed a Report by the Captain of His Majesty's ship Woodcock on the desirability of an improved type of gun-boat for service on the Upper Yang-tsze, I have the honour to forward to you herewith copy of a despatch from the Acting British Consul-General at Chengtu reporting the result of the recent visit, paid under the instructions of the Viceroy of Szechuan, by Chou Taotai, the capable and intelligent Chinese official who is Director of the Bureau of Commerce at Chengtu, to Chungking, with the object of inspecting His Majesty's ship \"Woodcock\" and inquiring into the question of steam navigation on the Upper Yang-tsze.\n\nThe practical result of the visit as regards British interests has been that the Viceroy has given an order to Messrs. Yarrow and Co. for a tug-boat and flat, which, if that firm consent to undertake, and to the satisfaction of the provincial authorities, may lead to further and more important orders being given.\n\nI have, &c. (Signed) J. N. JORDAN,\n\nInclosure 1 in No. 1.\n\n(No. 58.) Sir,\n\nActing Consul-General Fox to Sir J. Jordan.\n\nChengtu, December 20, 1907.\n\nIN my Intelligence Report for the September quarter, 1907, I stated that Chou Taotai had proceeded to Chungking on the 23rd September in order to inquire into the question of steam navigation on the Upper Yang-tsze, and that I had arranged for him to make a trip to Wanhsien and back on one of His Majesty's gun-boats.\n\nThis arrangement the naval authorities, as reported in Mr. Bristow's despatch No. 27 to Chengtu of the 19th October, copy of which was forwarded to you, were unfortunately unable to carry out in its entirety. However, His Majesty's ship \"Woodlark\" took Chou Taotai and Mr. Bristow a two days' journey down the river to Fuchou and back. This did not allow of Mr. Chou's seeing what one of these vessels could do in a rapid—the principal object I had in view when arranging the journey—but it enabled him to form some idea of the conditions under which steam navigation is conducted on the Upper Yang-taze. His experience was apparently satisfactory, for on his return to Chungking he called a meeting of merchants, at which it was decided to form a Chinese Company, with a capital of 100,000 dollars, to run steam-boats between Ichang and Chungking.\n\nI have the honour to inclose copy of a letter addressed by Mr. Bristow to the Commercial Intelligence Department of the Board of Trade, giving an account of the proceedings at this meeting.\n\nOn Mr. Chou's return to Chengtu he informed me that he had asked Captain Plant to draw up plans and specifications for a shallow-draught tug-boat, with passenger and cargo flat, the order for which the new Company proposed to place with Messrs. Yarrow and Co.\n\nOn the 20th November I received a letter from Captain Plant stating that he did not see his way to placing his plans at the disposal of the Chinese unless the undertaking could be postponed until the end of the year 1909, at which date his contract with the French naval authorities would expire, and he would be free to devote himself to the superintendence of the new craft. He explained that his scheme of tug-boats and lighters had been drawn up on the understanding that he himself would be in charge, and he did not feel justified in his own interests in committing the results of his labour to other, and probably less competent, hands, as by so doing the scheme ran a serious risk of turning out a failure, and the\n\n[2895 g--2]\n\nB",
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        "content_text": "353\n\n2\n\nestablishment of regular steam communication between Ichang and Chungking would thus once more be indefinitely postponed.\n\nWhile fully sympathizing with Captain Plant's point of view, I felt convinced that the Chinese, once they had made up their minds to carry the project through, would never consent to wait two years for its fulfilment, and I felt sure that if we refused our assistance they would apply elsewhere, to Japan or Germany most probably, for what they wanted.\n\nIt seemed to me of the utmost importance that this undertaking, small at present, but big with possibilities in the future, should be started under British auspices. I therefore called on Mr. Chou, explained to him Captain Plant's position, and suggested that, if he were disinclined to postpone operations as Captain Plant proposed, he should at once secure that gentleman's co-operation by offering him the post of Marine Superintendent of the Company as soon as his services became available, and in the meantime arrange with Messrs. Yarrow and Co. for the construction of the vessels. I said Captain Plant's employment on the French gun-boat was of an intermittent nature—he sometimes remained four months at a time in Chungking—and that the French authorities would doubtless be willing to lend him to the new Company when the time came for the first tug-boat to proceed up river; if they demurred, well, perhaps the Viceroy might use his influence in the matter.\n\nMr. Chou accepted the suggestion with alacrity, and said he would at once instruct the Company to draw up a contract with Captain Plant. The latter, agreeing to this arrangement, sent up his plans and specifications on the 28th November.\n\nThe tug-boat is to be built of galvanized steel, the hull divided into ten water-tight compartments. She will have twin screws working in raised tunnels, Yarrow's patent. Length over all, 100 feet; beam, 14 feet; draught with steam up and twenty-four hours' coal on board, 2 ft. 6 in. The engines will be triple expansion with water-tube boilers developing 400-H.P., giving a speed of 14 knots in smooth water; towing flat, with 60 tons dead weight against a 6-knot current; speed, 11 knots, i.e., 5 knots over the ground. She will be fitted with powerful steam capstan and steel hausers for hauling over rapids, and will have two steel derrick masts and improved towing gear. Price, complete, £5,750 approximately.\n\nThe flat will also be of steel, 100 feet in length, 16 feet beam; carrying capacity, 60 tons dead weight, 150 tons measurement. She will have accommodation for twelve saloon passengers and fifty-two in steerage. Cost, complete, £2,500 approximately.\n\nI made a rough Chinese translation of the specifications and, with the plans, sent them into the Viceroy. On the 14th December Mr. Chou called on me and said the Viceroy approved of the plans, and desired that I would at once forward them to Messrs. Yarrow and Co., asking them if they would undertake the order on certain conditions, a list of which Mr. Chou handed to me. If they agreed, he was anxious, in order to save time, to have a reply by wire; and if the reply was satisfactory, Mr. Chou, acting on behalf of the Company, would confirm the order by cable.\n\nI have the honour to inclose copy of my letter to Messrs Yarrow, together with a Memorandum by Captain Plant on steam navigation on the Upper Yang-tsze, which I have forwarded to the firm.\n\nThe only condition that seems likely to present any difficulty is that providing for the handing over of the vessels in Shanghai. It is a point to which the Chinese attach some importance—their experience with the deputies appointed to take over the machinery for the Chungking Mint and the new Chengtu Arsenal having been particularly unfortunate—and I am in hopes Messrs. Yarrow will see their way to obliging them in the matter.\n\nThe question of gun-boats is for the moment in abeyance, but I have reason to believe that the Chinese authorities will order one or more of these vessels if the tug-boat proves a success, and in that case we may hope with some confidence that the order will go to England.\n\nI sent duplicates of the plans received in reply to my application to Mr. H. H. Fox, British Acting Consul-General at Chengtu, who succeeded in interesting the Provincial Government to such purpose that a special officer was deputed to take a trip on one of His Majesty's gun-boats.\n\nIn the meantime, by circulating the plans among the merchants of this port, I had succeeded in bringing about the discussion of a scheme for establishing a system of tug-boats between Ichang and Chungking. On the arrival of the above-mentioned officer, therefore, matters were ripe for a successful issue. This is described in the inclosure herewith. It only remains now to secure the Viceroy's approval both for the tug-boat scheme and the purchase of gun-boats.\n\nChou Taotai, the above-mentioned officer, will, if the scheme is sanctioned, place the order for tugs with Messrs. Yarrow and Co. through Mr. S. C. Plant of this port, who should be authorized to act for the firm. The order for gun-boats will in all probability be placed with the same firm, the type approved being Yarrow's No. 531A, but with speed of 15 knots. His Majesty's ship \"Widgeon's\" recent successful navigation of the gorges at high water has largely conduced to the favourable attitude of the Chinese officials and merchants.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed)\n\nH. H. BRISTOW.\n\nInclosure 3 in No. 1.\n\nSteam Navigation on the Upper Yang-tsze.\n\nAT the Chungking Chamber of Commerce on the 24th October, 1907, Chou Taotai, appointed by the Viceroy of Szechuan to inquire into the practicability of a steam navigation on the Upper Yang-tsze, addressed the meeting as follows: He alluded to the wreck of the \"Suisiang\" above Ichang and the check thereby given to mercantile enterprise in this direction; but now that three British gun-boats, one French, and one German had passed up and down many times without accident, it was time that the matter was reconsidered. If strangers dared these dangers, should our own people be backward? Besides a French Company was seeking a Concession for establishing tugs on the Upper Yang-tsze. Should not the Szechuanese be first in the field and secure the profits for themselves? In order to assist them the Provincial Government was willing to advance a sum equal to that raised by shares. Germany and England were both anxious to lend their assistance, as their trade would ultimately benefit by improved means of communication. The Taotai had himself been taken for a trip on His Majesty's ship \"Woodlark\" in company with the British Consul, and had seen for himself that steam navigation in these waters was not very different from that on the lower river. Mr. Yang Chun Ching, who had accompanied him on the trip, would give them further details.\n\nMessrs. Chang and Chao opposed the idea of official aid. Chou Taotai said that he did not wish to force assistance upon them, but it would be at their disposal when required.\n\nMr. Yang Chun Ching then explained details of engines and expenses. Merchant-ships would naturally be less expense than gun-boats.\n\nMr. Li, a banker, then proposed that those now present who refused to buy shares should never be permitted to do so; that the shareholders should have preference in shipping goods according to the amount of their shares. It was finally decided to consult the various guilds and lay their opinions before Chou Taotai. Capital of Company was fixed at 100,000 dollars in 10,000 shares of 10 taels each, 10 taels paid up.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed)\n\nHARRY H. FOX,\n\nInclosure 2 in No. 1.\n\nVice-Consul Bristow to Board of Trade,\n\nChungking, October 25, 1907.\n\nIT will be remembered that my despatch of the 19th November, 1906, called for estimates for river gun-boats suitable for these waters.\n\nGentlemen,\n\nInclosure 4 in No. 1.\n\nActing Consul-General Fox to Messrs. Yarrow and Co.\n\nChengtu, December 17, 1907.\n\nTHE Commercial Intelligence Department of the Board of Trade have doubtless communicated to you a letter from His Majesty's Consul in Chungking reporting the formation of a semi-official Chinese Company with the object of placing shallow-draft steam tugs and lighters on the Upper Yang-tsze between Ichang and Chungking.\n\n[2895 g-2]\n\nB 2",
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        "content_text": "354\n\n4\n\nCaptain S. C. Plant, at present employed as pilot of the French gun-boat \"Olry,\" at Chungking, will become marine superintendent for the Company as soon as his services are available. In the meantime, he has drawn up plans and specifications of a shallow-draft tug-boat and flat which have been submitted to the Viceroy of Szechuan and received his approval.\n\nI have been requested by Chou Taotai, Director of the Provincial Bureau of Commerce, acting on behalf of the new Company, to forward copies of these plans to you for your inspection, and to ask you the following questions:\n\n1. Are you willing to construct a tug-boat and flat in accordance with Captain Plant's plans and specifications?\n\n2. What will be the price delivered on board ready for shipment to Shanghae of (a) tug-boat (b) flat?\n\nThe Taotai also wishes to know the cost of freight to Shanghae and the cost of putting together, but as I do not suppose you will be able to give definite replies on these points, I do not include them in the question.\n\n3. Will you undertake to ship tug and flat to Shanghae and superintend putting together, sending out an engineer for the purpose?\n\nI have explained to the Chinese that shipbuilders do not usually undertake to deliver vessels abroad, but they seem to attach much importance to this point, and think it will go far to securing the order if you can see your way to meeting their wishes in this respect. Their idea is that you should hand over the vessels to them in Shanghae, \"in the water,\" as they phrase it, ready to start on their journey up river. They will, of course, pay all expenses incurred on account of freight, putting together, and engineer's passage and salary.\n\n4. How long, approximately, will you take to construct vessels, counting from date order is put in hand to date vessels are ready for shipment to Shanghae?\n\n5. Will you appoint an agent at Chungking, say Captain Plant, with whom Company can draw up a contract, arrange for payment, &c.?\n\nI have explained to the Chinese that it is usual for payments to be made in instalments, and I do not think this point will present any difficulty.\n\nAs it takes at least four months to receive a reply to a letter from England, Chou Taotai is anxious to have telegraphic replies to the above-mentioned questions. If satisfactory, he will confirm the order by wire. I suggest that, as we have no commercial codes here, you should ask the Foreign Office in London to telegraph your reply to me in cypher. I am sending them, through His Majesty's Minister in Peking, a copy of this letter.\n\nThe present order is, I am aware, a small one, and the terms proposed are possibly somewhat unusual, but if the matter can be arranged, it will undoubtedly be the fore-runner of others, not only for tugs and lighters, but also for gun-boats, which the Provincial Government contemplate placing on the Upper Yang-tsze. The French and German Consular and naval authorities in Szechuan have done their best to induce the Chinese to place this order in their hands, and I am sure you will agree with me that it will be a splendid thing if the vexed question of regular and remunerative steam navigation on the Upper Yang-tsze can at last be solved by means of British-built vessels under British superintendence.\n\nI am sending this letter under flying seal to Captain Plant in Chungking, in order that he may make any additional observations that his knowledge and experience of the matter in question may suggest. I need hardly say that your interests will, in my opinion, be quite safe in his hands. Indeed, his long and successful experience of steam navigation on shallow waters makes his co-operation in the present scheme not only most valuable but, I venture to say, indispensable.\n\nI inclose the plans and specifications above referred to, and a Memorandum by Captain Plant on steam navigation on the Upper Yang-tsze.\n\nI am, &c.\n\n(Signed)\n\nHARRY H. FOX.\n\n5\n\nEuphrates, Karun, and Yang-tsze. Pioneering work has occupied at least half of this time, during which I have handled many different types of river steamers. I merely mention this to show that I am qualified to discuss the question of steam navigation on the Upper Yang-tsze from a practical point of view.\n\nMuch has been said and written on this subject by people absolutely unqualified to express a practical opinion. I have made a study of this part of the Yang-tsze ever since I came here first in 1899, and I find the problem is not an easy one by any manner of means, principally on account of the different phases the river presents to the navigator at different periods, which may roughly be divided into three: low, middle, and high-level.\n\nDuring the low-level season, the majority of the rapids are at their worst; three of them are infranchisable to any ordinary type of river steamer.\n\nDuring the middle level, many of the low-level rapids have disappeared, but others have formed, also infranchisable.\n\nDuring the high-level season, the same thing occurs again, but the high-level rapids form no insuperable barrier to a fast steamer; it is the gorges, which now present grave dangers on account of the violent swirls which gyrate viciously in each one of them.\n\nA careful survey of the river between Ichang and Chungking at different levels has led me to the conclusion that navigation on this part of the Yang-tsze with steam-ships of sufficient carrying capacity to enable them to pay is quite impracticable, and that from a commercial point of view, the only feasible method is by means of shallow-draft tug-boats, especially constructed to tow shallow-draft flats.\n\nOn a river such as I have described, the great point to aim at in any navigation scheme is the smallest outlay of capital possible at the beginning, and with this end in view, I would propose to start operations with one tug-boat and one flat only, commencing to run through to Chungking at the most favourable season, and then to extend the flotilla as the necessary experience is gained.\n\nThe feasibility of towing in these waters I have proved by experiments conducted with an ordinary steam launch and cargo junk. The tug-boat would be fitted with special appliances for hauling over such rapids as she, with her tow, could not steam.\n\nAt the expiration of the first year, if the tug-boat had demonstrated the feasibility of keeping up a more or less regular service between Ichang and Chungking, the flotilla might be increased, working on the experience gained until it was sufficiently large to cope with the traffic.\n\nThe tug and flat system for these particular waters has much to recommend it. To begin with, safety in this case means handiness, and for that quality, the tug and flat system is the best. It is also the most economical system that I know, costing less for upkeep and running expenses than any other. The risks attending it would, moreover, not be more than in the case of the ordinary junk navigation—probably much less. It is lack of motive power which accounts for most of the accidents to native vessels on the Upper River, and by adopting this system, we practically have the junk with the motive power attached.\n\nA capital of about 10,000l would be required to float a Company for this purpose and purchase the two vessels. I would recommend that the tug-boat and flat be built in England by Messrs. Yarrow and Co., who are experts in the art of building shallow-draft vessels for river service. Such craft could not be built either in Shanghae or in Japan.\n\nThe cost of the tug-boat as per specifications attached would be approximately 5,750l, and that of the flat 2,500l. Working expenses I estimate at from 800 taels to 1,000 taels per month, and the earnings at from 2,000 taels to 2,500 taels per month.\n\n(Signed) S. C. PLANT,\n\n(Note. This Memorandum was written by Captain Plant for presentation to the Chinese authorities.—H. H. F.)\n\nInclosure 5 in No. 1.\n\nA Practical Scheme for Steam Navigation on the Upper Yang-tsze, proposed by S. C. Plant, of Chungking.\n\nIN the first place, I consider it is necessary to state that my experience with rivers and river navigation extends over a period of nearly twenty years, on the Tigris,",
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        "content_text": "2\n\nfrustrated his attempts to suppress piracy, which he was loyally carrying out at our instigation. The Viceroy requested Admiral Moore's good offices which the latter promised. I replied (paraphrase of telegram inclosed), pointing out that the Japanese Government were quite willing to stop the importation of arms into Macao if they were approached by the Chinese Government. The former Government also mentioned that as the ship's papers and those relating to this particular consignment were in order, the arms were not being illegally imported, and I mentioned that it was the export of arms from Macao which the Chinese Government considered most objectionable.\n\nAs the terms which I have mentioned for a settlement of this incident seemed to me to be reasonable, and under the circumstances not unduly humiliating to China, I telegraphed them to you on the 12th instant, repeating my telegram to Sir John Jordan,\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed)\n\nCLAUDE M. MACDONALD.\n\nInclosure 1 in No. 1.\n\nExtract from the \"Japan Times\" of March 5, 1908,\n\nTHE \"TATSU MARU\n\n+1\n\nAFFAIR AN OFFICIAL NARRATIVE.\n\nAN official of the Foreign Office refers to the \"Tatsu Maru\" affair as follows:----\n\n\"All the accounts hitherto given in the papers are in the main true; but some points require correction, and in order to make all clear I will tell the story from the very beginning,\n\n56\n\nThe Tatsu Maru' left Kobe on the 26th January with ninety-four cases of arms and forty cases of ammunition which were ordered from the Ataka Company at Shangbae by a gun dealer of Macao, some coal, and several passengers. She arrived off Macao about 11 A.M. on the 25th February. The tide being up, she made a temporary anchorage about two miles east of Caro Island. Presently four Chinese gun-boats came up, and hauling down the Japanese flag, hoisted the Chinese flag. The blue-jackets searched the holds and seized all the cargo. After inflicting maltreatment on the passengers, the gun-boats ordered the Tatsu Maru' to proceed to Canton and detained her there.\n\n\"Thereupon the Japanese Government gave instructions to its Consul at Canton and its Minister at Peking to present protests to the Chinese Government demanding that the steamer be released at once and due apology and compensation for this unlawful act made. The Chinese Government, however, has not yet accepted our demands.\n\n\"The reasons advanced by the Chinese Government for this act are, first, that the \"Tatsu Maru' was employed for the purpose of smuggling; secondly, that the steamer was lying at anchor in Chinese territorial waters; and, thirdly, that the steamer was in preparation for unloading her cargo. For these reasons the Chinese Government insists that the question, according to the Customs rules, be referred to the Co-operation Investigation Commission.\n\n\"On the other hand, the Japanese Government fails to find anything about the steamer which may indicate that she was employed for the purpose of smuggling, According to the investigations made by the Japanese Government, the fire-arms and ammunition on board were ordered by a gun dealer of Macao, and all these goods were entered in the bill of lading. The steamer obtained the permission of exportation from the Portuguese authorities, and also, before her departure, was given a certificate by the Kobe Customs and the Water Police. When she arrived at Macao a clerk of the Ataka Company, with an official of the Customs, came in a boat to the ship. All these facts clearly show that the ship was not designed for smuggling.\n\n\"Secondly, the place two miles east of Caro Island, where the steamer was lying at anchor, does not belong to Chinese territorial waters. Article II of the Treaty concluded March 1887, at Lisbon between Portugal and China, provides that Macao and vicinity should be under the control and jurisdiction of Portugal. In the Treaty concluded between the two countries in December of the same year it is also provided (Article II) that Article II of the Treaty of March should remain in force until\n\n3\n\nboundaries between the two countries were settled. And the boundaries have not yet been settled, so Caro Bay is at present Portuguese territorial waters. The bay is too shallow for the anchorage of vessels of deep draught, and the Portuguese authorities are levying tax upon ships taking anchorage near Caro Island. In fact, the Portuguese authorities have given assurance that the place where the Tatsu Maru' was lying at anchor belongs to Portuguese territorial waters. Even supposing that the place was in Chinese territorial waters, Chinese gun-boats have no right to capture her, for, according to international law, a steamer is allowed to take anchorage in a foreign country's territorial waters when circumstances necessitated it. In the case of the *Tatsu Maru,' being of deep draught, she could not go straight in shore, so she had ample reason to take anchorage outside.\n\n\"Thirdly, there is no indication that the Tatsu Maru was preparing to unload her cargo. The fact is that pilots were sent for, and they were about to do their work.\n\nThus there is no fault on our part, and the action of the Chinese gun-boats is entirely illegal. And it is rather ridiculous that the Chinese Government should try to deal with this affair in the light of infringement of Customs rules. In consideration of the uneasiness which our shipping business men naturally feel in connection with this affair, the Japanese Government has been urging the Chinese Government to at once take proper steps. A few days ago the Chinese Government made answer through our Minister at Peking to our demand, and our Consul at Canton was also notified of it; but this answer our Government refused to accept, on the ground that it was not an answer to our demands. Such being the case, if China does not give satisfactory answer, the Japanese Government may be compelled to take strong measures.\n\nInclosure 2 in No. 1.\n\nAdmiral Sir A. Moore to Sir C. MacDonald,\n\n(Telegraphic.) P.\n\nMarch 18, 1908. WHEN I paid my farewell visit to his Excellency the Viceroy of Canton, he discussed fully the question of the \"Tatsu Maru,\" and asked my assistance, urging that the attempts which, at the instigation of Great Britain, he was loyally making to suppress piracy, were thwarted by the illegal importation of arms. I promised to make his views known to the British Minister, and expressed my sympathy with him.\n\nIn my opinion, his Excellency's efforts to prevent the smuggling of arms through Macao should be supported, as the existence of this traffic is one of common knowledge.\n\nInclosure 3 in No. 1.\n\nSir C. MacDonald to Admiral Sir A. Moore,\n\n(Telegraphic.) P.\n\nMarch 14, 1908. I HAVE received your Excellency's telegram of the 13th March,\n\nAs the ship's papers, as well as those relating to the arms, were in order, the Japanese Government maintain, and in my opinion with reason, that there was no illegal importation of I understand that the Japanese Government are quite ready, upon being approached by the Chinese Government, to put a stop to the importation of arms into Macao.\n\narms.\n\nI am confidentially informed that the Central Government in China are strongly opposed to arms being exported from Macao.\n\n565\n\n1",
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        "content_text": "4\n\nKiangsu, with a view to the suppression of piracy. Four shallow-draught gun-boats, eight Chinese gun-boats, and ninety small patrol-boats ('red boats') are to be purchased.\n\n\"Railway for Ili.—The Military Governor has reported in favour of constructing three lines: one from Ti-hua Fu to Ili, one from Ti-hua Fu to Urga, and the third from Ti-hua Fu to Lanchou. He proposes that the gold mines in Ili should be developed with a view to raising capital for the construction of these railways, and that a loan should be made by the Board of Revenue.\"\n\n'Railways in Manchuria.—The Tsi-tsi-har—Hei-lung-chiang Railway is to be commenced next spring, and the Chinese Eastern Railway branch line from Tsi-tsi-har to Old Tsi-tsi-har this summer.\n\n\"Kirin-Ch'ang Ch'un Railway. The survey of this line has been completed, and the estimated cost of construction is 5,500,000 to 5,600,000 dollars. Work will be commenced on the conclusion of the Loan Agreement with Japan.\"\n\nProposed Admiral for Hupei.—The Grand Council contemplate the appointment of an officer as Admiral of Hupei, to be stationed at Hankow and co-operate with the Admiral of the Yang-tsze.\n\n**\n\nProposed new Naval Harbour.—The Viceroy of Canton has forwarded to the Army Board a Report on the harbour of Hsia Yung in Kwangtung, with regard to its suitability as a naval harbour. The question is to be referred to Admiral Sa.\n\nYang Shih Ch'i's Mission.—In a Memorial to the Throne Yang Shih Ch'i gives brief account of his mission to inquire into the condition of Chinese settlers in the Philippines, Siam, Singapore, Java, Annam, and other countries. He describes the climate and productions of the various places visited, and states the number of Chinese settlers in each. He praises the Administration of Singapore and Penang, where the Chinese have attained much wealth and influence, but states that in Java the Chinese, especially those employed in the mines, are badly treated. Everywhere he went he was well received, and found that the Chinese settlers still retained a strong feeling of affection for their native country. He addressed meetings of Chinese merchants in various places, and visited schools and other institutions, to some of which he gave scrolls presented by the Empress Dowager.\n\n\"Steam Navigation on the Upper Yang-tsze.\" (See Sir J. Jordan's despatch No. 157, of the 1st April) In a Memorial the Acting Viceroy of Szechuan reports that he proposes to establish a Company with a capital of 200,000 taels, to run steam-ships on the Upper Yang-tsze between Ichang and Chungking, and later to Suifu and Kiating, one-third of the capital to be subscribed by the Government and two-thirds by the public. An officer sent to investigate the matter has reported that by blowing up some of the obstructions in the river and using windlasses at some of the more dangerous rapids, navigation by steam vessels would be quite feasible. Three small steamers are to be purchased abroad, and the service will afterwards be extended.\n\n46\n\nFires in Peking.—It is reported that Na Tung has given special orders to the police with reference to the fires which have been very numerous recently. He states that, although the frequency of these fires is chiefly to be attributed to the exceptional dryness of the atmosphere, there is reason to suspect that some have been the work of incendiaries who wished to take advantage of the fires to commit thefts. He directs the police to exert themselves to bring all such criminals to justice.\n\n\"The Ching Hua Shih Pao reports that there was a fire at the Wai-wu Pu on the 4th, but that it was promptly extinguished.\"\n\nThe Ching Hua Shih Pao also reports that there are at present a large number of revolutionaries in Peking who have come here from Japan. The Board of the Interior are reported to have given orders for the arrest of fifty-five of these persons.\n\n\"Naval Harbour in Hainan.—The Viceroy at Canton has reported in favour of making a naval harbour at Yu Lin, in Hainan, and states that the water supply and climate are good. He recommends the construction of a railway for the purpose of transporting troops and supplies there when necessary.\n\nChengting-Te Chou Railway.—The Government have decided to proceed with the construction of this railway at once. Engineers have been sent by the Peking-Hankow Railway Company to survey the line, and work will be commenced next month. The construction will be under the direction of the French.\n\n\"Tsitsihar-Angangchi Railway.—A Chinese Company with a capital of 320,000 taels has been formed for the construction of this short line (a distance of 50 li). The contract for building the line has been given to a German firm, Messrs. Telge and Schroeter. Work will be commenced in June.\n\n**\n\n5\n\n'Proposed Appointment of Judicial Officials.—The provincial authorities of Kwangtung, Yunnan, and Kweichow proposed some time ago that judicial officers (Pu Huo Ts'ai P'an) should be appointed in the interior with a view to preparing for the withdrawal of the right of exterritoriality at present enjoyed by foreigners. The Government, with the assistance of Wai-wu Pu and Hsien Cheng Kuan, are engaged in drawing up Regulations for the purpose.\n\n\"Proposed Railways in the North-west.—The Shen-Kan Viceroy has recommended the construction of two lines, one from Kalgan to Urga, a distance of 2,450 li, the other from Sui-yuan along the north bank of the Yellow River to Ning-hsia; thence to Liang-Chou, Hami, Ti-hua, and Ili, a distance of 8,000 li. These railways could not be constructed as a commercial enterprise, but would be of great importance for military purposes.\n\nMining in Shansi.—Since buying out the Peking Syndicate, the Taiyuan Fu Mining Company have obtained permission to raise capital to the amount of 5,000,000 taels to develop the mines, and the capital has already been over-subscribed, only Chinese being permitted to purchase shares. A Chinese mining engineer has been engaged at a salary of 600 taels a-month, machinery has been ordered from Europe, and 1,000,000 taels of the capital is to be devoted to the establishment of an iron foundry.\n\nThe \"Universal Gazette,\" in an article on the danger of ignorance of the limits of foreign relations, proceeds to argue that, while the limitation of India's export of opium is a diplomatic question, China's monopoly of sale of the prepared drug is an internal Government step with which England has no concern, since the nature of the drug has been altered, and so the Treaty with England does not apply. At present the shops charge at will, irrespective of the duty and li-kin, and England has nothing to say. Similarly, Chinese prohibition of rice export does not affect cakes and biscuits made of it. Moreover, a rise in price is not a customs duty; the aliens might as well claim to interfere with the proposed stamp duties, which will be charged on native and foreign goods alike.\n\nThe distinction between diplomatic and non-diplomatic matters is quite easy. Another instance, the Soo-Hang-Ning Railway. The Tsung-li Yamên's agreement with the British Envoy might be brought within the scope of diplomacy, but, as regards construction, the publication of the Railway Regulations took that out of the Wai-wu Pu's sphere, and the Wai-wu Pu should have told Sir J. Jordan to bid his nationals petition the Board of Communications direct, and have declined to interfere, quoting as precedents the American exclusion, which its State Department insisted pertained solely to the Labour Department; the Manchurian troops question, which Russia said pertained to her War Office; the Touquin Consuls, which the French Foreign Office put on its Colonial Department, and all the other precedents of recent years. Unfortunately, the Board waited till it got a bad name by resisting popular opinion before it got the Board of Communications to make the loan,\n\nThen trade-marks: all China promised was rules like other Powers, yet foreigners are allowed to interfere with their tenor. And the Mining Rules, which were drafted with the aid of foreign advisers, were still less open to foreign revision.\n\nIf attention is paid to their protests on more and more questions, China's independence will be lost through Chinese heedlessness.\n\nThe trouble has come from the fact that the Wai-wu Pu is not bound, like other posts, to report to the Throne and quote precedents. It has assumed unlimited powers, and, with a Prince and Grand Councillors at its head, ignores all control, and, without knowing it, is a danger to the State. Could folly go further?\n\nTo recover from the consequences will take many years' struggles and constant supervision, which latter is beyond the Throne, the Council and the Ministers, and to be found only in an elected Parliament. This is the only means to safety.\n\nThe \"Eastern Times\" of the 25th March professes to give the gist of a secret report by the Chinese Delegates to The Hague Conference on the European position. He describes the Peace Conference as a covert struggle for each Power's private objects. England dislikes Germany, which, since its victory over France, has increased in military pride above not only England, but the whole world, and is now developing a navy. So Russia fell in with England's request, in order, it is said, to safeguard her Asiatic possessions after Japan's victory over Russia. So Russia and Japan nearly came to rupture over the naval question, who five years ago started the limitation of armaments proposal, now refused to sign such an Agreement. The Conference reminds him of Sung's abortive assembly of the States (in B.C. 545), when the Ch'u men wore armour under their clothes.\n\n797",
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        "content_text": "This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government] 0.\n\n24461\n\nAFFAIRS OF CHINA.\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\n[20524]\n\nNo. 1.\n\n[June 15.]\n\n7 JUL 08\n\nSECTION 4,\n\nSir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.--(Received June 15.)\n\n(No. 180.) Sir,\n\nPeking, April 27, 1908. WITH reference to your despatch No. 183 of the 4th instant, I have the honour to transmit to you herewith a Memorandum on the Kungyik Sunning Samkahoi Railway, which has been drawn up by the Acting Commercial Attaché.\n\nThe Viceroy spoke to me of this line during my recent visit to Canton as an example of what progressive Chinese could do on their own initiative in the way of railway construction. The inhabitants of the district had, he said, nearly all been to Singapore or the United States, and English was the language of these returned emigrants, who had constructed good roads, drove foreign carriages, and used American gold dollars as their currency.\n\nHis Excellency's idea seemed to be to create a deep-water port somewhere in the neighbourhood of Kuang Hai as an outlet for the railway, but not having visited the locality he was unable to speak with personal knowledge of the question.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed)\n\nJ. N. JORDAN.\n\nInclosure in No. 1.\n\nMemorandum by Mr. Hosie on the Kungyik-Sunning-Samkahoi Railway in the Kwangtung or Canton Province.\n\nA CHINESE Company was formed in 1905 for the construction of this railway from a place called Kungyik on the right bank of a tributary of the West River, and on the mainland to the west of Macao southwards to the sea. The Commissioner of Customs at Kongmoon, in his 1906 Trade Report for that port, says :--\n\n\"The Sunning Railway, referred to in the last Report, made great progress during 1906. The line from Kungyik, on the Sunchong Creek, running southwards to Sunning, was nearly completed by the end of the year; that is to say, rails had been laid for the greater part of the way. This section of the line is about 25 miles long. Good progress has been made with a continuation of the railway from Sunning southwards to a place on the coast called Samkahoi, some 30 miles from Sunning. It is reported that the Kungyik-Sunning section will be ready for opening in the summer of 1907. The line to Samkahoi will not be completed for some time, probably not until 1908. The main line from Suuning to Yeungkong--the railway is known as the Sunning-Yeungkong Company--has not yet been commenced. Originally the section now under construction from Sunning to Samkahoi was to have had its terminus at Kwanghoi; but Samkahoi, a place 3 miles to the east of Kwanghoi, was eventually decided on, as the approach to Kwanghoi is shallow and only small junks can discharge cargo there. It is expected that Samkahoi, with a little dredging, will prove a satisfactory harbour. Later, it is proposed to connect Kungyik with Fatshan and Canton. The Sunning Railway is interesting, as it is being built entirely by native workmen under native engineers. The rails already laid have been bought in Germany and Belgium; two of the locomotives are of German make. Many of the construction tools have been procured from the United States, and it is stated that rails and bridge\n\n[1819 p-4]",
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        "content_text": "also endeavour to keep the handling of them in their own hands, and this is evidently what Mr. Wright is complaining of.\n\nThe Japanese, as buyers of three-fourths of the output of the beans, are no doubt exerting, by monetary advances and forward contracts, a controlling influence over the bean brokers up-country. They can therefore more or less dictate whether the beans shall go to Newchwang or to Tairen. They thus induce most of the beans to go to Tairen. Perhaps the railway rebates, which apply to freights exceeding 100,000 yen per annum, induce the Japanese to try to carry all the beans under their own name. Once at Tairen, the beans go either to Japan or to South China in the proportions above mentioned. To judge from Mr. Wright's language, a steamer to Japan will be served first from the warehouses (which belong to the Railway Company), and the foreign steamers, wishing to get their beans for South China, must await the convenience of the Railway Company, or else employ Japanese to do the work for them, thus realizing Mr. Wright's apprehensions that the bean trade is being forced into Japanese hands. By harassing the Chinese buyers as well, the Japanese may induce them to ship in Japanese boats, of which several have recently gone to South China, or even try to get them in time to buy their beancake from Japanese firms at the ports of consumption.\n\nThis position is the result, not so much of an active policy to ruin Newchwang, but rather due to a number of negative situations owing to a want of Chinese initiative. Premising the fact that the bean trade and Newchwang are mutually dependent on each other, as about 72 per cent. of Newchwang's exports are bean products, a decline of the one will entail a decline of the other.\n\nThe negative situations are, briefly stated, firstly, the want of independence of the Chinese producers in so largely placing themselves in Japanese hands, a position perhaps induced by their dependency on a Japanese railway and the want of a competing line such as the proposed Fakumen extension would have supplied. The second difficulty is the absence of any attempt to improve the navigation of the Liao River, which at present is to a great extent too shallow, especially after a dry season, to allow fully-laden bean boats to come down from Tiebling in their thousands as they used to do formerly. Half-laden boats do not pay, and many are being broken up.\n\nThis Liao River improvement question, though much discussed, has too strong an opposition to materialize. The active opposition would come from the Japanese Railway, and the Chairman of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, who is supposed to be pro-Japanese, recently stated that the agitation for the Liao River improvement would come to nothing. The passive opposition would come from the Chinese Railway through official obstruction, for purely selfish reasons. The want of a strong central and independent policy, unhampered by petty mercenary self-interests, is particularly felt here, where improvements of this natural highway would do much to restore Chinese independence from Japanese hegemony.\n\nA third difficulty is the absence at either railway terminus of warehousing facilities with proper jetties and wharves. With the Japanese railway, it is natural that there should be no urgent desire to improve this defect. But, with its earnings, it should be the policy of the Chinese railway to improve its terminus, and adopt every means in its power to develop on modern lines a system of wharves, jetties, and warehouses, so as to be able to compete successfully for the bean trade.\n\nThe impression of Japan's supposed designs on Newchwang's premier position are to some extent due to a want of appreciation of the fact that, up to within the last two years, Newchwang had the monopoly of the export trade of the bean products of Manchuria. Tairen, under Russian régime, and during the war, did not compete. It is only natural, therefore, that, with Tairen now taking an active interest in the Manchurian export trade, the volume of the Newchwang exports should decline until Newchwang finds its level. And the time required to reach such level will depend on China's future commercial policy.\n\n* I have, &c. (Signed)\n\nR. T. TEBBITT.\n\nP.S.-A letter on the subject from B. and S.'s agent is inclosed herewith.\n\nR. T. T.\n\nInclosure 2 in No. 1.\n\nMr. Harley to Acting Consul Tebbitt.\n\nDear Tebbitt,\n\nNewchwang, May 25, 1908. I RETURN herewith the extract you left with me on the 22nd instant.\n\nIt is difficult to supply any concrete and specific complaint against the Japanese on the point you raise, they are so wily and \"gradual\" in their modus operandi; but their general aim appears to me to be to divert the major portion of Manchurian exports to Dalny by means of railway and wharf and storage facilities, and, once this is accomplished, they will by degrees force it into Japanese hands throughout, from place of production in the interior to place of consumption in Central and South China. This is my purely personal impression, and I do not here refer to exports to Japan, which have always been more or less in their hands for some time past.\n\nThey could so delay the loading of our steamers, for instance, and place so many difficulties in the way of those using them, as to disgust our Swatow constituents and other supporters and drive them to ship by Japanese steamers, and ultimately give up sending buying agents up here from the south to buy and ship for them, and let the Japanese do the whole thing. What object but one such as this can have induced the South Manchuria Railway to include in its projects the application of a sum of 10,000,000 yen for the \"capitalization of its marine transport service\"?\n\nI consider that 30 per cent, at least of cargo shipped to South China from Newchwang last year is now going viâ Dalny--it may quite possibly be 40 per cent.; and of Newchwang's total exports for 1907, China must have had the lion's share in value by a long way, as the 30 per cent, which has been deviated means a lot.\n\nYours truly, (Signed) W. F. HARLEY.\n\n(Confidential.)\n\nInclosure 3 in No. 1,\n\nMemorandum respecting Manchuria.\n\nMilitary Policy.\n\nTHE Japanese policy in Manchuria is guided by two distinct influences, one military and one civil, and this must be borne in mind in any endeavour to fathom that policy.\n\nThe military policy, the policy of the party in power in Japan, requires such steps to be taken in Manchuria as will strengthen Japan's strategic position vis-à-vis the Russians in the north, and therefore to prepare everything for the eventuality of another war.\n\nThe civil policy, on the other hand, is guided by an endeavour to either modify the military policy so as not to conflict with the various Treaty obligations entered into by Japan or else to assist it diplomatically by asking for Concessions or making Agreements-by a policy of bluff or of give-and-take.\n\nThe possibility of another war is always at hand. The proposed doubling of the Siberian track, the projected Amur Railway, together with the administrative claims of the Chinese Eastern Railway, all show that Russia's Far Eastern policy is not necessarily one of retrenchment.\n\nJapan, on the other hand, by the absorption of Korea, had extended her boundaries and thus made herself more vulnerable, and the question of their defence is vital to the nation. To strengthen her position, Japan must regard the South Manchuria Railway as primarily strategical, in the same way as the Russian lines are regarded by Russia. She has therefore to enlarge her holdings at the various stations en route for the purposes of military necessities. This policy is being carried out along the whole route, and the inherited areas are said to have increased by over 100 per cent. by purchase or encroachment.\n\nSuch parts of the railway Settlements as are not set aside by the army for barracks, warehouses, or drill grounds will be sublet to civilians for the purposes of encouraging Japanese emigration into Manchuria. As the settlers are not being attracted, further inducements, according to Baron Goto's speech, will be offered by the building of houses for them, and, if even this does not work, it has been decided to invite Chinese to settle there, subject to Japanese railway regulations.",
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        "content_text": "2\n\nof business in the Treaty ports of China is well exemplified in the present case, and I trust that it may be possible to issue to me special instructions authorizing the registration of these ships or, if necessary, to meet the requirements of the constantly-increasing numbers of British ship-owners in these ports by some special legislation.\n\nI have, &c.\n\nSir,\n\n(Signed) PELHAM L. WARREN,\n\nInclosure 2 in No. 1.\n\nConsul-General Hopkins to Consul-General Sir P. Warren.\n\nRegistrar.\n\nTien-tsin, May 8, 1909.\n\nI HAVE the honour to forward herewith copies of two letters which I have received from the Taku Tug and Lighter Company of this port, applying for the registration of the tugs \"Kaitai,\" \"Leetah,\" \"Leechuan,\" and \"Leeshin,\" and the lighters \"Swallow,\" \"Yungtung,\" \"Tungting,\" \"Yunghong,\" and \"Daisy.\"\n\nThe question of registration of these vessels, for which the Company hold no bills of sale or other regular documents of title, has already been the subject of considerable correspondence.\n\nIt has recently been raised again at the instance of the Board of Trade Surveyor, and as it appeared to me that such a state of affairs was extremely irregular, and should, if possible, be put a stop to, I advised the Company in their own interests to apply for the registration of these vessels.\n\nAs you will see from the letters I inclose, all these vessels were built for or purchased by the Company many years ago, and the documents referring to them have since been lost or destroyed during the trouble in 1900.\n\nIn support of this application, I inclose copy of a deed of trust executed in 1898, the fourth schedule of which contains the names of all the vessels in question.\n\nI am convinced that there can be no possible doubt that these vessels are all the property of the Company, who are not, in my opinion, to blame for the present state of affairs.\n\nUnder these circumstances, therefore, should you feel unable to grant the necessary certificates of registry, I have the honour to request that you will forward the application of the Company for the consideration of the proper authorities at home.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed) L. C. HOPKINS.\n\nSir,\n\n3\n\nInclosure 4 in No. 1.\n\nTaku Tug and Lighter Company to Consul-General Hopkins.\n\nTien-tsin, May 6, 1908.\n\nWITH reference to the inclosed documents appertaining to the lighter \"Daisy,\" I beg to inform you that this vessel was built at Taku by the Chinese Imperial Naval Yard on behalf of this Company in the year 1887, but regret to state that we have neither a builder's certificate nor bill of sale.\n\nThis vessel has been duly measured by the Board of Trade surveyor, and I shall be obliged by your forwarding the papers to the Registrar of Shipping at Shanghae, so that a register can be issued in course.\n\nSir,\n\nYours, &c.\n\n(Signed) WILLIAM T. L. WAY,\n\nSecretary.\n\nInclosure 5 in No. 1.\n\nConsul-General Hopkins to Consul-General Sir P. Warren.\n\nTien-tsin, May 8, 1908.\n\nI HAVE the honour to forward herewith copy of a letter which I have received from the Taku Tug and Lighter Company of this port applying for the registration of their tug \"Hsinho.\"\n\nThis vessel was purchased by the Company in 1902 from the British military authorities stationed at Tien-tsin after the Boxer troubles, who refused to execute a bill of sale in the ordinary way or to give any title except the agreement which I inclose.\n\nThe absence therefore of the proofs of ownership required by law cannot be ascribed to any fault on the part of the Company, and I shall be glad if you can see your way to granting this vessel a certificate of registry.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed) L. C. HOPKINS.\n\nInclosure 6 in No. 1.\n\nInclosure 3 in No. 1.\n\nTaku Tug and Lighter Company to Consul-General Hopkins,\n\nSir,\n\nTien-tsin, May 6, 1908.\n\nWITH reference to the registration of the tugs \"Kaitai,\" \"Leetah,\" \"Leechuan,\" and \"Leeshin,\" and the lighters \"Swallow,\" \"Yungtung,\" \"Tungting,\" and \"Yunghong,\" these vessels were purchased in the year 1884 from the now defunct firm of Russell and Co., who I understand were agents for the Chinese Government at that time, and, like a few other of the Company's fleet, neither bills of sale nor builders' measurements are in our possession.\n\nIt is now very many years ago since these vessels came into our possession, and any documents that were in our hands were destroyed during the Boxer rebellion in 1900.\n\nI beg to inclose a copy of a deed of trust executed in 1898, which specifically mentions all of our property, and although the debentures have since been paid off, yet it will be seen that the vessels not having any registers were then the property of this Company.\n\nYours, &c.\n\n(Signed) WILLIAM T. L. WAY,\n\nSecretary.\n\nSir,\n\nTaku Tug and Lighter Company to Consul-General Hopkins.\n\nTien-tsin, May 6, 1908.\n\nREGISTRATION of tug \"Hsinho.\" This vessel was purchased from the British Government as per agreement dated the 15th October, 1902, which I inclose for your or the Registrar's perusal, and shall be obliged by your returning same when finished with.\n\nI also inclose all the documents relating to this tug's measurement, &c., prepared by the Board of Trade Surveyor.\n\nSir,\n\nYours, &c.\n\n(Signed) WILLIAM T. L. WAY,\n\nSecretary.\n\nInclosure 7 in No. 1.\n\nConsul-General Hopkins to Consul-General Sir P. Warren.\n\nTien-tsin, May 8, 1908.\n\nI HAVE the honour to forward herewith copy of a letter which I have received from the Taku Tug and Lighter Company of this port, applying for the registration of their lighter \"Linsi,\" together with the necessary documents referring to this vessel.\n\nI shall be glad if you will grant her a certificate of registry.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed) L. C. HOPKINS.\n\n488",
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        "content_text": "4\n\n489\n\nSir,\n\nInclosure 8 in No. 1.\n\nTaku Tug and Lighter Company to Consul-General Hopkins.\n\nTien-tsin, May 6, 1908.\n\nI BEG to inclose builder's certificate, together with other necessary documents Linsi,\" and shall be obliged by your forwarding same for the registry of the lighter to the Registrar of Shipping at Shanghae, so that a register can be granted for this vessel.\n\nYours, &c.\n\n(Signed)\n\nWILLIAM T. L. WAY,\n\nSecretary.\n\nThistle Shamrock\n\nInclosure 9 in No. 1.\n\nExtract from Deed of Trust entered into by the Taku Tug and Lighter Company (Limited) on behalf of the Holders of Debentures issued 1898.\n\nTHIS Indenture, made the 1st day of November, 1904, between the Taku Tug and Lighter Company (Limited) (hereinafter called \"the Company\"), of the one part, and Augustus William Harvey Bellingham, engineer to the British Municipal Council at Tien-tsin, in the Empire of China, and Henry William Walker, of Tien-tsin aforesaid (hereinafter called \"the trustees\"), of the other part: Whereas the Company, on the 26th day of November, 1897, determined to raise money by the issue of debentures, in accordance with the form in that behalf set forth in the first schedule hereto annexed, and further to secure such debentures in manner hereinafter appearing, now these presents witness and declare as follows:-\n\n1, 2, and 3.\n\n4. The Company, as beneficial owner, doth hereby assign unto the present trustees all the goods and chattels, including the tug tow-boats and lighters not registered as British ships, and all personal property whatsoever that belonged to the Company on the 17th day of March, 1898, and any money that may have been or may hereafter be received in place of the same, or any part or parts thereof, to hold the same unto the present trustees.\n\n5. The Company, in consideration of the sum of 250,000 taels paid or to be paid by the said debenture holders, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, transfer sixty-four shares in each of the ships particularly described in the fourth schedule hereto, and in their boats and appurtenances, to the said trustees. Further, the said Company, for itself and successors, covenant with the said trustees and their assigns that the Company has power to transfer in manner aforesaid the premises hereinbefore expressed to be transferred, and that the same are free from incumbrances.\n\n6. &c.\n\nFOURTH SCHEDULE.\n\nTugs and Lighters.-Capital Account.\n\n  \n    Dol. C.\n    \n    Dol. c.\n  \n  \n    Kai-Tai\n    82,142 86\n    Chin-Lung\n    47,650 15\n  \n  \n    Gem\n    23,357 13\n    Fa-Tesi\n    25,747 33\n  \n  \n    Orphan\n    7,142 86\n    Fa-Fu\n    18,871 69\n  \n  \n    \n    23,571 45\n    Camel\n    10,000 00\n  \n  \n    \n    47,142 85\n    Yung-Hong\n    3,285 72\n  \n  \n    Lec-Tah\n    15,000 00\n    Yung-Lee\n    3,285 72\n  \n  \n    Herou\n    5,714 29\n    Swallow\n    21,818 06\n  \n  \n    E-Wo\n    9,880 01\n    Pao-Kong\n    12,228 98\n  \n  \n    Ily-Son\n    \n    Tung-Ting\n    18,571 43\n  \n  \n    Lee-Shin\n    8,671 43\n    Yung-Tung\n    14,285 71\n  \n  \n    Lee-Chuan\n    \n    Marden\n    5,714 29\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    22,928 57\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    Rose\n    22,142 85\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    G. Star\n    5,714 28\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    Daisy\n    24,314 29\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    Lotus\n    27,142 85\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    Tong-Shan\n    31,428 57\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    Lin-Si\n    81,428 57\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    Haklee\n    5,069 01\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    Solidor\n    5,000 00\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    31,237 73\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    Hei-Shan\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    Pei-Shan\n    30,990 39\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    Nan-Shan\n    31,285 45\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    Tien-Shan\n    31,424 48\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    Chia-Shan\n    36,292 41\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    Tientsin\n    86,292 41\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    35,294 40\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    35,983 27\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    42,245 45\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    Lanchow\n    42,890 24\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    Kai-Ping\n    46,144 23\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    Peh-Tang\n    46,153 93\n  \n  \n    Total\n    995,213 87\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Fawan Peiho\n    69,892 55\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Peking\n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Taku\n    33,285 71\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Lutai\n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Grand total\n    1,098,392 13\n    \n    \n  \n\nFIFTH SCHEDULE, &C.\n\n(Signed)\n\nR. K. DOUGLAS, W. A. MORLING,\n\nDirectors.\n\nPassed under the Common Seal of the within-named Taku Tug and Lighter Company, Limited, in the presence of-\n\n(Signed)\n\nWILLIAM S. L. WAY, Secretary,\n\nTaku Tug and Lighter Company, Limited.\n\n(Signed)\n\nSigned, sealed, and delivered by the within-named\n\nA. W. H. Bellingham in the presence of--\n\n(Signed)\n\nA. W. HARRY BELLINGHAM.\n\nK. MOUNSEY, Solicitor, Tientsin.\n\nSigned, sealed, and delivered by the within-named\n\nH. W. Walker in the presence of---\n\n(Signed)\n\nK. MOUNSEY.\n\n(Signed)\n\nH. W. WALKER.\n\n[1933 g-11]",
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        "content_text": "# Report on the Examination of the Coast for a Suitable Port\n\nI went to Shanghae and saw the Coast Inspector, Captain Tyler, and procured from him a rough chart of the place and other information regarding it.\n\nOn the 13th August, I proceeded to Hulutao, which is situated some 25 or 30 li by cart road south of Lienshan Station, on the Imperial Chinese Railway. It is a promontory running out into the sea, in a direction, roughly speaking, at right angles to the coast-line from east to west, its western extremity joining the mainland, and its eastern end projecting nearly 6 further out into the sea. It is covered with numerous rounded hills, the highest being 400 feet in height. On the northern side, the water is very shallow, and on the south, it is deep, with a uniform mud bottom.\n\nI made a close examination and survey of the bay, checking the soundings which had been made previously, noting the tides, &c., so as to be able to judge of its suitability. I remained there for nine days, and during that time, there was high wind and a rough sea from the south and south-west, which interrupted our operations, but gave good illustration of the place under unfavourable conditions in summer. This experience was valuable as showing the direction it would be necessary to give to a break-water in order to give complete shelter in summer.\n\nI made many inquiries of the people living there and others acquainted with the place in winter in order to get what information I could regarding the extent to which it may be considered ice-free. They all agree that, although extremely cold, the ice does not form over all the bay on the south side till late in the season, and then for about ten days only. Also, that even then there is always open water with drift ice beyond the promontory, and this open water appears to be about 4 li wide, and to extend all along the coast to the south-west from one projecting part of the coast-line to another, which should make navigation practicable. Some of my informants were of the opinion that access to the bay might sometimes be difficult, if not impossible, for about a month in the season, but they were not all agreed that it would be for so long a time. They maintain that the ice when it does form will not bear a man's weight, so that it is unsafe to walk upon. The tidal current seems to run very strong in that place, and there is a rise of tide of 10 feet, which may account for the ice being broken up, or not getting time enough to form properly.\n\nFrom Hulutao, I proceeded down the coast first of all to Hunter's Point or Wang Hai Szu, which seemed also a likely place, but on examination proved to be unsuitable on account of rock and stones on the north-east side and shallow on the south-west, which is said to be constantly frozen.\n\nI went to Ning Yuen Chou and inspected the coast in that vicinity, more especially a place called Wa Sze Tao or Tung Yao Chan, which is only about 18 li from the railway line. Here we took soundings out to a distance of 2,000 feet from the shore in an east and west direction and also from north to south, but found the water too shallow, and from its position, the place seems liable to be frozen up in winter, except where fully exposed to the winds beyond the coast-line and outside the shelter of the hills. That this is the case is also confirmed by statements of villagers living there.\n\nI then went to Chu Hua Tao, on the south-east coast of which is a place which might have served excellently well if our object had been the selection of a small naval port instead of a commercial one. The island is 3 miles long from north-east to south-west; it has numerous hills, some of which are about 800 feet high, and is situated about 6 miles from the mainland, the intervening water being extremely shallow. It seemed that it might be practicable to make a road from the mainland to the island, but it is subject to very rough seas sometimes at high water, which would make such a road a very expensive undertaking in itself. On the island, which is very fertile, are some excellent quarries of granite, where stone has been procured for bridges on the Imperial railways. The water is 40 to 50 feet deep in a sheltered bay on the south-west corner, where the tidal current keeps it free of ice, but its distance from the mainland makes it impracticable as a commercial port. But this fact and the ease with which it could be fortified, its great depth of water, sheltered situation, and other advantages make it worthy of note as a possible naval port for the north. It is situated about 40 miles north of Chin Wang Tao and 20 miles south of Hulutao. If not entirely ice-free, it would have advantages over such a place as the Russian Vladivostock.\n\nAfter leaving Chu Hua Tao, I went to Shan Hai Kuan, but apart from the disadvantage of its nearness to Chinwangtao, I found no suitable place in that locality. It has shallow water and little shelter, so that its bays are constantly frozen out to the coast-line, and it has very little rise of tide to break up the ice.\n\nI finally went to Tien Chiao Chang to judge of the conditions at Chinchow Bay, but found it an impracticable place as a winter port, and only useful for junks in the open season. The water is so shallow that the largest junks have to anchor at a distance of 20 li from the shore: any attempt, therefore, to improve the place by dredging or otherwise would involve prohibitive expenditure. The water is frozen there to the bottom in winter, and Kaochiao is even in a worse condition.\n\nThe result of my examination of the coast has been, therefore, to show decisively that Hulutao is the most suitable, if not the only fit place for a port between Newchwang and Shanhaikuan, and it is fortunately an exceedingly good one, both from its natural conditions and its situation as regards the trade of a large part of Manchuria.\n\nConsidering it first as a winter port, there is not sufficiently accurate knowledge of the winter condition of the Gulf of Liaotung to enable one to judge with any certainty of the period during which it is open to navigation.\n\nWe know that the Liao River is frozen up from about the 24th November to the middle of March, but the fresh water of the river freezes at a temperature much higher than sea water, and before it reaches Newchwang, the waters of the Liao have been cooled to the freezing point by passing through an immense distance of frozen country.\n\nFrom the thermometer records kept at the Harbour-master's office at Newchwang, it appears that through the night, the temperatures are below the freezing point of sea water for two months, from about the end of December till the middle of January, yet the day temperatures are generally so very much higher as to make it probable that the warmth of the days counteracts in a great measure the effect of the cold nights.\n\nConsidering also that the currents and high rise of tide will in themselves break up the ice formed at night time, and that Hulutao, from the configuration of the hills behind it, is fully exposed to the off-shore winds from the north-west, which are frequent at that season, it is easily seen how the ice may be blown to sea and out of the bay, once its connection with the shore is broken. There is no record of ships encountering ice in the gulf when coming to Newchwang after the river is open to navigation.\n\nI am inclined to think, therefore, that the difficulties regarding the ice will not be found so serious as is generally supposed, and that it is highly probable that Hulutao will only be closed to navigation during the coldest months in the year, say, from the middle of January till the middle of February. This can only be satisfactorily proved by making the practical demonstration by means of a well-found steamer, which should be chartered to proceed to Hulutao, say, four times in the winter, the middle of the months of December, January, February, and March. A competent person should be stationed there, also throughout the coming winter, to keep a record of the winds and temperatures and of the tides, and the state of the ice in the bay. By this means, most valuable information will be obtained as to the conditions of the place in view of its suitability for a winter port.\n\nI think, from a long experience gained at Chinwangtao, that we should be quite safe in considering the advantages of Hulutao, on the assumption of its being closed to navigation for about a month.\n\nAs a port for Manchuria in the open season, the advantages of its site are incontestable.\n\nComparing it with other trade routes, it is 60 miles nearer to Mukden than Dalny, and it would have also this advantage - being the gateway port of Manchuria, it would be purely under Chinese control instead of under the Japanese, as is the case of Dalny.\n\nIt is 100 miles nearer Mukden than Chinwangtao.\n\nIts distance from Hsinmintun is 50 miles.\n\nIt is in a district within reach of some of the best coal mines in North China, which are worked at present at Pei-piao and Yichow, but only need to be developed by modern methods and joined by railway in order to secure the coal market of Shanghae, the quality being far superior to anything offered there at present. This alone would make a very important trade for the port.\n\nThese advantages in themselves would secure the success of the port and bring traffic to the Imperial railways and Hulutao, which now goes to Dalny and the South Manchurian Railway.\n\nPage 675",
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        "content_text": "The expenditure on the Volunteers, which is entirely borne by the Colony, was $45,554 compared with $45,253 in 1907.\n\nXII-GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.\n\nThe assessment made in July, 1907, for the year 1907-1908 was adopted for the 1908-1909, the difference in rateable value being the result of interim-assessments and appeals. The rateable value of the whole Colony increased by 0.93%. In the City of Victoria, the Hill District, Shaukiwan, the Hongkong Villages, Mongkoktsui and the Kowloon Villages there was an increase ranging from 0.84% to 2.92%. In Kowloon Point and Yanmati there was a decrease of 1.21% and 1.45% respectively. New Kowloon shewed an increase of 7.7%. Notices of appeal were given against the assessments of 249 tenements with an aggregate rateable value of $152,180. The Court ordered reductions amounting to $36,195.\n\nThroughout the year negotiations were in progress between this Government and the Chinese Authorities both at Canton and at Peking on the subject of the loss and inconvenience caused by the depreciation of the Colony's subsidiary currency owing to the over-issue of small coins by the Mint in Canton, which circulate freely in the Colony at a heavy discount and cause the legal (subsidiary) currency to fall to a nearly corresponding discount. This Government adopted the expedient of withdrawing from circulation $780,000 of subsidiary silver coin and $30,000 of bronze coin. These coins were shipped to London where they were melted down and sold as bullion for £60,501 1s. 4d. and £1,190 1s. 0d. respectively. Up to the close of the year the negotiations with the Chinese Government had not produced any satisfactory result. The average annual loss to Revenue from this source as calculated for the last 3 years has been $184,204, including the loss by demonetization of unissued stocks. The average loss on the same period, which would have been incurred by payment of discount instead of demonetization, was $26,777.\n\nThe rate of exchange fell from over 2/- to the dollar at the end of 1907 to an average throughout the year of 1/9.6. This involved considerable loss to Government and disorganised the budget which had been calculated on a basis of 2/- for salaries and 2/1 for other items.\n\nPiracy in the Canton Delta was much less rife than it has been during recent years. Mr. R. Mansfield, Consul General at Canton, handed over charge of the Consulate to Mr. H. H. Fox on the 1st June.\n\nFor some years past the disgraceful custom of abandoning corpses in the streets, in waste places, or in the Harbour had been rife, and all efforts to put a stop to the practice had proved ineffective. During the year an attempt was made to enlist the co-operation of the leading Chinese in the suppression of this revolting custom. Suspicions that the practice was in part the result of infanticide have been disproved. It is due to fear of disinfection for disease. The decision that infant corpses could be brought to the dispensaries, and no questions would be asked, and $1 reward given, was the first effective step. In February, 1908, there was a meeting at the Tung Wa, and representatives of the Chinese Community were addressed at Government House. Street Committees were appointed, and the work was entrusted to the Directors of the Tung Wa Hospital, who found funds, and took over the dispensaries. A dispensary committee was formed and met at the Tung Wa. The actual work was however done by the residents and Vice Presidents of three Sub-Committees with the help of the district watch. Three leaders were appointed, and every house supplied with handbills. Each case was fully investigated. Detectives were employed, photographs (except in the case of children) taken of the corpse, and rewards offered for identification. Government midwives informed the people of the decision that $1 reward would be given for every infant corpse brought to the dispensaries and that no questions would be asked. To obviate post-mortem examinations, entiates of the Hongkong College of Medicine were allowed to issue death certificates in cases they had attended, and the dispensary doctors sent corpses to the medical officers of the Tung Wa Hospital, who after enquiry reported cause of death. Post-mortem examinations were, however, held on all unidentified corpses. Members of the Street Committees visited houses and explained the policy of the Government to the Chinese. In 1907 the total number of corpses abandoned was 938. In 1908 the total was (in spite of plague) only 64, the decrease being continuous. Adult corpses, which have formerly been 50 per cent. of the total number, practically ceased to be abandoned. The number of male and female bodies abandoned was about equal.\n\nMr. H. N. Mody generously offered to present the Colony with the buildings necessary to start a University. His original offer was to give a sum of $150,000 for this purpose and a further sum of $30,000 towards endowment. Plans of the necessary buildings were prepared and, as the Director of Public Works estimated that the buildings proposed would not cost less than $290,000, Mr. Mody undertook to provide them in accordance with the plans which he had approved, no matter what the cost might be, stipulating however that he should use on the buildings the $30,000 originally given for endowment, if it should be required. It is intended that the proposed Hongkong University shall have at the outset two faculties, viz., Medicine and Engineering, and that the existing College of Medicine, the Technical Institute, and the local branch of the Sanitary Institute shall be incorporated in it. It is hoped that an Arts Course may be added. A Committee has been formed, with myself as Chairman, to promote the undertaking.\n\nOn the 6th May, a telegram was received from Your Lordship to the effect that His Majesty's Government had decided \"that steps must be taken to close opium dens in Hongkong, as they recognise it is essential in dealing with the opium question in Hongkong we must act up to the standard set by the Chinese Government\". As the result of this telegram the opium question was debated in the Legislative Council on several occasions during the year, and careful investigations were made by the Government. It had not, however, been decided by the end of the year what steps should be taken in the matter, as the result of the International Opium Commission to be held in Shanghai was awaited.\n\nIn the month of June there were very serious floods in the valleys of the West and North Rivers, causing distress and famine in many districts of the Kwangtung and Kuangsi provinces: and on the 2nd of July the Legislative Council unanimously adopted a resolution conveying the deep sympathy of the Colony to the Governor General of the provinces concerned, and authorizing the payment of a sum of $30,000 from the General Revenue as a donation for the relief of the sufferers. A cheque for that amount was handed to the Governor General by H. B. M.'s Acting Consul General at Canton on the 15th July, and transmitted by His Excellency to the Charitable Guilds to whom the distribution of organized relief was entrusted. In addition to this donation, there was collected by the Tung Wa Hospital the sums of $91,528 locally and $371,069 from abroad: while a Chinese bazaar held in the Colony in aid of the Flood Relief Fund realized $81,690. The bazaar was interesting as being the first of the kind organized and managed entirely by the Chinese community: Chinese ladies took charge of the stalls and both Chinese and European firms sent large quantities of goods, free of charge, to the bazaar committee for sale.\n\nA sum of $1,000 was subscribed by the Colonists of Saigon for the relief of the distress caused by the severe typhoon of the 18th September, 1906, and it had originally been the intention of Sir M. Nathan to appropriate this sum for the erection of a memorial to the French Sailors of the French Destroyer Fronde who lost their lives in this harbour during that typhoon. As, however, the Committee of the Typhoon Relief Fund unanimously decided that it was not within their power to make any grant from the funds for this purpose nor to appropriate thereto the sum of $1,000 received from Saigon, that money having gone into the general fund, a special subscription of $2,550 was raised to defray the cost of erecting an obelisk in Gascoigne Road, Kowloon, as a memorial to the French sailors in question. The ceremony of unveiling the memorial took place on the 14th of June and Mlle. Morel, daughter of the Lieut.-Governor of Tongking, unveiled the obelisk.\n\nThe proposal to construct a new Typhoon Refuge at Mongkoktsui, which had originally been made in 1904, and which, since the Typhoon of the 18th September, 1906, had been before the Typhoon Relief Committee, was favourably reported on by the Public Works Committee of the Legislative Council, who further recommended that pending its construction the accommodation in the Causeway Bay shelter should be increased by deepening the area therein which dries at low water. It was estimated that the latter work would cost $70,000 and that a breakwater at Mongkoktsui to enclose 166 acres of sheltered water would cost $1,540,000. The matter was discussed in Legislative Council on the 6th August, and, with a view to financing the works, a resolution was passed by the Council on that day increasing the dues (a) for all river steamers entering the waters of the Colony to 5/6ths of a cent per ton register; and (b) for all other ships entering the waters of the Colony (excepting British and Foreign Ships of War) to 2 cents per ton register. It is hoped by this means to defray half the cost of the Mongkoktsui Breakwater, the other half being paid out of the Reserve Funds of the Colony and in the colonial estimates for 1909 passed by the Legislature on the 15th October a sum of $200,000 is provided for the Mongkoktsui typhoon shelter and a sum of $20,000 for deepening the shallow area of Causeway Bay to one foot below Ordnance Datum.\n\nIn the meantime, on the night of the 27th to 28th July, the Colony was struck by another disastrous typhoon in which 26 privately owned buildings collapsed with a loss of ...\n\n487",
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        "content_text": "# Enclosure 1\nTo the Honourable **The Colonial Secretary**.\n\nChief Resident Engineer's office, Kowloon, dated 30th November 1909.\n\nI am in receipt of your letter No. `7592` and have the honour to ask you to thank His Excellency for referring to the Consulting Engineers the question of granting me an allowance in lieu of the leave I earned on the works.\n\nI would however point out that the cost to the Government of Hongkong due to the cracking of the Bridges is not what they will cost for reconstruction but the cost as fault to my original design which is comparatively small as for the sake of economy I risked shallow instead of deep foundations.\n\nI have etc.,\n(Sd.) Graves V. Eves.",
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        "content_text": "## 2\n\nThe north and west of the province, extending to Southern Chih-li. A missionary at **Lin-ch'ing Chou** told me that the first crop of wheat in those parts was very poor, as also the pea-nuts and fruit, on which the people largely depend for cash, and the cotton, which employs so many people for spinning in the winter.\n\nAn agent of the Anglo-American Tobacco Company told me that the people were so poor that they were knocking off all superfluous luxuries, and could not afford to buy cigarettes. This Company deserves to succeed owing to the energetic way in which it is boomed. There is hardly a town of any importance that I pass through in any part of China which is not profusely placarded with posters proclaiming the perfections of the \"Peacock\" or \"Pirate\" brand of cigarettes.\n\nAt Lai-chou Fu, thousands of coolies were engaged in digging a gigantic hole in search for some talisman which would cause rain.\n\n### 5. Railways\n\nThe route for the proposed railway from Chefoo to Wei Hsien has been surveyed. The capital is to be all Chinese. It has been found that the cost will be 10,000,000 dollars, instead of 4,000,000 dollars, as at first calculated.\n\nAs only 2,000,000 dollars can be raised, it has been decided only to make the line at present from Chefoo to Huang Hsien.\n\nOn the Shan-tung Railway, I was struck by the excellence of the arrangements; German officials were very little in evidence, and nearly all the local arrangements were made by Chinese, who struck me as being exceedingly civil and a great contrast to the Chinese employés on the Ching-han and Shan-hsi Railways.\n\n### 6. Missionaries\n\nThe Franciscans divide the northern part of Shan-tung, the French portion taking the eastern section and the Dutch portion the western section. The English Baptists and American Presbyterians are also chiefly in evidence in these parts, and have combined to form a university for Chinese, with the Arts and Science College at Wei Hsien for 240 pupils, and a theological college at Ch'ing-chou Fu, in which 140 Chinese students are going through a seven years' course, preparatory to working in the Mission. The Medical College in Chi-nan Fu has not yet been started.\n\n### 7. Anti-dynastic Societies\n\nA missionary said that they were increasing in the cities, whilst among the soldiers of the 5th Division at Chi-nan Fu, there is reported to be a strong following.\n\n### 8. The Grand Canal from the South to the Yellow River\n\nThe watershed crosses the Grand Canal at Lung-wang-miao, 54 miles (180 li) south of Tung-a Hsien and the Yellow River, whilst at An-shan, 21 miles (70 li) to the south, the canal, which used to flow northerly, is now blocked, and boats instead descend the Ching Ho, till the Yellow River is reached 14 miles south-west of Chiang-chia-kou, the ferry across the Yellow River, 2 miles to the west of Tung-a Hsien. From Chiang-chia-kou, an embankment runs westwards near or alongside the north bank of the Yellow River to T'ao-ch'eng-p'u, a distance of 12 miles. It is about 12 feet above the level of the plain and 16 feet to 25 feet wide. The hills end on the south bank of the Yellow River, and, except for two solitary hillocks just north of the river, I did not see any approach to a hill again till I sighted the western hills near Peking. This great plain, as far as I could see, was everywhere one gigantic field covered with crops (kao-liang, millet, maize, beans, and cotton), and thickly studded with villages, which get more scattered going north.\n\n### 9. The Grand Canal from the Yellow River to Lin-ch'ing Chou\n\nFormerly the tribute grain boats used to come up it, but they have not used it since the Boxer trouble in 1900. This section of the Grand Canal is closed by earth dams, the one on the Yellow River being a mile to the east of Tao-ch'eng-p'u. Formerly this used to be cut and the water from the Yellow River used to fill the canal bed. At the present time, the canal bed is quite dry from the dam to Tung-ch'ang Fu, a distance of about 28 miles, and the thrifty population have hastened to cultivate both the banks and bed. In this part of the country, there are countless side roads, evidently used by farm carts. Tung-ch'ang Fu is a fairly large city, and the most symmetrical I have seen in China; in fact, it is nearly a perfect square. There is a good deal of waste inside the walls, and the chief business is in the east suburb. The prefecture shares with that of Ts'ao-chou further south the reputation of being one of the worst brigand centres in China. Fortunately, however, the two principal brigands, who had a provincial reputation, were captured in the last two years, and since then the country has been more peaceful. The priest at Tung-ch'ang Fu told me that there had been a slight revival of Boxerism at Kao-tang Chou to the north-east, but it quieted down when the rains came. The canal was repaired in 1906 between Tung-chang Fu and Lin-ching Chou, a distance of about 40 miles, and is now used by small boats. It was 3 or more feet deep, with muddy water.\n\n## 3\n\nThe canal makes a bend to the south just below Lin-ch'ing Chou, and there is another earth dam across about 2 miles to the south of the city. On my arrival, I found this dam had been cut to let in some water from the Wei River, but it was closed again before I left on the following day. The resident missionaries stated they had never before heard of the dam being cut. The chief object of the dam in the old days, apparently, was that it afforded a chance of \"squeeze,\" as when the tribute boats, &c., arrived, they had to be unloaded on one side and reloaded on the other, whilst the boat was dragged over. The reason the officials gave for not opening the dam was that the Wei River was infested by a dragon, who would tear up the banks of the Grand Canal if he once got into it. About half a mile below the dam, the canal passes through a lock bridge and joins the Wei River.\n\nThe missionaries stated that formerly the inhabitants of Lin-ch'ing Chou were very anti-foreign, but that the feeling has now quite died out. The post from Chi-nan Fu to Peking takes three and a-half days, going by courier viâ Lin-ch'ing Chou to Shun-te Fu, where the railway is reached.\n\nFrom Chi-nan Fu to Lin-ch'ing Chou, I was treated with an excess of kindness by all the officials, and escorts accompanied me all the way. One cavalry soldier, overcome by the liberality of my gratuities, announced his intention of joining my service as groom, till I reminded him that the Chinese punishment for desertion was the cutting off of one or more ears.\n\n### 10. The Grand Canal from Lin-ch'ing Chou to Tien-tsin\n\nThis section is, of course, really the Wei (or Yä) River. At the time of my visit in August, it was exceptionally high, water very muddy, very strong current and 50 to 60 yards wide. The banks are in places eaten away, and a missionary said that nothing is being done to keep them in repair, and there is great danger of the river one day bursting its banks and carrying destruction over a great low-lying region.\n\nI made the distance between Lin-ching Chou and Tien-tsin (259 miles), and I took 70 hours of actual travelling by boat, averaging 3.7 miles an hour. Up to Te Chou, it is exceedingly winding, and the land route is much quicker.\n\n| Location        | Distance from Lin-ch'ing Chou | Description                                                                 |\n|-----------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| Ssu-nü-ssů      | 72 miles                      | Can drain the river                                                        |\n| Chu-tien        | 1672 miles                    | Can drain the river                                                        |\n| Ising-chi-chên  | 1883 miles                    | Can drain the river                                                        |\n| Ma-ch'ang       | 2062 miles                    | Can drain the river via Hsiao-chan Canal                                   |\n\nThe river can be drained by four canals. The river may be divided into two sections, namely, from Lin-ching Chou to the Hsiao-chan Canal. In this section, it is usually 50 to 60 yards wide, and I rarely found it less than 10 feet deep, often over 15 feet. There are only reported to be two shallow places in this section, both above Tê Chou. At the second one, I found it was 9 feet deep.\n\nThe second section is from the Hsiao-chan Canal to Tien-tsin, the canal being from 30 to 40 yards wide, sometimes less. This part is shallower, and I usually found it from 9 to 11 feet deep. The country is low-lying, and villages and towns are usually actually on the river banks or else at a distance away.\n\nThere is a vast amount of traffic on the river; the boats are mostly pulled up by gangs of from four to thirteen men, who for a miserable pittance work like slaves, and appear always to be contented. With the exception of one or two Government boats, there are no steam launches on the river. Ferries are numerous, but there is not a single bridge till Tien-tsin is reached.\n\nAll along the banks, countless numbers of villagers were employed in throwing up water from the river into a hollowed-out basin, from which it was again thrown up on to the level of the fields. Comparatively few, who were in more affluent circumstances, were able to do the work with a donkey and a wheel.\n\n(Signed) G. PEREIRA, Lieutenant-Colonel,  \nGrenadier Guards, Military Attaché.  \nPeking, September 17, 1908.\n\n## 34",
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        "content_text": "## VII.\n\n118\n\nIt so happened that the \"Klang Ta\" and \"Kiang Chi\" as well as the one completed by the Chinese shipbuilding yard have undergone their trials and given great satisfaction. They have already arrived in Canton and will shortly be commissioned.\n\nThe original specification provided for a draught of only about three and a half feet, but the requirements in the way of cabin space and fitting subsequently put forward by the Naval authorities, as well as the heavy armament, have resulted in a draught of six feet, and it is feared that the patrol vessels will after all be useless for their real purpose, namely fast work in shallow creeks.\n\nHer armament will consist of a Krupp gun forward and 4 Maxims, one aft, one on either side of the bridge and one on the fighting top. She is equipped with searchlight apparatus and wireless telegraphy.\n\nThe dimensions are: length, 110 feet; beam, 10 feet; depth, 7.6 feet; speed, 14 miles.\n\nBy an error in the specifications the vessels will only run fourteen miles and not fourteen knots as intended.\n\nPage 120\nPage 121",
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        "content_text": "# 156 \n\n## 1 \n\n### 4 \n\nStartling reports seem to have left the people at large comparatively indifferent; nowhere in the interior do they appear to have been stirred up to any very high pitch of feeling.\n\nHowever, not content with appealing to the people, the Society for the Protection of the Mines approached the Governor himself. The latter was requested to call upon Germany officially to renounce all her mining rights in Shantung, and he was expected, if necessary, actively to support the anti-German boycott. But the agitators were destined to suffer a severe disappointment. Whatever the actual sentiments of the Governor may have been towards the Germans and the German position in Shantung, he lost no time in making it quite clear that he did not propose to be made the tool of any sect or party, and that he intended to retain the control of affairs in his own hands, and to take whatever action seemed best to him, without yielding to popular clamour. Whatever his own private views on the Treaty relations subsisting between Germany and China, he afforded ample evidence of his determination to give no handle for a complaint, and to preserve a correct, if not necessarily a sympathetic, attitude towards the Germans.\n\nIn a Report to Peking some time ago the Governor dealt at length with the agitation for the preservation of the mining rights along the Tien-tsin-Pak'ou line; subsequently, however, he stated the leaders of the movement had gone further, and now clamoured for the cancellation of the Agreement of the 22nd August, 1907, confirming the grant of mining rights to a German Company in I-choufu, I-shuihsien, Chuchenghsien, Peita, and the Chefoo district (the five zones), and extending the time allowed for prospecting from ten months to two years. He went on to say that the movement was led and organized entirely by passed students, who claimed that the mining question was purely a commercial one, and that the negotiations should therefore have been left in the hands of the merchants. They also criticized the details of the Agreement under which Concessions for seven mines, of an area of 30 square li each, had been granted in the five zones. Others claimed (as in the leaflet annexed to this despatch) that the people of Shantung had not been consulted beforehand, and that the Agreement was consequently null and void. The Governor in his Report pointed out that the Concessions granted to the Germans were perfectly in order; that the Agreement had been signed a year before the new Mining Law of 1907 came into force, and that it had received the Imperial sanction; that the period allowed for prospecting had not expired; and that, consequently, there was no pretext whatever for cancelling the Concessions. He went on to say that, as China did not as yet possess a Constitution, the assent of the people was not necessary to the Agreement, and added that he had originally looked upon the Society for the Protection of the Mines as a harmless institution, but that recently the leaders, in a Memorial presented to him, had threatened, without any circumlocution, that, unless the Concessions were cancelled, they would protect their rights by hindering the working of the mines and by boycotting all German goods, and that if these measures proved futile there would undoubtedly be disturbances among the people sooner or later. Continuing, the Governor asked why these patriots did not oppose the signing of the Agreement while there was yet time, instead of demanding its cancellation now that it was too late; he apprehended mischief as a result of the agitation, and declared that the ringleaders must be proceeded against at once in order to avoid a conflict with foreigners which could only be productive of harm. He concluded by saying that any teachers or students who started such Societies, or even joined them, were acting in defiance of the law, and would be punished with the utmost severity. He therefore declared the Society for the Protection of Mines to be an illegal one, and ordered it to be dissolved.\n\nThe Germans, while fully aware that the Governor's action was dictated by policy alone, are also conscious how much they owe to him in the matter. At a feast given in Governor Yüan's honour at Tsingtau on the 21st October, Governor Truppel, in proposing his health, thanked him for the resolute manner in which he had dealt with the unlawful agitation for the cancellation of the German Mining Concessions in Shantung, to which Governor Yüan replied that, in acting thus, he had merely done his duty.\n\nIn spite, however, of the determined attitude of the Governor, the anti-German movement has by no means been definitely suppressed; at the present moment it is being carried on as actively as ever, this being possibly due, in part at least, to the Governor's temporary absence from Chinan. Whether the existing ill-feeling engendered by the oppressive taxation at Tsingtau, combined with the agitation against the German Mining Concessions, will subside in the near future is very doubtful, and it is quite within the bounds of possibility that the threatened boycott against the Germans throughout the Province of Shantung will eventually come to a head.\n\nI have, &c.  \n(Signed)  \n**BERTRAM GILES**\n\n## Inclosure 2 in No. 1.\n\n### Anti-German Leaflet circulated in Chinan.\n\n#### Letter from the Work-people of Shantung, expressing their views on the struggle for the Mines. (Translation.)\n\nALAS! the life and death of our country of Shantung has now become a burning question. Here, in Tsingtau, we are not even allowed to work for other people in peace, and we have a few words to say to our elders and brethren which will cut them to the heart. We have recently heard that German merchants are about to ask permission to open mines in five zones in our country of Shantung; all of you have, doubtless, already heard of this. Since you have heard of it, it behoves all of you with one heart to rise up and struggle with them. Why do you stand there looking around you, refusing to come forth and act? We suppose it is because you do not fully realize the danger which threatens you. So now we will explain to all of you the horrors which we have undergone.\n\nFor instance, this place, Tsingtau, was originally a piece of our own country of Shantung. But ten years ago a German missionary was killed, for which in other countries only a certain amount of money compensation is paid, and that finishes the matter. Our Government, being ignorant of the rules governing foreign relations, cut off Tsingtau and handed it over. Nowadays all the land, all the property, and all the lives of the people are in the hands of the Germans. There is a tax on dwelling-houses, there is a tax on fishing, there is a tax on agriculture, there is even a tax on funerals; in very truth there is neither ground for the living to stand on nor ground for the dead to be buried in. These things we in our own persons have suffered; our own eyes have seen.\n\nAt that time a Tsingtau-Chinan Railway Agreement was also made, wherein it was laid down that for thirty li on either side of the line no Chinese were to be allowed to work mines. Thereby were the sources of wealth of our own country of Shantung in a large measure torn from us and pocketed by them. But it is clear that this does not satisfy their covetousness, and they are preparing to swallow our country of Shantung at one mouthful.\n\nThey further caused their merchants to discuss and make an Agreement with a few of our officials behind our backs. Now, this Five Mines Agreement is not an Agreement for working mines at all; it is clearly a bond for the destruction of Shantung. If you do not believe this, just note that wherever mines are started by foreigners a railway is constructed thither; when the railway is constructed thither, soldiers are then sent thither; once the soldiers have come, our people are then merely food for their powder, meat under their knives, mud beneath their horses' hoofs. This is called conquest by mines followed up by a railway, and the annihilation of a race through the agency of mines. At present, whenever any country starts out to conquer another country and to annihilate another race, this is always the method adopted, and it is called the scheme of the control of railways and mines.\n\nAnd now, elders and brethren, what we say is: awake without delay! If the five mines can be preserved, then our country of Shantung can also be preserved; if the five mines are lost, then our Shantung people will one and all be destroyed. If Shantung is preserved, Tsingtau may also be recovered in the future; but if we cannot preserve Shantung, what is the use of talking about Tsingtau? And then, not only are we at the present moment the dogs and the horses and the slaves of other people, but our sons and our grandsons, down to the remotest generations, will all of them also be the dogs and the horses and the slaves of other people.\n\nBesides, as regards the Agreement concerning the five mines, it is only their merchants who have made it with a few of our officials; among our Shantung people there is not one man who knows about it; there is not one single man who acknowledges it; it is a thing of no account. If you people of Shantung will come forward as one man and struggle with them, then later on you will be able to tear up that Agreement of theirs. But if you do not rise up now to struggle with them, they will think that our Shantung people have already ... you must not fight with them or raise a disturbance against them.",
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        "content_text": "## Extract from the Seventy Two Guilds/Press \n30 JAN 09 \n\n\"Re certain case in which a passenger was killed by a foreigner.\n\nDoc Bah. 1od. 3250 th \n\n\"Public anger has been aroused throughout the whole province of Sambuing (or Sanbung or Xianggang - more context needed but likely referring to Guangdong or a part of it, possibly a historical name). Yesterday a relation of the deceased, named Ho Yu ham (or He Yuhan), called personally at the Self Government Association and presented a written statement as follows:- \n\n\"This statement of complaint is presented by Ho Yu ham concerning the shocking way in which the deceased was kicked to death. The British Consul protected the prisoner and shut out the means of redress for the grievance. \n\nYour humble petitioner is a brother of the deceased, Yu Tiu (or You Tiao), who was wickedly kicked to death by a foreigner on 'Putshen' (or possibly 'Puchen', date or place not clear). This complaint has already been laid before your honourable association to obtain redress.\n\n\"I have heard that the British Consul intentionally shifted the responsibility on to others. I fear that there will be no redress and that I will have to swallow the grievance. I believe that I was not influential enough to obtain \n\n... \n\nC.0. 3431 234 \nlation. enclosure No. 9 in Yr. Fox's despatch No. 71 of December 9th, 1900.",
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        "content_text": "## (b.) Shuang Tai Tzu\nAt Shuang Tai Tzu the canal to the Shuang Tai Tzu River, originally dug as a convenient short cut some eighteen years ago, has enlarged itself to such an extent that 55 per cent. of the Liao River flows through it to the sea, a proportion which will, if unattended, increase and soon leave the Liao proper dry. Mr. Hughes suggests four schemes:—\n\n1. To close the outlet completely. This would improve the Liao, but deprive the farmers along the outlet of water.\n2. To build a barrier, which would always leave at least 4 feet of water in the Liao and drain off the excess.\n3. To narrow the outlet.\n4. To build a lock. This is too troublesome and costly. It would be 10 li from the sea, and boats could only come up with the flood, and these 10 li would require constant dredging.\n\nMr. Hughes favours the second proposal, which would avoid all risks in case of freshets.\n\n### Inclosure 3 in No. I\n#### Newchwang Chamber of Commerce to the Viceroy of the Three Eastern Provinces\n\nYour Excellency,\n\nNewchwang, November 28, 1908.\n\nEncouraged by the sympathetic manner in which you were kind enough to listen to the representations which the Committee of this Chamber was enabled, by the hospitable kindness of our Taotai, Mr. C. L. Chow, to make to you with regard to the conservancy of the Liao River on the occasion of your visit to this port in September last, and by the interest which, in your desire for the welfare of this port and Manchuria generally, you manifested in the remarks we then ventured to submit with regard to the necessity for remedying the increasingly serious disabilities suffered by the waterway, the maintenance of which in efficient condition is so supremely vital to the prosperity of the richest port of Manchuria, I venture again, as Chairman of the Newchwang Chamber of Commerce, to approach your Excellency on this very important question, my excuse for so doing being the urgency occasioned by certain serious developments now taking place in the river at an alarmingly increasing rate, which developments, if unchecked, must inevitably result in heavy financial, and possibly material, loss to the port of Newchwang and to that part of Manchuria served by it. I refer especially to the condition of the artificial channel which connects the Liao with the Shuang Tai Tzu River.\n\nCut, I understand, by the salt authorities of the district some six years ago, during the Russian occupation of the country, in order to facilitate the retention of the salt monopoly in Chinese hands, it was at first but a narrow canal, and had consequently but an unimportant bearing on the course of the Liao, but of late it has so broadened and deepened as to become a very serious danger.\n\nI believe I am correct in saying that the channel now carries off considerably more than half the Liao water, with the result that the river itself, below the point of confluence with the channel, is deprived of the scouring force requisite to keep its own bed unsilted. That this process is developing on a rapidly increasing scale there is clear evidence, if only from the difficulty of late experienced by the shallow-draft bean boats in bringing their produce over the new mud banks and sand shallows created by the failure of the much weakened current to scour its bed to a proper depth. In the opinion of this Chamber, the remedy lies in throwing a strong dam or weir across the entrance of the Shuang T'ai Tzu outlet, and carrying it to a height which would only permit of an overflow when the water exceeds a certain fixed depth in the river. The cost of an undertaking of this sort should not amount to a very great sum, little more, in fact, than the cost of the useless dykes which the natives of the surrounding districts are reported to be under the necessity of throwing up every year to protect their lands from the ever swelling waters now passing through the outlet itself. It has been estimated that if nothing is done in the early spring there will be less than 18 inches of water on the shallows all the year round, and that the water-borne bean traffic will be a thing of the past.\n\nThe effect of this and the resulting monopoly of the railways (especially of the South Manchurian Railway to Dalny) on the bean trade of Newchwang is obvious, and would constitute one of the most immediate of the disasters which must result; but there are others.\n\nThe weakening of the lower section of the Liao, doubtless also accounts for the formation of the sand-banks which now exist in the reach immediately to the north of this port, behind the Imperial Railways of North China station, and the consequent gouging out of the adjacent channel behind Duck Island, which, as pointed out to your Excellency in September last, threatens to break the narrow neck of land which there separates the two reaches. Should this happen, it is needless to dwell on the magnitude of the calamity, and in our opinion it seems strongly advisable that this narrow neck of land between the two reaches should be strengthened, in accordance with the recommendations of the engineers who have examined it, simultaneously with the construction of the suggested weir or other protection work at the Shuang Tai Tzu outlet, in order to protect the narrow neck from any extra strain which might be thrown upon it as a result of the sudden increase of the water retained in the bed of the Liao, in consequence of the construction of such a weir.\n\nA further calamity which is bound to result from the decreased force and volume of water in the river, if nothing is done, will be its failure to scour itself sufficiently from the upper harbour limits to the bar at its estuary, thus preventing the access of vessels of even the lightest possible draft, let alone sea-going trading steamers.\n\nI have enlarged especially fully upon the state of the Liao River at and below the Shuang T'ai Tzu outlet, as it is at these parts that, in the opinion of this Chamber, prompt conservancy measures are most urgently needed to safeguard this important waterway, but I would also emphasize that there are above the outlet innumerable banks and shallows, the dredging or removal of which is very necessary to enable produce boats to come down freely from the important bean districts at and in the neighbourhood of Tung Chiang Tzu, Tieh Ling, Fakumen, &c., and that any undertaking for the improvement of the river must be incomplete, and fail to promote its full efficiency as a trade route, unless extended to the removal of all the obstacles at present hindering the produce carrying trade between the important producing centres and the distributing seaport of Newchwang.\n\nIn conclusion, we earnestly trust that, in view of the extreme urgency of the question, and of the disastrous results which I have endeavoured to show must inevitably accrue if efficient measures are not promptly taken, your Excellency will at once take the question into serious consideration, in order that preparations may be made during the winter for carrying out the work in the early spring directly the river is clear of ice, in the manner in which your Excellency's advisers may consider most effective, and that it may be completed before the summer rains cause the river to flood, so that the flood waters, instead of being diverted by the growing sand-banks and escaping through the Shuang T'ai Tzu outlet and still further aggravating the existing mischief, may instead serve their natural purpose of scouring away the sand-banks and shallows which threaten to render impossible the navigation of the River Liao, even for the lightest boats.\n\nAvailing of this opportunity to express to your Excellency the profound sympathy of this Chamber with the Chinese nation on the recent demise of your august Sovereign and Her late Imperial Majesty the Empress-Dowager,\n\n(Signed) WM. 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        "content_text": "# \nthe laws, and public justice cannot be denied. All our brethren have the right to safeguard their own lives. It is essential that the public should keep to civilized methods and on no account create any disturbance after the manner of savage tribes. We are afraid that foolish and ignorant persons might be misled by current gossip into committing acts of violence. This Association has taken the initiative and invited the corporation of the Press Association and the Red Cross Society, of the west suburb in opening a public discussion of the case at which every effort will be made to forward the cause.\n\nWe have arranged to invite our brethren to a meeting to be held at noon on the 7th December, at which we will make known the rights of the case. This will prove to you that both Government and people are united in adopting a proper course of action, which they will maintain with all their might until they have fully vindicated the requirements of the law.\n\n**Notification by the Canton Self-government Association.**\n\nPrinted and circulated by the \"Seventy-two Guilds Press,\" of Canton.\n\n# \ncontradictions. For instance, the chief officer said that the watchman pushed the man on the shoulder; the Indian watchman also said the same thing; but the sailor said that the watchman only asked the deceased to get up, and called him twice when he got up, and that the watchman did not push the deceased by the shoulder. Although this is not a very important point in the case, it demonstrates obvious discrepancies in the evidence, and we cannot blame the British Consul for saying that the evidence was not clear.\n\nThe British Consul also said that there was no evidence to show that the accused committed a crime. It is only on account of racial distinction that the matter was hushed up, and the Consul had no time to think of public justice at the time. It is really a very great pity.\n\n**Inclosure 12 in No. 1.**\n\nExtract from the \"Seventy-two Guilds' Press\" of December 8, 1908.\n\n**(Translation.)**\n\nRE certain case in which a passenger was kicked to death by a foreigner. Public anger has been aroused throughout the whole province of Kwangtung. Yesterday, a relation of the deceased, named Ho Yu Cham, called personally at the Self-government Association, and presented a written statement as follows:-\n\nThis statement of complaint is presented by He Yu Cham concerning the shocking way in which the deceased was kicked to death. The British Consul protected the prisoner and shut out the means of redress for the grievance.\n\nYour humble petitioner is a brother of the deceased, Yu Tiu, who was wickedly kicked to death by a foreigner on the steam-ship \"Fatshan.\" This complaint has already been laid before your honourable Association to obtain redress.\n\nI have heard that the British Consul intentionally shifted the responsibility on to others. I fear that there will be no redress, and that I will have to swallow the grievance. I believe that I am not influential enough to obtain redress for the death of my brother. I beg the Association, which is animated by a patriotic spirit and concern for the public good, to have pity on your brethren and take the matter up. I understand that the Association has already consulted with Na Shi, my sister-in-law, and is thoroughly acquainted with the facts of the case. I trust that the Association will do its utmost with the assistance of the patriotic witnesses Yeong, Fung Tang, and Cheong, to stand firm. My sister-in-law and my nephew will abide firm by the decision of the Association whatever it may be. I thank you heartily for taking the matter up.\n\nThis Petition is presented to the honourable members of the Self-government Association by Ho Yu Cham, brother of Ho Yu Tiu, the deceased.\n\n**(Translation.)**\n\n**Inclosure 13 in No. 1.**\n\nExtract from the \"Seventy-two Guild Mercantile Press.\"\n\n**STEAM-SHIP \"FATSHAN\" AFFAIR.**\n\nIN reviewing the case in which the deceased was wounded by a kick he received near the heart from the foot of the accused, and also a blow given with the hand, both of which were causes of the death of the man, in both instances there were marks of bruises and scars. Added to this, there was the clear evidence of numerous persons proving it beyond doubt. It was therefore impossible for the murderer to be excused or held blameless. In reviewing the evidence given by the colleagues of the accused, one of them not only said that the accused did not beat the man to death, but that he did not beat anybody at all. The passenger died because he was ill when he went on board the steamer, and he died a natural death. They actually hushed up a case of this grave importance. This can only be regarded as arbitrary, and as holding the Chinese people in contempt. The evidence was false and trumped up, and there were many...\n\n**(No. 72.) Sir,**\n\n**Inclosure 14 in No. 1.**\n\nActing Consul-General Fox to Sir J. Jordan.\n\nCanton, December 11, 1908.\n\nIN continuation of my despatch `No. 71`, dated the 9th instant, I have the honour to report that, in the course of an interview with the Viceroy yesterday morning lasting nearly two hours, I pointed out to his Excellency the gravity of the situation created by the anti-British agitation now being conducted by the Self-government Society and the Chinese newspapers in Canton, and I urged his Excellency to dissociate himself and his Government from this dangerous movement by issuing a Proclamation explaining that the \"Fatshan\" case was being dealt with by the foreign and Chinese authorities concerned, and warning the people of Canton from listening to false rumours and private persons from interfering in matters which did not concern them. I explained as clearly as I could my position with regard to this case, and I told the Viceroy that, so far from having attempted to hush up the affair or shift my responsibility on to the shoulders of others, I had actually gone farther than I was perhaps legally justified in going, especially in the matter of the inquiry held at the Consulate. I pointed out to his Excellency that in March 1907, when a Portuguese watchman on board the British steam-ship \"Sainam\" had accidentally shot at and killed a Chinese passenger, the case had been tried by my predecessor, Mr. Mansfield, in his capacity as Acting Consul for Portugal and sentence passed under the Portuguese Penal Code. (I had discovered this precedent in the archives of the Portuguese Consulate the previous evening.)\n\nThe Viceroy, whose manner at the beginning of the interview had been somewhat unfriendly, became more cordial as the conversation progressed, and eventually stated frankly that his position was a most difficult one, and that he earnestly desired an amicable settlement of the affair. He had given the police orders to restrain the newspapers from publishing inflammatory articles concerning the case, and he was prepared to issue a reassuring Proclamation. He admitted that a charge of murder, or even manslaughter, could not be maintained, but he seemed to think that, the passenger being in a very weak state, his death was hastened, if not actually caused, by the shaking administered by the watchman.\n\nHis Excellency begged me to hold another inquiry, and, if possible, inflict some slight punishment on the accused. I informed the Viceroy that I would gladly do anything I could to terminate this unfortunate controversy, but that I was unable to adopt his suggestion—in the first place, because, in the absence of any fresh evidence, I could not honestly say I thought the watchman had been the cause of the man's death; and, in the second place, because, the Portuguese Consul having claimed jurisdiction over the accused, I had no right to hold a further inquiry, much less to impose a punishment. I suggested to the Viceroy that, if he really was not satisfied with the results of the first inquiry, he should request the Portuguese Consul to hold another; and I promised his Excellency that I would use my best endeavours, in an unofficial manner, to make the investigation as thorough as possible.\n\nThe Viceroy having mentioned that some points in Dr. Davenport's evidence were not clear to him, I offered to send Dr. Davenport to the yamên to answer any question his Excellency might wish to put to him.\n\nBefore taking leave I informed the Viceroy that I was in telegraphic communication with both the Governor of Hong Kong and yourself concerning this case, and I hoped that I should shortly be in a position to report to you that the Viceroy of Canton had taken effective steps to suppress the quite unjustifiable agitation that had been started over this affair, and that the \"Fatshan\" case had been satisfactorily settled.\n\nPage 470",
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        "content_text": "## the laws, and public justice cannot be denied. All our brethren have the right to safeguard their own lives. It is essential that the public should keep to civilized methods and on no account create any disturbance after the manner of savage tribes. We are afraid that foolish and ignorant persons might be misled by current gossip into committing acts of violence. This Association has taken the initiative and invited the corporation of the Press Association and the Red Cross Society, of the west suburb in opening a public discussion of the case at which every effort will be made to forward the cause.\n\nWe have arranged to invite our brethren to a meeting to be held at noon on the 7th December, at which we will make known the rights of the case. This will prove to you that both Government and people are united in adopting a proper course of action, which they will maintain with all their might until they have fully vindicated the requirements of the law.\n\n**Notification by the Canton Self-government Association.**\n\nPrinted and circulated by the \"Seventy-two Guilds Press,\" of Canton,\n\nInclosure 12 in No. 1.\n\n**Extract from the \"Seventy-two Guilds' Press\" of December 8, 1908.**\n\n**(Translation.)**\n\nRE certain case in which a passenger was kicked to death by a foreigner. Public anger has been aroused throughout the whole province of Kwangtung. Yesterday, a relation of the deceased, named Ho Yu Cham, called personally at the Self-government Association, and presented a written statement as follows:--\n\nThis statement of complaint is presented by He Yu Cham concerning the shocking way in which the deceased was kicked to death. The British Consul protected the prisoner and shut out the means of redress for the grievance.\n\nYour humble petitioner is a brother of the deceased, Yu Tiu, who was wickedly kicked to death by a foreigner on the steam-ship \"Fatshan.\" This complaint has already been laid before your honourable Association to obtain redress.\n\nI have heard that the British Consul intentionally shifted the responsibility on to others. I fear that there will be no redress, and that I will have to swallow the grievance. I believe that I am not influential enough to obtain redress for the death of my brother. I beg the Association, which is animated by a patriotic spirit and concern for the public good, to have pity on your brethren and take the matter up. I understand that the Association has already consulted with Na Shi, my sister-in-law, and is thoroughly acquainted with the facts of the case. I trust that the Association will do its utmost with the assistance of the patriotic witnesses Yeong, Fung Tang, and Cheong, to stand firm. My sister-in-law and my nephew will abide firm by the decision of the Association whatever it be.\n\nMay I thank you heartily for taking the matter up. This Petition is presented to the honourable members of the Self-government Association by Ho Yu Cham, brother of Ho Yu Tiu, the deceased.\n\n**(Translation.)**\n\nInclosure 13 in No. 1.\n\n**Extract from the \"Seventy-two Guild Mercantile Press.\"**\n\n**STEAM-SHIP \"FATSHAN\" AFFAIR.**\n\nIN reviewing the case in which the deceased was wounded by a kick he received near the heart from the foot of the accused, and also a blow given with the hand, both of which were causes of the death of the man, in both instances there were marks of bruises and scars. Added to this, there was the clear evidence of numerous persons proving it beyond doubt. It was therefore impossible for the murderer to be excused or held blameless. In reviewing the evidence given by the colleagues of the accused, one of them not only said that the accused did not beat the man to death, but that he did not beat anybody at all. The passenger died because he was ill when he went on board the steamer, and he died a natural death. They actually hushed up a case of this grave importance. This can only be regarded as arbitrary, and as holding the Chinese people in contempt. The evidence was false and trumped up, and there were many contradictions. For instance, the chief officer said that the watchman pushed the man on the shoulder; the Indian watchman also said the same thing; but the sailor said that the watchman only asked the deceased to get up, and called him twice when he got up, and that the watchman did not push the deceased by the shoulder. Although this is not a very important point in the case, it demonstrates obvious discrepancies in the evidence, and we cannot blame the British Consul for saying that the evidence was not clear.\n\nThe British Consul also said that there was no evidence to show that the accused committed a crime. It is only on account of racial distinction that the matter was hushed up, and the Consul had no time to think of public justice at the time. It is really a very great pity.\n\n(No. 72.)\n\n## Inclosure 14 in No. 1.\n\n**Acting Consul-General Fox to Sir J. Jordan.**\n\nCanton, December 11, 1908.\n\nIN continuation of my despatch No. 71, dated the 9th instant, I have the honour to report that, in the course of an interview with the Viceroy yesterday morning lasting nearly two hours, I pointed out to his Excellency the gravity of the situation created by the anti-British agitation now being conducted by the Self-government Society and the Chinese newspapers in Canton, and I urged his Excellency to dissociate himself and his Government from this dangerous movement by issuing a Proclamation explaining that the \"Fatshan case\" was being dealt with by the foreign and Chinese authorities concerned, and warning the people of Canton from listening to false rumours and private persons from interfering in matters which did not concern them. I explained as clearly as I could my position with regard to this case, and I told the Viceroy that, so far from having attempted to hush up the affair or shift my responsibility on to the shoulders of others, I had actually gone farther than I was perhaps legally justified in going, especially in the matter of the inquiry held at the Consulate. I pointed out to his Excellency that in March 1907, when a Portuguese watchman on board the British steam-ship \"Sainam\" had accidentally shot at and killed a Chinese passenger, the case had been tried by my predecessor, Mr. Mansfield, in his capacity as Acting Consul for Portugal and sentence passed under the Portuguese Penal Code. (I had discovered this precedent in the archives of the Portuguese Consulate the previous evening.)\n\nThe Viceroy, whose manner at the beginning of the interview had been somewhat unfriendly, became more cordial as the conversation progressed, and eventually stated frankly that his position was a most difficult one, and that he earnestly desired an amicable settlement of the affair. He had given the police orders to restrain the newspapers from publishing inflammatory articles concerning the case, and he was prepared to issue a reassuring Proclamation. He admitted that a charge of murder, or even manslaughter, could not be maintained, but he seemed to think that, the passenger being in a very weak state, his death was hastened, if not actually caused, by the shaking administered by the watchman.\n\nHis Excellency begged me to hold another inquiry, and, if possible, inflict some slight punishment on the accused. I informed the Viceroy that I would gladly do anything I could to terminate this unfortunate controversy, but that I was unable to adopt his suggestion—in the first place, because, in the absence of any fresh evidence, I could not honestly say I thought the watchman had been the cause of the man's death; and, in the second place, because, the Portuguese Consul having claimed jurisdiction over the accused, I had no right to hold a further inquiry, much less to impose a punishment. I suggested to the Viceroy that, if he really was not satisfied with the results of the first inquiry, he should request the Portuguese Consul to hold another; and I promised his Excellency that I would use my best endeavours, in an unofficial manner, to make the investigation as thorough as possible.\n\nThe Viceroy having mentioned that some points in Dr. Davenport's evidence were not clear to him, I offered to send Dr. Davenport to the yamên to answer any question his Excellency might wish to put to him.\n\nBefore taking leave I informed the Viceroy that I was in telegraphic communication with both the Governor of Hong Kong and yourself concerning this case, and I hoped that I should shortly be in a position to report to you that the Viceroy of Canton had taken effective steps to suppress the quite unjustifiable agitation that had been started over this affair, and that the \"Fatshan case\" had been satisfactorily settled.",
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        "content_text": "# 3. The Fruits of Manchuria.\n\nThe only fruits grown in Manchuria of any importance are the hard pears and red grapes that are produced in quantity around Kwang-ning. The quality of the grapes is good, being quite similar to the wine grapes of California—to the European taste, however, not in any way equal to the Concord, Catawba, and Delaware grapes of the States. The pears are hardy, growing much farther north than pears are found in America, but the quality is much inferior to the American \"Bartlett\" or \"Anjou.\" In the hills about Kirin, and also in South-East Manchuria, wild plums, cherries, and crab apples grow that would undoubtedly give excellent hardy roots for grafting with improved but less hardy types. The lack of a heavy blanket of snow on the soil in the winter and the strong drying winds of spring are undoubtedly great drawbacks to successful fruit culture in Manchuria. There are favoured localities here and there, however, where foreign fruits should do well.\n\n# 4. The Live Stock of Manchuria and Mongolia.\n\nAlmost no live stock is kept by the Manchurian farmer except the mules and ponies used for carting. Swine roam the yards and fields as scavengers, but are rarely, if ever, bred and fed as a part of the farm business. Practically no cattle or sheep are bred in Manchuria, the small number of cows used for dairy purposes to supply foreign demand coming from Mongolia. In Mongolia, however, the grazing of cattle, sheep, and ponies is the only industry of the people, and even here the cattle and sheep industry is not of any great size, for the demand is practically limited to the Russian military, Mahommedans, and the small foreign demand. The Mongolian cattle are bred in the interior at Jar-sar-tu, in the Tai-nan-fu district; Je-lai-tu, south-west of Tsitsihar; and Tu-su-tu, west of Tai-nan-fu.\n\nThe young cattle are grazed over the wide plains, and between the ages of 6 and 8 are driven to market. The largest markets for Mongolian cattle are Hailar, Blagovestchensk, Harbin, Kuan-cheng-tzu, and Ching-cha-tun. About 5,000 cattle are butchered monthly in Harbin, one-third of which are handled by an Australian packing plant and delivered to the Russian military at Vladivostock. The Mahommedans buy and butcher small numbers of cattle in all the important centres of Manchuria. Their methods are crude and rough, and it is impossible to estimate the extent of this demand.\n\n# 5. Agricultural Machinery.\n\nHand labour, assisted by the crudest kind of tools and machines, sows and garners the crops, the amount of horse-power used being small in comparison with methods of agriculture prevalent in the States 100 years ago, and yet greater than that employed to-day in the rice field of Japan. The Manchurian plough resembles the old-fashioned \"corn plough or potato-digger of the States, and the ploughshare made by the native smith costs 2 dol. 50 c. (silver currency) (1 dollar gold); the remaining parts of the plough being home-made or cheaply constructed by the local carpenter. This machine is commonly used to plough the soil, and also for inter-tillage after the crops are growing. In some places a crude machine is used for dropping the seed, but more commonly the seed is dropped by hand. The harvesting is always done by hand with a small blade costing the farmer about 20 cents (silver currency) (7 cents gold). Kaoliang, beans, millet, wheat—in fact, all crops—are cut with this same tool by the most awkward and back-breaking methods conceivable. A few wooden shovels and forks, a steel hatchet, and perhaps an adze or mattock usually complete the outfit. The Manchurian farmer, as a general rule, has no machinery other than those just mentioned, and his cart and rope harnesses.\n\n# 6. Methods of Crop Cultivation.\n\nIn all parts of Manchuria the staple crops, kaoliang, beans, millet, wheat, tobacco, cabbage, turnips, &c., are sown and cultivated by the same method, namely, planting in rows about 18 inches apart, and as the growing season advances the soil is ridged or hilled up against the crop rows with the native plough. Flat cultivation for wheat and millet, or shallow cultivation for such crops as kaoliang, maize, and potatoes, is never practised by the native farmer. Where this universal practice of ridging the land came from no one seems to know, but one can surmise that it is a custom of land tillage practised in the rice-fields of South China, and custom and tradition have established the practice in this northern country. There does not seem to be any theoretical or practical justification for this method of cropping the soil, and it appears illogical, awkward, and unnecessary. Many reasons are advanced by the Chinese for this custom, chief among which are the following: That when the land is ridged the soil on one side of the ridge may absorb the sun's rays in the morning, and on the other side in the afternoon; that ridge cultivation is necessary to keep the roots of the crops above standing water; that this plan of cropping is necessary to keep out the woods; that when wheat is sown in rows the wind cannot lodge it; and that the continual placing of fresh soil on the ridges gives more fertility to the growing crop.\n\nIn the absence of accurate experimental data, it is useless to try and discuss these theories with logical pro and con evidence at this writing. Some of the theories advanced are self-evidently fallacious, and it is doubtful if anything is gained by the practice, and highly probable that much is lost. Thorough and even mechanical stirring of the soil with a good plough should put the soil in an absorptive condition for rain water, and provide a more favourable habitat for seeds than the seed-beds provided under the present system.\n\nPloughing is universally done in the spring-time immediately or conjointly with planting, and the seed-beds are left loose and open before the season of sand-storms begins. Throughout the growing season the native farmer runs his plough between the crop rows and throws the soil about the crop roots, until at harvest-time the ridges about the roots are 8 to 10 inches above the bottom of the intermediate furrow. All the crops when cut by hand tools are shocked in the field and later stacked about the clay floor that is used for threshing the grain. The native farmer builds a beautiful rain-proof stack, and one often sees \"ricks\" or stacks of kaoliang, millet, or beans 20 feet high. Threshing is done with flails and with stone rollers drawn over the grain by ponies or oxen, the chaff being separated from the grain by tossing the grain into the air with a wooden shovel. In the native mills, one occasionally sees a rude fanning mill that will remove chaff and dirt from the grain.\n\n# 7. Crop Yields and Prices.\n\nThe figures given herewith are not accurate, nor are they averaged from many sources, but merely the estimates of Chinese farmers and traders picked up at random in North Manchuria. Like every other country, the yield varies between wide limits according to the season, and price with locality and the relations of supply and demand: wheat, 15 to 18 bushels; kaoliang, 30 to 50 bushels; beans, 20 to 25 bushels. At Tie-ling (October 1908) the native mills were paying 1 dol. 15 c. (silver currency) for 82 catties of wheat, or approximately 60 cents (gold) per bushel of 60 lbs., and beans at Kirin were selling for 24 cents (silver currency) per catty, or approximately 75 cents (gold) per bushel of 60 lbs.\n\n# 8. Land Ownership and Size of Farms.\n\nIn Southern Manchuria, freeholding is the common rule and very little tenancy exists. In the northern provinces, the farmers lease their land, usually through an intermediary, from the Manchu Princes, who received large land grants from the Crown in past times. While this land is leased, the method of holding is virtually ownership, the lease being a lease in perpetuity. Tenancy is rare also in the north, freeholding being the common thing. A large landowner was interviewed at Kirin who has about 100 tenants on portions of his land, the average amount being about 20 acres and the rental a stipulated rental of about 5 bushels of beans per acre.\n\nIt is, of course, impossible to estimate the average size of the farms in Manchuria. In the south, the farms probably average from 5 to 15 acres in size, with occasional large holdings of 100 to 200 acres, the larger holdings rarely being managed by one man but leased out in small tracts to labourers. North of Kuan-cheng-tzu, the population is more sparse than in South Manchuria, and one often sees fields of kaoliang and beans 20 to 40 acres in size.\n\n# 9. Farm Labour.\n\nNative labour is often employed in South Manchuria for 30 to 40 dollars (silver currency) per year with board (12 to 16 dollars gold), and transient labour from Shantung.\n\nPage 630\nPage 631",
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        "content_text": "# 136 \n\n## 2 \n\nThe Society was little heard of until the \"Tatsu Maru\" incident in February, 1908. The Society at that time threw itself heart and soul into the anti-Japanese agitation, affiliated itself with similar organizations in other provincial cities, corresponded with and obtained funds from influential Cantonese living abroad, and, in short, made themselves responsible for the management and maintenance of a boycott which has lasted a whole year.\n\nHaving thus established themselves as a political organization, recognized if not openly sanctioned by the provincial authorities, the Society proceeded to do good and useful work in the collection and distribution of relief funds after the disastrous floods in June, and the almost equally disastrous typhoon in July of last year.\n\nIn November, realizing that public interest in the Japanese boycott was waning, and that the movement with which they had so closely identified themselves was likely to die a natural death, the Society instigated, if they did not actually organize, the anti-Japanese riots in Hong Kong. The unforeseen result of their interference in the banishment from Hong Kong of four of their leading members, had the effect of arousing feelings of resentment against the British authorities which the unfortunate death of a Chinese passenger on board the British steamer \"Fatshan\" at the end of November, afforded the Society an opportunity of displaying in a remarkable and unprecedented manner.\n\nAided by the native press of Canton and, encouraged by the ill-concealed sympathy of the Chinese authorities, the Society started an agitation against British shipping and British officials which culminated in a deliberately planned boycott of the \"Fatshan\" on New Year's Day. This step, it turned out, was a tactical mistake on the part of the Society, who were obliged under official pressure to withdraw, with some loss of credit among their fellow-citizens, from active participation in the \"Fatshan\" affair.\n\nThe Society have, however, succeeded in demonstrating to the people of Canton that they are a power which both their own and foreign Governments must reckon with in the near future.\n\nSupplied with ample funds, contributed largely by their fellow-countrymen resident in British Colonies, with an irresponsible press at their disposal, and the discontented and disorderly elements in a great city like Canton at their beck and call, the Society make their voice heard in all matters, whether affecting the internal or foreign affairs of the province.\n\nThey have on one or two recent occasions actually usurped the functions of the Chinese authorities by receiving Petitions, holding judicial inquiries, and issuing circulars couched in the style used in Proclamations. They have taken the honour of Canton and its people into their keeping, and any fancied insult to that honour on the part of a foreign Government or official calls forth angry protests in the newspapers, violent denunciations at public meetings, and the inevitable threat of a boycott.\n\nYet the Society, or rather that portion of it which directs its affairs at the present moment, certainly does not represent the best elements in Canton or voice the opinions of the Canton people. Its leaders are men like Kong Kung Yin and Li Kai Hsi, professional agitators, the counterpart of the village bully in rural China, men who, secure in the protection of powerful patrons amongst the highest officials, openly conduct an anti-foreign propaganda which, unless checked, must inevitably lead to a serious conflict between China and the foreign Powers.\n\nKong, a native of Macao, took the precaution some years ago to register himself as a Portuguese subject. He was apparently able to conceal his nationality effectually, as two years ago he obtained the degree of \"Hanlin.\" He has no occupation, but is reputed to have grown rich on the share of the spoils accruing to his patron, Admiral Li Chün. He is an unprincipled and dangerous, withal able, man, who has succeeded in concealing his true character and posing as a disinterested patriot. He was a few days ago the \"guest of honour\" at the Commemoration Exercises of the American Christian College in Canton.\n\nLi Kai Hsi is a less reputable, and even more unscrupulous, man of the same stamp; a school teacher under the old régime, now a political agitator and a journalist. He is the protégé and intimate friend of Hu Hsiang Lin, the notoriously anti-foreign Provincial Treasurer.\n\nIt is to such men that the people of Canton are apparently content to intrust the leadership of the popular movement towards a reformed and enlightened system of government.\n\n## 3 \n\n### The Deliberative Council\n\nThe official share in this movement is, as has been remarked above, insignificant. In the autumn of last year the Viceroy inaugurated an Advisory Body or Deliberative Council (\"Tzu I Chu\"), to which quite recently certain appointments have been made. The native press report the formation of a Committee consisting of the Provincial Treasurer, the Educational Commissioner, the Provincial Judge, the Salt Commissioner, and a Taotai, with the Canton Prefect as Secretary. To this Committee sixteen representative Cantonese have been added by the Viceroy as unofficial members.\n\nIt is significant of the attitude adopted towards the Self-Government Society by the provincial authorities that the name of Kong Kung Yin appears in the list of unofficial members of the Council, and the selection is all the more remarkable in view of the Viceroy's well-known objection to the class of Chinese whom the accident of birth has enabled to enjoy a dual nationality.\n\nThe Deliberative Council has not yet got beyond the Committee stage, but it seems unlikely that any serious steps towards administrative reform will be taken by a body consisting almost entirely of present and past officials interested in the maintenance of the present régime, presided over by the most notorious reactionary in the Provincial Government, the Treasurer, Hu Hsiang Lin.\n\n### Administrative Reforms\n\nAs regards administrative reforms undertaken by the present Government, we are unable to record any marked progress. A certain amount of energy and system has been introduced into the policing of the waterways, as a result of the British patrol last winter, in the Canton Delta, and piracy is possibly less rife than eighteen months ago.\n\nBut robberies in broad daylight, even in the harbour of Canton, are of frequent occurrence, and blackmail is still levied on passengers and cargo in the remoter waterways. The flourish of trumpets which heralded the appearance of the four Hong Kong built shallow draft gun-boats has now died away, and both they and the numerous flotilla of gun-launches which nominally patrol the Canton Delta and West River are relapsing into their wonted state of inactivity.\n\nAn attempt to encourage local manufactures and industries has led to the creation of a Taotaiship of Industries, but so far the post would appear to be a sinecure, and the interest taken in this important subject by the Provincial Government compares most unfavourably with the attitude of the Szechuan authorities towards the development of the natural resources of their province.\n\nNo serious attempt has apparently been made by the Provincial authorities to grapple with the question of a deteriorated subsidiary coinage, in spite of the pressure brought to bear by the Hong Kong Government. The issue of Chinese bank-notes has not, however, assumed the serious proportions which it has done in other commercial centres in China.\n\nThe Anti-opium Regulations have been carried out with some thoroughness in Canton and the province; opium divans have been generally closed, and opium smoking, condemned by public opinion, is certainly on the decrease. On the other hand the morphia habit is a growing evil, and the Government are only now becoming alive to the fact that morphia is being substituted for opium and taking measures to suppress the import and sale of the drug.\n\nWhere reform is most urgently needed, namely, in the administration of justice, we can unfortunately report no progress at all. Justice is still bought and sold; the Magistrates are still inaccessible to those who cannot afford the requisite gate-money, and decisions still go in favour of those who have the longest purse.\n\nThe procedure in criminal cases is still as barbarous as ever; the same punishment is meted out to the most cold-blooded murderers and to youthful revolutionaries who deserve the reformatory rather than the sword.\n\nThe city of Canton is still disgraced by executions carried out in the public street in the presence of a yelling mob.\n\nThe treatment of mixed cases by the Chinese authorities is no better, probably worse, than it was fifty years ago. There is no properly constituted Court to deal with claims of foreigners against Chinese in Canton; cases involving complicated questions of ownership to property, financial and commercial transactions, on which large sums of money often depend, are heard by young and inexperienced local officials, such as the Namhoi and Panyu Magistrates, who are appointed without any ... \n\n[21948-3] \n\n## B 2",
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        "content_text": "## AFFAIRS OF CHINA\n### CONFIDENTIAL\n\n4\n\nKong, whither Taotai Kao will proceed as soon as the Portuguese commissioner is ready, and he can find suitable quarters.\n\nIn the meantime, the provincial Government have taken part in what looks very like a demonstration against the Portuguese.\n\nOn the 21st instant, the day of Taotai Kao's arrival, the Viceroy and Admiral Li proceeded to the newly-selected site of Heungchow (Yeh Li Shan), near Macao, and took part in a formal inauguration ceremony.\n\nAs no secret is made of the fact that it is intended that this port shall withdraw such trade as still remains to Macao from that place, its formal inauguration immediately prior to the opening of negotiations for the delimitation of the boundary of Macao is, if the provincial Government are sincere in their desire for an amicable arrangement, to say the least of it, tactless.\n\nThere seems, however, very little doubt that the provincial authorities are prepared to insist upon the confinement of the Portuguese within the narrowest possible limits, and it is in anticipation of Portuguese opposition that such efforts are being made to find alternative ports in the near neighbourhood, from the safe security of which a strict boycott can be directed against the Portuguese colony.\n\nThe Viceroy is reported to have been delighted with his visit to Heungchow, and to be very sanguine as to its future, but one, at any rate, of his secretaries does not share his Excellency's view, for he informed me that he considered the scheme chimerical to a degree, and that the harbour of Yeh Li Shan was both shallow and inadequately protected.\n\nAs Taotai Wu boasts of an education at Greenwich College and London University, his opinion, which coincides with that formed by Lieutenant and Commander Tickell, who recently visited the port with His Majesty's vice-consul, would seem to carry the greater weight.\n\nI have, &c.\n**HAROLD PORTER**\n\nPage 4\n\n## AFFAIRS OF CHINA\n### CONFIDENTIAL\n\n[21503]\nC.O. 22029\n[June 11.]\n\n**RECR Rec 2 JUL 09, SECTION 1.**\n\nNo. 1.\n\n**Sir Edward Grey to Sir J. Jordan**\n**(No. 107.) (Telegraphic.) P.**\n\nForeign Office, June 11, 1909.\n\nSIR R. HART (see my telegram No. 77, Confidential, of the 27th April). I have received a private letter from Sir R. Hart to the effect that for reasons of health he is obliged to delay and to reconsider his assent to return to his post at Peking; he further states that he has applied for an extension of leave for a year.\n\nHe observes that in regard to the succession question, whether acting or substantive, much trouble and friction would be saved by the Chinese wish, whatever its nature, being complied with, provided of course that a British subject is appointed inspector-general.\n\nI am replying that he is already aware of the views of His Majesty's Government in regard to the succession, and am expressing regret at the reason for his application, saying that I shall be glad to know what reply he receives.\n\nIf the extension of leave is granted, we shall have to consider whether we can wait until Sir R. Hart's retirement is definite, or whether we should insist on the Chinese Government now carrying out the promise contained in their memorandum of the 19th February, 1908 (see your despatch No. 87 of the 19th February, 1908).\n\nI should be glad if you would furnish me with your opinion on this point. From his present communication, I imagine that Sir Robert does not mean to return to China.\n\nPage 606",
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        "content_text": "# 138 \n\n46 \n\nto come across to us. It took three and a-half hours to complete the crossing and to reload the camels on the Ordos side. The river banks on the Alashan side are low, those on the Ordos shore some 10 feet high and inclined to crumble.\n\nThe country on the Ordos side is bleak and desolate and only scantily covered with a low scrub, never more than 2 feet high. We first made our way to a lamasery 2 miles away and tried to get a little extra transport, for our camels were thoroughly exhausted and we had been obliged to trudge for several days already. We were unsuccessful in obtaining any animals here, but we found an excellent track leading due east through the centre of that portion of the Ordos country which is marked on the map as the Desert of Kuzupchi. Travelling by this road is comparatively easy, and carts could comfortably make use of it. The road ascended gently from the Temple for some 2 miles, and then ran over slightly undulating country without a tree or shrub standing on it.\n\nThe aspect is, however, almost entirely green, for a light vegetation almost covers the gravelly soil. Except for a few ponies grazing occasionally, there was no sign of life anywhere to be seen. Except at the regular wells, it is impossible to find water, and the traveller has to pay attention lest he should, by attempting to travel too quickly along the road, allow one well to pass, and then fail to reach the next one by the time he may have need of water; and to find oneself in the Kuzupchi Desert without water in the heat of June would be almost death. The wells are, however, unmistakable along this road. The first one, some 13 miles from the ferry, is simply a hole by the side of the road. There are no habitations of any kind in the neighbourhood, so it is essential to carry some kind of vessel for drawing up the water. The ponies and other animals which roam the steppes come to these regular wells once a day, usually in the evening, to be watered, so the ground all round the holes is much littered with filth and the water probably contaminated.\n\nIn the afternoon we were overtaken by very curious weather. Heavy dark clouds drifted towards us from the north-west. The cloud area was some 30 miles long and several hundreds of feet high. It had every appearance of being the worst dust storm ever experienced, and, as it advanced slowly, enwreathing the ground, we felt the utmost anxiety, for a bad dust storm in these districts means the effacement of all footsteps, with the possibility, after it has passed, of losing oneself in a waterless desert. As the light breeze drove the clouds in front of it, these at times opened and disclosed a dense blackness behind. In entire contrast, there was nothing but the fairest of blue skies to be seen elsewhere around us. The darkness slowly rolled towards us, and, contrary to expectations, brought little wind with it. What wind it did bring was a steady cold current from the north-west. The cloud slowly swallowed us up, the intensely dark portion lasting a quarter of an-hour, and being followed by a lighter portion. It was one and a-half hours before the cloud had completely passed and before the sun was shining as before. By sunset all was still and peaceful again. It is difficult to say what the composition of the fog was, for it resembled dust and yet none fell. It had entirely the appearance of a bad London fog, without the disagreeable taste of the latter.\n\nJune 11.--The road continued as yesterday, over rolling gravel downs lightly covered with a low vegetation.\n\nAn hour after starting, we passed another well on our right. By its side were encamped a large party of Mongols-men and women, pilgrims from the Wutaishan. Some four and a-half hours later we passed another well on our left. There were a few Mongol \"yourts\" some distance to the right, and thither we made our way and spent the night, being very hospitably received. The inhabitants were busy taking the hair off their goats, and made anxious inquiries after the agent of a foreign firm at Tien-tsin who had hitherto come once a year to buy the goats' hair from this neighbourhood. This district is administered by a relative of the Royal House of Hangkin, who came to call later in the day. He was unable to read my passport, but recognized the seal of Wai-wu Pu. I begged him to send me a couple of camels for a day, if he could do so, and he not only agreed to this, but said he would accompany me part of the way.\n\nJune 12. We left Schabe Toloher in an easterly direction, and soon rejoined the excellent track which we had left yesterday, reaching a well after ten hours' march, during which we had perhaps travelled 22 miles. A Mongol, coming down to the well to water a herd of camels, was invited by the Mongol official to lend us two beasts and to accompany us on the morrow for a stage. This the Mongol was perfectly willing to do. Close to the well are some remains of huts dug out of the earth by the liquorice-root hunters, who come here in the spring.\n\nJune 13.--We continued east, and rejoining the track, passed another well on the road half-a-mile later. A few hours later we descended on to the small depression of Bayin Ussu (\"wealth of water\"), where is another good well. Leaving this, we reached \n\n47 \n\nin the early afternoon a Chinese liquorice camp known as Habachi. This camp is in existence for five months every year, and in the neighbourhood the valuable root grows profusely. Some fifty or sixty Chinese coolies are employed, with a manager to supervise them. A good coolie earns 20 cents (4d.) a-day, a poor worker 8 to 12 cents a-day, but it depends on how much opium they smoke. Food is given them free. The roots are brought in daily, weighed by the manager, who pays the worker according to the amount collected.\n\nThe roots are then stripped, sorted, and made up into bundles for carriage by cart 70 miles to the river, and thence by boat to Tutschöng, where dealers come from far to buy it. The root is sent to Tien-tsin, Newchwang, Manchuria, and all China. The bundles are of 200 catties weight each, and are sold for 8 taels (24s.) apiece, of this sum 1 tael 20 cents is paid to the King of Hangkin as royalty. The young plants are left untouched. All the coolies here are Shansi men. The Mongols are too lazy to hunt for the roots.\n\nCrossing a short stretch of bare sand drift and passing up a shallow valley full of reedy grass and covered with saline efflorescence and traces of former lake-beds, we passed one and a-third hours later, a mile to the left, the lama temple of Scharatemetu; two hours later the road dropped into the old dry lake-bed known as Dabassunnoor, round which there are said to be a great number of Mongol yourts. We pitched our tents for the night at Schilinghoto. In the moonlight the lake-bed resembled a vast sea; it is however entirely dry, though it is said to contain a little water after the rains. No rain had, however, fallen for over two years.\n\nEighty families are said to make a living by extracting salt from the lake; curiously enough, they are all Mongols, but, as may be supposed, there is little labour attached to the work. The salt is merely taken from the surface and is not cleaned in any way. Mongols send for it from a great distance. One-tenth of the proceeds derived from the work go to the Prince of Hangkin as royalty, and he is said to derive an income of 800 taels (£120) annually therefrom. The work is administered by a \"Salt Sea\" yamên on the east shore.\n\nJune 14.--Crossing the head of the lake, here a mile wide (the length of the lake appears to be about 5 miles) we turned south along the east shore as far as the yamên, a small stone building, and then turned east again over rolling country with occasional stretches of bare sand drift. In the late afternoon, from two \"obos,\" which mark the highest point of a small ascent, we obtained a fine view towards the Muniula range on the other side of the Yellow River. We descended to a more fertile country, with water evidently near to the surface, and at 5 P.M., crossing more bleak sand-hills, fell into an oasis where liquorice hunters were tying up their bundles preparatory to returning to camp.\n\nNo habitations being in sight, we pitched camp by the side of the well they had dug. \nJune 15.--Passing over desolate country we reached a narrow trickle of water at 10.30 A.M., known as the Ulan Erge Gol, with a Lama temple of the same name hard by. Crossing the gol we had a longish climb up the other side to get out of the valley; half-way up the ascent there is a tedious stretch of sand-hills. At 2 P.M. we passed a large Mongol farm known as Sul Yen Ching. This was the last Mongol house we were to see for some time, for, on crossing a dry lake bed at 2.30, we came ten minutes later to the Chinese inn of Sul Yen Ching. We were now in the territory of the Prince of Talat. The Chinese settlers pay a land tax to the Chinese Government who remit the same to the Mongol owners. A Chinese tax collector makes his round twice a-year. The inn-keeper here has land a mile square to cultivate, and pays 5 taels (15s.) a-year for it. The land is poor and only grows millet and beans. The settlers pay no taxes of any kind to the Talat Prince direct.\n\nFrom now on we saw nothing but Chinese farms; very little land in the neighbourhood of these is, however, cultivated, and the soil looks unproductive. In the late afternoon, we crossed a curious deep narrow gully in which trickles the Badhung Ho and slept the night at a wretched settlement of some dozen houses, known as Badung, on the other side. The inhabitants of the district talk gloomily of being obliged to emigrate elsewhere, if the drought which has lasted several years, lasts much longer.\n\nJune 16.--For the first mile a long line of farms was on our left, and there were many poor attempts at cultivation, but the land appears to be burnt up. At 8.30 A.M., we had a difficult descent into a broad ravine, the Ba Dun Buluk, some 200 yards wide and 50 or 60 feet deep. A curious feature of this ravine is that its western bank is entirely sand drifted, while there is no trace whatever of sand on the eastern side. There is no stream in the gully, but the ground is marshy in places. Climbing out of this, we had shortly afterwards to cross a stretch of sand-hills blown into curious shapes by the winds. Fortunately, the crossing only lasted three-quarters of an hour, for the heat of the",
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        "content_text": "56 \n\nThe price of a camel (to hire) for a merchant across Gobi is 18 taels, for a cart- 20 taels.\n\n## Kweihuacheng to Urga\n\n### Mountains of Mongolia. Plateau and Desert Scenery\n\nWe left the inn at Kweihuacheng on the morning of the 27th June. The road is broad and is entirely level at first, but slopes gradually up as the mountains are approached, becoming at the same time more stony. It is much used by traffic. Heavy open waggons were bringing down sacks of wheat and beans, bundles of camels' hair, and goats' hair, wool and skins to the market at Kweihuacheng. The road lay between cultivation the whole way, the chief crops being wheat, millet, kaoliang and Indian corn. A little opium is to be found at each of the numerous villages scattered about the plain, but the ground is too dry for the poppy to grow successfully. This does not prevent the inhabitants of every village from being rabid opium smokers. It is indeed the exception to find anyone who is a non-smoker.\n\nBoth the soldiers whom the taotai insisted on accompanying us as far as the Mongolian frontier are smokers, as also are all the cartmen. Round each village there are fine groves of trees; except for these the plain is bare. At noon we reached the entrance to the pass at a small village. In many respects it resembles the Naukow Pass. Hamlets of mud houses are fairly frequent but all are Chinese, and there is no trace of Mongols, and round these hamlets are the few patches of cultivation which exist.\n\nThe security of the district is supervised by a Chinese police officer, whose duty it is to ride down the pass every day and see that all is in order. I had heard in Kweihuacheng a good deal of talk of brigands on the road, but there seems to have been little foundation for such rumours. Half way up the pass we met the officer riding down escorted by two soldiers. Two hours after entering the pass the road contracts, and leaving the torrent bed, ascends sharply to the left by a stiff climb. The summit is not reached for another hour, and from here onwards the track remains difficult for carts, as after leaving the torrent bed, the road becomes more rocky and so narrow that carts are unable to pass each other except in certain places. On the right is an almost precipitous descent into the glen. At the top of the pass there stands a large well-built cairn surrounded by numerous small obos.\n\nBumping up the pass one specially regrets the invasion of the Chinese and the ousting of the Mongols, for if the latter had remained in possession of the defile, the stones would have been piled into obos and a tolerable road created. From the summit of the pass a superb view can be obtained of the Kweihuacheng plain-there is no view at all to the north. The descent to the north was even more abrupt and steep than the last portion of the ascent had been, and the carts bounded from rock to rock like india-rubber balls. After ten minutes we reached a small mud village, nestling in a valley shaped very much like a basin, and traversed by a narrow rocky dry torrent bed from east to west. Into this the track turned, and for twenty-five minutes we travelled in a westerly direction, the carts every minute threatening to capsize as they leapt from rock to rock. This portion was so narrow that even camels coming up had to wait in certain places to allow the cart to pass. We then joined another narrow valley in which a small stream was trickling from north to south, carrying the drainage of the Mongolian Plateau to the Hoangho. We were in a gently-sloped funnel from which we were to emerge on to the plateau. Twenty minutes later we stopped for the night at one of the miserable hamlets of the mountains.\n\nThese hamlets exist by virtue of the Mongolian traffic, and always possess one inn at least; sometimes, indeed, all the houses are inns. As the animals are the chief beings to be considered, the inns cater for them, and provide the scantiest and most wretched accommodation for human beings. However, if this is bad, one at any rate pays accordingly, and our total bill for one night was 25 cents (5d.), 15 cents (3d.) house hire, and 10 cents for a couple of pigeons (2d.). Straw was unusually cheap, 1 cent a catty, as against 13 in Peking. The following day we continued up the same valley, this being strewn with rocks and boulders, though the hills themselves are free from them. The valley keeps about the same width (100 yards) the whole time. The stream has all flowed due south, and has dwindled to a few pools of water. Numerous mud settlements are passed along the valley, which is curious, as every year the torrent dashes down unexpectedly after heavy rains on the plateau, and whirls the unfortunate inhabitants and their dwellings away.\n\nAs we advance the hills die away to low mounds on either hand, and these in their turn disappear until four and a-half hours after starting the road emerges on to the great plateau, with no hills anywhere in sight, and nothing but gently rolling downs.\n\n57 \n\nThe soil is a brilliant red at first, against which the bright green of the grass shows up in wonderfully effective contrast; this changes during the day to a reddish brown, and then gradually fades to a pale sandy colour. The track, composed of sand and gravel, can be seen for many miles ahead, as it wends its way into the shallow valleys and over the next wave of ground.\n\nEach shallow valley has its own broad shallow water-course, into which the slopes drain, and it is here that are formed those avalanches of water, which prove so often disastrous to the families in the staircase leading up to the plateau. I was amazed at the rapidity with which these dry water-courses became streams and the rate with which even on the plateau they were rushing along, with a roar as of cataracts. Half-an-hour's heavy rain was sufficient to convert one of these into a river 1 feet deep, and after really heavy and prolonged rain the traveller might be delayed by one of them for a day. But while the rapidity at which the water collects is amazing, that with which it falls is no less wonderful, and rivers which were in existence at 3 P.M. had ceased to flow at 6 P.M. and the sands were dry again. While wheat, beans, and oats are the chief crops, the poppy is also grown occasionally, but with little success, the plants I saw looked very sickly and lacked moisture. The first valley after reaching the plateau is a little deeper than those that follow. We rolled rapidly down it, and after crossing a few more ridges reached the last Chinese settlement of Kokoillikung, two hours from the edge of the plateau.\n\nThis, though not a walled city, possesses a north and south gate. The town, whose population is said to be about 400, is built of mud, and the entire absence of trees increases the unattractiveness of its appearance. The shops are poor; they sell the ordinary necessities of life, but no luxuries; cheap pots, porcelain, baskets, iron implements. The most flourishing trade is probably that of the inns. The inn at which we halted was at the same time an opium and gaming den, one of the rooms being given up to those amusements; at the same inn a room served as the registry for the \"development\" of the district, over which a small Chinese official, an underling of the general at Kweihuacheng, was placed. It may be said therefore that opium smoking goes on under the official eye. No proclamations have been issued forbidding it, so everyone smokes with impunity. This was probably one of the reasons for the poverty of the settlement; 150 soldiers of the old pattern are maintained here. They are commanded by quite a small officer. Nearly every shop had a caging of poles outside it, so the governor of the settlement property is probably not considered to be very secure.\n\n### Taxes\n\nTaxes are levied from Kweihuacheng. Each house pays according to its occupation, the inn at which we stayed being taxed at the rate of 25 taels a-year (31. 158.). No one comes to collect the taxes which have to be paid at Kweihuacheng. I asked if the settlement ever increased with the arrival of new colonists, but was informed that the town had reached its limit and that new settlers are sent northwards. As there are remarkably few to the north the number of immigrants must be very small indeed.\n\nLeaving Kokoillikung by the north gate, a choice of three roads which converge at a large obo presents itself. Of these three the centre one is that which should be followed. Half-a-mile later the barracks are passed on the right. Three hours later the last Chinese settlement is reached. Between Kokoillikung and this place settlements are numerous, but poor-looking and bleak. The settlers are said to pay 3 cents a mou of land (360 yards), and have no other taxes of any kind or description. The settlements are close to the road, and cultivation comes right down to this; a certain amount of virgin soil was being dug up. The last Chinese settlement, San yu yuan (or chang), consists of two or three shops which are also inns. These are engaged in the barter trade with the Mongols and ought to do a thriving business, especially as our inn-keeper informed me that the Government only levied a land tax on them and none on houses. A few soldiers are garrisoned here as a protection. They are relieved from time to time from Kokoillikung. A long day's drive of twelve hours on the morrow brought us to the first Tai of the long chain of post stations, which the Chinese Government maintain across the Gobi to the Government centres of their distant dependencies. During the whole day we only passed two settlements, both being Mongol, the first yourts we had seen. At the first station we should have abandoned our carts and taken... \n\n`. [2155 b-1]`",
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        "content_text": "146 \n\n62 \n\ninclined to ascribe this check to the following causes. It must be remembered that the year 1878 saw the severest famine in Shansi that has ever been recorded and when it was computed that some millions of persons died, also that the years 1899, 1900, and 1901 were extremely severe years. It must not be forgotten that it is, thanks to men of Shansi, that the Chinese Government is being enabled to open up Mongolia to cultivation. I think that these disastrous years may have been one of the causes of the check to this movement in the northern direction. Another cause was doubtless the prosperity of the Chinese communities in Northern Mongolia, Urga, Uliassutai, and Kobdo; thus more men were induced to come from Chih-li and Shansi and to become small shopkeepers in these regions; hence the gradual growth of these communities, and lastly, that the strip of Mongolia in the Yellow River basin, the Bautu strip, is by no means all opened up yet. Those immigrants from Shansi, therefore, who wish to become agriculturalists prefer to go there, where the ground is well-watered and fertile and where they get good results from their labours rather than go to the badly-watered plateau of Mongolia. I think, therefore, that the tide of immigration has ceased for a long time to flow towards the north, in spite of the exceptional advantages offered, such as no taxes with the exception of one of 3 cents per mou of land cultivated. \n\nThe last Chinese post to the north is the small village of Sanyiyuan 8 miles from Kokoillikung. Chinese settlements are fairly frequent between Kokoillikung and Sanyiyuan; they are, however, poor-looking and have a bleak appearance lying on the plateau with no trees anywhere in sight. All are engaged in agriculture; wheat and oats, peas, and beans are grown in great quantities and sent to market at Kokoillikung and Kweihnacheng. I could not find that after Kokoillikung any settlers paid taxes other than the above-mentioned land tax. In defiance of the agreement which Ney Elias mentions as having been made between the Chinese Government and the Mongols that no land should be cultivated within 15 li (5 miles) of the road on either side, this strip being left for pasturage, cultivation invariably comes right down to the road. There is a registry for land development at Kokoillikung, the office where the books are kept being at one of the principal inns. The official in charge is only of low rank, he is under the Tartar General at Kweihuacheng. \n\nSanyiyuan, though consisting of a few houses, is an important place for there are three shops here engaged in the barter traffic, the Mongols bringing wool, hair, skins, ponies, &c., and receiving flour, rice, and tea-bricks in return. One of the shops at Sanyiyuan is also the principal inn. The Mongol Princes also send commodities down thither receiving in exchange the before-mentioned goods. \n\nBut while there has been a lull in the growth of settled Chinese communities in this direction, there has been a development of another nature which cannot but prove of service to the Chinese Government. This has been the voluntary establishment of one Chinese trader in many of the districts through which the Government track runs and close to where the post-station is established. These men live for some eight months in the year generally at the station though some are there permanently. The ostensible reason for the establishment of these men has been trade and no doubt a certain amount of this goes on, rice, flour, and tea as against ponies, wool, skins, hair, &c. The Chinese merchant is patient, he sells his goods one year and never claims payment until the next; the price of goods is 75 per cent dearer than the price for the same at Kweihuacheng but that is of little concern to the Mongols who merely bring in additional animals as payment. \n\nThe merchant has also to consider in his price, the expenses for conveying the wool, &c., skins, or ponies to market and the fact that the prices for the same fluctuate very much when arrived there. Among the merchant's expenses seems in some cases to be a tax of from 2 to 5 taels per annum to the local Prince for the privilege of establishing himself. But these traders while engaged in an honest calling have also adopted the less honourable one of lending money to the Mongols at the exorbitant rate of 3 per cent per month, 36 per cent per annum, and they seem to do an excessively large business. In this case again they are very patient and while the debt and interest are rolling up they are content to receive presents of animals from time to time and to consent to defer settlement. There is thus no reason why they should not show patience especially as if the debtor dies, his debts are taken over by the next of kin, and also for this reason that if the debtor is connected with the service of the Tai and refuses after some time to acknowledge his promissory note, this is forwarded to the Tutung at Kalgan or Kweihuacheng, who subtracts the amount from the subsidy payment. In this way and also in the fact that these so-called traders receive a pass to travel on the Government road, they may be said to be recognized by the Government. This money-lending business is most deleterious to the Mongols, who are a happy-go-lucky thriftless race, taking no thought for the morrow. They love pretty things, especially those that glitter, no matter how tawdry they may really be, and are constantly buying these. It is simple to borrow money, they are therefore permanently in debt. \n\n**(Confidential.)** In this connection my report on the loans to Mongols of the Russo-Chinese Bank at Urga is of interest. \n\nIt is a curious fact that, in spite of the increase of points of contact between the Mongols and the Chinese, the line of separation between the two has never been bridged, and there has not been the slightest assimilation either in dress, customs, or language. The Chinese have invariably found themselves obliged to learn Mongol, the cases where the Mongols learn Chinese are rare. When I state that the Chinese learn Mongol, I must limit this to the trading community; the officials rarely speak it. I believe it to be a fact that none of the Manchu high officials at the Lifanfu, or those sent out by that Government Board to rule in the distant dependencies, have any knowledge of the language. \n\nThe lack of knowledge of Chinese on the part of the Mongols makes it highly useful for the traveller to have a knowledge, no matter whether great or small, of Mongol, for he cannot always reckon on finding one of these Chinese traders at a station, while if he travel away from the post road, he will probably find none at all. In addition to the station traders already mentioned, there are also the itinerating Chinese traders, who travel with a caravan from south to north during the summer months, with such goods as they can dispose of to the Mongols, or which they will be able to sell to the small Chinese shops at Urga, &c. These caravans move slowly northwards taking, perhaps, fifty days or even more for the journey, stopping a few days at each Tai. A small quantity of oil and coal are sometimes among the goods they sell. \n\n## Along the Tai Road to Urga \n\nJune 29.--We reached the first of the long chain of stations, Tarkhan, in the evening. The place consists of only one mud building, a dreary comfortless place to arrive at, with a heavy attack of fever threatening mischief. \n\nJune 30.--The Chinese Government pay no subsidy to this or the next few stations, the Mongol Prince maintaining them for official use, and the bills being sent in to the Tutung at Kweihuacheng, these being paid, without a doubt, in kind (tea bricks, flour, &c.), so that the Government get off very cheaply; the Mongols seem quite contented with the arrangement. \n\nAfter leaving Tarkhan we only passed one settlement the whole day. Several of the districts through which we passed seemed to have names, but it is useless to mention them as the Mongols frequently transplant these names at the same time as their tents, and in many cases the localities have no natural distinguishing features. \n\nThe second Tai is Ulan habo. Here the natives pay no taxes to any one, furnishing in exchange the necessary transport for all officials travelling, and charging the Government nothing. \n\nJuly 1.--An hour after starting we reached the Derrisu gol, and kept it on our right for half a-mile or so, when it turned due north and disappeared. It was quite dry, but is said to hold water after the rains. For some time we kept from time to time crossing the dry sandy beds of its tributaries. During the morning we halted to rest with a Chinese caravan. There were sixteen men, all from Shansi, en route for Urga with flour, rice, and millet to renew the stock of a Chinese shop there. The men were new colonists. The third Tai is Hassartu, where no one pays any taxes; the inhabitants of those yourts who do not keep the official rest-house providing the necessary transport. The officials said with joy that they rarely had to entertain a passing official. Caravans to Uliassutai were fairly frequent, but as these had no official pass they did not matter. \n\nJuly 2.--An hour after starting we were abreast of two Mongol yourts. One of these is a Chinaman's shop, where for some three years a merchant has been established bartering flour, millet, rice, &c., for ponies, wool, and goats' hair. Stock is renewed from Kokoillikung. The merchant pays an annual sum of 5 taels to the local Prince as tax. An hour and a-quarter later we crossed a narrow stream of water, flowing west to east, the Borotolgoi, on either side of which the ground is covered with saline efflorescence. Water, it is said, is always to be found here, even during the worst droughts. 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        "content_text": "66 \n\n67 \n\n148 \n\na single sand-drift nor patch of bare ground. It is only the lack of wells and population, the latter depending on the former, which makes the Gobi a desert. \n\nWere the Mongols energetic enough to dig more wells the country could bear a much larger population. \n\nThe cause of the presence of sand-drifts in the one and the absence of the same in the other is another point of contrast, namely, the prevalent winds. In both these blow for the greater part from the north-west, and are in both equally violent. The sand-drifts of the Ordos have doubtless been formed by the sand which through countless centuries has been blown across from the dry bare sands of West Gobi. The East Gobi, sheltered on the north-west by high ranges of mountains, has remained immune. \n\nWere the prevalent winds to change and to blow west instead of north-west, the East Gobi would share the same fate as the Ordos. In the latter the wind is accompanied by dust and small stones to such an extent that the atmosphere while the wind lasts is intensely disagreeable for man and beast, often blinding both temporarily. In the Gobi this is absent. The next point of contrast, the amount of low scrub and vegetation in the Ordos, as against nothing in the Gobi above the height of a blade of grass, has doubtless been caused by the formation of the land, in the Ordos low sand-hills, in the Gobi gently rolling-downs. The valleys and hollows formed by the sand hillocks give a sufficient shelter from the wind, while in the Gobi the same wind sweeps over the face of the country so violently that nothing escapes its force. Out of this arises the contrast between the two regions as sporting countries. The Ordos coverts teem with hares, pheasants, and game of all kinds; the Gobi has no shelter for such, and only such animals as deer, wolves, and foxes can roam there. \n\nA point of difference which is interesting is that, though both districts are beds of ancient inland seas, the Ordos exudes alkaline salts everywhere, and usually very thickly, while in only one place in the Gobi did I see this, and then only faintly. I certainly expected to find it in some of the shallow valleys where there were small lakes and coarse grass, or where there had been lakes of recent date. Such places in the Ordos were white with salt; in the Gobi it is conspicuously absent. \n\nAs regards the population there are also these points of contrast: (1) that of the Ordos seems to be less nomadic; their yourts are evidently establishments of some years' standing; (2) the ordinary people appear to be more wealthy and their yourts better appointed; this probably arises from their more settled state and also from the fact that no Chinese moneylenders infest the country (possibly the difficulty of access is the cause for this deliverance), and from the fact that they have nearer markets for their wool and hair. \n\nThere are without doubt numerous other points of contrast, but the above are some which first strike the casual traveller.\n\n## Changes in Administration\n\nAny changes which have been effected, or which the Chinese Government desire to effect in the administration of Mongolia may be said to be the outcome of a couple of centuries of Chinese immigration, and the recent adoption by the Central Government of that policy in the north also. \n\nFormerly the outer Great Wall formed the boundary line between China and Mongolia, but the Manchus having successfully ousted the Mings (1644) and having become heirs to the vast Mongolian possessions of the latter, and the Manchu yoke having been peaceably accepted by the Mongols, the energetic Chinese of Shansi and Chih-li, tempted by the fertility of the soil in those Mongolian districts at their very threshold, encroached on their neighbours, renting or buying their land and cultivating it. \n\nWith the advance of the Chinese the Mongols receded, partly because they disliked any contact with civilization, and partly because the pasturage for their vast flocks and herds was interfered with by the wheat and kaoliang fields of the invaders, who in their turn resented the damage done to their crops by the wandering camels and other beasts. \n\nThus the whole plain of Kweihuasheng became entirely populated with Chinese right up to the foot of the mountains (6 miles to the north of that town) which form the step on to the Mongolian plateau, so that the Mongols were driven either on to the plateau or westward into the strip of Mongolia which lies in the Yellow River valley between the mountains of Mongolia and the river. \n\nThe Kweihuacheng plain and the country to the Yellow River, as far as and including Salatsi, then became incorporated in the Province of Shansi. \n\nThe wave of Chinese immigration, having engulfed Kweihuacheng, spread in two directions, northwards on to the Mongolian plateau, and westwards from Salatsi along the Yellow River, in either case the Mongols retreating before it. \n\nThe northern wave may be said to have reached its limit, I think, for there has been little advance along this line for at least thirty-six years. I am of opinion that any expansion that occurs will be east and west of Kokoillikung, in the former case linking up with the vast tracts of Mongolia north of the Province of Chih-li which Chinese immigrants have opened up, and which have gradually been incorporated in that province. All immigration during those years has been towards the Yellow River strip, and it is there that the Mongols are now feeling the pressure, for a large portion of the land up to the Alashan frontier has been opened up, and the rest will, without doubt, follow suit. The fertile portion of Alashan has met with a similar fate and a large number of Chinese farmers have flocked there, while the population of the only place which can be called a town, i.e., Dengkou, is entirely composed of Chinese residents and traders. The stream of immigration then flowed southwards towards the fertile Ninghsia plain, and numerous Chinese farms may be met with along that portion of the Alashan Kingdom. \n\nThus, even if left to itself, the immigration would as surely swallow up the whole of the Yellow River strip as it has already engulfed Kweihuacheng. \n\nOf recent years it seemed good to the Chinese Government to utilize this movement as far as possible, and to hasten the opening up to cultivation of Mongolia, by encouraging and promoting immigration with a view to strengthening their hold thereby over the distant dependencies. \n\nThe adoption of this process as a definite policy cannot date from very far back, probably 1902, and was, I venture to think, due to a fear lest a similar fate, which at that time seemed to be impending over Manchuria, should overtake Mongolia, and also to prevent the pledging to foreign banks, by the small Princes, of their lands or minerals. Thus in 1902 an energetic Chiangchün (or Tartar General) was sent to Kweihuacheng with instructions to hasten up the opening up of Mongolia. These, however, he obeyed only too well, and acting in an arbitrary and overbearing manner, came into conflict with Chinese and Mongols alike, a conflict which has ended now in his disgrace. One of the measures taken by him was to establish in various centres bureaux or land registry offices for the purpose, and no steps seem to have been left undone by him to carry out his instructions. One of these seems to have been to extend the process to the Ordos tribes. \n\nThe Ordos tribes consist of a confederation of seven Mongol Shepherd Kings who rule in a patriarchal manner over their scanty population. While the Chiangchün at Kweihuacheng supervises them they enjoy the same measure of independence as the other Mongol Princes to the north of the Yellow River. \n\nThe Chiangchün, in pursuance of his instructions, invited these Shepherd Princes to cede or sell their lands to the State. I have been unable to discover whether sale or cession was invited, but as the rights of the Mongols to the land have been often recognized by the Chinese Government, and as the sale of small portions has sometimes occurred, it may easily have been so in this case also. It must have been a tempting offer to the impecunious and extravagant Princes, but they seem to have been uncertain what course to follow. Talat is said to have ceded all his land, and also Wushin, but the other Princes wavered and tried to compromise. The action of the Princes of Talat and Wushin irritated not only their own subjects but also all the other Ordos Mongols to a high degree, and the subjects of Wushin have started a boycott of their chief; they have left his capital, have refused to work for him or in his yamên, or to tend his beasts; there were only two Mongols in the encampment at the time of my visit, both relatives of the Prince, who had himself gone away to the tribal temple on business. The Mongols claim that the land belongs to them, that their Prince has no right to cede or sell it without their consent, and state that if the Chinese are going to be masters of the country and their district turned into a province they will have to pay taxes to the Chinese, in which case they have no time nor desire to work for his Highness. \n\nAt Borobalgasson I heard that in view of the attitude of the tribes the Chinese Government had dropped the whole question, and this information was confirmed by the Duke of Alashan. \n\nIn the meantime, however, the Chiangchün at Kweihuacheng had got into serious trouble. He had coolly executed a small Mongol official who had remonstrated with him for his attitude towards the Mongols. This high-handed action was the last straw, and the Peking Government were obliged to take notice of the repeated complaints of Chinese and Mongols alike. They sent a special officer down to Kweihuacheng to ...\n\nPage 150\nPage 151",
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        "content_text": "## 72\n\nfrom Chinese predecessors. Shops pay taxes to the Government (of Urga); the large shops are rated at about 45 taels (135s.) a-year, the smaller shops being assessed according to their earnings by the twelve principal shops, who report to the Amban. To this annual expense which merchants have to meet, must be added a customs tax at Kalgan on goods entering Mongolia, and another squeeze on entering Urga.\n\nThe Russian shops are said to number from thirty to forty, with a population of 400 all told. The chief business of the Russian merchants, as that of their Chinese confrères, is the collecting of wool, skins, hides, &c., for transport and sale elsewhere. I do not know at what price the Russians buy. The Chinese buy ox hides and pony skins often at 30 cents a-piece, and sell them in Peking at 1 tael. A collection I saw awaiting transport was very inferior. The Russian shops sell a great variety of things—blue enamel pots, cloth, calico, cotton, sugar, cheap porcelain, pails, hardware, scent, muslins, saws, boots, shoes, matches, toys, brandy, an inferior American whisky, and a great many things which appeared much too civilized for the Mongol market. I enquired whether Chinese trade suffered in consequence of the Russian competition, but heard no complaints. Slackness of trade has caused several Russian shops of late years to close.\n\nUrga lies four days by road south of Kiachta, six days south of the nearest railway station on the Siberian Railway, and twenty-one days roughly from Kalgan, Kweihua-cheng, and Uliassutai respectively. By means of the Russian post-office, it has an excellent service of mails, which is probably expensive to keep up if what Dr. Gatrell said in 1902 is correct: \"The Russian postmaster informed me that the postal service between Urga and Kalgan costs the Russian Government 2,800 roubles a month, and that the Chinese profited most from it.\" Letters are sent to and received from Kalgan once a week, the transit taking seven days. There is a Russian mail once a week to Uliassutai, the transit thither also taking seven days. Once a month, parcels are sent south by camel service.\n\nThe Chinese telegraph administration is served by four Chinese clerks, two of whom have an excellent knowledge of English, and one of Russian. They have very little work to do. The rate per word to England was 6s. 3d. in July last. The money in currency in Urga is Russian, the rouble note being employed and nickel coinage in the shape of 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 kopeks. There are also copper coins of the value of 1 kopek. The paper rouble notes are extremely popular: they are spoken of as \"sheets\" by Mongols and Chinese, which causes some confusion at first to the traveller.\n\n## 5\n\nA branch of the Russo-Chinese Bank is very courteous in assisting the traveller with regard to money matters. A Chinese bank has recently been established in the town. Like other trading houses, the Russian Bank appears to have suffered from the depression of trade and there is little business. The building is a plain two-storied yellow brick construction, with quarters also for the mining department and for the bank staff.\n\nThe Russian Consulate is a handsome two-storied building on rising ground between Mongol Urga, and Chinese Maimachin. Painted white, it looks very refreshing after the squalor elsewhere. The small compound, which would be vastly improved if some trees were planted, contains the Russian post-office with a few other bungalows, with, to the west, the barracks. The whole is surrounded by a shallow moat some 12 feet broad and full of wire entanglements, a relic of 1900.\n\nWith the exception of the Maityr Buddha temple, which is worth seeing on account of its fine collection of Buddhas which are kept with their votive scarfs in a wonderful state of cleanliness, one other temple near the Amban's yamên, and perhaps the Bogdo's residence on the hill in the centre of Old Mongol Urga, there is nothing to see in Urga except street life. This, however, fully compensates for the lack of interest elsewhere. One can pass many hours in the market-place watching the Mongols making their purchases on the one side and on the other the pious and ceaseless round of visitors to the innumerable prayer-wheels festooned with rags and bones, in studying the picturesque silver head-dresses of the women, which gives them the appearance of wealth entirely out of keeping with their often ragged clothing, or in watching the lamas from Thibet and from all over Mongolia visiting the shrines, while in yet another corner waits a long line of ox carts laden with wood from the mountains until the Mongols in charge of them have duly made each wheel in the market-place revolve on his behalf to Buddha.\n\nThe temples are vastly inferior to those of the Wutaishan. They seem to be mostly yourts or large buildings of wood and felt of the yourt pattern. The town is wholly given over to prayer, and all day long thousands of lamas are hard at work, whether in their own encampment (so mysterious looking behind high palisades of wood which really conceal the most squalid houses and over which flutter unending strips of prayer rags) or in the larger temples, importuning Heaven with voice and instrument. None of the encampments or buildings have been set down with any attempt at order or regularity and anyone pitches his tent or home where he pleases.\n\nThe whole town is built of wood, which is amazingly cheap and a huge amount of which is brought in from the mountains every day. It is at the same time the principal material of fuel. I believe that for the annual payment to the Amban of a fee of 15 taels (45s.) as much wood may be cut as one likes, except on the Bogdo Ula, which is Government property and also sacred, and where, in seven valleys at any rate, all trees and animals are left untouched, no shooting whatever being allowed.\n\nI arrived at Urga at the time of the annual race festival, which lasts a fortnight and is held at the first tai on the road to Kiakhta (20 miles to the north). As the Bogdo attends the races, which are said to attract a unique gathering of Mongol Princes from all parts of Mongolia, I should have paid a flying visit to them had it not been for the extreme inhospitality of the weather which would have made camping out a misery.\n\nThe Bogdo was described in 1902: \"His skin is as dark as that of a native of India; he seemed about 35 years old impressed with the cruel bestial expression of his face.\"\n\nLike so many of the Mongol Princes who can afford to do so and who are able to procure the stuff, he is said to drink very heavily, and indeed to be more usually drunk than sober. Contrary to all rules, he is married, and is the first Bogdo to have taken this step.\n\n## 78\n\nUliassutai, August 17.—The Russian Consul told me that he had seen the Dalai Lama at Urga, and that the whole trouble between His Holiness and the Bogdo was due to the latter being a married man, for on his arrival the Dalai Lama had asked what the Bogdo meant by disobeying the rule. The Bogdo was furious and refused for some time to return the Dalai Lama's call. When at last persuaded to do so, he insisted on his wife accompanying him, which made the breach of relations still wider.\n\nThis action of the Bogdo in establishing a precedent may have far-reaching results and may cause a permanent split between Lhassa and Urga. This should not be lost sight of in view of the huge influence exercised by the Bogdo over the whole of Mongolia and of the influence which the Russians know how to exercise over the Bogdo.\n\nThe Chinese garrison at Urga is small and only consists of 250 men from Hsüanhuafu in Chih-li, whither they return four times a-year to receive pay. They are most inefficient, and are armed with the old pattern of rifle. There is no artillery except for some old guns for saluting. The Russian garrison consists of sixty-two Cossacks and some \"old\" cannon.\n\nTrade in Urga, unfortunately for everyone, is undergoing a wave of depression and there does not seem to be any prospect of an improvement. The chief trade is that of the collection of wool, skins, &c., and the cause of the depression is the glut of wool in the world's markets so that the merchants cannot get rid of their stocks. This glut seems to come from the fact that the export of wool from other producing countries has increased, and that this can be put on the market before the Mongolian wool, due to the defective means of communication. Foreign and Chinese merchants are badly hit alike.\n\nIn Urga, there are several Chinese engaged in buying for foreign Tien-tsin firms. There is one for Messrs. Wilson and Co., who were, I believe, losers to the amount of several tens of thousands of dollars last year in this wool trade. Only one English firm is represented in Urga by a foreigner. The firm is Messrs. Reichardt and Co. (of New York). Their representative was formerly an Englishman, but is now a Dutchman. He has to trade through the Russo-Chinese Bank.\n\nThe depression in the wool trade has spread to every business for everyone has less money to spend. The Mongols are especially badly hit, for they can find no outlet for their large amount of wool. At the end of the Russo-Japanese war, they were exceedingly well off and had plenty of silver in their pockets from the sale of ponies and oxen to the Russians and Japanese. This money has all been spent, and the distress caused by their poverty has brought about the formation of brigand bands in the mountains round Urga. These bands are, I believe, solely due to the depression of trade.\n\n## Urga (political)\n\nThe day after arriving at Urga, I called at the Russian Bank on business. The young Manager, M. Stephanow, speaks excellent English, learnt in Shanghae where he has served; he has also been in Peking and Kalgan. I was able to establish good relations with him and a few days later asked him to tell me how many Cossacks there were in the Consulate guard. He replied that there were sixty, that... \n\n[2155 6-1]",
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        "content_text": "# August 7\nA long march of 20 miles brought us to Hattat camp. While lunching here, a couple of Chinese men came into my tent. They were convoying 100 ponies from Ili to Peking for Imperial use. It is interesting to note that they take the northern and longer route instead of the southern one by Urumtsi, Lanchow, &c., to Peking. This is because of the abundance of grass in Mongolia, and to allow the animals plenty of time to get fat en route; they only do one stage (20 miles roughly) a day. They will have taken five months to do the journey by the time they reach Peking. The whole party consists of twenty Chinamen, of whom two are small officers. They have a large number of sacks of fodder for the ponies, and require as many as thirty camels per stage for the transport of these. One of the men was a Manchu Solon from Ili, and he gave some very useful information respecting the roads. He reported that all was quiet in the Hsincheng Province. He was very anxious to buy my camera, then my watch, and lastly my aneroid; and my servant told him with great hauteur that I was not a merchant, but a very big man, so I had to comfort him by saying he would be able to buy the same things, only better, in Tientsin!\n\nWe slept the night at Haranudyn, 24 miles further on, on the shores of a small circular lake which is rapidly diminishing. We passed the Ili ponies en route; they looked a wretched lot. Of the 100, the Emperor takes 20, the officials 40, and friends the rest—a very convenient arrangement for the friends, who get their ponies cheap and pay no entry tax.\n\n# August 8\nEntering the mountains 14 miles after breaking camp, we kept up the small stream which feeds the Haranudyn lake and reached Korude at mile 12. The mountains are steep and rugged, with smooth turf on the lower slopes. We entered the territory of the Saunoin tribe to-day, the Chief's encampment lying a day or two to the north of Korude camp. The weather was bad to-day, and a mountain mist clung to us for many hours. All the natives turned out in long, red, blanket cloaks, of Russian make. They are most useful garments; they are said to cost 17 dollars (34s.).\n\nContinuing up the Korude valley, we descended into another valley, with smooth, grassy slopes on either side leading up to crags. On reaching the bottom of the valley, we crossed it to Tatz camp, a distance of only 6 miles from Korude. The valleys from now on are full of rich grass, on which many herds feed. They are well watered and sheltered, and support a fairly large population. They would make excellent farm lands. In the Tatz Tai valley, there lives a Chinese trader of the usual type.\n\nAscending from the camp in a north-westerly direction over grassy slopes, we descended into another valley, that of the River Tatz, a shallow but rapid little stream some 20 yards broad. Climbing out of this valley, we descended into another one and camped for the night at Hottuk, a distance of 14 miles from Tatz Tai. Another Chinese trader lives here. Between Tatz Tai and Tatz river, the mountains begin to be really grand.\n\n# August 9\nA 26-mile march brought us to Sharagolcho, where there is a small stream in which there was little water. The valley was, however, bright with grass, yourts were more numerous than usual, and the number of cattle unusually great. Here we saw herds of yak for the first time.\n\nCrossing the small stream, we came over some low mountains into the Tui valley, and halted at a camp of the same name after a march of some 10 miles. The Tui flows down swiftly over a stony bed in a series of channels, two of which are at least 15 yards broad and 8 inches deep. It receives many mountain torrents in its course from north to south, among them the Sharagolcho, and, becoming a small river, flows into the Gobi, where it forms a small lake.\n\nAmong other wild flowers of the district, the purple thistle grows in some profusion. I am told the Mongols use the leaf of this as tinder, but this lacks confirmation.\n\n# August 10\nA march of 19 miles brought us into the valley of the Ortagol and to the Tai of Ortaharata, and another 3 miles to the valley and Tai of Ologoi; the stream is rapid, and though only 6 to 9 inches deep is 15 to 20 yards broad. It joins the Ut... At Ologoi, there is a Russian-speaking Mongol, who must be of real use to the Russian traders who come as far south as this to buy wool and skins. He greeted me warmly, and refused to believe that I was not Russian and could not understand his language. As I was neither Chinese nor Mongol, I must, of course, be Russian. He became rather offensive and had to be turned out of my camp.\n\n# August 11\nWe reached Ut camp on the Utain Gol at mile 10; the stream flows rapidly over a stony bed; it is 24 feet deep, 30 to 40 yards wide, and is difficult to ford. It is probably joined further south by the Ologoi, instead of the latter stream flowing southwards to form a lake for itself in the Gobi (as Russian maps mark it).\n\nCrossing another channel of the Ut, we dropped over the mountains to a largish lake at mile 7; half a mile later, at the bottom of the valley, a caravan track crossed ours at right angles; this track runs to Urga across the heart of the Khangai range. Climbing out of the valley, we dropped into that of the Baiderik, and reached the camp of the same name at mile 19 on the further side of the stream. The Baiderik was very full, the result of summer rains, and the crossing was a little perilous for a low cart. There were two main channels and several smaller ones. Of the two chief channels, one was 40, the other 70 yards wide; the water, some 2½ feet deep, was swirling down at a great pace over a stony bed. When joined by its tributaries, the Ut, Djak, and other mountain streams, it must present a formidable appearance where it issues from the mountains onto the desert. It forms a lake in the Gobi, and is the most serious of all these streams which flow southwards from the Khangai Mountains. A waterman is in attendance on the banks to pilot caravans across the stream, and his services are very necessary.\n\n# August 12\nWe reached the camp of Djak 9 miles from Baiderik. A Russian trader has a small store here; he came across the river to inspect me, and asked a number of inquisitive questions from the Mongols concerning myself and my camel loads. A Chinese caravan was in camp at the same time from Tarbagatai, convoyed by a small official in charge of 400 ponies for Government use.\n\nAscending from the Djak valley, we crossed the ridge which parts the waters, which flow southwards and lose themselves in the thirsty Gobi, from those which flow northwards to form the large lakes of North-Western Mongolia, and descended into the valley of the Chobolgol, one of the headwaters of the Jabkon river. We reached Chobol camp at mile 14, crossing the stream just before doing so. The stony bed is some 100 yards wide, and there are a couple of channels each 20 yards broad, with perhaps a foot of water in each. At Chobol, we came in contact with another detachment of the Tarbagatai ponies.\n\n# August 13\nKeeping down the valley of the Chobol stream for 15 miles, we reached the camp of Bombom. We passed two mobs of ponies en route for Peking. One lot consisted of 100 or more, the customary tribute to the Emperor. The other lot amounted to 1,500 going to Chih-li for army purposes. Keeping down the same valley, the stream taking a different name according to the settlements passed, we reached Ubur Chergelent after another 18 miles.\n\n# August 14\nWe continued down the valley. Dr. Gatrell wrote in 1902: \"Here I could see no trace of (at Ubur Chergelent) the road to Uliassutai bifurcates.\" Gatrell's track over the mountains to the north-west, but at mile 1 from camp, a broad mountain torrent was bringing down a great volume of water to join the river of the valley, and this may have been Gatrell's route as it is probably dry except after heavy rains. The only other possibility was at mile 3 when a smaller torrent was coming down from the north-west, but this latter seems too far from Ubur Chergelent camp. We reached Arachergelent at mile 15. Some thirty-six ox carts were coming along bringing stores from a Chinese shop at Urga to one at Uliassutai. These carts, which cannot come over the mountains but have to come round by the desert and Sair Ussu, are taking fifty-five days to do the journey.\n\nContinuing down the river as far as its confluence with the Buyuntugol, we covered a distance of 8 miles over easy ground. At the meeting of the two streams, we turned north-west and kept up the valley of the Buyuntugol in a northerly direction for another 6 miles, and fording the river reached the camp of Hochertu. The other stream is known here as the Sharoshagol, and the two combined form the Jabkon. Where they meet, there is a good deal of difficult marshy ground.\n\nWe forded the Buyantugol at what might be called its summer height; it was 200 yards broad with small patches of sand here and there so thinly covered with water that they were almost islands. The greatest depth was a little over 2 feet, but a winding course has to be followed, and the services of a waterman are necessary to show the ford.\n\nA Russian trader is established at this Tai. He was extremely inquisitive and rode by the side of my cart for some distance closely inspecting all the contents (rifle, guns, &c.), and only left me at the camp after telling a Mongol to find out all about me. This trader only comes here in the summer for wool and hair, which he washes in the stream, for which purpose he has erected wooden sheds. He gives no money for the wool and hair but barters tea and Russian goods.\n\nWe bought some Mongol mushrooms here; they grow plentifully in the neighbourhood. They were as dirty in appearance as the English fungus but are eaten readily by the Mongols, who send them also to market at Peking, where they are considered delicacies. In the capital, they cost 24 taels a catty; here we bought two catties...",
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        "content_text": "82 \n\nIn exchange, an Urga tea brick which had cost us 30 cents but which we priced here at 60 cents.\n\nA man from Kweihuacheng was in camp; he was conveying 10,000 sheep to Kweihuacheng for a dealer. He had paid 1 t. 30 c. a-piece in Uliassutai and said they would fetch from 2 taels upwards at market. They were going very slowly so as to get fat en route, and were expected to reach Kweihuacheng in about two and a-half months' time. The man in charge of them had some difficulty because on reaching the other bank of the river, he found four were missing. On returning to the Tai to complain to the waterman, he found the Mongol official eating mutton and accused him of having stolen the four. It seemed that the Mongol official was really guilty.\n\nLeaving in a north-westerly direction up a gently sloping valley covered with grass, down which rushed a small stream, we reached, after some 11 miles, a vast plain lying, it seemed, among the mountain tops. Keeping along this for another 7 miles, we reached Dagangal camp. It was bitterly cold at the height at which we were; the first snows were already lying on the mountain tops, and water in a cup left outside the tent overnight was frozen solid before morning.\n\nAugust 15.-We passed on the road sixteen ox-carts taking wood down to Hochertu for the Russian trader who is to build a house there.\n\nWe descended from the high plateau to Tumart, a distance of 12 miles. The valley into which we descended was well wooded—that is to say, on the slopes facing the north, not on those facing south.\n\nContinuing down the valley, we reached Shuruk after another 16 miles. Here we found another convoy of 400 ponies going down to the capital from Ili. Although there seems to be a great deal of movement this year as regards ponies for military purposes, I was told that it was not extraordinary.\n\nTurning north at Shuruk, we kept up a well-watered valley for 6 miles, as far as a couple of Lama Temples, where we turned towards the north-west up a mountain pass, reaching the next Tai of Hwasherat before the top of the pass was reached. The distance was some 12 miles, but the camels came by a shorter road (across the mountains) than the cart used. Hwasherat is said to be only 10 miles from Uliassutai. The night was again intensely cold, and water froze solid in a cup overnight.\n\nAugust 16th.-A few of the Mongols round here have cut off their pigtails; they wear their hair long and woolly. Perhaps Russian influence has had something to do with this change. Just after crossing the second pass from camp, we obtained our first view of Uliassutai lying among the mountains some five miles to the north of us. Descending sharply from the mountains, we reached the hollow in which the colony lies and crossed the many-channelled Bogdin Gol. None of the channels of the stream, with the exception of that which is nearest to the colony and which is the main one, present any difficulties.\n\nHere the stream is 20 yards wide and some 34 feet deep: the water rushes down at a tremendous pace. It is crossed by a narrow wooden bridge some 6 feet above the water and which rests on five hexagonal-shaped piles filled in with rocks. Crossing this, the green dragon bridge, and passing a small shrine and a tablet which records the name of the bridge, we were in the lanes of Uliassutai.\n\nThe settlement (for I wish to avoid the use of the word town, which name hardly applies) lies on the plain on the north bank of the Bogdin Gol; it is backed by fine mountains which rise less than a stone's throw from the settlement, for the plain is only half a-mile wide at this point. Both to east and west, the colony lies exposed; to the east, the plain for a mile, as far indeed as the mountains, becomes as much as a mile broad; to the west, it narrows to a few hundred yards, and down this passage, the Bogdin Gol rushes. Uliassutai has many points of comparison with Urga, the chief being the abundance of water, a good supply of wood in the neighbourhood, and the all-pervading squalor. The water is, however, bad for drinking purposes on account of the wool washing which goes on in the stream.\n\nThe settlement consists of a number of houses built of wood or mud or of both, usually with large yards attached to them, each being surrounded by a palisade of wooden poles 12 feet high. Sometimes these palisades only conceal miserable yourts. Lanes, only not so dirty as those of Urga, inasmuch as there seems to be some attempt at sanitation, run in all directions with no attempt at regularity and, being flanked by lines of palisades, make the streets singularly uninteresting. After rains, these lanes become long pools. There is only one short street which may be termed a street. It is some 300 yards long, and on either side are to be found the Chinese and Russian shops: the police stations are also in this street. There is a torlorn desolate appearance about it which testifies to the absolute stagnation of trade. This is confirmed by every Chinese merchant. The Russian traders, who number seven or eight and whose shops,\n\n83 \n\nleased from the Chinese, for they neither own a settlement of their own nor are they allowed to buy land, are side by side with those of the Chinese, share in the general depression, for there is no money with the Mongols and therefore no one to buy. It seemed to me possible that the Russians might be getting all the trade and the Chinese none, but the latter said this was not so, for the Russians sold different goods to what they did. Most of the Chinese traders are Chih-li (Peking or Tien-tsin) men. They sell silks, boots, hats, Chinese robes, snuff bottles, Lamaistic instruments, sheep-skins. Some few sell furs, but these are scarce and bad; sheep and goat-skin coats are cheap and good. I bought a long one for only 9 taels (27s.). A few Chinese merchants are engaged in the wool trade, but it may be said that this and the hair trade are to all intents and purposes monopolised by the Russian traders, who have erected sheds for cleaning and dying these in all the neighbouring villages as well as in that of the Bogdin Gol. Dr. Gatrell said in 1902, \"it is said that in the country round Uliassutai, there are at least eighty Russian traders.\" With the wool and hair trade entirely in Russian hands, the life of Uliassutai is gradually being squeezed from the Chinese, and it makes no difference to the Russian shops whether they do a thriving business or not, for their gain can be made elsewhere, while to the Chinese, an improvement in business is of vital importance.\n\nThe Chinese settlers pay no rent or taxes; anyone who comes can get land free of charge and can build a house on it or else rent one of the many empty shops whose shuttered fronts and grass-grown roofs add to the melancholy appearance of the main street. No wonder, then, that with this state of idleness, plenty to sell but no one to buy, for during the three days I spent in the colony, I never saw more than two or three people in the streets and no business whatever done, traders have maintained the impoverishing vice of opium smoking; of the twenty shops or more that I entered, I found none wherein at least three of the men behind the counter were not advanced smokers. The Acting Tartar General had just issued a belated Proclamation against its sale or use, but that matters little when everyone can procure it so easily from his home in the south.\n\nA mile to the east of the trading settlement and along the valley is a palisaded enclosure, which is the \"fortress\" and seat of Government. This fort is a square, the sides of which are about 500 yards long. The walls are formed of a double row of larch poles 20 feet high, the two rows being about 10 feet apart. The space between is filled with stones, mud, bricks, and rubbish. There is a gate on every side but the north. The fort is surrounded by a dry moat, and there is a wooden bridge at each of the gates.\n\nThis moat is some 15 feet deep and 50 feet broad; it could, I think, be filled from the river if necessary.\n\nNone of the ground between the two settlements is built on, except for an occasional miserable pourt; the plain being subject to floods from the Bogdin Gol. Numerous shallow channels of the stream have to be crossed by low bridges, consisting of planks raised a foot above the ground on low trestles.\n\nThe government is carried out by a Chiangchun (Tartar General), who has control over the whole of Northern Mongolia. This post is a Manchu appointment, and the staff is Manchu. With the Chiangchün is associated a Mongol as assistant, but, as the Russian Consul told me, the Chinese Government take good care to select one of the dullest-witted Princes for this post so as to keep entire control in their own hands. There are five offices: one for Russian trade, one for military purposes, one for internal affairs, one for Mongol affairs, and the last for finance. All these offices are to be found in the so-called fortress; the population of this fort is said to be 350, and as all are supposed to be soldiers, this may be said to be the number of the \"garrison.\"\n\nThe whole colony (i.e., the two quarters) is a military settlement, and no one is allowed to come either to trade or to an inn without a permit from the yamén. To come to trade, a passport from the Board of Dependencies in Peking is necessary, and this, it is said, would be granted to anyone, native or foreigner.\n\nThe colony does not grow at all; the wonder is that it does not decrease. In addition to the above-mentioned \"garrison,\" there is said to be a force of 100 Mongol soldiers who never enter the town but ride round the country by day, sleeping in their own yourts at night.\n\nOn reaching the settlement, I went to the Chinese inn and was refused a room until we had visited the yamén. Being dirty and travel-worn, I refused to go to call on the Governor until I had rested. This created some trouble, for the innkeeper and his friends dared not disobey the instructions; however, the head of the police force arrived and put things straight. He was a delightful old man of over 70, with the...\n\n156 \n\n...",
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        "content_text": "# 162 \n## 94 \n\nyears Japanese trade would be in a bad state, as people would have found out the worthlessness of their goods. I do not think that with so large a market such a result will occur for a very long time.\n\nThe shops are little more than mud huts. The merchants pay no house-tax, and, indeed, no tax at all, except li-kin. Houses are rented from Mongols or Chinese. No new ones are ever built, as the colony does not grow, and I saw many shops shuttered up and empty, and was told that a Chinaman came here for a few years, and either made a fortune in that time or had to return ruined. It was a question of luck, according to the state of trade.\n\nWhile there was an air of listlessness in the streets, opinions differed as to the present state of trading, some saying that it was bad, others that it was fairly good. All agreed, however, that caravans were rarities. The trade seemed to be nearly one of barter, and there is little silver in the town. Tea bricks (value 45 cents) are the chief currency, while another and more peculiar \"coin\" is a long band of various coloured stuff and of different low values. Small worthless silk scarves, such as the lamas give as presents, are also currency.\n\nAugust 27—There is no Government bank at Kobdo. During the morning I dropped into the police station, three-quarters of the way down the west side of the street, the spot being indicated by two gorgeous flags. Finding no one there, I inquired of a passer-by where all the soldiers had gone to. He said there were thirty police stationed here, but all had gone to lunch—they would not be back till the evening. Close to the gate was a rack of eight rusty old hammer-guns, which looked as if they had come out of the ark, and as if they had got wet in the deluge and had never been cleaned since, also eight wooden lances 10 feet long, with rusty spear heads at the end. It was useless to wait for the return of the police, so I crossed the road to the watchman's station, which was indicated by cangues and scrolls which, as if in invitation of the decalogue preached, \"Do not steal,\" \"Do not gamble,\" \"Do not brawl.\" Here I took some time to wake up the only occupant, which feat accomplished, he told me that during the day only one watchman was stationed here and he was the man. His pay, he said, was 90 c. a month, but he admitted to making more (I presume shopkeepers pay a kind of insurance sum against being robbed). At night he said six men were stationed there. Their weapons and implements were a stout stick, a lantern, and a gong to warn the thieves they were on the alert. The men call themselves soldiers and are renewed every five years from Hsuanhuafu.\n\nWalking into the kitchen on my way out, I found it to be also the police cell, and one prisoner in it. His story was that a Mongol man had owed him money and that on going for this money the Mongol man had given him an ox instead. Returning to Kobdo with the ox, he had been followed by the Mongol who accused him of stealing it. He had only been in the cell one day, and I asked him how long he was going to stay; he replied that he did not know, but probably till the matter had been amicably arranged with the owners of the ox, and that this was a matter of four days as the Mongol lived two days away. A policeman had been sent to fetch him, but there would probably be delays. The prisoner seemed to be unnecessarily dejected, I thought, his only inconvenience being a light chain fastened round his neck and tied loosely to the kang stool, which, being quite small and portable, could be moved at will. The weather was cool, and the kitchen nicely warm, his pipe lay by his side, he could sit or sleep as he liked, and his shop assistant could bring him his food and drink, so he did not seem so badly off.\n\nThe fortress portion of the colony would probably be impregnable to all attacks from such enemies as Mahommedans. It would, however, be defenceless against modern arms, as it is entirely commanded by surrounding hills. I visited the fortress in the afternoon with the intention of seeing how many soldiers there were, not that there are any barracks, as I knew, the inside of the fortress being nominally supposed to be the barracks, in reality every man living at home, but because I thought to hit more easily on a soldier there.\n\nIt was, however, all in vain. No one in the numerous houses within the fort seemed to be a soldier.\n\nThe walls are some 250 yards; there is a gate on every side (except the north) of the usual Chinese (double) pattern. An irregularly shaped and shallow dry moat surrounded the fortress: low bridges of mud and wood leading to each gate. The walls are some 15 feet high and are of hard mud. They are remarkably solid and are battlemented. They completely conceal the low buildings within. A grove of fine trees along the west wall on the inside shelters the Amban's yamên from the west. Offices of the Army Board are situated next to the Amban's yamên.\n\nThe \n| Description | Details |\n| --- | --- |\n| Walls | 250 yards, 15 feet high, hard mud, battlemented |\n| Gates | One on every side except north, Chinese double pattern |\n| Moat | Irregularly shaped, shallow, dry |\n\nA narrow ditch with a certain amount of water intersects the fortress enclosure, and there are other ditches.\n\n## 95 \n\nNot being able to get any information, I walked into the Army Board, a civilian institution, and learnt as follows:-The pay for the upkeep of the Kobdo garrison amounts to 30,000 taels a-year (4,500l.) and comes from Shansi through Kweihuacheng. There are 200 soldiers (Chinese) and I understood 300 Mongol soldiers, every one living at home. Pay is at the rate of 90 c. per man per month. He has to find his own food. There is a store of rifles in the War Office, but no artillery. If anyone is sick, a doctor lives up the street, and it is the invalid's own affair to consult him. The Mongols are styled cavalry. There is a parade twice a year, no drill, and no rifle practice. On paper, the garrison is probably very much larger, hence the sum given per annum, but what probably happens is that one man draws the pay of ten men.\n\nOn my way back to the temple, I asked at the police station what they would do if the town were again attacked by the Mahommedans: The reply was prompt, \"send for the Mongol soldiers,\" a devolution of responsibility which would end in Kobdo sharing a similar fate as in 1872, when all outside the fortress was looted and burned by the Mahommedans, for the Mongols would, as then, have packed their tents and removed their beasts to the mountains on the approach of the enemy.\n\nThe Russians are not very popular in Kobdo. They drink too much and make use of Mongol women. They seem to act on the \"Heads I win, tails you lose\" principle, as if they do not get rich, they decamp owing a lot of money to the Chinese. Every year, a number of Russian youths come to Kobdo for a few months merely for the sake of learning Mongol.\n\nThe Russian merchants send their telegrams and postal matter to Kissamoto in Russian territory beyond Suok. Suok is nine stages to the north-west of Kobdo.\n\nAugust 28.—Six large German guns with their ammunition left for Sharasumé across the Altaishan to-day. They are being convoyed by two small officers, two secretaries, and their retinue. There are also 400 rifles, eight cases of ammunition, and 200 shells for each gun. There are 100 cases in all. All bear German marks. The guns are to be put together by an officer at Sharasumé. Thirty Hassacks were sent down from Sharasumé to meet the cases and assist in convoying them across the mountains.\n\nThe departure of these guns delayed my own movements, for they required all the transport at the disposal of the Government, and I had unfortunately found it impossible to procure any animals of my own.\n\nThe Government track across the centre of the Altaishan range has only been in existence as such for a few years. It is only open four months in the year, the passes being rendered impassable by snow during the remaining eight. Any travellers wishing to proceed, therefore, in the winter from Kobdo to Altaishan settlement must journey southwards towards Manas and then strike westwards; such a journey takes a full month to accomplish as against twelve days by the summer route.\n\nDuring the day, some Russian merchants wandered round the temple to inspect me and my luggage. In the afternoon, I visited the leading Russian merchant, with a letter of introduction from the Consul at Uliassutai. In spite of this, he raised so many difficulties regarding the transmission of a home letter, alleging that it might contain political matter, that I sent the letter, under cover of another, back to the Consul at Uliassutai, for transmission to Europe via Urga. The merchant is a Biisk man and prosperous. He sends an enormous amount of wool to Biisk after it has been washed. He told me that the reason furs are so bad here is that the best are sent direct to Kalgan or Kweihuacheng. He said there were some Russian merchants at Ulankom. He did not know how many. Ulankom is six days distant to the north.\n\nLater in the day, the Amban sent a small officer with the message that he had orders to accompany me to Altaishan settlement. I was grateful for this, for the officer was as proficient in the Hassack language as in Mongol and Chinese. He brought my pass for the road made out in Mongol and Hassack (not Chinese). He said we were only just in time to cross the mountains, for in another ten days the passes would all be blocked by snow and the road closed. He thought that in any case, we should find the journey a difficult one, thus confirming all the remarks of our Urga and Uliassutai acquaintances to the same effect. The latter, indeed, had expressed the greatest surprise that we were even contemplating making the passage of the Altais at this point.\n\nIt was very pleasant to spend a quiet day sauntering under the fine trees by the side of the small irrigation canals, and it was with no little awe that we looked at the mighty range already heavily dipped in snow, the struggle over which was to begin on the morrow.\n\nBeing thoroughly dishearted and disappointed by the inability to travel in the way I wished, and as had been intended, I again had serious thoughts of abandoning the",
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        "content_text": "## Page 112\n\nand there were literally tens of thousands of ponies, cattle, sheep, and goats feeding on it. The day was clear and cloudless with a light westerly breeze, and we descended to find wild flowers, including roses, still in bloom, and butterflies flitting about everywhere. It was still summer, and very pleasant after the cold of the mountains.\n\nIn the Russian territory which we traversed the Hassacks pay taxes to a Hassack official who visits them twice a year for the purpose. He takes more from the rich than from the poor, and the district is evidently assessed at so much. He takes money or skins or animals.\n\nSeptember 27. - Keeping in a south-westerly direction we proceeded over the plain, and at mile 7 passed some Chinese mud-built farms, where is the Government Tai of Emilgol. Here we struck the Emil River and kept down it for the rest of the day, first on one side and then on the other. At mile 94 the road forked, the right branch going due west, and keeping near the Tarbagatai range. Both roads are equally good and both lead to Chuguchak, but the one on the north is said to be a day nearer. We took the other one as there were more inhabitants en route.\n\nFrom now on there were occasional Chinese farms dotted about, bare, bleak, treeless, uncomfortable-looking places, but each with a good deal of land under wheat cultivation, the crops being now under the process of gathering and winnowing, and also patches of cabbages and other vegetables and even tobacco; though the small streams from the hills are diverted to irrigate the fields, none of the little canals are more than a few inches deep.\n\nAt mile 11 we halted at a Chinese farm to avoid the great heat of the day. The farm had been in existence a great many years, for the owner - a man of 35 - had been born in it. The farmers do not seem to object to the many animals wandering about to pasture, and yet though comparatively little land is under cultivation compared to what is left to grass the animals cannot but stray on to the unprotected crops.\n\nThe only tax the farmers pay is so much wheat per annum to the Government at Chuguchak. All the Chinese farmers are Tien-tsin men so Tien-tsin may be said to have had the honour of colonising the plains of Chuguchak. On the other side of the Emil and lying among trees, some 3 miles away, is the lama temple of Karaussu. At mile 15 we crossed the stream which is some 30 feet wide and only a foot deep; it flows over a firm bed between banks for the most part between 2 and 3 feet high and hence difficult to approach. At mile 17 we recrossed the river and 5 miles later reached a group of scattered Chinese farms known as Sanshihlipu. Here we halted for the night at a large shop, the only one of the place. This is kept by a Tien-tsin man who has been here two years, and does a good business in everything with the neighbouring Hassack and Mongol population. The trade is entirely one of barter, he receiving in exchange skins, wool, wheat, tobacco, and grains. His Chinese goods all come via Newchwang and the Siberian railway to Chuguchak, whence they are brought to Sanshihlipu by camel or cart. To avoid duties in Russia the goods are consigned to Russian middlemen, who forward them to Chuguchak. The shop pays no taxes except li-kin at Chuguchak, which is said to be unusually severe. Goods are said to reach here in three weeks from Peking. The skins, wool, and hides are sold to Russian firms at Chuguchak. The tobacco grown here is only used by the Mongols and Hassacks, who grind it to powder and swallow it. The Chinese here have nothing to say but bad of the Mongols or Hassacks who, they affirm, steal everything. It was impossible, they said, to keep a good animal, for it disappeared almost at once.\n\nFor current use Guchen \"red\" cash are in use here, they are light and worthless.\n\n## Page 113\n\nSeptember 28. - Keeping slightly south of west, and passing some more farms we were abreast at mile 1 of a kind of small fortress, a piece of land enclosed by low mud walls 200 yards long and 100 broad, with some low buildings inside. The place is called a fort, but there are no soldiers there, nor are there to be any. It has been built by the Chinese themselves as a refuge in the event of future troubles. The whole population of the Sanshihlipu district, probably 250 - would doubtless take refuge there.\n\nHere the district may be said to end, for though we passed later on farms at intervals of half-a-mile or so, they were small and squalid. After 8 miles we reached the River Emil again at the Chinese colony of Emilho. Here the road turned north-west, passing under an avenue of tall trees, and between signs of the utmost desolation for a quarter of a mile, for the settlement is one of long standing, and was a flourishing place thirty years ago, when it was wiped out in the troubles. The ruins are used as cabbage beds and tobacco ground, and for growing Indian corn, wheat, and vegetables; there is another fort here in case of need. To the north-west of the old settlement has sprung up a new one, which has a population of 200 Chinese and is very flourishing. I counted more than a dozen well-to-do shops. A certain number of Hassacks also live here. The Chinese shop at which we stopped does a large barter business, selling the nomads' produce to the Russians at Chuguchak. It sells silks, stuffs, raisins, dates, salt, looking-glasses, combs, photographs (Japanese), caps, boots, beads, tobacco (both Hassack and Chinese grown) everything in short.\n\nLeaving the settlement and river, we kept north-west over the plain. It was a dreary march, with no farms or trees or anything to break the eye except very occasional nomad yourts. We plodded on for another 14 miles and reached a group of Chinese farms - Kwantien - standing among some trees. Here we halted for the night at the Government rest-house. The population of the place is not more than thirty, and every single member of it seemed to be an opium smoker.\n\nThe rest-house consisted of a large courtyard and a couple of buildings with nothing but four bare mud walls, a roof, a slit for a window, and a doorway. As there was no door, the room was open to the courtyard, which was in its turn open to the high road. We treat our animals in England better than the Chinese do travelling human beings.\n\nWe had passed numerous tramps and vagabonds during the afternoon; all Hassacks and truculent-looking villains. At one time the road had wandered for 5 or 6 miles through a mass of rough grass 6 feet high, a capital lurking-place for highway robbers.\n\nSeptember 29. - We kept north-west over a dreary plain. At mile 6 we crossed a small stream, and from now on the country was well watered. From mile 12.4 the trees round Chuguchak became visible. At mile 14.4 we crossed a river-bed 200 yards broad with a stream several inches deep flowing down by several channels. Rising out of this depression, we passed several farms among clumps of trees. At mile 15 the telegraph-poles coming up from the south were visible on our left. A mile later began a fine avenue of trees, under which the road ran between the ruins of Old Chuguchak, now used as vegetable patches. At mile 16.4, crossing a stream by a low wooden bridge, we reached the south gate of Hsincheng (\"New Town\"). Passing through the town, we left it by the north gate to reach the Chinese trading quarter, where we had our usual long search for an inn, our efforts being handicapped by the simultaneous arrival in the town of some Russian acrobats in full costume, and to whose party we were thought to belong. We found three miserable inns close to each other on the left side of the road. One of them had a fair-sized, but filthy, room. This, however, was tidied up, and I took possession. The yamên kindly sent three red lanterns and hangings, which gave pomp to the exterior but did nothing to mitigate the squalor of the interior.\n\n## Chuguchak\n\nSeptember 30. - I walked to the yamên in the morning to call on the Governor; the yamên is near the south gate of Hsincheng. Chalagen is a Manchu Solon from the Ili district. He is 51 years of age. He has been in office for little more than a year. While he has never been to Peking, he has travelled extensively in Russia (he has visited St. Petersburgh among other places), and speaks Russian fluently, but badly. His room was fitted up in a Russian manner. Although he was very cordial to me, I took a strong dislike to him. He has a disagreeable, crafty-looking face and sharp, ferret-like eyes. He is extremely unpopular, not only in Chuguchak, but throughout the whole province. No one with whom I spoke had a good word for him. The Chinese merchants say he paid 230,000 taels (34,500l.) for the post, and that now he is busy recouping himself as quickly as possible. One of these ways is by opening shops of his own where he undersells the other merchants; as his goods pay no li-kin, Chinese traders are very angry. The Governor told me, à propos of nothing, at our second meeting, that the Government nowadays allowed officials to keep shops (so that the complaint of the Chinese is probably well founded). The appointment was made by the Tartar General of Ili. The merchant at Sanshihlipu two days ago told me that the Chinese trade was suffering considerably under the new régime. The Governor, for instance, imports tea-bricks from Hankow free of charge, and sells them at 1 t. 70 c. each, whereas the merchants have to sell them at 2 taels. If the latter alter their prices they are sent for to the yamên, warned, and punished. The merchant added that it was the same in the case of cloth and silks. In consequence, the Chinese have tried to defeat him by means of the Russians, by passing the goods through them and having them stamped as Russian products.\n\nThe latest crime of the Governor is the execution of a Hassack, a small Government official in the town. 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        "content_text": "# 116\n\nindependent of all control and did what they liked. Their own telegrams sometimes took days to reach Peking. In view of the delays which occur in the telegraphic system between Kashgar and Peking and which can hardly be due to the pressure of work but more probably to the inefficiency of the staff and their dilatory habits of working, would it not be well to make a serious complaint to Peking? There is only one wire and it often gets out of order and the same delay occurs in getting it mended. The Russian Consulate have their own wire to Bakhti and the frontier.\n\nI lunched at the Consulate. There seemed plenty of work to do as Chinese officials kept calling all the afternoon on business. A Chinese merchant told me in the afternoon that there was not enough business for a Chinese Government Bank here. (There is, however, 100 times more business here than at Uliassutai.) The merchant said that the Governor lent money himself, which helps to explain why there is no State Bank. The money difficulty seems a serious one in Chuguchak, for the Russian Hassacks (and it must be remembered that the trade is principally in the hands of these) refuse to take Chinese silver, however good, except at a great loss to the Chinese (as much as 60 cents for 1 tael). One tael of Chinese silver is therefore the equivalent of as much as 4s. 6d. instead of 3s.\n\nThere is one Chinese coin in circulation, the silver half-tael. It has only just been introduced and is not popular. The result of this seems to be that the road is paved for the introduction of the extensive Russian coinage in use in Urga. Russian bank-notes are already in circulation and are popular.\n\nHe is an amiable old man of 65. October 2.—I called on the Prefect of the town, long past work. He is an opium-smoker. He is a native of Hunan, and talks the dialect broadly. He has been here twenty years. I thanked him for the presents which had been made me, and explained why I could not accept them. In the afternoon, he returned my call and pressed me to dine with him; as he would take no excuses and in view of the fact that I had returned the presents which had been made me, I reluctantly consented to do so. The arrival of the reply telegram from Peking earlier than I had expected enabled me to leave Chuguchak before the banquet took place.\n\nThe Prefect told me that few foreigners visited Chuguchak. Last year, an Indian came and stayed two months in an inn doing nothing. He gave himself out as a Mahommedan missionary and subsequently left for Kashgar. A German Catholic missionary also came last year.\n\nThe Prefect said there was no Chinese school at present, but that he was going to open one soon. The Russians have a school of their own. He said that the Hassacks gave plenty of trouble. Russian subjects were sent to Bakhti for punishment, but he was not at all sure that the sentence given was carried out.\n\nOn leaving the Prefect's yamên, I looked into the guard-house at one of the gates of the city. It is a squalid building and very dirty inside. Here, an officer and three soldiers live; all are opium-smokers and old men. There are three such guard-houses in the north city. An officer gets 8 taels and a man 3 t. 60 c. a month.\n\nThe only **bad** things found are a scarlet black-edged uniform jacket and an old-fashioned gun. Every man is said to have a gun, but only one, a mouldy dilapidated one, could be produced at the guard-house. On a stand outside were hooks and old-fashioned lances and scythes. Food is deducted from each man's pay.\n\nDuring the afternoon, the telegraph clerk called and tried to appease my anger about the delay in dispatching my telegram. He told me there was only one Russian shop here, the rest being Russian-Hassack or Andijani shops.\n\nChuguchak, or Tacheng, or Tarbagatai, or Beyar, as it is still more frequently called locally, consists of two walled towns lying half a mile apart. They are connected by a long street, with a few other streets running off it, and this forms the trading portion of the settlement. North of this and east of the furthest town is the quarter where the Russian Consulate and bank, and the houses of the Russian merchants are situated.\n\nHsincheng, the most southerly of the two walled cities, is a town of the usual Chinese pattern, with a strong mud wall 25 feet high and 15 feet broad, with an additional 6 feet of battlement, pierced with shooting holes. The town is square, with a side of 500 yards. There is a gate on each side, that on the north being permanently closed to prevent the passage of evil influences. There are small towers on the walls above the gates and a small building at each corner, and also between the gate tower and each corner. There is a Chinese temple where the north gate should be, and behind it, in a strong recess, which should be the outer gate, is a small building containing rifles. The only access to this is from the top of the wall. A shallow dry moat, some 10 feet deep and 20 feet broad, surrounds the town. There are guard-houses of the pattern described at each gate-way. The interior of the city contains the Governor's yamên and a few other buildings, but a large portion of the area is covered with ruins of small houses which no one will remove and where no one will build because of evil spirits. There is abundance of water in and around the town, and the streets are lined with magnificent trees.\n\nThe city has a desolate appearance compared to that of the trading quarter outside. Here, there is also abundance of water and trees, among which are a great number of shops. The streets are full of life; carts, oxen, riders, Hassacks, Mongols, and Chinese are constantly moving about, and there is a general appearance of activity. Behind the houses, everyone grows his own vegetables and also a little tobacco and Indian corn.\n\nThe north city resembles the former except that it is smaller. It is also surrounded by a shallow dry moat. In it live the Prefect and a Colonel, and it is here that the telegraph office is to be found. There is as entire an absence of life as in the southern city.\n\n# 117\n\nOctober 3.—The Chentai (General) from Ili is expected here tomorrow to inspect the soldiers, registers, &c., and will stay a week. I called on the Colonel in the morning in his yamên in the northern city. He is a most friendly elderly man, with thirty years' service in Chinese Turkestan. He has only charge of 100 soldiers, all these living in the northern city—in his yamên indeed. During the day, they act as watchmen in the town. If he wants more men, he can get them from Lanchow, and he told me he had written to have some who were old and opium smokers replaced. It is he who has found coal in the mountains, 20 miles to the north-east. He showed me some and was as pleased with it as if it was entirely a new discovery of his own that coal could be used for burning. It is soft and bad, but he said there was abundance of it. He said a few soldiers would act as escort for me on the road. I deprecated this and said that I had found the roads as safe as any in England. He said, however, that it was the custom.\n\nAt noon, the Governor sent his carriage to the inn to fetch me to the yamên to dine. I refused to be bullied into doing what I had already refused to do, so sent my servant to explain matters and also to get some of the Chinese half-tael coins for use on the journey. They can, it seems, be only obtained in any quantity from the yamên; the Russian Bank refuses to keep them. The Governor gave the coins himself and was not above giving ten too short and including twenty which were so bad that no one wished to accept them. In addition to which, he did not give fair exchange for the Russian paper money.\n\nIn the afternoon, I continued my inspection of the defences of Chuguchak and, driving over the plain towards the north-west, crossed two small streams by good bridges and reached a fort a mile away. This was a miniature city, the length of the side of the wall being 200 yards. It was surrounded by a shallow dry moat and entered by one gate (single) facing south-west. The mud walls are 15 feet high, and on the inside is a narrow walk round, 8 feet above the ground, the rest of the wall being pierced with firing holes.\n\nInside the fort is a kind of yamên, and on either side of the court-yard approaching this are the soldiers' quarters. These consist of low mud buildings containing several rooms, so dark that it was impossible to see inside them. They resembled pictures of prison cells in the Middle Ages. The soldiers number 100. The officer of the yamên is a Major, whose pay is 50 taels a month; a soldier's is 3 taels 60 cents; a sergeant's 8 taels 60 cents. There were some half-dozen loafers about who resembled coolies but who were in reality soldiers. I asked where the others were and heard that they were at work for themselves, collecting firewood for sale or in the fields earning a little more than their pay. I asked if they wore uniform and was told yes, on parade in the morning, but never during the rest of the day. Parade consists of roll call, nothing more. Their rifles were locked up in yamên. Asked whether they ever had any rifle practice, they replied two months in the year, one in spring, one in autumn, when they (most, not all) went out after roll call. They showed me the target, a board 5 feet high and 2 wide, stuffed at the back with straw; on it were three round red spots. Each man fired three rounds. They had only one board, and it looked a very old one; it was almost free from holes. All the people left in the yard, except the sergeant, were opium sots. I asked them what they would do if an enemy came, and one man bravely answered that it was their duty to die at their post, that they would shut the gate of the fort and man the walls. They certainly would not go and help the city, which presumably must defend itself. I asked if there was any artillery and heard that the Governor has had four big guns (German, he thought) sent from Urumtsi; they were locked up in Governor's yamên. 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        "content_text": "## 242 \n## 44 \n\nIt was understood that the Chinese will have considerable difficulty in enforcing their regulations in such circumstances. The outlying Shan valleys and the Kachin hills can only be brought into line by a show of force, which the Chinese are neither willing nor able to present, and it is unlikely that any great decrease will be shown in these districts in the near future.\n\n### Estimate of Production\n\nIn a careful report on Yunnanese opium, written at Ssumao in 1901, Mr. Commissioner Carey estimated the total production of the district under the jurisdiction of the Tengyuch Taotai (the western circuit) at 36,000 piculs. From the figures which I have been able to gather from the markets, I am of the opinion that the production this year is not likely to exceed half that amount, namely, 18,000 piculs, nor does there appear great prospect of reducing the harvests below their present standard. Force is unlikely to be employed, and only an economic factor, such as the fluctuation of demand, is likely in the near future to seriously affect the cultivation of the poppy in the semi-independent and inaccessible regions of the frontier.\n\n### Substitutes for the Opium Crop\n\nIf the higher provincial authorities continue their crusade against the poppy harvest, it becomes an urgent necessity to find some substitute, which will profitably replace the winter crops of south-west Yunnan. Numerous plantations of mulberry trees have been made, and silkworms' eggs have been sent from Yunnan-fu to the district cities in the hope of stimulating a local silk industry. Wheat, beans, peas, potatoes, hemp, and maize have been sown in various parts, but the season has proved unusually dry, and the wheat in most parts has given a poor return. There is at present a cheap and abundant food supply in the district, and the real need of the farmers is some crop which can be exported to provide them with the silver with which to pay for their imports. The sudden attempt at the total prohibition of opium has produced an economic crisis in the frontier country, the full effect of which it is impossible as yet to realise. In 1902, it was estimated that 220,000 taels worth of opium was sold at Hsia-kuan. This year, I visited the exchange, a fine old inn in the centre of the town, on the day before the annual fair at Talifu—the time at which the local opium would ordinarily pass into the hands of the Cantonese and Hunanese buyers. The exchange was deserted, and festoons of cobwebs hung over the doors of the inn, which had been the most famous and prosperous throughout the district.\n\n### Consumers\n\nIt is difficult to obtain such figures as to the number of opium smokers as would enable one to form a reliable comparison with previous years. The prohibition measures, the proclamations, and the official anti-opium bureaux have all tended to conceal the smoker from the ordinary observer and to drive him to quiet retreats. Every big city along the road appeared to have large stocks of the drug in hand, and quiet sales were everywhere effected, with little opposition from the opium-sodden yamên runners. In the little inns by the roadside, veiled offers of opium were everywhere noticeable, and there can be no doubt that both the sale and consumption of the drug go on, though it has lost its fashionable publicity and now lurks in the background—a recognised vice. The officials in some of the outlying cities are levying a heavy blackmail on the wealthier citizens who are known to be smokers, and in one yamên, there were reported to be 200 opium victims.\n\nThe lower classes will be forced in time to abandon the habit, as the drug has risen in price from twice to four times last year's value, and in Talifu—where the quotations were highest—it is becoming impossible for the poorer people to obtain their accustomed allowance. This factor must ultimately have a healthy effect in eliminating the drug, but in the meantime, the people are finding that it is both more effective and less conspicuous to swallow opium pills than to use the pipe, and this habit shows signs of replacing the older and less dangerous one.\n\nFifteen hundred men of the new provincial army are stationed at Talifu, where they are subjected to severe discipline, and smoking is impossible. In the opinion of a competent authority, however, at least 25 per cent. of the men take opium pills, and there can be therefore be little difficulty in obtaining supplies.\n\n### Conclusions\n\nIn conclusion, it impressed me, in travelling through the country, that the governor-general undertook a difficult and dangerous task when he resolved to rid Yunnan of opium in two years, instead of effecting a gradual reduction, which would have given opportunities to the farmers to gradually replace their crops, and possibly to meet some new demand. One can sympathise with him in the contention that ten years is a long period, involving many changes, and that half measures effect nothing in China, but, whilst he has achieved a great success in ridding large areas of the poppy, he has roused a bitter opposition to the anti-opium measures, and has reduced the west of the province to a state of poverty, which must have a marked effect on the trade of the next few years. Opium is the only product of the country for which there is at present any considerable outside market, and without opium, there is no influx of silver with which to purchase the raw cotton and yarn, which is our principal import, and on which the people depend for their clothes. I shall deal later with the immediate economic effect as illustrated by the Talifu fair, but thousands of farmers have been suddenly deprived of their main winter's crop, and the fact that we have escaped serious trouble bears the highest tribute to the law-abiding qualities of the people of Yunnan.\n\nOne other point strikes me as worthy of comment in reviewing the progress that has been made in dealing with the opium crops—I refer to the wonderful power which can be wielded by a sincere and effective Imperial decree, even in the most inaccessible circuit of this remote province of Empire.\n\n### The Annual Fair at Tulifu\n\nThe city of Talifu is situated on one of the finest plains of Western Yünnan, and is surrounded by prosperous towns and fertile valleys. On one side rises the Tsang Shan range at an altitude of 14,000 feet, and on the other, the plateau slopes to a lake 30 miles in length, at the southern end of which lies Hsia-kuan, the great market and trading centre of the Yunnan highway. On the 15th of the 3rd moon (4th May, 1909), the annual fair commenced at Talifu, and for days beforehand, streams of merchants, pedlars, and sightseers were seen winding over the narrow hill tracks on their way to the festival. The fair takes place on a broad, grassy stretch outside the west gate of the city, shaded by the mountains and looking over the blue waters of the lake. On the first day, the city magistrate goes out, with flags flying and bugles blowing, and with great ceremony declares the fair open, whilst volleys of artillery proclaim to the dragon of an old Buddhist legend that the fair prospers, the merchants have assembled, and he is doomed to another year's imprisonment in a cave by the lakeside. Over a large tract of ground, a little city of tents and sheds suddenly springs up, with regular streets devoted to different branches of trade, and patrolled by a guard from the \"new levy\" of the provincial army. In the centre are the li-kin office and the banks, then the Cantonese road, the medicine road, the stores of clothes and cotton cloth, an arcade for curios, and the cattle market are laid out in an orderly plan, whilst the whole is flanked by the camps of the Thibetans with their lines of brown tents and fierce watch-dogs that keep at a respectful distance the enquiring Chinese.\n\nThe Thibetans are reported to have arrived in unusually large numbers this year, partly on account of a great festival at the neighbouring temples of the \"Chicken Foot Mountain,\" to which they were making a pilgrimage, and partly in consequence of the lama rebellion, which has made them nervous of travelling for the last few years. They were to be seen everywhere on the fair grounds, many of them accompanied by their wives and daughters, and they made a distinct feature in the crowd with their great ornaments of turquoise and silver and their unseasonable furs. They treated me with marked friendliness, inviting me into their camps, from which the Chinese were rigorously excluded. The resident missionaries state that they have been very shy of foreigners in former years and have never before allowed themselves to be photographed; it is possible, however, that my English clothes classed me among the strangers in a strange land and roused in them a passing sympathy. There were, besides, representatives of many of the surrounding tribes, the most conspicuous being the Min-chia women, who are straight-featured, fair-skinned people, wearing caps heavily embroidered with silver and pointed over their foreheads, giving them the appearance of ladies of the Stuart court.\n\nThe fair lasts for five days, the most important of which is the 18th of the moon, and the city is thronged with people for many days after the tents have disappeared. The really important business appears to be done either in the exchanges of Hsia-kuan or in the big inns of Tali, and the stocks of imported piece-goods and of copper did not appear on the fair ground. Nearly one-third of the tents were devoted to small foreign articles, such as watches, clocks, cotton blankets, enamelled basins, Burmese rice-bowls, mirrors, ribbons, laces, soap, scent, medicines (notably quinine and anti-opium pills), brushes, knives, scissors, needles, umbrellas, cigarettes, beads, and trinkets, the last of which appeared to be in high favour with the tribesmen.\n\n[2363-1]",
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        "content_text": "# CHINA RAILWAYS\n## CONFIDENTIAL\n\nCO 25 SEP 09\n\n### SECTION 2\n\nNo. 1. \n**Acting Consul-General Wilton to Sir J. Jordan**--(Received at Foreign Office, August 23.)\n\n#### [Inclosure in Mr. Wilton's despatch No. 11, Confidential, of June 28, 1909.]\n\n**(No. 26. Confidential.)** Sir,\n\nYunnan-fu, June 26, 1909.\n\nI HAVE the honour to invite reference to Mr. Carlisle's despatch to the Foreign Office, No. 2, Commercial, of the 20th May, copy of which I have the honour to enclose herewith. I have been unable to procure a copy locally of the revised railway rates which came into force on the 1st May, nor does this consulate-general possess a copy of the Tonquin colonial tariff, but I hope, with the assistance of His Majesty's consul at Hanoi, to be shortly in possession of both these publications.\n\nI believe that I am correct in stating that, under the system prevailing in Tonquin, goods of French or Indo-Chinese origin pay no duties if destined for Yunnan, whereas foreign goods pay 20 per cent. of the colonial tariff. This weighs heavily on certain classes of goods, e.g., tobacco; nevertheless, speaking generally, it may be said that foreign goods hold their own against those of French or Indo-Chinese origin at Yunnan-fu at the present moment. From the French official attitude in Yunnan it seems to me that, once the French railway to Yunnan-fu is completed, an effort will be made to still further favour goods of French or Indo-Chinese origin by means of preferential duties and easier railway rates. I propose, therefore, to offer some remarks of local significance on the West River route from Hong Kong as an alternative to the passage of goods via the French railway to Yünnan-fu (see map enclosed).* \n\nThe local manager of the French firm MM. Charrière et Cie. informed me some days ago that he had been appointed agent for the Anglo-American Tobacco Company. He had written, he said, to Messrs. Banker and Co., a British firm at Wuchow, for details as to the water carriage of merchandise from Hong Kong to Pose. If a favourable reply were received, he would attempt to import tobacco and other articles, on which the French colonial duty was burdensome, via the West River and thence by mule transport either to Pohsi, a station on the French railway, or direct to Yünnan-fu.\n\nIn January-February 1907 I travelled from Wuchow on the West River to Nanning by steamer. No steamers were running at that time beyond Nanning, and I continued my journey by native boat to Pose. Comparing my experiences on the upper waters of the Yang-tsze and the Min River in Szechuan, I see no reason why a shallow-draft steamer should not be able to run from Nanning to Pose for at least nine months of the year (March to December). At Pose cargo can be transhipped into smaller boats to Po-ngai on the Kuanghsi-Yunnan border, thus avoiding 33 miles of painful mule track. In my subsequent remarks I will take Po-ngai as the limit of water carriage of goods from Hong Kong via the West River.\n\nOn the 24th June, Liu-hsiao-tsu, who is Taotai for the Encouragement of Trade in Yunnan, referred in conversation to various proposals he had put forward for bettering the means of communications in this province. He told me that he was an opponent of the proposed railway from Yunnan-fu into Szechuan, and had advocated another method of spending money by utilising the Niu-lan River from Tung-ch'uan to Yang-lin for navigation, and constructing either a light railway or a cart road thence into the provincial capital. I will not dwell further on this scheme—which strikes me as a good one—as it can be dealt with more suitably in another place. Taotai Liu called my attention to the high colonial tariff and the exorbitant railway rates. I thereupon introduced to his notice the question of the West River route, and he grasped at it with some eagerness. I explained to him that a good cart road from Yunnan-fu to Kuang-nan-fu, 225 miles in length, appeared to me quite feasible at a very moderate cost. From the latter place to Po-ngai, five mule stages, a cart road ...\n\n* Not reproduced.\n\nPage 475 \nPage [31802]",
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        "content_text": "# Consul Wilkinson to Sir J. Jordan\n\n## Newchwang, September 17, 1909\n\nIn accordance with the instructions contained in your despatch of the 9th instant, I have the honour to report on the progress that is being made with the scheme for the improvement of the navigation of the Liao River.\n\nIn my intelligence report for June quarter, I informed you that the taotai had successfully negotiated with the Hu Pu Bank a loan of 100,000 dollars to meet the cost of the proposed weir at Shuang Tai Tzu. The security for this loan, which bears interest at 7 per cent and is repayable in six years, is the tax on native boats referred to in my despatch of the 2nd June, from which the taotai hopes to raise at least 15,000 dollars per annum. The loan is also guaranteed by the Viceroy at Mukden, a condition upon which the bank insisted, although his Excellency in exchange has withdrawn his promised contribution towards the expense of the work of 20,000 taels. The amount raised, however, is sufficient to meet the estimated cost, and operations have already been commenced under the superintendence of Mr. Hughes, the consulting engineer of the Mukden Government. It is probable that the weir itself will not be completed until the end of next summer, but Mr. Hughes hopes by means of a temporary dam across the Shuang Tai Tzu outlet to effect a considerable improvement in the channel below it before the close of the present season. The months of October and November are, I should explain, two of the busiest in the year for the river trade, the boats being then engaged in bringing down to Newchwang the new bean harvest. For this reason, it is extremely desirable that something, if possible, should be done before the end of the season to improve the channel in question, which, as Mr. Hughes rightly anticipated, has proved this year the most difficult to navigate along the entire course of the Liao.\n\nThe construction, however, of the weir at Shuang Tai Tzu, though a measure of urgent necessity, is but the first, and least costly, of the three distinct works advocated by Mr. Hughes for the proper conservancy of the river. The second of these works is the amelioration of the whole river between Tung Chiang Tzu, the present limit of navigation for junks, and Newchwang. The third is the protection of this port from the danger of the river breaking through the narrow neck of land between Duck Island and the harbour, the result of which would be to ruin the present anchorage, render the existing wharves useless, and probably flood the town. There is a fourth work, too, of which Mr. Hughes makes no mention, but which, if it could be successfully accomplished, would be as beneficial to the port as the other three. I refer to the deepening of the bar at the mouth of the river so as to enable vessels drawing, say, 26 feet of water to come up to Newchwang. At present, the depth of water on the bar varies, according to the season, from 18 to 22 feet, which is, unfortunately, not enough for the average ocean-going steamer as distinguished from the coaster, and so places the port at a great disadvantage in the European trade as compared with its chief rival, Dalny.\n\nThe cost of improving the navigation of the whole river between Tung Chiang Tzu and Newchwang, if properly carried out, which would mean not only deepening the present shallow, but also narrowing the stream where its width is too great, confining it to one course, where it now divides into two or more, and straightening it where its bends are too abrupt, Mr. Hughes estimates at well over 1,000,000 dollars. As he believes this sum to be prohibitive, he suggests as an alternative scheme the employment of dredgers of large capacity, which can be moved from place to place to remove such obstacles to navigation as have formed or may form in the future. To purchase these dredgers, a sum, according to his estimate, of 150,000 dollars will be required, and the annual working expenses will be about 30,000 dollars. For the work at Duck Island, he accepts M. de Rijke's estimate of 160,000 dollars. What the cost of deepening the bar will amount to, it is impossible to say. It will certainly not be inconsiderable.\n\nTo meet the cost of these various works, all of which are of vital importance to the prosperity of Newchwang, but for which, at the lowest estimate, 500,000 dollars will be needed, the 100,000 dollars raised by the taotai for the construction of the Shuang Tai Tzu weir are the only funds as yet available. The question which has therefore arisen is, how is the balance required to be provided? The solution which naturally suggests itself is that the money should be furnished by the Provincial or even the Central Government, for the river is a national asset which it would be almost criminal to neglect, but, as the taotai points out in the enclosed despatch on the subject, which he has addressed to the consuls at this port, the finances of Manchuria are at the present time in so impoverished a state that it is hopeless to expect any allocation of public funds for the purpose, and he holds out no hope of assistance from the Central Government. The only alternative that suggests itself to him is the adoption at Newchwang of a scheme on the same lines as the Haiho Conservancy scheme at Tien-tsin, by which the money can be raised by a tax of so much per mille on the value of the cargo of all vessels entering the port, and of so much per ton on their registered tonnage.\n\nA meeting of the consular body to discuss the taotai's proposals was held here on the 14th August, at which the opinion generally expressed was that, rather than that the work should not be carried out at all, it was better to agree to some tax on the trade of the port, but that the tax should be as light a one as possible, as otherwise its effect would be to drive trade to Dalny, which it was the very object of the conservancy works in contemplation to prevent. The only dissentient from this view was the Japanese consul, who stated that his nationals would not hear of any tax on the trade to assist a scheme of this nature. It was finally decided, at my suggestion, that a second meeting should be held, at which the representatives of the foreign and Japanese chambers of commerce should be invited to attend and express their views in person.\n\nThe meeting was held, but no representative from the Japanese chamber put in an appearance, the Japanese consul explaining that he was empowered on their behalf to state that they objected in toto to the taotai's proposals, but were willing to consider a scheme for an increase in the pilotage fees, the proceeds to be devoted to the deepening of the bar. The representatives of the foreign chamber, being then asked for their views, expressed very much the same opinion as that of the majority of the consuls at our first meeting, namely, that it was better to pay rather than have nothing done at all, but that the taxes imposed should be moderate, and that, before agreeing to them, every effort should be made to impress upon the Chinese Government the wisdom of bearing the entire cost themselves rather than risk a diversion of the trade to other ports. Since then, the committees of the two chambers have met privately to discuss the question without, however, arriving at any understanding.\n\nTwo reasons were given by the Japanese for refusing to agree to any taxation of the trade of the port—one, the very excellent one that it would divert trade to Dalny; the other, that the conservancy of the upper river was unnecessary, seeing that the railways now provided an excellent alternative means of communication. They were willing, however, that the profits of the pilotage scheme referred to by the consul should be devoted in the second place to the improvement of the river. This scheme, which I cannot believe to have been seriously meant, was that pilotage should be made compulsory, the number of pilots increased and fixed salaries paid them, and the fees for pilotage raised to whatever extent was necessary to provide the funds required. This would mean, as Messrs. Butterfield and Swire's agent here pointed out to me, that their regular steamers would each have to pay something like 300 taels per trip, a charge which would more than swallow up their profits; in fact, no better method of driving trade and shipping away from the port altogether could possibly be devised.\n\nThe consular body is now waiting for a report from the foreign chamber of commerce of the result of their meeting with the Japanese, and also for an expression in writing of their views as to the extent to which the trade of the port might bear taxation. As soon as this is received, a further meeting will be held, at which, in all probability, it will be decided that each consul shall address his Minister separately, recommending the taotai's proposals, as modified by the chamber, to his favourable consideration. The chamber of commerce will, I believe, recommend a maximum tax of 1 per mille on the value of all exports and imports, and a tax of 24 candareens per ton on the registered tonnage of all vessels entering the port; and, to meet the views of the Japanese, which are also in this respect their own, they will ask that the deepening of the bar be included amongst the works to be taken in hand. The amount that will be raised annually from these taxes, if they should ever be agreed to, will not be less than 50,000 taels, for the value of the trade last year was 53,300,000 taels, and the tonnage entered 531,000 tons, in addition to which some 7,500 sea-going junks also visited the port; but, in any case, it will not be sufficient to provide the full amount required to carry out the whole work effectively. The ideal solution would be for the Chinese Government to bear the entire cost, but this, as things stand, seems unlikely.\n\nPage 3\nPage 14",
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        "content_text": "## \n38 \n\nand, from officials and people alike, one heard reports of crops which had been uprooted when nearing maturity. Troubles occurred in many districts, and it is rather to be wondered at that no serious outbreak has disturbed the province than that there have been local riots in isolated districts.\n\nAt Chenuan Chou, a notably rowdy city, the official was driven away, and it was necessary to send a detachment of soldiers in order to disperse the rioters.\n\nIn the district of the Lung-ling ting serious trouble was threatened, and the sub-prefect applied for an armed guard, his request being refused, however, lest friction should be created with the neighbouring Shan sawbwas. Early in April the Tengyuch ting went into the Shan districts to the west to uproot the crops, but he was shot at, his chair was wrecked, and he narrowly escaped with his life at the hands of the Kachin tribesmen from the hills. The Menghua ting was also attacked on his rounds, and a serious rebellion threatened for a time in his district, the Lolos joining forces with the Chinese farmers and refusing to return to their homes, until the decapitation of fourteen men convinced them that the authorities were in earnest. At Yu-tien the ting endeavoured to compromise with his people by destroying the crops in the \"pa-tzu,\" or valleys, and ignoring the hill cultivation. The Viceroy's deputy, however, discovered the omission, and the ting has paid for his clemency by the loss of his post. The Prefect of Shunning has endeavoured to propitiate his district by posting a proclamation to the effect that he had a tour in December last, and, finding only a half of the usual area under opium crops, had petitioned the governor-general to approve this decrease; that he had received stern commands to destroy the remaining half also, and that an independent deputy appointed from Yunnan-fu would tour the district to ensure obedience. Deputies from the provincial court have been appointed to all the producing centres; I met several of them on their rounds, and, as they have spent three months in travelling through the districts allotted to them, there seems little probability that Hsi Liang has failed in his desire to clear the region of the usual winter crop.\n\nProclamations were posted all along the road forbidding the cultivation of the poppy and exhorting the people to free themselves from the drug. It is a common practice in these parts for usurers to advance money to the farmers on their opium crops as soon as the plants are above the ground. This practice is now forbidden, and the notification that no law suit will be entertained in this respect will undoubtedly weigh heavily with the people. The teachings of the sacred edict have also been enlisted in the service of the preventive officers, and the neighbours on either side of a field are held equally responsible with the owner if the forbidden crops are found.\n\nIt is needless to say that the people are angry and unsettled. Throughout the district in which I travelled the main winter crop is opium, and from a half to eight-tenths of the arable land is annually devoted to poppy cultivation. Those who listened to the earlier commands of prohibition have managed to raise crops of wheat, beans, peas, or maize, but the people have not learned by past experience to put implicit faith in proclamations of far-reaching reform, and a large proportion of the farmers have seen their poppies uprooted when it was too late to plant another crop. They have paid dearly for their want of faith, and they pointed to their bare fields with fearful curses on Hsi Liang. The winter has been unusually dry, and the substituted crops have proved but a moderate success so that everything has tended to unrest in the rural districts, and were it not for the fact that the people of Yunnan are by nature lethargic and law-abiding there would certainly have been serious and far-reaching trouble for the provincial authorities.\n\n## Opium in the Shan States\n\nIn the Shan districts, which include roughly the country to the south of Tengyueh lying between the Salwen and the Burmah frontier, conditions are entirely different. The Prefect of Yungchang and the sub-prefects of Tengyueh and Lungling have made prolonged tours, but even in the country inhabited by and directly subject to the Chinese they have not been entirely successful in destroying the opium. I estimate that about two-tenths of the usual crops have been harvested by the Chinese farmers and about seven-tenths by the Shans. Some of the sawbwas have yielded to pressure from the Chinese officials, and Mang Shih (Mong Hswan) has consented to the prevention of all crops in his valleys, though not in the hills. Other sawbwas, however, have not proved so complacent, and in Chetang, Mongpan (Mengka), Lungchuan (Mongwan), and Mongmao there has been little decrease in the area under cultivation. It is interesting to notice that even in Chen-kang, a State which has nominally reverted to Chinese control, the suzerain Power has not felt sufficiently strong to enforce these objectionable measures, and the poppy crops have been up to the usual standard. The Prefect of Shunning \n\n39 \n\nhas, however, posted a proclamation, aimed at Chen-kang and the neighbouring Shan States, forbidding them to bring their opium for sale to Shunning, its usual market, and imposing severe penalties on Chinese traders who proceed to the Shan States to purchase the drug. The market for the western States is at Tengyuch, and it is estimated that Nantion will have only a half and Kangai one-third of their usual supplies for sale this year. The sawbwas depend to a great extent on the opium tithes for their incomes, Nantien's receipts being estimated at about 1,000l, during 1908. This year he will receive only half of this amount, and it can be readily understood that the Chinese will have considerable difficulty in enforcing their regulations in such circumstances. The outlying Shan valleys and the Kachin hills can only be brought into line by a show of force, which the Chinese are neither willing nor able to present, and it is unlikely that any great decrease will be shown in these districts in the near future.\n\n## Estimate of Production\n\nIn a careful report on Yunnanese opium, written at Ssumao in 1901, Mr. Commissioner Carey estimated the total production of the district under the jurisdiction of the Tengyuch Taotai (the western circuit) at 36,000 piculs. From the figure which I have been able to gather from the markets, I am of opinion that the production this year is not likely to exceed half that amount, namely, 18,000 piculs, nor does there appear great prospect of reducing the harvest below their present standard. Force is unlikely to be employed, and only an economic factor, such as the fluctuation of demand, is likely in the near future to seriously affect the cultivation of the poppy in the semi-independent and inaccessible regions of the frontier.\n\n## Substitutes for the Opium Crop\n\nIf the higher provincial authorities continue their crusade against the poppy harvest, it becomes an urgent necessity to find some substitute which will profitably replace the winter crops of South-West Yunnan. Numerous plantations of mulberry trees have been made, and silkworms' eggs have been sent from Yunnan-fu to the district cities in the hope of stimulating a local silk industry. Wheat, beans, peas, potatoes, hemp, and maize have been sown in various parts, but the season has proved unusually dry, and the wheat in most parts has given poor return. There is at present a cheap and abundant food supply in the districts, and the real need of the farmers is some crop which can be exported to provide them with the silver with which to pay for their imports. The sudden attempt at the total prohibition of opium has produced an economical crisis in the frontier country, the full effect of which it is impossible as yet to realise. In 1902 it was estimated that 220,000 taels' worth of opium was sold at Hsia-kuan. This year I visited the exchange, a fine old inn in the centre of the town, on the day before the annual fair at Tali-fu, the time at which the local opium would ordinarily pass into the hands of the Cantonese and Hunanese buyers; the exchange was deserted, and festoons of cobwebs hung over the doors of the inn, which had been the most famous and prosperous throughout the district.\n\n## Consumers\n\nIt is difficult to obtain such figures as to the number of opium smokers as would enable one to form a reliable comparison with previous years. The prohibition measures, the proclamations, and the official anti-opium bureaus have all tended to conceal the smoker from the ordinary observer, and to drive him to quiet retreats. Every big city along the road appeared to have large stocks of the drug in hand, and quiet sales were everywhere effected, with little opposition from the opium-sodden yamên runners. In the little inns by the road-side veiled offers of opium were everywhere noticeable, and there can be no doubt that both the sale and consumption of the drug goes on, though it has lost its fashionable publicity, and now lurks in the background—a recognised vice. The officials in some of the outlying cities are levying a heavy blackmail on the wealthier citizens who are known to be smokers, and in one yamên there were reported to be 200 opium victims.\n\nThe lower classes will be forced in time to abandon the habit, as the drug has risen in price from twice to four times last year's value, and in Tali-fu—where the quotations were highest—it is becoming impossible for the poorer people to obtain their accustomed allowance. This factor must ultimately have a healthy effect in eliminating the drug, but in the meantime the people are finding that it is both more effective and less conspicuous to swallow opium pills than to use the pipe, and this habit shows signs of replacing the older and less dangerous one. Fifteen hundred men of the new provincial army are stationed at Tali-fu, where they are subjected to severe discipline, and smoking is impossible. In the opinion of a competent authority, however, at least 25 per cent. of the men take opium pills, and there can be therefore little difficulty in obtaining supplies.\n\n242 \n\nSC Jum",
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        "content_text": "CONFIDENTIAL.\n\nHongkong, 8th October, 1910.\n\nMy Lord,\n\nWith reference to Sir F. D. Lugard's Confidential Despatch of the 2nd of last February and to subsequent correspondence as to the boundaries of the New Territories added to this Colony by the Convention with China dated the 9th June, 1898, I have the honour to state that in September, 1904, Mr. C. Clementi, then member of the Land Court for the New Territories, drew the attention of the Government to a small rock called Swallow Rock (*) lying off Tai O village, within 3 miles of the West coast of Lantao Island, stating that it was reported to be a first-class station at certain seasons of the year for catching Wong-fa ( *) fish, that the rock was uncovered at all states of the tide and was marked on the Admiralty Charts.\n\n2. It was then ascertained that a man named Ch'an Kung-po (丨八坤) of the village Shek Tsai\n\nPage 363\n\n...\n\nlimit B\n\nBritish territorial waters extend to the three-mile limit.\n\n(2) If it is considered that the 3-mile limit extends to the island, it would be covered by the Terms of the Convention of 1898 (vide Despatch No. 6686). In the case of Swallow Rock, the Chinese apparently claim a percentage of the profits of the fish caught.\n\nFor the present, it is desirable to observe the status quo and to send a copy of previous correspondence (vide Despatch No. 31960).\n\nAs proposed, the question of Swallow Rock is unimportant.\n\nCO 34457\n\nReceived NOV 10\n\nGovernment House, Hongkong\n\nThe Right Honourable\n\nThe Earl of Crewe, &c., &c., &c.\n\nPage 363\n\n \nXCR(85)72 should remain the same if it is in the original text, otherwise the reference format is kept.\n\nDespatch No. 6686, GR1178/1922/32(III) should be kept as is if originally without spacing.",
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        "content_text": "134\n\n1\n\nTsai P'o (613+) and two other persons belonging to Nam Tau (南頭), all three being Chinese subjects, claimed the right to fish on and around Swallow Rock, and warned off other junks fishing in the vicinity of the island. Ch'an Kung-po stated that his father bought the rock 50 years ago, that he paid rent on it to the Chinese Magistrate at Nam Tau, and that the annual value of the fish caught off the rock varied between $1,000 and $2,000. He produced for the inspection of the Land Court a \"red\" transfer deed for the fishing rights, and Mr. Clementi recommended that the then holders of the fishery should be granted an annual licence by this Government at a reasonable fee. The fee approved by Sir Matthew Nathan was $10 per annum.\n\n3.\n\nHowever, in November, 1904, Mr. Messer reported that, as the British boundary ran along the high-water mark of the Lantao Coast, the Swallow Rock, although within the 3-mile limit, was not included in the area leased to Great Britain and that the Officials of the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs had declared that this Government had no right to licence junks even at Tai O, as they stated that the waters of Tai O harbour were under Chinese jurisdiction.",
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        "content_text": "8019960\n\n135\n\n4.\n\nOn receiving this report Sir M. Nathan decided to grant no licence for Swallow Rock. He added in a minute dated the 7th November, 1904, that he did not propose to raise the question of our right to license boats at Tai O, but would continue to license them as if the right existed.\n\nIt appears that a percentage of the profits on the fish caught at Swallow Rock is still paid to the Chinese Authorities at Nan Tau.\n\n5.\n\nI now understand from the enclosure in Your Lordship's Confidential Despatch of the 16th of last June that \"Mr Secretary Chamberlain, in informing Sir Henry Blake that His Majesty's Government had the usual territorial rights over these waters relied upon the advice of the Law Officers of the Crown\" and that Your Lordship is inclined to consider \"that if the waters within 3 miles of Lantao are not subject to territorial rights on the part of His Majesty's Government they must be considered as mare liberum.\"\n\nI have therefore thought it desirable to supplement the statement laid before Your Lordship by Sir F. D. Lugard, in order that when the question of the boundaries of the New Territories comes up for final settlement, His Majesty's Government may...\n\n1\n\ni",
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        "content_text": "promising rewards to the more active subscribers. Throughout the country the scheme is being enthusiastically supported by the student class and by such associations as the China Patriotic Fund Society in Shanghae.\n\nConsidered merely as a spontaneous outburst of patriotism, the above movement is in itself perfectly legitimate, and no more objectionable from our point of view than the sacrifices made by the French people with a similar object after the Franco-German war. It assumes, however, a somewhat more serious aspect in the light of the trend of Chinese public opinion at the present juncture, and the fact that it has been welcomed with practically universal enthusiasm emphasises the importance which must be attached to the wave of anti-foreign prejudice now sweeping over the Empire. It has long been a commonplace observation that, since the troubles of 1900, both Government and people have confined their anti-foreign efforts to peaceful methods, which, in the hands of skilful passive resisters like the Chinese, have proved much more successful than such ill-considered outbreaks as those of the Boxers. Of late, however, the language used by the native press and the effect produced thereby on the ignorant mass of the people have led the more timid section of the foreign community to fear a revival of actual violence. Undue importance may, of course, be attributed to the disquieting symptoms; still, it would be foolish to under-estimate the gravity of the situation as depicted in the intelligence reports from all the consuls along the Yangtse Valley as far inland as Chengtu. A rumour, of which the source is not quite clear, crediting the treaty Powers with the intention of partitioning China, has rapidly grown in volume and intensity until it has become the chief topic of conversation among the people. Missionaries in such turbulent provinces as Anhui, for instance, who have exceptional opportunities for watching the trend of public opinion, state that undoubted effect is being produced by the dissemination of alarmist placards and leaflets, calling on the people to arm in defence of their country. These pamphlets, which resemble those circulating all over the country, and which would be ludicrous were not their influence so serious, declare that the work of partition has already begun, and magnify such incidents as the visit of Lord Kitchener, or the arrival of a British regiment in Hong Kong into acts of foreign aggression. The result of this agitation is that there is much wild talk of the formation of rifle corps, while numerous bodies of students, notably at Nanking and Changsha, have petitioned the authorities for a distribution of arms and ammunition.\n\nHitherto, however, the officials have succeeded in keeping the agitation within more or less reasonable bounds. Their view of the situation is perhaps to be found in a statement made to His Majesty's consul at Changsha by the governor of Hunan. He made no attempt to minimise the gravity of the state of affairs, and expressed his conviction that it was the work of revolutionaries in Hupei. He declared, however, that the rumours were only believed by the students and gentry, not by the officials and the people at large, and that, so long as that was the case, he was complete master of the situation.\n\nRailways.\n\nThe above agitation has by no means distracted attention from the Canton-Hankow Railway and the possibility of a foreign loan in connection therewith. The Provincial Assembly of Hunan is taking a prominent part in the movement, and is foremost in advocating compulsory subscriptions and other wild-cat schemes for averting what, in its circular to the other Assemblies throughout the country, it terms a national calamity The Hunanese can never forget that they alone of all the neighbouring provinces drove back the Taiping rebels from their capital, and, in their boasted superiority to all other Chinese, persistently blind their eyes to what might be learnt by a study of railway matters in other parts of the country. Buoyed up by ridiculously low estimates of the cost of railway construction, flattering themselves with delusive statements as to available funds, and with extravagant hopes of enormous profits—the fact that one of the most anti-foreign newspapers of Shanghae now admits the deplorable state of the Chekiang Railway, owing to the financial starvation of the line, does not give the Hunan agitators pause—and these are now indulging in an orgy of childish arguments against a foreign loan, reckless levies on trade and people, and impudent demands for official support and subscriptions towards an enterprise in which no official interference is to be permitted.\n\nThe Shanghae-Ningpo line is making but slow progress towards completion, the energy of the foreign engineers being discounted by the dissensions and the inertia existing amongst the Chinese officials. On the Hangchow-Ningpo section, the work of surveying and land-purchase is still proceeding. As regards the already opened Shanghae-Hangchow section, it is the opinion of experts that the present express train speed of 118 miles in five hours is very nearly the highest rate of travelling that is to be expected, owing to the defective construction of the so-called permanent way. Surveys are now being made for an extension of the Peking-Kalgan Railway to Kuei-hua-cheng in Shansi. The length of the extension will be about 200 miles, and the funds are to be provided out of the surplus earnings of the Imperial Northern Railway.\n\nCommercial Situation in Tien-tsin.\n\nThe condition of the native debtor firms has greatly changed for the better, and they are beginning to make arrangements with their creditors. While, at the beginning of 1909, the number of native dealers sued by British firms was fourteen, the number at the close of the same year had fallen to seven. In the case of the firms which refused to make voluntary arrangements with their creditors, the difficulty has lain in fixing the responsibility on the proprietors of the defaulting concerns. Even when this has been clearly assigned, the Chinese authorities have in some cases displayed great reluctance to act on the findings of the Shen Pan Ting, and the prospect of obtaining payment from at least four of the defaulting firms is reported by the consulate-general to be practically hopeless.\n\nCampaign against the Lolos in Szechuan.\n\nThe punitive expeditions against the Lolos, which were organised after the murder of Mr. Brooke, are proceeding in a desultory and ineffective fashion, though the official accounts which are published in the press are uniformly optimistic. The efforts of the Chinese troops are apparently confined to sundry marches into Lolo territory, careful avoidance of any actual fighting, and some fitful negotiations with the various tribes. It is perfectly clear that the troops at the disposal of the Chinese authorities are totally inadequate they are unable to protect their own people from Lolo depredations, and can hardly therefore be expected to carry out the difficult task of penetrating into the mountain fastnesses of the warlike tribesmen.\n\nPort of Heungchou.\n\nAccording to an official report, this place, which was created with the object of withdrawing trade from Macao, is being steadily developed. It is now said to be a town of over 2,000 inhabitants, and is provided with a custom-house, a post office, &c. Unfortunately, it would not appear to possess many advantages as a harbour, the water being so shallow that steamers, even of moderate draft, have to anchor a mile from the shore.\n\nPage 505",
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        "content_text": "2 \n\nmeans more to the two officials, the treasurer and the customs taotai, than to the two members of the gentry—Yang Kuo and Yeh Te Hui. \n\nFrom communications I have had with persons whose opinion in such matters must carry weight, especially with the Japanese Minister, I conclude that the guilty officials have been as severely dealt with as we could expect. In regard to the punishment of the gentry, M. Ijuin considers that the penalties are light, and not sufficient to act as a deterrent in the future; but he is of opinion that the Central Government have probably gone as far as they can without risking a recrudescence of trouble, and on the whole I am inclined to agree with him. \n\nMr. Liu Yu-lin, acting junior councillor of the Wai-wu Pu, expressed privately the opinion that both the expressions employed in the decree in regard to the action of certain members of the gentry and the penalties inflicted on them are severer than had been expected. \n\nI have, &c. \n\nW. G. Max Müller. \n\nEnclosure in No. 1. \n\nExtract from Memorandum proving the Complicity of certain Officials and Gentry in \n\nthe Changsha Riots. \n\nChuang Keng-liang.—Has been an official in Hunan for nearly forty-five years. He has openly let it be known that he was not in accord with the governor, and has caballed with the gentry to work against him. It is stated that with the help of the gentry he organised the outbreak in the hope of ruining Ts'en and taking his place. After the burning of the governor's yamên he took over the seals of office, and it was while he was in charge that the greater part of the damage to foreign property was done. At the time of his assuming charge only three missions had been destroyed, and there was still time to protect a good deal of other foreign property. However, although he was complete master of the situation, and had the sympathy of the whole city, he did not send a single soldier to protect the foreign property still intact. On the other hand, he forbade the troops to fire on the rioters, and made no attempt to stop the destruction of foreign property. He visited and gave gratuities to members of the mob who had been wounded, and even forbade firing when men were pouring oil on the roofs of the governor's t'ingrhs. \n\n2. Chu Yen-hsi (the customs taotai).—Mr. Hewlett called on him \n\non the 11th April and warned him of impending trouble. He gave Mr. Hewlett repeated assurances that the fullest protection would be afforded. However, Taotai Chú took no precautionary measures of any kind, and when the riot broke out took no steps. After the riot started he even telephoned to His Majesty's consul that troops had been sent to all the missions, when, as a matter of fact, he had taken no such steps. \n\nThree of the gentry are especially implicated, viz., K'ung Hsien-chiao, Yang Kung, and Yeh Tê-hui:— \n\n1. K'ung Hsien-chiao.—This man was seen going round in his chair, directing the movements of the robbers. His son, it is stated, was actually seen helping to fire Messrs. Butterfield and Swire's establishment on the river front. Further, a Chinese preacher of one of the missions was warned by the head of the local train-bands on the morning of the 14th April that instructions had been given by K'ung for the destruction of the mission property at noon that day, and the warning proved to be true, according to Mr. Hewlett. The people openly accuse K'ung as the leader of the \n\nmovement. \n\n2. Yang Kung. This man also was seen going round in his chair directing the movements of the rioters. \n\n3. Yeh Te-hui.—This man and his father, Yeh Yü-ts'un, helped in cornering the rice-market, and held on to their stock of 30,000 piculs until the price rushed up to 8,400 cash a picul. The poor people then began to make an uproar and trouble broke out. \n\nThis Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.\n\nAFFAIRS OF CHINA. \n\nCONFIDENTIAL. \n\n[22587] \n\nNo. 1. \n\n345 \n\nC O 21654 \n\n[June 28.] \n\nSECTION 1. \n\n15 19 10 \n\nSir C. MacDonald to Sir Edward Grey.—(Received June 23.) \n\n(No. 133. Confidential.) \n\nSir, \n\nTokyo, June 7, 1910. I recently received from the acting consul-general at Mukden a copy of his despatch No. 27, Confidential, of the 24th May last, addressed to His Majesty's chargé d'affaires at Peking, with reference to the proposed construction by the provincial authorities of the Manchurian Government of a harbour at Hu Lu Tao. \n\nI have since received a despatch from His Majesty's consul at Dairen, of which I have the honour to enclose a copy, giving the details, as published in the local Japanese press, of a proposed harbour to be constructed at Lienshan, which Mr. Parlett believes to be the same as Hu Lu Tao. \n\nI took the opportunity of referring to the matter in conversation with Count Komura yesterday. His Excellency told me that he was aware of the project, but added that he did not attach much importance to the matter. The water at that point was shallow, and the country behind the proposed harbour was hilly. \n\nCopies of this despatch will be forwarded to Mr. Max Müller, Mr. Willis, and Mr. Parlett. \n\nI have, &c. \n\nClaude M. MacDonald. \n\nEnclosure in No. 1. \n\nConsul Parlett to Sir C. MacDonald. \n\n(No. 31.) Sir, \n\nDairen, May 27, 1910. I have the honour to report to your Excellency, with reference to the information contained in Mr. Willis's despatch No. 27 of the 24th instant, that the \"Ryoto-Shimpo\" in its issue of the 23rd of this month contained a paragraph on the subject of a proposed harbour at Lienshan, which would appear to be the same as Hu Lu Tao. According to the Japanese paper, the foreign engineer dispatched by the Chinese provincial authorities to survey the spot was of opinion that a good commercial harbour, with piers, &c., would cost 7,000,000 taels, and take ten years to build. One less ambitious could, however, be constructed in five or six years at a cost of about 3,000,000 taels, but it would probably prove inadequate. \n\nI have, &c. \n\nHarold G. Parlett. \n\n[2788 -1]",
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        "content_text": "[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]\n\nOPIUM.\n\nCONFIDENTIAL,\n\n[23051]\n\nNo. 1.\n\n371\n\nCO Dupe 271-165 RESECTION 2. Rest 15 JUL 10\n\nConsul-General O'Brien-Butler to Sir Edward Grey.--(Received June 27.)\n\n(No. 8. Confidential.) Sir,\n\nYunnan-fu, May 20, 1910.\n\nI HAVE the honour to forward to you herewith copy of an opium report for the four months ended the 30th April, 1910, which I am sending to His Majesty's chargé d'affaires at Peking.\n\nI have, &c.\n\nP. E. O'BRIEN-BUTLER,\n\nEnclosure in No. 1.\n\n(No. 17. Sir,\n\nConsul-General O'Brien-Butler to Mr. Max Müller.\n\nConfidential.)\n\nYunnan-fu, May 20, 1910.\n\nIN my opium report for December quarter, despatch No. 9 of the 8th February, I mentioned that the magistrate of P'ing-i had been deprived of his office and his button on account of his habitual disregard of the anti-opium regulations, and his connivance at the smuggling of opium across the border from Kweichow. From this town of P'ing-i the Rev. H. A. C. Allen writes under date of the 1st April\n\n\"It goes without saying that no opium is planted within 10 or 20 li of the city.* But it is well known that in the south of this magistracy quite a lot is grown. In the district of Huang-ni-ho, four days south of this, the ground is exceptionally good for growing opium, and possibly the district is warmer than here. Some three months ago our magistrate† made a tour of seventy days in his district, but chiefly in the aforementioned direction. I was told confidentially that a few days before he returned he sent on ahead four horse-loads of silver, and the head clerk who was with him one horse-load. This, spelt out in dollars, was given as 7,000 dollars and 1,000 dollars respectively. That this was altogether an exaggeration is more than probable; at the same time, I dare say his purse was heavier on returning than on his starting. He left a few days since in another direction. I was surprised to hear from a man whom I know, and at whose house I recently stayed 35 li from here, that there is some opium planted a couple of li from his place... This being a district bordering on Kweichow with good soil, it naturally affords a good opportunity for illicit growth. Opium smoking does not seem to have decreased much. It is everywhere in evidence, though the amount consumed is much less necessarily since the price is so high. An immense number of people swallow it who used to smoke it. It is a pity the Viceroy smokes, and that it is common knowledge on the street.'\n\nOn the 2nd March the Rev. S. Pollard, who had just arrived from a journey in the northern part of Yunnan, informed me that he had come across opium growing in some parts of T'ung-ch'uan prefecture. Runners had been sent to enquire into the matter, but they were well bribed to be silent, and the poppy was in flower when Mr. Pollard and some companion missionaries passed. Mr. Pollard added that in no other place did he see any trace of the poppy;\n\nSeveral travellers have informed me that they have seen opium growing in the portion of Yunnan north of the Yang-tsze.\n\nFrom Kweichow province I have received two letters. The Rev. C. Freeman\n\n* 3 li equal about 1 mile.\n\n†The successor of the official who was deprived of his office and his button.\n\n[2793 dd-2]",
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        "content_text": "I am sources. It is clear that the fields cannot lie fallow for ever, as there is a steady increase of population by immigration from the crowded districts on the borders, and it is clear also that the people must be clothed, though all attempts to produce cotton have in the past resulted in failure. The officials and people have as yet advanced little beyond the stage of bandying the question, \"What is to be done?\" A few of the more vigorous leaders have been busily engaged in planting mulberry trees and breeding silk-worms, and I have been able to send to the Indian markets samples of the first year's produce, which give hope of some success. I am also obtaining from India some seed of the shrub cotton Bombax malabaricum L which may thrive at this altitude and would help to stimulate local industry and provide employment for the empty fields. In the Kachin hills and the tribal country generally, however, the abolition of the crop will cause a more serious loss than even in the Chinese zone, for the tribesmen are generally unable to produce on their steep mountain-sides sufficient crops of cereals or of hemp to provide them with the barest necessaries of life, and at present no remedy has been foreseen for this part of the district.\n\nDuring my frontier tour I crossed at one point a route which had been followed by the taotai on his annual tour of border inspection. After the misfortunes of the sub-prefect last year he had taken the precaution to travel with a large armed escort, and he had boldly attacked the opium farmers along his route. For a day's march we had followed an unusually good track, and it was therefore with some surprise that we found the way suddenly barred, the road cut away in front, and the sheer precipice barring further progress. We were obliged therefore to turn off on to another road, and by the camp fire at night the reason of the obstacle was explained by one of the angry tribesmen. It appeared that the villagers along the road had worked for ten days and had made the excellent track which we had crossed. Unmoved by this service the taotai had turned out his escort, and at the bayonet's point the farmers had been made to uproot their poppy crop, which was then a span high. The old man who told the tale burst into tears as he recounted the loss.\n\n\"It is all that we have, this opium, we eat it and drink it, it makes our clothes and builds our houses; no other crop will grow, no rice, no millet, no hemp; for our opium crop we should have had silver for our food and our clothes, and now we are left to a barren and hungry year.\" But the Kachin is a man of spirit: the men of the next village had continued the road through their country, but the news spreads fast, and, when the taotai arrived at the point where the two districts met, the narrow path vanished over the precipice, and there was neither explanation nor expedient, save to take another road as we had done. He retired into the valleys below, leaving one tract of poppy at least unmolested, nor was he able to punish those who had defied him, and it is unlikely that his action has increased the prestige of Chinese officialdom in that outpost of empire.\n\nThere is one other point at which the loss of the poppy crop cuts deeply at the institutions of the tribesmen. Many of the sawbwas and minor chiefs are in the habit of collecting the greater part, or even the whole, of their revenues from their people by means of opium; each house contributing a given quantity of the drug, which can be readily transported and converted by the over-lord. It can be imagined, therefore, with what consternation the chiefs have watched the vigorous measures of their intending Chinese officers, and there is no doubt that they will stand by their people in any effort to conceal the cultivation or to encourage the smuggling traffic to those centres which still contrive a flourishing though illicit trade.\n\nIn the meanwhile, a small proportion of the more level lands have been put under winter crops of wheat, beans, peas, or maize, and a considerable number of the farmers have sought employment, during the dry season when their rice-fields need no attention, by taking service on the road works in the Shan States and in Burma, or in the silver and lead mines of Baudwin, and in the ruby mines or other centres of industry beyond the border. There seems, indeed a probability that the most pressing needs of the farmers will be met during the opium crisis, not by the introduction of some new crop, the development of which will need time and capital, but by an influx of money from British territory, brought into the province by the migration of labour during the winter season from the overcrowded plains of Yunnan to the mining and industrial centres of Burma—a consummation which is certainly to be desired for the mutual advantage of the two countries.\n\nProducing Centres.\n\nSpeaking generally, the purely Chinese zone of Western Yunnan has produced little opium during the past season, and the poppy has been entirely absent from the level and accessible areas; the only instances of cultivation which have been reported by reliable witnesses are in the remote regions of the Irrawaddy-Salween divide and in the hills between the Chinese and tribal zones, districts which are inhabited by lawless Chinese, many of them fugitives from justice. The fact that a harvest has been reaped from a few fields actually adjoining one of the main roads between Tengyueh and Yungchang, however, is evidence that the Chinese contention that the poppy has entirely disappeared is not strictly correct. A small amount of the drug has also been gathered in the Chinese district of Lungling, though the district official has since been removed, nominally as a punishment for his laxity in this respect. In the districts of Shunning-fu, Menghua Ting, Talifu, and Likiang-fu the prohibition measures were strictly enforced. Pu-ehr-fu and Ssumao Ting, in the south-west, were also well controlled.\n\nIn the tribal zone it is not possible to give such an encouraging account. In the hills surrounding the Shan States of Nantien, Changta, Kangai, Lungchuan, Mengmao, Ta Meng-tung, and Hsiao Meng-tung and in the territories of the Kachins, Lahu, and Wa there has been extensive cultivation, though there is no doubt of the marked decrease in the acreage since the inauguration of the measures of prohibition.\n\nEstimates of Acreage and Amount of Opium Produced.\n\nIt is difficult to estimate the exact acreage under poppy cultivation in Western Yunnan, as the mou or other generally recognised land measure is unknown in the district, and both rice and poppy lands are calculated on the basis of the \"measure of seed\" required to secure a full crop. After careful enquiry, however, I think that 50 ounces (Chinese) of opium may be expected as an average return from a mou of land in the hilly districts. From my own observation, from information gathered from various reliable sources, and from a strict watch on the markets and prices, I estimate the yield of the past season for the entire district (including the tribal territory) at 5,000 piculs, and on the above average this would account for 27,000 acres (English) under the poppy crop, figures which appear to me to give a very fair idea of the extent of the present cultivation.\n\nSupplies.\n\nLarge supplies of opium are still available at all the big centres, notably Tengyueh, Talifu, Lungling, and Shunning-fu, and it is estimated that the stocks would hold out for from four to five years, even if they were not supplemented by illicit means. In some of the cities these stocks are held by men who cannot easily be reached by the district officials, and at Lungling the holders resort to the expedient of stocking part of their supplies at inaccessible villages on the frontier line, thus ensuring greater freedom and security for distribution. The smuggling operations in this direction appear to have been so successful that there has been a steady movement of stocks to the Lungling base during the past few months.\n\nConsumption.\n\nA few years ago it was estimated that 80 per cent of the population of the district was addicted to opium, though, as stated above, the people are well-fed and show no physical defects as the result of the consumption. The vigorous action of the past two years has had the effect of stimulating prices, and holders of stocks now find a very favourable market, the price of the drug having risen within the last three years to three or four times its former standard. In 1908 crude opium could be brought in Tengyueh for 12 tael cents an ounce, whereas it cannot be obtained for less than 35 cents now; the prepared drug has risen from 18 cents to 50 or 60 cents; and old opium, which has matured and mellowed, commands as much as 2 taels an ounce (1 tael equals approximately 2 rupees). Whilst the wages of the coolie class stand at 12 cents a-day, and of artisans at about 20 cents a-day, it will be seen that it must be difficult for them to obtain the drug, provided that they are dependent on the ordinary channels, and there can be no doubt that larger numbers of the poorer classes are gradually reducing their daily allowance, and that many have abandoned the habit entirely. The fact that many of the Yamén runners and the \"Old\" or \"Green Banner\" troops continue to smoke regularly would appear to give evidence of some source of supply which is at present free from official vigilance. The soldiers of the \"New\" army at Talifu do not smoke, but a considerable percentage of them swallow opium pills, a practice which is becoming very general; whilst it is noticeable amongst the local Chinese who have given up the drug, that they have acquired a quite extraordinary ...",
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        "content_text": "2\n\neastern section of the projected trunk line from Ili and Kansu, through Central China, to the Yellow Sea.\n\nThe cost of construction is roughly estimated as follows:-\n\nKaifeng to Hsüchow,* 175 miles, 6,700,000 taels; Hsüchow to Tsingkiangpoo, 120 miles, 5,500,000 taels; Tsingkiangpoo to Haichow, 70 miles, 3,000,000 taels; extension to the beach of Haichow and harbour improvements, 2,800,000 taels; making a total of 18,000,000 taels (£2,362,500).\n\nThe writer says that, as the Board are averse to raising a foreign loan, and the surplus profits of existing lines are already appropriated, they have recommended that the work of construction be spread over a period of years. He considers that, as the route of the projected railway lies outside the German sphere of interest in Shantung, the latter will not be in a position to advance any serious objections to its construction, although it will undoubtedly have the effect of diverting the traffic from Honan, Shansi, Kansu, and beyond from Tsingtau to Haichow, \"thus dispelling the German dream of a greater Tsingtau.\"\n\nThe new port will also, the writer thinks, enter into competition with Shanghai as a distributing centre for foreign goods and an outlet for the export trade of the Yang-tsze. He considers the project \"a masterful piece of railway strategy, effectually blocking the German programme in Shantung, nullifying British claims to railway construction in Honan and Kiangsu, and opening a seaport which will be entirely under Chinese control.” He thinks \"the deep significance of the move has been lost sight of in the general attention devoted to the Chinchow-Aigun affair.\"\n\nAs regards the question of a foreign loan for this railway, Mr. Mayers informs me that the Board of Communications are giving the matter their serious attention. He has himself discussed details with the Board, who appear, he says, well disposed towards his proposals. He fears, however, that they may give the loan to the Americans as compensation for the loss of the Manchurian loan. Colour is given to this supposition by a paragraph which appeared in a Japanese paper published at Dalny on the 24th April last, stating that a Sino-American syndicate had agreed to advance 18,000,000 taels for the construction of the Kaifeng-Haichow line.\n\nWith respect to the suitability of Haichow as a port, Mr. Wilton reports that the town itself lies on a shallow inlet, and that steamers cannot approach within 10 miles of the shore. At Chingkow, however, a few miles north of Haichow, the anchorage is better. There appears to be a large junk traffic at Haichow, the native customs returns for 1908 giving an entry of 2,433 vessels and a clearance of 2,001 during the year.\n\nI have, &c.\n\nW. G. MAX MÜLLER.\n\n[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]\n\nCHINA RAILWAYS.\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\n[27601]\n\nNo. 1.\n\nForeign Office to Messrs. Pauling and Co.\n\nCO 27913\n\n[August 16.]\n\nRECE SECTION 18 SEP 10\n\nSir,\n\nI AM directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 29th ultimo, in which you enquire whether His Majesty's Government will lend their support to the construction of a railway from Chenchow to Taonanfu; this construction to supersede—for at any rate some years—the original proposal for the construction of a line from Chenchow to Aigun.\n\nIn reply, I am to observe that it is evident that a line between the places you mention would avowedly be constructed with a view to its extension northwards later on, and it appears to Sir E. Grey in the circumstances that the Russian and Japanese Governments are likely to consider themselves entitled to be consulted in regard to the project in the same way as they claimed to be consulted over the Chenchow-Aigun scheme. He does not therefore consider it possible, in view of all that has passed in the matter of the Chenchow-Aigun project, to afford support in the present case unless regard were also taken of Russian and Japanese interests in the regions to which the prolongation would extend.\n\nI am further to point out that, as regards the former, His Majesty's Government have to consider how far this point of the engagement with the Russian Government of 1899, by which they are bound not to support concessions for railways in China north of the Great Wall, may preclude them from taking an active part in promoting this enterprise if it is opposed by the Russian Government.\n\n[2875 q-1]\n\nI am, &c.\n\nW. LANGLEY.\n\nThis was the line which was offered to the British and Chinese Corporation in December 1909 in exchange for the Shanghai-Hangchow-Ningpo Concession.\n\n21",
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        "content_text": "10\n\n1879, and 6 ft. 3 in. in December 1892. The greatest depth was given as 14 feet in April 1890, the average of the annual maximum depths over the whole period being 11 ft. 3 in., and 9 ft. 1 in., these occurring in April and September respectively in each year. It will be noticed that the least depth occurs in the autumn, after the Yang-tsze floods, and the greatest depth in spring, when that river is low. The depths above recorded refer to Customs datum, which as already stated, is 2 feet below Conservancy datum.\n\n37. The effect of Pheasant Point, taken in conjunction with the sharp bend into the Ship Channel, was a serious drawback to navigation during the time that the latter channel was the main navigable course, inasmuch as the flood tide naturally clung to the Woosung shore for some distance past the turn into the Ship Channel, and consequently vessels attempting to enter this channel were sometimes swung round by the current acting on their port quarter and driven ashore either on Pheasant Point or on the flats below Gough Island. Captain Gregor and Captain Evans, in the interviews which we had with them there, both laid great stress on the difficulties experienced at this turn when the Ship Channel was the main river course.\n\nPoint Bank.\n\n38. Still proceeding upwards, the next defect in the river to which attention should be directed is the wide reach between Black Point and [] Point, where the difference in direction of the flood and ebb currents has led to the formation on the left side of the river of a bank of considerable extent, covered at low water, and having a shallow, partially formed channel in-shore used by small craft. Throughout this reach, however, there has existed for many years a well-defined main channel near the right bank of the river, and it cannot be said that the condition of the stream here is such at present as to give rise to anxiety, although it is manifestly desirable that the flood and ebb currents should be directed over the same course.\n\nPootung Point.\n\n39. From the last-named reach to Shanghai, where there is a very sharp turn at Pootung Point, the river may be said to be generally in a satisfactory condition. In the neighbourhood of Pootung Point there has always been, at certain periods of the tide, a considerable area of chow-chow water, i.e., strong whirlpool eddies, due to the sharp bend in the river and the confluence of the Soochow Creek, which here joins the main stream on the left bank.\n\n40. The depth of water opposite Pootung Point is very great, reaching at one spot to upwards of 100 feet below low water, but there does not appear, as might have been expected, to be any tendency to scour alongside the wharves and buildings on the concave shore. On the other hand, dredging has to be resorted to in order to maintain sufficient water alongside the Hongkow wharves, on the left bank immediately below Soochow Creek.\n\n41. The sharp bend in the river at this point, besides exercising an injurious influence on the tidal development, is especially unfortunate, inasmuch as it occurs in the centre of the most crowded part of the harbour, necessitating great care in navigating vessels to their berths through the mass of European and native shipping.\n\nBank at Native City.\n\n42. The presence of a very considerable mud flat on the left bank of the river, for the most part dry at low water, along the front of the Chinese city (see drawing No. 1), constitutes another serious obstacle to the tidal flow of the Whangpoo, which is aggravated by there being at all times an immense fleet of junks and small craft lying on or near the left bank.\n\n43. This evil is a growing one, for the bank is being increasingly used as a site for storing timber and as a general deposit ground for the refuse and garbage of the native city, which has approximately a population of 1,000,000. On this site is also permanently located an immense number of \"beggar boats\" used as dwellings by the poorest class of Chinese, the people inhabiting these boats being estimated at many thousands. The entire refuse from this population is thrown overboard from the boats into the river, or on the mud bank, thus further obstructing the river flow and increasing the general insanitation of the locality.\n\n11\n\nAbove the Native City.\n\n44. Above the native city the condition of the river rapidly improves, and after a few miles becomes excellent, the reaches being broad, deep, and straight, with easy turns and strong banks. In place, however, injury is caused by the reckless throwing of waste materials of all kinds into the stream, and by the obstruction of fishing stakes and water-nut plantations, but, speaking generally, it may be said that the main channel of the river above the Chinese city is satisfactory in its present condition, and that no remedial works in connection therewith are necessary.\n\nSubsidiary Creeks.\n\n45. The condition of the subsidiary creeks connecting with the Whangpoo has an intimate bearing on the régime of the main river. From our information it appears that they are very much obstructed in the manner mentioned in the last paragraph, and also, in many cases where there are bridges, by banks being projected from the sides with a view to reducing the width to be spanned. A very serious check is thus given to the amount of tidal water passing to and fro. It is too much to say that, in any instances, these creeks would probably have closed altogether had it not been for the practice of the agriculturists of digging out the bottoms of the creeks to form a dressing for the fields.\n\nV. PREVIOUS REPORTS ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE WHANGPOO RIVER,\n\n46. The vital necessity of maintaining the Whangpoo in a good navigable condition has for many years, as we have already explained, been urged in the strongest manner by the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce, and at various times reports have been procured by the chamber and other bodies with regard to schemes most likely to effect the required result. Other reports have also been prepared by various persons for particular interests. In addition to such reports general criticisms have at frequent intervals been passed on the schemes and more particularly on the recommendations of M. de Rijke.\n\nReport of 1876.\n\n47. The first reports to which reference need be made by us are those prepared by M. G. A. Escher and M. J. de Rijke in 1876, addressed to the members of the consular body of Shanghai. These reports, which should be considered together, consist of a joint report by both engineers on the Woosung Inner Bar, and two separate reports upon the best method of dealing with it, M. Escher favouring the improvement of the Ship Channel-at that time the navigable track-whilst M. de Rijke preferred the opening out of Junk Channel for deep-water navigation.\n\nReport of 1898.\n\n48. Nothing was done to improve the condition of the river, as a result of these reports, with the exception of an ineffectual attempt, between 1888 and 1891, to deepen the inner bar by dredging. At the invitation of the Chamber of Commerce, however, M. de Rijke, in 1897, again visited Shanghai, and in January 1898 presented his second report upon the river.\n\n49. In this last-named report M. de Rijke showed, in considerable detail, that the river had deteriorated since his previous visit in 1875, and strongly urged the great importance of immediately carrying out works for the improvement and regulation of the river, if an efficient waterway to Shanghai was to be maintained. This report was the last prepared by M. de Rijke, and it was on the lines then recommended that the works which were commenced in 1907 were carried out.\n\n50. It may be stated generally that M. de Rijke proposed to confine the Whangpoo to one channel throughout its entire course from Shanghai to the Yang-tsze, by means of training and regulating works which he described, and that he again selected for improvement the Junk Channel. The cost of the necessary works was approximately estimated by M. de Rijke at 3,000,000 taels. He pointed out, however, that a proper survey of the river was essential before a reliable estimate could be prepared.\n\n399",
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        "content_text": "20\n\nM. de Rijke's quarterly report, dated the 20th April, 1907, is also then quoted, as follows:-\n\n\"A resounding of Gough Island Reach shows that the depth all along Ship Channel has increased, while Junk Channel has shallowed.\"\n\nThe memorandum further states that at that date-\n\n\"the so-called Inner Bar has almost disappeared, and there is to-day, from the arsenal to the mouth of the river, a uniform depth of at least 18 feet at lowest low-water level; in other words, the works which the River Conservancy tries to achieve are already almost in existence.\"\n\n113. The memorandum, in summarising the conclusions arrived at, contains the following:-\n\nAccording to M. de Rijke's own words, the forcing over of the main stream of a river like this, without causing new impediments and without much interrupting navigation, is often found to be a most difficult task, even when using numbers of men skilled in such work.\" The Kajow Bar, which should facilitate this 'forcing over,' has entirely disappeared, and there must now be a certain danger if it is tried. Is it, under these circumstances, advisable to run such an incalculable and enormous risk? Or what security does M. de Rijke's scheme give that, in the course of its execution, shipping will not be seriously hampered or even interrupted?\n\n\"The expense of the Ship Channel's closing up under the present conditions will be--as admitted by the quarterly reports-much higher than at first estimated. Will this amount, under all circumstances, suffice for the complete execution of M. de Rijke's scheme?\n\n\"There are at the disposal twenty annual votes of 460,000 taels each.\n\n\"If these two questions cannot be answered with certainty, might it not be taken into serious consideration to make use of the natural tendency of the river, choosing the present fair-way (Ship Channel) by improving and straightening it?\n\nIt is quite obvious that thereby the shipping can in no way be hampered, and, moreover, the expenses will be considerably smaller.\n\n\"We would like to mention that our misgivings are shared by experts.\"\n\n114. We have made these quotations from the memorandum of the \"Deutsche Vereinigung,\" for the purpose of focussing attention on the main points where difference of opinion existed between the advocates of the Ship Channel route and those who favoured the scheme for the development of Junk Channel.\n\nCaptain Schellhoss's further Criticisms.\n\n115. Captain Schellhoss also explained, at an interview, that in his opinion the Jetty Works at Woosung were of a much heavier section than required, and pointed out that owing to the large expenditure upon them and on the great works, previously described, which were required to divert the river from its normal course at Gough Island, it had been necessary to raise a large loan, with the consequence that there had to be paid away in interest a sum amounting to one-third of the total available work fund. He considered that all the improvements required might have been effected at the rate of 460,000 Haikwan taels per annum, in which case almost 3,000,000 Haikwan taels more would have been available for productive expenditure.\n\n116. Captain Schellhoss also questioned the necessity for the series of six cross dams behind the main longitudinal dam at Upper Gough, and the introduction in nearly every case of two cribs, connecting the shore with the various parallel works, instead of relying on one only.\n\n117. Criticisms were also expressed by Captain Schellhoss and some others with regard to the administration of the works. This matter does not, however, appear to us to have a direct bearing upon the main question which we are called upon to investigate, viz., whether or not in the scheme, as carried out, is the best which could have been adopted, and also whether there is a probability of its being permanently successful.\n\nXII.-M. DE RIJKE'S VIEWS GENERALLY ON THE FOREGOING CRITICISMS.\n\n118. Taking first the points raised in the memorandum of the \"Deutsche Vereinigung,\" it will now be conceded that the fears formally expressed with regard to cutting off Shanghai for a time from the sea, or of increased difficulties in the navigation during the construction of the works, have been proved to be unfounded.\n\n21\n\nReasons for the Selection of Junk Channel.\n\n119. M. de Rijke answered the foregoing criticisms in writing, and also explained his views to Mr. Wilson and Mr. Matthews; his replies on the question of the selection of the Junk Channel for improvement rather than the Ship Channel may be summarised as follows:--\n\n(a.) That a much straighter and better course is thereby obtained, both for tidal development and for navigation.\n\n(b.) That owing to the sharp concave bend in the Ship Channel and the action of the tidal currents thereon, the defence works on the right bank would require to be almost continuous, and, having to be constructed in deep water, would, of necessity, prove very costly to carry out in the first instances, and would entail heavy maintenance charges in the future.\n\n(c.) That in consequence of the insufficiency of the cross-sectional area of the Ship Channel branch of the river, either very heavy dredging work would have been necessary along Gough Island shore, or else a portion of the Junk Channel must have been left open, which might have resulted in the continuation of the Inner Bar, and would have defeated the whole object of training the river and the creation of a single waterway for the flux of the tides.\n\n(d.) That the training works extending from the left bank, below Gough Island, which would be required to divert the flood currents into the Ship Channel would have to be carried across deep water, and be of exceptional strength on account of the abrupt angle around which the stream would have to be turned.\n\nAt the same time the development of the flood tide would have been seriously injured by being forced around so sharp a curve.\n\n(e.) That works of a similar description, though of a less substantial character, would have been required from the left bank, above Gough Island, in order to divert the ebb currents into the Ship Canal.\n\n(f) That a channel of the full section required, and with good curves, could be more readily obtained through Junk Channel, and, moreover, the training works necessary, apart from the main parallel dam at Upper Gough, could be constructed almost entirely in shallow water.\n\nCross Dams at Upper Gough.\n\n120. With reference to the series of cross dams behind the main parallel dam at Upper Gough, and the system of double or treble cribs, connecting the shore with the various parallel works, M. de Rijke considered a provision of this kind essential, on so soft a bottom as is here experienced, in order to subdivide the fall of the stream over the works in such a manner as to reduce scour at the foot of the dam, and to facilitate the deposit of silt between the cribs. Although he had allowed for the six upper dams in his estimate of April 1909, in case they might all be required, he proposed only to construct such of them as experience might find to be necessary as the works proceeded.\n\nXIII.-OUR OPINION WITH REGARD TO THE WORKS EXECUTED BY M. DE RIJKE.\n\n121. We have thought it desirable to describe fully the works which have been proposed and those which have been executed, and have referred at length to the reasons which led to the adoption of the design of the works which have been carried out, and also to the views which are entertained generally at Shanghai with regard thereto. It now becomes necessary that we should express our opinion, which we do after most careful consideration, with reference to these important matters.\n\nPreference for Junk Channel Route.\n\n122. Dealing first with the principal controversial point, viz., as to whether the Ship Channel or the Junk Channel should have been selected for improvement; we are strongly of opinion, after mature reflection, that the right course was adopted in the decision to improve and develop the Junk Channel.\n\n[2958 kh-1]\n\n404",
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        "content_text": "22\n\n123. The following may be taken as the objects which have been aimed at and attained, and which we have kept in view in forming our conclusions ----\n\n1. The improved facility for the propagation of the tidal wave up the river. 2. The better direction of the ebb currents.\n\n3. The improvement effected from a navigation standpoint.\n\n124. The first of these points requires little explanation since, as is clear from an inspection of the plan, the tidal wave is now propagated through a single comparatively straight channel instead of through two channels, the deeper one of which was sinuous. In this connection it must be borne in mind that, at the date of the commencement of the works, the curvature of the Ship Canal was rapidly increasing, under the eroding influence of the tidal currents, and the disadvantages due to such curvature were becoming correspondingly accentuated.\n\n125. The second point, viz., the better direction of the ebb currents, is also a matter of the greatest importance. Under the scheme as carried out, the ebb currents, after rounding the curve at the upper end of Gough Island, pass directly along the Astræa Channel to the Woosung curve, their energy being thus preserved and concentrated on the river outlet, instead of, as formerly, being largely dissipated in the mischievous erosion of the concave bank of the Ship Channel and in traversing the sharp reverse curve and the old Inner Bar. This sharp training and directing of the ebb currents should have the best possible effect in improving the Astræa Channel and in maintaining and increasing the depths already obtained at the Outer Bar.\n\n126. From a navigation standpoint the advantages of the Astræa Channel over its predecessor are very apparent. The new reach is now one of the easiest in the whole river for navigation, and ocean-going steamers, which previously experienced such difficulties and danger from confused currents and ebb tides, at the low turn into the Ship Canal, can now pass up the river with perfect ease.\n\nRelative Cost of Ship and Junk Channel Routes.\n\n127. The chief ground on which those who favoured the Ship Channel, as the principal route for the river to and from Shanghai, based their arguments appears to have been that, by its adoption, a considerable saving in expenditure would have been effected. We have looked into this aspect of the question and cannot find that there would have been any substantial reduction in the quantities of the work to be executed, had the Ship Channel route been adopted, basing the calculation on the condition of the river as it existed at the time the operations were commenced---- in 1907.\n\n128. By the adoption of the Ship Channel course it would no doubt have been practicable to have prolonged the period for the execution of the works, and thereby to have reduced, to some extent, the sum which was paid for interest, consequent on the raising of a loan for the more rapid carrying out of the Junk Channel works, speed being essential for the successful accomplishment of the latter undertaking.\n\n129. We consider, however, that even in the cost of the works so involved in the opening out that and formation of the Astræa Channel were somewhat greater than that necessary for the development of the Ship Channel, the superiority of the former route fully justifies the additional outlay.\n\nCross Dams at Upper End of Ship Channel.\n\n130. With regard to the exception which has been taken to the number of cross dams at the upper end of Ship Channel, as shown on drawing No. 2, the present state of progress of which has been referred to in paragraph 70, M. de Rijke has explained that in constructing the main parallel dam required for closing the Ship Channel he was extremely anxious lest damage or accident should occur in consequence of excessive scour at the foot of this dam, during construction, and the more so having regard to the exceedingly soft nature of the bottom. In order to obviate this scour, which might have endangered the safety of the dam, he considered it advisable to provide the series of cross dams as shown on drawing No. 3, their object being, as previously described by M. de Rijke, to \"subdivide the fall of the water,\" and so diminish the scour.\n\n131. We think this view was a sound one in principle, but apparently M. de Rijke does not now consider, in the light of experience, that all the dams which he proposed will be necessary. Thus only four out of the six suggested have been commenced, and of these four, it is, as we understand, proposed to complete two only, known locally as I and C, and so indicated on drawing No. 2. In this decision we concur.\n\n132. We fully appreciate his anxiety for the safety of the main parallel dam, during the difficult and delicate operations of diverting the course of so large and important a river as the Whangpoo, in constant use by ocean traffic to and from one of the largest shipping ports in the world. Any accident to the dam might have led to such disastrous results, that we consider the magnitude of the interests at stake fully justified the precaution which was adopted.\n\nPage 23\n\nWoosung Fort Jetty Works.\n\n133. We understand that before proceeding with the Fort Jetty works at Woosung M. de Rijke made careful inquiries with regard to the wave-stroke to which such works would be exposed, and that he designed the cross-section of the structure accordingly. Mr. Wilson and Mr. Matthews, when at Shanghai, were informed by the harbour-master that, in addition to typhoons, which occasionally occur, considerable \"seas\" were sometimes experienced at the entrance to the Whangpoo, and that lightering operations in connection with vessels lying in the roads had in consequence to be frequently suspended.\n\n134. Having regard to these facts, and seeing that the \"fetch\" in the Yang-tsze, at high water, is very considerable, we can fully realise that the work may at times be exposed to a heavy wave-stroke, and therefore we cannot endorse the criticisms which have been raised with regard to there being any excessive strength in the Fort Jetty.\n\nThe Mode of Construction adopted for the Training Works.\n\n135. During the progress of this investigation we have been much impressed by the successful manner in which various forms of fascine work have been employed in the construction of the training banks, cribwork groins, and other similar structures,\n\n136. By the employment of zinkstuks, gabbioni, and corresponding forms of construction in the training works, M. de Rijke has been enabled to carry out his proposals with a rapidity and economy which would have been quite impracticable by the adoption of any other method.\n\n137. In illustration of the rapidity of construction, we may observe that, from the commencement of the training works in February 1907 to the end of 1909, a period of thirty-five months, about 60,000 lineal feet of works had been put in hand, and well advanced, or on an average, say, 1,700 lineal feet per month. These figures, no doubt, include a large number of shallow cribs, of a light character, constructed across mud flats, but combined therewith heavy structures such as Fort Jetty, the main dam at Upper Gough, and the training works at Lower Gough and Kajow, have also been carried out.\n\n138. In the appendix hereto we give, in detail, a description of the mode of construction which was adopted in forming the different types of fascine work to which we have referred, and of the procedure which was observed when placing the same in position.\n\nThe Effects produced by the Works Executed.\n\n139. We have already described, in section IX hereof, the results which have been produced by the works already executed, and which appear, on the whole, to be of an entirely successful character. The accumulation of silt between the cribs, which extend from the \"normal lines\" shorewards is, we understand, very noticeable, and forms a satisfactory feature in the undertaking.\n\nXIV. THE NECESSITY FOR CAREFUL MAINTENANCE OF THE WORKS.\n\n140. It is necessary that we should here allude to, and emphasise, the absolute necessity for the due and proper maintenance of the works after completion. During the progress of the undertaking there has been no difficulty in keeping a watchful eye on the various works which had been previously constructed, but we are strongly of opinion that provision should be made for systematic and periodical maintenance.\n\nPage 405",
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        "content_text": "25\n\n24\n\ninspections now that the works are drawing towards completion. The requisite plant and facilities, and also a competent staff should be likewise provided, such as may be required for the speedy and effective carrying out of such renewals as may be required from time to time.\n\nPrompt Repairs essential.\n\n141. Works of this character will certainly require repairs and renewals, the more so as they are laid on a sandy and alluvial bed. It is essential that such repairs and reinstatements as are found to be necessary should be promptly undertaken, as otherwise damage might arise, causing the breaching of the banks, which would readily have been arrested, at trifling cost, by timely repairs. If neglected such damage might lead to serious results, and a possible loss of much of the good effect which has undoubtedly been secured. On these grounds, therefore, we would strongly recommend that the question of the adequate and continuous maintenance of these important works should without loss of time be duly considered, and suitable provision made accordingly.\n\n142. The present depth along the face of the main parallel dam at Upper Gough averages about 25 feet, and nowhere, we understand, does it exceed 29 feet at low water. It is satisfactory to observe that there does not appear to be any tendency to scour along this length of the work of a character likely to endanger its safety.\n\nAs to the Maintenance of Depth in the Astrea Channel.\n\n143. The present cross-sectional area in the Astrea Channel is considerably less than that at, or in the vicinity of, Black Point; the latter, as already stated, having been adopted as a standard when fixing the \"normal lines.\" The respective sectional areas in December last were approximately 32,000 square feet in Black Point Reach, the values of the two sections from a point of view of conductivity being, at the same date, in the proportion of about 75 to 100 feet. M. de Rijke does not consider that the régime of the Astræa Channel is at present quite satisfactory, but we gather from his quarterly reports to the Conservancy Board that there was a steady increase in cross-sectional area up to the end of December in last year when, as stated in paragraph 92, there was a depth of 18 feet at low-water ordinary spring tides for a width of about 950 feet between the \"normal line\" for the full length of the channel.\n\n144. We have very carefully considered what effect that natural scour of the river may be expected to have on the maintenance of this depth in the Astræa Channel and are of opinion that if, in the first place, a channel of adequate and properly proportioned cross-sectional area be provided by dredging, there is no reason to anticipate that any large amount of dredging will be required to assist the natural scour in maintaining it. The data available at present are insufficient to enable us to express a very definite opinion on this point, but we certainly incline to the view, from general experience, that the channel should maintain itself to the 18 feet depth with but little, if any, dredging. An important fact favouring this view is that referred to in paragraph 93 of this report, viz., that during the process of dredging the Astræa Channel large quantities of material have been removed by the current over and above that excavated by the dredgers, thus indicating that there is apparently surplus of scouring power for the maintenance of the channel.\n\n145. The quantity of water, moreover, which now runs into the cul-de-sac formed by the old Ship Channel, should as this latter becomes filled by the process of natural silting be largely diverted through the Astræa Channel, thus adding to the tidal volume in the upper part of the river and forming an additional scouring medium for this channel. The silting process referred to will also be assisted by the depositing of dredging in the Ship Channel, which is a convenient site for that purpose.\n\nAs to the Upper River and Creeks.\n\n146. We strongly endorse the remarks by M. de Rijke on the serious results to be apprehended from the want of care and interests shown in the upper river and in the creeks subsidiary to the Whangpoo, to which the regrettable condition of affairs referred to in paragraphs 44 and 45 hereof is to be ascribed.\n\nXV.-OPINION WITH RESPECT TO THE FURTHER WORKS PROPOSED BUT NOT YET COMMENCED.\n\n147. We have now to investigate the further works which have been suggested for the training of the river and propose to deal with them under three heads, viz.:--\n\n(1.) Works which we consider to be essential in order to permanently secure the benefits already derived from the undertaking as carried out to date, for which funds should be at once obtained.\n\n(2.) Works of importance, for the construction of some of which, at all events, the necessary funds should be provided as early as possible.\n\n(3.) Works which for the present need not be proceeded with, though ultimately some of them will be required.\n\nHead 1.\n\n148. Works which we consider to be essential in order to permanently secure the benefits already derived from the undertaking, as carried out to date, for which funds should be at once obtained. Under this head we would include the following:-\n\n(a.) The final closing of the old Ship Channel by the completion of the main parallel dam above Upper Gough to the level of high-water level spring tide and the completion of the double-cross dam No. 1.\n\n(b.) The full carrying out of the present dredging contract of 1,200,000 cubic yards.\n\nHead 2.\n\n149. Works of importance, for the construction of some of which, at all events, the necessary funds should be provided as early as possible.\n\nUnder this heading we would include the whole of the training works proposed by M. de Rijke on both sides of the river between the upper end of the Astræa Channel and Cosmopolitan Dock. It will be seen that the principal object of the works on the left bank is to fix the channel of the river within the \"normal lines\" as laid down, and thus to prevent the formation of an inshore or flood channel between Long Flat and Point. As previously mentioned in this report (paragraph 78), a shallow channel exists along this shore which, if it were to develop to any great extent, would be detrimental to the main waterway. The works shown on right bank of the river consist, as will be seen, of short cribs and parallel work, their object being to protect the river bank, which in many places over this length, and especially between Tung Kow Creek and Black Point, is in a wasting condition.\n\n150. Under this head we place the training works on the right bank of the river below Pheasant Point. At the present moment we are not convinced of the desirability or necessity for these works, but if future experience indicates that the Fort Jetty is not sufficient by itself to maintain the deep-water channel at the confluence of the Whangpoo with the Yang-tsze, and that the formation of a channel on the opposite shore is followed by a loss of depth on the main channel, it may be necessary that that be constructed. As regards the dredging on the convex side at Pheasant Point, it may be noted that the channel there, for the full width required for navigation, has already a depth of 18 feet, so that, from this point of view, no addition is required. Moreover, it is very questionable whether this dredging would have any permanent result, as experience shows that shoaling rapidly recurs on the convex side under similar circumstances.\n\nAs to Works mentioned under Heads 1 and 2.\n\n151. If the works above enumerated, under heads 1 and 2, be dealt with as suggested, the river may then be considered to be in a sufficiently satisfactory and stable condition from Shanghai to its mouth. In this connection we may add that all those interested in the river who have been consulted considered it was essential that the training of the river should eventually be completed up to the point to which it is proposed the works should be carried, i.e., Cosmopolitan Dock.\n\nΗ [2958 kh-1]\n\n406",
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        "content_text": "The river presented no serious obstacles as we proceeded, though at one point it narrowed between limestone boulders, impassable: but, as we neared, it was apparent that there was a narrow winding channel through the limestone ridges which jutted across the river from either bank. The Fu-po-t'an or Ta-t'an is a succession of three bad rapids separated by lesser rapids, with a total length of about 3 miles. This rapid forms the greatest danger to navigation on the West River for steamers or junks during the low-water season. In the lowest rapid, called 'The Ploughshare' from its shape, the peril is the rock known as Kua Tai, so called presumably because the rudder hangs round the bank. The channel is 24 feet wide. In the middle rapid the Ch'a Lu rock is the danger, and our boat actually struck this a slanting blow which stove in a plank. In the upper rapid there are two channels, the right-hand being the easier. Steaming our best—9 knots—and with six of the crew poling their hardest with long bamboo shoulder poles we just, but only just, ascended it.\n\nAt the top of the Fu-po-t'an stands the Drum Rock in the stream. Just above on the left bank is the fine temple, Fu-po-miao. We saluted the temple with three blasts, and received a salvo of five crackers in return, while the boat's crew bowed politely in certain anticipation of favours to come. It is curious to relate that descending in December 1909 by native boat, the strong wind drove us against the Ch'a Lu rock. The stern grounded with our bows still in the channel of the furious current. The skill of the pilot and the coolness of the crew extricated the boat from a seemingly hopeless position. Two special pilots, at 4d. each, had been taken for the run through the rapid. It has been proposed to improve the Pan-t'an and the Ta-t'an.\n\nMr. Eldridge, of Imperial Maritime Customs, was sent up to survey and report. I understand that he believes the Pan-t'an could be made safe by the expenditure of 100,000 taels. He appears to be doubtful about interfering with the Ta-t'an, unless the Provincial authorities are prepared to spend a large sum of money. Bearing in mind the fact that it is hazardous to interfere with \"living water,\" I believe that the upper parts of the Ta-t'an could be improved by some blasting. The lower and most dangerous bit—'The Ploughshare'—would undoubtedly cost a very large sum of money, as it requires blasting over a wide area, and embankments would be needed in order to train the channel, which might otherwise silt up.\n\nTwenty-seven miles above Nanning is the Kam-ling rapid, which is difficult to pass, with this exception, the river presents no serious difficulties to steam navigation, in so far as rapids go, although at dead low-water season (January) the channels are narrow and shallow, in many places 2 feet deep only. It is very probable, however, that a small motor boat, 60 feet long, could run with profit and little risk from April to December. High speed is unnecessary anywhere along the West River. I estimate that the rate of the fastest rapid between Wuchow and Pose at any time of the year does not exceed 9 knots. It does not follow, however, that a boat doing 12 knots could surmount this rapid. The rapids are generally formed by the narrowing of the river-bed by rocks and shingle banks. The surface of the water is forced into a tongue. The greatest speed is at the tip of the tongue or lower end, but it is the base or upper end which the steamer finds so difficult to ascend. The reason is, I think, because the tongue is an inclined plane of water, and, should the stretch above the rapid be wide and deep, the volume of the water pouring down the rapid is sufficient to check the passage of any craft trusting to speed alone. What is required is a lifting power to raise the boat up the inclined plane of water. This would be supplied either by a hawser fastened to a rock above the rapid or to a point on shore, or if the water be sufficiently shallow to allow of them by shoulder poles pushed by the crew on board.\n\nIn the West River the water is comparatively shallow. This explains the use of the narrow platforms running all round the boats. In the Yang-tsze rapids the water is deeper, and the boats do not therefore carry the platform. Generally speaking, the rapids on the West River, with the exception of the Ta-t'an and perhaps the Pan-t'an at dead low water, are nothing like as formidable to negotiate as the worst rapids on the stretch between Ichang and Chungking.\n\nNanning, the most important town in the province of Kuanghsi from a commercial point of view, lies on the north bank of the river 330 miles (1,105 li) above Wuchow. The town was formally opened to trade and a branch of the Imperial Maritime Customs established there at the beginning of 1907. During my visit in January 1907 work was in full swing on the new settlement located about a mile below the city. The business quarter is above the city. The ground had been levelled, roads marked out and sites ready for apportionment; 600 coolies were busily engaged in building the bund. The location of the settlement was chosen on the advice of the Imperial Maritime Customs. The situation, however, is unfortunate, not only on account of its distance from the business quarter, but also on account of the attacks of the river at high water. As a matter of fact, the ancient town stood much in the position occupied by the settlement and appears to have been removed on account of the subsidence of the river banks. In August 1907 the bund collapsed. It has been temporarily patched up again, but it is doubtful if it will stand the attacks of the river for any length of time. The Chinese Settlement Land Office has been built and there is a flimsy mat-shed erection of a Chinese theatre. There are no other buildings in the settlement. The Commissioner of Customs lives in the Land Office. Last summer he found some difficulty in procuring an adequate supply of tubs in which to catch the rain-water as it leaked through the roof. The treasurer of the province who, during his secret investigations of the secret societies at Nanning, was temporarily occupying the ground floor complained that the rain, which had soaked the upper floors, dripped on to him below; 120,000 taels is the sum mentioned to me as having been frittered away on the scheme. The total absence of Chinese merchants is a melancholy illustration of their want of confidence in their own officials.\n\nThe trade of Nanning has slowly but steadily increased during the last three years, and there appears reason to hope it will develop more freely.\n\nLungchou.—Lungchou, the treaty port on the Kuanghsi-Tongking frontier, appears to be an absolute failure from a commercial point of view. I was assured by a competent authority that there is not sufficient trade to keep one junk in constant employment between Lungchou and Nanning. Lungchou is on the Tso-chiang, the southern branch of the West River. The journey is about ten days by junk. The port was visited in 1908 by a British and subsequently by a German gun-boat. The junction of the Tso-chiang with the West River is at San-chiang-k'ou. A Chinese fort is being erected at this point. It is proposed to station 250 men there, ostensibly as a guard against pirates but really, extraordinary as the idea may be, as an advanced post of Nanning in case of a sudden inroad of French troops.\n\nThe foreign trade of Nanning, and the native, too, except that of a local and petty description, is in the hands of the Cantonese merchants at Nanning. The Chamber of Commerce is very influential, and controls public opinion. A recent meeting of this body presided over by the taotai and attended by all the officials, will serve to show that Nanning is becoming Cantonised. A young Cantonese merchant, in reply to the taotai's speech, which contained suggestions for the development of commercial prosperity, declared openly that the best method was for the officials to leave the merchants alone. Everyone knew, he said, that the aim of the officials was to get office, and fill their money-bags at the expense of the merchants and the people. The meeting broke up in some confusion. It is tolerably certain that three years ago no Nanning merchant would have dared to have been so presumptuously outspoken. In the Chamber of Commerce a scroll has been hung in a conspicuous place. The scroll is inscribed with the text of the governor's telegram repudiating the action of the magistrate, a Cantonese, in having compelled a Cantonese merchant to kneel before him. The magistrate was transferred, and the Nanning Chamber of Commerce called upon other Cantonese to disown him as a fellow-provincial. It is noteworthy that a telegram received from the Tien-tsin Chamber of Commerce urging steps to be taken to assist in the redemption of the foreign indemnities did not even come up for discussion in the Nanning Chamber of Commerce. The merchants appeared to be unwilling to withdraw capital from their provincial trade in order to finance a loan the interest on which would be repaid to them by means of additional burdens on trade.\n\nTrade. The principal exports of Kuanghsi are essential oils (aniseed and cassia), oil (groundnut, tea, and wood), hides, star aniseed, groundnuts, cattle and pigs, indigo, raw silk, and timber.\n\nThe principal imports are cotton yarn, cotton piece goods, kerosene oil, sugar, and Chinese tobacco.\n\nThe increase in the cultivation of groundnuts and mulberry trees is very marked, especially in the country between Nanning and Wuchow.\n\nThe ruined towns on the banks of the West River testify to the flourishing trade before the Taiping rebellion, and the Mahommedan rebellion in Yünnan.\n\nTin mines to the west of Wuchow are doing well, and if only the officials will abstain from interference, Chinese capitalists at Hong Kong and elsewhere will proceed to develop other mines. There are gold mines near En-lun-hsien.\n\nThe increased security of life and property along the river route, together with the increase in population and cultivation combine to improve the future prospects of the West River route. I was impressed by the marked improvement in the efficiency...\n\nPage 431",
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        "title": "CO129-375 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1911 [1-2]",
        "content_text": "Hon. Colonial Secretary,\n\nI attach a tracing showing the area of land belonging to Government, hatched round the edge in red. The four houses referred to by the H. S. D. are shown cross-hatched in green.\n\nA rough valuation, based on the rateable value and deducting the value of the building, gives the following results:-\n\n  \n    House No.\n    Area. S.F.\n    Value of land.\n    Price per s.f.\n  \n  \n    11\n    526\n    $14,000\n    $26.61\n  \n  \n    13\n    455\n    $11,870\n    $26.09\n  \n  \n    15\n    455\n    $14,210\n    $31.23\n  \n  \n    17\n    461\n    $15,755\n    $34.17\n  \n  \n    Total\n    S.F. 1,897\n    $55,835\n    $29.45 per s.f.\n  \n\nThe sum involved may be between $50,000 and $60,000. The lots are very shallow (30 feet) and it is therefore unlikely that the value of the houses will be enhanced by their reconstruction as the B.O. requires 25% of the lot area to be devoted to open space.\n\nIt may readily be gathered from the enclosed plan how great an improvement would be effected as regards market purposes if these houses were resumed. It will be seen that, except narrow outlets to Morrison Street and Queen's Road, the only frontage the market building will possess is on Banham Strand. Under such circumstances, the lighting and ventilation of a two-storied market will be a troublesome matter, entailing the sacrifice of much space. I have indicated on the plan a possible arrangement of the building, but it may have to be greatly modified when the detailed plans are undertaken.\n\n26th. September, 1910.\n\n(Sd.). Chatham,\n\nD. P. V.\n\nPage 90\n\nPage 91",
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        "document_key": "CO129-394 - Governor Sir May & Public Offices - 1912 [12]",
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        "content_text": "233\n\naerial whenever the typhoon signals were hoisted.\n\nOwing to the large surface of aerial this would almost be an impossibility.\n\n3.- A site on the Southern side of the Island was also visited, but, although providing the required area and an excellent earth surface, it was too much screened.\n\n4. As no other site on the Island appeared to be at all suitable, the choice was therefore confined to the mainland. The ideal position would therefore seem to be on the Kowloon Peninsula, at some place equidistant from Hong Kong Island and the range of hills to the north.\n\n5.- The railway reclamation ground at once suggested itself, but on account of its great value to the Colony, it was considered out of the question.\n\n6.- The site which was finally decided on is to the east of Kowloon old City. It runs practically due east and west for 1,500 yards, and north and south for 600 yards.\n\nAnd the northern part is on the foreshore of Kowloon Bay, the southern part is actually in shallow water about one to two feet deep for about 200 yards, shelving rapidly to about 1 fathoms in the deepest part at its southern extremity.\n\n(i) It would be necessary to reclaim a small area in the centre for the buildings.\n\nand (ii) A good road bounds the northern extremity, it would therefore be necessary to construct a road from it to the buildings.\n\n(iii) It could be railed in from the land side, and protection\n\nPage 240\n\nPage 241",
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        "document_key": "CO129-402 - Governor Sir May - 1913 [7-8]",
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        "content_text": "Extract from a note of a conversation which Mr. Clementi, Assistant Colonial Secretary, had, with my permission, with the Commissioner of Police, Canton, who is well known to Mr. Clementi and whose family reside in Hongkong with the result that the Commissioner usually spends his week-ends in Victoria:-\n\n# \nHe burst out against Japan, saying that the Japanese were a treacherous people, that they were at the bottom of the trouble in the North and had stirred up strife with a view to annexing Manchuria. Russia, he believed, would also swallow up Mongolia.\n\nUpon my remarking that I had noticed a statement in the newspapers to the effect that Japanese had been fighting on the Southern side on the Yangtze, he replied that he quite believed this to be true.\n\n3. I have sent a copy of this despatch to His Britannic Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Peking.\n\nI have the honour to be,\nSir,\nYour most obedient humble servant,\n\nHoinaga\nGovernor, &C.\n\n304",
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        "document_key": "CO129-403 - Governor Sir May Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1913 [8-10]",
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        "title": "CO129-403 - Governor Sir May Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1913 [8-10]",
        "content_text": "# Enclosure 1.\n\nCOPY.\n\nSir,\n\n384 Victoria Buildings, Hongkong.\n\n5th September, 1913.\n\nWhile Hongkong holds today the proud position of the third Port of the Empire in point of tonnage entering and clearing, it behoves us to take all such precautions and steps as may be necessary to maintain so important a position; and that there is an insidious element at present endangering that position is my endeavour now to convince you. It must be borne in mind that Hongkong is in no way a Producing Centre necessitating the presence of shipping to carry its produce to all parts of the world but is rather a Distributing Centre for the Far East and therefore the importance of rendering our Harbour attractive must not be lost sight of. With this end in view I submit that the time has now arrived for the Government to consider and put into operation with as little delay as possible a comprehensive scheme for dredging the harbour to a minimum depth of 40 feet at lowest spring tides.\n\nWith the widening and deepening of the Suez Canal and the opening of the Panama Canal, the tendency of ship owners will be to build vessels of a draught even deeper than that of the large vessels which now enter our Harbour, such as the \"Minnesota\", \"Manchuria\", \"Mongolia\", \"Tenyo Maru\", the new Express Boats, and others, which have a draught of from 30 to 38 feet; and it would be to our lasting disgrace should such have to pass us by owing to an insufficient depth of water. That the requisite depth in many parts of the Harbour is lacking is evidenced by the fact that quite recently the \"Minnesota\" was compelled to discharge a large portion of her cargo into lighters outside the Harbour limits before she could proceed to her usual anchorage causing considerable delay and expense to the steamer. Another instance may be cited in the stranding of the Steamer \"Kansas\" last year on the shallow spit near Tsim Sha Tsui point.\n\nI happen to be in a position to know that the Directors of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, being desirous...",
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        "document_key": "CO129-405 - Public Offices - 1913",
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        "content_text": "## Yünnan.\n\nHis Majesty's consul-general, reporting at the beginning of January, gave a general opinion that there was a distinct decrease in the area under cultivation this winter as compared with last year. He ascribed this result as in great measure due to the steps taken by the Provincial Government to prevent sowing. A missionary travelling in the north of the province during the last three months of 1912 had seen no trace of poppy along the main roads. On his return journey southwards, however, he skirted the Yunnan-Szechuan border, and found, in the regions inhabited by non-Chinese tribes, evidence of cultivation on a considerable scale. Repressive measures were, he stated, being attempted by the Chinese authorities.\n\nWith regard to other portions of the province, some cultivation had been seen in the east, and poppy had been sown during the winter all along the Yünnan-Tonkin frontier. From the Burma frontier, it was reported that farmers had engaged in extensive cultivation during the previous year, but that the military authorities were already engaged in a determined and effective campaign of suppression. In one border district, it was stated that severe punishments were being inflicted on cultivators, while smokers were being penalised by the partial loss of one of their ears.\n\nReports received at the end of January were slightly less favourable than those of a month earlier. The fact may doubtless be explained by the plants which were not yet above the ground when the previous reports were written. From the poppy-growing prefectures of the north and east, for instance, cultivation was now stated as being extensive, and, in some cases, on a larger scale than in the previous year. In one such prefecture, a considerable area of poppy had been seen along the main road, and there was reason to believe that it had been planted in even greater abundance in the remoter and more hilly districts. Cultivation was reported from five districts in the west and from three in the south of the province.\n\nFrom native sources, His Majesty's consul-general derived the impression that the Governor was doing his best in the cause of suppression. In the neighbourhood of large towns, the local officials, aided by the military, were in most cases able to prevent the planting of the crop. In the more remote districts, however, and especially in those inhabited by tribes, they were completely helpless. Several were reported to have offered their resignation rather than attempt the task of suppression. Threats to emigrate, in the event of their being prevented from growing poppy, were said to have been received from the tribesmen on the Tonkin and Burma frontiers.\n\nWhile the latest reports which have been received by His Majesty's Legation from the province of Yunnan point to the continuance of official efforts towards suppression, it is not clear in how far such efforts have been successful. On the 17th March, the general commanding the 1st division of the Yunnan army stated that strong detachments of troops had been sent to the chief opium-growing districts, and that within a month not 2 per cent. of this year's crop would be left standing. Information from other sources tends to show that the general's view was somewhat optimistic, since, in reports received from five different districts, occur such phrases as \"growing in almost every valley,\" \"poppy the river banks,\" \"Poppy growing openly along the roadside and on poppy planted everywhere.\" Near Mengtsz, soldiers were seen bargaining with the owners of poppy fields, and receiving sums varying from 50 to 200 dollars in return for sparing their crops; \"in the case of those who paid, the soldiers marched through the fields brandishing bamboos, but doing little or no damage to the plants; the fields of those who could not, or would not, pay were trampled down and destroyed.\" From a further district, it is reported that troops sent to destroy the poppy had to be withdrawn in face of the hostile attitude assumed by cultivators. The district of Tali-fu, in the north-west, is, on the other hand, now said to be entirely clear of poppy.\n\nMy information regarding smoking is confined to the above-mentioned district of Tali-fu and to the neighbourhood of the provincial capital. With regard to the former, efforts to suppress the use of the drug itself would appear to have been less determined than those directed towards the destruction of the poppy. A missionary correspondent writes as follows in this connection: \"In this city, the police occasionally arrest a smoker, but, apart from the public inns, there is really no restriction on smoking if it is practised behind closed doors. I should say that the number of smokers has been slightly reduced. Many swallow the drug who formerly smoked it. Hardly anyone now admits that they use opium, but very few are giving up the habit—even officers from the camps smoke when visiting in the city.\"\n\nReports from the capital of the province state that police surveillance has been much relaxed, that opium is smoked almost openly in shops and tea houses, and that it is to be smelt in half the private houses in the city.\n\nIt may be added that the Yunnan Opium Bureau held on the 15th March last 1,200 chests of opium, and that they are trying to negotiate its sale to the Tonkin Régie.\n\n## Kueichow.\n\nReports regarding this province refer chiefly to its central and south-western portions. They indicate very extensive cultivation; the crops in one district being described as larger than in any of the last six seasons, while in another, it is stated that poppy was sown in greater quantities than before the revolution. Information received during the month of April and having reference to the same two prefectures was even more categorical, being to the effect that poppy had been seen \"growing everywhere\" except in one district where energetic measures on the part of the officials had led farmers to plough up their poppy crops and replace them with beans.\n\nThe reports received include special reference to four particular districts. In one, the prefect is said to go out on periodical tours of inspection, in the course of which he destroys a few fields in the neighbourhood of his headquarters, but away from the main roads and in the mountains, the poppy remains untouched. In another, the prefect has openly stated that, since he has no troops and since the planters are mostly village headmen over whom he has no control, the suppression of cultivation is impossible. A missionary correspondent at Taungyifu writes as follows: \"All over this prefecture, there is a great deal of poppy growing, and it seems to me that there is very little diminution in smoking, although the price of opium is now above 1 tael an ounce. There are proclamations out against poppy growing, and the destruction of crops is threatened, but I fancy that the authorities regard the process of uprooting as too risky. It would certainly lead to trouble.\"\n\nIn the fourth district from which reports have lately been received, it is said that the authorities appear to \"mean business,\" and a local paper is quoted as stating that, among other severe measures about to be taken, is included the summary execution of smokers under the age of 40.\n\nThe latest information bears witness to earnest efforts made to uproot the poppy in ... \n\nPage 3\nPage 565",
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        "content_text": "## \n\nI left Tien-tsin-Pukou Railway on the 24th April, and the investigation in Anhui commenced from this date. I returned to Peking from Pengpu on the 18th May.\n\nI had originally planned to proceed westward from Pengpu, and to visit the districts of Huai-yuan, Po-chou, Ying-chou, and Shou-chou, and to make for Wuhu via Wu-wei. These districts, according to information supplied by His Majesty's consul at Wuhu, missionaries and others, were indicated as being under opium cultivation this year.\n\nA visit to Huai-yuan, however, convinced me that the crops in the north were backward for the time of the year. I decided to proceed by rail and steamer to Wuhu, where I arrived on the 27th April, and work northwards from that place.\n\nThe province of Anhui is divisible into three distinct regions :--\n1. The country south of the River Yang-tsze;\n2. The area between the Yang-tsze and the Huai Rivers;\n3. The part north of the Huai River.\n\n1. As regards the first of these three divisions, the information received from His Majesty's consul and missionaries appeared to place beyond question the fact that opium cultivation had practically ceased. My own enquiries at Wuhu confirmed this information.\n\n2. In the second division, cultivation had been reported in the Wu-wei district, along the northern shores of Lake Chao, in the Liu-an and Shou-chou districts, and along the southern banks of the Huai River.\n\n3. In the region north of the Huai River poppy had been indicated as having been planted in the districts of Po-chou and Ying-chou.\n\nI left Wuhu on the 1st May for the district city of Ch'ao-hsien, 42 miles distant, in a motor launch kindly placed at my disposal by the Asiatic Petroleum Company. From trustworthy information it appeared that there were no signs of poppy in the district of Wu-wei. The magistrates of the Wu-wei and Ch'ao-hsien had made a joint tour of investigation accompanied by a large force of soldiers early in April, and again three days before my arrival. Some poppy fields belonging to a military official at the provincial capital were included among those ploughed up. The town of Ch'ao-hsien lies at the entrance of the large lake, 125 miles in circumference, known as Chao-hu. From information supplied to the legation by His Majesty's consul at Wuhu, it appeared that the northern shores of this lake had been planted with poppy. The difficulty of approach to the northern bank owing to shallow water and the impossibility of observing the cultivation on land through screens of high reeds made the further journey by boat impracticable. I set out from Ch'ao-hsien, therefore, along a small road running for the first 20 miles in close proximity to the north of the lake. In this direction the lake is bordered by high hills from which a comprehensive view of the lake and shores could be obtained. I examined the countryside constantly and carefully with powerful field-glasses but could detect no signs of growing poppy. I spent the first night at the house of a Chinese merchant to whom I had received a letter of introduction. He is a native of the province and a shrewd business man well acquainted with local affairs. He told me that some but not much poppy had been growing in Wu-wei and Ch'ao-hsien, which had been cleared in the recent itineraries made by the magistrates.\n\nThe unpaved road, still saturated and cut up by the rains of the preceding week, ran between low hills to Lü-chow. This town is one of considerable importance in this region, being in direct water communication with the Yang-tsze, and a distributing centre for a very large part of the area between the Yang-tsze and Huai Rivers. There is a good deal of secret opium smoking still going on in the town in spite of an energetic crusade by the magistrate. Still, the smoking has sensibly diminished, and the foreign missionary doctor estimated that it had decreased by one-half. The cases of attempted suicide by opium brought to the hospital average forty annually as against one hundred previously. This he accounted for partly by the actual decrease in the consumption, and partly by the greatly-enhanced price of the drug. Another missionary independently confirmed the doctor's estimate of opium smoking, and added that it was still the practice for many of the gentry to smoke opium at dinners with intimate friends. Opium is smuggled into Lu-chow from the Yang-tsze, and three shops were pointed out to me where purchases could be made by regular customers.\n\nBetween Lü-chow and Liu-an I came across traces of a few poppy fields ploughed up within the preceding two or three days. At the latter place I received very definite information from two missionaries stationed at Ying-chow-fu, writing independently of one another, which satisfied me that the poppy in that district and the surrounding districts had been uprooted. The work of eradication appears to have commenced at the end of February, and to have been continued with great energy and success during April by the magistrates and deputies in person. One of my informants had reported earlier \"a tremendous sowing\" at the beginning of the season. In the district of Ying-shan an armed conflict appears to have taken place between the growers and the soldiers; seventy of the former were reported to have been killed.\n\nA missionary, writing from Po-chou, stated that most searching efforts had been made by the officials to find and destroy all the poppy planted in the district. He himself had been out in the countryside a good deal, and had not seen a single plant.\n\nAs the time at my disposal was limited this information decided me not to visit Ying-chow and Po-chou, but to proceed at once into the districts of Shou-chou, Huai-yuan, and Ting-yuan, examining en route the country between Lin-an and Ho-ch'iu.\n\nThis sparsely populated region is extraordinarily scarce in villages and hamlets, and the homesteads are widely scattered among the fir coppices on the hills, the wheat-fields of the plains, and the belts of tall reeds extending along the shores of the lakes. Poppy was grown to some extent last season, but I doubt if any was even sown this season.\n\nAt Ho-ch'iu a missionary who had been resident there for twenty-four years told me that the magistrate had been out quite recently on a tour of rigorous inspection, and had uprooted the poppy growing along the banks of the Huai River in his district. He was of opinion that the countryside was clear of poppy.\n\nI travelled on foot for some miles along the shores of the east lake, between Ho-ch'iu and Cheng-yang-kuan, where poppy was reported to be growing. There were no standing plants, although many fields bore the appearance of having been lately ploughed up in the midst of flourishing crops of wheat, rye, and barley. From Cheng-yang-kuan, the most important town in Northern Anhui, I proceeded by boat to Shou-chou. There were no signs of poppy fields along the river banks, although a month before the report of their existence was widely current.\n\nThe Huai River is infested with pirates in many parts, and my boat was followed during the night by a junk containing seven of these undesirables. They were attacked the next morning, in broad daylight, by a small wooden gunboat, with a crew of at least double that number. The pirates bolted across country unharmed, although it would have been an easy matter to have shot them down. The low hills and swamps on the south bank are notorious as robber haunts. The most widely known is the large village of Pai-lu-ch'iao, or White Deer Bridge, at the junction of the three districts of Huai-yuan, Shou-chou, and Ting-yuan. The population is about 5,000, and the villagers as villainous a gang of cut-throats as it had been my lot to see in Anhui. The countryside is full of disbanded soldiers, and opium inspection had hitherto been shunned in these parts. Had it not been for the imperative commands of the tutu, consequent on my visit to Anhui, the magistrates would have left this Alsatia alone; but the three magistrates traversed the entire area with several hundred soldiers, and destroyed all vestiges of poppy. A week before my arrival there one of the guards of an opium inspector had been seriously wounded at a small village between Pai-lu-ch'iao and the river. The tutu ordered troops to destroy the village. Three hundred men, with two mountain guns and Maxims, reached Le-ho, on the south bank, and prepared to attack at daybreak. In the meantime, the magistrates of Shou-chou and Ting-yuan were occupying Pai-lu-ch'iao with about 300 men. Owing to the mediation of the magistrate of Huai-yuan and the local gentry the village was spared.\n\nFrom Pai-lu-ch'iao I had intended to visit Ping-ho-shan, on the north bank, at the junction of the three districts of Huai-yuan, Meng-chen, and Feng-tai. Poppy fields had been seen there by a missionary two months before, but a visit the previous week showed that they had been destroyed. I did not, therefore, visit Ping-ho-shan, but returned from Huai-yuan to Pengpu, on the Tien-tsin-Pukou Railway.\n\nDuring my stay of twenty-three days in the province, rain fell on eleven days and on eight of these heavily. The overland journey was at times trying on account of the moist heat, the bad roads, execrable inn accommodation and the impossibility of obtaining any supplies except rice and flour. The discomforts, however, would have been considerably greater had it not been for the efforts of the local officials and frequently the local gentry also. In spite of the unpopularity of my mission, which had been widely published, I found the people of this province, reputed to be so anti-foreign, uniformly respectful and even friendly. Attended by a single coolie, I often separated myself from the rest of the party. I cannot recollect a single unpleasant incident, although I can recall many unexpected little attentions from ...",
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        "content_text": "AMMONIA AS A DISINFECTANT\n\nRecent experiments by Dr. Riegler of the Institute of Hygiene of Buda-Pesth have the highly important result of proving that ordinary ammonia is a powerful disinfectant, even in the case of the most virulent disease. As reported in the \"Centralblatt für Bakteriologie,\" the method of use was most simple, consisting merely in placing the ammonia in shallow vessels in the room, which was then, of course, hermetically sealed.\n\nFor a room containing 100 cubic meters of space one kilogramme of ordinary ammonia was used, with these results:\n\nAfter 1 hour there had evaporated 200 gr. of liquid\n\nAfter 2 hours there had evaporated 250 gr. of liquid\n\nAfter 3 hours there had evaporated 500 gr. of liquid\n\nAfter 4 hours there had evaporated 350 gr. of liquid\n\nAfter 5 hours there had evaporated 390 gr. of liquid\n\nAfter 6 hours there had evaporated 450 gr. of liquid\n\nExamination of tissues previously impregnated with microbes showed that the bacilli of cholera and typhoid were killed at the end of 2 hours; the bacteria and spores of anthrax in less than 3 hours; and diphtheria in 8 hours. The method is not only effectual, but cheap, simple, and non-harmful to walls, pictures, carpets, and furnishings.\n\nFrom Scientific American Supplement, Sept. 6, 1913.\n\nPage 375",
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        "content_text": "NO CONFIDENTIAL.\n\n19603\n\nRAGE 29 MAY 14\n\n37\n\nGOVERNMENT HOUSE.\n\nHONGKONG. 9th May, 1914.\n\n8869\n\nWith reference to my Despatch No. 147 of the 2nd instant in which I reported the recent piracy of the S.S. \"Tai On\", I have the honour to inform you that immediately after the piracy I consulted with Commodore Anstruther as to what steps could be taken to give better protection by His Majesty's Ships to vessels trading from this Colony to the West River while in Chinese waters between the boundaries of the Colony and Wang Min where the patrol by His Majesty's Ships of the West River begins. Commodore Anstruther very kindly arranged as a temporary measure to keep a Torpedo Boat constantly on patrol in those waters during the hours (about 9 to 11 p.m.) when the West River Steamers are passing through it on their outward journey. But Torpedo Boats are not suitable for the purpose for they draw too much water to pursue a steamer if taken off her course by pirates outside the navigation channel; they are too small to be out in rough weather; and their complement of seamen is only 4, a very small force to overcome armed resistance. He said that what was wanted was another shallow draft gunboat of the \"Moorhen\" or \"Sandpiper\" type and I agree with him.\n\n2.\n\nI realised that correspondence concerning such an addition might involve much loss of time and I said that for my part I should be prepared to recommend to you that the cost of building\n\nTHE RIGHT HONOURABLE\n\nLEWIS HARCOURT, M.P.,\n\n&c.,\n\n&c.,\n\n&c.",
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        "content_text": "Page 6\n\n2074/1914.\n\nSir,\n\nREC 29 MAY 14 19603 REG 29 MAY 14\n\nGovernment House, 20 Wong King. 9th May, 1914.\n\n2.\n\nWith reference to my confidential letter of the 4th instant, I have the honour to inform you that I have ascertained that the Unofficial Members of the Executive and Legislative Councils are not prepared to vote the necessary funds for the construction and presentation to the Naval Authorities of a shallow draft gunboat for the suppression of piracy in Chinese waters in the vicinity of Hongkong. I regret, therefore, that I am unable to recommend to the Secretary of State for the Colonies that this expenditure should be incurred out of Colonial Funds.\n\nI am of opinion, in which from conversation with you I believe you concur, that an additional shallow draft gunboat of the type employed in the West River is urgently needed for patrolling the estuary of the Pearl River which four steamers and four large Hongkong licensed Junks, trading to and from this Colony have been pirated during the last 13 months. I attach a list of these piracies. This Government has already taken steps by increase of the Police engaged in searching for arms on persons embarking on River steamers, and by special legislation which is about to be made more stringent, and will do its utmost to co-operate in the prevention of piracy on vessels leaving this port. Trading Junks, however, do not carry passengers and these were pirated by attacks from without by piratical boats. It is evident, therefore, that additional ...\n\nCommodore R. H. Anstruther, R.N., C. in C.",
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        "content_text": "to transmit the enclosed copy to deep from the for reporting.\n\nthe piracy committed on\n\nthe Ss. Tai On\n\nN\n\n3. Ihm for states that Commodore Anstruther arranged, as a\n\ntemporary measure to afford constant patrol in those waters during the hours (about\n\n9 pm to 4:30 am or 471 pm.) when the river steamers are passing\n\nthe onward journey; but he points out that torpedo boats are not suitable for the purpose as they draw too much\n\nwater to pursue a steamer if taken outside the navigation channel. Further, they\n\nare too small to withstand rough weather & their small complement is insufficient to\n\ncope with armed piracy at any time.\n\n4. The Earl, in conversation with whom Mr. Anstruther understands\n\nthe Commodore to concur, presses for the provision of\n\nan additional shallow-draught launch\n\nof the \"Moorhen Sandpiper\" type for patrol purposes. It is, in Lord May's\n\nopinion, unless larger than the existing craft to ...",
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        "content_text": "115\n\nHONGKONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL\n\nAs I have said above it has been considered advisable to revise certain items of Revenue owing to the outbreak of war. The following are the original and revised Estimates—\n\nClass I.\n\n  \n    \n    As originally estimated.\n    Revised Estimated.\n  \n  \n    Light Dues\n    $ 104,000\n    $ 94,000\n  \n  \n    Light Dues, Special Assessment\n    105,000\n    115,000\n  \n  \n    Arms Licences\n    4,820\n    8,420\n  \n  \n    Opium Monopoly\n    4,000,000\n    4,250,000\n  \n\nClass II\n\n  \n    Medical Examination of Emigrants\n    95,000\n    60,000\n  \n  \n    Sunday Cargo Working Permits\n    70,000\n    60,000\n  \n  \n    Survey of Steamships...\n    31,000\n    28,000\n  \n\nClass V.\n\n  \n    Premia on New Leases.\n    206,000\n    260,000\n  \n\nThe revenue which has been derived from the Opium Monopoly has been much larger than was anticipated owing to the fact that the price of the drug in China and Macao reached a high figure, and in order to prevent smuggling it was necessary to raise the retail price in Hongkong; His Majesty's Government has approved of certain deductions being made from the gross revenue derived from the Opium Monopoly with a view to arriving at the amount to be assessed for Military Contribution. These deductions are shown in detail in Appendix II. of the Estimates.\n\nESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1915.\n\nThe Estimates of Expenditure for next year show an increase of $1,890,915 over those approved for the current year. The principal items of increase to which I draw your attention are as follows:\n\nGovernor\n\nUnder Special Expenditure a piano costing $1,500 is provided for, and a reduction has been made of $500 in the amount provided for furniture.\n\nColonial Secretary's Department\n\nTwo additional Unpassed Cadets are provided for, and also the cost of one Cadet for the Federated Malay States. This latter charge has been incurred owing to Mr. Dyer Ball having been transferred to the Hongkong Service as from the end of this year.\n\n  \n    Secretariat for Chinese Affairs\n  \n  \n    A sum of $3,397 has been provided for commuted leave salary, as it is expected that the Secretary for Chinese Affairs will take leave next year. A sum of $1,416 is also inserted for duty allowance in case a sterling paid officer should be appointed to act in the post. A supernumerary 2nd Grade Writer on a salary of $1,440 has also been provided. When an opportunity occurs the post of 3rd Grade Writer will be abolished.\n  \n  \n    Audit Department\n  \n  \n    A 3rd Grade Clerk on a salary of $960 rising to $1,200 has been added to the staff, whose duties consist of auditing the accounts of the Opium Monopoly.\n  \n  \n    Harbour Master's Department\n  \n  \n    Under Other Charges, \"Harbour Office,\" a sum of $10,000 has been provided for the raising, repair and renewal of moorings; and under Special Expenditure a sum of $250,000 for the acquisition and re-arrangement of moorings in Victoria Harbour. A statement of the scheme which necessitates the provision of these sums will be found in Sessional Paper No. 17 of 1914. The scheme is expected to produce an annual revenue of about $30,000 a year in normal times, which will cover the interest on capital expenditure and working expenses.\n  \n  \n    Under Other Charges, \"Steam-Launches,\" the vote for coal has been increased by $1,775 owing to the increase in price. The vote for repairs has also been increased by $1,000, more repairs being necessary as the launches become older.\n  \n  \n    Imports and Exports Department\n  \n  \n    There is an increase of $13,873 under Personal Emoluments, as the experience gained during the working of the Opium Monopoly has shown that a larger staff is required than was originally considered sufficient. The above-mentioned increase includes a sum of $3,480 for the staff engaged in dealing with Dross Opium, and a sum of $4,476 for the staff of the Taipo branch office, for which provision was not made in the estimates of the current year. A sum of $1,000 has been added to the vote \"Fuel, Factory,\" estimate for 1914 having been for eleven months only. A new sub-head \"Repairs and Renewals, Factory, $2,000\" has been entered on the recommendation of the Superintendent.\n  \n  \n    Royal Observatory\n  \n  \n    Under Special Expenditure a sum of $2,500 has been provided for apparatus for the distribution of Time Signals by Wireless Telegraphy. As this Colony has adhered to the Radio-Telegraphic Convention it has been necessary to provide the means of distributing the time signals. The apparatus for doing this is somewhat elaborate and intricate, and is in addition to the receiving apparatus, for which $800 has been provided under Public Works Extraordinary.\"\n  \n\n2\n\nMiscellaneous Services\n\nA sum of $1,575 has been entered for Bonuses for Interpreters and Translators, who, under a scheme approved by the Secretary of State, can earn bonuses on passing certain prescribed examinations.\n\nUnder the head \"Loss on Subsidiary Coinage a sum of $768,000 has been entered as against an estimated loss in 1914 of $136,000. Since the beginning of this year the Government, with the approval of the Secretary of State, has sold a much larger amount of subsidiary coin to be converted into bullion than in former years, and it is proposed to continue this policy during next year. The sum entered represents the estimated loss at the rate of 16 per cent. on subsidiary coin of the nominal value of $4,800,000.\n\nA grant of $2,182 being the equivalent of £200 has been provided for as a contribution to the Royal Society towards the cost of an enquiry into the diagnosis of yellow fever. It is proposed to continue this contribution for three years.\n\nThe vote for \"Electric Fans and Lights,\" New Government Offices, has been increased by $4,000, of which $3,500 is due to a previous under-estimate, and $500 is to cover the cost of replacing worn-out and damaged electric light bulbs hitherto charged to \"Maintenance of Buildings,\" Public Works Recurrent.\n\nA sum of $4,000 has been provided for a new edition of the Regulations of Hongkong, which will bring the revision of that work up to the end of the current year.\n\n116\n\nA sum of $4,000 has been entered for Rent Allowances to Married Officers. A scheme has been approved by the Secretary of State, to which I will allude under \"Public Works Extraordinary,\" for providing quarters to be rented for certain married officers in the lower ranks of the Service, who are not among those entitled to free quarters. Pending the completion of the quarters it is proposed to make allowances in certain cases towards the very high rents which these officers have to pay.\n\nJudicial and Legal Departments- Supreme Court\n\nUnder Other Charges a sum of $1,000 has been entered for Travelling Expenses of Watchmen, and Temporary Engagement of Extra Watchmen. This expenditure has hitherto been charged to Possession Fees, which are now paid into Revenue.\n\nDistrict Officer\n\nUnder Other Charges, Southern District,\" the vote for transport has been increased from $100 to $1,540. The work of the Assistant District Officer has been much hampered by the want of a suitable launch for his regular visits to the islands, and the additional sum provided is for the hire of a launch.\n\nPolice\n\nThe following increased staff has been rendered necessary by the institution of a motor launch for work in shallow waters and in connection with the prevention of piracy:\n\n  \n    1 Lance Sergeant\n    $1,472\n  \n  \n    Detective Allowance\n    240\n  \n  \n    1 Chinese Sergeant, 2nd Class\n    240\n  \n  \n    House Allowance\n    60\n  \n  \n    3 Chinese Constables, 1st Class\n    540\n  \n  \n    2 Chinese Constables, 2nd Class\n    300\n  \n  \n    1 Female Searcher\n    150\n  \n  \n    2 Coxswains, 2nd Class\n    432\n  \n  \n    2 Seamen\n    264\n  \n  \n    2 Engineers, 2nd Class\n    432\n  \n\nUnder Other Charges the vote coal for barracks has been increased by $1,000 owing to the rise in price. A sum of $1,200 has been inserted for grants to villages in the New Territories in aid of the Village Scout Scheme. These scouts were instituted early in the present year with a view to assisting the Police in the detection of criminals. The scheme has\n\n209",
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        "content_text": "Enclosure T\n\nPrincipal items of Increase due to creation of New Posts.\n\n£13\n\nColonial Secretary's Department.\n\n2 new Unpassed Cadets at £225 each\n\n5,096\n\n1 E.M.S. Cadet to be trained at expense of Hongkong Government.\n\n4,582\n\n9,678\n\nSecretariat for Chinese Affairs.\n\n1 Supernumerary 2nd Grade Writer.\n\nAudit Department.\n\n1 3rd Grade Clerk.\n\nImports and Exports Department.\n\nNew posts (For details see p.125 of Estimates).\n\n(From this amount should be deducted a sum of £9,840 being salaries of posts that have been abolished)\n\nOffice of Crown Solicitor and Land Registry.\n\n1 4th Grade Interpreter\n\n(This Interpreter is in place of a 5th Grade Clerk at $660).\n\nPolice Department.\n\nIncreased staff rendered necessary by institution of a motor launch for work in shallow water and in connection with prevention of piracy (For details see Governor's address, page 5).\n\nMedical Department.\n\n3 Sisters at £110 each\n\n1,440\n\n960\n\n11,664\n\n745\n\n3,830\n\n3,737\n\n(From this amount should be deducted a sum of £2,400 being salaries of 4 probationers abolished)\n\nSanitary Department.\n\n4 Sanitary Inspectors at £165 each.\n\n7,474\n\n4 5th Grade Interpreters to do. at £480 each\n\n1,920\n\n32 Coolies, 4 at $168, 8 at $144 and 20 at $120 (in connection with cleansing work)\n\n85 Scavenging Coolies at $108 each\n\n(From this amount should be deducted the sum of £6,570 for Scavenging Coolie labour under Other Charges See explanatory notes 196 of Estimates)\n\n4,224\n\n9,180\n\n22,790",
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        "content_text": "227\n\n3\n\n•\n\ngert av en\n\n- JAAVEJR\n\n400\n\n:\n\n.01\n\n7:\n\nst gany\n\nMatel\n\nand dare 1\n\n1500 **\n\n-10-\n\nmade every effort possible to cure for their prisoners in the most generous way. Whatever inconvenience, discomfort or other causes for complaint existed at first have been removed as rapidly as possible and it should be noted that in all these things British troops and British officers concerned have suffered from exactly the same conditions. The prisoners and their guards have been on exactly the same level in camp conditions at all times.\n\nI am of the opinion that the work of digging the shallow trenches necessary for the drainage of their camp done by the prisoners during the rainy weather which obtained immediately after most of them were interned constitutes the occasion for the reports sent to the German government as to conditions existing in the camp. The conditions at that time were certainly not ideal but they were due to weather and temporary circumstances and were occasion for misfortune rather than neglect or failure to provide what reasonably and properly could be expected under the circumstances.\n\nI do not believe that the prisoners of war now in the camp in Kowloon have any just cause of complaint either as to the camp routine, camp duties, their shelter, food, sanitary arrangements, recreation, or general treatment.\n\nCopies of correspondence bearing upon the matter of the inspection of the camp are submitted herewith.\n\nI have the honor to be, Sir,\n\nYour obedient servant,\n\nCarys E. Henderson\n\nConsul General.\n\nEnclosure #1 - as above.\n\nCopies of correspondence.\n\nA true copy of the signed original.",
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        "content_text": "Telegrams\n\n1914\n\n19 June\n\nLast previous Paper.\n\n7.0.\n\nHONG KONG\n\n22326\n\nREC\n\n303\n\n22326\n\nRECD 20 JUN 14\n\nSuppression of Piracy\n\nSecret\n\nCopy\n\nCable from\n\nHong Kong Police\n\nStation as to temporary measures taken\n\n21315°. Will await result of conference with\n\nChinese Admiral?\n\nTel to for 29 June\n\ncopy Mos. Conf 3 July\n\n7.0. 4 July\n\nNext subsequent Paper.\n\nYou\n\n23154\n\nSee also 20/22315\n\nI've asked Army\n\n-22162\n\nin letter on En/19503\n\nto provide an additional shallow draught\n\nboat for patrol purposes.\n\nAdmy \"22062 share that they asked the Admiral to consult the Commodore of\n\nHong Kong. The Admiral now that temporary arrangements\n\nhave been made for patrolling & that - Chinese\n\n(6,196) WL.21,066-18. 45,000, 12/18. A GE W.",
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        "content_text": "## 590\n\nTiu Mun and Ngao lam districts, and that in all probability the so-called Chinese troops in these districts are in league with the pirates, which accounts for the frequent petty robberies from launches etc.\n\n### Suggestions for Checking Piracies\n\n1. I have for some time been of the opinion that Torpedo-boats should patrol between Wangmun and Lantau during fine weather, but in view of the sudden changes often experienced, this is hardly practicable. I therefore suggest the building of two good solid launches of about 40-50 tons displacement, after the style of the Chinese Customs armed launches which sometimes make fast to buoys off Blue Buildings at Hongkong. The dimensions should be roughly as follows:\n| Dimension | Measurement |\n| --- | --- |\n| Length | 60 to 70 ft. |\n| Breadth | 15 to 18 ft. |\n| Draught | not more than 6ft. |\n| Speed | at least 12 knots, preferably more. |\n\nTheir armament should consist of a 3 or 6 pounder for attacking piratical junks which have got into shallow water out of the way of their pursuers, and in addition, two Maxims. They should also be fitted with an electric projector, the acetylene type not being strong enough to be of any practical use.\n\nPossibly a portable W/T set would be an addition which would amply justify the small cost.\n\nThe parent ship for these launches should be at Hongkong, and they would practically convoy all vessels between Hongkong and Wangmun in all but the very severe weather. This would only be made possible by",
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        "content_text": "## 608\n\n...kept in check by the very vigorous steps taken by the Chinese gunboats, armed launches, and troops. I feel sure that in many of the wilder places, practically all the inhabitants would, if the occasion occurred, be pirates, especially in the Fu Tiu Man and Ngao Tau districts, and that in all probability the so-called Chinese troops in these districts are in league with the pirates, which accounts for the frequent petty robberies from launches, etc.\n\n## 1. SUGGESTIONS FOR CHECKING PIRACIES\n\nI have for some time been of the opinion that torpedo-boats should patrol between Wangmoon and Lantau during fine weather, but in view of the sudden changes often experienced, this is hardly practicable. I therefore suggest the building of two good solid launches of about 40-50 tons displacement, after the style of the Chinese Customs armed launches which sometimes make fast to buoys off Blue Buildings at Hongkong. The dimensions should be roughly as follows:\n\n| Length | Breadth | Draught | Speed |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 60 to 70 feet | 15 to 18 feet | not more than 6 feet | at least 12 knots, preferably more |\n\nTheir armament should consist of a 3 or 6 pounder for attacking piratical junks which have got into shallow water out of the way of their pursuers, and in addition, two Maxims. They should also be fitted with an electric projector; the acetylene type not being strong enough to be of any practical use.\n\nPossibly 1",
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        "content_text": "## the 1914 account. The liquidator is not selling the goods and the loss may quite possibly be a purely imaginary one so soon as the market recovers. (Mr. Van der Stan pointed out that the loss shown in the books on December 31st 1914 would be $70,000 and that it would pay them to lose interest for 8 years in the hope of a recovery rather than sell today).\n\nHowever, in regard to prices realised for goods actually sold, it appears clear from the books that in the most favourable cases the gross profit never exceeded 5% on the outlay; and it will be seen that the charges (salaries, rent, etc) just swallow this up. In the majority of cases in 1914 the gross profit (that is to say the balance between sale price and purchase price including freight, insurance, return commission, loss on exchange (if any)) appears to be a bare 1%, leaving a considerable net loss when charges are deducted.\n\nI can only repeat that it appears to be the common practice to run the export business on the smallest margin; where goods are bought to order, which appears to be the exception, a net profit of 1% is considered reasonable business; the whole trade is highly speculative and a long series of losses may be compensated by a sudden rise in price. It is a common practice to sell goods \"on consignment\" which apparently means shipping to buyers (in Europe and elsewhere) on their guarantee to pay the bare cost and trusting to any further profit the buyers may make to cover charges and leave a net profit. Such transactions naturally take time to complete with the result that a deal which may ultimately prove very profitable may appear in one particular balance sheet as a net loss. There are several such cases in Jebsen's balance sheet for 1913, and a large number in 1914 where the difficulty of ever recovering profits made by buyers in Germany is apparent.\n\nI cannot find out at what price Jebsen's bought out Goske. There is an item in the Profit and Loss Account for 1913 \"Goodwill of A. Goeke & Co. $11,000\" and which is presumably a first...",
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        "content_text": "Chapter Five is headed: \"World power or downfall.\"\n\nHe blames German diplomacy for not having \"created a cause of contention between Italy and France; that would have added to the security of the Triple Alliance,\" by making these two countries hate each other instead of being mutually friendly. A light is thrown on the present war, \"We must be solicitous to promote which arose over Serbia, when the Author says, Austria's position in the Balkans, and Italy's in the Mediterranean. Only thus can we calculate on finding in our Allies assistance towards realising our own political endeavours.\" In regard to France he says: \"It must be regarded as a quite unthinkable position that an agreement between France and Germany can be negotiated before the question between them has been once more decided by arms.\" Later he says: \"In one way or another we must square our account with France if we wish for a free hand in international policy. This is the first and foremost condition of a sound German policy.\" \"France must be thus completely crushed that she can never again come across our path.\" Thus does he seek to envenom his countrymen to further unprincipled attacks on France.\n\nIn another place, speaking of extending the German African possessions, he says: \"A financial or political crash in Portugal might give us the opportunity to take possession of the Portuguese Colonies in Africa. Other schemes for obtaining extensions of territory in Africa are mentioned, and he adds, \"If necessary, they must be obtained as the result of a successful European war.\" And he declares that \"the all-important point is, not to postpone that war as long as possible, but to bring it on under the most favourable conditions possible.\" This is what Germany has now tried to do.\n\nBernhardi and the German Government made terrible miscalculations in regard to Britain. Their minds, warped by Prussian Militarism, found it impossible to believe that it was on the ground of mutual friendship and goodwill that Britain and America agreed to avoid war by entering into a permanent Treaty of Arbitration. Minds poisoned by militarism could only attribute this agreement to mutual fear, not to goodwill and esteem.\n\nFurther, having covered every nation with spies, the militarist Prussians came to the conclusion that Great Britain was old and decayed and falling to pieces. They came to this conclusion through a misapprehension of the policy of England towards its colonies and dependencies. It is not the policy of England to compel the various peoples over whom she rules to accept the British system en bloc, as these people would have to swallow the Prussian system were Germany to rule them. The British policy is the reverse of the Prussian, preferring to allow the Colonies and dependencies to preserve or develop their own institutions, and to allow them a free hand in the development of their own racial ideals. Had Prussia ruled over these people she would have insisted on Prussianising them, for to Prussia there is only one universal model, namely, Prussia, which hates free institutions and national liberties. Consequently, the German Government, like Bernhardi, ignorantly calculated that, if England were attacked, all her colonies would rise against her, India and Egypt would rebel, and anarchy would result everywhere. The rigid political mind of Prussia cannot understand that, while the various peoples of the British Empire may have their own little political squabbles, any attack on Britain only drives all her people, of every clime and colour, to rise as one man in her defence. This war has given glorious evidence of this, by the magnificent way in which all India, and all the Colonies, have freely tendered their wealth and their manhood in the service of their King. It is freedom, not Prussian slavery, that these people love. No greater surprise has come to purblind Germany than the amazing unity of the British Empire.\n\nBut the greed for power of Germany, and her resolve to move the world to arms and slaughter, may be seen in the words of Bernhardi, who says: \"We have fought in the last great wars for our national union and our position among the Powers of Europe; we now must decide whether we wish to develop into and maintain a World-Empire, and procure for German spirit and German ideas that fit recognition which has been hitherto withheld from them. Have we the energy to aspire to that great goal? Are we prepared to make the sacrifices which such an effort will doubtless cost us? Or are we willing to recoil before the hostile forces, and sink step by step lower in our economic, political and national importance?\" And he closes Chapter Five by saying: \"We must rouse in our people the unanimous wish for power,\" and \"the determination to sacrifice on the altar of patriotism, not only life and property, but also private views and preferences.\" \"Alone shall we ... grow into a world power and stamp a great part of humanity with the impresa of the German spirit;\" in other words Prussianise the world, including China.\n\nIV. The German Emperor.\n\nIn the hands of the German Emperor lay the fate of Europe at the end of July, 1914. It was a grave responsibility, such a responsibility as has never yet been placed in the hands of a European monarch. What was his fitness for such a task? He has posed as the friend of Peace, but what has been his training for Peace? He has declared himself as opposed to War, but what has been his environment?\n\nHe was six years of age when Prussia conquered Denmark, eight years of age when Prussia conquered Austria, and twelve years of age when Prussia conquered France. In his youth he breathed the intoxicating air of conquest. As he grew up he was surrounded by gorgeous officers, his wardrobe was full of uniforms, in which he loved to appear in public, and the atmosphere of his court was that of military show and parade. His greatest pride, indeed, was his army, into which every year the youth of his country was drafted. Thus, not only the Kaiser, but the Crown Prince and his other sons made military parade their chief delight. In like manner the whole German nation has been brought up to look upon the Army as the greatest thing in the world, and the Head of the Army, the Kaiser, as a being unique and possessed of Divine right.",
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        "content_text": "# THE \n\nThe barriers raised against them will be simply accumulating the rising waters behind frail dykes, and as these tidal waves are in their full onward march, no human dyke will avail against them; and all those who are in any way contributing to the raising of these artificial barriers are only preparing for a deafening rush of the gathered waters and cause a great human deluge.\n\nIt is from the above standpoint that we are extremely sad about the short-sighted and merely temporizing attitude of the Dominion Government. Besides this, to us it is the direct breach of a pledge, when our delegation went on the 15th December, 1911, to see the Government for the last time, we were given a direct official assurance that the ministers in council had settled to admit the wives of the Sikhs and Hindustanese already domiciled in Canada. We cannot understand how the present changed attitude has been brought about, as we had complete confidence in the good faith of the gentlemen who spoke to us for the last time.\n\nEven now we are of opinion that better councils would prevail, and too much not based upon the report of the Commissioner sent here, as that gentleman made it his point not to invite information from those Englishmen or Canadians who were friendly towards the British Indians. The official set seemed to have supplied him with all the information.\n\nBesides this, the gentleman was in a hurry, and did not take the trouble of comparing the physical, moral, economic, and hygienic condition of our people with the Italians, Greeks, and Doukhobors who form their chief rivals.\n\nAs a laboring class, the imposing of middle-class standards upon Hindus is a great act of injustice, and calling them undesirables from the standpoint of social and political assimilation is another short-sighted error.\n\nPolitically, the Sikhs and the Hindustanese are already assimilated, as fair treatment would make them shed every drop of their blood for the land of their adoption.\n\nSocially and religiously, too, the Sikh is willing to maintain the highest ideals of civilized life with his liberty of conscience, the birthright of every human being in the twentieth century. The economic arguments against him are also fallacious, as a community which strives for economy without degenerating into parsimony is the very example which the white laboring classes of this country require, who eat and drink all they earn and very seldom save anything for the rainy day.\n\n## ARYAN \n\nThe purity of race and following the Buddhistic religion, bogus arguments, too, are as shallow and misleading as the others.\n\nThe mixture of races is going on under the present condition in a way which is debasing and criminal; and the admission of Hindustani wives and children would have very largely prevented it. The ignorant talk about the spread of Buddhistic ideals through the Sikh church is a baseless delusion, as the Sikh religion is purely monotheistic and bases all its strength on the personal link between God and man. But why strive and answer these cries against the Hindu, which have for the time being deprived him of the elementary right of having his wife and children with him? He is (because of his color), in spite of his Aryan descent, thought to be an inferior person, and so he is kicked and spat upon. Let him pin his faith in the perennial justice of the divine law, and know once for all that the right shall ultimately prevail. The contest is severe, and the struggle between the forces of selfishness and the powers of light is very acute, but if he every moment of his life strives to be a better man and a more unassuming social servant, he will pave the way for the world-wide manifestation of the divine law—that no material or racial arrogance can be suffered to pass with impunity—and that all men or nations who give up their struggle after absolute righteousness are sooner or later doomed to a severe reckoning.\n\n## PRACTISING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.\n\n\"The smoke-colored Hindu, exotic, unmixable, picturesque, a languid worker and a refuge for fleas, we will always have with us, but we don't want any more of him. We don't want any Hindu women. We don't want any Hindu children. It's nonsense to talk about Hindu assimilation. The Sikh may be of Aryan stock; I always thought he was of Jewish extraction. He may be near-white, though he doesn't look it. But we know him, and don't want any more of him,... British Columbia cannot allow any more of the dark meat of the world to come to this province. To deport these British subjects from India would be the wisest thing. ... These Sikhs are far too obtrusive. They are of no use to the country. British Columbia would be a hundred times better off without them. Certainly, no more of them must be allowed to come.\" -Vancouver Sunset.\n\n## THE \n\n## LET HINDUS IN THE DOMINIONS UNITE.\n\nIn British Columbia, in general, and in Vancouver, in particular, we are at the present time facing a serious and knotty problem—the incursion of the Hindu. To thoroughly understand the dread significance of the threatened invasion, it is necessary and imperative that we make an exhaustive study of the subject. The deeper we penetrate, the firmer we are forced to the conclusion that it is a problem fraught with great and obvious difficulties in the way of solution.\n\nNot content with gaining admittance himself under a bounty of $200, conditional upon a continuous sojourn from the land of his birth, the Hindu now wishes to have his wife and family with him in British Columbia, in place of being left at home in far-off India. A very natural and praiseworthy desire, you are at first tempted to remark. Yes, no doubt it is so; but it is not with this side of the question we are concerned. We must look at the matter from a European standpoint—the standpoint of what we would have to face ultimately were such a privilege granted by the Dominion Government. Were no great principles at stake, we might be acquiescent; but when one calmly considers the far-reaching consequences that would inevitably follow such a step, it must be obvious to even the most indifferent of us that it would be in effect almost a criminal act to allow such Asiatics to settle and multiply in this fair Western land of ours. The Hindu lives not as we live; his life is entirely different, his habits filthy and almost invariably unclean, his marriage vows seen from a vastly different viewpoint. It would be ultra vires for one at the present stage to enumerate the numerous pitfalls which such an invasion would open up amid our vaunted civilization.\n\nIn December last, a delegation of the leading Hindus in British Columbia waited upon the Dominion Government at Ottawa with a request that they would be allowed to bring in their wives and children, also that the present restrictions be removed. The result apparently is that the Hindus presently in the Dominion are to be allowed to bring in their wives and families, under strict regulations, but there is to be no lowering of the bars. This, mark you, in spite of the firm stand taken by the Provincial Government of British Columbia against the precedent, despite Premier McBride's plea for a \"white Canada.\"\n\nAt present, the Hindu is engaged mainly in sawmills and lumber camps, doing the rough laboring work. Consequent on his anxiety to work even at near-starvation pay, he is proving a formidable rival of the European in the unskilled labor market. His mode of living is such that a mere pittance—a sum certainly inadequate to keep a white man in decent food and clothing—serves to keep the Hindu in a fairly prosperous condition. His diet consists of rice, vegetables, and various unsavory messes, which he purchases from a merchant of his own nationality. How long he will be content to do only the rough work remains to be seen. Gradually, he will work himself into carpentery and other kindred occupations. The present race may not succeed in improving their position, but the generations of the future will no doubt seek to be educated on a much more modern scale than their progenitors of today. In this respect, another aspect of the case now confronts us. I refer to the education of the young Hindu, which would of necessity have to be undertaken by the Government through the medium of the public school. Being British subjects, free education with all its attached benefits would have to be extended to our Asiatic friends. Reflect for a few moments, then see how you British-born parents would regard the idea of your cherished children being brought into daily, aye, hourly contact with the offspring of a nation so low in the social scale; so swarthy and universally unclean. I need not linger to portray the evils that would of necessity follow such a commingling. The results must stand out in prominence sufficient to appal the most matter-of-fact and easy-going parent.\n\nAs a point of comparison in respect to physical qualities, the average Hindu, although big and powerful-looking, has hardly half the strength or nervous force of a European, perhaps not more than a third. His work must thus suffer in the same proportion, not to mention the admitted fact that...\n\nPage 613 \n## ARYAN \n5",
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        "content_text": "# CANADA AND INDIA \n## Vol. 1.\n\nA Journal of Information and Conciliation.\n\n\"The Strongest of all British Bonds are Knowledge and Sympathy.\" - Poem (Whitman)\n\n### The Unity of Civilization.\n\n#### India \n#### Canada \n#### Great Britain \n\nOCTOBER, 1915\n\nIn this broad Earth of ours,  \nAmid the measureless grossness and the slag,  \nEnclosed and safe within its central heart  \nNestles the seed Perfection.  \nBy every life a share, or more or less,  \nNone born but it is born—concealed or unconcealed,  \nthe seed is waiting.  \nOut of the bulk, the morbid and the shallow,  \nOut of the bad majority—the varied, countless  \nfrauds of men and States,  \nElectric, antiseptic yet—cleaving, suffusing all,  \nOnly the good is universal.  \nAll, all for Immortality!  \nLove, like the light, silently wrapping all!  \nNature's amelioration blessing all!  \nThe blossoms, fruits of ages—orchards divine and  \ncertain;  \nForms, objects, growths, humanities, to spiritual  \nImages ripening.  \n—Walt Whitman.\n\n## THE UNITY OF CIVILIZATION.\n\nMr. F. S. Marvin in the Hibbert Journal writes: \"If we assume, as the Stoics assumed, as the Christian Church has always preached, as the greatest modern prophets have foreseen from Pascal and Turgot, from Kant and Goethe to this day, that man is born for ultimate unity and that all real progress consists in an approach to it, then a clear principle appears of which we can understand the roots and by which we may judge the tendency and the validity of all the isolated movements in history. And we shall see that beneath the turmoil of conflict the outbreaks of savagery and the just certainty of heavy retribution there are uniting forces still at work, stronger than ever in the world, and a closer texture of international unity in science, commerce, and the arts of life, which may be torn, but cannot be destroyed.\"\n\nDr. J. Chunder Bose, of Calcutta, speaking of the results of his world-famed scientific experiments in the borderland of physics and physiology, and which have opened up a new field in scientific research and have demonstrated the unity of all matter, says: \"It was when I came upon the mute witness of these self-made records, and perceived in them one plan of a pervading unity that bears within it all things: the mote that quivers in ripples of light, the teeming life upon our earth, and the radiant sun that shines above us—it was then that I understood for the first time a little of that message proclaimed by my ancestors on the banks of the Ganges thirty centuries ago: 'They who see but one in all the changing manifestations of this universe, unto them belongs Eternal Truth—to none else, unto none else.'\"\n\n## No. 2 \n### INDIA, CANADA, AND THE EMPIRE.\n\nThese are days of heart searchings, in spite of the unwonted calls to action. Pulpit, press, and private individuals are alike sifting causes and asking questions. Why are Christian nations plunged into war in this 20th century of the Christian era? Why are their wealth, knowledge of science, power of organization—fruits of human industry and experience which wisely employed might make this world very fair—now turned to the uses of destruction, senseless destruction, of human life and human achievement? How was the point reached when this could happen? Is it not that the teaching and ordinary life were separated, that it was said practically, and often actually, that they must be separated? Thus has been built up the structure which now is crumbling, nay, violently falling, into ruins because its foundations are unequal to the weight imposed. Is there any salvation for the nations but to dig deeper until they have reached that basic principle of the unity of humanity which has been taught by all the great teachers and great religions of the world?\n\n\"All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye also the same to them,\" is an injunction of the Christ. Can we call a civilization Christian which ignores it in the general management of its material concerns, which puts in its place the practical dictum of competition, \"Get as much as you can for as little as you can give\"? In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna also teaches the evil of selfishness in different words: \"The impious who dress food for their own sakes, they verily eat sin.\"\n\nIt is useless to say, as the West has long said, this is religion and not business. If there is one thing which this terrible war is proving, it is that religion—spiritual laws—and the common business of this life cannot be separated without an awful aftermath of suffering and destruction.\n\nThe time is one of self-revelation to individuals and nations. It also holds the glorious opportunity for self-realization along higher and truer lines of thought and action based upon the \"old Wisdom.\"\n\n## INDIA.\n\n### RECIPROCITY WITH THE COLONIES.\n\nReciprocity with the colonies is a topic of paramount importance to which very rightly at the last session of the Indian National Congress considerable attention was devoted. The United Provinces Congress Committee has submitted a representation on the subject to the Government of India. It behoves every Indian citizen to give careful thought to this question.\n\nTheoretically I do not care for the second best. But practical politics mean concessions, and I quite realize that, if the self-governing colonies do not admit freely men from the Mother Country, they are not likely to concede to the Indian an unrestricted right of emigration. It is also easy to understand that, if we agree to send only a limited number of our men under prescribed conditions to these colonies, they may admit them. But will that secure to us all that we are fairly entitled to? What has embittered feelings very much in the past is the differential treatment accorded to the Indian. Other Orientals are treated better. Being a member of...",
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        "content_text": "# INTRODUCTION.\n\nIt is a point of British law that evidence must be produced before the accused can be found guilty. Charges without proof are not sufficient to condemn, yet the most atrocious and wicked accusations have been made against the Hindustanis in Canada by certain unscrupulous politicians and writers, who seem anxious to force the Canadian public to swallow all their ridiculous statements without proof. It is even evident to the Canada India Committee that there is an organized effort to prevent the truth from becoming known.\n\nOur object in writing the East Indians' case is to give the facts in readable form and in as few words as possible. The Canada India Committee are able and ready to prove every statement they make. The facts are being carefully investigated, and many astounding circumstances and irregularities are already thoroughly well known to them, all of which we hope will be made public in due time. That there should be discrimination in peopling this great land is evident, but let our discrimination be based on facts, not libels; on justice, not prejudice.\n\nWe appeal to the thoughtful people of Canada not to ignore the cry of fellow British subjects for simple human rights. A national life based on the loftiest political ideals yet expressed is pulsating through our Eastern Empire. The greatest minds of Britain are eagerly watching its birth throes. Canada, the land of opportunity, has everything to gain and nothing to lose by being kind to her elder sister-land-old in wisdom, but young in nationhood.\n\nHave we not all one Father? Hath not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother?\n\nMalachi 2, verse 10.\n\n## STRANGERS IN A STRANGE LAND.\n\nIn the fall of 1905 a group of 20 men dressed in full flowing white garments and wearing colored turbans, set foot on Canadian soil. It was a cold reception they received. Leaving the land of warmth and sunshine, where hospitality is a part of its very life and creed, they naturally looked for the sympathetic hand of welcome, but were disappointed.\n\nLong centuries of striving after good had, however, developed a courage which is hard to equal, go where you will, outside of India. They were brothers, and, as brothers should, they held together. What else could they do? Only two of the number could speak the language of this new country. They did not come as beggars, but sought what every man seeks and has a right to receive-honest employment, for which he would receive a sustaining wage. These Hindus came not to destroy, but to build; not as wage smashers, but as brothers working together for the good of the common brotherhood of man.\n\nTheir difficulties were increased by their inability to get even a place to lay their heads, but this was not different to the Great Master, Jesus Christ, who said: \"Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have their nests, but the Son of Man hath not where to lay his head.\" They must have experienced many aching heads before they finally overcame the cold indifference and what is worse, the cruel intolerance that they encountered. One day the employer of a sawmill in Vancouver, B.C., gave employment to five of their number. So well pleased was he that he took others on, and set rolling his good opinion of these hard-working and thrifty East Indians. Farmers also tried them, and found them excellent men for handling cattle, chicken raising, and mixed farming.\n\nIn course of time they were able to save enough money to buy some land in Fairview, Vancouver, B.C., and build a Meeting House, where they could gather for intercourse and instruction after their day's work was done. In the meantime they had written home to India, speaking in glowing terms of this fair land of ours, telling the folk at home that here was liberty for the subject and a land where...",
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        "content_text": "## TİSTİA Əzəmidə \nI ‚erland z'monotust „Ik da bæs virt (yabawa \n\n### Situation Report\n\nTo the west of KauT SÉs qu, Luanoð tændelená (JISZKOS TMli bekasquoJOR), Biuco ew moltarrotat dadu deg of met muY na sat na gawlier. #pont tpe wIJIZUKA KIFOWSTOD SPELO. \n\nOn 18 Juoda, doos ada zaov mort yeasuot atand edT. If they saw stand zakonom erit... aeflm 3 to eogatelb a tot met noX. aqoont axon betraso ouis Dua aregreɛɛaq vraufbro dłiw add to moltoan a'gmuj bellsɔ ad yan daɗw to autiotaj add won at.\n\n### Military Situation\n\n.mILL quaн-grоX at nt (xo raditut nelle 5 (moldata tram edT). moljona aid at nawX vida ot aɔxada bna, 21 yď bled at doldu bæon yď zavod S not slow bus maT múɣ ja juo jaz oso arɔgnores¶. uak goox aï of.\n\nThe troops were seen talking with men who had seen active service before. They are well-armed with lesser automatic pistols, rifles, and bombs, and there seems to be no lack of ammunition. They do not run to much in the way of uniform and are comfortably dressed. A few saw a 7-centimeter gun in position and were told that 6 others were disposed in groups of two at other points. They have a number, indefinite but apparently considerable, of machine guns.\n\nLi's men were said to have had 4 years' training, to be extremely well-disciplined, and able to execute manoeuvres at the whistle. Their cavalry was praised. But there seems no doubt that they are badly equipped and lack ammunition. They were said to number four or five thousand and to have four 7-centimetre guns.\n\n### Plan of Campaign\nThe armies have faced each other for two weeks without any action. A few days ago, an emissary from Li's side came over apparently to discuss the situation, but we could not discover what the result had been. Sons of those with whom we talked said it rested with Lung whether there was to be fighting or not. We heard in more places than one that Lung had sent telegraphic instructions for an assault on Sunday, July 2nd, but that the general in command had replied that he could not manage it before Monday, and that Lung had accordingly ordered him to attack on Monday, July 3rd. This seemed to be common talk among the troops, who stated further that the main assault was to be made by a party of 200 bomb throwers, probably on Li's advanced position or the south bank. By the time this is read, it will be known whether the information was correct.\n\n### The Feeling of the Troops\nIn Canton, one had been depressed by the gloom of the situation. At the front, it seemed incredible that this thing was serious war. We crossed the river in a sampan and wandered about on the right bank, photographing what took our fancy; we hobnobbed at the edge of shallow trenches with most courteous soldiery, who seemed completely indifferent to the possibility of shell fire. We exchanged cards with corporals and were invited into their tents. The troops were undoubtedly...",
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        "content_text": "## HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL\n\nAs I have said above it has been considered advisable to revise certain items of Revenue owing to the outbreak of war. The following are the original and revised Estimates:\n\n|  | As originally estimated. | Revised Estimated. |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| **Class I.** |  |  |\n| Light Dues | $104,000 | $94,000 |\n| Special Assessment |  |  |\n| Arms Licences | 105,000 | 115,000 |\n| Opium Monopoly | 4,250,000 | 4,000,000 |\n|  | 8,420 | 4,820 |\n| **Class II.** |  |  |\n| Medical Examination of Emigrants | 95,000 | 60,000 |\n| Sunday Cargo Working Permits | 70,000 | 60,000 |\n| Survey of Steamships... | 31,000 | 28,000 |\n| **Class V.** | 260,000 | 206,000 |\n\nThe revenue which has been derived from the Opium Monopoly has been much larger than was anticipated owing to the fact that the price of the drug in China and Macao reached a high figure, and in order to prevent smuggling it was necessary to raise the retail price in Hongkong. His Majesty's Government has approved of certain deductions being made from the gross revenue derived from the Opium Monopoly with a view to arriving at the amount to be assessed for Military Contribution. These deductions are shown in detail in `Appendix II.` of the Estimates.\n\nPremia on New Leases.\n\n## ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1915.\n\nThe Estimates of Expenditure for next year show an increase of $1,890,915 over those approved for the current year. The principal items of increase to which I would draw your attention are as follows:\n\n### Governor\n\nUnder Special Expenditure a piano costing $1,500 is provided for, and a reduction has been made of $500 in the amount provided for furniture.\n\n### Colonial Secretary's Department\n\nTwo additional Unpassed Cadets are provided for, and also the cost of one Cadet for the Federated Malay States. This latter charge has been incurred owing to Mr. Dyer Ball having been transferred to the Hongkong Service as from the end of this year.\n\n### Secretariat for Chinese Affairs\n\nA sum of $3,397 has been provided for commuted leave salary, as it is expected that the Secretary for Chinese Affairs will take leave next year. A sum of $1,416 is also inserted for duty allowance in case a sterling paid officer should be appointed to act in the post. A supernumerary 2nd Grade Writer on a salary of $1,440 has also been provided. When an opportunity occurs the post of 3rd Grade Writer will be abolished.\n\n### Audit Department\n\nA 3rd Grade Clerk on a salary of $960 rising to $1,200 has been added to the staff, whose duties consist of auditing the accounts of the Opium Monopoly.\n\n### Harbour Master's Department\n\nUnder Other Charges, \"Harbour Office,\" a sum of $10,000 has been provided for the raising, repair and renewal of moorings; and under Special Expenditure a sum of $250,000 for the acquisition and re-arrangement of moorings in Victoria Harbour. A statement of the scheme which necessitates the provision of these sums will be found in `Sessional Paper No. 17 of 1914`. The scheme is expected to produce an annual revenue of about $30,000 a year in normal times, which will cover the interest on capital expenditure and working expenses. Under Other \"Steam-Launches,\" the vote for Charges, coal has been increased by $1,775 owing to the increase in price. The vote for repairs has also been increased by $1,000, more repairs being necessary as the launches become older.\n\n### Imports and Exports Department\n\nThere is an increase of $13,873 under Personal Emoluments, as the experience gained during the working of the Opium Monopoly has shown that a larger staff is required than was originally considered sufficient. The above-mentioned increase includes a sum of $3,480 for the staff engaged in dealing with Dross Opium, and a sum of $4,476 for the staff of the Taipo branch office, for which provision was not made in the estimates of the current year. A sum of $1,000 has been added to the vote \"Fuel, Factory,\" the estimate for 1914 having been for eleven months only. A new sub-head \"Repairs and Renewals, Factory, $2,000\" has been entered on the recommendation of the Superintendent.\n\nA sum of $4,000 has been entered for Rent Allowances to Married Officers. A scheme has been approved by the Secretary of State, to which I will allude under \"Public Works Extraordinary,\" for providing quarters to be rented for certain married officers in the lower ranks of the Service, who are not among those entitled to free quarters. Pending the completion of the quarters it is proposed to make allowances in certain cases towards the very high rents which these officers have to pay.\n\n### Royal Observatory\n\nUnder Special Expenditure a sum of $2,500 has been provided for apparatus for the distribution of Time Signals by Wireless Telegraphy. As this Colony has adhered to the Radio-Telegraphic Convention it has been necessary to provide the means of distributing the time signals. The apparatus for doing this is somewhat elaborate and intricate, and is in addition to the receiving apparatus, for which $800 has been provided under \"Public Works Extraordinary.\"\n\n### Miscellaneous Services\n\nA sum of $1,575 has been entered for Bonuses for Interpreters and Translators, who, under a scheme approved by the Secretary of State, can earn bonuses on passing certain prescribed examinations.\n\nUnder the head Loss on Subsidiary Coinage a sum of $768,000 has been entered as against an estimated loss in 1914 of $136,000. Since the beginning of this year the Government, with the approval of the Secretary of State, has sold a much larger amount of subsidiary coin to be converted into bullion than in former years, and it is proposed to continue this policy during next year. The sum entered represents the estimated loss at the rate of 16 per cent. on subsidiary coin of the nominal value of $4,800,000.\n\nA grant of $2,182 being the equivalent of £200 has been provided for as a contribution to the Royal Society towards the cost of an enquiry into the diagnosis of yellow fever. It is proposed to continue this contribution for three years.\n\nThe vote for \"Electric Fans and Lights,\" New Government Offices, has been increased by $4,000, of which $3,500 is due to a previous under-estimate, and $500 is to cover the cost of replacing worn-out and damaged electric light bulbs hitherto charged to \"Maintenance of Buildings.\"\n\n### Public Works Recurrent.\n\nA sum of $4,000 has been provided for a new edition of the Regulations of Hong-kong, which will bring the revision of that work up to the end of the current year.\n\n### Judicial and Legal Departments\n\n#### Supreme Court\n\nUnder Other Charges a sum of $1,000 has been entered for Travelling Expenses of Watchmen, and Temporary Engagement of Extra Watchmen. This expenditure has hitherto been charged to Possession Fees, which are now paid into Revenue.\n\n#### District Officer\n\nUnder Other Charges, \"Southern District,\" the vote for transport has been increased from $100 to $1,540. The work of the Assistant District Officer has been much hampered by the want of a suitable launch for his regular visits to the islands, and the additional sum provided is for the hire of a launch.\n\n### Police\n\nThe following increased staff has been rendered necessary by the institution of a motor launch for work in shallow waters and in connection with the prevention of piracy:\n\n|  |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| 1 Lance Sergeant | $1,472 |\n| Detective Allowance | 240 |\n| 1 Chinese Sergeant, 2nd Class | 240 |\n| House Allowance | 60 |\n| 3 Chinese Constables, 1st Class | 540 |\n| 2 Chinese Constables, 2nd Class | 300 |\n| 1 Female Searcher | 150 |\n| 2 Coxswains, 2nd Class | 432 |\n| 2 Seamen | 264 |\n| 2 Engineers, 2nd Class | 432 |\n\nUnder Other Charges the vote coal for barracks has been increased by $1,000 owing to the rise in price. A sum of $1,200 has been inserted for grants to villages in the New Territories in aid of the Village Scout Scheme. These scouts were instituted early in the present year with a view to assisting the Police in the detection of criminals. The scheme has... \n\nPage 116",
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        "content_text": "# N° 407\n\nSir,\n\n**GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG. 3rd November, 1916.**\n\nReferring to Mr. Harcourt's Despatch No. 347 of the 15th November, 1913, I have the honour to report that in the same month the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company approached this Government regarding the proposed erection of a permanent pier, 650 feet long by 45 feet wide, at Kowloon Point for the berthing of deep draught vessels; asking what arrangements the Government would make for the deepening of the approaches to the pier.\n\n2. The increasing draught of steamers had for some time past rendered it advisable that dredging operations should be taken over a comparatively shallow area at Kowloon Point; I may mention that early in the present year a deeply laden vessel ran aground there at low tide and remained fast for some hours; and I was therefore prepared favourably to consider the Company's proposal, not only because I was satisfied that the additional pier accommodation was actually needed and that the site chosen was the best available, but also on the ground that the suggested dredging, or the greater part of it, was necessary in the interests of the Colony.\n\n3. The question was considered in detail, and after considerable correspondence with the Company, Mr. Churchill, Acting...\n\n**THE RIGHT HONOURABLE ANDREW BONAR LAW, M.P., &c., &c., &c.**",
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        "content_text": "306\n\n(No. 14.) Sir,\n\n20\n\nEnclosure 7 in No. 1.\n\nActing Consul Brown to Mr. Alston.\n\nKiukiang, May 8, 1917\n\nI HAVE the honour to forward herewith a report on a journey of investigation into the cultivation of the opium poppy in the province of Kiangsi jointly with officials appointed by the Chinese Government in accordance with article 4 of the Opium Agreement of 1911.\n\nI have, &c.\n\nW. RUSSELL BROWN.\n\nEnclosure 7 in No. 1.\n\nReport on a Journey of Investigation into the Cultivation of the Opium Poppy in the Province of Kiangsi.\n\nI HAVE the honour to report that Messrs. Chien Kuang-hsi and Huang Tao-hsiung, the Chinese delegates appointed by the Wai-chiao Pu and the Ministry of the Interior, reached Kiukiang on the 16th March, and left with me by rail on the 19th March for Southern Kiangsi via Nanchang and the River Kan. This route was selected as the most practicable in view of the information in the possession of the consulate, which showed that the cultivation of opium poppy had been completely eradicated in the plains and low-lying parts of the province, and that any opium which might exist would be found in remote places in the mountains. On this point Protestant and Catholic missionaries, native informants, and the local Chinese press were unanimous. The mountainous regions of Kanchou, Yü Tu, Hsing Kuo, Ningtu, and Ihuang in the south and south-east and the range of hills lying on the borders of Chien Chang, An, and Chingan in the north-west were generally regarded as suspicious localities, and I therefore determined to visit these districts in succession. Owing to the difference in climate between the north and south of the province, the poppy flowering three weeks earlier in the Kanchou region than in the An district, we directed our course first to the south.\n\nOur party, augmented by deputies despatched by the provincial administration and escorts of soldiers and police, left Nanchang early on the morning of the 21st March in seven junks, and were towed by steam launches up the Kan River to Wanan. Here on the 28th March we left the river and proceeded by chair to Kan Hsien (formerly Kan Chou), where we arrived on the 30th March.\n\nEnquiries were made by me at the Protestant and Catholic mission stations touched at en route from Nanchang, and I was everywhere informed that the rigorous measures of the magistrate and anti-opium officials had effectually suppressed opium-poppy cultivation in those districts.\n\nThe Protestant and Catholic missionaries at Kan Hsien were equally emphatic on this point, and assured me that it would be waste of time to visit the hills in that region. I accordingly pressed on to Yü Tu, which was reached on the 2nd April, after an exceedingly difficult two days' march.\n\nAs Yü Tu was one of the few districts in which opium poppy was known to have been grown in 1916, I determined to pay particular attention to this region, and after passing the district city, I left the road, climbed the most difficult part of the mountain range, and proceeded inland for a couple of hours' journey, looking with a pair of powerful field-glasses at the pockets of land lying between the hills. In this way I was able to satisfy myself beyond doubt that no opium poppy was under cultivation in an area of many square miles. I eventually regained the main road by a different route, and in the afternoon scaled the mountains to the south-west by a woodcutter's path. Here I spent some four hours in a careful inspection of the surrounding country, and returned convinced that no opium poppy was grown there, as I had been able to see the crops over an area of more than 12 square miles. The climbing in this part of the country was so difficult that only two officers and a few of the soldiers were able to accompany me. We reached the borders of Hsing Kuo district before turning back. I did not enter that district as I had received information at Kan Hsien that opium poppy had been eradicated in that region in 1916 after a severe fight between the troops and the people, in the course of which several persons had been killed and wounded and many houses burned.\n\n21\n\nOn the 5th April we arrived at Ningtu, where we were forced to rest for one day owing to the exhaustion of our party. Many of the soldiers were brought in in chairs, as they were quite unable to walk.\n\nAt Ningtu, Mr. and Mrs. Seipel, German missionaries in charge of the China Inland Mission station in that city, gave me a most cordial welcome, and assured us that the poppy was believed to be extinct in that region. The resident Chinese Catholic priest, however, supplied me with the name of one possible opium-poppy-growing locality, the Mi Shih Chai mountain, 70 li from Ningtu, on the road to Ihuang.\n\nOn the 8th April we left in a northerly direction for Ihuang, and stopped the night at Lo K'ou. Here eight people were shot in 1915 in an affray between the opium growers and the troops despatched to carry out suppression work.\n\nThe Mi Shih Chai mountain was situated some 10 li from Lo K'ou, and early on the morning of the 9th April we mounted it by a difficult path, and spent five hours in a careful exploration of the countryside. This region is said to be infested with tigers, so extra precautions were taken for the safety of our party. No poppy could be discovered anywhere, and the remains of the previous year's crops seen in the fields showed that none had been grown last year.\n\nWe arrived at Ihuang on the 11th April, and from there proceeded to Lin Ch'uan (formerly Fu Chou), where we embarked on board junks and were towed by steam launch to Tu Chia Pu, in the Chien Ch'ang district. As the country was flooded we were able to make use of certain shallow channels and short cuts, whereby we saved between one and two days' time.\n\nIn the range of mountains lying on the borders of the three districts of Yung Hsiu (formerly Chien Ch'ang), An, and Ching An, the names of Hsia Ping, Mei Ling, and Ch'üan Shui Ch'iu had been given as possible opium-poppy-growing localities, and we therefore proceeded from Tu Chia Pu, via Yung Hsiu district city to Pai Ch'a, which appeared to be the most convenient centre for visiting the places in question. Hsia Ping, Mei Ling, and Ch'üan Shui Ch'iu were found to be in close proximity, and on the 17th April I made a careful inspection and traversed the district without finding any trace of poppy, although the paths we took led us well into the heart of the hills away from the main roads. From here we crossed the mountains to An and entered the more level country leading to Feng Hsin and Kao An (formerly Jui-chou Fu). We arrived at Kao An on the 20th April. My intention had been to proceed to Shangkao and the Wan Tsai district, but in view of the advanced date and the favourable information received from the missionaries at Kao An it appeared waste of time to investigate further in this direction, and I accordingly returned to Kiukiang via Nanchang. I spent a day and a half in the provincial capital as the guest of the civil Governor, and returned to my post at Kiukiang on the 24th April.\n\nMethod of Inspection.\n\nIn those districts where the names of possible opium-poppy-growing localities had been furnished, the Chinese delegates and I visited and inspected each of the places in question. In those regions where it was commonly believed that poppy might possibly be found somewhere in the hills, I picked out the highest and most accessible part of the mountain range, ascended it by any track that could be found, and proceeded inland or along the crest for some miles until I had satisfied myself by the aid of powerful field-glasses that no poppy was under cultivation. In order to obtain fuller information as to the crops, official anti-opium proclamations, people, and general conditions, I walked for the greater part of the overland journey, and was thereby enabled to see much that might otherwise have escaped my notice.\n\nRelations with Chinese Officials.\n\nFrom first to last I have met with the utmost courtesy and consideration at the hands of the military and civil governors and their subordinates. The district magistrates and the gentry of every district visited have extended the heartiest hospitality to me as the representative of His Majesty's legation. Every facility was given me for visiting and inspecting any part of the country, and my wishes were met in every respect.\n\nThe successful organisation of our party reflects the greatest credit on Mr. Wang Nien-tsu, the Kiukiang magistrate, and the officers under his control. It is entirely due to ...\n\n[2729 k-1]\n\nG",
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        "content_text": "38\n\nThe Barmen Export Gesellschaft, of Barmen, with branches in Cuba and the Dutch Indies, continues its activities in Bangkok to the import of German manufactured articles, and also operates a retail store at Samyek.\n\nDeutsch-Siamesische Handels Gesellschaft. This is a comparatively unimportant company conducting a small miscellaneous trade, but nevertheless holding the agency of....\n\nThe Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company.\n\nIn addition the Germans controlled several of the local dispensaries.\n\nReasons for the Success of German Competition. Whereas the imports of British and German goods have steadily increased from 1897 to 1913, the ratio is practically the same in each year, so that so far as the actual goods shipped from the United Kingdom compared with those shipped from Germany are concerned British manufactures are holding their own. The British merchant in Bangkok, however, has not participated during the past ten years in the distribution of the large increase in imports (amounting to £2,900,000) to anything like the same extent as his German competitor, and this fact is attributable to three main causes:-\n\n(a) The extensive credit granted by the German merchants to Chinese and native dealers.\n\n(b) The looser methods of enforcing contracts in vogue with the German firms, and which have operated in favour of the Chinese and native dealers.\n\n(c) The control by German steamship companies of the shipping service between Singapore and Bangkok.\n\nWith regard to the first of these causes, it is interesting to note that some years ago an association was formed by the European importing houses in Bangkok with the object of arriving at a common agreement with regard to the length of credit to be allowed, and it was unanimously resolved to restrict all credits to Chinese and native dealers to a period not exceeding three months. The German firms, while making out their promissory notes for payment within three months, rarely collected them within four months, and granted extensions to six months and even longer without interest being added. It was found that while all the rules of the Siam Importers' Association were being adhered to by the British merchants, the Germans observed them only on paper, and constantly broke them in practice in order to secure an advantage over their competitors. The association was therefore dissolved.\n\nWith regard to the second cause, which practically amplifies the first, the regulations of the Siam Importers' Association also covered such questions as the limit of time within which goods must be cleared by Chinese and native purchasers from the importers' godowns. The systematic breach of these regulations by the German houses conclusively demonstrated the hopelessness of British and German firms coming into line in actual practice. Speaking generally, the Germans resorted to ways and means of doing business which the average British merchant would not stoop to adopt, but which they found afforded them a large turnover with an increased risk.\n\nThe above-mentioned reasons for German success are common to German enterprise throughout the Far East. The control of the local shipping service, however, is peculiar to Siam.\n\nAs the Norddeutscher Lloyd for many years prior to the war controlled practically the whole of the transport between Singapore and Bangkok of goods which had been transhipped at the former port, the shipping company's agents in Bangkok, who were themselves a trading firm, obtained a valuable insight into the trading activities of their competitors. All manifests passed through their hands, and they secured all those details in respect to the shipments which are such a valuable asset to a competing merchant. There is no doubt, whatever, that they made the fullest use of this knowledge and also utilised their position in order to coerce business into their hands. This has been particularly noticeable in the case of the import of gunny bags from Calcutta, in piece goods and other imports, and in securing fire and marine insurance agencies.\n\nThe distribution by German houses of an increasing proportion of British manufactured goods notably cotton textiles is due to the home manufacturers requiring a broader outlet for their goods than the local British houses could offer owing to their perfectly legitimate wish to conduct the business on safe financial lines, and having had bitter experience of the unsatisfactory method of granting long credits to dealers. The German merchants were willing to take the risks, and consequently were able to send home valuable orders to Manchester and elsewhere. During the war, British merchants have undoubtedly secured an enhanced trade in British textiles and machinery, but it is extremely probable that, unless the German firms are so crippled financially after the war that they cannot afford to give credit, they will tend to regain their position.\n\nA further advantage which has accrued to the German houses from their possession of a large turnover is the number of sound British agencies held by them. These were mainly for imports, insurance, and shipping, and a number of them have already been specified in describing the various firms. I know of no case where a local British merchant has similarly represented German interests. It is desirable that British principals should be urged to place their representation in British hands. Since the war, two British insurance companies have transferred their agencies from a German to a neutral firm; but this is no satisfaction from the point of view of the local British merchant, although it should be noted that it is a distinct advantage to a British insurance company to secure the premium of a large Continental shipper, which can frequently be obtained only by appointing him as agent.\n\nThere is no proof obtainable of any direct subsidy being granted to German merchants by their Government. The possession of the virtual shipping monopoly with Singapore and Hong Kong, which can only have been arranged by State subsidies to the Norddeutscher Lloyd, was undoubtedly of great benefit. Furthermore, it is established that the German Minister and consular officials at Bangkok were willing to take up, and actively to prosecute on behalf of their nationals, cases against Chinese and native dealers in which the German claims and rights were of the most shallow description. While the British Legation confined its attentions to bona fide legitimate cases, the German officials were most aggressive in pushing their claims on the Siamese Government, as has already been remarked in the case of the German Director of Railways. There appears to have been a closer connection between the German officials and the mercantile community than existed with other nationalities. As an instance of this, I am informed by the Bangkok agent of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank that for some years prior to the war he was constantly requested by the German Consulate for an opinion as to the standing of Chinese and native firms in Siam. No doubt such information, together with similar commercial intelligence gleaned from other sources, was at the disposal of German firms both locally and in Germany.\n\n39\n\nDanish Competition.--Perhaps the most serious competitor British exporters in Bangkok have had to face in the past is the powerful and enterprising East Asiatic Co., Ltd., of Copenhagen. This firm describe themselves as steam and motorship owners, millers of teak and other woods, oil millers, cement and super-phosphate manufacturers, rubber and cocoanut estate owners, exporters and importers. The firm are keen competitors with British merchants in the produce trade in the Straits Settlements, China and Vladivostok, the possession of their own oilseed crushing plants in Denmark together with the maintenance of their own line of steamers giving them a great advantage. Their activities in Bangkok are mainly concerned with shipping, timber and imports. A regular direct line of steamers, of some 4,500 tons each, is maintained with Europe. A bi-weekly service of coasting steamers is run under the auspices of the Siam Steam Navigation Co. between Bangkok and Singapore via the Gulf coast ports. They operate most modern sawmills in Bangkok and at Bandon on the Malay coast, and conduct a very large import and export trade, including the successful management of the Oriental Stores a retail branch on the departmental stores' plan.\n\nJapanese Competition. The import of Japanese goods before the war was not great, amounting to only £161,000 in 1913-14, but it should be noted that it had quintupled in ten years. Since the outbreak of war, however, active steps are being taken by the Japanese to strengthen their hold on the market. Japan, particularly, is laying herself out to secure the trade formerly held by Germany and Austria in cheap sundry articles, such as enamel ware, hosiery, perfumery, cheap textiles, &c., &c. This competition is not likely to be felt by British interests, unless Japan is able to introduce her cotton goods on to the market on a greater scale. The imports of cotton goods from Japan during the last three pre-war years were as follows:--\n\n1911-12 1912-13 1913-14\n\n£22,860 £52,590 £48,605\n\nIn this total, however, are included singlets and other knitted goods.\n\n616",
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        "content_text": "considered against it might be limited to the first 5 years of trust. with the \npromise of a further letter when the dash.\n\namirs \n\nThe patrician politics is all \n\nما اللہ \n\n\"replari\" domestic shavere,\" aconcern of the Chinese wi Chraci but it won't to \nfor Chinese Servant's ins \n\ntrouvhelos wi \n\nEuropean (or other \n\n1. Koney. This was recognized by the Gov in 1883 and the position is the same \n\nمسا \n\nIf the legal point raised in the cause here. \n\nAppleton light upon head actually been decided, \nit appears from tires tit. that the \nReason a hair your tis \n\nfrutrus \n\nthens that the washer was \"in \nlawful possession\" of the maid servant \nes are most the kidnapper \nbut not otherw \n\nHA ABC 2/5.18 21-5.18 18/5/18 \nG. Gr \n\nMr Kallerton \nYes \n21.5 \nyears \nMening \nJM 3.194.) \nTel, Address: \n(BRL/6.2) \nar \nNr. Steel Fa Worde \nClerk's Name \n`XPA 166` \n\nWith ref to your \ncout despat `DETONATING` \n`LONDON. OF THE CLOCK` \nTelephone-3632 LONDON WALL (4 Lines) \nTELEGRAM \nSTATION, ELECTRA HOUSE, FINSBURY PAYEMENT. LIES SHOULD BE ORDERED \nVia Easting \nDoubtful words should be OFFICAL repea Sue Rule Book. No inquiry respecting this Talegram catchy attended to who production of this Copy, \nSee back of form for list of Company's tations LECTRAN \nlephone Numbers. \n\n| TIME | IN | LETTERS | Date |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 243 |  |  | 15 MAY18 |\n| 4 | 57m |  |  |\n| HONG KONG | 319/ | 119/117 | 14 |\n|  | 1 |  | 1 |\n| CHAPELRIES | Jec. & | LN | DAY NETT LÉ 1917 |\n\ndomestic servants. \nDan att \nSALE BRAS EXISTS OW SWALLOW \nHong Kong \nHOUSEHOLDS IN \nHIPPEL ARHO \nSILVERGOD \nBy BUT SHAFT \ntam \ntow Ar \nLACTIFORM \n\nRemarks \nQS. BG \nThe La \nA.M \nOuter Inner Circle \nCircle \nPM. \nExamples, PW-3.45 p.m. \nHL-3.55.1 \nYo \nZwords in \nthis message differs from the number signalled. \nA correction will follow. \n\nCURV AT UM PURCHASING \nCHINA AND MANY \nHAVE SUCH \nHome Kong HIPPELAPHO \nSERVANT S \ndoes not \nRAP ITOLI \nPURCHASE AS CONFERRING \nANY \nTITLE OR RIGHT",
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        "title": "CO129-450 - Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1918 [10-12]",
        "content_text": "# Enclosure 7\n\n201\n\nHongkong, 9th November, 1918.\n\n**Excellency,**\n\nThe Hon. Mr. Claud Severn, C.M.G.,\n\n**The Officer Administering the Government.**\n\nHONG KONG\n\nI have the honour to inform you that all the Unofficial Members who are at present in the Colony held a meeting yesterday to consider the \"Housing\" proposals referred to in Your Excellency's memorandum of the 4th instant and are unanimously of the opinion that whilst they are in favour of the Government making loans on certain conditions for the purpose of building houses to relieve the congestion which exists, at the suggested rate of 5%, they consider that the principle must be universally applied without confining the privilege to any one class of the community.\n\nIn reply to the question put by Your Excellency at the meeting held on the 6th instant as to whether Unofficial Members had any alternative site to offer other than Sham Sui Po, the following suggestions are submitted for Your Excellency's consideration:-\n\nThat as it will take some years to complete the Sham Sui Po Reclamation and in view of the necessity for providing immediate extra accommodation for the working classes, the Government should take in hand forthwith the Reclamation of the area which we submit would be between Mong Kok Tsui and Tai Kok Tsui - a very simple operation entailing only a short length of sea wall in shallow water, the filling being close at hand and easily taken to the site by means of trucks on light railway lines.\n\nWe would also recommend that an area on the North side of Ap Liu Chau Island be reclaimed at once so as to admit of...\n\nPage 390\nPage 391",
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        "content_text": "# \n## DESP \n### NO. \n### DATE \n### SUBJECT \n\n144 \n5 May \nthis S. Bagley. Surse apples. for promotion \n\n150 \nConf. Tel. Lo \n\n156 \n157 \n156 \n159 \n\n160 \nLoans. Tel. \n19 \nDishveal of profits from Eseal requisitioning of ships \n\nQuemy property \nBuilding grant for St. Joseph's bollege \nR. H. A. brang - 1 black Marine Office \nR.H.A. tuscons \nthe Pallic Sonucce \nSouth Develohment Scheme \nGout\". Bastenidogist \nRepatriation of Mental Patients \nRefront. Gr \nBlue Book for 1918 \nPesses. Annhold stanlang 460. \n\n### DESP \n### NO. \n### DATE \n\n194 \n17 June \n195 \n194 \n\n198 \n4 \nTel. \n# \n20/ 2/ \n202 \n* \nTel. \n23 \n205 \n206 \n* \nIcones - \n207 \n25 \nJonsp. J. Siin: Contributions to W. &O. Funch \nlexchanges of Land \nCaucation Dept. Estimates for 1920. changes \nColier Boobationar \nAccounting system in P... D. \nState to lehinese fyout. \nTel. Conf. \n22 \n173 \n26 \nLeon \n24 \n1.078 \n30 \nbony. \nTal. \nth \nwas Medals for Mercantile Marine \nMunsing Sisters bandition of senvice \nAbrist Mail & \nPassenger. \nAllex. is ft. bot. Choliman \nInsucase of Pensions \n208 \n207 \nLean. \n26 \n24 \n2/0 \nTel. \n28 \nwhite \nacting \nRotorial Dept. \nthise Bane Kuroiing Sasier \nbonf. 2 June Report on N. A. Defence Corps, 1918 \n182 \n5 \n185 \n19/ \n12 \n192 \nTel. \nRe-arrangement of s'illage of Ith Kung Ayam \nResignation of Sir N. May \nLice \nPensrim - 6. Parkinson \nbase of C. W. Talk - Aliens i change of British Ships \n\n### SUBJECT \n$ \n4 \n$ \n# \nPrice. 7-1919 - Birits & Deaits Registratio \nAmmo & Ammunition \ntermination of 'n \nA \n10- \n+ \nMissions to Examen i H. K. Incoronation \nRelease of bol. Officials from Avery salary pending rekstriction \nContributions to P. N. N. \nJones to W. &Q. Pensions \nPayments to enstituyses of enemy firms ritenues i Jañan \nSant Develynment Scheme \nKelinement of 17. Patison \nDeath of Duster. A. terrect \nthedical Officer \nAllowances é certain thenocero, Pa! E. \nBindes. 11-1919 - Trading with the lensing \nBoxes of stamp Ringes \nCompensation for compulsory punchase of land \nSrient Tobacco Factory \nCreation of yout. Decanions \nFounding of educational establishment et bewon \nPolice Astort of shallow waters in Deep Day \n2. A. J. Graham \nJ. \n2 \n\nPage",
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        "content_text": "## Ir. Cousins to H. B. M. Consul-General\n\nDear Sir,\n\n### London Mission, Poklo, June 10th, 1919.\n\nIn reply to your telegram received yesterday evening, I replied as follows:- Fisherman reported to me finding of body of Inspector Terrett. I saw the body lifted from the water and looked immediately for signs of violence. No bruises or wounds. Body in good condition, only slight discolouration below chin. Writing. Cousins.\n\nIn accordance with your request, I have to report the following facts.\n\nJune 5th. A rumour spread early that a foreigner had been drowned near Taichow. I discredited this statement. About 4:30 p.m., however, a fisherman came from Paak Teung Ling to the chapel to tell me that a foreigner's body had been found near his village, about nine li away from here. He handed me the passport of A. Terrett and said that the body was found about 10 a.m. I took this man to the Magistracy to see Li Un Cheong and found that Leung In Cheong had come down from Tai Chow about this body. We left the magistracy about 6 p.m. and went by motor launch to the place where the body had been secured by a rope and bamboo in shallow water. We went in a boat from the motor-launch and whilst we watched the body was lifted from the water on to a second boat.\n\nThe body was wearing white canvas boots, green socks, no trousers or belt and a shirt of khaki colour. The man looked about my own age (44) and was heavy in build. I saw him in the water, whilst the police officer from Canton, who was travelling with the deceased identified him and then I...",
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        "content_text": "# Proposed approut?\n\na scheme for the foundation of a large educational establishment at Canton.\n\nAlong 2nd. During 1919.\n\nSir,\n\nI have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your confidential despatch of the 27th June concerning the Draft Proposal for Police patrol of shallow waters in Deep Bay.\n\nIt has become urgent. Requesting authority to purchase a launch for Police boat as per views of the P.off. for C.I. in the Proposal.\n\nI should be glad to learn the opinion of Se Rḥ Stalker in the scheme; I would suggest that it might be communicated to me by tel.\n\nLast previous Paper: Conf. of 27th June.\n\nRequest reply by 16th inst.\n\nMr. Smment to Me Cowell 128 to me by tel.\n\nMh. Beckett. ? Tel. Cl you. Hong Kong.\n\nYour uncaptioned Desp. 27. June pro forma.\n\n| Date | Item | Date Sent | Amount |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 5.3.10 | Fume N3210 Patrol boat | At once | 82.10 pe |\n| 6/9/19 | Il | Sept.19. |  |\n\nNext subsequent Paper.\n\n`GR122/41`  \n`24423-4 h.` W, `14440-22`, 25,000. 8/19. D&S.  \n`51365`  \n`51335`  \n`RECO`  \n`Ron 4 SEP 19`  \n Hong Kong  \n Severn Itong 1919  \n 210  \n 674  \n\nPage 363",
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        "content_text": "## Enclosure L\n\nMy Lord,\n\nI have the honour to inform Your Lordship that the question of establishing an efficient and satisfactory Police patrol on the shallow waters at the head of Deep Bay has become urgent.\n\n2. I enclose a sketch map showing the portion of the New Territories affected, and the adjoining Chinese territory. The raids by robbers into British territory have become so frequent that the panic created among the inhabitants of the district bounded roughly by the railway to the East, and the main road from Fanling to Castle Peak to the South, is tending to retard development. The establishment of the Police Station at Lok Ma-chau on the Sham-chun river in 1913, and the launch patrols in Deep Bay were expected to put a stop to these incursions of robber and pirate bands, but the large area of shallow water extending for several miles in Deep Bay, and the impossibility of maintaining an adequate patrol with a rowing boat, have rendered it necessary to obtain some more speedy means of conveying the Police about.\n\n3. Sir Henry May went very fully into the matter in the year 1913, but eventually found himself unable to provide for anything in the 1914 Estimates, giving his opinion that further experience would show whether a shallow draft...\n\n**THE RIGHT HONOURABLE  \nVISCOUNT MILNER, G.C.B.,  \n&c.**",
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        "content_text": "# Enclosure 676\n\ndraft vessel was really necessary. The type of vessel then under consideration was a twin screw motor launch about 50 feet long and costing from £1,500 to £2,000. Experience, as I have already stated, has shown that some such means of transport is essential for the proper policing of this difficult part of the frontier. The Police rowing boat was provided some time ago with an overstern motor, which usually fails to work. The Sham-chun river and the various creeks running into Deep Bay cannot be visited during a four hours patrol in a rowing boat, and it is obvious that the only suitable craft is a very shallow draft motor boat which can cover the whole upper portion of Deep Bay, and the Sham-chun river to Muk Fu ferry beyond the railway. The boat would also work in and around the In Long creek, which is a favourite point for raiders from Chinese territory to start.\n\nAfter careful consideration of various types the Government Marine Surveyor has decided that the boat shown on the enclosed blue print would be well adapted for the purposes. It only draws 11 inches and has a speed of 9 miles per hour. It has accommodation for two Europeans on board for a few days at a time and would not, therefore, have to return daily to Lok Ma Chau. The estimated cost is $6,300 and if Your Lordship should approve of the purchase of the boat I should be glad to learn by telegraph.\n\nI may add that the boat-house at Lok Ma Chau Police Station has silted up, and it appears to be impossible to keep it clear of silt without building expensive groynes. The proposed motor boat would require no boat-house.\n\nI have the honour to be, My Lord,\nYour Lordship's most obedient,\nhumble servant,\n**A. F. G. St. Alban**  \nOfficer Administering the Government.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-455 - Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1919 [7-9]",
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        "content_text": "## F SIF \n\nIn the 1980s, ...\n\n118 \n\n2* \n\nAdd no brevity of factoring, no endure yinsH as [zado, I \nxbie eritnom & no burlanɛ of goinruder me, nox zooli je nosing \n\n.synot ent to somut a mort gainettus svrst b[now ausgeq yo [[e jant ano ano te bemotni saw I .S \n\n.medd øved woy aroqque I os voy of ines ad \n\nsrid to exeo sexet good anоH to nemnevoð edt @A \n\nand yed I evzel doje no med etnevise ati to nemtseit [eoibso \n\ndsasy bluore doith) qude eins of retteľ yo em motai [[iw woy \n\nei ersdt tendedw, Levine wo no (eyeb Of Juoda ni nobnol \n\n.od troçer bluora I 10300 To leticaod rafvoftreg ynP \n\nnoidizmos Jnses1 r of se steoitithes [eoiboм \n\n### Medical Report\n\nParkinson is suffering from Cancer of the tongue and \nis kept continually under morphia, taking about 2 gre. per day. \nHe suffers from considerable pain in the head and \ncan only swallow liquids. The constant care of his mouth is \nof great importance and he is forwarded from Hong Kong for \ndecision as to possibility of relief by extensive operation. \n\n**(Sgd) W.E.HOME** \nMajor, R.A.M.C. O.C., R.A.M.C., H.M.T. \"NEURALIA\". \n\n### Metadata\nH.M.T. \"NEURALIA\". 9.6.1919. \n*ALIA HUGH*",
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        "content_text": "that excepting the time spent on the above voyages from Hongkong to Shanghai and back again Your Petitioner has lived in the said Colony since the month of May 1906. Prior to the month of May 1906 Your Petitioner lived at Chefoo, Shanghai and Swatow in China and was educated in Chefoo and Shanghai.\n\nACCORDINGLY Your Petitioner since the month of May 1906 has resided outside the Colony of Hongkong during the past five years as follows:-\n\n| Time Period | Place | Duration |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| From about 1st May 1914 to about 31st May 1914 | Shanghai | 1 month |\n| From about 15th August 1917 to about 15th September 1917 | Shanghai | 1 month |\n| From 12th June 1919 to 31st July 1919 | Shanghai | 1 month |\n| **Total** |  | **3 months** |\n\nThat Your Petitioner is of good character and has an adequate knowledge of the English language.\n\n3. That Your Petitioner intends if his application is granted to reside in the Colony of Hongkong.\n\n4. That Your Petitioner's full name is Samuel Ebenezer Green and that Your Petitioner's business address is at Hotel Kansions Victoria Hongkong and that Your Petitioner's Trade is that of a Merchant.\n\n5. That Your Petitioner's place of birth was Swatow in China and that he was born there on the 5th day of October 1879.\n\n6. That Your Petitioner was married on the 1st day of June 1901 to Elizabeth Banker the daughter of William Swallow Banker formerly of Newchwang in China who was a British Subject and of a Chinese lady known as A. Ho Banker. That Your Petitioner's wife was at the date of her marriage...",
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        "content_text": "# \nThat I on or about the 12th June 1919 left Hongkong for Shanghai and remained absent from Hongkong until about the 31st July 1919. I was accordingly absent from Hongkong for about 1 month. Total 3 months. That on each occasion aforesaid I paid a short visit to Shanghai and upon each occasion I returned to Hongkong. With the exception of the above I have during the past 13 years, viz: since the month of May 1906, resided in this Colony.\n\n## 2.\nI am of good character and have an adequate knowledge of the English language.\n\n## 3.\nI intend if my application is granted to reside and carry on business in Hongkong.\n\n## 4.\nMy full name is Samuel Ebenezer Green. My business address in Hongkong is at Hotel Mansions Hongkong and my place of trade or occupation is that of a Merchant. My place of Birth is Swatow in China and the date of my birth is 5th October 1879. My nationality is Chinese. I married on the 1st June 1901 Elizabeth Banker, the daughter of William Swallow Banker formerly of Newchwang in China who was British Subject and her mother was a Chinese lady known as A. Ho Banker and that both her parents are now dead.\n\n## 6.\nMy wife the said Elizabeth Banker was at the date of her marriage with me a British Subject having been duly \n-2-",
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        "content_text": "192\n\n: HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL\n\nI have read with much satisfaction the excellent record of the work done by members of the Police Force during the war. Their numbers have been much depleted while their duties have increased, and they are to be congratulated on the manner in which they have grappled with the situation. In doing so, they have been ably assisted by the Police Reserve, which has been recently demobilised, and to which I now desire to express the gratitude and appreciation of the community. Those members of the Police Force who went on active service have nearly all returned, though some have given up their lives. The war record of the Force will always redound to its credit, and will, I hope, be suitably commemorated in the new building of the Central Police station.\n\nIn the Prison Department, additional house allowances have been granted to the Warders of the Indian staff to enable senior officers to marry. Under \"Other Charges,\" increases in several votes have been necessary on account of the general rise in the price of commodities, amounting in all to $11,700.\n\nUnder \"Special Expenditure for the Police and Prison Departments,\" $10,000 has been inserted for the purchase of arms in order to bring up to date the equipment of the Police Force. $1,300 has also been inserted for motor-cycles with a view to the more efficient patrolling of outlying districts, and $6,300 has been included for the purchase of a shallow draught motor-boat, which will be used on the shallow waters at the head of Deep Bay. A sum of $3,333 has also been inserted for the purchase of new type and numbering machines for the printing department in the Gaol.\n\nMedical and Sanitary Departments.\n\nThe opening of the new ward and the increase in the cost of commodities generally have also caused several increases in \"Other Charges\" amounting in all to $8,200. Several decreases have, however, been effected in other votes, amounting to $1,550. The extension to the Lunatic Asylum has also necessitated several increases amounting in all to $340. Owing to the general resumption of trade and to the increased volume of shipping now arriving in this port, it is considered necessary to increase the vote for coal for the launch of the Health Officer of the Port by $500. Increases amounting to $1,945 appear also in \"Other Charges\" for the Bacteriological Institute, due to the inclusion under that head of the sums formerly voted under Special Expenditure for the preparation of meningococcin serum. The rise in the price of laboratory apparatus and chemicals necessitates also, for the Government Laboratory, an increase of $1,400 in Other Charges.\n\nIn the Sanitary Department, provision has been made for two additional Sanitary Inspectors, together with two additional 5th Grade Interpreters to Sanitary Inspectors. These are required for work in Kowloon City and Shamshuipo, where formerly Police Inspectors had acted as Sanitary Inspectors in addition to their other duties. It is felt that these rising townships now require full-time Inspectors. There are several other increases to the Sanitary Staff which are fully set out, with the reasons therefor, in Appendix II.\n\nIn \"Other Charges,\" several votes have been increased, resulting in a total increase of $3,960; it has been possible, however, to reduce other votes to the extent of $1,450. These increases and decreases are fully shown in the Abstract laid on the table.\n\nUnder \"Special Expenditure,\" provision has been made in the Medical Department for one 4-wheeled street watering-van and for six two-wheeled dust-carts to replace vehicles that have worn out in use. Further exhumations at Mount Caroline Cemetery and exhumations at Kai Lung Wan Cemetery necessitate votes amounting to $7,400. For the better conveyance of meat and poultry from the Slaughterhouse to the Central Market, provision has been made of $13,000 for the purchase of motor meat and poultry vans. These, it is hoped, will remove the present every-day obstructions to the tramway, will provide a more sanitary method of conveying meat to the markets, and will contribute to the revenue of the Colony from the fees which it is proposed to charge.\n\nHONGKONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL\n\nEducation.\n\nIn the Defence Corps Estimates, the abolition of the post of Armourer-Sergeant and the insertion of an Armourer-Attendant with a fee for periodical inspections by an expert has caused a small reduction in personal emoluments.\n\nThe Estimates for the Education Department have this year been put into what is believed to be a more suitable form, under groups of cognate schools. These estimates show an increase of $78,090 over the sum voted for Education for the current year. This large increase is due mainly to increased subsidies to Vernacular Education in Hongkong and the New Territories, to increased Capitation grants to schools recently included in the Grant scheme, and to a considerable strengthening of the staff.\n\nThe increases in the staff of the various schools have been fully set out and explained in Appendix II, and I need only refer to the addition of 12 Assistant Mistresses, which has already been sanctioned by the Secretary of State for the Colonies. The depletion of the staff of the Education Department, owing to the absence of many members on military service, and the consequent introduction of lady teachers to take over their duties temporarily, has shown that the education of young Chinese boys can be advantageously placed in their hands.\n\nUnder \"Other Charges,\" several small increases occur, the necessities of which are explained in the foot-notes attached to the estimates.\n\nThe inclusion of new schools in the Grant Scheme has necessitated an increase in Capitation Grants amounting to $19,771, while subsidies to schools in the New Territories have been increased by $3,300, and a sum of $10,000 has been inserted for subsidies to Elementary Vernacular Schools in Hongkong. With the permission of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, a sum of $10,000 has also been inserted as a grant to the Confucian Society, who have already done so much for vernacular education in the Colony.\n\nMention was made last year of the generous help that is being given by certain Chinese gentlemen to the cause of vernacular education, and the Government has no desire to be behind-hand in supporting their efforts. I hope that a considerable sum may be forthcoming for the erection of school buildings and for education generally, but as the money is not part of the revenue of the Colony, it is unnecessary for me to go into the matter now.\n\nUnder \"Other Charges,\" a sum of $800 has been added to the vote for the upkeep of the Rifle-ranges, as this vote had previously been under-estimated. Considerable savings have, however, been made in other votes, resulting in a decrease of $11,116. In connection with these votes, I desire to express the appreciation of the Government of the excellent work done during the war by the members of the Defence Corps. I desire also to mention the valuable services rendered by Major Morgan as first Administrative Commandant, the high state of efficiency in the Corps being due, as I am informed, in no small measure to his efforts.\n\nPublic Works.\n\nThere has been in recent years, as honourable members are well aware, a considerable expansion of the work done by the Public Works Department. During the war, any increase of the staff was, of course, impossible, but with the return to more normal conditions and with a large programme of public works in progress and in prospect, a considerable strengthening of the Department is required. On the retirement of Mr. Jaffe owing to ill-health, the post of Special Engineer has been abolished, and two 2nd Grade Executive Engineers, together with two 2nd Grade Assistant Engineers, have been added.\n\nAs building operations, present and future, are of such importance and extent, it has been considered necessary to insert a second post of Clerk-of-Works, while the great extensions in the system of roads during recent years and the adaptations of existing roads for motor traffic have necessitated the addition of a Road Surveyor. The work in the office dealing with the drainage system of the Colony has also greatly increased, and one new post of Apprentice Surveyor has been added to cope with the work and to keep up to date the drainage plans and records.\n\nThe work of the Architectural and Drainage Office has also expanded considerably, and it has therefore been necessary to create several new posts of Draughtsmen, which are fully shown in Appendix II.\n\nFurther, a considerable number of additional foremen and survey coolies has been added.",
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        "content_text": "102\n\nHONGKONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL\n\ninjustice to their fellow-servants out he as well as to a body of hard working, patient and loyal men and women.\n\nSir, I desire to associate myself with the remarks which have fallen from the senior unofficial member of this Council, more especially as those remarks reflect the results of certain discussions which the unofficial members have held on this budget.\n\nIf I may supplement those remarks, sir, I should like to say that, whilst the Colony and those who have the shaping of its destinies are to be congratulated on the continuous and natural increase of its revenues and on the allocation of so large a proportion of those revenues to development, it is impossible to pass the estimates without some criticism of their faults, the greatest of which are those of omission.\n\nLast year this Council was asked to apply a sum not exceeding $10,605,343 to the Public Service of the year 1919. For the previous year the sum voted was $8,386,910. Yet only eight weeks ago we were asked to authorise the appropriation of a supplementary sum of $5,406,327 to defray the charges of the year 1918, and we now know from your Excellency's speech on the first reading of this Bill that these estimates which are framed to show a balance in favour of revenue of something more than four lakhs, attain that satisfactory appearance only by the studied omission of two factors of expenditure which must be reckoned with during the financial year, the deficit on rice purchases and the emoluments of public servants.\n\nThe Government on the rice question you must understand, sir, that they have exercised that self-restraint so as not to tie the hands of the Administration in dealing with a delicate and difficult situation. But the time for calling on the Government to give an account of its stewardship cannot be much longer deferred. It is to be hoped, sir, that means will be devised to prevent a recurrence of the conditions of the last few months, and that the burden of paying the bill will be imposed as far as possible on the speculative interests that brought the situation about.\n\nPassing from the faults of omission to those of commission in the Estimates, it is to be noted that you propose to spend the sum of $5,231,700, or 35.88 per cent of the total vote, on Public Works and that, of this large sum, no less than $3,073,700 are to be devoted to Public Works Extraordinary. That being so, it would seem impossible to defend or palliate the reticence which has been displayed by the Administration in disregarding the unanimous desire of the unofficial members, expressed last year, that the estimates for public works should be submitted in the first instance to the Public Works Committee of this Council, which should be enlarged for that purpose, as appears to be the case in Singapore and Penang, by the inclusion of all the unofficial members.\n\nOn the question of increased emoluments of public servants, which are represented on page 12 of the estimates as a sum of $105,000, we know from your Excellency's speech and from the footnote on that page that this sum represents merely temporary increases authorised by Colonial Office telegrams in July and September, and that the real sum required for the service of the year will be measurably greater.\n\nAmongst the most outstanding omissions from the draft estimates are any reference to the Praya East reclamation scheme (a matter of infinitely greater importance than the scheme for Ap Lei Chau), and, equally important, the omission of any reference to the Government's proposals in the matter of housing, with regard to which the situation is, I can assure you, acute.\n\nIf the item of $150,000 on page 94, for a hill tramway to Wan Chai Gap and the commencement of a road which will eventually reach Shek O and Cape d'Aguilar are intended as contributions to the housing problem, I will observe that, however much these works may benefit posterity, they do not go one inch towards the solution of the problem of the present situation, which is urgent throughout the Colony and particularly in Kowloon, which the unofficial members have every sympathy.\n\nWhilst additional public works will necessitate increases in the staff of the Department charged with the duty of executing them, it is becoming more and more evident that the time has arrived to relieve that overburdened Department of its duties in connection with the sale of Crown Land and conversion of farm lots into building lots in urban areas. These duties properly appertain to the Land Office, which should have its own staff of surveyors under the Land Officer.\n\nIn this connection, and with special reference to the item of $200,000 which appears at the bottom of page 5 as the amount which will be required under the former head, you have told us how it is to be used; it is fairly generally believed that it cannot be evenly approximately estimated and will run into some millions of dollars.\n\nIf, hitherto, unofficial members have refrained from criticising or catechising the Government on the rice question, you must understand, sir, that they have suffered long and silently and stoically from the fluctuations of exchange, from the high rents of houses and from the general increased cost of living in the Colony.\n\nThey have been fobbed off from time to time with mean shifts such as the so-called duty pay which was obviously only designed to deprive Civil Servants of the share of pension which should have been attached to that duty pay. And not only that, it was intended, or, at any rate, it resulted in forcing them to remain out here and work and so injure their health when they should have been at home recruiting their strength.\n\nWhat I think of the gentleman who invented that duty pay is perhaps better illustrated in this way. When I was a young man in Hong Kong, the American Consul was the celebrated Colonel Moseley, a great cavalry leader. He was a first-class fighting man and very irascible when I knew him and he soon came to loggerheads with a man called Peter Smith, the official crimp of the Consulate. Moseley was a past master in strong language and was soon told he was to be prosecuted for libel by Peter Smith. He turned round, saying, \"Libel Peter Smith, the word is not coined that could libel him.\" That is how I feel about the man who invented duty pay. Contrasted with him, Peter Smith must have been a nobleman.\n\nI know Mr. Messer says they must make the best of it and that it is better than nothing. It was like the little boys taking medicine. They laughed miserably, the little wretches, but they had to swallow it. The men in high places should care for the interests of those under them. They should not try to take advantage of difficulties in this way. If I were not speaking in this Council and in the presence of H.E. the Governor, I should call it a dirty trick.\n\nWe invited everyone who wished to come before us to state his or her case. We examined personally every applicant and, in no instance, did we recommend any expenditure or any increase that we did not think absolutely justified by the facts. It was a matter of bare justice and nothing more.\n\nAfter all, we unofficial members can do very little in these matters. We can bark but we are muzzled by the official majority, and we cannot bite. But I will go on barking as long as I can and I say now that if Lord Milner's advisers see fit to modify our recommendations to any material extent, they will do grave injustice to their fellow-servants as well as to a body of hard working, patient and loyal men and women.\n\nIt is to be hoped, sir, also that by improving the communications with the southern district of the New Territories, particularly Lantau and Lamma, greater areas of Colonial land may be put under cultivation so as to enable the Colony to grow its own consumption of rice and other vegetables and fruits. The cultivated acreage at present is only 42,463. It is high time, sir, that steps were taken to put as much as possible of the remaining 207,778 acres under cultivation on the terrace system, at which the Chinese cultivator is such an adept.\n\nOn the question of salaries, I may point to the somewhat misleading statement which appears in the exchange footnote on page 3. The rate of exchange on sterling salaries is not 4/5ths at 1/9 and 1/5th at 3/-. The last fifth is paid at the Government current rate, with the result that neither the sterling posts nor the compensated dollar posts will receive during the year the sums in dollars stated in the estimates. In fact, they will not receive so much unless the dollar drops in value to 3/7.\n\nPage 103\n\nHONGKONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL\n\n200\n\nNOOSSBAPY",
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        "content_text": "K 1\n\n543\n\nonly partially protected, the place will probably always remain unloved of shipmasters, but the Formosan Government seems determined to circumvent the forces of nature as far as possible. Originally the harbour now under construction was a shallow lagoon, some two or three feet deep with a very narrow entrance from the west off which lay a long shifting sandbar. The place was a terror to navigators and in the bad season ships were frequently unable to make the small anchorage at all. The lagoon was formerly much larger than at present as extensive tracts of water have been filled in and the land thus reclaimed forms the site of the modern town.\n\nSome of this reclamation work was done by foreigners during the Chinese regime but the major portion is due to Japanese initiative.\n\nLarge sums totalling over Yen 17,000,000 have been voted from time to time for the harbour works by the Japanese Diet. The work was commenced in 1908 and, under the present appropriations, is to be completed in 1925. The engineers in charge, however, utter the lament - so common among their kind all the world over - that the money allowed them is insufficient to permit the building of the harbour of their dreams. How far this complaint is caused by the natural enthusiasm of experts and how far by real exigencies I cannot say, but if the works outlined for me by Mr. Yamagata, Chief Engineer of the Bureau of Public Works, are to be carried out in full, the existing votes will require much expansion. I give below a description",
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        "content_text": "100% LATE 190 SEL. VA ga\n\nMag he\n\n(DREST 313 Husnap' yan\n\nTal. Addr..\n\nSIGNALLY, AVE, LONDON Tulashome.3632 LONDON WALL (4 Linsa).\n\nTELEGRAM\n\nISSUED FROM CHIEF CABLE STATION, ELECTRA HOUSE, FINSBURY PAVEMENT. REPLIES SHOULD BE ORDERED\n\nVia Eastern\n\nDoubtful words should be OFFICIALLY repeated. See Rate Book.\n\nNo inquiry respecting this Telegram can be attended to without production of this Copy.\n\nSee back of form for list of Company's Stations in London and Telephone Numbers.\n\nORIGINAL TIME\n\nOuter Circle AM Inner Circle\n\n8.46 KATA - 8.65 a.m.\n\n133 CIRCUIT.\n\n* Clarka Foni.\n\nTo Be Received.\n\nT kap. fir bur 95%\n\nEXU A 57 C HONGKONG\n\nThe first line of this Telegram contains the following preamble\n\nIn the order named: -\n\nLSUTRA 3 Aud\n\nHOUSE\n\nHONGKONG 104/103\n\nYour tell. Dis Trave\n\nUNGENLET\n\nNumber of Message, Office at Origin handed in bot\n\nNumber of Words. Date\n\nqamigal destruction:\n\n38453 REC\n\nREC' GOVER AUGE\n\nITYJ 3 OK BG\n\nPRIORITY A-\n\nCHAPELRIES LN\n\nON E SEMICOLON WAPELLO\n\nEN GLI SH CHANNEL COMMA\n\nMANUALI ST 1918\n\n30 May MARSHROPIN\n\n15 June\n\n10 JEW SMALLOW\n\nSAMO SET\n\nWANET? MERCATALE COMMA\n\n1918 ATLANTIC\n\nTARN SPORATION COMPANY\n\nses and tenir get Exported shortly PALATINATE ESSOIGNE\n\nbelonged to\n\nBAR POST STANDARD\n\nF AND\n\nCOMMA \"MEXICOCITY\n\nBi..",
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        "content_text": "515\n\nThe lighters, towed by tugs, will carry the mud to somewhere.\n\nAs the part of the canal from the sea to the inner harbour is, as already stated, very shallow and the lighters and tugs cannot pass there, and as the rest of the canal on the side of the sea only allows the passage of such lighters and tugs at high tide, the place for the discharge of the mud had to be selected in front of the village of Taipa - the only place where the lighters and tugs can carry the mud at any tide, as there is always enough depth in this small trip.\n\nBesides, the discharge to that locality is much more economical than to any other reclamation land, for the distance to be run by lighters and tugs is four times shorter than to the nearest reclamation land round Macau.\n\nIf any other locality be selected, four times the number of lighters and tugs must at least be employed (the trip being at least four times longer), in order to work continually the dredgers.\n\nIt is impossible to obtain immediately such a great number of lighters and tugs; were it possible, the work would be so expensive that it would not be worth while to attempt it, and Macau, without a harbour, would be entirely closed to trade.\n\nThat space in front of the village of Taipa is already naturally reclaimed, for the silting is such that the bed is seen in low tide, and the discharge of mud there will not but raise the bed four or five feet, with the advantage of allowing the construction of a typhoon shelter for junks.\n\nThe reclamation in front of the village of Taipa, shown in the big plan, has absolutely nothing to do with the harbour scheme, which the Government of Macau had decided to carry out only when the delimitation of the boundaries of Macau is concluded.\n\nWe hope that with the explanation now given you will not object to the inclusion of the reclamation in front of the village of Taipa in the agreement, especially when we have made it clear that in case the locality be eventually decided...",
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        "content_text": "ingly abundant in many parts of the tropical regions of this country and the nuts are available in very large quantities, a sack of the nuts have been forwarded to the Imperial Institute of London for examination to ascertain if they may be of commercial value as a source of oil. Should they prove to contain a good percentage of oil, and the crushing of the nuts presents no difficulty, a new and very important industry for Colombia should be developed. The fruits, I may mention, are readily eaten by cattle and the nuts passed through the cattle may therefore be collected in cattle corrals in large numbers and at little cost.\n\nMagangue.\n\nSugar Plantation on Cauca River. From Gamarra I proceeded on September 12th to Magangue. Here I called especially to arrange a visit to the sugar plantations of the Companhia Azucarera de Sucre de Central Bolivar, which are situated on the banks of the Cauca river, where I was informed a plant capable of turning out 120 sacks of sugar, of 125 lbs. each, per day had been installed. On arriving at Magangue, however, I learned that, owing to the heavy rains, the plantations had been inundated for the past three months, and that the factory was consequently temporarily closed. As a journey there would have occupied 8 days, and under these circumstances be useless, I decided to proceed to Barranquilla.\n\nMagangue is a larger town than the majority along the Magdalena, having about 9,000 inhabitants. Its situation is important, being the port for the sabanas of Bolivar; consequently, it is the scene of a good deal of traffic with cattle and trading generally. Its being situated near the Cauca river contributes also to its importance. I proceeded to Barranquilla on the 15th, arriving there early on the following day.\n\n## General Impressions of the River Journey\n\nThe principal object of my visit to the various river ports along the Magdalena was to obtain an idea of the forest resources, and of the agricultural possibilities of the country generally. The exceptional heavy rains, however, and the consequent flooded state of the country, prevented me from carrying out the systematic work that I had hoped to have accomplished. In any case, little could have been done in the space of three weeks, and I came to the conclusion that, in order to make a general survey of the forest areas of the lower Magdalena of any value, at least a year would be necessary. Such a survey would require a river steamer at one's disposal, as well as a motor or gasoline boat for ascending the affluents of the Magdalena; in addition, a complement of at least fifty men would be required for opening lines through the forests for inspection. In my opinion, a careful survey of the Magdalena forests should be made, not only to map out those areas of most importance from a timber point of view, which of course should be worked on scientific lines, securing to the country a permanent supply of timber; but also for the purpose of mapping out those areas best adapted for cattle farming, for sugar growing, cacao, and other plantation industries. Such information should prove invaluable to the Government in aiding the systematic exploitation of the forest resources, as well as the agricultural development of one of the most accessible parts of Colombia.\n\n# DEPARTAMENTO DE MAGDALENA\n\n## Santa Marta\n\nOn September 20th I proceeded to Santa Marta and remained there till the 30th making arrangements for my journey through the Departamento. I had intended starting with mules from Santa Marta for the Sierra Nevada, Provinces of Valle Dupar and Padilla, and thence to Rio Hacha and Goajira. Not being able, however, to make satisfactory arrangements for the hire of transport, I decided to proceed by sea to Rio Hacha and commence the journey overland from that town.\n\nSanta Marta is the capital of the Departamento and the seat of the local Government. It possesses a fine deep bay which affords a safe anchorage and an excellent port, steamers being able to get alongside the railway wharf. The most important local industry is the growing of bananas for export, which has within recent years assumed an industry of the greatest importance. The banana plantations are served by the Santa Marta Railway which conveys the fruit to the port on the arrival of the fruit steamers. The bulk of the produce from the ports on the Magdalena river of this Departamento finds its way to Barranquilla and is exported from that port.\n\n## Rio Hacha\n\nOn the evening of September 30th we left by sailing boat from Santa Marta for Rio Hacha, and arrived there in the afternoon of October 2nd. Rio Hacha is one of the oldest towns of Colombia, but owing to various fires little remains of the old Spanish buildings except the ruins of an old castle now being washed by the waves of the encroaching sea. It is the capital of the Province of Padilla, and is situated near the river Calancala, on the boundary between the Province and the peninsula of Goajira. There is no harbour, the sea being an open roadstead and very shallow, not permitting even small sailing boats to anchor nearer the shore than about a kilometer. All exports and imports have therefore to be transported in cayucos or large dug-out canoes from the shore to the boats or vice versa.\n\n![A Banana Plantation near Santa Marta](A)\n\n![The Bay of Santa Marta](The Bay of Santa Marta)\n\n![Shipping Bananas at the Port of Santa Maria](Shipping Bananas at the Port of Santa Maria)\n\n122",
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        "content_text": "# DEED OF PRESENTATION\n\nThe makers of this deed of presentation are Ng Mui and his wife Chu Shi, of the Chung Mi village, in the Lung Tam section, of the Shun Tak District.\n\nOn account of scarcity of food the husband and the wife have conferred together and have agreed to allow their own natural born daughter, Kwan Chiu, who was born at the hour of the \"Rat\" on the 3rd day of the 9th moon of the San Hoi year, (a), to be taken by Mak Shi, the middle woman (b) to..... of.. who has agreed to accept and keep their daughter and has agreed to pay $60 as compensation for milk, ginger and vinegar expenses. (c). On this day, in the presence of the middle woman, the sum was fully paid to and received in person by Ng Mui and his wife.\n\nThis girl is really and truly Ng Mui's own daughter, and has not been kidnapped nor otherwise taken possession of by him. She has not been betrothed to any person nor has she been pledged to Ng Mui for debt. (d).\n\nThis is a proper transaction openly proposed and openly accepted, and agreed to by three parties (e), with the consent of two parties.\n\nAfter presentation, ... shall be at liberty to alter the name of the girl, (f), and to keep her and employ (g) her until she becomes of age when ... shall be at liberty to marry her to a good family as wife or as concubine without any objection or hindrance. If the mountains are high, or the water is shallow or if there be any decree of Heaven, (h), then neither party shall be liable.\n\nThe presentation is a permanent one.\n\nWords of mouth being insufficient as proof, this presentation deed is made and handed to ... to be held as evidence.\n\nSigned by the middle woman.  \nMak Shi.  \nSigned by finger mark.  \nSigned by finger mark.  \nNg Mui. Chu Shi.\n\nDated the 6th day of the 10th moon of the Ping Shan year, the 6th year of the Republic. (1)",
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        "content_text": "## GSC 526\n\nVO Jesy NIE : TO\n\nThe highest things in the world, and that water is the lowest or most shallow, almost anything may happen between these two extremes. If anything happens which is a decree of heaven, then under the deed no one is responsible. In other words, all claims are barred in the event of what we should call an act of God, including sickness and death from accidental or natural causes.\n\n(i). The date is the 1st November, 1916. It will be seen that the girl was six years of age according to Chinese reckoning. This is also shown by the amount paid as compensation for milk and ginger money. It is the custom to allow $10 for each year. It will also be noticed that the girl was only aged 4 years and one month according to our reckoning. Chinese do not reckon age as we do. A Chinese child becomes one year old on the last day of the year in which it was born, and becomes two years old on the New Year's Day following. A Chinese child might therefore be two years old when we should call it two days old.\n\n(Sd.) S. B. C. Ross,  \nSecretary for Chinese Affairs.  \n8th May, 1921.",
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        "content_text": "# No.4 Enclosure in Mr. Jamieson's No. 33 of May 12th, 191 \n\n## EXTRACT FROM CANTON TIMES May 12th, 1921.\n\n### A Crop Of Rumours.\n\nThe sudden departure of the Hong Kong Governor for the north on a fast warship, and his subsequent arrival in Peking about the same time as Sir Robert Ho Tung reached there, has given rise to a crop of rumours that will not down.\n\n### Other Chinese Comments.\n\n#### THE PUNITIVE EXPEDITION TO THE SOUTH.\n\n(Shen Chow Jih Pao.) Warlord Two Kun and Warlord Chang Tsu-lin have declared in favour of a punitive expedition to the South to put down the new government of the South with Dr. Sun Yat-sen as its newly elected president. The scheme is to send Northern troops via Kiangsu and to use the troops for reinforcing the troops to be despatched by Fukien and Kiangsi for participation in the expedition. Without commenting on the wisdom or folly of the measure contemplated, let us express the firm opinion that this campaign will be bound to end in complete failure.\n\nWhy has the state of belligerency between North and South been suspended by Peking and Canton? Has a state of mutual understanding been arrived at? The two sides gave up fighting because each realised from experience its lack of the needed resources to bring the campaign to a successful issue. The rumour has it that Governor Stubbs made his trip to Peking in the interest of the British Syndicate headed by Major Cassell, and in connection with the Cassell Coal Mining Contract. Under a clause in that document, it is necessary for the British Syndicate to obtain the approval of the Peking Government before the terms of the contract can come into effect. It is known that Major Cassell failed to get this approval when he went up to Peking last year. Governor Stubbs, so the Chinese believe, has now offered Hau Shih-chang a quid pro quo for his official sanction to this outrageous agreement. In exchange for Peking's approval, the Hongkong Government is reported to have agreed to recognize the \"paper unification mandate\". So far as Hongkong is concerned, this arrangement would result in outlawing the present Cantonese leaders and would give direct British aid and assistance to the Kwangsi militarists in their fight to return to Kwangtung.\n\nThe warlords of the North do not seem to realise that they have not yet established a spirit of mutual trust between themselves and the militarists of Central and Southern China. The idea of sending Northern troops through Kiangsu territory will certainly not be tolerated by the Tuchun of Kiangsu. Tuchun Li Hou-chi of Fukien has, since last year, been reported as being in secret alliance with the Military Government or carrying on negotiations with this end in view.\n\nThe attitude of Lu Yung-hsiang, Tuchun of Chekiang, has been, as has been characterised by the Peking politicians, \"somewhat muddy.\" Under this cloud of mutual distrust and suspicion, it is humanly impossible for the militarists in Central and Southern China to pull together in a joint expedition.\n\nAnother rumour is to the effect that the British Government has decided to return Weihaiwei to China on condition that the Hongkong Government will be permitted to extend its boundary up to Sheklung and Whampoa shall be brought under British jurisdiction. It is maintained by those who accept this report, that Hongkong does not want Whampoa developed into a port for this would seriously affect the trade and commerce of Hongkong.\n\nStill another rumour which has been spread in a vain endeavour to explain Governor Stubbs' trip north, attributes it to British concern for the construction of the line proposed to connect the Canton-Kowloon Railway with the Yuel-Han Railway. The British authorities are willing, (so the rumour) to finance this project and also undertake the construction of the Yueh-Han line from Shiukwan to Hankow.\n\nOthers see still deeper political significance in this much-advertised trip. They contend that Great Britain and Japan have come to an agreement regarding their respective spheres of influence in China. Notwithstanding the opposition of America and some of the Dominions, the Anglo-Japanese Alliance will be renewed. Great Britain, therefore, agrees to give Japan a free hand worth of the Yangtze; while Japan will support British pretensions in South China.\n\nThere are other rumours too numerous to mention. These vary in range, from the perfectly innocent desire on the part of Governor Stubbs to escape the heat of Hongkong, to the preposterous claim that Hongkong has aggressive designs for the re-occupation of the whole of Kwangtung.\n\nThe CANTON TIMES does not swallow any of these rumours. We are as much in the dark about this affair as our Hongkong contemporaries profess to be.\n\n### \n\n210 \n\nPage 210",
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        "content_text": "## Mining Operations\n\nThe coal is at present being worked in three ways: (a) From pits, (b) inclines, and (c) open working. Of these the last will be dealt with separately.\n\nThere are at present four pits and four inclines in operation, the names of the pits being Chienchinchai (or “C” pit), Oyama, Toge, and Laobutai (or \"L\" pit). Of these the deepest is the Oyama pit, which strikes the seam at a depth of 1,160 feet and has a depth of 1,234 feet. The Toge pit is 930 feet in depth, while the other two are each about 320 feet deep.\n\nThe names of the four slopes now in use are Yangpai (worked in conjunction with the Toge pit), Wantawu (worked in conjunction with the \"L\" pit), Lungpukan, and Heintun. A new shaft, to be known as the Lungpu pit, is now being sunk at the extreme eastern end of the concession, and has already reached a depth of 400 feet. The total depth of this shaft, which it is expected will be completed in about two years, will be approximately 2,500 feet.\n\n## Method of Working\n\nAt the outset the coal was worked by the pillar and stall system, but about 1912 the sand-flushing system, by which a very much larger percentage of the coal can be extracted, was introduced. The results obtained were highly satisfactory, and the system is now in use throughout the mine, the plant connected therewith being of the most up-to-date type. Sand is procurable in plenty from the bed of the River Hun, whence it is transported by electric railway to the pits, into which it is flushed by high water pressure. By these means about 80 per cent. of the coal can be extracted, and considerable saving of expense is effected in labour and the cost of mine timbers.\n\nThe coal is blasted at the working face, the powder used being dynamite with 50 per cent. of non-explosive matter mixed with it. The mines are comparatively free from fire-damp, and explosions are of rare occurrence, though there have been disastrous fires at the mines, e.g., in 1918, when there was a big explosion in the Oyama pit involving the loss of a large number of lives.\n\nThe underground haulage is mainly mechanical and where mechanical means are not available coolies are used. There are no pit ponies.\n\n## Open Workings\n\nThere are two open-cut mines in operation at Fushun and these form one of the principal features of the colliery. As stated above, the seam now being worked comes to the surface at the foot of the hills forming the valley of the Hun River, and in April 1914 operations were commenced with a view to mining the coal at the western end of the concession from the surface on a scale hitherto attempted. The work has progressed satisfactorily and some four years ago another open-cut mine was commenced nearer the hills and on the other side of the existing railway line. These two open workings are eventually to be joined, and the work of mining the coal from the surface will be continued in an easterly and northerly direction right under the existing town. It will therefore be necessary to move the present station and to build a new town, which will be situated at a spot much nearer to the river. The scheme has in fact already been taken in hand, as no new buildings of any kind are being erected in the present town. It is anticipated that the two open cuts will be linked up in from two to three years' time.\n\nCoal from the open workings can naturally be obtained with a much smaller outlay than in the case of pits, and this is especially the case at present, when the workings are comparatively shallow. All that requires to be done at present is to clear away the upper layer of soil and stone until the coal is reached, though as the seam dips from south to north a layer of shale which overlies the coal and increases in thickness with the depth of the seam has also to be removed. And it is here that the principal obstacle to the further development of the open workings will be met with, as the problem of the disposal of the shale presents considerable difficulty. Hitherto the shale has been piled up round the lip of the workings, but this has not proved altogether satisfactory as, owing to the existence of a comparatively high percentage of oil in the shale, spontaneous combustion occurs when it is exposed to the heat of the sun, while the fumes from the burning shale make the town anything but a pleasant place in which to live when the wind is in a certain quarter. To avoid this difficulty water has been thrown on the shale; but there is a limit to the extent to which this can be done, and the problem of the removal of the shale is now engaging the serious attention of the authorities. How serious the problem is will be realised when it is stated that the management of the colliery are planning to work the coal by means of this system to a depth of 1,000 feet. The shale, however, is said to contain about 8 gallons of heavy oil to the ton, and there is a possibility that plant may be installed with a view to the extraction of the oil as a by-product.\n\nBut, however this may be, it is certain that in the course of a few years, provided the open-cut system is further developed, large hauling plants will be required. At present the depth reached is only from 100 to 120 feet and comparatively little plant is required as coolie labour is abundant and cheap.\n\nThe present daily output of the open workings is about 1,000 tons.\n\n## Plant\n\nThe winding, pumping, ventilating, and hauling plant in use at the various pits and inclines is of various makes—British, German, and American predominating.\n\nThere are two power plants from which current is supplied to all the pits and workings. The first was installed when the colliery was first taken over by the railway company, and is equipped with two Parsons turbo-generators of 1,000 kilowatts each, while one Curtis turbo-generator of 5,000 kilowatts was added later. There are ten Babcock and Wilcox water-tube boilers. This plant is situated near the Oyama pit, to which it supplies power as well as to the other workings in that part of the concession.\n\nThe second power plant, the Mond gas plant, was first installed in 1914, and originally had a gasifying capacity of 240 tons of coal per day. Since then the plant has been doubled in size, and there are now thirty-six producers, the generating plant consisting of two sets of 1,500- and three sets of 3,000-kilowatt turbo-generators. Refuse coal is used for the plant, and the proportion of nitrogen in the coal being comparatively high, fair results have been obtained. The quantity of coal required, however, to produce 1 kilowatt of power is somewhat excessive, being as much as 7 lb.\n\n| By-products | Use |\n| --- | --- |\n| Sulphate of ammonia | Principally exported to foreign countries |\n| Tar | Used by the railway company for preparing railway sleepers and other purposes |\n\nOf the by-products, the sulphate of ammonia is principally exported to foreign countries, while the tar is used by the railway company for preparing railway sleepers and other purposes. During the war large quantities of sulphate of ammonia were sent to the Dutch East Indies for use in the sugar plantations, and owing to the high prices prevailing considerable profits were made out of this branch of the mining business. There are two sets of sulphuric acid producers with a daily capacity of 50 tons.\n\nA third power plant is now in course of erection near the river.\n\n## Coke\n\nThere are thirty coking ovens at the mines, but they are not at present in use. The railway company's principal need for coke is in connection with the blast furnaces at the Anshan Iron Works, but it is found more profitable to manufacture the coke on the spot, and the coal for this purpose is therefore first conveyed to Anshan. The coal from the eastern end of the concession is the most suitable for the manufacture of coke, and it is for this reason that the South Manchuria Railway Company have acquired the rights over the Talien Mine, which adjoins the Fushun concession, and which produces coal suitable for the production of coke. It is proposed to mine the coal on the Talien concession from the new pit mentioned above, as being in course of construction at the extreme end of the Fushun area.\n\n## Nature of Coal\n\nFushun coal is of fairly uniform quality, though, as stated above, that found at the eastern end is better suited for coking. In colour it is a lustrous black; it burns readily, is rich in volatile matter, and has a heating power of about 7,000 calories, is very suitable for consumption in locomotive and marine engines and also for gas making. The quantity of sulphur found in the coal is small, as is also the proportion of ash.\n\nPage 380",
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        "content_text": "68 \n\nEnclosure 7 in No. 29. \n\nActing Consul Brown to Mr. Alston. \n\n**Sir.** \n\nKiukiang, May 8, 1917. I have the honour to forward herewith a report on a journey of investigation into the cultivation of the opium poppy in the province of Kiangsi jointly with officials appointed by the Chinese Government in accordance with article 4 of the Opium Agreement of 1911. \n\nI have, &c. \n\nEnclosure 8 in No. 29. \n\nW. RUSSELL BROWN. \n\n## Report on a Journey of Investigation into the Cultivation of the Opium Poppy in the Province of Kiangsi. \n\nI have the honour to report that Messrs. Chien Kuang-hsi and Huang Tao-hsiung, the Chinese delegates appointed by the Wai-chiao Pu and the Ministry of the Interior, reached Kiukiang on the 16th March, and left with me by rail on the 19th March for Southern Kiangsi via Nanchang and the River Kan. This route was selected as the most practicable in view of the information in the possession of the consulate, which showed that the cultivation of opium poppy had been completely eradicated in the plains and low-lying parts of the province, and that any opium which might exist would be found in remote places in the mountains. On this point Protestant and Catholic missionaries, and the local Chinese press were unanimous. The mountainous regions of Kanchou, Yu Tu, Hsing Kuo, Ningtu, and Ihuang in the south and south-east and the range of hills lying on the borders of Chien Chang, Ani, and Chingan in the north-west were generally regarded as suspicious localities, and I therefore determined to visit these districts in succession. Owing to the difference in the climate between the north and south of the province, the poppy flowering three weeks earlier in the Kanchou region than in the Ani district, we directed our course first to the south. \n\nOur party, augmented by deputies despatched by the provincial administration and escorts of soldiers and police, left Nanchang early on the morning of the 21st March in seven junks, and were towed by steam launches up the Kan River to Wanan. Here on the 28th March we left the river and proceeded by chair to Kan Hsien (formerly Kan Chou), where we arrived on the 30th March. \n\nEnquiries were made by me at the Protestant and Catholic mission stations touched at en route from Nanchang, and I was everywhere informed that the rigorous measures of the magistrates and anti-opium officials had effectually suppressed opium-poppy cultivation in those districts. \n\nThe Protestant and Catholic missionaries at Kan Hsien were equally emphatic on this point, and assured me that it would be waste of time to visit the hills in that region. I accordingly pressed on to Yü Tu, which was reached on the 2nd April, after an exceedingly difficult two days' march. \n\nAs Yu Tu was one of the few districts in which opium poppy was known to have been grown in 1916, I determined to pay particular attention to this region, and after passing the district city, I left the road, climbed the most difficult part of the mountain range, and proceeded inland for a couple of hours' journey, looking with a pair of powerful field-glasses at the pockets of land lying between the hills. In this way I was able to satisfy myself beyond doubt that no opium poppy was under cultivation in an area of many square miles. I eventually regained the main road by a different route, and in the afternoon scaled the mountains to the south-west by a woodcutter's path. Here I spent some four hours in a careful inspection of the surrounding country, and returned convinced that no opium poppy was grown there, as I had been able to see the crops over an area of more than 12 square miles. The climbing in this part of the country was so difficult that only two officers and a few of the soldiers were able to accompany me. We reached the borders of Hsing Kuo district before turning back. I did not enter that district as I had received information at Kan Hsien that opium poppy had been eradicated in that region in 1916 after a severe fight between the troops and the people, in the course of which several persons had been killed and wounded and many houses burned. \n\n87 \n\nOn the 5th April we arrived at Ningtu, where we were forced to rest for one day owing to the exhaustion of our party. Many of the soldiers were brought in in chairs, as they were quite unable to walk. \n\nAt Ningtu, Mr. and Mrs. Seipel, missionaries in charge of the China Inland Mission station in that city, gave me a most cordial welcome, and assured us that the poppy was believed to be extinct in that region. But from another source I learnt the name of one possible opium-poppy growing locality, the Mi Shih Chai mountain, 70 li from Ningtu, on the road to Ihuang. \n\nOn the 8th April we left in a northerly direction for Ihuang, and stopped the night at Lo K'ou. Here eight people were shot in 1915 in an affray between the opium growers and the troops despatched to carry out suppression work. \n\nThe Mi Shih Chai mountain was situated some 10 li from Lo K'ou, and early on the morning of the 9th April we mounted it by a difficult path, and spent five hours in a careful exploration of the countryside. This region is said to be infested with tigers, so extra precautions were taken for the safety of our party. No poppy could be discovered anywhere, and the remains of the previous year's crops seen in the fields showed that none had been grown last year. We arrived at Ihuang on the 11th April, and from there proceeded to Lin Ch'uan (formerly Fu Chou), where we embarked on board junks and were towed by steam launch to Tu Chia Pu, in the Chien Ch'ang district. As the country was flooded we were able to make use of certain shallow channels and short cuts, whereby we saved between one and two days' time. \n\nIn the range of mountains lying on the borders of the three districts of Yung Hsiu (formerly Chien Ch'ang), Ani, and Ching An, the names of Hsia Ping, Mei Ling, and Ch'üan Shui Ch'in had been given as possible opium-poppy growing localities, and we therefore proceeded from Tu Chia Pu, via Yung Hsiu district city to Pai Ch'a, which appeared to be the most convenient centre for visiting the places in question. Hsia Ping, Mei Ling, and Ch'üan Shui Ch'in were found to be in close proximity, and on the 17th April I made a careful inspection and traversed the district without finding any trace of poppy, although the paths we took led us well into the heart of the hills away from the main roads. From here we crossed the mountains to Ani and entered the more level country leading to Feng Hsin and Kao An (formerly Jui-chou Fu). We arrived at Kao An on the 20th April. My intention had been to proceed to Shang-kao and the Wan Tsai district, but in view of the advanced date and the favourable information received from the missionaries at Kao An it appeared waste of time to investigate further in this direction, and I accordingly returned to Kiukiang via Nanchang. I spent a day and a half in the provincial capital as the guest of the civil Governor, and returned to my post at Kiukiang on the 24th April. \n\n## Method of Inspection. \n\nIn those districts where the names of possible opium-poppy growing localities had been furnished, the Chinese delegates and I visited and inspected each of the places in question. In those regions where it was commonly believed that poppy might possibly be found \"somewhere in the hills,\" I picked out the highest and most inaccessible part of the mountain range, ascended it by any track that could be found, and proceeded inland or along the crest for some miles until I had satisfied myself by the aid of powerful field-glasses that no poppy was under cultivation. In order to obtain fuller information as to the crops, official anti-opium proclamations, people, and general conditions, I walked for the greater part of the overland journey, and was thereby enabled to see much that might otherwise have escaped my notice. \n\n## Relations with Chinese Officials. \n\nFrom first to last I have met with the utmost courtesy and consideration at the hands of the Military and Civil Governors and their subordinates. The district magistrates and the gentry of every district visited have extended the heartiest hospitality to me as the representative of His Majesty's Legation. Every facility was given me of visiting and inspecting any part of the country, and my wishes were met in every respect. \n\nThe successful organisation of our party reflects the greatest credit on Mr. Wang Nien-tsu, the Kiukiang magistrate, and the officers under his control. It is entirely... \n\n[6032] \n\nPage 87 \nPage 68",
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        "content_text": "EF \n\n6957-B \n\n74 \n\n.19JIHUP \n\nvi cả nưh thợ gì an:91 \n\nJeter q ans di bedavN2n \n\n*I EF \n\nCEMIC10e ent & uit byvatebnu s \n\nadd mcxl Aduanmod Vilsin Baconrgi jadi 308 .8.19du \n\nLee,coi. .-lost pay to #59\"~ GAT \n\nod bike“ [fm Imois197 dj kw \n\ncari news:It VITAJA30 13 mont \n\n\"o nonintaj \n\nLeJOJITEucɔ 21 * \n\nan born a njoixa asal İMARVIN JJ #397ALİW \n\n472 000 550 talet dhe... inertad dosed \n\nmubrot \n\nX \n\n..C. \n\n.T \n\n-:W hi ci TIDE JO Jumboni panated to BJiwani JMS İz \n\nngin d Jo: OKI HI DAPPEL IF \n\n1 \n\nNZULK8q 2017 21 \n\nI. (zol cu: od at itisor a ak ng Jon \n\nMach to empole vah ndð o. Fauger do tw Bлo it absommoɔny \n\nHEIJ FICTÍ DA \n\nlove not* Mai?£IJ se 1979\" (1 \n\nt \n\nit iw ji evin 62 3[1: 12 BV ut av \n\nTASATULAch a vul as at katola ANU İMALI \n\nOF \n\n.yad \n\n©e maids-up \n\n* \n\n10 DA RITUTO Con cnscqo.svab Trust vi nất kha azzup, og to \n\nmad net lady jha nejjed ki ni oj in · it stadw (y+8 sada \n\nno ir \n\ni \n\n. \n\nA @cata and marid BBO`ZNI \n\nDittad xanh, bau pajavio do tw waliob of bi mo1 \n\nmiam ad aliv neit en i..FHOO 35911t Ak vi Tovonze- BINGW \n\n.qu hausto poposed eldt as metaça yawlixş \n\n2017 J** Invern of \n\nTenoner (eds da noiavodxo to molJi; (disscy adj \n\nyxov *f aclatro To ni blue. #i ! en,brikettgo doum orG od antiquattu di etnut fua reotch shivik 35 sínasivheni 100lieem aind ni yoNF 13JLS Test to el bajlati a dovija \n\nBJJ neðace marit 19.1381 \n\n* STAY.ki mo mu not. \n\npossibilities of development and extension are infinitely superior. \n\n9. Our reply, therefore, to question (a) is that the reclamation if carried out should be treated and developed as a reclamation of ordinary type. \n\n10. \n\n11 \n\n(b) \n\n\"In the event of a negative reply to (a) \"they should specify the form or type of \n\n\"see wall which they suggest should be \"constructed.\" \n\nWe gather from the papers that the Government is practically committed to carry out the proposed reclamation and to construct the road, Also that the material to be excavated in forming the road has to be disposed of and is of sufficient quantity to form the rubble mound required to retain the reclamation. \n\n12. Having regard to our remarks in dealing with question (&), we would recommend that if the reclamation be proceeded with, an ordinary rubble bank, should be carried out to retain the reclamation material, generally \n\nas shown on the Drawings, but that in lieu of a vertical wall above low water level, a pitched alope should be provided somewhat after the manner of that at Mongkotaui Breakwater. If shallow wharfing is considered necessary \n\nit could be added in reinforced concrete, as it appears \n\nis now being done in connection with the Reclamation M.L. \n\n430 and 431, which, however, is in a more protected \n\nsituation. If, as is suggested, e portion of the area to \n\nbe reclaimed is appropriated for Government repair work- \n\nshops, it could no doubt be arranged in connection there- \n\nwith to construct such slipways as might be necessary, but \n\nowing/",
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        "content_text": "114\n\nfoundations of the blockwork walls, KORENTOS would be taken to minimise the effect of unequal settlement between the two partitions of the wall, and we do not anticipate difficulty in this respect. The deep water wall would be carried round the outer end of the jetties so as to join up with the shallow wall of the Junk Basins.\n\n55. The shallow walls for the junk quays would also be constructed of concrete blocks, and the foundations would be placed throughout on a rubble mound deposited in a trench dredged in the material described as \"hard as derived from borings\".\n\n64.\n\nThe filling of the space between the outer walls of the jetties will depend to some extent upon the actual method adapted in carrying out the work. It is probable that a considerable quantity of the excavation from the foundations of the walls will be removed by grabbing and might be utilised as filling. If ordinary dredgings were to be so used, trouble and expense in connection with extra handling would be involved, in transferring the material from the barges to the area to be filled, and it would probably be more economical and satisfactory to deposit all ordinary dredgings at sea.\n\n57. The ground in the vicinity of Kowloon is extremely hilly, and extensive levelling has been done in the district to provide building areas for the increasing population. We would propose, therefore, that the general filling both for the reclamation area and for the jetties be obtained from levelling down high ground in the vicinity. Such procedure would have the double advantage of supplying material more suitable for the purpose than dredgings, and at providing areas of remunerative value.\n\n169",
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        "content_text": "TEL\n\n118\n\n66.\n\nThe works which we recommend for future extension are shown by Yellow Colour on the Drawings.\n\nThe construction would be generally similar to that which we have already described in connection with the first instalment, and the jetties would be carried out as and when required. It will be seen that the junk basin to be carried out in conjunction with Jetty No. 2 will be common to Jetty No. 3, the width of the basin being 140 feet, which we consider should be ample to allow junks and barges to pass in and out whilst others are lying alongside the quays. Similarly, a junk basin is provided common to Jetties Nos. 4 and 5. No. 6 is shown to have deep water quays on each side.\n\nIt is probable that by the time this jetty comes to be constructed, the railway traffic will have developed to such an extent as to render railway quays of more importance than junk basins. The exact accommodation to be provided would, of course, be the subject of special consideration before each extension is put in hand. When completed, there will be available 8,600 lin. feet of deep water quay, or say 18 to 20 berths for large vessels of varying dimensions and 5,650 lin. feet of shallow quay for junks and barges, without taking into account the quay at the eastern end of the reclamation coloured yellow.\n\n66.\n\nWe may here add that if in the future the traffic should develop on such lines as to appreciably lessen the use of the junk basins, it would not be a difficult matter to fill up one or more of these basins and convert the area of the adjoining jetties into a deep water quay with a berthage of 860 feet for each pair of jetties. The blocks forming the junk quays could no doubt be taken up and reused.\n\n23",
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        "content_text": "51\n\n*\n\n# HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL\n\nlarge area round the lower part of the Peak Road. It was essential, of course, that all the owners of houses in that district should agree that their houses should only be let or sold to Europeans. Many conferences took place and most of the owners accepted the proposal. Some stood out saying \"No, we want a free market for our houses. We want to know certainly that we shall be able to sell when we leave the Colony and are ready to go home after ten or fifteen years and we may be unable to find a buyer under this reservation scheme.\" The other owners took the attitude that they could not come in unless everybody agreed. Not long ago a sale in this area has put the final nail in the coffin of the scheme.\n\nIn these cases the deterrent contained in Section 20 has been insufficient to prevent the evil while the tenants have lost all protection granted by the Ordinance.\n\nYour Petitioners further desire to call the attention of the Several Members of the Legislative Council to the case of the persons now housed in 26 domestic tenements situated 13 in Upper Rutter Street and 13 in Lower Rutter Street. These houses are about to be pulled down by the landlords and approximately 12,000 persons will be dispossessed, mostly employed as Conservancy coolies. It is feared that these persons who discharge a necessary service will not be able to find other suitable accommodation and will be unable to continue their work.\n\nQuite recently a number of persons have approached me on this subject of a European reservation, but there has always been the objection that while they are willing to rent they are not prepared to build. For the reason that when leaving the Colony they will not find an open market. In conversation with a well-known resident recently I reminded him of the story of Abraham when the Angel announced to him the intended destruction of Sodom. Abraham pleaded for the city, saying \"Peradventure ten shall be found there,\" and the Angel answered \"I will not destroy the City for ten's sake\". And I said: \"Find me ten—or I will reduce it—find me five who will build houses in this reservation, and I am sure the Government will meet them more than half way.\" He went out and has not returned.\n\nNow, there is no racial question in all this. We are prepared to make a similar proposition to any community which may wish to live separately among its own kith and kin. We have, in fact, recently leased without auction to Chinese an area on which they propose to build fifty houses for the permanent residence of members of the Chinese community.\n\nI now come to the case presented to us by the Chinese. I will read the Petition from the Hongkong Tenants Protective Society, which has 4,000 subscribing members representing, approximately, 40,000 members of families. The petitioners say:\n\nA great number of cases have occurred in which tenants have been forced to vacate possession of their tenancies under Section 4 (1)F of the Rents Ordinance 1922, which allows the ejectment of tenants in cases which the landlord intends to rebuild domestic tenements so as to make them new buildings within the meaning of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance 1923 and it has been subsequently ascertained that possession has not been obtained in accordance with the provisions of the Ordinance.\n\nYour Petitioners therefore humbly pray that the several members of the Legislative Council will be pleased:—\n\n(1) To consider an amendment to the Rents Ordinance 1922 with a view to making provision for the protection of tenants wrongfully dispossessed by adding to Section 20 of the Rents Ordinance, the words \"And the Magistrate may order the lessor to allow the lessee possession of such domestic tenement.\"\n\n(2) To consider measures for the relief of persons employed in necessary duties making arrangements to house them in temporary quarters.\n\nI may say that I have been over all these properties which are to be demolished. The case of the Conservancy coolies is being dealt with by the Government who are making arrangements to house them in temporary quarters on a large piece of ground immediately adjoining. Among other cases quoted is that of McGregor Street. That is the first which came immediately to the notice of the Government. 900 persons are being dispossessed by re-construction of these very old and undesirable tenements.\n\nThe Government considered the case and was satisfied that reconstruction was necessary and desirable. Efforts were made to transport the tenants to Sham Shui Po, and the question of housing them in matsheds was also considered—but they disappeared. I can state from personal investigation that the Rutter Street property which is to be demolished is a most undesirable property, and the Building Ordinance Officer who accompanied me said that he would be thankful to see it come down.\n\nThis Colony has a somewhat startling capacity for absorbing Chinese, as has been exemplified time and again in periods of unrest at Canton. Now this certainly results in most undesirable overcrowding, but for the purposes of the present argument I merely state the fact that homeless people do find accommodation somehow. I have a list of a considerable number of empty tenements with which I will not trouble Honourable Members, but they may be interested in the figures relating to tenements under construction. Between the 1st of January and the 31st of May, 51 European and 321 Chinese houses were certified for occupation.\n\nThe European houses consisted of 162 storeys and the Chinese of 997 storeys. Between now and four months' time there will be 29 new European houses; 374 European flats; and 472 Chinese houses containing 1,594 storeys. And there is also the new hotel of some 90 rooms in Kowloon. As against that, the number of houses which have been or are to be demolished is 417. Therefore, it will be seen that there is new building considerably in excess of what is disappearing. It takes only some six months to pull down and reconstruct these Chinese tenements, so the hardship does not last for a very long period.\n\nThe question is to be looked at from a wider point of view than that of the individual tenant. In the year 1894, the great plague year, we paid the penalty of our evil rat-infested slums, and Sir William Robinson wrote: \"The remedy, as your Lordship will see, is a very drastic one. It may result in the destruction and rebuilding of one-tenth part of Hongkong. It will necessitate the extension in every direction of houses fitted for Chinese occupation on improved sanitary principles.\"\n\nSince that day we have had the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance which, with all its imperfections, is a great advance on those days, and the condition of the town is much more satisfactory. But we still have most undesirable slums. I have been over all those that have been named in this connection and I am speaking from experience, when I say that Honourable Members would, if they saw them, be struck with amazement, that the Colony is not swept from end to end every year by disease. In 1918 we had the Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis epidemic, and after the Olitsky report the Government had in contemplation the demolition and reconstruction of large areas in the heart of the Chinese quarters, but considered it more expedient to concentrate on the opening out and development of suburbs and the improvement of communications with the intention, when sufficient accommodation should be available, to enforce the law against overcrowding in order to put a stop to congestion in the City.\n\nNow, suddenly, we have our opportunity. The unrest in China has poured a flood of Chinese capital into this place and a large part of it is being used by private enterprise, on its own initiative, to do this very work which should have been done long ago. Year in and year out we have had preached to us the absolute necessity of removing this slum property. Now not only are others doing it for us but we are seizing the opportunity of widening streets, getting more open spaces, and effecting other improvements which are long overdue.\n\nOf course, the landlords are not doing this from philanthropic motives, but I think it is not true to make a general assertion that their guiding incentive is the evasion of the Rents Ordinance. There was one distinct case in February last, which unfortunately I did not hear of at the time, in which the landlord had rebuilt, solely for the purpose of evading the Ordinance. There was one other case, mentioned by the Senior Unofficial Member, No. 23, Amoy Street, in which, apparently the same object was in view. I sent for the architect and I think that nothing more will be heard of the matter. These are the only cases. Well, gentlemen, one swallow does not make a summer; one doubtful act on the part of a landlord is not necessarily a reason for legislating generally against all landowners.\n\nIn all other cases the building officer assures me that he is satisfied that there will be more legitimate accommodation in almost every case and an improved type of building in every case. I will quote his words.\n\n44\n\nand\n\n355",
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        "content_text": "# **CONFIDENTIAL**\n## REPORT OF THE OPIUM COMMITTEE\n\nHONGKONG, 1st March, 1924.\n\nThe Committee has been appointed \"to consider the suggestions made by the Advisory Committee of the League of Nations with a view to determining what further measures can be taken in Hongkong to give a more effective application to Chapter II of the Opium Convention, and to examine the existing position, and to explore the possibilities of further effective action\".\n\nBy Article 6 in Chapter II of the Convention it is provided that \"the contracting Powers shall take measures for the gradual and effective suppression of the manufacture of, internal trade in, and use of prepared opium, with due regard to the varying circumstances of each country concerned\".\n\n2. In Hongkong the measures now taken to give effect to Article 6 comprise a Government monopoly, sale of Government opium at an artificially high price, heavy penalties in respect of trafficking in or use of opium other than Government opium, and the maintenance of a considerable force of Revenue Officers for the purpose of preventing such trafficking or use. There is no check upon the consumption of opium apart from the high price charged for Government opium and the penalties imposed in respect of illicit opium, and it is obvious that the continuance of the present policy cannot lead to the suppression of the use of opium in the Colony. The most that that policy can effect under existing conditions is to keep the opium habit within bounds.\n\nThe problem to be solved is whether, under existing conditions, it is possible to suppress, either immediately or gradually, the consumption of opium in Hong Kong.\n\nThe Committee, in considering this matter, has ignored the financial aspect of the opium question, and it is agreed that, as far as it is concerned, the fact that the Colony derives a considerable revenue from the sale of opium is entirely irrelevant.\n\n3. The Committee is of the opinion that some twenty to twenty-five per cent of the adult Chinese population, including some one to two per cent of the adult female population, either smoke or swallow opium. It is stated by the persons employed in selling Government opium that the percentage has slightly increased during the past six or seven years. Chinese of the better class are inclined to regard the opium habit as discreditable, much as they would regard betting as discreditable, but they are certainly not prepared to practise what they might possibly preach. Public opinion might not countenance too open a parade of either gambling or opium smoking, but at least it has no great fault to find with the not too ostentatious practice of the latter habit. Opium smoking in China has perhaps the same popular support as betting has in England, and the one practice is probably as difficult to eradicate as the other.\n\nThis statement will no doubt be traversed by the argument that the cultivation of poppy in China was practically put an end to about the year 1917, and that the final suppression of opium smoking was then all but attained. In the opinion of the Committee this argument is not supported by facts. The Chinese Government had consistently resented and opposed the export of Chinese silver to pay for Indian opium, and, when the British Government agreed to put an end to the import of Indian opium upon conditions, the conditions were at once accepted. Those conditions included the suppression of poppy cultivation in China, and under constant Consular supervision and protest much was done in this direction, although it is probable that the reports of foreign observers expressed an optimism unwarranted by the facts. Very large stocks of opium, both raw and prepared, were carried, and not long after the final exclusion of Indian opium the internal restrictions became a dead letter throughout the greater part of the country. Since the earliest days of the opium question in China the principal concern of the Provincial Governments has been to eradicate, not the opium habit, but the Indian opium habit, and the failure to attain this end, until India cooperated, may be attributed to the fact that public taste vastly prefers the Indian to the home-grown drug.",
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        "content_text": "519 \n\nthat there is not the remotest prospect that the Scheme of Wharves at the Western side of the Southern end of the Kowloon Peninsula will ever be proceeded with. The Scheme was prepared in deference to proposals put forward by certain Master Mariners through the Chamber of Commerce, and Mr. Duncan did not himself take it seriously.\n\n12. I have suggested in telegram of the 28th April that it is not necessary to refer Mr. Duncan's Scheme as a whole to the Consulting Engineers, first because it includes a large quantity of more or less routine reclamation of shallow waters of a type which is being continually carried on in various parts of the harbour, and also because it covers projects such as that referred to in paragraph 11 above, which it is not proposed to carry out. The reclamation at Kennedy Town, referred to in paragraph 10, is similar to many other reclamations, such as that at Praya East, and the Port Engineer's Department is fully competent to deal with any questions that may arise. The provision of wharf accommodation at Hung Hom falls within a different category, and I propose that the question of undertaking any major work of this type should be referred to the Consulting Engineers in the first instance.\n\n13. As regards the question of the fee due to the Consulting Engineers, I concur in the proposal made in their letter of the 4th September, which was forwarded with your despatch No. 296 of the 23rd September, 1924, that the sum of £2,860 should be merged in any further work which they may undertake in connection with the harbour scheme. I may mention that a question has arisen with regard to the type of foundation for the sea-wall at",
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        "content_text": "that there is not the remotest prospect that the Scheme of Wharves at the Western side of the Southern end of the Kowloon Peninsula will ever be proceeded with. The Scheme was prepared in deference to proposals put forward by certain Master Mariners through the Chamber of Commerce, and Mr. Duncan did not himself take it seriously.\n\n12.\n\nI have suggested in telegram of the 28th April that it is not necessary to refer Mr. Duncan's Scheme as a whole to the Consulting Engineers, first because it includes a large quantity of more or less routine reclamation of shallow waters of a type which is being continually carried on in various parts of the harbour, and also because it covers projects such as that referred to in paragraph 11 above, which it is not proposed to carry out. The reclamation at Kennedy Town, referred to in paragraph 10, is similar to many other reclamations, such as that at Praya East, and the Port Engineer's Department is fully competent to deal with any questions that may arise. The provision of wharf accommodation at Hung Hom falls within a different category, and I propose that the question of undertaking any major work of this type should be referred to the Consulting Engineers in the first instance.\n\n13. As regards the question of the fee due to the Consulting Engineers, I concur in the proposal made in their letter of the 4th September, which was forwarded with your despatch No. 296 of the 23rd September, 1924, that the sum of £2,860 should be merged in any further work which they may undertake in connection with the harbour scheme. I may mention that a question has arisen with regard to the type of foundation for the sea-wall at",
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        "content_text": "## \nby \n\nGr \n\n364.04 \n\n19339 \n\n6951-4 \n\n23:0 \n\nthere is not the remotest prospect that the Scheme of Wharves at the Western side of the Southern end of the Kowloon Peninsula will ever be proceeded with. The Scheme was prepared in deference to proposals put forward by certain Master Mariners through the Chamber of Commerce, and Mr. Duncan did not himself take it seriously.\n\n## 12. \n\nI have suggested in telegram of the 28th April that it is not necessary to refer Mr. Duncan's Scheme as a whole to the Consulting Engineers, first because it includes a large quantity of more or less routine reclamation of shallow waters of a type which is being continually carried on in various parts of the harbour, and also because it covers projects such as that referred to in paragraph 11 above, which it is not proposed to carry out. The reclamation at Kennedy Town, referred to in paragraph 10, is similar to many other reclamations, such as that at Praya East, and the Port Engineers Department is fully competent to deal with any questions that may arise. The provision of wharf accommodation at Hung Hom falls within a different category, and I propose that the question of undertaking any major work of this type should be referred to the Consulting Engineers in the first instance.\n\n## 13. \n\nAs regards the question of the fee due to the Consulting Engineers, I concur in the proposal made in their letter of the 4th September, which was forwarded with your despatch No.296 of the 23rd September, 1924, that the sum of £2,860 should be merged in any further work which they may undertake in connection with the harbour scheme.\n\nI may mention that a question has arisen with regard to the type of foundation for the sea-wall at North Point",
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        "content_text": "that powers have been taken to flog persons guilty of violence or threats or sedition, the penalty being one which is particularly distasteful to the Chinese.\n\nI attach also a copy of a statement which I made at a meeting of the Legislative Council on the 9th July.\n\n9.\n\nRepresentations were made to me not long after the commencement of the strike that some missionaries, including six ladies, of the American Maryknoll Mission were in danger at Yeung Kong, a small port some 120 miles South of Hongkong. I accordingly sent the Lighthouse Tender \"Stanley\", which however failed to get into communication, as two fathers who managed to cross the shallow river bar in a native boat, failed to return and there was a misunderstanding as to signals. The party was subsequently rescued by the U.S. Destroyer \"Simpson\". I attach a copy of a letter which has been received from the Mission.\n\n10.\n\nThe situation in Canton remains uncertain. The intense feeling aroused by the Shameen incident is dying down, and such information as can be obtained is to the effect that the more responsible parties in the Government may shortly be strong enough to suppress the extreme communist element. Whether they will be successful, and whether, if successful, they will terminate the Hongkong strike and discountenance the British trade boycott are questions, the answer to which it is impossible to foretell. I have reported upon the situation in my telegram of the 6th July. Reliable information has since been received to the effect that there is considerable military activity on the Pearl River, and gangs of coolies are working at the Boca Tigris forts. The Whampoa Russian-trained...",
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        "content_text": "with reasonable measures of self \n\nprotection en board, to make attempte \n\n238 \n\nat piracy from within too hazardous to \n\nbe attractive.\" \n\n11. In May a further despatch was received \n\nfrom the Governor enclosing letters from the \n\nCommodore, Hong Kong, and the senior Naval Officer, \n\nWest River expressing the view that in order to \n\npermit the abolition of the convoy system on the \n\nHong Kong-Canton and the Hong Kong-Canton \n\nroutes 9 fast, shallow draft, armed launches were required (i.e. 5 in addition to the 4 already provided, \n\nwhich should also be replaced when practicable by \n\nlaunches of a more suitable type.) \n\n12. The Governor concurred in this recommendation \n\nbut repeated his view that \"it is obviously not the \n\nduty of this Colony, even if it were within its power, to \n\nprovide armed launches, which are to operate in \n\nChinese waters for the protection of Trade of all \n\nnationalities. \n\n13. \n\nAt the end of May the Admiralty forwarded \n\na letter from the Commander in Chief China Station \n\nand suggested a conference of the Departments \n\nconcerned. \n\nThe following is an extract from the \n\nCommander in Chief's letter:- \n\nIt will be observed that the \n\nsignatories of the minority Report stress \n\nthe doctrine that the onus of piracy suppression \n\nshould rest entirely on the Navy, in other \n\nwords it may be said that they object to paying \n\nout of their own pockets for the protection \n\nof their own trade. \n\nan Admiralty point of view",
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        "content_text": "28\n\nrural beliefs in geomancy (fêng shui). He could not, for instance, build out of alignment with, or higher than, the rest of the village. Or, if a completely new site were to be chosen, he could not have it facing the ancestral hall, or across an earth- or dragon-pulse. Even if general consent had been obtained to the site and design of the building, should sickness ensue in the village, very heavy penalties might be exacted from the builder. Here, there is, I submit, at least an embryonic form of the town-planning idea and of the limitations which it must impose upon private rights and wishes; and, if the enterprise of the Hong Kong Government has brought the town to the rural holdings of the Memorialists, that is no reason why they should claim the townsman's immunity from rural superstitions. They invoke the Convention and must stand by their rights as they were at the time of the Convention, and it is entirely untrue that at that time a landowner could build upon his land when, where, and how he personally chose.\n\n6.\n\nThe policy of the Government in the matter of land resumption has been dictated by sheer necessity. The configuration of the island of Hong Kong is such that new building areas can only be provided by costly terracing of steep hillsides or equally costly reclamation into more or less deep water. These methods have been and are still being extensively used, but they could never keep pace with the growth of the Colony, and in any case cannot, by reason of their cost, provide any real solution of the housing problem. The Government had, therefore, to look to the Kowloon peninsula. Here again, the nature of the terrain dictated the lines of expansion. The peninsula consists, or consisted, of a core of barren and rocky foothills intersected by swampy gullies of cultivated land, and flanked by tidal flats running out into shallow bays. As the peninsula broadens",
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        "content_text": "8\n\nNote 3.\n\nThe following is a list roughly in chronological order, of various outrages perpetrated in 1926 by Strike pickets at Swatow to the detriment of British subjects and of their domestic and business staffs :-\n\n1. On 26th January, 1926 the British Consul, Mr. Kirke, complained officially that robberies and depredations on British owned property continued with monotonous regularity.\n\n2. During February an attempt was made to levy an entirely illegal House Tax on British and other Nationals. Threats were made that non-payment would entail the cutting off of water and electric-light services.\n\n3. On or about 20th March a boatman, who was the son of an ex-employee and pensioner of the British Consulate, was seized in the street by 12 pickets under the eyes of the police. His offence was that he was alleged earlier in the \"Strike\" to have been of use to the British community. He had in fact previously been sent to Hong Kong to escape the pickets' resentment, and, on returning on this date to Swatow to buy for his father, he was at once seized.\n\n4. On or about 25th March, Dr. Lyall of the English Presbyterian Mission, one of the oldest and best known foreign residents in Swatow, was about to leave for home. In spite of the fact that he had obtained a special pass from General Ho to enable him to load his baggage on to sampans and to have it conveyed to the steamer, the strike pickets interfered and forced the sampans to return to the jetty. Only intervention by H.M.S. Magnolia enabled the pass to be honoured.\n\n5. During March, on one occasion the local press actually published a paragraph which, translated, runs as follows:\n\n\"Arrest by the strike pickets yesterday were as follows :—\n\n(i) Chou Yung Ho, arrested for carrying provisions to Butterfield and Swire's residence. As this is not his first offence he will be detained until the end of the strike.\n\n(ii) Teo Yee Swee arrested for sending various items of information to the British Consulate. He will be detained for examination.\"\n\n6. At this period serious robberies of goods belonging to the Asiatic Petroleum Company and the British American Tobacco Company took place. The values of the stolen goods were $2,500 and $2,700 respectively. The British Consul complained that the Chinese police afforded the Companies no protection at all, and that in the case of the Company first named above, the police did not even visit the scene of the robbery until fourteen days after its occurrence. In either case, practically none of the stolen property was recovered.\n\n7. On 11th May, the pickets opened fire on a sampan conveying certain Chinese passengers who were endeavouring to board a British ship, regardless of the fact that the British S.S. Haining was in the line of fire. They then wished to board the S.S. Haining but were prevented by the chief officer.\n\n8. On 16th May the S.S. Fook On and the S.S. Fanon, both flying the Cantonese naval ensign, proceeded without permission alongside one of the pontoons which are the private property of Messrs. Butterfield and Swire. Similar misuse of these pontoons by Chinese vessels took place on 30th April, 15th-17th May, and 19th-20th May. Repeated representations by the British Consul led to a reply from the Commissioner for Foreign Affairs that he had requested the Chinese Military Authorities to cease to use these pontoons save with the British Consul's consent. However, further cases of unauthorised use are reported to have taken place on 29th June and 1st September.\n\n9\n\n9. On 21st May while Mr. Kirke, the British Consul, was tearing down some Communist posters which had been affixed to the front wall of H.B.M.'s Consulate, he was assaulted and struck by six or eight pickets who had just affixed them there. Urgent representations made to the Canton Government by H.B.M. Consul-General in Canton led to the despatch of telegraphic orders to the Swatow Authorities to apologise and to give an assurance that such incidents would not be repeated.\n\n10. During May, the British Consul complained of further robberies at Messrs. Butterfield & Swire, Messrs. Bradley & Co., the Asiatic Petroleum Co. and at the Masonic Hall. No satisfaction however could be obtained from the Chinese authorities.\n\n11. Early in June a Shantung servant of the British Consul was seized and imprisoned by the Strike pickets. After a false statement, forwarded by the Strike Committee with an impudent forgery, that the man in question wished to go on strike, he was eventually released upon providing $500.00 security that he would leave the port. This he did.\n\n12. During the early part of June an Indian watchman in the employment of Messrs. Jardine Matheson and Co. was arrested by Strike pickets when returning from a steamer with a case of tinned milk for his own use. He was speedily released but it was only after six or seven days that the protests of the British Consul obtained the return of the milk to its rightful owner.\n\n13. On 6th June as a Russian employee was riding a bicycle back to the Asiatic Petroleum Co.'s premises, carrying stores and clothing, he was attacked by four or five pickets who knocked him down and stole his bicycle and parcels. These articles were the property of the Company. The British Consul could obtain no redress for this outrage and reported that the Chinese police were far more afraid of the pickets than of the Commissioner for Foreign Affairs and their own officers.\n\n14. During June occurred another theft of flooring from the Tai Koo Club. It was perpetrated in daylight regardless of the fact that the thieves were in full view of a party of police, who were drilling on some private tennis-courts. It was officially explained that the police were not on duty at the time.\n\n15. On 16th August, Mr. Sim Kye Lim, a British subject of Chinese race, was entering the office of his employers, Messrs. Bradley and Company, when he was seized by a number of armed pickets in plain clothes, bound, and dragged to the general headquarters of the Strike Committee. In spite of the production of a pass from the Executive Delegate, Mr. Hsu Fu, and his protest that he was a British subject, born at Singapore, the son and grandson of British subjects, he was flung into a filthy cell with a heavy and rusty chain so tightly padlocked about his neck that he could hardly breathe or swallow. This chain was removed four days later after the payment of a bribe from Mr. Sim's friends. He was then interrogated by five self-styled judges, but was subsequently imprisoned in a small ill-ventilated room some eighteen feet by twelve with well-nigh a score of other prisoners. Thence, on 2nd September he was taken again before the five 'judges', the chain being again padlocked round his neck. He was given a choice between immediate release on payment of $2000, or a transfer to Canton for trial. He offered $500, only to be threatened with a rifle and half-strangled by the twisting of the chain. Finally, he was released on signing a promissory note for $800, a sum which has been paid. A strong protest lodged by the British Consul has so far elicited no reply.\n\n16. On 25th August armed pickets removed from the hold of the Chinese S.S. Yuetwah thirty-eight cases of Cigarettes which were being re-exported to Amoy by the British American Tobacco Company, under permit from the Chinese Customs. Thirty-four cases were also seized from a lighter alongside. The local Commissioner of Customs made an urgent demand for their return, and the question of closing the port was under consideration, when, on 30th August all the cases were returned and re-export took place without further trouble.\n\n415",
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        "content_text": "2\n\n531\n\nin itself gave reasonable assurance of acceptance of the suggested demands by us.\n\n7.\n\nUnder these circumstances it appeared to all responsible officials that the mere effect of presenting an ultimatum would have achieved the desired end and any semblance of putting any measures into force would have coerced any remaining opposition.\n\n8.\n\nThe proposals for coercive measures were given in my telegrams Nos. 287 and 288, and these would have been divided into four operations, namely,\n\n(a) To garrison Shameen and to stop all movements of cargo junks.\n\n(b) To stop all Chinese traffic approaching Canton from the West River.\n\n(c) To stop all Chinese traffic approaching from the Canton River from seawards.\n\n(d) To demonstrate off the Bogue Forts and to stop all Chinese traffic entering Swatow.\n\nOperations (a), (b), and (c) would have been enforced firstly and would, it was thought, have achieved our objective, and operation (d) would not have been put into effect unless essential as this would have entailed evacuation of Swatow, which it was agreed was a necessary preliminary in this case, with consequent loss and damage to British property.\n\n9.\n\nFor operation (a) at Shameen, it was proposed to allocate H.M.S. \"TARANTULA\", H.M.S. \"MOTH\" and H.M.S. \"LOO RHEN\", and a number of armed motor and steam launches for harbour patrol. With the garrison of two platoons and local volunteers this force would have been adequate to attain our objective. Two shallow draught lighters would have been kept available at Canton for evacuation in an emergency, and these could have been towed by \"LOO RHEN\", either via Hamilton Passage or Money Penny Creek, or by an Insect Class Gunboat via Money Penny Creek. Both these passages avoid the Danes Island and Bogue Defences.\n\nUseful sailing directions for this passage have been prepared by the Commanding Officer, H.M.S. \"DTH\", and have been forwarded under cover of a separate submission No. HK4/2809 dated 9th October, 1926.\n\n10.\n\nIt was agreed that these passages could be mined, which was unlikely, or blocked, which was a more likely proposition. It is known, however, that the inhabitants of these districts are decidedly anti-red and would most likely have given us warning of such measures, and if necessary assisted us in clearing them.\n\nFurther, many of these channels would be visited by armed launches and gunboats stopping traffic reaching Canton from the West and diverting it elsewhere (operation (b)), and adequate warning would have been obtained and assistance available from this source.\n\n11.\n\nThe risk which this operation (a) entailed was therefore considered justified under the circumstances, more especially when it is appreciated that the objective was...",
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        "content_text": "I Peracy Jame\n\n(2) High Power Station\n\nYou will remember that the W.T. experts said that the Eastrist had been mistaken on certain technical aspects of the beam system.\n\nG.h\n\n1442026\n\nThis Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.\n\nPrinted for the Committee of Imperial Defence. December 1926.\n\nSECRET.\n\n287-C,\n\n(Also Paper No. C.O.S. 57.)\n\nCOMMITTEE OF IMPERIAL DEFENCE.\n\nCHINA PIRACY IN BIAS BAY,\n\n(Previous C.I.D. Papers Nos. 283-C and 285-C.)\n\nReport by the Chiefs of Staff.\n\nCopy No.\n\n18\n\n176\n\nAT their 218th Meeting on the 25th November, 1926, the Committee of Imperial Defence recommended-\n\n\"That the Chiefs of Staff Sub-Committee should examine the plan for dealing with piracy in Bias Bay suggested by the Governor of Hong Kong in Appendix I to C.I.D. Paper No. 283-C, obtaining from Hong Kong any further information which may be necessary for this purpose, and should advise the Committee of Imperial Defence as to what action they recommend.\"\n\n2. In accordance with this recommendation we met, to consider this question, on the 2nd December, 1926, having in the meantime obtained by telegram from Hong Kong further information regarding the proposed plan.\n\n3. In a telegram, dated the 1st December, 1926 (Appendix), the General Officer Commanding, Hong Kong, recommends with the approval of the Governor and the Consul-General, Canton, that action should now be taken against the Bias Bay pirates \"at our own select time without awaiting further piracy.\" We note that this suggestion involves an important alteration to the procedure originally recommended by the Governor of Hong Kong, who proposed that the expedition should be immediately despatched when next a piracy in Bias Bay is reported.\n\n4. From other telegrams received since the 218th Meeting of the Committee of Imperial Defence, we have ascertained that the headquarters of the Bias Bay pirates is definitely established to be at Fan-Lo-Kong village, that some thirty or forty of the pirates are known to the Hong Kong police by name, and that Chinese guides can be provided to identify individuals and their places of residence.\n\nWe are also informed that the proposed operation will consist of a landing as close as possible to Fan-Lo-Kong, and that transportation to this place and provision of shallow-draught boats for actual landing have been arranged by the Royal Navy. The intention is to land before dawn, at which hour Fan-Lo-Kong will be smoke-bombed by seaplanes. This action, combined with news of the landing, is expected to cause a general evacuation of the village. Half an hour after dawn the village will be approached from the shore side and entered; the entrances to the village will be picketed from the land side and houses belonging to known pirates will be destroyed after ensuring that the civil population has evacuated them. If any pirates are captured it is proposed to hand them over, if possible, to the local Chinese authorities. No further offensive action is intended unless troops are attacked. In the unlikely event of the landing being opposed, covering fire would be provided by ships' guns and machine guns. The number of troops to be employed is 10 officers and 256 other ranks, and the operation would be completed within twenty-four hours.\n\n[15491]\n\nPage 1",
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        "content_text": "Because it includes a large quantity of more or less routine reclamation of shallow waters of a type which is being continually carried on in various parts of the harbour, and also because it covers projects such as that referred to in paragraph 11 above, which it is not proposed to carry out. The reclamation at Kennedy Town, referred to in paragraph 10, is similar to many other reclamations, such as that at Praya East, and the Port Engineer's Department is fully competent to deal with any questions that may arise. The provision of wharf accommodation at Hung Hom falls within a different category, and I propose that the question of undertaking any major work of this type should be referred to the Consulting Engineers in the first instance.\n\n19. The danger of this policy (which is contrary to the views generally held - cf. paragraphs 2 and 12 above) is that however able the Port Engineers may be, they may overlook some vital considerations (which would not escape Engineers of wider experience) with the result that injudicious development at one part of the harbour may very prejudicially affect a much more desirable development in another part of the harbour. The effect of the North Point Quarry Bay Scheme (discussed above) on the Hung Hom Bay Scheme, furnishes an illustration of this point.\n\nThe possible\n\n20. The Port Swettenham wharves case provides another example of the very great desirability of getting outside advice on a project as a whole (and not merely on purely structural matters etc) before work is started. It will be recalled that in this case the reference to the Consulting Engineers was made after the Government was committed to the Works and had actually started them. As a result, although over $2 million were spent, the wharves have turned out to be practically useless, the difficulties",
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        "content_text": "Design of Reclamation Works.\n\nTo summarise the foregoing conclusions, I consider that a vertical, or nearly vertical, quay wall founded on a rubble mound is the most suitable form for the seaward limit of the Reclamation. It is doubtful whether the substitution of reinforced concrete wharves of sufficient strength as an addition to a rubble embankment would effect any economy in first cost. As the Consulting Engineers remark, the wharves would have to be in front of the toe of the rubble mound; and there are practical objections to the founding of approach supports on a rubble slope which is liable to settlement; while, unless these approaches were placed at very frequent intervals, the transport of goods to and from the godowns ashore would be hampered.\n\nPiers extending seawards at right angles to the line of the Reclamation would be very much less convenient, and there might be difficulty in berthing ships across the tide.\n\n9. There remains to be considered the question of Basins within the limits of the Reclamation. It appears to me that Basins for steamer use are neither necessary nor advisable. The cost would be unduly heavy; there is ample accommodation for steamers for many years on the Harbour face of the Reclamation; land within its limits is, for the most part, more valuable for shore requirements.\n\nI would, however, suggest for your consideration the provision of one or more shallow-draft basins for lighter accommodation, and one for timber, as well as the basin for the overhaul of P.W.D. lighters.",
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        "content_text": "22\n\n23\n\nEnclosure 2.\n\nMr. Wu to Consul-General Sir J. Jamieson.\n\nDepartment of Foreign Affairs, Dear Sir James Jamieson,\n\nCanton, June 20, 1925. YOUR letter of the 17th was on the following day handed to me by Mr. Wallis. All fair-minded persons, foreigners as well as Chinese, must view with horror and indignation the outrage perpetrated at Shanghai, and I note that you yourself consider these recent happenings as deplorable.\n\nagitators, and of apprehension that political considerations might affect the issue without regard to the actual situation existing in South China. The Chinese ask why foreigners come to China at all if they are not prepared to accept conditions as they are, and it may, at first sight, appear an anomaly that there should be concessions in treaty ports controlled solely by foreigners, but, nevertheless, recent events in China have showed how necessary such protection is for foreigners in view of the inability or unwillingness of the responsible officials to afford them reasonable security. In Canton their declared intention is \"neither to encourage nor discourage such societies [e.g., the Anti-Imperial Alliance, &c.], but to make such use of them as may be possible when the occasion arises.\n\nIn Canton, as in Shanghai, the student is quite prepared to sacrifice himself in order to create indignation among the ordinary populace against the enemies of his country, and it is in present circumstances the effects of mob psychology which are most to be dreaded. It has above been remarked that there is no anti-foreign feeling among ordinary Chinese, but it may be aroused to heights of unexpected violence to-day as in the past, by the recital of incidents where the foreigner is cleverly made out to be the aggressor.\n\nAlthough the Kuomintang are in a decided minority in Canton, they are in control of the official machine, and have succeeded in imposing on the people the party flag in place of the old national colours in token of the fact that the Kuomintang represents the modern Chinese national spirit. Their aim is an advanced Socialistic commonwealth, to attain which unity must be attained Anti-foreign feeling is the one thing which unites all Chinese to-day, and it is easy for those responsible for the troubles and internal wars of the past ten years to divert the discontent on to the heads of the intruding \"foreign devil.\"\n\nJune 30, 1925.\n\n[F 4118/194/10]\n\nANNEX IV.\n\nMr. Palairet to Mr. Austen Chamberlain.—(Received August 24.) (No. 484.)\n\nHIS Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires, Peking, presents his compliments to His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and transmits herewith a copy of Canton despatch No. 44, dated the 22nd June, with enclosures, and an enclosure from Canton despatch No. 45 of the 23rd June respecting the situation in Canton.\n\nPeking, July 11, 1925.\n\n(No. 44.) Sir,\n\nEnclosure 1.\n\nConsul-General Sir J. Jamieson to Mr. Palairet.\n\nCanton, June 22, 1925. IN continuation of my despatch No. 43 of the 20th instant, I have now the honour to transmit a copy of the reply received from Mr. C. C. Wu, which is manifestly written for publication. In fact, he told me when I saw him yesterday that he was handing the correspondence to the press.\n\nSteamer traffic between Hong Kong and Canton is now completely suspended. Mails and supplies will be carried by naval tugs.\n\nI have, &c.\n\nP.S.-A copy of my letter to Mr. C. C. Wu, of to-day's date, is also enclosed.\n\nJ. W. JAMIESON.\n\nJ. W. J.\n\nWith reference to the meeting in which it was proposed to call a strike against foreigners of certain nationalities and your enquiries as to the reason why the local nationals of these countries can be held responsible, and the grounds on which they are to be penalised, it is unnecessary to inform you, in the first place, that the meeting in question being a spontaneous indignation meeting organised by the people, the Government is not in a position to act as its spokesman in reply to you. On the other hand, the Government cannot view with apathy demonstrations of popular feeling, national in extent, in protest against a dastardly act, and I may, on its behalf, state the motives underlying the movement.\n\nWhile it may, at first sight, seem unjust that local foreigners should suffer for a wrong committed by fellow nationals in another part of the country, the ethics of the case will be apparent when it is envisaged in its true aspects. It is a shallow interpretation of recent events if the national indignation is deemed to be directed solely and merely against the act of killing and wounding innocent Chinese demonstrators in the streets of Shanghai at the orders of a foreign policeman. Were that so, a local settlement could easily be found and no national demonstrations would be called for. But the Chinese nation is up in arms against the raison d'être of a state of things which enables a foreign policeman to order the killing and wounding of Chinese citizens. In a word, the protest is not confined to the act itself, criminal and outrageous though it is, but is directed against the system which enables such an act to take place. The indignation is due not merely to the loss of innocent and promising young lives, but to the significance of such loss.\n\npower\n\nThe significance is that there exists in China a system which vests the power of life and death over her citizens in the hands of a common foreign policeman. A system which permits foreign nations and their nationals to exercise sovereign authority over her citizens within her own territory. A system which places her in a worse position than that of a colony to a foreign Power, worse because in a colony there is, where a good judicial system has been established, justice to be had, while in the case of China, as in the present instance, there can be appeal to none, and because in a colony there is only one sovereign Power who governs with some consideration for the interests of the colony, whereas in the case of China there are nearly a score of overlords, some great and powerful, others weak and poor, who exploit her for their own benefit without any responsibility for her welfare.\n\nWith this explanation, the position ought now to be obvious. If a strike is declared against foreigners in Canton or anywhere in China, it is the public and popular registration of a protest against such a system. It is an error to say that the event took place in Shanghai and does not therefore concern Canton, because the system responsible for the Shanghai event exists in Canton as much as in Shanghai and hence the matter is local to Canton as it is to Shanghai. It is equally an error to plead the non-responsibility of individual foreigners to the event or their personal friendship to China, because the quarrel is with them not as individuals, but as units of the system or in the system. Individual foreigners have in the past rendered and are still rendering friendly services to China, and to the Chinese for which we as individuals and as a nation give them all credit and are grateful. But as long as they enjoy certain rights, privileges and immunities which the system gives them, they are to that extent identified with the system, and, however much our personal sympathies may go out to them, they are necessarily included in the general protest. It is perhaps a confusion of thought to say that this is returning evil for good; we are grateful for the good they have done and we repay them with our thanks, but as units of an evil system they have to take the consequences which that system entails. It may be that they have had no hand in the formation of the system; it may even be that they personally disapprove of and condemn it. But as long as they do not free themselves and us from it, the children, as is said, must suffer for the sins of their fathers. It is\n\n506",
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        "content_text": "finding the success. prejudiced by the scheme \"surrenda\" of the steamship Co. Kthi Scumen's Union demands. (No 38). There seems considerable scope for legal argument when a company undertakes to employ a Union proscribed in the Colony.\n\nIn the lol, we have seen the indict of HK pursue a vindictive spirit. The story continued in '39 when the Union's demands were resisted but finally signed giving in to powerful pressure. The Union boycott proved a blow to the Company, and it sympathized with the Company's authorities, but I confess that the Union wanted nearly everything.\n\nThis was naturally a bitter pill for the Company to swallow, and incidentally, I feel that the view is both unjust and unwise. Strong language was used.",
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        "content_text": "172 \n\nThe Canton Government should apprehend Wong Chun-wa and others of his type. Shataukok is a village, half of which is in British territory and half in Chinese. Wong Chun-wa makes frequent incursions into the British part of the village, and then dashes back to Chinese territory. The Hongkong Government cannot catch him because of this, and His Excellency sincerely hopes that the Canton Government will take action against this man. Representations have been made to the Canton Government two or three weeks ago on this matter.\n\nThe pirates, after having pirated steamers, take them to a point at Bias Bay where the water is too shallow for the steamers to go further. They then get to the shore by boats. The inhabitants of the whole stretch of land called \"Nim Shan Wan\" are lawless people. They prey upon junks as well as steamers. Fourteen steamers have been pirated in that locality; but there are numerous seizures of junks which occur almost daily, but which do not get into the newspapers which usually only report piracies on steamers.\n\nThe reason why His Excellency brings up this question is that he is soon going away on holiday and he would like to press it for the consideration of General Li before he leaves. This is a delicate matter, and may prejudicially affect the good relations now happily subsisting between Canton and Hongkong, and His Excellency desires to avoid this.\n\nMR. LUK, when asked by Dr. Kotewall whether he has heard of a protest sent by Mr. C. C. Wu against the British independent operations at Bias Bay, says that he has heard of such a protest, but he believes that the Canton Government understand. He says that the Canton Government are as equally anxious to avoid any possibility of bad feeling between the two places, and that they may begin the work of cleansing Bias Bay of pirates before...",
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        "document_key": "CO129-502-6 China- general situation 7-1-1927 - 3-3-1927",
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        "content_text": "## Imports\n\n### Principal Commodities\n\n| Commodity | Percentage |\n| --- | --- |\n| Coal | 2.5 |\n| Kerosene oil | 3.2 |\n| Timber | 3.6 |\n| Cigarettes | 5.4 |\n| Tobacco | 3.1 |\n| Paper | 2.9 |\n| Dyes | + |\n| Wheat |  |\n| Sugar | 5.3 |\n| Fish and fish products | 5.0 |\n|  | 1.2 |\n\nThe principal sources of these commodities were:\n- Coal: Principally from Japan, French Indo-China, Hong Kong.\n- Kerosene oil: U.S.A., Dutch Indies, Hong Kong.\n- Timber: U.S.A., Japan, Russia.\n- Cigarettes: U.S.A., Great Britain, Hong Kong.\n- Tobacco: U.S.A., Hong Kong, Japan, Great Britain.\n- Paper: Japan, Norway, Sweden.\n- Dyes: Netherlands, Germany, Hong Kong, U.S.A., Japan, Great Britain.\n- Wheat: Canada, U.S.A.\n- Sugar: Hong Kong, Dutch Indies, Japan, Philippine Islands.\n- Fish and fish products: Japan, Hong Kong.\n\n(b.) Of Chinese produce imported through the maritime customs (valued at 91.16 million Haikwan taels, excluding re-exports) nearly half the value consisted of raw cotton.\n\n(c.) Of Chinese produce imported through the native customs (valued at 77.27 million Haikwan taels) no exact details can be given, but the produce consisted mainly of foodstuffs.\n\n## Exports\n\n24.-(a.) Of Chinese produce exported and re-exported to foreign countries through the maritime customs (valued at 276.45 million Haikwan taels) the greater part was shipped:\n- **Destination** | **Percentage**\n| --- | --- |\n| British Empire (including Hong Kong) | 27.2 |\n| United States of America (including Philippine Islands) | 25.7 |\n| Japan (including Formosa and Corea) | 19.5 |\n| France (including French Indo-China) | 14.5 |\n| Holland (including Dutch East Indies) | 2.6 |\n| Germany | 2.6 |\n\nThe value of the most important items shipped to foreign countries through the Maritime Customs was 276.45 million Haikwan taels, and the shipments to Chinese ports 327.9 million Haikwan taels, a total of 604.3 million Haikwan taels.\n\nThe following are the principal classes of goods shipped through the Maritime Customs to foreign countries and to Chinese ports:\n| Commodity | Percentage | Principally to |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Cotton yarn | 17.4 | Chinese ports, principally Tientsin and Yangtse ports. |\n| Cotton textiles | 6.5 | Ditto, ditto. |\n| Raw cotton | 6.1 | Japan and U.S.A. |\n| Silk and silk products | 14.0 | France, U.S.A., Hong Kong, Japan, Great Britain, British India, Italy. |\n| Cigarettes | 14.8 | All China and Hong Kong, Straits Settlements, Japan. |\n| Skins and furs | 1.7 | Hong Kong, U.S.A., Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Europe. |\n| Flour | 4.0 | All China and Hong Kong. |\n| Tea | 3.0 | Great Britain, Chinese ports, Egypt, U.S.A., Russia, British India. |\n\n(b.) Of Chinese produce shipped to Chinese ports through the native customs (valued at 28.67 million Haikwan taels) no exact details can be given, but it consisted mainly of Chinese factory products.\n\n25. As regards the route by which Chinese imports arrive in Shanghai, they come almost entirely via the Yangtse river. Only an inconsiderable amount comes down the Whangpoo (Wusung) river from the interior. Shallow canals, of which the through draft is not more than 5 feet, connect up all parts of the southern delta. The Yangtse river is, however, the main feeder to and from the interior of China. By crossing the Yangtse at Chinkiang the Northern Delta, and even Chihli Province, may be reached by canal. The majority of the small inland waterways of the central China plain are not at present suitable for high-speed power-driven barges on account of the congestion of traffic, tortuosity of the creeks, low bridges, shallowness, and the damage to banks caused by the wash.\n\n26. For essential supplies of food-stuffs and raw materials, Shanghai depends to a preponderating extent upon water transport, either up or down the Yangtse river, although a limited amount of garden and dairy produce from the interior enters through the native customs down the Whangpoo (Wusung) river.\n\n## Hankow\n\n27. Hankow is 600 miles distant from Shanghai upon the Yangtse River, practically in the centre of China, and is the principal port (Shanghai excepted) for the Yangtse Valley, which drains 760,000 square miles of territory and holds a population of about 200,000,000 people. The fact that the incomplete railway between Peking and Canton has to cross the river at this point lends it additional importance in the eyes of the Chinese. Opposite Hankow, on the south bank of the river, is the town of Wu-chang, the terminus of the railway originally intended to reach Canton, but which now extends little beyond Changsha; the uncompleted gap between that town and the rail-head striking north from Canton is about 250 miles.\n\n28. Industries.--Hankow is the centre of a considerable number of Chinese and a few foreign mining and manufacturing enterprises. In the three towns of Wu-chang, Hankow, and Hanyang, there are 56 Chinese-owned factories and six others financed by joint Chinese and foreign capital. Many of these are cotton cloth mills, besides cotton spinning, weaving, and silk and hemp manufactories. Perhaps the most important individual concern from the present point of view, with the exception of the Arsenal, which is referred to later, is the Hanyang iron and steel works. These were, in favourable circumstances, capable of producing over 118,000 tons of martin iron, 32,000 tons of foundry iron, 20,000 tons of railway steel, 41,000 tons of mild steel. They had, however, not been capable of being worked at a profit under Chinese management, and they have, on more than one occasion, received substantial loans from the Japanese Ministry of Finance. The Japanese Government, having insufficient supplies of pig iron and iron ore, obtain both from the Hanyehping mines and works, a fact which should be remembered in any restrictive action which may be considered in regard to these works. Minor factories include flour mills, bean mills, paper mills, sock-making concerns, egg factories, tobacco, and matches. There are altogether 19 native banks in the town, the number having been increased from 10 before the war to 19 in 1919. Antimony, lead, and zinc are crushed by machinery on the Wu-chang side and exported. Several miles below the foreign concessions, the Asiatic Petroleum Company, a British concern, have oil tanks for storing oil in bulk. The total capacity of these tanks is 5,000 tons. The Standard Oil Company also have considerable storage plant.\n\n29. Trade. Hankow is primarily an export port. In 1925, the total trade, import and export, in China amounted to 2,370 million Haikwan taels, and of this figure, Hankow enjoyed 289 million Haikwan taels. Net foreign imports into Hankow amounted to 69 million Haikwan taels, and net Chinese imports to 64 million Haikwan taels, while exports amounted to 155 million Haikwan taels. The principal goods imported and exported were as follows:\n| Commodity | Percentage | Principally to/from |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Vegetable oils | 3.3 | Hong Kong, Europe, Japan, U.S.A. |\n| Eggs and egg products | 2.9 | Great Britain, Japan, U.S.A. |\n| Rice | 2.6 | North and South China. |\n| Seeds and seedcake | 1.7 | Japan, Hong Kong, Europe, &c. |",
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        "content_text": "## measures for the suppression of the Labour Union \n\n(2) that the strike has not spread to Joh...\n\n19 ...other places\n\n(3) that armed pickets have not yet reappeared \n\nthe inference is that it would be considered impracticable, in anticipation of trouble, to adopt the You's recommendations on the eve of the presentation of the Nanking demands and ... we must hold our ... for a few days from what comes of them.\n\nIn the meantime, we showed distributed copies I bor's tel. Officially KFO, Admy, WO, A/M, M.LD Scent LFF. I have already dealt with KFO with whom we ... on `30025`, on which paper Swallow Amoy will also be dealt with (32) on receipt of the C.U.S. report. \n\nTMI `8/4` \nMining sent advance copies might perhaps discuss the lines of a reply on No `38`. I do not comment at this stage on Shameen, which is to be discussed with the Chief of Staff tomorrow.\n\nPapu. TAlmussuck `7/4` \n`1835/47` you Mercour, as the \"Yove does not want to ... This intimates off a plot to assassinate him getters, the action he proposes to take threatening really comes war if there is a strike in H. Hong seems inadvisable to parous ... a fading when we have so many better ...\n\nI agree `6.8.8.4.27` \nthe making war Walter P. Jellis \n`874` \nIP.T.O",
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        "document_key": "CO129-506-1 Illicit opium traffic- leakage of confidential information 17-10-1927 - 10-1-1928",
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        "content_text": "35\n\nanything which might, I fear, be considered an offence. But I am afraid that when facts have been discovered, we are to set them out dispassionately without feeling, as we have had protests before from those who found the facts inconvenient.\n\nOf recent years my annual report has been drafted, as far as the section concerned is on the lines laid down for the annual report of the Local Narcotics Committee as required by the League, so that the Govt can easily detect the points to be dealt with in their report for the League. I think that what the Hong Kong Govt has to do is to send a copy of some stereotyped extract containing excerpts from the report; he locality was innual reports as look upon Govt would have already received copies of my report. The U.S. authorities, via the Consul General in Hongkong, its liaison a certain heir are always sent. The French authorities likewise would have received copies via their Consul at Hanoi, or the Embassy at Paris, if they saw fit.\n\n\"Tungting\" mentioned in the extract is, of course not across in French Territory, but in Chinese territory, just off the Shallow river. It is a small town, and has nothing to do with Tonkin, as might perhaps be thought by a casual reader.",
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        "content_text": "Dans, a.\n\n72\n\n3\n\n~)\n\nbe purchased in Canton for $2 a tael\n\n(Portuguese)\n\nand Macao and Kwong Chan Wan opium can be\n\nobtained for $6 a tael.\"\n\n12. A representative local Committee which\n\nreviewed the opium situation in Hong Kong in\n\n1924 estimated that at least as much illicit\n\nas licit opium was then smoked in the Colony\n\nand that some 20 to 25% of the adult Chinese\n\nPopulation\n\npopulation either smoke or swallow opium. A\n\nSenior Revenue Officer who for the last six\n\nyears has been employed solely on the\n\nsuppression of divans (and who was recently\n\nsecuring convictions at the rate of about 200\n\na month) has estimated that the proportion\n\nof illicit to licit opium consumed has risen\n\nto 10 to 1 and that on an average 70% of the\n\nopium\n\nmale adult population smoke to a greater or\n\nlesser degree.\n\n13. These figures are admittedly guesswork,\n\nbut the fact that they are seriously put\n\nforward by experienced officials gives at any\n\n5016837\n\nrate",
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        "document_key": "CO129-507-3 China- anti-piracy precautions 31-10-1927 - 25-10-1928",
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        "title": "CO129-507-3 China- anti-piracy precautions 31-10-1927 - 25-10-1928",
        "content_text": "44\n\nAt present it looks as if the world's requirements are likely to be readily met from natural sources of petroleum for many years and as long as oil prices in America remain at a low level and fresh fields continue to come into production it is difficult to see how oils prepared from coal can make much headway for commercial and industrial purposes. The same applies to oil produced from shale of which there are vast quantities available both in America and Australia, the cost of mining and retorting rendering their use unprofitable under existing conditions.\n\nNotes are appended on recent developments in the chief oil producing countries.\n\nAMERICA.\n\nCANADA. Canada's production of crude petroleum is comparatively small. The Ontario fields are yielding smaller quantities each year and the New Brunswick fields are responsible for only a few thousand barrels annually. The Alberta wells are yielding increasing quantities and exploration work is being carried on, principally by the Imperial Oil, Ltd, in several areas including the Peace River District. Transportation and climatic conditions in that area are difficult.\n\nAn interesting bulletin has been issued by the Geological Survey of Canada, dealing with the new Turner Valley oilfield (Alberta). This field, which is only 35 miles from the city of Calgary, is situated on the eastern edge of a relatively narrow belt of hilly country known as the Foothills, which lies between the Rocky Mountains and the plain country of Alberta. The oilfield is at present regarded as offering not only the possibility of good individual wells, but also encouragement for drilling on other favourable structures within the foothills.\n\nUNITED STATES.-Crude oil production reached a maximum in July, the daily average for the week ended 30th July being 2,586,100 barrels. Since then production has slowly fallen off to approximately 2,400,000 barrels per day for the week ended 10th December. Production in both Oklahoma and California, the two leading states, decreased in October and November. An agreement to restrict output in the Seminole field came into effect on 5th August for 60 days and was renewed for another 30 days ending 5th November. The output of crude petroleum in Texas, however, recorded another increase in October and established a new record, for daily average production, of 609,700 barrels. Production in the majority of other states has declined due both to continued low prices and the approach of winter.\n\nIt will be seen, therefore, that the situation has temporarily changed from that indicated at 30th June, but it is questionable how long the decline in American output will continue. It is evident that the United States could produce a much larger quantity of oil than is shown in the figures of the daily average output. A large amount of production is \"shut in,\" 80,000 barrels a day being estimated as shut in in California alone. Texas is regarded as being the largest source of potential future production. West Texas has the greatest possibilities. In four counties there are already five proved fields, and in fifteen other counties test drilling is under way. Some of these fields seem alone capable of producing as much oil as the great Seminole field. The West Texas output is steadily rising and will be increased materially as soon as certain pipe lines are completed.\n\nDuring the year 1927 to the end of December it is estimated that crude oil stocks had increased by the large amount of 70,000,000 barrels.\n\n45\n\nThe total stocks of oil at the end of December represented about 7 months' supply at the current rate of consumption, and it is obvious that the American oil industry is overburdened with crude oil in storage.\n\nVENEZUELA. The production of Venezuela is increasing very rapidly. Figures for 1927 are only available up to the end of October and for that period the monthly production has averaged over 5,000,000 barrels as compared with 3,100,000 barrels in 1926 and 1,700,000 barrels in 1925. In July for the first time Venezuela exceeded Mexico in the volume of crude oil produced and it appears likely to become the third largest oil producing country, exceeded only by the United States and Russia. By far the two largest producing fields in Venezuela now are \"La Rosa\" on the north-east bank of Lake Maracaibo, and \"Lagunillas\" which has rapidly developed as a new field since 1926 and lies on the shore of Lake Maracaibo about 30 kilometres south of the \"La Rosa\" field.\n\nDisposal of Crude Oil. The bulk of the crude oil produced is exported in shallow draft lake tankers across the bar of Lake Maracaibo to ocean terminals outside and only a comparatively small quantity is refined in Venezuela.\n\nCURACAO.-At Curacao the Royal Dutch Shell have a large installation and refinery at Willemstadt with storage accommodation for crude oil comprising 29 tanks having a total capacity of 1,822,500 barrels. New tankage is being built which will bring the storage capacity up to 2,160,000 barrels. There are built or building 171 tanks of various capacities for refined products and 135 tanks for refinery purposes making a total of 335 tanks. At Caracas Bay, about five miles east of Willemstadt, there is a fuelling station at which several new tanks are being erected with a total storage capacity of 675,000 barrels.\n\nPARAGUANA. The Gulf Oil Corporation (of Pennsylvania) has established an ocean terminal outside the Maracaibo bar on deep water at Paraguana from which shipments are made to the Gulf refineries at Port Arthur, Texas and Bayonne (New Jersey).\n\nARUBA. The Lago Petroleum Corporation transports its oil in lake tankers from La Salina to its sea terminal at St. Nicholas Bay on the island of Aruba. St. Nicholas Bay is about 14 miles south-east of Oranjestadt (the capital) and is a good harbour completely land-locked by a coral reef. There is a T-shaped concrete dock 1,000 feet long, having a depth of 30 feet of water. Storage accommodation consisted in September, 1927, of seven steel tanks, having a total capacity of 520,000 barrels.\n\nThe Mexican Eagle Oil Company (Royal Dutch Shell) are reported to have ordered 22 tanks of 65,000 barrels each and 37 other tanks to be installed at their terminal and refinery site on this island.\n\nEUROPE.\n\nFRANCE. A Government Bill has now been laid on the table of the Chamber of Deputies to regulate the importation of petroleum. There have been proposals during the past two years for a French Government monopoly of petroleum. It appears that the Government have arrived at the conclusion that proposals for the purchase and import of petroleum by the Government itself are not practicable and the present\n\n160",
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        "content_text": "INTERVIEW WITH GENERAL LI.\n\nNOVEMBER 7TH.\n\n312\n\nI put the following proposition before General Li.\n\nThe question of piracy suppression is a Chinese internal affair and strictly you should not expect help from foreigners. In late years, however, the question has become very grave as not only Chinese ships but also British ships have been attacked. How in past years when I had command of a gunboat I found no difficulty in co-operating privately with Sun Yat Sen's friends in piracy suppression with good results. I should therefore like to suggest the following methods to you.\n\nThe responsibility for organizing an attack on pirate lairs depends entirely on you, but there is no reason why you should not make use of our shallow-draft gunboats and in cases such as Bias Bay asking for our cruisers.\n\nYou would have to depute an official to act as liaison officer to tell us what ship you want for a certain operation.\n\nHaving fixed a rendezvous and a date, you would send an officer and a pilot aboard each ship cooperating.\n\nWhen in position and ready to open fire your officer would call upon us to do so. What do you think about it?\n\nGeneral Li. The trouble I have had is that I have had to send all my troops north during the past year or so and therefore have had too few troops to use in piracy suppression.\n\nOtherwise, I think the scheme workable.\n\nThat difficulty can easily be overcome, General. Our big guns can easily range 10,000 metres, and in a case such as you had against Cheung Yue at Kau Wong the other...",
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        "document_key": "CO129-507-9 Chinese Telegraph Office- Hong Kong- transfer to Cantonese control 4-1-1928 - 20-7-1928",
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        "title": "CO129-507-9 Chinese Telegraph Office- Hong Kong- transfer to Cantonese control 4-1-1928 - 20-7-1928",
        "content_text": "to F.O. 66\n\nCR\n\n15\n\n157\n\nPARAPHRASE TELEGRAM from the Governor of Hong Kong to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.\n\n(Dated 3rd February. Received Colonial Office 11.7.a.m. 3rd February, 1928.)\n\nImmediately on receipt, I\n\nYour telegram of 24th January.\n\ncaused letter dated 25th January to be written to Chen Ching Wen informing him that I had received authority to recognise him as Manager of the Chinese Telegraph Office in Hong Kong in place of Lau Cheuk Pan, it being distinctly understood that he would immediately assume office, hand over control of it to Eastern Extension Telegraph Company as agents for Chinese Ministry of Communications at Hong Kong, and enquiring whether he agreed to assume office upon this understanding. Meanwhile Chen Ching Wen had gone to Singapore and only returned to-day. In his absence Lau Cheuk Pan forwarded to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs translation of telegram dated 16th January which purported to come from Peking Minister of Communications as follows.\n\nBegins.\n\nTo Superintendent Lau Cheuk Pau, Hong Kong, your telegram noted and remittance received. Interruption of telegraph line and difficulties in getting funds also noted. The said Superintendent is to remain in office. He should put things in order energetically, take measures to restore telegraph communications and remit funds as received. This is most important. Ministry of Communications.\n\nEnds.\n\nLau Cheuk Pau informed the Secretary for Chinese Affairs verbally that, because land line to Swallow was interrupted, Hong Kong Office was not making any profit, but that he borrowed 2000 dollars and remitted it to Peking with an explanation, and that consequently Peking is now prepared to keep him. Chen Ching Wen to-day informed me that he knew nothing of this and that at...",
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        "document_key": "CO129-513-6 Hong Kong water supply- schemes for development and improvement 25-1-1929 - 2-8-1929",
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        "title": "CO129-513-6 Hong Kong water supply- schemes for development and improvement 25-1-1929 - 2-8-1929",
        "content_text": "## Valves\n\n14. 90\n\nenabling the rollers (with the exception of the last one) to be removed, and the pipe would be slowly lowered onto the harbour bottom. As pipe laying would be commenced in the centre of the harbour and be carried on towards both sides simultaneously, while one lighter was occupied in laying, the other could be loading a pipe section and getting into position over the line.\n\nWhen the pipe had been laid, the anchor blocks, which so far had acted as alignment and position blocks, would be lifted and deposited over the flexible joints. The end landings being laid on prepared foundations in fairly short lengths, and in comparatively shallow water, would not present any very considerable difficulty.\n\nClose to the Kowloon Railway Sea Wall would be situated a Valve House containing a stop valve, a washout valve, an air valve, an automatic slow closing valve with flow recording apparatus attached, and a bye-pass with a meter for leakage testing purposes.\n\nOn the Hong Kong side, there would be a full bore washout valve, a stop valve, an air valve, and a reflux valve.\n\nIt is not considered necessary to allow for any method of washing out the pipe at its lowest point on the harbour bottom, as a full bore washout at sea level will make it possible to create a sufficiently high velocity to keep the whole pipeline free from obstruction.\n\nThe scheme as proposed and above described can be carried out to the details given, but it would be advisable to consult Pipe and Valve Manufacturers in England before",
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        "document_key": "CO129-513-8 Attacks by Chinese pirates on shipping- awards for bravery 14-1-1929 - 21-12-1929",
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        "title": "CO129-513-8 Attacks by Chinese pirates on shipping- awards for bravery 14-1-1929 - 21-12-1929",
        "content_text": "# TIMES \n## 12.12.20 \n\n# STAGING A PIRACY \n## CHINESE METHODS (FROM A HONG-KONG CORRESPONDENT)\n\nStaging a piracy on the China coast is not unlike the preliminaries of certain forms of company promoting. Capital is needed and is generally forthcoming. There is much bargaining and negotiating behind closed doors, and, though prospectuses and lists of directors and shareholders are not published, they exist. When the necessary capital has been found, a capable managing director is appointed. To recruit a reliable gang, select a likely victim, gather the essential information, carry through the enterprise itself, and plan a retreat with spoil and prisoners, requires no ordinary ability.\n\nWhen the victim has been selected, the chief and his principal subordinates make several preliminary voyages to learn the ship's geography, her routine, and the qualities of her officers. In consequence, Chinese frequenters of any vessel are at once suspected, but the saloon passenger of one voyage is a deck hand a month later, and is hard to identify. When the preliminary survey has been completed, the whole gang goes on board, some in the saloon, the majority in the steerage, and one or two among the crew. They are not slinking, cowardly ruffians, but men who know their job and usually try to do it efficiently and humanely—provided that humanity is compatible with efficiency.\n\nTheir first task is to get arms and ammunition on board. At Shanghai, Hong-kong, and Singapore, Chinese passengers and their baggage are overhauled by the water police, but when over a thousand Chinese are swarming in a thick line up the gangway, a search is difficult, and at ports such as Amoy, Foochow, and Swatow, precautions are of a desultory nature, giving the pirates the chance they need. But at a word from some passenger or seaman that \"plenty piecee bad men come ship side,\" the anti-piracy grilles are locked, the guards become alert, and officers carry loaded revolvers at their waists. Guards are always carried—about four Sikhs or Annamites—on board ships in the South Chinese passenger trade. The grilles consist of stout iron-bar doors shutting off the promenade deck and the bridge.\n\n## HOW THE PIRATES WORK\n\nImagine the scene at sundown on board one of these coasters wallowing in the heavy swell of the south-east monsoon. The holds forward and aft have been turned into whitewashed dormitories, where a huddled mass of humanity, men, women, and children, bivouac on mats and bundles with the close economy of a Chinese crowd. Some are preparing chow, others are washing clothes, or squatting in groups are gambling. Under the boats and on the beams are sleeping figures, half-naked if the night is fine and warm. Amidships, on the raised promenade deck, there are a few saloon passengers, English and Chinese, the officers' quarters, and the bridge. At dinner time, when the officers off duty and all the passengers are seated unarmed at the saloon tables, a signal is given—once it was the lighting of a cigarette—a sharp \"Hands up!\" is called, the startled diners find themselves staring down the muzzles of automatics held by coolies, merchants, and seamen. Weapons are demanded, everyone is seized, searched, and locked up either in the cabins or in the saloons; armed piratical guards are set who make it clear that death is the penalty of resistance. On the bridge, in the guards' quarters, in the wireless room, and on the engine room starting platform, the same story is told: a sudden order, a pistol, and inevitable surrender. Then the polite instruction: \"You will steer for Bias Bay, getting there at 7 a.m. No one will be hurt—unless you attempt to retake the ship.\" Routine will go on as usual, watches being relieved as if nothing were wrong. Meanwhile, the cargo is ransacked and every jewel or valuable garment stripped off the terrified passengers.\n\nNavigation and cabin lights are put out, and in complete darkness, the ship sets course for Bias Bay, a place of sinister significance on the China coast. It is a big sheet of shallow water landlocked by the sandy scrub-covered hills of that part. There are a few Chinese villages, a few sampans fishing, a suggestion of peace, seclusion, and beauty. But, as the pirated ship drops anchor, swarms of sampans push off from the shore; their crews hail the pirates with grim impassivity, and these weatherbeaten, tattered men of the coast set to with a will in the task of stripping the ship. Even chronometers, sextants, and brass fittings are often taken. There are piteous scenes when families are divided, a father or mother being roughly urged at pistol point into a sampan to be carried off to the mountains, perhaps to be rescued, probably to die of hunger and exposure during the endless haggling between intermediaries over the ransom. The distressed ship steams painfully back to Hong-kong, where the police take charge, inventories of the robbery are made, and public interest slowly fades.\n\n## AN AMAZING FIGHT\n\nBut it is not every piracy that works smoothly. Often the Indian guard on duty is shot dead by a treacherous volley, and when the Norwegian coaster Solviken was captured, the master, Captain Jastoff, was murdered because he did not immediately open his cabin door. In another big piracy, that of the Anking, a volley at close range cleared the bridge, killing the chief officer and quartermaster and severely wounding the captain. The chief engineer was murdered from behind while sitting in a deck chair, and the second officer was knocked on the head. The pirates were particularly careful of him, however, because they needed someone who could navigate the ship.\n\nThe crew. At this stage of the battle, ammunition being short, Mr. Houghton, a less certain shot than the master, acted as loader and look-out.\n\nThe pirates were an amateur lot, several being members of a semi-Bolshevised crew sacked some weeks before for insubordination. A simple ruse finished their ebbing spirits. Captain Sparke suddenly blew four blasts on his siren and altered course. The pirates, thinking that a gunboat was sighted, jumped over by the stern. But their troubles had not ended. Captain Sparke put his ship about and with his gallant engineer opened fire on the swimming heads. The noise having attracted the militia of a near-by village, some 15 of the gang were captured and sent in chains to Canton, where they suffered the usual fate of pirates.\n\nThe first real blow to piracy on the China coast was a patrol of Bias Bay by British submarines. A darkened ship was seen to approach one evening in October, 1927, and she failed to answer signals. A shot across her bows was followed by another into her engine room, and the ship started to sink. It proved to be the Chinese-owned vessel Irene, packed with steerage passengers. The submarine took off 226 passengers and captured seven pirates, who were hanged in Hong-kong gaol. There was bother with Chinese authorities and the ship's owners, but the Admiralty stood squarely behind the captain of the L4, and commended his resource and excellent seamanship. Then Marshal Li Chai-sum, the able and enterprising Kwang-tung Dictator, took the matter in hand. A military post with wireless was built, and a gunboat placed on patrol.\n\nBut piracy is not a paying game; the initial expenses are heavy, and the returns uncertain. The Sunning and Irene piracies were failures, and the returns from the others were disappointing. The looting of the San Nam Hoi produced $10,000; out of the Hsin Wah, they got $25,000; out of the Tean, only $7,000. The Hsin Chi and the Anking were good hauls, each being worth about $100,000, but there can have been very little profit in the others.\n\n(Continued) \n## 21",
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        "document_key": "CO129-517-2 Correspondence on proposed Chinese and Hong Kong agreements over Customs 13-11-1929 - 28-12-1929",
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        "title": "CO129-517-2 Correspondence on proposed Chinese and Hong Kong agreements over Customs 13-11-1929 - 28-12-1929",
        "content_text": "110\n\nIt may be urged that if the Agreement is sanctioned, Hongkong will prosper at the expense of Canton? This is utterly fallacious reasoning! Hongkong is not a consuming centre and never will be - it is merely a distributing centre. Canton City, on the other hand, is a consuming centre; and is also the distributing centre for the Provinces of Kwangtung and Kwanghsi. Apart altogether from the Agreement, however, there exist physical reasons which will always result in keeping Hongkong the main distributing centre for foreign goods destined for South China; and these physical reasons are the shallow water at Canton and Macao, and the deep water at Hongkong. Large ocean steamers cannot possibly proceed to either Canton or Macao, and are compelled, therefore, to land en route foreign cargo intended for South China in Hongkong for subsequent transhipment to Canton, etc. Hongkong, therefore, can never displace Canton. And, moreover, the greater the amount of cargo arriving in Hongkong for, or from China, the greater the benefit to China! So this idea that the Agreement may damage Canton is utterly wrong; it will add to the prosperity of Canton and will facilitate legitimate trade and stop, or at least check, illicit trade. And, it should not be forgotten that while China is now losing hundreds of thousands of taels owing to smuggling goods into China from Hongkong, these figures will ultimately expand to millions unless something is done, and done soon. Similar arrangements should be made in Macao and Kwangchowwan. The Inspector General saw the Governor of Macao, and he realises the position and is prepared to follow the...",
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        "document_key": "CO129-519-1 Estimates for 1930 5-9-1929 - 14-11-1929",
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        "title": "CO129-519-1 Estimates for 1930 5-9-1929 - 14-11-1929",
        "content_text": "## Mr. Martin 29/15/29\n\nMr. Gent 30  \nEllie Bobb  \nMr. Bottomley.  \nSir E. Harding.  \nSir J. Shuckburgh. Sir G. Grindle 30  \nSir C. Davis.  \nSir S. Wilson.  \nMr. Ormsby-Gore.  \nLord Lovat.  \nMr. Amery.\n\n62911/29  \nToded & sent 11-35a.  \n27  \n5-2 OCT.  \n310cd:29  \nL.M.\n\nYour despatch 26th Sept No 420  \nPlease let me have further details regarding the Estimates DRAFT Cay Goveno Hong Kong Nos. subsidies to Commercial Aviation Company and Flying Club.\n\nnew of Mom telegram 5th October I suggest outline of Flying Club proposal be telegraphed.\n\nEstimate That sh Recurt. afferan to five promasacre.\n\nCR Room F fround for anxiety. as ordinary Revenue ilous not cover adu expenditure I public unts with purpos incron in salaries swallow...",
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        "document_key": "CO129-519-6 Development of railways proposed by Chinese Government 7-9-1929 - 17-1-1930",
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        "title": "CO129-519-6 Development of railways proposed by Chinese Government 7-9-1929 - 17-1-1930",
        "content_text": "## (2) Development of port of Whampoa for the use of shallow-draught steamers\n\nCanton wishes to see this because it would thereby become less dependent upon Hong Kong. There are reasons too why Hong Kong itself might welcome the scheme, apart from its present aspect as a quid pro quo to obtain the completion of the loop railway:\n\n(a) If Canton has a port in Whampoa, the favourable position of Hong Kong as the natural and, till Whampoa is developed, the only outlet towards the South for Canton trade will be less obnoxious; the demand for the retrocession of the new territories will be correspondingly weakened. On the other hand, Hong Kong has little to fear from the rivalry of Whampoa, which can never be made into a deep sea harbour.\n\n(b) The development of Whampoa is likely to stimulate the trade of Canton and the fortunes of Hong Kong are so tied up with those of Canton that any improvement in the trade of the one is likely to react favourably on the trade of the other.\n\nThe difficulties of the present proposal are, I think, insuperable. Hong Kong will be involved in heavy loan expenditure on its own account in the next few years; its finances are not equal to any further strain and it simply has not the money. If the money is to come from this country, it will be necessary to consider the further difficulties which any such loan would raise in connection with the Consortium.\n\n## (3)",
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        "document_key": "CO129-519-6 Development of railways proposed by Chinese Government 7-9-1929 - 17-1-1930",
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        "title": "CO129-519-6 Development of railways proposed by Chinese Government 7-9-1929 - 17-1-1930",
        "content_text": "## 64 \n\nGov. 12714/26.\n\n### 4 \n\nThe cost of this loopline was estimated in 1924 to be about 500,000. The resumptions of land, in connection with it, have for the most part already been made, and I have repeatedly pressed His Majesty's Government to make an allocation from the Boxer Indemnity funds now in their hands, in order that, whenever opportunity offers, funds for the construction of the line may be immediately available. I first made this suggestion in the 9th paragraph of my secret despatch dated the 20th May, 1926, and in my letter to Lord Willingdon, dated the 17th May, 1926, of which I sent Mr. Amery a copy. I have since repeated it on several occasions, the last being in the 9th paragraph of my secret despatch, dated 9th May, 1929.\n\n7. The completion of the Canton-Hankow railway is also a matter of immense importance to the future of Hong Kong, and we should be very glad indeed if this important project could be completed by means of British funds lent to China and under the supervision of British engineers. In this connection, I refer Your Lordship to my telegram dated the 11th June, 1929.\n\nI have not yet received from Your Lordship the despatch on this subject promised in your answering telegram, dated the 12th July, 1929.\n\n8. Finally, as regards the proposed development of the port of Whampoa near Canton for the use of shallow draught steamers, I would remind Your Lordship that, at the time when this Colony was boycotted by Canton, the proposal was made that, as an act of goodwill, this Government should lend to the Canton Government funds for the development of the port of Whampoa. Please see in this connection the 11th paragraph. \n\n`62708/29`, `62782/29(5)`, `GR12714/26`",
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        "document_key": "CO129-520-7 Public Utility companies- acquisition by foreign groups 4-12-1929 - 26-1-1930",
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        "title": "CO129-520-7 Public Utility companies- acquisition by foreign groups 4-12-1929 - 26-1-1930",
        "content_text": "28\n\nSir S. Wilson\n\nMr. Clauson's draft approaches the matter from the point of view of trade, and he therefore rightly brings in such considerations as the locking up of oil-fields.\n\nBut I think it should rather be tackled from the public safety point of view. After all, in the Hong-Kong case which gave rise to the whole discussion, it was the political aspect that was uppermost in our minds.\n\nAgain, I suggest that management is far more important than control. It has never seemed justifiable to insist on full British control and so exclude a majority of foreign capital except in the case of supplies essential to national safety.\n\nAnd now that we are to give up that policy in the vital matter of oil, it seems incongruous to introduce it into gas and water. It is only where there is an American octopus waiting to grab our services that there would be any need to do so. I have in mind the American effort to swallow electric concerns in the East for the benefit of the American, and to the detriment of the British Electric industry.\n\nI submit an alternative draft from the public safety point of view.\n\n12.1130\n\nSir J. Campbell\n\nAre these your views?\n\nThe very fact that Mr. Clauson approached the matter from the...",
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        "document_key": "CO129-521-12 Chinese Customs- proposed agreement with Hong Kong 2-4-1930 - 16-6-1930",
        "page_number": 274,
        "title": "CO129-521-12 Chinese Customs- proposed agreement with Hong Kong 2-4-1930 - 16-6-1930",
        "content_text": "276\n\nThe Inspector General's Secretary, for example, found that the shops in Kongmoon have three times as much foreign Piece Goods as the Kongmoon Customs Returns show! Now can this serious leakage of China's Revenue be stopped? It is absolutely impossible to stop or even effectively check smuggling between Hongkong and China unless the Chinese Customs are permitted to function in Hongkong itself in the manner proposed in the Agreement. It is imperative, therefore, that we be placed in a position to control the cargo at the source - that is in Hongkong itself.\n\nThe area to be searched is very wide - how can Customs launches find the smuggling junks, sailing without lighters on the broad sea at night? We must, therefore, examine and control them in Hongkong before they sail from Hongkong. This is the only solution of the most serious situation brought about by the application of the new Tariff.\n\nIt may be urged that if the Agreement is sanctioned Hongkong will prosper at the expense of Canton. This is utterly fallacious reasoning. Hongkong is not a consuming centre and never will be - it is merely a distributing centre. Canton city, on the other hand, is a consuming centre; and is also the distributing centre for the Provinces of Kwangtung and Kwangsi. Apart altogether from the Agreement, however, there exist physical reasons which will always result in keeping Hongkong the main distributing centre for foreign goods destined for South China; and these physical reasons are the shallow water at Canton and Macao, and the deep water at Hongkong. Large ocean steamers cannot possibly proceed to either Canton or Macao, and are compelled, therefore, to land en route foreign cargo intended for South China in Hongkong - for subsequent transhipment to Canton etc.\n\nAnd so Hongkong, therefore, can never displace Canton. Moreover, the greater the amount of cargo arriving in Hongkong for, or from, China, the greater the benefit to China.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-521-13 Chinese Customs- proposed agreement with Hong Kong 27-8-1930 - 16-10-1930",
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        "title": "CO129-521-13 Chinese Customs- proposed agreement with Hong Kong 27-8-1930 - 16-10-1930",
        "content_text": "50.\n\n137\n\n1\n\nperpetuation of the detested blockade, which the Hongkong community were so anxious to be rid of, and as an unwarranted interference with the independent status of the Colony. We have no copy of the despatch to the Colonial Office, referred to in the paragraphs quoted from Sir C. Clementi on the history of the fiscal blockade (Section 2 (a) above), in which Sir Robert Hart's proposals were reported and apparently objected to, but we have a copy of the London China Association's views as expressed to the Foreign Office on the subject (page 295-298 in Affairs of China Blue Book No. 1 of 1898):-\n\n\"It is quite another thing, however, when the Government is asked to formally recognize the presence in Hongkong of Imperial Chinese Customs official and a Customs office and staff. It is still more serious when the Government is requested to authorize the collection, in Hongkong, of duties (likin included) on all goods and merchandise carried from or to any Chinese ports in Chinese vessels. To proceed so much would be to place Hongkong on the level of a Chinese Treaty Port and to accept for it the position of a fiscal dependency of Canton. The first admission would injure its status as a free port, the second would injure its prestige as a British colony.\n\nThe China Association considered that it was the desire of the Central Government to secure its revenue on opium that was at the back of these proposals of Sir R. Hart, and suggested that Hongkong should swallow its pride as a free port to the extent of itself collecting an export tax on opium, equivalent to the rightful import duty collectable on",
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        "title": "CO129-521-13 Chinese Customs- proposed agreement with Hong Kong 27-8-1930 - 16-10-1930",
        "content_text": "259\n\n50.\n\nperpetuation of the detested blockade, which the Hongkong community were so anxious to be rid of, and as an unwarranted interference with the independent status of the Colony. We have no copy of the despatch to the Colonial Office, referred to in the paragraphs quoted from Sir C. Clementi on the history of the fiscal blockade (Section 2 (a) above), in which Sir Robert Hart's proposals were reported and apparently objected to, but we have a copy of the London China Association's views as expressed to the Foreign Office on the subject (page 295-298 in Affairs of China Blue Book No. 1 of 1898:-\n\n\"It is quite another thing, however, when the Government is asked to formally recognize the presence in Hongkong of an Imperial Chinese Customs official and a Customs office and staff. It is still more serious when the Government is requested to authorize the collection, in Hongkong, of duties (likin included) on all goods and merchandise carried from or to any Chinese ports in Chinese vessels.\n\nTo concede so much would be to place Hongkong on the level of a Chinese Treaty Port, and to accept for it the position of a fiscal dependency of Canton, The first admission would injure its status as a free port, the second would injure its prestige as a British colony\".\n\nThe China Association considered that it was the desire of the Central Government to secure its revenues on opium that was at the back of these proposals of Sir R. Hart, and suggested that Hongkong should swallow its pride as a free port to the extent of itself collecting an export tax on opium, equivalent to the rightful import duty collectable on\n\n/entry\n\nPage 260\n\nPage 261",
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        "page_number": 389,
        "title": "CO129-521-13 Chinese Customs- proposed agreement with Hong Kong 27-8-1930 - 16-10-1930",
        "content_text": "391\n\nfor me to come to Hong Kong till late in the autumn, though if we could arrange a meeting earlier at Shanghai or elsewhere, I should of course most cordially welcome it. It is, I know, too much to expect you to come to Peking for some time to come, but I hope you will manage it some day before I leave the place. It is still, in many ways, as fascinating as ever.\n\nThe more I have got to know about this question of the Customs agreement, the more I have come to suspect that the view you express in your letter is the right one, and that the right thing to do is to drop the agreement, and to start afresh to consider the matter from a new angle, concentrating on removing as far as possible any grounds for complaint the Chinese may have on the smuggling score. I cannot see that this is impossible on the lines of the Lloyd scheme (about which however I know nothing), provided there is sufficient goodwill on both sides, though of course I cannot pretend to foresee all the technical difficulties that may arise. I have said this in a recent, perhaps rather smug, despatch to the Foreign Office, of which a copy will have been sent to you. I have felt from the start and said to the Foreign Office that there was more than meets the eye in the insistence of the Chinese to get a firm footing for their Customs service in Hong Kong, and that the 'irredentist' danger was a real one; on the other hand, the Hong Kong Government seem in the past to have laid themselves open to blame in frequently encouraging the Chinese to believe that they were ready to swallow their pride on this point provided the price paid were big enough, and then withdrawing at the last moment. I agree with you that",
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        "document_key": "CO129-521-3 Piracy in Chinese waters- anti-piracy measures 9-4-1930 - 20-11-1930",
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        "title": "CO129-521-3 Piracy in Chinese waters- anti-piracy measures 9-4-1930 - 20-11-1930",
        "content_text": "67\n\n8\n\n(111) Motor Boats. These could be obtained with a shallow draught, light armament and a moderate speed which could be maintained in anything except heavy weather.\n\n(iv) Flying Boats. These would be very useful for reconnaissance work but are not suitable for actual offensive operations against the pirates, except in conjunction with surface craft and ground forces.\n\nComposition of Force.\n\n37. It is considered that the most satisfactory composite force to be maintained should consist of:\n\n(i) Four or six large motor boats. Draught not to exceed 5ft. Speed 16 to 18 knots. Armament One 3 pdr. also Lewis guns and rifles. Equipped with wireless. They should be capable of maintaining their speed in moderate weather.\n\n(ii) Two destroyers or gunboats as a support and for use in bad weather.\n\n(iii) Two or three flying boats.\n\nBases.\n\n38. There are several inlets which might be suitable as bases, it is not, however, possible to give definite recommendations without a close knowledge of the coast. From an examination of the Chart FAN LO KONG appears to be the most suitable site for the main base and TAI SAMI IN LET for a subsidiary base.\n\n39. In selecting these bases consideration should be given to the military considerations (vide paragraph 33).\n\nCoast Watching.\n\n40. It is considered that coast watching posts should be established at FOKAI POINT, CHILANG POINT and TONGMI POINT.\n\n41. These posts should be in good telegraphic communication with the bases, both naval and military, also they should have small W/T sets for communication with vessels on patrol and the bases in the event of the L/T wires being cut.\n\n42. It would probably be necessary for these posts to be guarded by a small detachment of soldiers or marines. These could be used to intercept pirates attempting to land in the adjacent bays.\n\nCommunications.\n\n43. A good system of communication is one of the first essentials to the success of any scheme against the pirates, and to enable the forces stationed in the neighbourhood to be used to the full.\n\n44. ...",
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        "document_key": "CO129-522-1 Illicit traffic in Chinese opium 7-12-1929 - 29-10-1930",
        "page_number": 98,
        "title": "CO129-522-1 Illicit traffic in Chinese opium 7-12-1929 - 29-10-1930",
        "content_text": "97\n\ninquiries being made at the Customs, it was found that they had been imported in the ordinary way.\n\nIt was eventually agreed that in view of the provisions of Section 20, paragraph 2 of the Opium and Narcotic Drug Act, these pills should be located and seized under the Customs Act, which has since been done.\n\nIn view of the strength with which the Narcotic Act was being administered on the Pacific Coast, it was not felt that any of the Chinese drug stores would be at all reluctant in having matters handled this way, but on the contrary, would appreciate same.\n\nTranslation of Chinese writing on the envelope containing pills is as follows:\n\n\"It can be used if it becomes moistened and moulded.\n\n\"Recently people who imitate our brand, have endeavoured in doing so by all means. Consequently, paper wrapping is being used, and it is convenient to carry. In addition, it has a photographic trade mark to avoid imitation. Gentlemen who patronise are requested to see that it has the photograph of Chun Hing succeeded son of Yuk Sang.\n\n(Photograph of Lun Chun Hing)\n\n\"Medicine Trade Mark.\n\n\"Patrons are requested to make clear that there is a photograph of Chun Hing on in order to avoid from buying mistakenly another brand of medicine which will render no result.\n\n\"Store situated at Sing Ping Street, Fatt Shan, Kwong Tung Province.\n\n\"Agent, Lum Yuk Sang, Duck Hing St., Canton.\n\n\"Kwong Tung (Province) Lum Yuk Sang.\n\n\"Dragon's Saliva, Cure of Opium Addiction Pills.\n\n\"Twenty cents package.\n\n\"Swallow/",
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        "document_key": "CO129-522-1 Illicit traffic in Chinese opium 7-12-1929 - 29-10-1930",
        "page_number": 99,
        "title": "CO129-522-1 Illicit traffic in Chinese opium 7-12-1929 - 29-10-1930",
        "content_text": "IT Swallow pill first before meal. Habit of smoking 1/10th of a tael.\n\nSwallow one pill.\n\n\"old store situated at Duck Hing Street, Canton (China).\n\n\"Branch Distributing Office, \"Kwong On, Don Shee Alley, Fatt Shan.\"\n\n98\n\nREPORT RE FRED BROOKS AND JOSEPH KNOWLES VANCOUVER, B.C.\n\nTwo white men named Brooks and Knowles recently pleaded guilty in connection with a charge of smuggling large quantities of Opium off the C.P.R. \"Empresses\" and were sentenced to five years imprisonment and $1500.00 fine or eight months in default of payment, and two years imprisonment and $400.00 fine or six months in default of payment respectively.\n\nOne of the two had been caught with ninety-five tins of Opium in his possession under one of the C.P.R. Piers at Vancouver, B.C., just as he returned from the \"Empress of Russia\", where he had proceeded by means of a small collapsible boat on the evening of May 18th, 1929. The Mounted Police, however, had found out that both of these men, with their wives, had unquestionably been engaged in this traffic for some months past, and that the women, by using Opium jackets, had undoubtedly smuggled Opium down the gangplank of the \"Empresses\" though this fact was not susceptible of proof in court, and it was largely to protect the women that both men pleaded guilty.\n\nOne of these men was interviewed in Oakalla Jail, and upon being assured that it was not the intention to prosecute the women, he made a fairly complete statement, several points of which were susceptible of corroboration from outside sources, and promised to arrange that the women themselves would tell all they knew.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-525-3 Estimates 1931 and other financial papers 16-1-1930 - 1-9-1932",
        "page_number": 95,
        "title": "CO129-525-3 Estimates 1931 and other financial papers 16-1-1930 - 1-9-1932",
        "content_text": "94\n\n10\n\nSee 72853/30\n\nLast year's cats proved to be at least 5 launches for various departments due to the depreciation of the dollar.\n\n1.1\n\nThe new postage rates are an offset to this, but I can assure Hon. Members that they are getting their money's worth and more every time they post a letter to England via Siberia.\n\nHead 13. Harbour Department.\n\nReplacement is asked for by the Police for work in shallow waters on the frontier.\n\nA small launch as well as a tug for the Sanitary Department's refuse disposal is included, but it is intended not to authorise the expenditure, if now generally approved, without further reference to the Council.\n\nDepartments asked for a number of other launches, but it is anticipated that retrenchment of launches generally by means of a redistribution of duties may be possible in the course of 1931.\n\nHead 13.B - Air Services.\n\nA reduced subsidy of $50,000 for commercial aviation has been included, as none of this year's vote of $100,000 has so far been used. It is anticipated, however, that there may be some expenditure before the end of the year.\n\nI regret an error which appears under Head 13.B. Air Services on page 34 of the printed Estimates.\n\nSub-head 6, an item of Special Expenditure entitled \"Initial Grant to Flying Club\" for which $60,000 was voted in 1930 should under 1931 show \"nil\" as this is a non-recurrent item. This will reduce the expenditure for 1931 by this amount.\n\nThe remark in brackets \"$300,000 in five years\" was erroneously printed in the 1930 Estimates and by an oversight perpetuated this year.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-530-4 Development of Canton to Kowloon railway 1-12-1930 - 1-12-1930",
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        "title": "CO129-530-4 Development of Canton to Kowloon railway 1-12-1930 - 1-12-1930",
        "content_text": "32 \n\nupon and that Messrs. Bowden Brothers fearing that they might experience difficulty in obtaining the balance of payment agreed instead to deposit a sum deliverable only to the joint order of themselves and a nominee of the Ministry of Railways. \n\n7. It seems almost unbelievable that an institution whose own credit is not as good as that of the Ministry of Railways, a Ministry moreover whose creditors are mainly British, should have the effrontery to hold up vitally important work on the shallow pretext that a British firm, which has served it so ably in the past, might prove undependable in the fulfilment of a contract. As to the excellence of this firm's work it is only necessary to quote Mr. Lia, the Managing Director of the Railway, when he states in a telegram to the Purchasing Commission of 3rd June \"we have found the said firm very dependable as we have had several transactions before;\" or again a letter of the Engineer-in-Chief to the Managing Director of 8th June which states \"I have asked the Engineer of Ways and Works to point out to you tomorrow the rui sleepers which were laid in our track in 1928. As you will see for yourself these sleepers have now started to rot after two years service, while the Dew South Wales sleepers bought from Messrs. Bowden Brothers in 1923 and 1926 are still in good condition after 9 years. The total number of Singapore and Yanile sleepers bought in the last few years equals approximately 49,000 and the rot in these sleepers has now commenced.\n\n30 So you will see for yourself",
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        "document_key": "CO129-532-8 Proposed transfer of Government Wireless services in Hong Kong to Imperial and International Communications- Ltd.... 19-12-1930 - 19-4-1932",
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        "title": "CO129-532-8 Proposed transfer of Government Wireless services in Hong Kong to Imperial and International Communications- Ltd.... 19-12-1930 - 19-4-1932",
        "content_text": "## \nWhile such statina 30m of office in orfence wort words be within them 15 event G war with China, it Grunds not within to offence Z me in me can J war with \n1. Class Porter. It apparat From what base? Ships. that, in has latter event, In define time would have to to establishta on the Kowloon Ridge, Pre could effect party that the attacking C landing on t mein N.W. New Dunitarities altach to stabim. imagine that if to oustry In Motraction from Persmally from mere shahw sets m bus Gen2 Sandiland mafinial one, 1 Class Prow winters stafime, the air, it will effeef pried is obrims has is certainly a one, at if is wit a stalim wi Man's which conding may in orfenow wont h mach Station w? Men arise schisfacing, but I suppos difficulty of possith interforma Gen Sansilaró holer in-the corner suppotione Ma with h narah not like has 1.01. C. I. shots only he told Nat But in Reserve define 9 mothers it he not usual be 4 statim unita cannot guaranteed - it It das not sun to with propont ate форатак if may wise the print - or mipofmond, and we or th my God. might lave incur justfiella rium if have anything went wrong. I in the fire place, Copy 1. I.C.C. for conci. Пот Justin 17/7/21 \n\n## Re-formatted Version\n\nWhile such a station 30m of office in defence worth words be within them, 15 ... event of war with China, it grounds not within to offend me in me can justify war with \n1. Class Porter. \nIt appears from what base? Ships. That, in the latter event, in due time would have to establish on the Kowloon Ridge, one could effect a party that the attacking force landing on the main N.W. New Territories would attach to stabilise. \nI imagine that if the enemy were to oust our troops in Kowloon from their positions, personally, from mere shallow defence lines, sets me to think of General Sandiland's final stand, 1 Class Prowler's winter staffing, in the air, it will affect our pride, is obvious, has is certainly a stalemate, at if is with a stalemate with Man's ... which condition may in offence won't have much station ... Men arise, self-facing, but I suppose the difficulty of possible interference General Sandiland holding the corner supporting Ma ... with the narrow not like has 1.01. C. I. shots only he told Nat. But in Reserve define 9 months it he not usual be 4 station units cannot be guaranteed - it. It does not seem to be with proportionate ... if may be wise to print - or memorandum, and we or the my God might have incurred justifiable risk if have anything went wrong. \nI ... in the fire place, Copy 1. I.C.C. for conciliation. \nPot Justin 17/7/21",
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        "document_key": "CO129-536-1 Estimates- 1932 3-9-1931 - 16-6-1933",
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        "title": "CO129-536-1 Estimates- 1932 3-9-1931 - 16-6-1933",
        "content_text": "SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST.\n\nHONGKONG SHARE MARKET.\n\nBANKS.\n\nHONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,\n\nTHE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.\n\nBOARD OF DIRECTORS\n\nOfficial Summary by the Stock Exchange.\n\nBETTER RATES RULE.\n\nFRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1891,\n\nYesterday's Opening\n\nHONGKONG SHARE MARKET.\n\n22nd October, 1931.\n\nThe Latest Deals and Quotations.\n\nFigures Supplied by Moxon & Taylor.\n\nQuotations.\n\nBANKS.\n\nHONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION\n\nTHE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA\n\nTHE NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK.\n\nTHE BANK OF CHINA\n\nTHE BANK OF CANTON, LIMITED,\n\nTHE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED.\n\nTHE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD.,\n\nTHE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.\n\nNEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ V.\n\nTHE AMERICAN EXPRESS CO.\n\nPUBLIC UTILITIES.\n\nAMERICAN STOCKS.\n\nMARKET TONE WEAK.\n\nSTABLE EXCHANGES.\n\nLondon, Oct 2\n\nAIR FLAGSHIP.\n\nGiant American Air Liner Christened.\n\nWashington, Oct. 15\n\nSOVIET DUMPING.\n\nShipment of Machinery For Greece.\n\nMISCELLANEOUS.\n\nWALL STREET FAILURE.\n\nESTATE DUTY RAISED,\n\nStock Exchange Firm Suspended.\n\nNew York Oct. 15\n\nTHE CASE NATIONAL BANK\n\nHANQUE FRANCO-CHINOISE\n\nP. O. BANKING CORPORATION LTD.\n\nUNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS,\n\nTRAVELLING\n\nBIG WHITE EMPRESSES\n\nFASTEST\n\nSNIPS\n\non the\n\nPACIFIC\n\nSOUTH CHINA MORNING POST. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21 1931.\n\nSHIPPING NEWS.\n\nSHIP MOVEMENTS,\n\nDAILY STATEMENT,\n\nP. & 0. BRITISH-INDIA, APCAR AND\n\nWESTERN & AUSTRALIAN LINES.\n\nArrivals. Clearances and Departures.\n\nGood Freight Figures in Yesterday's Reports.\n\nHEAVY BAD. FIXED.\n\nDETAILS OF BERTHS.\n\nFIVE NATIONALITIES\n\nWARSHIPS IN PORT.\n\nBerthinga of Units of the Fleet.\n\nThe following warship arrived yesterday?\n\nH.M.S. Tamar\n\nSubmarine.\n\nH.M.S. Olympus\n\nH.M.S. Thracian\n\nKowloon Wharf—H.M.S. Tamar\n\nBay No. 4—H.M.S. Thracian\n\nBay No. 7—H.M.S. Kagero\n\nBay No. 8—H.M.S. Swallow\n\nEmpress of Japan\n\nKamo Maru (N. Y. 1.15 pm Japan time)\n\nMacedonia (P. & O.) from Singapore\n\nYesterday's Courtzen, The following ships were in port yesterday:\n\nCanton\n\nClara Jebson\n\nDell Mar\n\nCienega\n\nTin Song\n\nPhananella\n\nKarsons\n\nTal Lee\n\nTalma\n\nToku Maru\n\nToday's Departures\n\nThe following are among the scheduled departures to-day:\n\nDeli Mar\n\nBuy No. 10.—H.M.S. Ekila\n\nFlosal\n\nPuku Maru\n\nManerbosun\n\nHaller\n\nKaring\n\nKwangchun\n\nMaročasia (P. and O.)\n\nRamen\n\nM-alen\n\nTa Lee\n\nTela\n\nTalmachus\n\nTani Maru\n\nYounes\n\nEmpress of Japan (C.P.R.)\n\nTHE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK Co., LTD.\n\nHead Office and Works: KOWLOON, HONGKONG\n\nDOCK OWNERS, SHIP DESIGNERS AND BUILDERS, MARINE AND LAND ENGINEERS.\n\nBOILER MAKERS, STEEL, IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS,\n\nFORCE MASTERS WELDERS\n\nELECTRICAL ENGINEERS.\n\nTHE SWEDISH EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD.\n\nGILMAN & CO., LTD.\n\nKONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ.\n\nRoyal Packet Navigation Co. of Batavia\n\nM.V. \"VAN HEUTSZ\"\n\nJAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LINE.\n\nS.S. \"MALOLO”\n\nAN UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY\n\nto: - the famous Matson Liner “MALOLO\"\n\nTHE ROBERT DOLLAR COMPANY,\n\nGeneral Agent= AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY.\n\nCANADIAN AUSTRALASIAN LINE\n\nCOMPAGNIE INDOCHINOISE DE NAVIGATION\n\nHONGKONG-HAIPHONG (direct)\n\nDOUGLAS STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd.\n\nHONGKONG CHINA PORTS SERVICE\n\nREGULAR SERVICE OF FAST VESSELS\n\nFOR SWATOW, AMOY & FOOCHOW\n\nSTATES STEAMSHIP CO.\n\nOCEANIC ORIENTAL NAVIGATION CO.\n\nTACOMA ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO.\n\nJUJKT MERITICI\n\nDirect Freight service From Hongkong to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, Tacoma and Vancouver.\n\nSTATEN STEAMSHIP COMPANY\n\nCanton owned-\n\nJOHN MANNERS & Co Ltd.\n\nAMERICAN\n\nPIONEER LINE.\n\nROOSEVELT STEAMSHIP COMPANY, INC.\n\nHongkong Operators for\n\nU. S. SHIPPING BOARD.\n\n1. EVERKIT INCORPORATED\n\nGeneral Agents—Örkel",
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Indian Koel, Eudynamis orientalis honorata.*\n\n25. Chinese Magpie, Pica pica sericea.*\n\n26. Chinese Blue Magpie, Urocissa e. erythrorhyncha.*\n\n27. Chinese Spotted Munia, Uroloncha punctulata topela.\n\nBlack-necked Mynah, Gracupica nigricollis.*\n\n28.\n\n29. Crested Mynah, Aethiopsar c. cristatellus.\n\n30. Eastern Tree Pipit, Anthus trivialis hodgsoni.\n\n31.\n\n32.\n\n33.\n\n34.\n\n35. Red-throated Pipit, Anthus cervinus.\n\nRichard's Pipit, Anthus richardi sinensis. Owl sp.*\n\nDaurian Redstart, Phenicurus a. auroreus. Rufous-backed Shrike, Lanius s. schach.*\n\n36. South China Silver-eye, Zosterops simplex simplex.\n\n37. Chinese Tree Sparrow, Passer montanus saturatus.\n\n38. Chinese Stonechat, Saxicola torquata stejnegeri.\n\n39.\n\n40.\n\n41.\n\n42.\n\n43. Eastern House Swallow, Hirundo rustica gutturalis. Violet Whistling Thrush, Myiophoneus c. cœruleus. Chinese Tailor Bird, Orthotomus sutorius longicauda.* South China Grey Tit, Parus cinereus commixtus. Eastern Grey Wagtail, Motacilla cinerea caspica.\n\n44. Streak-eyed Wagtail, Motacilla ocularis,\n\n45. White-faced Wagtail, Motacilla lugubris leucopsis.\n\n46. Warbler spp.\n\n47. White-breasted Waterhen, Amaurornis p. phœnicurus.\n\nNOTE: The above list is far from complete. Further observations should add considerably to it.\n\n: THE INSECT MENACE.\n\n(L. O. Howard :-D. Appleton and Co., London, 12/6 Nett).\n\nA. H. CROOK,\n\nThis is a wonderfully fascinating and very important book. Howard's name alone, if nothing else would insure this.\n\nDr.\n\nIt is not a text-book of entomology nor yet a handbook of insect pests on plants. But it is a clarion call, and a vision of what the enlightened entomologist sees as the duty of the present and the hope of the near future.\n\nThe book is a mass of interesting facts about insects, their modes of life and metamorphoses, their parasites and enemies and about applied insecticides. But these are only asides so to say. The main outline might be put thus. On the surface of the earth at the present time two groups— man and the insects-may be counted as the only animals which are definitely on the increase. It is a neck and neck race between them for the mastery of the world.\n\nThe insects have the pull in time and adaptation,\n\nfor they have been on the earth for millions of years before man appeared, and they have, so to say, 'dug themselves well in.' Man is a recent arrival. He is, too, a bit of a 'green horn,' (This, however, is by the way). Many things, but three especially, the gregarious life adopted by man the domestication of animals and the domestication of plants,-have given the insects unwonted opportunities for mass reproduction. We are constantly herding ourselves in great cities, growing huge areas with masses of food crops, and collecting great herds of cattle. All these are just feeding grounds for insects, and they have utilised the advantage to the full.\n\nNot much wonder that the insects have found in these great sources of supply a magnificent chance of breeding by the million.\n\nThen man has taken it into his head to move about-with ever increasing rapidity. The result can easily be guessed. Insects have constantly found themselves in a new environment, a perfect paradise, where their old enemy controls have not yet arrived. The result may be, and often has been, a plague of insects.\n\nAre man and his food supply to be thus eaten out of the world altogether? And is man to be driven from the face of the earth?\n\nAt times it looks as if this would be the result-but civilised man is waking up.\n\nThis volume will be widely read with great interest, but there are few places where it would be read with greater advantage and profit than in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is an insects' paradise.\n\nNo resident needs to be told that. But what does the resident think of the loss of life, the damage, and the annoyance which these pests cause? And what efforts and expenditure are being put forth in Hong Kong to regulate and control this awful wastage? One need only mention the names of three or four classes of insects to bring the matter home and there are thousands of others.\n\nCOCKROACHES are a constant annoyance and destroying food, clothing, books, pictures, and what not.\n\npest in the Colony, But what is being done to get rid of them and to reduce their ravages?\n\nThe Hong Kong Naturalist.\n\nMay 1932.\n\n129",
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        "content_text": "134\n\nHENRY W. FOWLER\n\nDepth 112 to 21; head 7 to 10, 32 to 4 1/5 in trunk; tail equal to less than head and trunk. Eye 92 to 1334 in head, 14/5 to 21/5 in snout, Mouth cleft 23 to 32 in head, extends behind eye. Dorsal inserted before gill openings. Yellowish or whitish, with numerous fine vermiculated lines or small spots. Row of large reticulated black blotches each side of back and another along each lower side of body, each comprising one or more white spots or reduced to small star-like spots. Or less regular series of black bands may connect large black blotches on each side of lower half of body. Length to 750 mm.\n\nLingsui, China (Red Sea, East Africa, Natal, Madagascar, Bourbon, Seychelles, India, East Indies, Philippines*, Queensland, Lord Howe Island, Melanesia*, Micronesia*, Polynesia*, Hawaii*).\n\nEchidna polyzona (Richardson).\n\nFigure 11.\n\nMuraena polyzona Richardson, Voy. Sulphur, Fishes, 1844, p. 112, pl. 55, figs. 11-14. No locality.-Günther, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus., vol. 8, 1870, p. 129 (type).\n\nEchidna polyzona Chen, Bull. Biol. Dep. Sun Yat-sen Univ., vol. 1, No. 1, 1929, p. 30, fig. 15 (dentition) (Lingsui).\n\nH.W.F\n\nFigure 11.\n\nEchidna polyzona (Richardson).\n\nDepth 13 to 21; head 61⁄2 to 8 5/6, 2 1/5 to 2 3/5 in trunk; head and trunk longer or shorter than tail. Eye 7% to 1134 in head, 17% to 21/5 in snout. Mouth cleft 234 to 3 in head. Dorsal inserted before gill openings. Dark brown, with 24 to 29 narrow white rings, extend on fins, or whitish with brown rings; rings variable to absent except at end of tail when colour is reticulated or marbled. Usually dark blotch at mouth corner. Length to 550 mm.\n\nLingsui (Red Sea, East Africa, Natal, Madagascar, India, East Indies, Philippines, Riu Kiu, Queensland, Melanesia, Polynesia*, Hawaii*).\n\nA Synopsis of the Fishes of China\n\nLYCODONTIS McClelland.\n\n135\n\nLycodontis McClelland, Calcutta Journ. Nat. Hist., vol. 5, No. 18, 1845, pp. 174-185. Type Lycodontis literata McClelland, designated by Jordan, Stanford Publ. Zool. (Genera of Fishes, pt. 2), 1919, p. 220.\n\nBody elongate, compressed. Head compressed. Eye small, covered by skin. Mouth cleft reaches behind eye, often not closing completely. Teeth entire, conic, compressed, some often long depressible fangs; in jaws in 1 or more series; on premaxillary plate usually in 1 or 2 peripheral rows and 1 to 3 medially; on vomer generally smaller than others, in 1 or more rows. Front nostrils each in short tube on top of snout. Hind nostrils round or oval pore on top of head before eye, without tube. Gill openings small, mostly horizontal slits. Dorsal and anal confluent with caudal, covered with thick skin, former usually inserted before gill openings, Tail shorter or longer than rest of body.\n\nA large genus in all warm seas, living in shallow water, on reefs or among rocks. Some reach a large size.\n\nSynopsis of Species.\n\na'. Premaxillary with 1 or 2 medial conic teeth which not longer than outside row.\n\nb. Maxillary teeth uniserial or biserial in very young,\n\nb. Maxillary teeth biserial.\n\npicta.\n\nthyrsoidea.\n\n4. Premaxillary teeth long slender depressible fangs. 1 to 4.\n\nc'. Encircled by 15 to 22 dark cross bands, black on belly and under surfaces.\n\nreticularis.\n\nc2. Body not banded with distinct cross bands.\n\nd'. Gill opening in dark blotch.\n\nd. Gill opening not in dark blotch.\n\ne1. Uniform brown.\n\nflavomarginata.\n\nboschii.\n\ne. Not uniform brown, colouration mostly spotted or mottled.\n\nf'. Distinct dark spots over entire body, mostly in longitudinal rows.\n\ng'. Spots smaller than interspaces, smallest or absent from head.\n\nh1. Dark spots not larger than eye in several longitudinal rows, in addition exceedingly numerous minute dark dots everywhere.\n\nundulata.\n\nh. Dark spots larger than eye, in 3 or 4 longitudinal rows, body otherwise clouded or marbled.\n\nreevesii.\n\nThe Hong Kong Naturalist.\n\nMay 1932,\n\n155",
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        "content_text": "146\n\nNotes Comments\n\nLARGE WHITE-RUMPED SWIFT (Apus pacificus pacificus).\n\nOn March 6th several of these birds were seen flying round the summit of the mountain Ng Tung Shan (Height 3,100 ft.). Last year on March 2nd they were observed near the top of Kowloon Peak, this was noted as an unusually early date to see these Swifts.\n\nPEREGRINE FALCON (Falco peregrinus calidus).\n\nA pair of these birds were seen on the slopes of Ng Tung Shan on March 6th; on March 19th a single bird was seen over the frontier road near Sha Tau Kok.\n\nEASTERN GREY CRANE (Megalornis grus lilfordi).\n\nOn November 30th two of these birds were seen at Ping Shan feeding on a paddy field near the sea; observers at Chilang Point have informed us that several of these birds frequent this district throughout the winter months. These huge birds are unmistakable, their length varies between 42 and 60 inches. They are difficult to approach on account of their extreme wariness, they are usually found on saltings or cultivated land near the sea.\n\nCROW PHEASANT (Centropus s. sinensis).\n\nOn February 21st the crow pheasant was heard calling for the first time, the bird is said to breed in April, though actually no nests were found until May last year.\n\nJAVA SPARROW (Munia orizivora).\n\nThis bird was first seen on 10th November, it is one of the two Weavers to visit the colony. A small number of these birds took up residence in shrubs in the dockyard for some time, but as these birds were very tame they may have been escapes from captivity, especially as they are favourite cage birds with the Chinese. A gaily coloured little bird with a bright pink bill and legs, head and neck black with a conspicuous white patch on sides of the head below the eye, dove-grey upper parts, underparts dove grey to white under tail-coverts, tail black.\n\nCHINESE STARLING (Sturnia sinensis).\n\nSmall numbers of these birds were seen on April 6th in trees around the village of Kam Tin. This species is a common spring visitor and stays to breed; it is a much smaller bird than either of the Mynahs. The head, neck and upper parts are creamy grey, wings white with black primaries, underparts creamy grey, tail black tipped white, bill blue, legs plumbeous. This species is noisy and has a variety of calls and whistlings after the manner of the Sturnidæ, April 1st arrived Island House Tai Po.\n\nINDIAN KOEL (Eudynamis orientalis honorata).\n\nFirst seen and heard on April 6th in a grove by the village of Sek Kong, Kam Tin district. On April 8th a bird was seen in the Lam Tsuen valley and on the same day in the woods at Fanling. The call of this bird can be confused with that of no other bird except that of the Great Chinese Barbet (Megalaima virens virens); there are several districts in the New Territory where both species are fairly numerous such as the Lam Tsuen valley. During the nesting season the incessant mournful calling of the male birds is heard both day and night until it positively becomes a nuisance. The Koel is known to Europeans as the Rain bird. Common to the habit of Cuckoos this bird lays one or more eggs in the nest of another bird preferably that of the Black-necked Mynah (Gracupica nigricollis); the eggs laid bear a considerable resemblance in colour to these of this bird. On April 26th last year a single egg was found in the nest of a Black-necked Mynah, on June 30th three young Koels were found in another of these Mynahs nests. The Indian Cuckoo (Cuculus m. micropterus) was not seen till April 13th when six birds were seen in the Lam Tsuen Valley.\n\nGREY-HEADED BLACK-FACED BUNTING (Emberiza spodocephala spodocephala).\n\nOn March 26th several birds were seen together near the village of Tung Chung, Lan Tau Island. They were perched about the bushes bordering a stream. These birds are noticeable at once by their bright colours, the head and neck is grey with a conspicuous chestnut patch on the cheeks, upper parts bright chestnut, primaries brown edged with chestnut, under parts buffish-white tail brownish-black.\n\nWe have recorded this species once before also on Lan Tau, this was in December 1930, on this occasion several birds were seen together on the South Coast of the Island.\n\nEASTERN HOUSE SWALLOW (Hirundo rustica gutturalis).\n\nFirst seen on February 20th. An observer tells us that as early as March 12th a nest was being built on an uninhabited house in the Castle Peak Tsuen valley.\n\nCHINESE LITTLE BITTERN (Ixobrychus s. sinensis).\n\nOn 15th March a specimen was picked up at Aberdeen (Hong Kong) in an exhausted condition and died soon afterwards. This bird proved to be a young male. The Chinese Little Bittern is said to be common and breeding in Kwangtung, but we have no records of their doing so in the Colony, although a few birds appear to remain throughout the winter.\n\nTHE JAPANESE ROBIN FLYCATCHER (Siphia Mujimaki).\n\nOn March 19th a single bird was seen in a paddy field near the village of San Uk Ling, Sham Chun, the bird was hawking insects. This bird has the habit of feeding on migration close to the ground, actually alighting to take its food off the ground then regaining its perch on a neighbouring bush.\n\nA most attractively coloured bird the upper parts grey-black with white car-coverts, bar and blotch on wing and bases to side feathers and tail, under parts orange and white, bill black, legs reddish-brown. In summer the upper parts are black. This is the first record we have made of this flycatcher.\n\n147\n\nThe Hong Kong Naturalist.\n\nMay 1932.\n\n167",
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        "content_text": "168\n\n148\n\nNotes Comments\n\nTHE BLACK-NAPED ORIOLE (Oriolus chinensis indicus).\n\nFirst date reported this year March 29th perched in the top branches of a Cananga tree in the Botanical gardens, this must be an early comer as the bird was not seen until April 30th last year. On April 13th an Oriole was seen and heard in full song in a garden at Tai Po. THE ASHY DRONGO (Dicrurus leucophaeus hopwoodi).\n\nThis rare visitor has been observed in the Botanical gardens since January 6th, at the time of writing April 6th the bird is still with us. On page 65 Vol. III, No. 1, of the Hong Kong Naturalist, it was stated that this was the first time we have recorded the Ashy Drongo, this is incorrect for in February and March 1930 a solitary bird was seen in these gardens, see page 90 Vol. I, No. 2, of the Hong Kong Naturalist.\n\nOn April 6th, the day on which the Black-naped Oriole was first seen, an observer watched these two rare species perched close together on the same tree in the Botanical gardens,\n\nBIRDS OF THE SHAM CHUN VALLEY.\n\nAs a typical example of the number of species of birds that can be seen in an afternoon in the New Territory, the following list is given, it was compiled by a party of five observers on March 19th whilst walking up the Sham Chun valley towards the villages of San Uk Ling and Muk Wo.\n\nThis district was entirely new ground to all in the party:-\n\nChinese Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis insignis).\nEastern Little Blue Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis bengalensis).\nEastern White-breasted Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis fusca).\nChinese Fan-tail Warbler (Cisticola juncidis tintinnabulans).\nBrown Bush-Warbler (Oreopneuste f. fuscata).\nEastern Quail (Coturnix c. japonica).\n\nSouth China Grey Tit (Parus cinereus commixtus),\nChinese Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus cathœcus).\nChinese Tailor Bird (Orthotomus sutorius longicauda).\nBlack-necked Mynah (Gracupica nigricollis).\nChinese Crested Mynah (Aethiopsar c. cristatellus).\nChinese Red-vented Bulbul (Molpastes hæmorrhous chrysorrhoides).\n\nChinese Red-whiskered Bulbul (Otocompsa emeria jocosa).\nChinese Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis sinensis).\nRichard's Pipit (Anthus r. richardi).\nEastern Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis hodgsoni).\nChinese Dayal Bird (Copsychus saularis prosthopellus).\nChinese Rufous-backed Shrike (Lanius s. schach).\n\nEastern House Swallow (Hirundo rustica gutturalis).\nWhite-rumped Swift (Apus p. pacificus).\nChinese Stonechat (Saxicola torquata stejnegeri).\nDaurian Redstart (Phœnicurus a. auroreus).\nCrow Pheasant (Centropus s. sinensis).\n\nSouth China White-Eye (Zosterops simplex simplex).\n\nNotes & Comments\n\n149\n\nChinese Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus saturatus).\nEastern Turtle Dove (Streptopelia o. orientalis).\nBlack-eared Kite (Milvus lineatus).\nEastern Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus calidus).\n\nChinese Magpie (Pica pica sericea).\nLittle Egret (Egretta g. garzetta).\nCattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis coromandus).\nChinese Blackbird (Turdus merula mandarinus).\n\nGrey Wagtail (Budytes cinereus caspicus).\nWhite-faced Wagtail (Motacilla alba leucopsis).\n\nTOTAL 34 SPECIES.\n\nIt will be noticed that several of the common species were not seen, such as the Blue Magpie, Babbling Thrush, Violet Whistling Thrush, Kestrel, Collared Crow and Cuckoo, so that it seems reasonable to suppose that by putting in a whole day upwards of 40 different species might be observed. We ask readers to endeavour to better this total and forward to us their list for comparison.\n\nNESTING NOTES.-March and early April, 1932.\n\nNests have been observed as follows:-\n\nChinese Magpie (Pica p. sericea) March 14th in University compound; March 17th Kai Lung, nest in a pine tree at 30 feet containing 3 youngsters estimated at not less than a fortnight old; March 17th near Lower Kai Lung in a pine tree at 20 feet, nest with one egg; March 19th Victoria Road in a pine tree at 15 feet,—2 eggs; March 22nd Kam Tin in a Melia tree at 30 feet,-4 eggs, these eggs were especially large for a magpie measuring 1.1 by 1.45 inches as compared with an average of 0.9 by 1.3, but as the nest was that of a Magpie and the bird was seen leaving the nest there can be no doubt as to the identity of the eggs.\n\nCollared Crow (Corvus torquatus) March 17th at San Tin situated 40 feet up in the fork of a Banyan Tree. The nest was composed of small branches, grass and mud, and contained 3 young birds about a week old; March 19th Aberdeen district in a Pine Tree at 18 feet, nest composed of small branches and pine needles lined with cotton wool, 5 eggs, four eggs were a uniform colour one egg much lighter average size of the eggs 1.6 by 1.2 inches. These are the first records we have made of the nests of these birds in the colony. The note of the Collared Crow is a harsh deep croak somewhat reminiscent of the raven.\n\nBlack-necked Mynah (Gracupica nigricollis). On April 6th two nests seen in the process of building in the fork of Bombax trees near Kam Tin village. The nests are untidy looking made chiefly of dried grasses which the birds could be seen taking to the nest.\n\nBlack-eared Kite (Milvus lineatus).\nMarch 18th below Lugard road 18 feet up in a Litsea tree, one egg very pale colour; March 18th below Harlech road 25 feet up in a Pine tree, three eggs all very pale colour; March 22nd below Stubbs Road 18 feet up in a pine tree-3 eggs, two of these eggs were heavily marked with chocolate and dark brown spots and\n\nThe Hong Kong Naturalist.\n\nMay 1932.\n\n169",
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        "content_text": "170\n\n150\n\nNotes Comments\n\nblotches, the marking in one case being on the blunt end of the egg and in the other case on the pointed end, the third egg was the usual colour evenly marked.\n\nOur thanks are again due to Mr. H. Green, Superintendent of the Botanic Gardens, and his staff, for the help afforded us in compiling these notes.\n\nTurning to page 40 Vol. I, No. 1, of H. K. N. under the heading of :- 'Things we want to know!' We have gleaned considerable information on certain of these points since this article was written, viz :— (4) Nesting haunts of Kite, Collared Crow, and Magpie. (5) Arrival dates of the Swallow, Swift, Starling and Cuckoos, (6) Great Himalayan Barbet-locality seen and date.\n\nBut we still require more information on Duck, species seen and locality.\n\n2. Snipe, Quail, Woodcock, when and where seen, whether plentiful or not.\n\n3. Plover, locality and date.\n\n4. Owls, Waterhens, Cuckoos, Barbets and Pied Kingfishers,- Nesting Habits.\n\n5. The homes of the White-rumped Swift and Green Parrakeet which have so far baffled us.\n\nWe ask observers once again to help us with useful information about the Colony's bird life, particularly during the nesting season. We reiterate what has been said previously in this magazine namely that the journal is a co-operative venture and is dependent on observers to help us to collect the complete records we desire. A brief note made at the time of watching a particular species is often of much value afterwards.\n\nARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.-We record the following for the past quarter:-\n\nDEPARTURES.-Eastern Quail (Coturnix c. japonica) March 28th: Kestrel (Cerchneis tinnunculus) April 8th Fanling: Sparrow Hawk (Accipiter nisus) April 6th Kam Tin: Forest Nightjar (Caprimulgus affinis monticola) April 1st Castle Peak road just after sunset: Eastern Tree Pipit (A. trivialis hodgsoni) April 16th Kam Tin: Richard's Pipit (Anthus r. richardi) April 21 Kam Tin: Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus a. auroreus) April 6th Kam Tin: Chinese Greenfinch (Chloris s. sinica) March 30th King's Park Kowloon: Red-bellied Rock Thrush (Monticola p. philippensis) April 7th on road just above Sha Tin: Chinese Stonechat (Saxicola torquata stejnegeri) April 21st Kam Tin.\n\nARRIVALS. Chinese Starling (Sturnia sinensis) April 6th Kam Tin- several: Chinese Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocerus) March 19th Sham Chun valley-several: Indian Koel (Eudynamis orientalis honorata) April 6th Kam Tin: Eastern Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus sinensis indicus) March 29th\n\nNotes Comments\n\n151\n\nBotanic Gardens: Great Chinese Barbet (Megalaima virens virens) March 9th Lam Tsuen valley, several: Chinese Little Bittern (Ixobrychus s. sinensis) March 15th Aberdeen: Japanese Robin Flycatcher (Siphia Mugimaki) March 19th Sham Chun valley: Siberian Greyheaded Bunting (Emberiza fucata fucata) March 26th Lan T'au: Large White-rumped Swift (Apus pacificus pacificus) March 6th Ng Tung Shan, several : Grey-backed Thrush (Turdus hortulorum) March 26th in a garden at Tai Po: Yellow-browed Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus humei præmium) March 19th Tai Po Eastern House Swallow (Hirundo rustica gutturalis) February 20th Castle Peak.\n\nICHTHYOLOGY\n\nLEUCOGLOSSA HERKLOTSI Herre, new species.\n\nE. A. A.\n\nDorsal VIII-I-27; anal II-I-20; there are 31 scutes in the straight portion of the lateral line, 67 scales in the anterior portion.\n\nThe oblong body is strongly compressed, with the dorsal and anal profiles regularly and almost equally curved; the depth is 2.2 times, the head 3.15 times, the deeply forked caudal 2.9 times, the long falcate pectoral 2.65 times in the length; the depth of the head equals its length; the eye is 3.35 times, the snout 2.9 times, the maxillary 2.3 times, the ventral 2.4 times in the head; the interorbital breadth slightly exceeds the eye diameter; there is a toothless space at the tip of each jaw, behind which is a single row of sharp hooked teeth along each side; the mouth is very oblique, the maxillary not quite reaching a vertical from the front margin of the eye; the pectoral extends to a point over the 7th anal ray; the longest dorsal ray is 1.6 times, the longest anal ray 1.8 times in the head; the gill rakers are 4+13, plus a very short stub on each limb; the anterior portion of the lateral line is nearly straight for some distance, then slightly curved up descending in a wavy line to the posterior straight section armed with scutes; which is a little shorter than the curved portion; the seventh and eighth dorsal spines are minute, barely reaching the surface of the skin.\n\nThe colour in alcohol is dark bluish gray with 4 vertical silvery white cross bands on each side of the body, and with traces of a fifth band near the caudal peduncle; the posterior margin of the gill opening is pearly white and a pearly white bar extends along the base of the anal and lower side of the caudal peduncle; the fins are all dusky or blackish, except the ventrals which are milky white; the tongue and all the roof of the mouth above it to the tip of the jaw, and the symphysis of the lower jaw back halfway to the root of the tongue are all milky white, the rest of the mouth and lips black or violaceous black.\n\nHere described from the type and only specimen, 180 mm. in length, secured in the market at Hong Kong, in September, 1931.\n\nNamed for Dr. G. A. C. Herklots, in honour of his activities in investigating the fauna and flora of Hong Kong.\n\nALBERT W. HERRE,\n\nStanford University,\n\nCalifornia, U.S.A.\n\nThe Hong Kong Naturalist.\n\nMay 1932.\n\n171\n\n3",
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        "content_text": "THE HONG KONG NATURALIST\n\nA QUARTERLY ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL\n\nPRINCIPALLY FOR HONG KONG AND SOUTH CHINA,\n\nEDITED BY\n\nG. A. C. HERKLOTS, Ph.D., M.Sc., F.L.S.\n\nREADER IN BIOLOGY, THE UNIVERSITY, HONG KONG,\n\nVol. III No. 2.\n\nMay 1932.\n\nCONTENTS.\n\nPage\n\nThe Birds of Hong Kong.\n\nPart X. The Magpies\n\nE. A. Aylmer\n\n77\n\nThe Nest of the White-bellied Sea Eagle\n\nE. A. Aylmer\n\n80\n\nLilium Brownii var. colchesteri\n\nG. A. C. Herklots\n\n82\n\nThe Flowering Shrubs and Trees of Hong Kong,\n\nPart II.\n\nG. A. C. Herklots\n\n87\n\nThe Protection of Wild Plants in Hong Kong\n\nV. H. C. Jarrett\n\n99\n\nThe Lam Tsun Valley\n\nH. P. W. Hutson\n\n106\n\nThe Insect Menace\n\nA. H. Crook\n\n111\n\nMaps of Hong Kong\n\nL. Gibbs\n\n116\n\nA Synopsis of the Fishes of China, Part III.\n\nD. J. Finn\n\n120\n\nEels, concluded\n\nH. W. Fowler\n\n126\n\nNotes and Comments\n\n145\n\nOrnithology,\n\nHong Kong Notes.\n\nNesting Notes.\n\nIchthyology.\n\nLeucoglossa herklotsi, Herre.\n\nBotany.\n\nEhretia longiflora, Champ.\n\nBook Review\n\nClimatological Data\n\nArrivals and Departures.\n\n153\n\n154\n\nPrice $2.00. Prepaid Subscription $7.00 per annum post free. Europe, Twelve shillings and six pence; America $3.00 (gold) per annum, post free.\n\nThe Newspaper Enterprise Limited, Hong Kong.\n\n78\n\nE. A. AYLMER\n\nIn the winter months numbers of these birds may be seen together feeding in the paddy fields. The bird has a habit when feeding on damp ground or grass of elevating its tail to keep it dry. The harsh chuckling cry or chatter of this bird is unmistakable. The worst characteristic of the Chinese Magpie is its habit of killing and devouring young birds, usually fledglings, in a nest, though in mitigation of this crime it must be noted that the bird does kill and eat snakes, not excepting cobras.\n\nThe Magpie has a reputation for hoarding food, also small objects which may be carried to the nest. It is generally believed that the Magpie pairs for life; the birds can usually be observed in couples even when in flocks.\n\nRANGE. Resident throughout China.\n\nTHE CHINESE BLUE MAGPIE.—(Urocissa erythrorhyncha erythrorhyncha). See Plate No. 14.\n\nFIELD IDENTIFICATION.—This strikingly handsome bird should present little difficulty in recognition. Bill and legs-coral red, forehead-black, back-slaty-blue, wings and tail deeper blue. A disproportionately long tail, the upper tail covers are tipped black with white on under surface. In flight the two central tail quills are very much extended. Length about 22 inches, over half of which is tail.\n\nNESTING. The nest is a shallow, well-made, light structure of twigs lined with grass and rootlets usually placed in a low tree or sapling. One nest found last year was only 12 feet from the ground.\n\nThe eggs vary from three to six. The average number of eggs found in nests last year was four, the first nest being found on the 18th of April. The colour of the eggs varies a good deal; they are of a greenish-yellow, spotted reddish-brown with underlying purplish-grey spots. Measurements of eggs varied between 1.25 inches x 0.87 inch and 1.17 inches x 0.88 inch.\n\nHABITS. This bird inhabits the wooded country throughout the colony. Noticeable at once by its graceful gliding flight with the long tail much in evidence, its habits are characteristic of the Jay. Numbers of these birds may be seen together following one another through the trees.\n\nThough as mischievous as the Chinese Magpie in destroying young birds and in addition sucking eggs, this bird will also tackle a snake. Of a quarrelsome disposition it is always ready to fight with its own kind or with the Common Magpie for a feeding ground. Its calls are varied and noisy, from a harsh clucking to a musical whistle almost amounting to a song.\n\nRANGE. Resident throughout Central and South China.\n\nThe following two extracts will show that the magpie has its place in Chinese literature:- \"The seventh day of the seventh month is celebrated throughout China in connection with a love-story to which allusion is constantly made in Chinese literature. It is said that the Herd-Boy (the star Beta Aquilae) and the Spinning Maiden (Alpha Lyrae), separated throughout the rest of the year by the Milky Way, are allowed to cross a mystic\n\n86\n\n90",
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        "content_text": "168\n\nE. A. AYLMER\n\nhawking insects all day, no nests were found but the birds must breed in the neighbourhood.\n\nThe Eastern Swift (Micropus apus pekinensis) was another common summer visitor. Throughout the first week in May, both the Eastern House Swallow (Hirundo rustica gutturalis) and Hodgson's Striated Swallow (Hirundo daurica nepalensis) were plentiful, a number remained to nest. Early in August large numbers of both species were passing through again.\n\nThe birds of prey. The result of this year's watching has revealed little of note, beyond confirming that all three Harriers appear to frequent the lagoons. See S. R. Ascherson's notes in H.K. Nat. Vol. III Part 1. The Sparrow Hawks and Kestrel Hawks were seen fairly often, very occasionally, a buzzard was seen. The buzzard, thought to be the Eastern Harrier Buzzard (Buteo buteo japonicus), was not identified for certain.\n\nThe Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) and the Eastern Hobby (Falco subbuteo) were observed once or twice. Undoubtedly the commonest of the smaller accipitres was the Eastern Red-legged Falcon (Falco amurensis). One specimen flew on board a warship on 30th April in an exhausted condition, this occurred during a fog off Wei-hai-wei. Numbers of these birds were seen together on the mainland in early September, they could be approached easily and studied at close quarters. The light rufous leg coverts and rich orange-coral of the bill and legs, make their recognition unmistakable.\n\nAn interesting comparison from notes taken at Wei-hai-wei during the past three years has been made. It is most remarkable how regularly the dates of arrival and departure of the migrants are adhered to. It does not seem to make the smallest difference what the seasonal variations may be. For example, the spring of 1931 was reckoned to be some weeks later than usual, following a severe winter, whilst the spring of 1932 was considered to be more or less normal, yet there was no appreciable difference in the dates of arrival or departure of any of the species noted. In fact, in some cases, the dates in 1932, were identical with those of 1931.\n\nA list of the new species identified and now added to our former total is given below; this increases the number from 133 to 147 different species to date between the months of May to November :-\n\n1. Solitary Snipe (Capella solitaria japonica) 30th April several shot\n\nseen for a few days early in May.\n\n2. Swinhoe's Yellow Nib Duck (Anas poecilorhyncha zonorhyncha)\n\nseen 30th April to 5th May.\n\n3. Large White-rumped Swift (Micropus pacificus pacificus) seen\n\nthroughout the summer.\n\n4. Eastern Golden Plover (Pluvialis dominicus fulvus) in the\n\nlagoons—seen from 3rd May to 17th May.\n\n5. Chinese Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus cathoecus) one\n\nseen 7th May on the island.\n\nThe Hong Kong Naturalist",
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        "content_text": "171\n\n190\n\nF. A. McCLURE\n\nis trimmed, and as the blossoms begin to open, the ensheathing membranes are carefully removed by means of a pair of forceps (Figure 2).\n\nDuring the last few days of the twelfth month of the lunar year certain streets in Canton, particularly Yeung Hong (Yang Hong), are gay with Chinese Sacred Lilies and other flowers exhibited for sale.\n\n21\n\nAn interesting branch of the forcing industry is the production of dwarfed and bizarre forms by a process known as carving (E). In Amoy, where the art is apparently developed to a very high degree, the plant is so treated that, when its flowers reach the full-blown stage, it bears the shape of a fairy, a tiger, a lion or any of a score of conventional forms. In Canton, however, the usual form of these works of art is much simpler and the name applied to them is Haai Chaau Shui Sin (Hai Jiao Shui Xian — Crab's Claw Narcissus). The name alludes, however, not to the ensemble form, but rather to the curved shape of the individual leaves. Although not so desirable in the eyes of some as the natural form, these creations are highly esteemed by many, and good examples bring fancy prices.\n\nThe technique followed by Narcissus carvers in Canton is probably typical, in its fundamental features at any rate, and is deemed of sufficient interest to warrant its description here. The smaller, less shapely bulbs, chiefly those removed from over-crowded clusters, are used. After the preliminary twenty-four hour soaking, the first step is to trim away from one side of each bulb a large portion of the fleshy scales, leaving the central bud exposed. The bulbs are then impaled on slender bamboo sticks about five inches in length, one on either end with their bases facing each other. A number of these sticks are then arranged as the spokes of a wheel and fastened securely in this relation, with the bulbs packed together on the rim, the excised area of each uppermost. A small dome of bamboo strips is then constructed over the spokes of the “wheel,” and covered with a layer of cotton. Plate 28, Fig. 2. This circle of bulbs is then laid upon a shallow clay bowl which is filled with water into which the roots begin to grow.\n\n1.\n\nIn\n\n2.\n\nThe preliminary carving and the horizontal orientation of the bulbs in the first place have a profound effect upon the development of the plants. In the first place, a considerable portion of the stored food has been removed, which reduces the rate of growth and the ultimate size of the vegetative parts. In the second place, the horizontal position of the bulbs, combined with the removal of all restraint from what is now the upper side of the growing buds, giving free play to their negative geotropic response results in an upward curving of the leaves and flower stalks. When the growth has proceeded to the appropriate stage further carving is initiated which accentuates the dwarfing and curling of these structures. This part of the technique takes the form of the daily removal, with a sharp carving tool (Figure 2), of a minute portion of the edge of each leaf. This results in differential growth by retarding the development of the injured areas of tissues. In addition, the flower stalks are carefully trained, by daily manipulation, so as to occupy their appropriate positions in the finished product, particularly so that the blossoms will be massed together at the centre in a dense cluster. Finally, as their flower buds open, the ensheathing tissues are removed, just as they are in the case of the natural form.\n\nThe Hong Kong Naturalist.\n\nThe Hong Kong Naturalist.\n\nPlate 28.\n\nVol. III, Nos. 3 and 4.\n\n172",
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        "content_text": "176\n\n1.\n\nThe Chinese Sacred Lily\n\nLITERATURE.\n\n193\n\nLaufer, B. Sino-Iranica. Field Museum of Natural History Publication No. 201. Anthropological Series, Vol. XV, No. 3 (1919) pp. 427-8.\n\n2. 花鏡一花草頰卷五一陣子訂輯\n\n3. 佩文齋廣群芳譜五十一\n\n4. 群芳譜真部第四冊一王象普藎臣甫纂輯\n\n5. 古今圖書集成一博物彙編一草木典一花部(1056號)及一水仙部(1076號\n\n0.\n\nJ.\n\n-121)\n\nFOOTNOTES.\n\nContribution from Lingnan Natural History Survey and Museum.\n\n1. Professor R. C. Ching discovered a wild species of Narcissus in southern Chekiang and northern Fukien which may prove to be the prototype of the cultivated form.\n\n2. Identification by Dr. E. D. Merrill of specimens in the Lingnan University Herbarium.\n\n3. Cantonese: Shui Sin Fa.\n\n4. The writer has seen bulbs being forced in temporary shallow reservoirs constructed on a village threshing floor by laying bricks end to end with the joints caulked with mud. This arrangement is very inconvenient and is resorted to only by men who cannot afford the usual equipment in the way of movable wooden tubs. Another method once observed, is that of sinking the bulbs in a heap of moist sand and covering its surface with black ash of rice straw (Figure 5).\n\n5. Cantonese: Cheung chau.\n\n6. The writer wishes to acknowledge his indebtedness to Rev. Veenschoten, of Changchow, whose services as interpreter were an indispensible aid during the conversation with Mr. Ch'an Muk,\n\nPlate 26\n\nEXPLANATION OF PLATES.\n\nFigure 1. Photograph showing lateral and vertical view of two Narcissus bulbs secured by the writer at Chang-chow. The upright bulb still retains the mud filling at its base.\n\nPlate 26\n\nFigure 2. Partial view of a temple courtyard where Narcissus bulbs are being forced. The tubs in the foreground contain carved bulbs while those in the background are filled with normal ones.\n\nE Water\n\nPlate 27\n\nFigure 1. bucket and sprinkling can at the right. The bulbs are sprinkled five or six times a day. barrier of bamboo and straw protects the young plants from the north wind.\n\nA\n\nPlate 27 Figure 2.\n\nPlate 28 Figure 1.\n\nPlate 28 Figure 2.\n\nPlate 29\n\nBulbs are sometimes forced by plunging them in sand covered with a layer of black ash of rice straw. Forcer giving detailed attention to a specimen of Haai Chaau Shui Sin.\n\nA tray of partially developed Haai Chaau Shui Sin (Carved, or Crab's Claw Narcissus) showing the domes of cotton.\n\nSingle flowered Narcissus treated as a table plant (p'oon ts'oi)\n\nDecember 1932.",
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        "content_text": "280\n\n281\n\n282\n\nNotes Comments\n\nChinese Rufous-backed Shrike, Lanius s. schach.–\n\nAt Sheung Shui in bamboo hedge eight feet from ground, on 2. IV. 32, nest of dried grasses, (4 eggs).\n\nEastern House-Swallow, Hirundo rustica gutturalis.-\n\nAt Smithfield, 8. IV. 32, 20 feet from ground on a building (4 eggs). Another 28, IV. 32 (5 eggs).\n\nTree Sparrow, Passer montanus taivanensis.-\n\nIn hole in wall of vacant house, 24 feet from the ground, nest of dried grasses lined with feathers (5 eggs), 18, IV, 32.\n\nViolet Whistling Thrush, Myiophoneus c. coeruleus.—\n\nNest on granite rock near Peak tram, (3 young, feathered almost ready to fly), 21. IV. 32. In hole in face of an earth cutting, Shek O Road, 30 feet from ground (4 eggs).\n\nChinese Red-whiskered Bulbul, Otocompsa emeria jocosa.—\n\nAt Little Hong Kong in Lung Ngan tree five feet from ground (3 eggs), 25. IV. 32.\n\nBlue Magpie, Urocessa e. erythrorhyncha.—\n\nIn pine tree, 25 feet from ground at Telegraph Bay, (5 eggs) 4. V. Protestant Cemetery, in a tree, 40 feet from ground, (5 eggs), 10. V. 32.\n\nChinese Francolin, Francolinus p. pintadeanus.—\n\nAt Peng Kong in grass in pine plantation, (6 eggs), 6. V. 32. Also (6 eggs), 27. V. 32, and (2 eggs) 5. VI. 32.\n\nMynah sp.—\n\nAt Peng Kong in pine tree, 30 feet from ground, (2 eggs), 7. V. 32. At Little Hong Kong in hole in Bischofia tree, 45 feet from ground, (5 eggs), 12. V. 32.\n\nEastern Black-naped Oriole, Oriolus sinensis indicus.—\n\nAt Telegraph Bay, in pine tree, 40 feet from ground (2 eggs), 9. V. 32.\n\nChinese Tailor Bird, Orthotomus sutorius longicauda.—\n\nAt Pokfulam, in Ficus, 4 feet from ground, (3 eggs), 18. V. 32. Near Victoria Road, nest 2 feet from ground (2 eggs), 26. V. 32. Hong Kong, nest 1 foot from ground (4 eggs), 26. V. 32.\n\nHwamei, Trochalopterun c. canorum.—\n\nAt Little Hong Kong old village, in shrub, one foot from ground; a shallow nest of bamboo and tree leaves, pine needles and grass, (3 eggs), 18. V. 32.\n\nDrongo, sp.\n\nIn Aquilaria tree at Protestant Cemetery about 20 feet from ground, nest of dry grass and tree roots, (3 eggs), 28. V. 32.\n\n283\n\nNotes & Comments\n\nSouth China White Eye, Zosterops s. simplex.-\n\nAt Happy Valley, 15 feet up in bamboo hedge, nest of bamboo leaves, grass and spiders' webs, (4 eggs), 13. V. 32.\n\nPond Heron, Cattle Egret, Night Heron.—\n\nAt Hang Ha Po. Eggs of all three species laid by 5. V. 32.\n\nKing-fishers, either Eastern White-breasted or Black-capped.—\n\nIn hole in cutting Shaukiwan Road (2 eggs), 11. V. 32. Wongnei-chung Gap Road in hole in cutting (4 eggs), 12. V. 32. Little Hong Kong in hole in earth cutting (3 eggs), 20. V. 32.\n\nOwls sp.\n\nIn hole in damaged ground, (1 egg), 17. V. 32.\n\nDrongo sp. and Cuckoo sp.\n\nIn hole in Camphor tree Little Hong Kong (2 eggs), 17. V. 32.\n\nA typical drongo nest was found in a Celtis tree about 25 feet from ground, below Victoria Road near a stream leading to Telegraph Bay. The nest contained 3 eggs; one was a typical drongo egg the other two appeared to be eggs of a foreign bird probably a cuckoo. They were coloured pale cinnamon brown with faint bluish shading on the blunt end and were one third larger than the drongo egg, 26. V. 32.\n\nBIRD NAMES,\n\nG. A. C. H.\n\nMay I enter a plea for the avoidance of confusion in the naming of birds and for the stereotyping where possible of the best known or most suitable popular name?—the scientific name is in higher hands. Two instances in the Hong Kong Naturalist have called forth these remarks.\n\n1. MAGPIE ROBIN.-On page 50 Vol. 1. H. P. W. Hutton calls it \"Chinese Dayal Bird,\" though he admits that \"Magpie Robin\" is a better name. Surely \"Magpie Robin\" is so much the better name that it is worth while making a good try to suppress the other name. Page 51 of the same number Soame Jenyns uses Magpie Robin without explanation or reservation, and I venture to say that the name is so well known in Hong Kong and is so appropriate that no explanation is needed.\n\n2. RAIN BIRD.-This is one of the Cuckoos, a family which has not yet been dealt with in the very admirable articles on Birds of Hong Kong which have appeared in the \"Hong Kong Naturalist.\" Several notes on the various members of the Cuckoo family have however appeared. I have extracted the following:-\n\nVol. I. Page 106. Hawk Cuckoo-Brain fever bird of India.\n\nVol. I. Page 109. Indian Cuckoo, Cuculus micropterus.\n\nVol. II. Page 143. Indian Koel, Eudynamis orientalis honorata.\n\nThe Hong Kong Naturalist.\n\nDecember 1932.",
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        "content_text": "CONFIDENTIAL\n\n980\n\nHong Kong (1932).\n\nDocument 0.4.\n\nIMPERIAL SHIPPING COMMITTEE\n\nSummary of Evidence given by Mr. C.G.B. Mackie, of Messrs. Mackinnon, Mackenzie and Company, Hong Kong, a member of the Hong Kong Harbour Advisory Council.\n\nNote: Mr. Mackie has not yet corrected the transcript of his evidence and this summary is circulated subject to amendment.\n\n1. Mr. Mackie stated that in his opinion it was desirable to dredge the approaches to the whole of the berths of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company to a minimum depth of 36 feet. He based his opinion on the fact that ships drawing 32 feet of water visited Hong Kong and he considered that it was necessary in the interests of safe navigation, to have from 2 feet to 4 feet clearance between the keel of the ship and the harbour bed. He added that in the case of mail ships it was not possible to wait for favourable tides and it was therefore necessary that at all states of the tide these ships should be able to get alongside the wharf. At present many of the big ships visiting the wharves churned up the mud from the harbour bed and found difficulty in manoeuvring in the shallow water.\n\n2. Questioned as to the reasons for the building of the new pier (shown as No.1 pier on the plan) Mr. Mackie stated that in 1914 the Colonial Office recognised the liability of the local Government to provide adequate access to any piers erected by the Godown Company on sites approved by the local Government. A permit was issued by the Hong Kong Government in respect of the site of No.1 pier, and notwithstanding the ...\n\n-1-",
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        "content_text": "Brimal\n\nRECEIVED\n\n26 JUL 1932\n\nCOL.OFFICE\n\nTreasury Chambers,\n\n83\n\nWhitehall, S.W.\n\nJuly 23rd, 1932.\n\nDear Shuckburgh,\n\nAt the meeting of the Imperial Shipping Committee yesterday there was a further long discussion about Hong Kong harbour, the upshot of which was that the Committee were disposed to recommend that the harbour should be dredged to a depth of 36 feet.\n\nThe Admiralty said that they favoured a deepening to 36 feet and they themselves contemplated dredging to the north of the harbour to a cost of something like £40,000, which might be combined with the contract for the commercial harbour.\n\nBut what influenced the Committee I think mainly was that the additional cost of going to 36 feet instead of 34 feet seemed to be only £20,000, and they did not think it worth while to boggle at this. On the other hand they were strongly against any increased charge to shipping for the benefit of the few boats which required such a depth.\n\nPersonally I was not very much impressed by Mackie's evidence and it seemed to me that the main benefit of the improvement would go to the Godown Company, who built their new pier in comparatively shallow water despite the",
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        "content_text": "2\n\n95\n\nRailway reclamation at Hung Hom Bay.\n\nBefore terms had finally been settled between Government and the Company regarding this proposition, the Company successfully concluded an agreement with the Naval Authorities regarding the Naval Camber. They thereupon reverted to their original scheme of extending to the north of their existing property. During the course of the negotiations with Government which followed the Company wrote in August 1930 requesting that the approaches to it, shown as coloured blue and coloured red and hatched blue on the plan, should be dredged by Government to a depth of thirty-six feet. They were informed in reply that \"Government is not prepared to give any undertaking that the area of the sea bed opposite your property will be dredged and maintained to a depth of thirty-six feet\".\n\nIt would therefore have been possible for the Company at this stage to have reverted either to the scheme of erecting a pier at Hung Hom Bay or to one of their earlier proposals, which was abandoned owing to their being unable to reach an agreement with the Naval Authorities as referred to above, of making the new pier sufficient only for smaller ships of comparatively shallow draught, and lengthening either one or two of the most southerly of their existing piers. They did not however adopt this course, and, whilst noting \"with regret that Government is not prepared to give any undertaking that the area, over which vessels must pass when approaching the new wharf, will be dredged\", accepted the terms and conditions of Government on 8th October, 1930, and proceeded to construct the pier. Shortly before it was",
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        "document_key": "CO129-543-16 China- protection for Anglo-Chinese 13-2-1933 - 13-3-1934",
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        "title": "CO129-543-16 China- protection for Anglo-Chinese 13-2-1933 - 13-3-1934",
        "content_text": "ality. Until they are prepared to do this, \nthey must either refrain from returning to \nChina or, if they go there, must accept \nboth the disadvantages as well as the advantages \nof their dual nationality.\n\n# Rlowell\n10\n4.3.32\n3\n\nSir J. Maffey.\n\nI hope that you will read Mr. Costar's \nminute of 5/3/34, which gives an excellent summary \nof the whole question.\n\nA political question \nof some importance - or what would once have been \nconsidered of some importance - is involved in the \nproposal to drop our claims in respect of the \nprotection of \"Anglo-Chinese\" in China. \nIt is just the kind of step that once \nwould have been denounced as an ignoble surrender; \nin Lord Palmerston's time, for example, \n- \nbut in present circumstances, seeing that the Chinese \nwill not yield the point and there is no question \nof our attempting to coerce them, I suppose that \nwe had better swallow the dose with the best grace \nthat we can assume.\n\n? Write to the F.O. as in the draft \nnote (15) below.\n\nAt once \n7 15 20 \nKt 7/3/34 \n1/1 \n\n13 MAR 1934",
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        "document_key": "CO129-548-1 Annual reports from various government departments 3-4-1934 - 11-6-1935",
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        "title": "CO129-548-1 Annual reports from various government departments 3-4-1934 - 11-6-1935",
        "content_text": "# K 9\n\n## DEPORTATION OFFICE\n\n15. Table IV gives the number of persons dealt with by the Deportation Office during the year. A large increase of 2,666 is shown. Medicants were taken charge of, and their fingerprints recorded as from March, 1933. The year has been marked by a large increase in Local Records-Banishment and Discharges from Victoria Gaol. The number of Deportees for the year exceeds the combined figure for 1930 and 1931.\n\n## THE NEW TERRITORY\n\n16. The frontier on the British side remained quiet throughout the year though several outrages were reported from the Chinese side. Smuggling from British to Chinese Territory has continued and several fatal clashes between Chinese Customs Officers and smugglers in Chinese Territory have been reported. Friendly relations have been maintained with the Chinese Authorities who have co-operated with and offered every assistance to the Hong Kong Police.\n\nDuring the year, a large gambling establishment was opened in Chinese Territory near Shum Chun Railway Station. All Police Stations in the New Territory, with the exception of Sai Kung, Lok Ma Chau, Ta Ku Ling, and Lin Ma Hang, were equipped with Electric Light. Mobile Police Work on the frontier has been greatly facilitated by the provision of motor cycle combinations at Sheung Shui and Sha Tau Kok.\n\nA new No. 11 Motor Boat, equipped with a Hotchkiss Cone Propeller for patrol work on the Shum Chun River, and in shallow water, was provided for Lok Ma Chau Station. Four murders, nine armed robberies, and six attempted armed robberies occurred during the year. There were one hundred and twenty-six cases of Malaria amongst police in the New Territories, as against one hundred and eight in 1932.\n\nPage 219",
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        "document_key": "CO129-550-7 Rex v. Ng Loi Yuen- appeal to Privy Council 1-1-1934 - 31-12-1934",
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        "content_text": "(2)\n\nIf alcohol was taken later than 10:30 one would need less alcohol at 11:30.\n\nof 30% 8 fluid ounces.\n\nor 20% 12 fluid ounces.\n\nof 18% 13½ fluid ounces.\n\nAt 12:30 figures are 7, 11, and 12¼.\n\n14.\n\nAt 1:30 6½: 10¼ and 11.\n\nIf no urine had been passed between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. figures would be lower.\n\nxxd. Lim\n\nI received bottle at 9.48 8.1.\n\nI began analysis about 10:30 a.m.\n\n95\n\nI have no doubt of correctness of papers from which I get figures.\n\nI have made two previous similar tests this year.\n\nRexd Fraser.\n\nBottle was corked and sealed absolutely airtight.\n\nI see no reason why a dilute solution of alcohol should lose strength in so short a time.\n\nDouglas James Valentine 8.8. xd. Fraser.\n\nK.O. in charge G. C. H.\n\nMichael Pine was admitted on 22nd June at 3:40 p.m.\n\nI saw him a few minutes afterwards,\n\nHe was unconscious and suffering from effects of immersion.\n\n✓ He had a wound on head - bleeding - right of top of head.\n\nIt was shallow incised wound such as could be caused by striking any hard object.\n\nNumerous bruises and abrasions about forehead and especially over knees.\n\nHe died at 6:10 p.m. same day.\n\nNever regained consciousness.\n\nBody identified by father Thomas Pine.\n\nI did p.mortem.\n\nApart from wounds already mentioned skull was fractured from middle of back of head down to neck.\n\nLot of subcutaneous haemorrhage from fracture.\n\nDeath was due to fracture of skull.\n\nI think violence was applied right on top of head.\n\nA fall on the head on a stone paved surface would cause the injuries.\n\nA fall from a height of 6 feet would cause injuries.\n\nIf a boy were washed down the nullah in a prone position with no projections in the nullah the injuries are not so likely to have been caused by battering inside as by fall from a height. Accused was admitted about 4:15 p.m. same day.\n\nHe was suffering from effects of immersion and was in dazed condition.\n\nHe had a number of injuries, wound on left side of head, numerous bruises and abrasions all over body.\n\nAlso fracture of right femur just above knee.\n\nIt was more like a crack, not much displacement.\n\nPut into bed No. 94 in prisoners' ward.\n\nWhen I first saw him in receiving room all he would say in dazed manner was \"Yam tsow\".\n\nPlain enough for me to distinguish.\n\nI understand that to mean \"drink wine\".\n\nBreath smelt of alcohol.\n\nI made no special note about his eyes, nothing to attract attention.\n\nI had specimen of urine taken from first urine passed.\n\nUrine was passed at 6 p.m.\n\nHe passed no urine between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m.\n\nI sent urine under seal to Branson.\n\nI have heard Branson's evidence and agree with it.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-554-1 Loans for public works 13-3-1935 - 30-11-1935",
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        "content_text": "20 \n\nbefore or after their construction is 1 knot - \n\nthe physical \n\nconditions are not such as should cause undue navigational \n\ndifficulties in the approach and departure of the ferry vessels, \n\nmore especially to those navigators who have acquired some experience in this service, although the designs of these \n\ncraft, with their shallow draught and comparatively large wind-surface, must render them somewhat unwieldy and awkward to \n\nhandle in a strong breeze. \n\n5. \n\nMoreover, \n\nThe designs to which the main structures of the \n\nlandings were originally constructed are substantial and, ordinarily, should have given complete satisfaction. \n\nthe character and arrangement of the fendering adopted were \n\non an elaborate scale and should, in normal circumstances, \n\nhave proved sufficient. \n\n6. \n\nThe fact that, nevertheless, damage to the landings, and movement in the gantry foundations at Jubilee Street, has on occasions been caused, I attribute mainly to the conditions \n\nunder which the ferry service is operated. Having regard to \n\nthe results of the recent survey of the rubble foundations and the adjacent sea-bed, the structural movements which have occurred cannot be deemed due to settlement of the rubble and \n\nupheaval of the harbour bed, as we had previously suggested as being possible, but must have been caused by the violent shocks to which the structure has been subjected by the ferry \n\nvessels. \n\n7. \n\nUnder the present time-table and with the number \n\nof vessels now in the service, the barest minimum of time is \n\nallowed for the turn round of the ferries, with the consequence \n\nthat the operation of docking has to be executed with undue speed, and damage to the fendering and movement in the main \n\nstructure must occasionally be caused. An increase in this \n\nperiod of merely two or three minutes would enable more time",
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        "content_text": "Cid\n\n(1) Yn 167\n\n18.3.35\n\n2\n\nR.\n\nSubmission regarding Ordinance No. 10: Rating (Amendment) Ordinance 1935, relating to the New Territories.\n\nIt is merely equitable that as certain districts in the New Territories come under the benefits of urban public services, they should be called upon to pay rates in return.\n\nA modified rating system based on a graduated scale of rates according to the value of the building assessed is hereby introduced for these new urban areas.\n\nI observe that amongst the powers under the Ordinance to be exercised by the District Officer, North and South of the New Territories, it is confirmed by Sect. 34 that recovering arrears in the Supreme Court is subject to legal reasons.\n\nNo legal objections being raised.\n\nGLC SIGNED\n\n4/5/35\n\nM8 William\n\n8.5\n\nPage information is kept as is, but since there is no clear \"Page XX\" format in the given text, no specific action is taken regarding page numbering.\n\nThe original text has been corrected for spelling, spacing, and some reordering to form coherent sentences while maintaining the original content and tone.\n\nFile references are checked, but none are present in the given text to correct.\n\nMarkdown formatting is not applied as per the output requirement to use HTML.\n\n \n\nHowever, to strictly follow the given output format (HTML using  for paragraphs), the revised response is:\n\nCid\n\n(1) Yn 167\n\n18.3.35\n\n2\n\nR.\n\nSubmis Ordenance no 10 SPARES TO LIBRARY. 1935, Rating (Amalt.). of Tegus, allüch teen expry of Cretmed It 北 districts is menely equitable that as centain the New Temnitimuus come under benefits & urban public sevences They should be called upch to pay rates iù return.\n\nThe here introduced for based on Varying recerching modified syslain & rating These new urban areas graduated scale worth rates to the lotul value A the building vissessedt .\n\nI observe that simongst the the haling Ordinance to be powers under to be exercised Led by by the DO Northe South the New Teamilines is that confirmed by Sect. But, of 34, of recovering Conve Arrears in the Supreme ? Julyect to tegal Asons, now- Awallow G3 M8 Witam 4/5/35 No legal obsons beijaan.\n\nGLC SENE who 8.5",
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        "title": "CO129-554-6 Hong Kong University- 1. Appointment of Dr. Chen Shas Yi as head of Chinese Department... 18-3-1935 - 28-10-1935",
        "content_text": "The Hong Kong Naturalist, Vol. VI, No. 2.\n\nVol. VI No. 2.\n\nJULY 1935.\n\nPlate\n\nHirundo daurica japonica T. & S. (Japanese Striated or Golden-Rumped Swallow).\n\ntwo upper figures.\n\nHirundo rustica gutturalis Scop. (Eastern House-Swallow), two lower figures.\n\nTHE BIRDS OF HONG KONG.\n\nPART XIX.\n\nG. A. C. HERKLOTS.\n\nFamily HIRUNDINIDAE (Swallows and Martins).\n\nThe Swallows and Martins are swift flying insectivorous birds, catching their prey always on the wing. They have a wide gape, the short triangular bill is hooked at the tip, culmen nearly straight except at the tip, nostrils exposed. They have long and narrow wings with nine primaries, the secondaries are very short. The tail is more or less forked. Their legs are weak and though suitable for perching are not much good for walking; in consequence, the birds rarely come to the ground save to bathe in shallow pools and puddles and to pick up pellets of mud for their nests. The Swallows are related to the Flycatchers, Shrikes, and Birds-of-Paradise. The Swifts, though in some respects superficially like the Swallows (e.g., in their complete mastery of the art of flight), are not even in the same order, being in fact closely related to the Hummingbirds and akin to the Nightjars.\n\nHONG KONG SPECIES:- One swallow, the Eastern House-Swallow, Hirundo rustica gutturalis Scop., is a common summer visitor which breeds in the Colony; another, the Japanese Striated or Golden-Rumped Swallow, Hirundo daurica japonica T. & S., is a migrant species which spends a few days or a week or so in the Colony before proceeding northwards to its breeding grounds in China, Manchoukuo, and Japan. The Siberian House Martin, Delichon urbica whiteleyi, possibly migrates across the Colony regularly every year but has only once been recognized by us.\n\nDESCRIPTION.\n\nThe Eastern House-Swallow L.T. 6¾ inches. Plate 6, two lower figures. Length about 6½ inches. \"Forehead, base of fore crown, chin, and throat chestnut, very dark on forehead and fore crown; lores velvety black, sides of head otherwise glossy black; upper parts steel-blue, bases of hind neck and upper back-feathers white, those of rest of upper parts grey or dark brown; surface of wings and tail dull black, the wing-coverts and tertiaries glossed with metallic greenish-blue, the tail with a row of white spots near the tips of the inner webs of all the side-rectrices, but not showing unless the tail is spread out; an irregular black band on the upper breast, broken or encroached upon more or less by the chestnut of the throat.\" \"The rest of the underparts are either pure white, or else vinous-rufous or pale brick-red in various light or darker shades. In the rufous-bellied birds, the under tail-coverts are all darker than the abdomen, these varieties corresponding with those found in the European Swallow. In the white-bellied variety, the under tail-coverts are centred with blackish or brown. The young in first plumage are dull brownish above with very little gloss,\n\nPage 10\n\nPage 11",
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        "content_text": "12\n\n86\n\nG. A. C. HERKLOTS\n\nand the chestnut of the throat is very pale. Iris brown, bill and legs black. This Swallow differs from H. r. rustica in its smaller size and in the broken breast-band.\" L.T. I, p. 392.\n\n75\n\nThe Japanese Striated or Golden-Rumped Swallow, L.T. No. 337. Plate 6, two upper figures. Length about 7 inches. \"Lores black (bases of feathers greyish); a narrow supercilium over these and over the eye, sides of the head behind the eye, and nape chestnut, the nape streaked with metallic blue-black; crown, hind neck, back, and scapulars steel-blue, the bases of the feathers of the hind neck and upper back white.' \"Feathers of rump-band rufous with black shafts; underparts deep-coloured, much suffused with rufous, streaks on breast and abdomen broad, sometimes very broad.\"\n\n\"Upper tail-coverts glossy steel-blue; wings and tail very dark blackish-brown, the lesser wing-coverts somewhat metallic steel-blue, the greater coverts and the tertiaries glossed with the same.\"\n\n\"Tips of shorter and all the longer under tail-coverts glossy blue-black. Iris brown, bill blackish-brown, legs reddish-brown.\" L.T. I, pp. 395 and 397.\n\nThe Siberian House-Martin. L.T. No. 327. Length about 5 inches. \"Forehead, crown, hind neck, sides of the neck, and mantle dark steel-blue, the bases of the feathers of the hind neck and of the mantle white; lores and feathers under the eye and the upper part of the ear-coverts black, the latter glossed with steel-blue; wings and tail black, the edge of the wing marked with white; lower back, rump, upper tail coverts, underparts, and legs and feet white, the longest under tail-coverts, and some of the upper with black shafts; under wing-coverts and axillaries smoke-grey, the feathers of the under edge of the wing dark brown with white edges. Legs very heavily feathered, claws greyish.\" L.T. I, p. 384.\n\nFIELD IDENTIFICATION.\n\nThe Eastern House-Swallow. Uniform bluish-black upper parts, no rump patch. Rufous throat, white breast and usually white belly, deeply forked tail with white spots near the tips of the feathers.\n\nThe Japanese Striated or Golden Rumped Swallow. Golden orange-chestnut rump-band, underparts suffused with rufous feathers with black shafts.\n\nThe Siberian House Martin. Small size. Tail not deeply forked, upper parts dark steel-grey or black, rump and underparts white.\n\nHABITS.\n\nThe Eastern House-Swallow is a regular and common summer visitor which breeds in the Colony. It arrives between the 15th and the end of February and leaves the Colony in August, September and early October though a few birds may remain as late as the beginning of November. November 2nd is our latest date for this species. Eastern House-Swallows are so abundant and their habits so well known that detailed description is unnecessary, they can be seen at their best from a high bank overlooking flooded paddy fields close to the surface of which swallows love to fly.\n\nThe Hong Kong Naturalist.",
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        "content_text": "The Birds of Hong Kong\n\n87\n\nbird is a subspecies of the Swallow Hirundo r. rustica which visits England during the summer months and is very similar to it in its appearance, twittering song and habits.\n\nOur\n\nThe Golden-Rumped Swallow has only been seen by us on three occasions, in each time in numbers but confined to a particular district and in all three cases in association with the Eastern House-Swallow. records are, April 9, 1932, Kam Tin, several hawking flies over flooded paddy fields; April 19, 1934, Pokfulam, several hawking flies over a hillside and April 6, 1935, again at Kam Tin over flooded fields. These dates and the fact that the birds were seen only once in the month makes us think that in April the species migrates across the Colony northwards, small parties stopping for a short time to rest and feed. We have a record from Nanking for April 28 when the species arrived there. This species nests in the Min Valley, the Yangtse Valley, Chefoo, and further north in Manchoukuo and Japan.\n\nThe Siberian House Martin has only once been seen by us, a party of birds, in the company of Eastern House-Swallows, hawking flies over a village pond at Sek Kong near Kam Tin on April 2, 1934. La Touche, I, p. 384 writes of this species that it \"is not frequently seen on the China coast; the two specimens in my collection, one of which is from Shaweishan and the other shot by me at Chingwangtao, and a flock noticed by Vaughan and Jones on 16th March, 1907, at Hong Kong are about the only records. This species breeds in Siberia.\n\nNESTING HABITS.\n\nThe Eastern House-Swallow has similar nesting habits to its European cousin. The nests are built of mud, mixed perhaps with a little straw or grass, in the form of a saucer or cup and lined with feathers, they are fixed under the eaves of a house or on a ledge of rock. Inhabited houses and old deserted ruins are equally favoured. Four or five eggs are laid; they are white with a pale mauve tint and with small purplish brown speckles mostly towards the larger end. Size 18 x 13 mm. (See plate I, Egg No. 11, H.K.N. IV, 1933). The breeding season in Hong Kong is from mid March to the end of June. We have records of nest building March 12, eggs April 8 and 28 and young in nest May 20. In England the birds have up to four broods in a season; Caldwell in \"South China Birds\" gives two for Fukien.\n\nCROW-PHEASANTS, ADDITIONAL NOTES.\n\nIn the last issue of this journal on page 3 under Nesting Habits a reference was made on line 28 to a nest of the Chinese Crow-Pheasant found in a branch of a screw pine and built of course bladed grasses. The nest was made entirely of leaves of Pandanus odoratissimus and not of coarse bladed grasses as stated. This nest is illustrated in Plate 7 figure 2.\n\nA\n\nJust before the last issue went to press a note was added at the end of the article on page 4 about a nest of the Lesser Crow-Pheasant. photograph of this nest is reproduced here on Plate 7 figure 3.\n\nJuly 1935.\n\n13",
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        "content_text": "D. J. FINN, S.J.\n\nWe have however from HSY a different type of whorl which strangely resembles specimens from Troy (Hissarlik)(97) p. 353 in decoration, figure Q—and our S sites have given us many specimens of this type in corroboration; it has also been found at Ba-Xa in Indo China(98) Plate XIV: so that the actual use of these \"beads\" as whorls must be held an open question—they might be loom weights as we can argue from the pottery imprints that textiles were known here: this later use (or whorl-use) might explain the peculiarly fractured under-sides of our two specimens.\n\n3. cms.\n\nQ.\n\nQ. A spindle-whorl from HSY. With the section, a spindle has been drawn in section to suggest use. This specimen had a decoration of four tree-like branches as found on European Bronze Age whorls. The use of such whorls in Early Chinese Culture is shown by the upper wheel part of the character \n\nwith the idea of spinning as well as by the reference in the Book of Poetry to the \"pottery\" (sc, a pottery-whorl) given to baby girls as a play-thing and a presage of their future occupation.\n\nP.\n\nP. A loom-weight or spindle-whorl of pottery. Decoration of shallow holes in belts. Lower part broken.\n\nA stone disc with projecting rims to the central hole (Tai Wan) may be still another type of whorl, Plate 11, X].\n\nThe actual find of importance to which all this is a prelude was figure K. It is undoubtedly a worked stone in a palaeolithic tradition. The material seems to be a rhyolite with perhaps three different patinations, the most recent of which must be very old: it has produced a pale greenish to cream tone: it is clearest at the flaked tip and the flaked edge to the left of figure. An older patina with a little more of a light yellow-red covers the other flaked (or cleavage faces) as on the rest of figure, except for projecting surfaces which preserve the third or oldest patina on the\n\nThe Hong Kong Naturalist.",
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        "content_text": "Notes and Comments\n\n149\n\nrestlessness and become more noisy than during the winter months. The wild geese lead the northward migration in March. From that time on it is one continuous stream of migration until well along into May.\n\nIt has actually never been definitely determined just what species of the shore birds nest in southern China. In 1931 we definitely located the Eastern Oystercatcher nesting on the small islands, again this year we have located numerous nests. As late as May 12th., there were both Golden Plover and Turnstone still to be found on Haitang Island. The Greenshank too, was to be seen in considerable numbers. There were many others of the shorebirds not supposed to nest in southern China. Eastern Pratincole began nesting about May 10th. Painted Snipe nest upon the grassy lowlands of Haitang Island about the same time.\n\nWe had long heard of fishermen taking eggs by the basketfull from some of the outlying islands. It has long been our desire to check up on this thing in order to ascertain just what species nest in such numbers.\n\nOf course it was evident terns were likely the greatest sufferers at the hands of these professional poachers upon their nesting grounds. May 9th., was a little early for terns to be nesting, but this seemed the only opportunity to visit these islands, so we planned to spend a day with notebook and fieldglasses upon what seemed to be a promising island. La Touche had reported years ago of one egg of what seemed to him to be of the Bridled Tern that was brought to him from one of the islands. We desired to make a survey in person of promising nesting grounds.\n\nThe islands visited lay six miles or so from shore east of Haitang and in the general region of the Turnabout Lighthouse. Not until we came within a couple of miles of the islands did we see any birds. As we approached nearer the island both Bridled and Black-naped Terns began to be seen in ever increasing numbers. On the outer island of the group we found terns of the two mentioned species in vast numbers. A survey of the island disclosed the following species. As this island was small we feel confident we noted every bird found upon it. Besides the two species of terns mentioned which were very abundant we noted the following species in the order listed. Eastern Reef Heron (Demiegretta sacra) were first noticed flying from one island to the other. There were four pair of these birds.\n\nAt least twenty pair of Yellow-nib Duck (Anas poecilorhyncha zonorhyncha) were on the island. One nest of this species was located. It was a bit too early to catch these duck busy in their domestic affairs. Red-bellied Rock Thrush (Monticola p. philippensis) were seen nesting in crevices. There were three pairs of this thrush. One Malay House Swift seemed to be greatly disturbed at our presence; also one Eastern House Swallow swerved about feeding with little concern. There was a single male White-faced Wagtail which at this season of the year very likely had a mate tucked away in some crack or cranny. One pair of Spotted Sandpiper (Tringa hypoleucos) seemed very much at home. The surprise of the day was to find both the Crested Myna (Aethiopsar c. cristatellus) and the Formosan Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus taivanensis) present in considerable numbers and evidently nesting in perfect contentment on this bleak island far from the haunts of man.\n\nJuly 1935.\n\n80",
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        "title": "CO129-556-5 Mary MacGregor- investigations into death 19-2-1936 - 20-5-1936",
        "content_text": "Enclosure No.3.\n\nExtract from S.C.M.Post dated 24/1/36.\n\n## SCHOOLMISTRESS' DEATH\n\n## VERDICT OF SUICIDE BUT NOT INSANE RETURNED AT INQUEST\n\n## OVER-DOSE OF SLEEPING DRAUGHT\n\nA verdict of \"suicide, but not insane,” was returned by a jury at an inquest conducted by Mr. E. I. Wynne-Jones at the Kowloon Magistracy, into the death of a 31-year-old ex-Queen's Army school mistress, Miss Mary MacGregor, who died of veronal poisoning at the Peninsula Hotel on January 9.\n\nOn hearing the verdict, which was returned after a retirement of seven minutes, the Coroner said, “I agree with you. On the evidence we have that is the only possible verdict.\"\n\nThe jury comprised Messrs. G. Milne (Foreman), C. Kew and A. C. Diercks.\n\nDetective-Sub-Inspector L. Whant was present for the police.\n\nCapt G. W. Grant, deposed that about 8:30 p.m. on January 8 a European female aged 31 years was brought to the Kowloon Hospital by Miss Dickson from the Peninsula Hotel. Her name was stated to be Miss Mary MacGregor.\n\nOn admission the patient was unconscious and could not be wakened in any way. There was no odour in her breath at all and her pupils did not suggest opium poisoning. Everything was done to revive the deceased but without effect. She died the following day (January 9) at 3:20 p.m. without recovering consciousness.\n\nWitness conducted a post-mortem examination on January 10. Examination of the organs was sent to the Government Analyst, and veronal was isolated. In witness's opinion, the cause of death was veronal poisoning.\n\nDr. A. J. Skinn, medical practitioner, deposed that on the evening of January 8 at 6:30 p.m. witness was called to room No. 247 at the Peninsula Hotel where he saw Miss MacGregor. She was in a state of deep coma. There was no external evidence of injury or violence.\n\nShe was lying quietly in bed and her pulse was normal. Her respiration was shallow.\n\nA letter addressed to the manager of the Hotel was handed to witness and he read it. The letter asked for forgiveness for any unpleasantness the deceased may have caused to the Hotel and requested that a letter addressed to the police and others be forwarded.\n\nWitness agreed that the symptoms coincided with poisoning by veronal. The maximum single dose of veronal was 15 grains, but if repeated it would most probably have accumulative action with fatal results.\n\nDuring the period witness had deceased in his care he gave her three injections of strychnine which was the normal procedure, and reported it to the Kowloon Hospital.\n\nChan at the Choi Ping, night boy at the Peninsula Hotel, deposed that on the evening of January 6 he saw deceased in her bedroom, and the following night about 9 p.m. he saw her again. She was writing in her bedroom and she asked witness to hang out a card on her door. The notice was \"Please do not disturb.\"\n\nLi Wing, bedroom boy of the Peninsula Hotel, stated that when he went on duty at 6 a.m. on January 8, he noticed the card on the door. About 3 p.m. that day a European lady looked at the notice and walked away.\n\nM. Prata, reception clerk, stated that shortly after 7 p.m. on January 7 the deceased went to his office and enquired about the delivery of letters. She appeared to be quite normal.\n\nMiss J. Dickson, nursing sister at the Peninsula Hotel, said that she was called to the deceased's room and found her lying in bed with her hands clasped. In her hands deceased held her father's memorial card.\n\nA. K. Dimond, manager of the Peninsula Hotel, deposed to receiving the letters from last witness. The letter addressed to the manager contained a $50 banknote.\n\nDetective-Sub-Inspector L. Whant stated that he made a search of the room, verandah, baggage and backyard but found nothing.\n\nDetective-Sergeant J. S. Riddell, testified that he took the contents from a waste paper basket and pasted together several letters.\n\nMrs. Marry Grey, of Palm Court Hotel, Nathan Road, stated that she met the deceased on the s.s. Chekiang on the trip from Tientsin to Hong Kong.\n\nWitness saw a lot of Miss MacGregor and they became very good friends. She told witness that she was on her way home to see her mother, and appeared to look forward to that.\n\nPage 46",
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        "content_text": "36\n\nRiver. Heng chow, which is 338 miles from Wong sha, is situated midway between the two terminals Uchang and Canton. The track has been laid northwards from Lok Chong (mileage 170) to the Sun Huan Ho Bridge at the 205th mile just north of Ping Shek. The track has been laid southwards from the Lei Ho Bridge just north of Heng chow (mileage 340) to Ko Ting Se (mileage 273), from Chuchow (mileage 422) to the northern banks of the Lo Ho (bridge not yet completed) and from the southern banks of the Lo Ho to the 366th mile just south of Heng shan. The mileage of track laid is 158 and there is still 94 miles to do. Most of the earthwork, all the major tunnels, and the main bridges and culverts have been completed. All that remains of a major nature is to complete three steel bridges over the Lo Ho, the Mi Ho, and the Lei Ho, between Chuchow and Heng chow, and five reinforced concrete arch bridges between Ping Shek and Ko Ting, mileages 202 and 273 respectively. The arches cross shallow water with solid rock bottom and high banks, and the reasons advanced to me for their adoption instead of steelwork were firstly that a considerable saving in time in construction would be obtained, and secondly that they were desirable from an aesthetic point of view. As regards the first reason, there is no doubt that transportation difficulties with steel trusses and girders would have been considerable, due to the absence of suitable water courses just north of the Provincial divide. As regards the second reason, the choice of arches was particularly fortunate as the scenery is extremely beautiful and would have been spoilt by steel bridges. I was informed that the actual cost of the arches was approximately 12 per cent more than the estimate for steel. It is reasonable to infer, however, that the increased receipts obtained by an earlier opening to traffic will far more than offset such a slight increase in capital cost.",
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        "content_text": "## 10. \n40 \n\nTherefore, move against the stream. Above Lok Chong the North River flows through deep gorges between mountain ranges and there are only broken paths on the steep banks. The river is very shallow in winter and no less than 18 rapids occur in a distance of 25 miles. On the north side of the divide, the mountain ranges are scattered and any water courses are of an inferior nature.\n\n23. Less than one-third the material is landed in Canton and transported by rail to Lok Chong, the southern base. The rest is landed in Huchang and sent by rail to Chuchow, the northern base. Owing to the fact that the two terminal sections of the railway are short of rolling stock, work has been impeded. All material from Chuchow to Hengchow, the central base, is transported by junk up the Siang River.\n\n24. There is plenty of good limestone between Lok Chong and Ping Shek, but gravel ballast has to be used at present in the vicinity of Hengchow.\n\n25. There is a good highway paralleling the railway from Hengchow to Chenchow and continuing to Ping Shek. Eight Chevrolet 3-ton trucks are maintained and operated by the Construction Administration along this highway for the transportation of cement and other urgently needed materials. As motor transportation is very expensive for bulky and heavy material, small junks are used up the Lei River to as far as Chenchow. These junks take, under most favourable conditions, at least 20 days to arrive from Hengchow. At one time the Construction Administration commandeered over 300 of these junks.\n\n## VII \n### TECHNICAL DETAILS.\n\n26. All rails and accessories are of 43 kg. section (equivalent to 85 lbs per yard) and 12 metres in length.\n\nPage 40\nPage 41",
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        "content_text": "## VIII \n## COMMUNICATIONS AND PRODUCTS\n\nLines of communication which will compete against the railway are in order of importance firstly, the Siang River which runs through the Tung Ting Lake and joins the Yangtze River between Hanyang and Wuchang; secondly, the North River which joins the West River at Samshui; and thirdly, the metalled highways which run from Ping Shek to the east side of the Siang River at Heng chow and from the west side of the Siang River at Heng chow to Changsha.\n\nThe Siang River, although shallow in winter (least depth of navigable channel in the Lake area is 4'.6\"), allows the passage of junks during these months and transhipment takes place from these junks to river steamers and vice-versa at Hankow. During the summer, river steamboats can proceed to Changsha and tugs and lighters, which ordinarily carry on the trade between Hankow and Changsha, are able to proceed as far south as Hengchow.\n\nThe North River is shallow in winter. Navigation of small junks is always difficult. Above Lok Chong there are many rapids.\n\nThe highways are reasonably good with the exception of one stretch which starts at Ping Shek and runs for six miles to Siao Tong on the Kwangtung-Hunan border. The road proceeds northwards for about 134 miles to Heng chow East, and throughout the entire distance it is flanked by defence towers on each hill. There is only one private car on the road belonging to Mr. H. H. Ling, the Director and Engineer-in-Chief of Construction. This car was placed at my disposal for the trip and an average speed of 26 miles per hour was maintained with reasonable comfort. The highways are stone macadamed and are built and maintained by the Provincial Governments. The buses...",
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        "content_text": "## \nN 4\n\n25. Pine Seed Collection.-Cones were collected from the Fan Ling plantations; extraction was carried out on concrete floors, which have been specially built for this purpose at Sheung Shui Experimental Garden. Up to the end of the year, 338 pounds of seeds had been obtained.\n\n26. Insect Pests.-For the second year in succession, the Pine Tree Caterpillars (`Dendrolimus punctatus`) appeared in Pine plantations only in exceptionally small numbers. In accordance with advice received from the Bureau of Entomology, Kew, in 1930, all caterpillars collected since that year have been left alive for some time in shallow pits, under conditions that prevented the ultimate emergence of the moths and at the same time allowed for the escape of parasitic enemies of the caterpillars. It is possible that the fortunate absence of the caterpillars during the past two years is due to the strict observance of the advice referred to.\n\n27. Forest and Hill Fires.-During the year, 79 fires occurred, 40 of them during the month of October; during the previous year, only 20 fires were recorded.\n\n28. The usual numerous handbills were distributed, and warning notices were posted prior to the Ching Ming and Chung Yeung Festivals; the vernacular press also kindly gave prominence to notices requesting all visitors to graves and cemeteries to take precautions against causing damage by fire.\n\n29. Public Playgrounds.-Shade trees were planted in the Chinese Recreation Ground, Hollywood Road. Wilful damage and theft necessitated replacements of almost the whole of the stocks of shade trees in the Southorn and Middle Road playgrounds. One corner of the former ground has been enclosed by an unclimbable concrete and barbed wire fence, and this is the only area where the trees are making good progress. Although every tree in the Middle Road ground is strongly protected by an expensive tree guard, not one of the original specimens planted in 1935 remains.\n\n30. `Paulownia Fortunei, Hemsl`. This beautiful tree was introduced by a former Superintendent, Mr. S. T. Dunn, in 1905 and flowered for the first time in 1908; although the wood is brittle and the trees receive severe annual punishment from gales, it continues to produce masses of strikingly handsome flowers. A new avenue of 132 trees was planted on the Repulse Bay Road.\n\n31. Cheung Chau.-The roadside planting scheme was increased by the addition of trees of `Erythrina indica, Lam.`, `Melaleuca Leucadendron, Linn`, and `Casuarina equisetifolia, Linn`, the total number planted was 600. Anti-malarial undergrowth clearing was carried out in the vicinity of beaches and dwelling houses.\n\nPage 10  \nPage 11",
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        "content_text": "# THE HONG KONG WEEKLY PRESS & FUTILE PROTESTS\n(Daily Press, October 27, 1937)\n\nWe have hundreds, nay thousands, of poor villagers who would be ready to come forward and tell of the damage done by the Japanese Navy, Army, and Air Force to non-combatants. No, Japan, you can \"fool all of the people some of the time\" but even those who are not aware of the brazen falsehoods spread by the Japanese propagandists in their effort to win some sympathy from the civilised world in their undeclared war against China, feel constrained to express indignation at the latest effort by their Navy Department, namely their plea of innocence in regard to the bombing, by Navy planes, of open towns and cities which resulted, as we already know, in the deaths of thousands of civilians.\n\nWe are indignant because it is such an insult to our intelligence for the Navy Department at Tokyo even to hope, for a moment, that we would swallow every statement they make. The Japanese naval authorities strongly resent the criticism levelled by some Powers and the League Advisory Committee against the air raids, contending that these criticisms are not based on sure ground. Fools in the world refuse to be fooled all of the time, in spite of the fact that your Navy Department \"hopes that the outside world will place confidence in the good faith of the Japanese Navy and show itself proof against reports of this kind.\"\n\nWhile the powers-that-be in Tokyo are busy, dividing their time between sending troops to North China, devising 'more effective' ways and means of subduing a nation that is fighting gallantly to protect its territorial sovereignty, and denying \"malicious reports,\" Japanese propagandists are less busy trying to \"take in\" the world with their cunningly worded statements. For instance, one went so far as to say that \"in raiding their objectives Japanese planes dive low, and in the face of heavy anti-aircraft fire, in order to ensure that their bombs hit their marks and nothing else.\" The reply to this is, if the Japanese planes did fly low at all, the purpose was to make doubly certain that their bombs and machine-guns would miss nothing, not even innocent civilians, women, and children.\n\nReports and photographs published in our columns during the past few weeks, all obtained from authentic sources, showed what havoc amongst the civilians these air raids had wrought in other open cities. Thousands have been rendered homeless as the direct result of these unprovoked and barbarous assaults on a defenceless people, and yet the Navy Department in Tokyo has the brazen effrontery to protest against the criticism made against the despicable methods adopted by their air force.\n\nThe Japanese sea lords then go one better. They have formally and emphatically denied the report in the foreign Press to the effect that many Chinese fishing boats were recently sunk by Japanese submarines in South China waters. How can this be when the Japanese Navy is constantly under orders not to attack defenceless craft? It is a protest that is so vigorous and so persistent that it is calculated to inspire nothing more helpful to Japan than resentment and suspicion.\n\n## THE DRUG TRAFFIC\n\nThose sections of the Report of the Fifth Committee of the League of Nations on the traffic in narcotics, laid before the Assembly at the end of September, which deal with the clandestine production of opium and similar drugs, make highly disagreeable reading for all Governments which are alive to the dangers of the illicit importation of great quantities of cheap narcotics from what are now the chief centres of their production. These centres, beyond any question, are Manchukuo and those parts of Northern China where Chinese authority had been undermined by the Japanese before the outbreak of hostilities.\n\nThe drugs are manufactured in the Japanese concession in Mukden and in Dairen but bear marks of Chinese origin. The Japanese laws do not allow the export of drugs from or through Japan or Korea; those therefore which are exported to America, Europe, and other regions are shipped nominally from Chinese ports.\n\nThe danger to other countries if this vast production of narcotics is allowed to continue unchecked need hardly be emphasized, and an offensive on a large scale is required unless the good work of the League of Nations is to be undone and the world is to be poisoned.\n\nThe contrast between the attitude of China and Japan towards the sale of narcotics is remarkable. In most provinces, China is taking drastic measures, even including the death penalty, against the vendors of opium, and there have been cases of the execution of addicts. In Manchukuo, on the contrary, the traffic in drugs is an open business, conducted under the auspices of the Government's opium monopoly. In Northern China, Tientsin has been the centre of a vast distributive trade conducted under Japanese official protection.\n\nThe comparison speaks for itself. All that need be said here is that it is disquieting to learn that a nation which still professes its desire to regenerate the Far East by its example should be so blind to the moral and physical damage which is being wrought under its aegis.\n\nThe Chinese, whether of Northern China or of Manchukuo, have been and still are the principal sufferers from this deplorable state of affairs. But there are limits to their absorptive capacity, for the drug habit sooner or later impoverishes its victims and a large-scale production of narcotics requires an expanding market. Here lies the danger to other countries. And here too lies a new danger to the prestige of Japan, which has already been gravely impaired by the ruthless violence of its militarists. No Government, however powerful, can afford to incur the suspicion that it encourages the development of the most disreputable of industries on an unprecedented scale.\n\n(Continued from page 606)\n\n## DONATIONS\n\nThe Director of Ambulance has the honour to acknowledge with grateful appreciation and thanks the receipt of the following donations:\n- $100.00 from Messrs. Yuet Koo Chai (per Mr. Fung Kong Un)\n- $21.50 from Staff of the Needle Hill Nine, Shing Mun (per \"S.C.M. Post\")\n- $12.00 from Mr. G. Bixby (per Mr. W. R. Andrews)\n- $3.00 from Mrs. A. Whittaker (per \"S.C.M. Post\")\n- One hypodermic syringe from Miss Mann for Cheung Chau Hospital.\n\nThe Hong Kong Chinese Relief Association acknowledges with thanks the donation of one thousand dollars from the Estate of the late Mr. Chan Kai Ming (per Mr. Kenneth Chan) `$1,000`.\n\n## CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT\n\n## U.S. WILL KEEP OUT OF WAR\n\n\"Unless And Until Others Have Been Dragged In\"\n\n**STANLEY DOLLAR INTERVIEWED**\n\n\"American sympathy to-day is beyond question on the side of China, but if anybody thinks that that sympathy is going to find expression in America coming into this war as an active participant on the side of China he is greatly mistaken, if I have correctly interpreted the feelings of the average American.\n\nThis dogmatic statement was made to a representative of the `Daily Press` yesterday by Mr. Stanley Dollar, grandson of the famous Robert Dollar, founder of the Dollar Steamships, Ltd., who is now in Hong Kong. Mr. Stanley Dollar, a typical American university graduate, is on a round trip in the President Hoover which leaves Hong Kong to-day for the United States. He is a member of the Dollar Steamship Lines and does not intend to go in for politics. Ships, shipping, and the sea is in his blood, he says.\n\nMr. Dollar discussed the situation as affecting the United States quite freely. There was no doubt, he said, that trade was hit, and shipping even worse, by the Sino-Japanese hostilities and there was a rising tide of sympathy with the Chinese people all over America.\n\n\"But the American people,\" he continued, \"are, as a nation, totally against war so far as America is concerned, and I do not think they will take any sides in this war.\"\n\n### UNTIL OTHERS DRAGGED IN\n\nAs an afterthought, however, Mr. Dollar added these significant words: \"At any rate not unless and until others have been drawn into it.\"\n\n\"But do you not think a policy of isolationism is quite incompatible with the present order of things in this world? Aviation, wireless telephony, and other modern inventions—what one might call twentieth century progress—have made the world so much smaller that the nations are so inter-dependent and inter-connected that it has surely become impossible for any one of them to be disinterested in the others, at any rate among the great powers?\" asked the pressman.\n\n\"America will stay out of trouble and do her very utmost to prevent trouble elsewhere as long as she can,\" replied Mr. Dollar, \"but if anybody expects her to rush into this Far Eastern trouble as an active participant he is mistaken. The Americans feel they had enough of war the last time and they will not be dragged into another one easily. They are a peace-loving people and the great masses of the United States do not know and do not, I dare say, care to delve into the intricacies of international politics. But, of course, they are a very emotional people.\"\n\n### AMERICA NOT BOUND\n\nAs an example of this line of thought Mr. Dollar cited President Roosevelt's famous Chicago speech and said that the speech had not by any means created a favourable impression in the United States in so far as it tended to convey the impression abroad that America was committed to any line of action. On this score, it had been very strenuously criticised in the United States.\n\nWith regard to conditions in the United States, Mr. Dollar said there had been a distinct decline in trade of recent months but the country was certainly sharing in the general prosperity since the inception of the arms race a few years ago.\n\nOpinion in America, he thought, while being against war, was fully alive to the necessity of being adequately armed, in a world armed to the teeth, purely for defensive purposes. To this extent, the navy appropriations, huge as they have been, had not met with very great opposition, but it was not to be expected that America would go all out to create a record in the armaments race.",
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        "content_text": "626 \n\n## THE HONG KONG WEEKLY PRESS & \n\n### MEDICAL RELIEF WORK IN CHINA WAR \n\n#### Illuminating Talk By Dr. W.S. Fu \n\nThe Hong Kong Chinese Medical Association were hosts at a reception given at the Chinese Merchants' Club on Oct. 22 in honour of Drs. W. S. Fu and C. Y. Wu, of Shanghai. Dr. Li Shu-pui, president of the Association, welcomed the guests on behalf of his colleagues, and there were also present Dr. Wu Lien-teh, the famous plague prevention expert and Director of the Chinese National Quarantine Service, the Hon. Dr. Li Shu-fan, and Drs. Ma Luk, W. K. Fok, Arthur W. Woo, Chau Wai-cheung, F. I. Tseung, Edward Sun, Eva Ho Tung, S. N. Chau, T. C. Wong, T. Y. Li, S. F. Cheung, Y. K. Wong, L. S. Shin, K. C. Cheng, C. W. Lam, P. I. Chan, K. D. Ling, N. P. Karanjia, K. T. Loke, H. C. Tan, K. F. Ko, Y. Y. Tang, K. C. Cheam, and K. L. Cheung.\n\nThe Chairman said: On behalf of the members of the Association, I take great pleasure in welcoming two well-known doctors here this afternoon.\n\nDr. W. S. Fu, as you know, is the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Chinese Medical Association of Shanghai, but you may also be interested to know that he is also Chairman of the Medical Relief Committee of the Association, of the Medical Supply Committee, Medical Supply Department, of the Shanghai Emergency Medical Relief Committee, and Chairman of the Medical Supply Department of the International Red Cross Committee in Shanghai.\n\nHis experiences in Shanghai will be needed in Hong Kong for guidance in our future work of medical relief amongst soldiers and the civilian population.\n\nDr. C. Y. Wu is no stranger amongst us. A distinguished graduate of the University of Hong Kong, his work on preventive medicine has benefited China a good deal. Now he is staying in Hong Kong to represent Dr. J. Heng Liu of the Ministry of Health and also head of the Chinese Red Cross. While he is here, I am sure we shall do our best to assist him in whatever way he desires. (Applause).\n\n### PRESENT CRISIS \n\nDr. Fu, called upon to address the meeting, gave an illuminating and informative account of medical relief conditions since the beginning of the crisis. He said that the war was thrown upon China all so suddenly that the Shanghai profession found itself quite unprepared to cope with the large number of casualties both amongst soldiers and the civilian population.\n\nThe first few days after the outbreak at Shanghai were days of hard work and feverish activity in the organising of emergency hospitals in the Settlement. They had more or less overcome the initial difficulties when at 4 p.m. on August 14, now generally known as 'Bloody Saturday,' bombs landed near the Palace Hotel and also on Avenue Edward VII. There were over 1,500 civilians wounded, apart from the dead, which number completely filled up the emergency hospitals as well as the regular centres. They certainly had a lot on their hands, and the situation was made worse by the closing of the shops, which made the procuring of medical supplies practically impossible.\n\n#### PLANS FOR RELIEF WORK \n\nSubsequently, members of the profession had got together and made certain plans for the work of relief. The general character of how medical relief was being undertaken in Shanghai since then had been: (1) caring for the wounded soldiers; (2) caring for the wounded civilians; (3) caring for the war refugees; (4) the combating of epidemics; and (5) the collection and distribution of medical supplies.\n\nIn the beginning, it was rather difficult to get the wounded soldiers into the Settlement. They found that only those soldiers wounded in the upper body, that is to say those that could walk, came for treatment; there were wounded soldiers lying in the areas of fighting who could not help themselves, and the Red Cross stretcher teams got them in only after much delay and difficulty.\n\nRelief work was more centralized now, and the task had been made easier.\n\n#### SUFFICIENT DOCTORS \n\nDr. Fu said that there were at present sufficient doctors and surgeons in Shanghai. There was a scheme, however, to send the wounded soldiers to base hospitals away from Shanghai, in which case more Chinese doctors would be required as those in Shanghai would be needed at the base hospitals. In this matter, the foreign doctors in Shanghai had agreed to conduct the relief work in the Settlement to the utmost extent possible.\n\n#### NO SHELL-SHOCK CASE \n\nThe speaker said that it might interest people to know that though the Chinese soldiers suffered sometimes from many things, not one case of shell-shock had yet been reported. The Chinese soldiers, he said, were not afraid of bomb or shell, but they did not like dirty water, mosquitoes, and the food.\n\nThe food problem had been a serious one, and had engaged the attention of the Government as well as those undertaking medical relief. Chinese nutrition experts had now perfected a biscuit, which had been approved by Nanking, 15 of which as constituting the diet for one day would be sufficient to produce over 2000 calories in food value.\n\nGauze and bandages are now being produced by Chinese cotton mills in Shanghai, and in this respect, they were self-sufficient. They were short of ether, alcohol, morphia, and anti-tetanus vaccine, said Dr. Fu.\n\n#### COST OF WORK \n\nGiving an idea of the cost of the relief work, the speaker said that the initial cost of a bed was about $20 and the maintenance was 67 cents per day.\n\nThe problem of medical relief for the refugees was largely being undertaken by the Shanghai Municipal Council Health Department, whose doctors were giving every possible attention to the various refugee camps. A hospital for the care of refugee children had just been opened.\n\nThe Chinese Medical Association was empowered to receive actual medical supplies and donations, said Dr. Fu. A plan had been evolved and approved by the National Government, whereby donors of medical supplies and of money handed in to the Association would be given in return the equivalent of their valuable help in National Salvation Bonds. Hong Kong, he suggested, might start a drive in this way to assist the suffering soldiers and others.\n\n#### ACUTE PROBLEM \n\nDr. Fu emphasized in conclusion that the problem was an acute one, and would become even more so as the war went on, and he appealed to all Chinese in Hong Kong and friends of China to help in the humane work that was being carried on. He also appealed to all Chinese doctors to volunteer their aid. It was, he said, very encouraging to see how much Hong Kong had done in the way of medical relief, but he hoped that greater assistance would be forthcoming.\n\nDr. C. Y. Wu, who is a nephew of Dr. Wu Lien-teh, then recounted his experiences during a train journey to Nanking while Japanese were bombing the country along the railway line.\n\nIt struck him as most impressive that the Chinese soldier today was different from his brother in the past. He met some wounded Cantonese soldiers on the train, and the change in their spirit and discipline was wonderful.\n\n#### FOOD PROBLEM \n\nDr. Wu laid great emphasis on the food problem amongst the refugees. He said that the food now consisted of two bowls of plain rice each day, with perhaps a little salted turnip. This diet prolonged over a long period would produce beri-beri and other diseases, and would be most harmful. He hoped that the biscuit mentioned by Dr. Fu might solve the problem, for they might later, if the war continued indefinitely, have to draw on the refugees to serve as soldiers, and it was therefore essential that they should be fit. He reminded the gathering that amongst other things, clothes for refugees were urgently needed now that winter was approaching. He appealed to all for gifts of clothing, which could be distributed where they were most needed.\n\nNews of three Hong Kong doctors who had volunteered their service was supplied by the Chairman, who said that Drs. S. C. Ho and Li Ho-tien were now with the 4th Route Army (Cantonese) at the front, whilst Dr. L. Sung was with the 23rd Emergency Hospital in Shanghai.\n\nOctober 29, 1937 \n\n## CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT \n\n627 \n\n### MEDICAL RELIEF WORK IN CHINA WAR \n\n...\n\n### If Gossip We Must \n\n#### (BY ELSPETH)\n\nDear Kate,\n\n... having mixed up my voice for several months in querulous plaint against one Hong Kong climate, I now must eat my words and agree with the residents that October, and I believe November and December weather, can compensate one for typhoons, steam, and any other Act of God. The sudden tang in the air last week sent us all flying prematurely, as it proved, to fur-lined coats and furs. How lovely to push one's tired and limp summer wardrobe into the background and blossom forth in something fresh.\n\nThe cocktail party given by the Deep Water Bay residents was one of the first occasions for the airing of cool weather clothes. The setting for this lovely party was a veritable dream. The sea comes right up to the garden wall, and the moon and fairy lights did all they could to convince nostalgic Shanghai-ites that what Hong Kong loses on the night clubs she makes up on the view. Every lovely person in Hong Kong seemed to have been bidden and to have come.\n\nI saw pretty Mrs. Whitham looking exquisitely soignee in a long tunic of dull metallic brocade. Mrs. Reis Evans clung to white—a colour which suits her admirably. Mrs. Neale, another attractive person, came in something slim and dark. As I arrived late and had to dash on to a dinner party on the Peak, I had no time to do much other than to gasp at the view, swallow an excellent cocktail, and make my regretful adieu.\n\nAgain, I had to drag myself away before I had nearly enough time to enjoy the gay and cosmopolitan crowd with which this popular young couple have already surrounded themselves.\n\nOn Saturday night, after a delightful dinner on the Peak, we betook ourselves to the Grips to dance. The place was packed to capacity, and if our thoughtful hostess had not booked a table well in advance, we should have had either to sit on the stairs or to invade the sacred mysteries of Bessie's Bar. I saw the lovely Mrs. Hobkirk dancing with her tall, good-looking husband. Miss Judith Smith, in a printed dress, was in a coterie which included the Countess de Courseulles and her sister, Miss Chieri. At the same party, we also saw Mrs. McAvoy and her husband and Miss Gerrard. Miss Pestonji was wearing petunia effectively. I saw Mrs. Crokham looking lovely in a graceful printed dress dancing with Mr. Jack Macgregor, who has just come back from Shanghai.\n\nThe amusing entertainers Mahon and Rucker were doing an energetic turn vaguely reminiscent of the circus as we arrived, and I could not but applaud the fortitude of Miss Rucker on the repeated occasions when she was hurled through the air, and then the floor skidded about in a highly painful manner. The panther trainer cracked his whip in a realistic manner rather trying to shell-shocked ears. I saw Mr. Lawrence Kadoorie dancing with Miss Gubbay, who looked charming in white.\n\nThe southern side of the Island drew us all again on Thursday to the Lido for the cocktail party given by the newly married Delaneys. What an asset they are to the community, and how welcoming was the atmosphere of American hospitality which engulfed one on arrival. Mrs. Delaney welcomed her guests in a lovely cocktail tunic of taffeta worn over a slender black skirt. Mrs. Donovan looked delightful in a dark dress and black hat. Mrs. Abbott was wearing something gay and rather South American in colouring.\n\nThe crush was enormous, and not half enough people took advantage of the Terrace to allow me to view the lovely clothes. One lovely person was in pink with masses of white fox fur.\n\nMy dear Kate, my pen has run away with me. I must gird up my loins and flee to Shek-O to bang a golf-ball about.\n\nLove,\nELSPETH,\n\n122",
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        "content_text": "# NO DISTRIBUTION\n**Decypher**\n\n## Mr. Young (Peking)\n18th November, 1937\n\n**D.**\n**(BY W/T)**\n18th November, 1937\n\n**R•**\n5.00 p.m.\n18th November, 1937\n\nNo.782.\n\nYour telegram unnumbered of November 12th.\n\nFollowing from Hongkong.\n\nFollowing is repetition of my telegram No.53 of November 4th to Nanking.\n\nAddressed to Nanking No.53 of November 4th; repeated to Peking telegram No.15 copies to Canton, General Officer Commanding Commodore.\n\nFollowing from Mr. Blunt.\n\nHongkong telegram No.268 to Colonial Office.\n\nReason for restriction is the fear that Japanese destroyers might enter river. Naval experts assure me that although shallow draught Japanese destroyer (see Jeans fighting ships) draws 7ft. 9 inches she could not operate even in safe waters at a depth of less than 15ft. 6 inches. Consequently restriction below 13 ft. (which could include coastal steamers) and certainly 11 ft. (which will allow none of Hongkong-Canton steamers to function normally) is unreasonable.\n\nCan you persuade C.K.S. to influence the issue on the ground that (1) prevention of river steamer traffic must injure Chinese revenue trade and morale and (2) would have no military value.\n\nPage 344",
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        "content_text": "# Registration of Births and Deaths.\n\n35. With regard to the registration of births and deaths the position has vastly improved and now practically all the deaths and the great majority of the births are being registered. This applies not only to the urban districts but to the New Territories where until 1932 registration was a dead letter. Instead of having to be chased to register their births the people are now insisting on it having got to know that registration has no disadvantages and many advantages. With the change of the law the cumbersome methods formerly in vogue gave place to others which were more simple and with regard to post registration less expensive.\n\n| Year | Birth registration | Death registration |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1928 | 9,309 | 14,735 |\n| 1936 | 27,383 | 26,356 |\n\n36. The Port Health Branch which now includes a fumigating and disinfecting plant is entirely different from what it was in 1929. Then it was inefficient, now it is efficient and up to date. In 1929 there was one quarantine anchorage which was so shallow that no ship drawing twenty feet of water could use it with safety, the result was that none of the large vessels went there. They were examined at the wharf where the crowds swarming on board made proper examination impossible. There is now a special quarantine anchorage in deep water on the way to the wharf. Fumigation and disinfection was done by a private company, it is now done by the department. Hong Kong is now an adherent to the International Sanitary Convention, then it was not. To-day the branch deals efficiently not only with sea quarantine but with air quarantine. The officers of this branch are doing excellent work.\n\n## Vaccination.\n\n37. Vaccination is being well attended to in this Colony. The lymph is all prepared at the **Bacteriological Institute** and issued to the various public vaccinators free of charge. The Government vaccinators are members of the Port Health staff. They perform their operations both at the vaccination centre next to the Harbour Office, on ships and anywhere they are sent. The Chinese Public Dispensaries get paid ten cents for every vaccination done there. As they are also birth registration centres a great many infant vaccinations are done there. Vaccinations are carried out by the Government midwives, also at all Government hospitals and dispensaries. Every year the St. John Ambulance Brigade carry out a campaign in the streets and do a great deal of good in persuading people to be done. They also do propaganda work in the New Territories. Private practitioners can purchase fresh active lymph at small cost.\n\n## Social Hygiene.\n\n38. The Venereal diseases branch is doing very good work. There are now four centres three of which are planned on model lines and the fourth will soon be brought into line with the others. The staff consists of a Venereal Diseases Health Officer and an assistant Venereal Diseases Medical Officer a European Technical Assistant, four dressers and a nurse. Three Chinese Lady Medical Officers assist where necessary. In 1929 there was no proper centre and no staff.\n\n## Maternity and Child Welfare.\n\n39. At the end of 1928 there was no maternity and infant welfare branch and the number of registered midwives was 135 including 7 in Government service. Now there is such a branch under a Lady Medical Officer assisted by two Chinese lady medical officers and seven fully qualified Chinese nurses. There are two centres, one at the Violet Peel and the other in Kowloon. Both are well patronised and the numbers attending are steadily increasing. It is intended that there shall be a third centre established as soon as the financial position permits. There are at present 404 fully qualified midwives on the roll including 15 in Government service. There are seven midwifery schools which prepare candidates for the Midwives Board examinations. Recently an ordinance was passed making maternity homes registrable. Fifty homes have already been registered and fifty more will shortly be added to the list.\n\n## School Hygiene.\n\n40. The school medical Branch is at present housed in the Violet Peel Health Centre in the offices intended for the district Health Officer and his staff. It was formerly housed in offices in the education building but had to shift owing to the accommodation being required by the Director of Education for his staff. In 1929 there was one Lady Medical Officer for schools and one school nurse, now the staff includes the School Health Officer, two Chinese school medical officers and five school nurses. There being altogether 75,000 school children the staff is insufficient to deal with the whole.\n\n## Bacteriological Institute.\n\n41. Activities at the Bacteriological Institute have greatly increased since 1928. According to the returns the number of examinations and investigations have increased over four fold. This is in part due to increased desire on the part of clinicians to have their diagnoses confirmed by laboratory findings, partly to the establishment and growth of specialist branches dealing with malariology, venereal diseases, infant welfare, school welfare and rural hygiene, and partly to increased effort on the part of the staff to engage in medical research. Accommodation has been increased by enclosing verandahs and in making greater use of the basement. Very good work is being done in this institution.\n\n## The Malaria Bureau.\n\n42. The Malaria Bureau which was established in 1930 has done excellent work. The Malariologist and his assistants have produced results which have had far reaching effects on the health and comfort of those living in mosquito infested areas. We now have a much better knowledge of the mosquitoes frequenting Hong Kong, where they breed and on which animals they prefer to feed. We also know which are the principal carriers of malaria and the factors favourable for their propagation. Minimus and Jeyporiensis have been proved to be the most potent carriers, not maculatus as was formerly believed. Maculatus abounds in the Colony but it prefers the blood of cattle and pigs to that of man. Many thousands of anophelines have been caught and dissected and the results tabulated. Many authorities on malaria have visited the Bureau and all have been struck by the results obtained.\n\n43. The Peak is now free of the plague of mosquitoes which formerly caused such annoyance and necessitated the use of mosquito curtains. The Europeans living at the select resort called Shek O were so pleased with the work done that they presented Mr. Deb with a gold watch. For the first time in history they have been able to sleep without nets.\n\n44. During the construction of the Shing Mun Dam, a work carried out in what was known to be one of the most malarious districts in the Colony, the labour force averaging 2,000 daily, never had more than three per cent absent from sickness. Most of the credit for the freedom from malaria must go to the Malariologist and his staff.\n\n45. The Bureau is doing all the anti-malaria work in connection with the construction of the Royal Air Force aerodrome in the New Territories. So far the results have been excellent and there is every reason to believe that the works will be completed without trouble from sickness.\n\nPage 10",
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        "content_text": "Yes, but the long run, is considered to be China and not Japan.\n\nWhile I think Mr. N.L. Smith is clearly aware that the prosperity of the Colony depends upon Chinese goodwill, he is also aware that the Colony is a source of irritation to Chinese irredentism. This has led to the somewhat cynical conclusion that though it is clear that a strong central government in China is to be welcomed by all, a China \"not only unified but fully armed\" might not necessarily be desirable. Firms will always see to it that China is armed beyond the limits of her capacity to pay.\n\nMr. Smith concludes that Macao has little to fear at the moment, either from China or Japan, on the grounds that (a) she is the least rich of the various possible prizes; (b) that it is difficult to believe that its shallow water and general strategic disadvantages would be a likely objective.\n\nI am not quite sure, however, that \"the integrity of China.......is a less dangerous stake to hazard than the integrity of European Colony\".\n\nIt is suggested that the commercial relations between Hong Kong and Macao deserve to be more intimate than in the past. There is a considerable legitimate trade, and a good road between Macao and the Shek Ki district, while there could be no question of rivalry between Hong Kong and a shallow harbour. The extent to which this can be done is largely, I think, a local matter, since it depends more upon minor details than upon broad economic issues, but Economic Department should see in case they desire to make any comments.\n\nI suggest that the despatch should in due course be acknowledged saying that the Secretary of State...\n\nPage 10\nPage 11",
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        "content_text": "4. \n\n39 \n\n12. This leads to a consideration of the danger to Macao from Japanese attack, to which your telegram no doubt had special reference. With hostilities and something like a blockade at our doors, it would be a rash man who would speculate on Japan's present aims in South China, but it is difficult to believe that Macao, with its shallow water and its general strategic disadvantages, would be a likely objective. If a forcible occupation, in despite of treaties, is contemplated, some island or other deep water place in South China would surely be more worthwhile strategically, quite apart from the vital fact that the integrity of China would seem to be a much less dangerous stake to hazard than the integrity of a European Colony.\n\n13. The alternative of a full-dress war between Japan and Portugal, with all of the Portuguese possessions in Asia at stake, is not for me to discuss. But from every conceivable point of view, it is difficult to see how this issue could be seriously affected by a few additional fortifications at Macao, which could have no possible target to seaward greater than a shallow-draft gunboat.\n\n14. I have apologized for the \"political\" character of this despatch, and I must now add an apology for its prolixity. On the eve of handing over the administration, I can at least promise that neither offence will be repeated.\n\n15. I make no apology, however, for suggesting that the commercial relations between Hong Kong and Macao deserve to be more intimate than in the past. This was Dr. Barbosa's constant plea, and I suggest that it deserves consideration quite apart from irredentism and Japanese \"bogeys\" and politics generally. Much has been made in the past of Macao's budgetary dependence on gambling and opium. But there is a considerable legitimate trade, there is a good road between Macao and the important Shek-ki district, and there is a vast",
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        "content_text": "## \n5. 40 overseas. There can be no question of rivalry between Hong Kong and a shallow harbour and I hope that Sir Geoffry Northcote will agree with my submission that something more might be done to interest Hong Kong capital in this area for possible distribution of merchandise from overseas.\n\nThere can be no question of rivalry between Hong Kong and ... I hope that Sir Geoffry Northcote will agree with my submission that something more might be done to interest Hong Kong capital in this regard. It has also occurred to me that we might help Macao from the point of view of attracting the tourists whom we nowadays deliberately seek to bring to Hong Kong.\n\n16. I have not sent copies of this despatch to anyone.\n\nI have the honour to be,  \nSir,  \nYour most obedient, humble servant,  \nN. Sunith  \nOfficer Administering the Government.\n\nPage 40  \nPage 41\n\n## No. 667  \n**AIR MAIL**  \n52  \n\nCopy wrong, and, the F.D. wo end. To Lolog 0km aduny 1121  \nSir,",
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        "document_key": "CO129-570-8 Sino-Japanese War- sinking of Chinese fishing boats by Japanese vessel 31-1-1938 - 22-12-1938",
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        "title": "CO129-570-8 Sino-Japanese War- sinking of Chinese fishing boats by Japanese vessel 31-1-1938 - 22-12-1938",
        "content_text": "? minesweeper \n\nby the submarine in self defence. \n\nOur claim for satisfaction must rest on the \n\nfact that British lives were lost and other British \n\nsubjects injured. The Japanese recognise this to \n\nthe extent of saying that if there were British \n\nsubjects killed and if they did not take direct part \n\nin challenging the attack, the Japanese Government \n\nwill not be slow to express regret and are prepared \n\nto consider indemnification. In the circumstances, \n\ntherefore, however unpalatable it may be, I think \n\nSir R. Craigie's suggested reply (see enc. 2 in 9) \n\nis the only practicable course. There seems to be \n\nlittle advantage in referring to Hong Kong before we \n\nanswer the F.0., and the Governor, who had a copy \n\nof Sir R. Craigie's telegram a fortnight ago, has not \n\nseen fit to communicate to the S. of S. any differing \n\nviews. \n\n? Reply as at Q, and add that in the circumstances \n\nthere would appear to the S. of S. to be no advantage \n\nin pressing the Japanese Government further at this \n\nstage, and that he therefore is in agreement with the \n\nline of the reply which Sir R. Craigie suggests, \n\nand say that a copy of No.11 and of this reply will \n\nbe sent to the Governor of Hong Kong for his \n\ninformation. \n\na do so scent LF \n\nsschant \n\n16.5.38. \n\nis \n\nHaving regard to the findings the \n\nCommission's Report, I must say that I find it \n\nhard to swallow the Japanese reply (see enclosure 1 \n\nto No.9). \n\nI",
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        "title": "CO129-575-3 Japanese affairs 2-1-1939 - 21-12-1939",
        "content_text": "188\n\nEnclosure in Tamsui despatch No. 19 of February 27th, 1939.\n\n## I. GENERAL MEETING OF PUKUDAI KOSHI\n\nThe annual general meeting of K. K. Pukudai Koshi (Pukudai & Co., Ltd.) took place at Taihoka on February 25th, 1939. It will be recalled that the capital of this company stands at ¥5,000,000, one quarter paid up, of which one-third is held by the Formosa Development Company. The profit and loss account for 1938 are given as follows:\n\n| Disbursements for 1938 | |\n| --- | --- |\n| Kimmon-to a/c | 713 |\n| Amoy Office a/c | 13,777 |\n| You | 24,133 |\n| Shanghai a/c | 8,820 |\n| Canton a/c | |\n| \"Business expenses\" | 94,229 |\n| Total disbursements for 1938 | 141,742 |\n\n| Deduct Income for 1938 | |\n| --- | --- |\n| ( - ) Island a/c | 2,669 |\n| Interest | 16,715 |\n| Miscellaneous | 552 |\n| Total receipts for 1938 | 19,938 |\n| Net loss for 1938 | 121,806 |\n\nLoss carried over from 1937 | 2,318\nTotal loss carried forward to 1939 | 124,124\n\nKimmon-to (¥549) is believed to be an island near Amoy. Another island, whose name is not disclosed, provides a credit item of ¥2,669. It will be seen that \"business expenses\" swallow up two-thirds of the gross expenditure. No explanations of any of these items are published.\n\nWith regard to the future, Mr. Taketo, the...",
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        "document_key": "CO129-576-10 Estimates 1940 6-10-1939 - 22-10-1940",
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        "content_text": "# Previous Ingenuity\n\nThose present at the meeting were: **His Excellency the Governor (Sir G. A. S. Northcote, K.C.M.G.)**. \nThe Acting Officer Commanding the troops (Brigadier A. B. Thom-on). \nThe Colonial Secretary (Hon. Mr. N. L. Smith, C.M.G.). \nThe Attorney General (Hon. C. G. Alabaster O.B.E., K.C.). \nThe Secretary for Chinese Affairs (Hon. Mr. R. A. C. North). \nThe Financial Secretary (Hon. Mr. S. Caine). \nHon. Commander G. F. Hole, R.N. (Retired), (Harbour Master). \nHon. Dr. P. S. Selwyn-Clarke, M.C., (Director of Medical Services). \nHon. Mr. T. H. King (Commissioner of Police). \nHon. Mr. A. B. Purves (Director of Public Works). \nHon. Sir Henry Pollock, K.T., K.C., LL.D. \nHon. Mr. S. H. Dodwell. \nHon. Mr. Chau Tsun-nin, C.B.E. \nHon. Mr. Lo Man-kam. \nHon. Mr. Leo d'Almada e'Castro Jr. \nHon. Mr. T. E. Pearce. \nHon. Mr. A. L. Shields. \nHon. Mr. Li Tse-fong.\n\nAgainst Income Tax\n\n266 \ncharter money which for a big ship amounts to hundreds of dollars. In London, charter parties require a 6d stamp for each signed copy. \nThe Chinese Chamber of Commerce hold similar views which have been expressed by my Unofficial colleagues and enquiries made from merchants, Bankers, and people in many walks of life, make it clear that public opinion is almost entirely against Income Tax. \n\"Salaries here are admittedly higher than at Home--they have to be, but house rent is not deductible from income for tax purposes. \nIt would probably be surprising to find how many families with children to educate and provision for make to retire must economise in every way to get along. The imposition of an Income Tax would mean in many cases an adjustment of salaries in our favour of raising a War contribution by other means. \n\"The Committee of the Chamber of Commerce proposed other taxes to cover producing about $5,200,000 to local defence and a contribution to the Home Government. These taxes may not be free from criticism, but they deserve careful examination as they have the great advantage of costing practically nothing to collect. \nOne objection, I believe, to the alternative taxes proposed by the Chamber of Commerce and the Chinese Community is that they do not get at unlimited partnerships and salaried employees, including Government Servants, but if this cannot be accomplished, I believe a request for voluntary contributions would meet with an immediate response. \n\"I firmly believe there is no unwillingness to pay towards the cost of the War. \nImportant Objection \nNo Compromise \n\"The very able speech of the Hon. Mr. C. B. Burgess (Deputy Clerk of Councils) impressed me as one of no compromise. Nothing but the Income Tax will do, all arguments against it are torn to shreds. \nH.E. The Governor.--When I adjourned Council a week ago, the Hon. Mr. Shields, who had been speaking, made a request that he be allowed to continue his speech today. I was disposed to consider that request and as the standing orders might cover it, I therefore call upon Mr. Shields to continue his speech. \nHon. Mr. Shields: \n\"We British are credited with being experts in compromise and the middle course, but there is no confirmation of this in the Hon. Financial Secretary's speech. He set out to confound the opposition to his pet tax and may have done so entirely to his own satisfaction, but the people who must pay the fiddler, apparently still dislike the tune. \nThe Hon. Mr. Caine dealt with the vexed question of evasion. \n\"If Income Tax should prove to be 50% ineffective, would he propose to discontinue it after an expensive department had been set up to collect it? \n\"So many objections have been made to Income Tax that I need not say more than that the Hon. Financial Secretary seems to be ploughing a very lonely furrow. A perusal of all that has been said in this debate leaves one with the same impression as the proud Mother whose son had joined the Army. She turned out to see his Regiment on the march and was surprised to find that they were dismissed in cavalier fashion, the alternatives for providing a contribution to the Imperial Exchequer which had been put forward by representatives of many interests. \nThe Unofficial members who preceded him were against it, and the business community, bankers, investors, manufacturers, etc. should swallow the distasteful draught and believe it to be less harmful than any other nostrum which they prefer to try. \n\"In comparing taxation in Hong Kong with other places, one has only to examine the high cost of living here to find that one of the contributory factors is the high price of land. \nThe Financial Secretary ably handled the case for Government, but Government is the ground landlord and the high price it obtains for land has to be paid for ultimately by the tenants. Land sales have been an important item of Revenue. Rents, which are based on a return on the investment in land and buildings, are also the basis of assessment. \nIt was said that when land in the business centre was $60 and over per square foot, it was dearer than land in Lombard Street in the City of London. I admit the value of the dollar was higher than at present. I make this assertion, Sir, as I imagine it prompted your statement that Government did not intend to use the Official majority to put through a measure which the people believed to be detrimental to the welfare of the Colony in order to provide a gift from these people to the Home Government. \nRents of private dwellings are higher than in England, which is partly due to the cost of preparing sites, the charges for sewerage and water connections, permits for access over Crown Land, etc. \n\"The long list of Government charges for permits, stamp fees, etc., must be considered. Many things, for instance, are estimated to produce about $40,000 in the 1940-41 budget. A charter party signed in Hong Kong is taxed at 15 cents per $100 of the charter money, which for a big ship amounts to hundreds of dollars, with no return. \nAN EXPLANATION \nThe Financial Secretary. I rise not to make another speech but to ask Your Excellency's permission to make a personal explanation with regard to the speech I made at the last meeting of the Council. \nThere was a sentence in that speech which could conceivably have been interpreted as imputing improper motives to members of this Council. I said that if suggestions were made that Income Tax should not be introduced in this Colony \"because it would not be quite 100 per cent effective, I could not but suspect that they covered some other motives.\" \nIt was not in my mind to suggest that any Member of this Council had opposed Income Tax principally on that ground. In fact, I had in my mind, when saying those particular words, criticisms to that effect in the Press. \nI had stated at the beginning of my speech that I proposed to deal with Members' comments as well as remarks made by the Press, and I wish to make it clear that it was very far from my thoughts to suggest that any Member of this Council had any other motive but the best interests of this Colony. \n(Applause).\n\nAs you are aware, the General Committee of the Chamber of Commerce held a meeting and after discussion and consideration, they decided unanimously against Income Tax. \nThey recommended other alternatives which had also been carefully considered, and gave their opinion that the proposal to raise three million dollars for local defence and seven million dollars as a grant for war purposes was too high, as it would be detrimental to the welfare of the Colony if such a large sum was taken out of the Colony, giving, for instance, a man at Home paying £40 per annum for a house in the suburbs with taxes at three times the rate in Hong Kong, the equivalent of $960 per annum or $80 per month. \nWhat can he get in Hong Kong for that rent, inclusive of the present 17% rate? \nI have not been able to get an official copy of your remarks, Sir, but I believe I have correctly interpreted them in my own words. \nHon. Sir Henry Pollock.-On behalf of the Unofficial Members of this Council, I should like to thank the Financial Secretary for the statement he has just made. \n(Applause).",
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        "content_text": "# 33\n\n**Honourable Colonial Secretary,**\n\n1. I submit the report of an attack by an unidentified Japanese motor boat on Fishing Junk No.2323 H.D. which occurred at about 03.00 hours on 25th October, 1939, in Deep Bay, British waters.\n\n2. The presence of a strange motor vessel was first observed in British waters at about 21.00 hours on 24th October, 1939, when the master of a fishing junk No.2246 A.D. stationed off Lau Fau Shan observed a strange motor vessel approaching from the direction of Lin Tin Island. He is well acquainted with No.11 Police Motor Boat, and suspecting that the strange vessel was Japanese, he started to make for shallow water. The strange vessel opened fire with a machine gun, and the crew of 2246 A.D. replied with rifle fire. No injury to persons on this fishing junk was sustained, and the strange vessel turned back on reaching shallow water.\n\n3. At about 03.00 hours on 25th October, 1939, Fishing Junk 2323 H.D. was in a position approximately 14 miles N.W. of Sha Kong Miu, British territory. Visibility was very good, there being a moon. The master and some of his crew were engaged in fishing when a motor vessel was observed approaching astern of the junk. The vessel, which was seen to be flying the Japanese flag, commenced firing with a machine gun. The master Pang Fut then called for his arms to be handed up, and it was while engaged in doing this that a girl, Pang Wo aged 17, received a wound in the right buttock from a bullet which evidently penetrated the starboard side of the junk aft and rebounded off a bulkhead.\n\n4. The master and his brother in the meantime fired 4 rounds at the Japanese motor vessel, and then discharged his cannon upon which the motor vessel went off in the direction of Lin Tin, Chinese waters.\n\n5.",
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        "content_text": "## 2.\n\n5. The fishing junk 2323 H.D. then sailed for Castle Peak and a report was made to No.3 Police Launch at Cheung Sha Wan. The complainant and injured woman were then brought to Hong Kong. A report from the Medical Officer who examined Pang Wo on admission to hospital is attached.\n\n6. At about 17.30 hours on the same day, Pang Fut was taken to No.4 Police Launch in Deep Bay and pointed out the approximate position in which his vessel was when attacked. The Police Launch was unable, owing to shallow water, to approach the exact position but from bearings taken, the position of the attack was judged to be two miles N. 65° E. of Long. 113° 56' 10\" E, Lat. 22° 27' 55\" N. and approximately 14 miles N. 42° W. of Sha Kong Miu (Ref. Admiralty Chart `3681`).\n\nRegarding the allegation made by Leung Sing Chau,\n\n7. the master of Fishing Junk 2246 A.D. to the effect that a woman had been raped and money stolen from smaller junks in the vicinity, enquiries have been made, but no confirmation of this report has been obtained.\n\n8. Copies have been sent to Secretary to Commodore.\n\n**(Sa.)**  \n**W. P. Thompson,**  \np.Commissioner of Police.  \n1st November, 1939.",
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        "content_text": "## \n\n36 \n\nI visited the complainant's junk at CHING SHAN KEUK (青山腳) at about 15.00 hours same day (25th October, 1939). On boarding complainant's junk, CHAN LAU, the steersman, handed me the part of a core of a nickel bullet which he said he had found outside the door of the forward cabin on the starboard side of the junk at 07.00 hours that morning. On my examination of the junk, I found a bullet hole on the starboard side of the junk. I traced the course of the bullet and found that after striking the starboard side of the junk, the bullet penetrated a wooden partition which divides the forward and stern cabins. The bullet then struck the baulk head and on rebounding struck complainant's sister named PANG WO in the right buttock.\n\nI examined the two rifles which showed recent signs of firing and smelt strongly of cordite. The cannon also showed recent signs of having been fired.\n\nAt 10.00 hours on the 30th October, 1939, I handed the core of the bullet given to me by CHAN LAU over to Sergeant Perkins, Police Armourer (statement attached) for his report on same.\n\nAt about 18.30 hours same evening (25th October, 1939), I visited the scene of the incident aboard No.11 Motor Boat together with the master and steersman who pointed out to me the spot the incident is alleged to have taken place. It was roughly about one mile or so off LAU FAU SHAN. We then went alongside No.4 Police Launch which was anchored off WAN CHA (T) (Chinese territory) as the water was too shallow for No.4 to visit the scene. The Officer in Charge, Police Sergeant A.38 Hudson, took a 3-point bearing and judged the position to be approximately 1 mile N.42 W. of SHA KONG MIU (沙崗廟). LEUNG SHING CHAU (梁勝洲), the master of Fishing Junk No.2246 H.D., reported to Lance Sergeant A.101 White, the Officer in Charge No.11 Motor Boat, that he had...",
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        "content_text": "## \n1 心 \n2. 52 \n\nThe Police Boat nearly every day and can easily recognize it, in the distance, as it is the only motor boat in Deep Bay. When I first sighted the Motor Boat, it was about 700 or 800 Chinese feet away. Suspecting that the motor boat was Japanese, I started to sail towards shallow water near SHA KIU, east of LAU FAU SHAN. As soon as I commenced to turn, the motor boat started to machine gun my junk, after passing some of the smaller junks. I immediately instructed my crew to return the fire. We opened fire with the 3 rifles from the stern of my junk. The cannons were not used because the motor boat was too far away. I fired one of the rifles. There was a strong breeze which enabled my junk to sail at a fast speed. The motor boat followed me for about half an hour, but did not come closer than 500 Chinese feet, and continued to fire bursts of machine gun bullets at the junk. We fired between 70 and 80 rounds in return. On approaching shallow water the motor boat ceased fire and turned back towards the mouth of the Bay. No one was injured on my junk. I did not examine the whole of my junk afterwards to see if any of the bullets had struck it or not, but I believe all the rounds went high, one scored the main mast. \n\nThe same evening, sometime after 22.00 hours, I again heard bursts of machine gun fire in the direction of NIM WAN. I have since heard that a Japanese motor boat fired at a junk owned by PANG FAT, that was probably the firing I heard. I returned to LAU FAU SHAN the following morning and the crews of the smaller junks informed me that the Japanese crew of the motor boat had gone alongside their junks, also that the Japanese had raped a woman and stole some money from them. I do not know these people. They belong to Chinese territory. I cannot find them again.",
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        "title": "CO129-579-7 Sino-Japanese War- shipping on Pearl River 4-1-1939 - 9-6-1939",
        "content_text": "Page 37\n\n16. I proceeded to Canton in \"CIC-LA\" on 12th November, the first possible opportunity, to see for myself the state of the river and affairs at Canton itself, and to visit the gunboats. I found that there was no military necessity whatever for the continued closure of the river to free navigation. The channels in use were almost identical with those through which ships proceeded to and from Canton during the Chinese regime, and close to the banks the peasants were working in the fields. Passages had been cleared through the various booms, and the majority of the Japanese transports were at anchor below the Bocca Tigris forts, which appeared to be very little damaged by the Japanese attack on them. One or two isolated groups of ocean-going ships were anchored in the deep water channel some way up the river, but the whole of the carriage of supplies to Canton was by means of small shallow draught craft. At Canton itself the situation was quiet. The city itself was almost entirely deserted, and to drive through it was to receive the impression of the City of London on a Sunday afternoon. The damage it had sustained from the fires started by the Chinese on their evacuation was not nearly as extensive as one had been led to believe, and the behaviour of the Japanese troops was exemplary.\n\nI formed the opinion after consultation with the British Consul-General there, that there was no material obstacle to an immediate resumption...",
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        "content_text": "109\n\nTELEGRAMS ACCEPTED FOR ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD.\n\n(except for the following European Countries: Belgium, Luxemburg, Danzig, Denmark, Esthonia, Finland, Germany, Holland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland and Sweden) AND FOR SHIPS AT SEA, AT THE COMPANY'S BRANCHES:\n\nLONDON.\n\nCENTRAL TELEGRAPH STATION: (Always Open). TOWER CHAMBERS, MOORGATE, E.C.2. Telegraphic Address: \"Signally, Phone, LONDON,\"\n\n6666 (for enquiries). Telephone Numbers: METropolitan 6644 (for the despatch of telegrams only).\n\nTelephone Numbers.\n\nTelex Number: METropolitan 0133 (4 lines). BRANCH OFFICES :—\n\nThe Baltic Exchange, Bury Street, E.C.3 18, Old Broad Street, E.C.2\n\n22, Leadenhall Street, E.C.3\n\nCereal House, 58, Mark Lane, E.C.3\n\n24, Royal Exchange, E.C.3\n\nThe Fruit Exchange, Spitalfields Market, E.1 Candlewick House, 116/126, Cannon Street, E.C.4 Shorters Court, Throgmorton Street, E.C.2 3-5, Charterhouse Street, E.C.1\n\n3, Borough High Street, S.E.1\n\nElectra House, Victoria Embankment, W.C.2\n\n41 & 42, Parliament Street, S.W.1\n\nThos. Cook & Son, Ltd., Main Office, 43, Berkeley Street, W.1\n\nCumberland Hotel, Marble Arch, W.1\n\n20, Swallow Street, W.1\n\n35, Southampton Street, Strand, W.C.2\n\nGolden Cross House, Charing Cross, Strand, W.C.2\n\nThames House, Millbank, S.W.1\n\nAnd the District Messenger Company's Offices.\n\nPROVINCES.\n\nBradford: 4, Commercial Street\n\nTelephone Numbers.\n\nBirmingham 3: Lombard House, 142, Great Charles Street\n\nCentral 8321\n\nBradford 6007\n\nDundee: 46 and 50, Bell Street ...\n\nDundee 2108\n\nEdinburgh: 42, George Street (rear block) Glasgow C.1: 40, Royal Exchange Square Hull 76, Lowgate\n\nEdinburgh 25068\n\n41 Central 7760\n\nCentral 35811\n\n-METropolitan 6666\n\nLeeds 1: King Street Chambers, 52, Wellington Street\n\nLeeds 21518\n\nLeith: 64, Constitution Street\n\nLeith 35787\n\nLONdon Wall 4811 HOLborn 4755 0818\n\nTEMple Bar 1353 WHItehall\n\nLiverpool 2 : India Buildings, Brunswick Street\n\nThe Cotton Exchange The Fruit Exchange Bank 5020 2441\n\nManchester 2: 55, Spring Gardens\n\nCentral 3223\n\n4587\n\nNewcastle: 31, Mosley Street\n\nAMBassador 1234\n\nNewcastle 22321\n\nREGent 6244\n\nTEMple Bar 1353\n\nWHItehall VICtoria 3696 7871\n\nSheffield 3: 50, The Wicker Southampton: South Western Chambers, 1, Canute Road\n\nSt. Buryan Sheffield 6 20283\n\nSouthampton 3026\n\nHOP MAYfair\n\nPrinces Buildings, 1, Queen Street) Porthcurno (Cornwall)\n\n***\n\nBIRMINGHAM: Central Telex 7370.\n\nTELEX NUMBERS IN PROVINCES :\n\nLEITH: Telex 36054. LIVERPOOL: Bank Telex 4012.\n\nMANCHESTER: Central Telex 5800.\n\nIt is recommended that telegrams be handed direct to the Company's Branches as above. Receipts are given gratis for the amount charged. Telegrams for this Company's system are also received at all Postal Telegraph Offices, but should be marked\n\n“VIA IMPERIAL CABLE \"if intended for transmission by cable, or\n\n“VIA IMPERIAL WIRELESS \" if intended for transmission by wireless. This indication is not charged for.\n\nTELEGRAPHIC ADDRESSES REGISTERED FREE OF COST.\n\nBooks of Telegram Forms, Tariffs, Rules, etc., can be obtained at the Head Offices of the Company, or at any of the above-named Branches.\n\nIRISH FREE STATE.\n\nDUBLIN: 67, Middle Abbey Street (Inquiry Office only)\n\nTelephone No.: Dublin 44995.\n\nHEAD OFFICE OF THE COMPANY: ELECTRA HOUSE, VICTORIA EMBANKMENT, LONDON, W.C. 2.\n\nTelegraphic Address: EMPIREGRAM ESTRAND,\n\nTelephone: TEMple Bar 1222.",
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        "content_text": "112\n\nTELEGRAMS ACCEPTED FOR ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. (except for the following European Countries: Belgium, Luxemburg, Danzig, Denmark, Esthonia, Finland, Germany, Holland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, and Sweden) AND FOR SHIPS AT SEA, AT THE COMPANY'S BRANCHES:\n\nLONDON.\n\nCENTRAL TELEGRAPH STATION: (Always Open). TOWER CHAMBERS, MOORGATE, E.C.2. Telegraphic Address: \"Signally, Phone, LONDON.\" Telephone Numbers: METropolitan 6644 (for the despatch of telegrams only). 6666 (for enquiries).\n\nTelex Number: METropolitan 0133 (4 lines).\n\nBRANCH OFFICES :-\n\nThe Baltic Exchange, Bury Street, E.C.3\n18, Old Broad Street, E.C.2\n22, Leadenhall Street, E.C.3\nCereal House, 58, Mark Lane, E.C.3\n24, Royal Exchange, E.C.3\nThe Fruit Exchange, Spitalfields Market, E1\nCandlewick House, 116/126, Cannon Street, E.C.4\nShorters Court, Throgmorton Street, E.C.2\n3-5, Charterhouse Street, E.C.1\n3, Borough High Street, S.E.1\nElectra House, Victoria Embankment, W.C.2\n41 & 42, Parliament Street, S.W.1\nThos. Cook & Son, Ltd., Main Office, 43, Berkeley Street, W.1\nCumberland Hotel, Marble Arch, W.1\n20, Swallow Street, W.1\n35, Southampton Street, Strand, W.C.2\nGolden Cross House, Charing Cross, Strand, W.C.2\nThames House, Millbank, S.W.1...\nAnd the District Messenger Company's Offices.\n\nTelephone Numbers\n\nPROVINCES.\n\nBirmingham 3: Lombard House, 142, Great Charles Street\nTelephone Numbers: Central 8321\n\nBradford: 4, Commercial Street\nTelephone Numbers: Bradford 6007\n\nDundee: 46 and 50, Bell Street\nTelephone Numbers: Dundee 2108\n\nEdinburgh: 42, George Street (rear block)\nTelephone Numbers: Edinburgh 25068\n\nGlasgow C1: 40, Royal Exchange Square\nTelephone Numbers: Central 7760\n\nHull: 76, Lowgate\nTelephone Numbers: Central 35811\n\nLeeds 1: King Street Chambers, 52, Wellington Street\nTelephone Numbers: Leeds 21518\n\nLeith: 64, Constitution Street\nTelephone Numbers: Leith 35787\n\nLiverpool 2: India Buildings, Brunswick Street\nTelephone Numbers: LONdon Wail 4811, HOLborn 4755, 0819 11, TEMple Bar 1353, Whitehall 2441\n\nThe Cotton Exchange\nTelephone Numbers: Bank 5020\n\nThe Fruit Exchange\nTelephone Numbers: MAYfair 4587\n\nManchester 2: 55, Spring Gardens\nTelephone Numbers: Central 3223\n\nNewcastle: 31, Mosley Street\nTelephone Numbers: AMBassador 1234, REGent 6244, Princes Buildings, 1, Queen Street)\nTelephone Numbers: Newcastle 22321, TEMple Bar 1353\n\nPorthcurno (Cornwall)\nTelephone Numbers: WHItehall VICtoria 3696\n\nSheffield 3: 50, The Wicker\nTelephone Numbers: St. Buryan Sheffield 7871\n\nSouthampton: South Western Chambers, 1, Canute Road\nTelephone Numbers: Southampton 3026, HOP 6 20283\n\nTELEX NUMBERS IN PROVINCES: BIRMINGHAM: Central Telex 7370. LEITH: Telex 36054. LIVERPOOL: Bank Telex 4012. MANCHESTER: Central Telex 5800.\n\nIt is recommended that telegrams be handed direct to the Company's Branches as above. Receipts are given gratis for the amount charged. Telegrams for this Company's system are also received at all Postal Telegraph Offices, but should be marked \"VIA IMPERIAL CABLE\" if intended for transmission by cable, or \"VIA IMPERIAL WIRELESS\" if intended for transmission by wireless.\n\nTELEGRAPHIC ADDRESSES REGISTERED FREE OF COST. Books of Telegram Forms, Tariffs, Rules, etc., can be obtained at the Head Offices of the Company, or at any of the above-named Branches.\n\nIRISH FREE STATE.\n\nDUBLIN: 67, Middle Abbey Street (Inquiry Office only)\nThis indication is not Charged for.\nTelephone No.: Dublin 44995.\n\nHEAD OFFICE OF THE COMPANY: ELECTRA HOUSE, VICTORIA EMBANKMENT, LONDON, W.C.2.\n\nTelegraphic Address: EMPIREGRAM ESTRAND.\n\nTelephone: TEMple Bar 1222.",
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        "title": "CO129-581-10 Control measures to be adopted for local mines- report by senior Inspector of Mines 1-1-1939 - 31-12-1939",
        "content_text": "12\n\n6\n\nArgentiferous Galena in quartz veins is being mined, with which are associated pyrites and chalcopyrites in small quantities; modern type of milling plant installed of 150 tons per day capacity.\n\nM.L. 8. Issued 1st April, 1931 period 50 years. Lessee-New Territories Iron Mining Company. Area-One square mile. Magnetite Iron ore. Being worked by Chinese on small scale. M.L. 9. Issued 9th May, 1936 period 21 years. Lessee-Marsman Hong Kong China Limited. Area-540 acres.\n\nWolframite in four major quartz veins, with which molybdenite is associated in small quantities, is being mined on a contract basis.\n\n6. Since 1936 some 20 prospecting applications have been received. Of these 10 have been approved and the remainder are still under consideration. Attached plan B* indicates the locations of those approved (coloured pink) and under consideration (outlined pink).\n\n7. Six applications for mining licences have been received (as indicated outlined blue on plan B*). All these are still under consideration.\n\n8. It would appear that the present tendency is for scientific deep prospecting and mining backed by adequate capital as compared with the shallow scratchings of the past. This should be encouraged as far as possible by the issue of titles at low fees and, where necessary, the remission of royalty, either wholly or in part, during the development stages.\n\n9. MINING LAW AXIOMS.\n\nThere are two fundamental axioms of mining law.\n\n(i) The right of the miners to a perfectly secure title to their property so long as they fulfil certain specified conditions, the fulfilment or non-fulfilment of which is absolutely within their own control.\n\n(ii) The right of the state, or other landlord, to certain rents, royalties, or taxes on the profits of the mines, and to the reasonably constant continuation of effective work on the mines.\n\n10. MINING LAW relates principally to the acquisition and tenure of mines, whilst MINING REGULATIONS more especially concern the methods of working, the safety of the men, and the conduct of mining operations generally. Both alike exist for the collective good of the community, and the present Hong Kong mining laws are lacking in this respect.\n\n11. HONG KONG MINING LAWS.\n\nThe only mining law in force is \"Ordinance No. 7 of 1906\" and is cited as the Prospecting and Mining Ordinance, 1906, which gives the Governor in Council power to:\n\n(1) Issue prospecting licences.\n\n(ii) Issue mining licences.\n\n(iii) Issue mining leases.\n\n(iv) Make regulations for payment of fees, rents and royalties; and to impose fines not exceeding $200.\n\n12. Under this ordinance, the necessary regulations were made for:\n\n(i) New Territories on 10th July, 1906.\n\n(ii) Hong Kong on 5th April, 1907.\n\n• Not printed.\n\nThese regulations specified the forms and conditions under which the licences and leases were issued and conditions of mining. In particular, they specified the following:\n\n(i) Prospecting licence-fee $500-period 6 months.\n\n(ii) Mining licence-fee $250 per square mile-period 12 months.\n\n(iii) Mining leases-rent $2 per acre, plus $50 per acre surface rent of occupied area-royalty not exceeding 5%-period 75 years.\n\n13. These very necessary mining regulations, which not only acquaint the would-be prospector and miner of the conditions under which he may operate but also specified definite forms of title to be issued and procedure to be followed, were however rescinded by Gazette Notification No. 622 dated 14th August, 1934, subject to a note that \"the terms of any grant of a mining lease or a prospecting or mining licence will hereafter be determined according to the circumstances of the case.\" There is therefore a complete lack of control of mining operations as regards rules and penalties, which has resulted in a considerable amount of discussion as to the form of lease and licence that should be issued.\n\n14. The reason for rescinding these regulations is not clear, but it would appear that during 1934 the price of wolfram rose, and it was considered that greater revenue could be obtained by increasing the fee of a mining licence from $250 to $2,500 per square mile than what could be obtained on a 5% royalty basis. I cannot trace the monetary result of this theory, which is entirely wrong in principle, quite apart from the fact that it hinders normal prospecting and development of possible mineral deposits.\n\n15. GOVERNMENT MINING POLICY.\n\nOwing to the absence of a detailed geological report, the mining potentialities of the Colony are unknown. There are, however, definite indications of mineral deposits in the New Territories and neighbouring islands which may prove of economic value if prospected and mined by up-to-date methods backed with adequate capital, and the prospecting and development of these should be encouraged as far as possible with a view to ultimate increased revenue to Government from royalties. With this view, mining laws and regulations and the issue of titles at low fees are necessary in place of those previously in force. Present mining conditions do not warrant the formation of a mines department, and regulations should be in a simple form so that operations can be controlled and supervised by officers now in Government departments. The appointment, however, of a capable Chinese mines overseer for routine inspection, to be attached to the local land office, is strongly recommended, and it is advisable that he be sent to the Federated Malay States for a short training course of 3 months under the Mines Department there.\n\n16. SUGGESTED MINING LAWS.\n\nThe following amendments and additions to Ordinance No. 7 of 1906 are recommended with a view to bringing it more in line with modern practice and local conditions.\n\nSection 2.\n\n(i) Insert the word \"samples\" in place of the word \"specimens\".\n\n(ii) Period of 6 months be altered to 12 months.\n\nNote. In actual practice, the period should be proportionate to the area under licence.\n\nSection 3.\n\nDelete as being difficult of control and unnecessary at present.\n\nNote. Any existing applicants for mining licences should be informed that Government is only prepared to consider applications for either prospecting licences or mining leases.\n\n13",
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        "content_text": "Those present at the meeting were: His Excellency the Governor (Sir G. A. S. Northcote, K.C.M.G.).\n\nThe Acting Officer Commanding the troops (Brigadier A. B. Thomson).\n\nThe Colonial Secretary (Hon. Mr. N. L. Smith, C.M.G.).\n\nThe Attorney General (Hon. Mr. C. G. Alabaster, O.B.E., K.C.),\n\nThe Secretary for Chinese Affairs (Hon. Mr. R. A. C. North).\n\nThe Financial Secretary (Hon. Mr. S. Caine).\n\nHon. Commander G. F. Hole, R.N. (Retired), (Harbour Master).\n\nHon. Dr. P. S. Selwyn-Clarke, M.C., (Director of Medical Services).\n\nHon. Mr. T. H. King (Commissioner of Police).\n\nHon. Mr. A. B. Purves (Director of Public Works).\n\nHon. Sir Henry Pollock, K.T., K.C., LL.D.\n\nHon. Mr. S. H. Dodwell.\n\nHon. Mr. Chau Tsun-nin, C.B.E.\n\nHon. Mr. Lo Man-kam.\n\nHon. Mr. Leo d'Almada e Castro Jr.\n\nHon. Mr. T. E. Pearce.\n\nHon. Mr. A. L. Shields.\n\nHon. Mr. Li Tse-fong.\n\nMr. C. B. Burgess (Deputy Clerk of Councils).\n\nTo\n\nH.E. The Governor: When I adjourned Council a week ago, the Hon. Mr. Shields, who had been speaking, made a request that he be allowed to continue his speech today. I was disposed to consider that request and as the standing orders cover it, I therefore call upon Mr. Shields to continue his speech.\n\nHon. Mr. Shields: Hon. Mr. A. L. Shields: Your Excellency, I am glad to have the opportunity, owing to the adjournment of the debate on the War Budget, of considering the speech made by the Hon. Financial Secretary in support of the Income Tax measure proposed by Government, in which he dealt with the storm of disapproval from all sections of the community as voiced by the Unofficial members of Council, who preceded him.\n\nThe Financial Secretary handled the case for Government but dismissed in cavalier fashion the alternatives for providing a contribution to the Imperial Exchequer which had been put forward by representatives of many interests. The goodwill and co-operation of the people in a matter of this kind are important, if not essential to the carrying out of Your Excellency's laudable desire that Hongkong should do its bit towards financing the war.\n\nI make this assertion, Sir, as I imagine it prompted your statement that Government did not intend to use the Official majority to put through a measure which the people believed to be detrimental to the welfare of the Colony in order to provide a gift from these people to the Home Government.\n\nI have not been able to get an official copy of your remarks, Sir, but I believe I have correctly interpreted them in my own words.\n\nAs you are aware, the General Committee of the Chamber of Commerce held a meeting and after discussion and consideration, they decided unanimously against Income Tax.\n\nThey recommended other alternatives which had also been carefully considered, and gave their opinion that the proposal to raise three million dollars for local defence and seven million dollars as a grant for war purposes was too high, as it would be detrimental to the welfare of the Colony if such a large sum was taken out of the Colony, giving no return.\n\nThe Chinese Chamber of Commerce hold similar views which have been expressed by my Unofficial colleagues and enquiries made from merchants, bankers, and people in many walks of life, make it clear that public opinion is almost entirely against Income Tax.\n\nIndications are not lacking that the Unofficial members of this Council are solidly against Income Tax, but I believe they will be as solidly in favour of raising a War contribution by other means.\n\nThe Committee of the Chamber of Commerce proposed other taxes to produce about $5,200,000 to cover local defence and a contribution to the Home Government. These taxes may not be free from criticism, but they deserve careful examination as they have the great advantage of costing practically nothing to collect.\n\nGovernment may suggest other alternatives which will satisfy the community and for these reasons, Sir, I would urge that the terms of reference of the Taxation Committee now sitting be broadened to include the examination of alternatives.\n\nThe very able speech of the Hon. Financial Secretary impressed me as one of no compromise. Nothing but Income Tax will do; all arguments against it are torn to shreds; the business community, bankers, investors, manufacturers, etc., should swallow the distasteful draught and believe it to be less harmful than any other nostrum which they might prefer to try.\n\nWe British are credited with being experts in compromise and the middle course, but there is no confirmation of this in the Hon. Financial Secretary's speech. He set out to confound the opposition to his pet tax and may have done so entirely to his own satisfaction, but the people who must pay the fiddler apparently still dislike the tune.\n\nIn comparing taxation in Hongkong with other places, one has only to examine the high cost of living here to find that one of the contributory factors is the high price of land. Government is the ground landlord and the high price it obtains for land has to be paid for ultimately by the tenants.\n\nLand sales have been an important item of Revenue. Rents which are based on a return on the investment in land and buildings are also the basis of assessment. It was said that when land in the business centre was $60 and over per square foot, it was dearer than land in Lombard Street in the City of London. I admit the value of the dollar was higher than at present.\n\nRents of private dwellings are higher than in England, which is partly due to the cost of preparing sites, the charges for sewerage and water connections, permits for access over Crown Land, etc.\n\nA man at Home paying £40 per annum for a house in the suburbs with taxes at three times the rate in Hongkong (say 50%), pays the equivalent of $960 or $80 per month. What can he get in Hongkong for that rent inclusive of the present 17% rate?\n\nThe long list of Government charges for permits, stamp fees, etc., must be considered. Many things, from permission to work a steamer on Sunday to permission to park a car in Duddell Street, have to be obtained by permit at a price. Great ingenuity on the part of successive Colonial Treasurers has been displayed in finding these methods of increasing Revenue.\n\nOfficial signatures, for instance, are estimated to produce $40,000 in the 1940-41 budget. A charter party signed in Hongkong is taxed at 15 cents per $100 of the charter money, which for a big ship amounts to hundreds of dollars. In London, charter parties require a 6d stamp for each signed copy.\n\nSalaries here are admittedly higher than at Home - they have to be - but house rent is not deductible from income for tax purposes. It would probably be surprising to find how many families with children to educate and provision to make for retirement must economise in every way to get along.\n\nThe imposition of an Income Tax would mean in many cases an adjustment of salaries falling on the employer, who would also pay tax on his business profits and still have to compete with merchants in other ports for the trade of China.\n\nOne objection, I believe, to the alternative taxes proposed by the Chamber of Commerce and the Chinese Community is that they do not get at unlimited partnerships and salaried employees, including Government Servants, but if this cannot be accomplished, I believe a request for voluntary contributions would meet with an immediate response from many who would contribute according to their means.\n\nI firmly believe there is no unwillingness to pay towards the cost of the War.\n\nAn important objection to Income Tax is that Home Government will have to refund such a large proportion of the total collection that the net contribution to the United Kingdom may be greatly reduced, and to get that, everyone will suffer a big disturbance in paying and reclaiming, and the net result may not be worth it.\n\nThe Hon. Mr. Caine dealt with the vexed question of evasion.\n\nIf Income Tax should prove to be 50% ineffective, would he propose to discontinue it after an expensive department had been set up to collect it?\n\nSo many objections have been made to Income Tax that I need not say more than that the Hon. Financial Secretary seems to be ploughing a very lonely furrow. A perusal of all that has been said in this debate leaves one with the same impression as the proud Mother whose son had joined the Army. She turned out to see his Regiment on the march and was surprised to find that they were all out of step with her Peter.\" (Applause).\n\nAN EXPLANATION\n\nThe Financial Secretary.—I rise not to make another speech but to ask Your Excellency's permission to make a personal explanation with regard to the speech I made at the last meeting of the Council.\n\nThere was a sentence in that speech which could conceivably have been interpreted as imputing improper motives to members of Council. I said that if suggestions were made that Income Tax should not be introduced in this Colony because it would not be quite 100 per cent effective, I could not but suspect that they covered some other motives.\n\nIt was not in my mind that any Member of this Council had opposed Income Tax principally on that ground. In fact, I had in my mind when saying those particular words, criticisms to that effect in the Press. I had stated at the beginning of my speech that I proposed to deal with Members' comments as well as remarks made by the Press, and I wish to make it clear that it was very far from my thoughts to suggest that any Member of this Council had any other motive but the best interests of this Colony. (Applause).\n\nHon. Sir Henry Pollock.—On behalf of the Unofficial Members of this Council, I should like to thank the Hon. Financial Secretary for the statement he has just made.",
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        "content_text": "(4) \n\nLoss or Damage\n\n  \n    Date of Incident\n    Type & No. of Junk\n    Owner or Master\n    CTE\n    Junk & Gear\n     Cargo \n  \n  \n    15.10.39\n    Fishing Junk No. unknown\n    LAN KAN\n    \n    $\n11 males $000.00 Junk\n4 females $500.00 Gear\n    $400.00 Arma\nChinese Territory $460.00 Money & other things\n  \n  \n    26.10.39\n    Fishing Junk Fo Hong Kong licence Macao licence 3366\n    NO PUX SHING of TUNG KE\n    Chinese Territory\n    8 males $2,500.00 by 4 Females 5 children\n    $45.00 fire, 20 taken\n  \n  \n    26.10.39\n    Fishing Junk 3247 H.A.\n    LAT CHAT YAU of Hong Kong\n    \n    8 males $16,000.00 Junk\n females $2,700.00\n children $200.00\n    $1,000.00 Cargo\n  \n  \n    24.10.39\n    Fishing Junk 2246 H.D.\n    LENG SING CHAU\n    of TUKE KUN Chinese Territory\n    8 males 5 females 8 children\n    \n  \n\nNature of Incident\n\nBoarded by Japanese from a motor boat near Lema Islands, Chinese Waters, the junk was set afire and as far as known LAN KAN is the only survivor, he escaped in a small sampan.\n\nBoarded by Japanese near Yau Ma Tei from a trawler, crew were sent away in a sampan and Junk set afire, No one injured.\n\nBoarded by Japanese from a trawler near LAP SAM MEI, Chinese Waters, 3 males and 2 children escaped in only sampan, the fate of the remainder is unknown. Junk was set afire.\n\nA Japanese motor boat approached the junk off LAU FAU SAN in Deep Bay, British waters. The motor boat opened fire with a Machine Gun, the junk returned the fire with rifles and sailed into shallow water, The motor boat then made off, No one injured.",
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        "content_text": "CODY \n\n266 \n\nHonourable Colonial Secretary \n\n1. I submit the report of an attack by unidentified Japanese motor boat on Fishing Junk No.2823 H.D. which occurred at about 03.00 hours on 25th October, 1939, in Deep Bay, British water.\n\n2. The presence of a strange motor vessel was first observed in British waters at about 21.00 hours on 24th October, 1939, when the master of a fishing junk No.2246 A.D. stationed off Lau Fau Shan observed a strange motor vessel approaching from the direction of Lin Tin Island. He is well acquainted with No.11 Police Motor Boat, and suspecting that the strange vessel was Japanese, he started to make for shallow water. The strange vessel opened fire with a machine gun, and the crew of 2246 A.D. replied with rifle fire. No injury to persons on this fishing junk was sustained, and the strange vessel turned back on reaching shallow water.\n\n3. At about 03.00 hours on 25th October, 1939, Fishing Junk 2823 H.D. was in a position approximately 1 mile N.W. of Cha Fong Kiu, British territory. Visibility was very good, there being a moon. The master and some of his crew were engaged in fishing when a motor vessel was observed approaching astern of the junk. The vessel, which was seen to be flying the Japanese flag, commenced firing with a machine gun. The master, Ang Put, then called for his arms to be handed up, and it was while engaged in doing this that a girl, Ang To, aged 17, received a wound in the right buttock from a bullet which evidently penetrated the starboard side of the junk aft and rebounded off a bulkhead.\n\n4. The master and his brother in the meantime fired 4 rounds at the Japanese motor vessel, and then discharged...",
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        "content_text": "2671\n\ndischarged his cannon upon which the motor vessel went off in the direction of Lin Tin, Chinese waters.\n\n5. The fishing junk 2323 H.D. then sailed for Castle Peak and a report was made to No.3 Police Launch at Cheung Sha Wan. The complainant and injured woman were then brought to Hong Kong. A report from the Medical Officer who examined Pang Wo on admission to hospital is attached.\n\n6. At about 17.30 hours on the same day, FANG POH was taken to No.4 Police Launch in Deep Bay and pointed out the approximate position in which his vessel was when attacked. The Police Launch was unable, owing to shallow water, to approach the exact position but from bearings taken, the position of the attack was judged to be two miles N. 65° E. of Long. 113° 56' 10\" E. Lat. 22° 27' 55\" N. and approximately 1 mile N. 48° W. of Sha Kong Miu (Ref. Admiralty Chart 3681)\n\n(sgd) V.P. THOMPSON\n\nD. Commissioner of Police\n\n1st November, 1939.",
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        "content_text": "3\n\n270\n\nLaunch which was anchored off AN HA (\n\nChinese territory, as the water was too shallow for\n\nNo.4 to visit the scene. The officer in Charge,\n\nPolice Sergeant A.38 Hudson took a 8 point bearing and\n\njudged the position to be approximately 1 1/2 miles\n\nN. 48 E. of SHA KUNG BIU.\n\nLEUNG SHING CHAU (\n\nstatement attached, the master of Fishing Junk No.2246 H.D.\n\n2\n\nreported to Lance Sergeant A.101 White, the officer\n\nin Charge No.11 Motor Boat that he had seen a Japanese\n\nmotor boat off SZ. HAU (\n\nin Deep Bay between 21.00 hours and 22.00 hours on the 24th October, 1939.\n\nI attach herewith Dr. Gosano's medical report\n\non PANG WO.\n\n(sgd.) D. DAVIES,\n\nPolice Sergeant A.200\n\n31st October, 1939.\n\nPage 270",
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        "content_text": "289\n\nmy binoculars.\n\nIt was not the Police Boat, but a strange\n\none about the same size, with a high bow, and an awning\n\ngreyish in colour. I see the Police Boat nearly every\n\nday and can easily recognize it, in the distance, as it is\n\nthe only motor boat in Dee Bay.\n\nThen I first sighted the Motor Boat, it was about\n\n700 or 800 - Chinese feet away.\n\nSuspecting that the motor boat was Japanese, I\n\nstarted to sail towards shallow water near SHA KIU, east of\n\nLAU PAU SHAN.\n\nAs soon as I commenced to turn, the motor boat\n\nstarted to machine gun my junk, after passing some of the\n\nsmaller junks.\n\nI immediately instructed my crew to return the\n\nfire. They opened fire with the 3 rifles from the stern of\n\nmy junk. The cannons were not used because the motor boat\n\nwas too far away. I fired one of the rifles.\n\nThere was a strong breeze which enabled my junk\n\nto sail at a fast speed.\n\nThe motor boat followed me for about half an hour,\n\nbut did not come closer than 500 Chinese feet, and continued\n\nto fire bursts of machine gun bullets at the junk.\n\nI fired between 70 and 80 rounds in return.\n\nOn approaching shallow water the motor boat ceased\n\nfire and turned back towards the mouth of the Bay.\n\nNo one was injured on my junk. I did not examine\n\nthe whole of my junk afterwards to see if any of the\n\nbullets had struck it or not, but I believe all the rounds\n\nwent high, one scored the main mast.\n\nThe same evening, sometime after 8.00 hours, I\n\nagain heard bursts of machine gun fire in the direction of\n\nNIM WAN. I have since heard that a Japanese motor boat fired\n\nat...",
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        "document_key": "CO129-585-5 Sino-Japanese conflict- shipping on Pearl River 3-1-1940 - 25-8-1940",
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        "title": "CO129-585-5 Sino-Japanese conflict- shipping on Pearl River 3-1-1940 - 25-8-1940",
        "content_text": "# ENCLOSURE: No. 3 in \n\nCANTON DESPATCH No. 93 of 16/4/1940 to B.E. DHAN:HAI.\n\n## SUMMARIZED COMMENTS OF BRITISH SHIPPING FIRMS ON JAPANESE MEMORANDUM REGARDING OPENING OF CANTON TO \"GENERAL TRADE\"\n\n### Preamble.\n\n53\n\n\"General trade\" is apparently to be confined to \"Canton harbour\".\n\n### Paragraph 1.\n\nThis refers only to the \"loding of cargoen. Are therefore imports to be prohibited? Does reference to \"those British vessels\" mean that only the \"Fushan\" and \"Kinshan\" may ply between Hongkong and Canton, that other British vessels and British coasting vessels are to be excluded, while the Japanese maintain the two to one ratio in their favour between Hongkong and Canton and their coasters which omit Hongkong are unrestricted in number?\n\n### Paragraph 2.\n\nThe transport status of the \"Shirogane Maru\" and the \"Kaishu Maru\" is to be removed, doubtless to enable them to carry cargo to and from Hongkong.\n\n### Paragraph 3.\n\nJapanese vessels must be subject to the same restrictions as British vessels. It follows therefore that British vessels should be permitted to berth at their companies' wharves in accordance with normal practice. Under what conditions will Japanese ships and shallow draft vessels continue to call at Whampoa and other delta ports which remain closed to all other foreign shipping?\n\n### Paragraph 4.\n\nThere is no objection to non-discriminatory supervision by the Customs and to regulations of this nature issued by the Postal and Quarantine authorities.\n\n### Appendix.\n\n1. Navigation\n\n(1) The restrictions mentioned in paragraph (a) to paragraph (d) of article 5 of the agreement initialled by Messrs. Blunt and Shigaki on July 4th, 1939 applied to British ships only. Japanese vessels should be similarly restricted. These restrictions were described as temporary \"pending restoration of the Pearl River to normal navigation\". Now that \"general trade\" is to be permitted such restrictions should be cancelled or drastically curtailed.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-590-22 Situation in enemy occupied Hong Kong 19-1-1943 - 20-11-1943",
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        "title": "CO129-590-22 Situation in enemy occupied Hong Kong 19-1-1943 - 20-11-1943",
        "content_text": "## EXTRACT FROM FAR EASTERN WEEKLY INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY\n### No. 31 for week ending 30.7.43.\n\n#### Broadcasts:\n\n**(a)**\n1. In view of the increasing importance of such minerals as lead, tungsten, molybdenum, and tin, for the East Asia defence industries, the Hongkong Government authorities, since July last year, have been planning to re-open certain lead mines at Hongkong, and tungsten and molybdenum mines in the Kowloon area. Operations have already begun on these mines. Investigations into tin, manganese, and iron mining in the same areas are being completed by the authorities.\n\n**(b)**\nLead and tin have been mined on the Leased Territories of Kowloon for quite 30 years, but up till 1936 only in small quantities. These mines were situated in the Castle Peak district and very near the Chinese border. It has been known for a long time that there were deposits of iron ore in the new territories across the Bay from Taipo, but as there were no roads, and water was very shallow, the cost of transport of this ore was too great for development.\n\nThe Hongkong Mines Company Limited was started with a capital of $500,000 in 1936 to develop the already existing lead and tin mines and also the iron. At the same time, roads were built round the area where the iron deposits lay, and a pier on the shore, so that junks could come alongside and be loaded. A sample of the iron ore was sent to England round about 1930 for testing and was found to be of very excellent quality.\n\nThere are no reports of tungsten or molybdenum being found here in British territory.\n\nPage 36  \nPage 101  \nOrig. regd. in `GR1178/1922/32(III)`  \n**THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT**  \n**SECRET**",
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        "document_key": "CO129-590-23 Situation in Hong Kong 25-4-1905 - 25-4-1905",
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        "title": "CO129-590-23 Situation in Hong Kong 25-4-1905 - 25-4-1905",
        "content_text": "## INDIAN CENSORSHIP\n### Intercepted I.S.C. Place Calcutta\n#### Date 21.3.42.\n\n**FROM-**\nTo: Daniel S.K. Chang, Fan Chuang, Kuo Fu Lu, Chungking, China.\n\n**Previous References :–**\nPostmark and date 1 “C” ... +88.45/4.2.\n\n**TRANSIT**\nLetter :-Date 13. 3. 42.\nMrs. Daniel S.) P.O. Box No. HAWI, HAWAII.\n\n**Language** English.\n\n**Distribution :—**\nChief Censor, India. New Delhi (6) 143\n\n**ORIGINAL:-** Released.  \n**LETTER RELEASED** MAY 1942\n\n## Extracts:\n### Recent Conditions in Hongkong.\n\nIf the people are willing to leave, they are given one catty of rice each and this small quantity is supposed to be sufficient till they reach the Chinese territory. No one is allowed to carry any extra clothes or luggage when leaving Hongkong. If anyone is carrying more than HK$10, the money is confiscated. Many people wearing leather shoes, watches, or possessing fountain pens are asked by the Japanese border sentry to surrender them. The Japanese also supply evacuation sampans to carry the Chinese people to either Macao or other Chinese territories. However, these people must apply for a pass, and then they have to line up at the Kowloon pier to wait for their turn. Once they line up there, they cannot leave until their turn comes. Mr. Meng said by one look at them it will break one's heart, because no matter rain or sunshine they have to wait there. They have no place to rest or sleep, and there are no toilet facilities. The filth accumulated since the war just made the pier stink to Heaven.\n\nThere is no light or water in Hongkong for general use although the services have been restored by the Japanese. The Japanese require a deposit of 50 dollars Japanese note (equivalent to HK$100) before the water service can be resumed, and $100 Japanese note as deposit for light before electricity can be supplied. Due to the fact that many people had very little money with them when the war broke out and that before Hongkong surrendered, the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank burned practically all their banknotes in the Bank to prevent them from falling into Japanese hands, many people find it impossible to exchange so much Hongkong money for Japanese notes in order to get water and light. If they should do so, it would mean that they have no money to buy rice which is more important for their sustenance. Consequently, many people have resorted to using flush toilet water for their drinking and cooking purposes. The flush toilet water comes from shallow wells and the people have to use their biscuit tins to extract water which will take about 15 minutes or so to fill the tin.\n\nSince the war began over three months ago, all the streets in Hongkong and Kowloon have not been swept. The sewage disposal system is disrupted so Hongkong is simply unrecognizable from what it used to be. Mr. Meng said that formerly Hongkong was clean and that there were hardly any mosquitoes, but now no matter where one goes, it stinks and is full of flies and mosquitoes.\n\nDue to the Japanese policy of not selling rice to the...\n\n`MEA/1/16`",
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        "title": "CO129-590-24 Situation in Hong Kong 25-4-1905 - 25-4-1905",
        "content_text": "**SECRET**\n\n**Orig. reg.** `18885/6/43`\n\n**160**\n\n`57112` `5070417`\n\n**14**\n\n# Extract from Far Eastern Weekly Intelligence Summary No. 2 for week ending 8.1.43\n\n## Information from other sources:\n\n### 1.\n\n### 2.\n\n**(a)** A new drydock of 400–450 ft. is being constructed near Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Machinery for its development is being assembled there.\n\n**(b)** There is some doubt about the truth of this report. Apart from the fact that Hong Kong has already 8 drydocks of from 250 ft. to 680 ft., Causeway Bay is totally unsuited for the purpose, having shallow water suitable only for yachts, etc.\n\n**(a)** Two ships believed to be the \"Haiyang\" and the \"Haitan\" are reported to have been salvaged at Douglas Wharf, Hong Kong. Also H.M.S. *Thracian* has been salvaged and docked at the Naval Dockyard.\n\n**(b)**",
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        "content_text": "107 \n\nLorf \n\nthe bed rolls. Later when my turn came to be examined he brought over the Gendarm in charge and talkedwith him in Japanese, flicking through the despatch box of papers, and the other cases and not bothering about the bad rolls at all. \n\nI wan passed without a word, papers and all. I could have smuggled out any amount of things. Some peoplewere searched very carefully indeed, Mr. Neprad, in particular, also r. Gibson. But Mr. Oda, knowing me, had again seen to it that I was looked after. \n\nOur journey the next day by bus from the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank was a most interesting one, all the way to Stanley Prison where we were aghin examined and embarked on the Asama Maru. \n\nBut before I go on to it I wish to put in a bit about Bir Vande leur Grayburn and his wife, and conditions under which they are all living at the Sun Wah Hotel. I saw Lady Grayburn several times, and made a special trip to the hotel to see for myself how things were, In fact, what I have written here is practically all what I have seen with my own eyes. I have heard so many things, often from first hand witnesses, but have not put them in. I saw the Grayburns on the Sunday before we left, we went on Monday and I had gone over to see Mr. and Mrs. Compton to say goodbye and found them there. \n\nThey are so very very bitter about things, so terribly bitter. Sir Vandeleur has lost 55 pounds, and looks as gaunt and gray as a timber wolf. He hates the Japanese so that he can scarcely speak of them, although he speaks of them all the time. He would exterminate the race if he could. The cubicle they live in at the Sun Wah Hotel is exactly 7 x 9 feet, and has a tiny washbasin with cold water in one corner. It is inside a long very narrow room, all cubicles of the same sort, with narrow passage way running from a small front verandah to the rear of the building. How those people stand it in the 'heat of a Hongkong surmer is more than I can understand. In fact there not standing it at all. They were falling ill, and ten of them went down the week before I'left, and four had to be brought to hospital. There seems to be a sort of jaundice going around among them, and a fever of unknown origin. They are all so mutinous at the treatment they are receiving that they are threatening to go on strike and refuse to do any banking work at all. \n\nBir Vandeleur receives $200 a month. He is the last person to be allowed contact with the Japanese, he hates them so. Mr. D.C.Davis, who is I understand No. 3 in the Bank is doing invaluable work as liaison an, he is well liked by the Japanese, is outstandingly sensib e, efficient and helpful, and the Japanese all respect him and like him, and he is sent for about everything. \n\n• \n\nAfter all, it is worth having a man like that to handle difficult matters. The British are entirely in the hands of the Japanese, who can inflict the most unbearable inhumanities on them if they wish. So many things need adjustment, and can be adjusted and put right by men with peralatence, tact and patience. We owe a great debt of gratitude to Mr. Gibson, and the bank people to \"r. Davis. A good liaison man is invaluable. \n\nAnd at this point some mention should be made of Dr.Selwyn-Clark. He is a strange character. His enemies fear and hate him, they say that every thing he has done has been with an eye to the gallery, that he is working with one aim and one sim only, to receive a decoration after the war from the British Government. He is known as Sir Percy. reputed to never do anything in a sté Ight way if it can be done by devious methods. They say so many things against him, particularly the people of his own group. And the Japanese treat him with the scantiest regard, he has to swallow humiliation after humiliation, the Japanese are good at making people lose face. And yet he keeps on and on. He gets milk, what the re is of it, for the hospitals still open, and bread, and anything else he can think of. He has established himse \n\nHe is \n\n\nHospital,",
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        "content_text": "Page 175\n\n-6-\n\nFor this and for his very efficient general engineering supervision of the boats under difficulties I consider Tempy. Lieut. (E) Herbert George Thompson R.N.R. should receive suitable recognition.\n\nThis night 07 and 09 were on patrol off Putoi being ordered on one investigating cruise to the Ninepins; 11 (just off slip) and 12 did patrol off Hamiwan where they observed THRACIAN also on patrol, THRACIAN later ran ashore on Un Kok and crushed her bow in but got off and continued on her mission to fire at 2 Japanese ammunition ships in Hongkong Harbour, one of which blew up. A 6\" shell fell off MTB workshops at Aberdeen Industrial School at about 2230, broke windows but did little real damage.\n\n2\n\nDecember 15th. On Monday, 15th December, the sky was clear and weather exceptionally fine and conducive to accurate bombing which took place during the forenoon in Aberdeen harbour. APV INDIRA was hit and sunk alongside Aberdeen Dock. HMS ROBIN having been withdrawn from her station in Salwan Bay near Tathong Boom was now moored off T head pier in Aberdeen harbour with telephone line to ROBIN from Headquarters. MTB 10 now lay alongside her for convenience in communicating with the Extended Defence Officer, the line to Aberdeen Dock being inconvenient and unreliable. Thorneycroft MTB 26 and 27 also lay alongside her (except when bombing became too close) in order to get sleeping and messing accommodation in ROBIN.\n\nAt 1300 a signal was received from Commodore to V2 ordering APV INDIRA's pom-pom barrel to be salved and despatched to Hongkong. Using the crew of MTB 08 (08 on slip) and with the assistance of the Flotilla Engineer officer and some of his maintenance staff, this was done; pom-pom being just out of water; and lorry with it despatched to Hongkong at 1630; fortunately no bombs dropped very near INDIRA after she had been sunk.\n\nAt 1800 THRACIAN dry docked at Aberdeen. Some shells fell on Aberdeen bund near Industrial School. These were thought to have been fired from ships. So about 1830, I received orders from the Extended Defence officer to use MTB's to search for enemy ships and to proceed sweeping S.W. of Lantau, then as far north as Tai-O, attack anything seen bar junks and if nothing seen sweep back, search, attack, return. The night was clear and starry and attack organised by sub-divisions 10 and 27 together and 11 and 12 together, proceeding from Aberdeen to approximately 1010 and 1850 respectively with orders to rendezvous at South West Point of Lantau at 2100 then by sub-divisions to Tai-O then towards Chung Chau Si, thence via Linating to rendezvous Hamiwan.\n\nThe rendezvous at 2100 was made and MTB 10 and 27 proceeded to Tai-O lying off there and observing, MTB 11 and 12 did not wait off Tai-O but turned south earlier. When MTB 10 and 27 had turned to a S. course towards Chung Chau Si, 11 and 12 making off southerly towards west of Lafsami Island, were observed on my port bow, illuminated by searchlight and engaged by gunfire. 12 had fired a torpedo but depth was inadequate for initial dive and 11 quite rightly had not fired. MTB 10 steering S.W. was just to the west side of searchlight beam and continued to approach bow on to searchlight reducing speed to 12 knots to avoid being seen, but owing to beam it was impossible to make out course or type of enemy which appeared on same, bearing as Chung Chau Si Island. 27, as arranged, proceeded independently to attack wide to the west of 10, then seeing two enemy craft steering east, 27 came well to the east of MTB 10 and prepared to attack. MTB 10 was then suddenly well illuminated by searchlight which was very blinding and possibly quite close but owing to shallow water and unknown type and course of enemy, an attack by 10 then would have been guesswork. MTB 10 accordingly turned southerly zig-zagging at full speed, making for east side of Lafsami Island, shots falling quite well for line but short or over. MTB 27 had unseen fired...\n\n-1-\n\n+\n\n:\n\n?",
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        "content_text": "185\n\n-16\n\nJohn Humphrey Yoorath, R.N. retired, as Mr. Robinson finally taking the skiff in the dark and succeeding in finding the Admiral who had climbed from his original hiding place to another. I consider Lieutenant Commander Yoorath's boatmanship and perseverance in this small but most important matter deserves official mention. Able Seaman Domoy D/J109308 for his unselfish efficiency and willingness in my boat MTB 10 as in this instance and in others e.g. assisting Torpedo. Lieutenant (E) H.G. Thompson, R.N.R. on December 14th when putting out an oil drum fire, I also recommend for mention. A further member of MTB 10 crew I consider deserving of mention is Telegraphist Christopher Mondo P/SSX21494 for his efficiency in keeping his W/T set in order and his willingness to work long hours as necessary in the leader's boat where W/T and visual was heaviest.\n\n\"rendezvous\n\nI had by this time sent the following signal to all MTB's west of Aberdeen Island quietly 1950/25\" and they arrived about 2115 just as Admiral Chan Chak was brought on board with a bullet wound in his wrist. All his party were fitted out as well as possible into dry clothes and the 2nd MTB Flotilla proceeded at 22 knots for Mirs Bay on various courses and well off shore. The searchlight of a destroyer or cruiser was soon well to seaward at one time and what appeared to be a red rocket was fired, but no contact was made with enemy and under Admiral Chan Chak's instructions the flotilla anchored off Peng Chau Island when Mr. F.W.K. went shore under cover of motor launch guns and brought off the head man to confer with the Admiral. The Admiral thus received information that the small harbour of Nam O was free of Japanese and that the Chinese guerillas would meet him there and escort the party through the Japanese lines to the Chinese Army. The Flotilla then proceeded to Nam-O; meeting there (fortunately but apparently quite fortuitously) Commander Hugh Montague, R.N. (Retd.), late S.N.O. Aberdeen, now in launch C 410 which had run aground entering Nam O. The Flotilla proceeded to land stores and arms, eventually scuttling all boats just before daylight on December 26th. It is regretted that the scuttling could not take place in water deeper than 2 fathoms but there was not much time as it was most important to get the party and stores all on shore before daylight when Japanese reconnaissance might have spotted them.\n\nBy scuttling the operations of the 2nd MTB Flotilla at sea were brought to a close but the personnel continued across China, first under Commander Montague and later under my command, reaching Rangoon on February 14th, 1942, and placing themselves at the disposal of Commodore Burr Coast in defence of that port which was evacuated later on March 8th.\n\nFrom these operations of old type 1938 Scott Paine boats the following points emerge for rectification.\n\nThe engines are too noisy. The silent auxiliary engine for slow speed work is essential.\n\nGuns, if possible, should be centrally situated and near to the control officer.\n\nBoats should have efficient smoke producing apparatus (e.g. apparatus).\n\nBoats should be able to fire torpedoes forward and from a stopped position.\n\nThe 18\" Mark VIII torpedo's dive to an initial depth of 40 ft. before taking up depth setting. 40 ft. is much too great an initial dive.\n\nDepth charges for use by fast MTB's should be fitted with shallow water pistols. The Mark VII depth charges in use would not explode under 45 ft. which was too great a depth for certain work.\n\nThe use of MTB's for troop or ammunition carrying is possible but not very desirable as MTB's are too lightly built, nor is their power of manoeuvre sufficient.\n\nW/T communications.",
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        "content_text": "REPORT 10.2 TO LONDON-3/11/45\n\nDepartment of Supplies, Transport & Industry\n\nCivil Affairs, Hong Kong.\n\nFollowing upon my first report of the 10/10/45, I have now to add:-\n\n1.) RICE SECTION. Mr. M.K. Lo was appointed officer in charge from October 29th. At date there are only about two weeks' supply of rice in stock, and Jacsea supplies are coming in slowly enough to cause anxiety. In the first two months only about 6000 tons ex \"CITY OF WORCESTER\" have been received. It is reported that the Chinese have established Customs stations at Tai Kong, Sze Kiu, Siu Lam, and Tai Ping and that the embargo on the export of provisions, including rice from these places will be enforced.\n\n2.) PERISHABLE FOOD SECTION. The supply of perishable foods is being undertaken by the army with the aid of the Dairy Farm Ice and Cold Storage Co., Ltd. This section has, therefore, been closed down as the company will henceforth operate on a commercial basis. The resultant saving in salary will be HK$6,600 per month but foodstuffs supplied will cost more. The net result should be a saving.\n\n3.) DRY GOODS SECTION. The stocks that have arrived ex Sacsea or War-Office are negligible, amounting in all to 30 tons tinned Milk, 4 tons powdered Milk, 14 tons Salt, and some dehydrated Vegetables. Some small local purchases of peanut-oil have been made. It is intended to wait until some continuity of supply is in sight, then launch sufficient supplies on the market to bring prices down and keep them down.\n\n4.) STORES SECTION. This section has been handicapped in its work because there are numerous wants and few stores in Government hands to fill these wants. In some cases immediate needs can only be met by buying from Chinese dealers who seek inflated prices. It is hoped that stocks of stationery, etc. will reach Hongkong from England before the end of the year. Meantime only those stores which are essential to carry us over this period are being bought.\n\n5.) FUEL (OIL) SECTION. Arrangements have now been made with the R.A.S. for supplies for C.A.A. requirements to be drawn from them. The emptying of Shaukiwan A.R.P. tunnel has now been completed. All drums are now collected in Forth Point Installation. A survey is being made to ascertain how many empty containers are available for storage purposes, and arrangements are being made for all empty containers in the Colony to be collected at either Forth Point or Taikoktsui. Discussions with the R.A.S. are going on regarding the supply of Aviation Spirit for commercial purposes. Final arrangements regarding rehabilitation of storage facilities are in progress, and discussions with the Navy as to the allocation of available storage facilities are going on.\n\n6.) FUEL (COAL, FIREWOOD & CHARCOAL) SECTION. The coal situation has eased slightly because it is expected that some 30,000 tons of coal will reach Hongkong in November. This is only a small part of the Colony's present needs and every endeavour must be made to ship as much coal as possible in the near future. Industry cannot be started unless coal in greater quantities arrives.\n\nAs regards Firewood, we are still without any substantial source of supply. No firewood has come from Borneo because it has been impossible to date to send shallow-draft vessels there to bring the firewood that has been cut to the coast. The need for firewood is urgent. Some 20,000 piculs of firewood have been collected in the past few weeks by purchases of small quantities from local dealers.",
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        "content_text": "62\n\n(d) WATER SUPPLY\n\n10\n\nWater mains suffered considerably during hostilities and pumping plants dependent upon electro-motive power ceased to function for several weeks after the fall of Hong Kong and were again affected in 1944 and 1945 by the shortage of fuel. The Japanese failed to chlorinate the water and even to carry out periodical cleansing of the filter beds, with regrettable results to the quality of water in the distribution system.\n\nWith the arrival of the British Forces at the end of August, 1945, immediate steps were made to rectify this dangerous state of affairs and frequent bacteriological examinations of water from service pipes were made by the officers in charge of the Medical Department Bacteriological Institutes in Hong Kong and Kowloon.\n\nIn their anxiety to secure metals for guns, ammunition, shipping, etc., the Japanese tore down the work which had been started on the new filter beds at Stubbs Road in Hong Kong Island and exported the steel reinforcement to Japan. It is to be hoped that it will be found practicable to recommence, with the minimum of delay, this construction work, and work on the covered service reservoir at Albany Road.\n\n(e) MORTUARIES\n\nThe Japanese did not proceed with the plans for the combined public mortuary and crematorium on the site selected adjoining the Yaumati Harbour of Refuge. Both the Victoria and Kowloon Public Mortuaries functioned during the Japanese occupation, but only a relatively small proportion of the bodies of persons dying without having been seen in life time by qualified medical practitioners were subjected to post-mortem examination.\n\n(f) CEMETERIES\n\nThe Japanese stopped work on the Wo Hop Shek Cemetery scheme which was on the verge of reaching maturity when hostilities commenced. Instead, burials were permitted at Sai Wan, Pokfulam, Aberdeen, Ap Lei Chau, and Stanley on Hong Kong Island and at Ho Man Tin, Argyle Street, and south of the Kowloon City-Clear Water Bay Road on the Kowloon Peninsula.\n\nAfter the internment of the Health Inspector i/c Cemeteries in 1943, the lack of supervision was followed by nuisances arising from shallow burials and from grave robbers who disinterred corpses for the purpose of utilising coffin wood for fuel and of removing clothing, gold teeth, etc. Pending the completion of the Wo Hop Shek scheme, Ho Man Tin Cemetery was declared closed in October, 1943, and burials were permitted at No. 7 Cemetery near Kowloon City and at Sai Wan, Pokfulam, Aberdeen, and Stanley. Efforts were made to bury the bodies of all service personnel who were killed in action in the Happy Valley Cemetery. Those dying of wounds, etc., subsequent to December, 1941, were interred at Pokfulam, Bowen Road (adjoining the Military Hospital), and at Argyle Street. Bodies of several who had died during the fighting in remote parts of the Colony, and Chinese looters and grass-cutters who were killed in considerable numbers by the Japanese troops and Gendarmerie, were still being collected and buried three months after the December surrender.\n\n(g) MARKETS AND SLAUGHTER HOUSES\n\nThe Department ceased to have any control over markets early in 1942 until the end of August, 1945, when they were again taken under supervision. Shortly after the arrival of the British Forces in Hong Kong, the wholesale Market at Kennedy Town, Hong Kong Island, was converted into a fish market by the Director of Fisheries in connection with his admirable co-operative scheme for catching and marketing fresh fish. Slaughter houses at Kennedy Town and Hong Kong continued under the supervision of European Health Inspectors (divorced from the Department) until August 1944, when the two officers concerned were interned in Kowloon. At the end of August, 1945, both slaughter houses were again placed under the control of the Department. Owing to the blockade, very few animals were slaughtered during the Japanese occupation, and the price of buffalo and pork rose, at one time, to $150 per catty as compared with less than a dollar in 1941 and two to three dollars after the Japanese surrender.\n\nThe construction of an up-to-date slaughter house for which plans were prepared in 1941 remains one of the urgent needs of the Colony.\n\n(h) RESTAURANTS, EATING HOUSES, FOOD SHOPS, AND FOOD FACTORIES\n\nApart from the fact that the Japanese insisted upon closing for varying periods hotels, restaurants, etc., where an individual was suspected to have been infected with, for example, typhoid, no supervision or licensing of such places was carried out under Japanese rule. It is anticipated that licensing, after inspection and approval, of such places will be reinstituted at the beginning of January, 1946.\n\nOwing to the acute shortage of foodstuffs in Hong Kong at the time of the Japanese collapse, it was decided not to attempt to confine the sale of fresh vegetables, fruits, etc., in markets or hawkers' standings for the time being. In view of the road blocks and unhygienic conditions resulting from the sale of such foodstuffs along the public highways, it will be necessary to control hawkers and to enforce the use of special hawkers' standings as soon as regular supplies of vegetables are received in the Colony.\n\n(a) MALARIAL BRANCH\n\nG. Investigative Division\n\nSix weeks elapsed after the surrender of Hong Kong in 1941 before the Japanese could be persuaded to allow anti-malarial work to be carried out in Hong Kong. Even then, the Malariologist and such of his staff as could be induced to remain in Hong Kong were seriously handicapped owing to the fact that the Japanese made it very difficult for anti-malarial aid or the necessary tools to be secured.\n\nUp to May, 1943, when the Malariologist was interned in Stanley Civilian Internment Camp at the same time as the skeleton cadre of Health Officers and Inspectors, an appreciable amount of anti-malarial work was carried out. Priority was given to the areas likely to affect the various internment camps and hospitals. The Malariologist took on anti-malarial work in Stanley Camp after his internment, and it was largely due to his efforts and those of the Health staff in Stanley prior to his internment that the civilian internees were so free from serious outbreaks of malaria. Needless to say, anti-malarial activities in Stanley Camp were severely handicapped by shortage of tools and oil. After May, 1943, although a small handful of the anti-malarial Inspectors remained at their posts, they were able to achieve very little because of the failure of the Japanese to supply oil, etc. However, immediately the Department was reorganised, the Malariologist was able to employ his staff very usefully, especially in view of the particularly valuable co-operation from the British Naval, Military, and Air Force Authorities. By August, 1945, malaria had become a serious menace, and many areas on Hong Kong Island which had been rendered entirely free from anopheline breeding were discovered to have become hyperendemic. About 70 per cent of all patients attending the public dispensaries at Aberdeen and Shaukiwan, for example, were found...\n\nA 5\n\n52077",
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        "content_text": "# APPENDIX III\n\nAn Account by the Deputy Director of Health Services of the organisation of health services in Stanley Internment Camp.\n\n## 1. INTRODUCTORY\n\nJanuary, 1942—August, 1945\n\nOwing to my sudden and unexpected departure from Hong Kong as a patient on a hospital ship, most of my records were left behind, and, as I have not been able to recover them, I regret that this report cannot be as detailed and as statistically accurate as I would have wished. However, as far as it goes, I trust the account given will present a fairly clear picture of the public health situation in Stanley Camp, the problems encountered, how they were dealt with and the results obtained.\n\n## 2. STANLEY CAMP\n\nThe camp was opened by the Japanese in January, 1942, for the segregation, and protection of British, American, Dutch and Belgian nationals in Hong Kong at the time of its occupation by the enemy. It was situated on Stanley Peninsula, about 1 mile by road from the City of Victoria, and was confined to the area between Stanley Village and the Hong Kong Prison. Originally it covered an area of about 75 acres but successive reductions, usually as measures of collective punishment, reduced it to less than 50 acres. Each reduction added to the difficulties of public health work as it made inaccessible to internees mosquito and fly breeding areas in close proximity, and drains and septic tanks serving the camp. Although on a narrow peninsula, the camp was surrounded by a barbed wire fence and access to the foreshore and beaches was not normally allowed, a restriction which seriously affected mosquito control measures. From an aesthetic and climatic point of view the site was probably the best in the Colony and this undoubtedly played an important part in maintaining the health and morale of internees. The distance from the densely populated urban areas was a distinct advantage which gave a high degree of protection against the introduction of infectious disease; nearness to the sea was of importance during the hot summer weather and many of the buildings were of fairly recent construction. One serious disadvantage was the close proximity of the Hong Kong Prison where the constant stream of new arrivals from town and the lack of sanitary control constituted a constant menace to the health of the camp. Fly-breeding within the prison was extensive and the presence there of large numbers of diseased and neglected prisoners gave rise, I am convinced, to periodic outbreaks of intestinal disease in camp.\n\n## 3. THE CLIMATE\n\nThis was beyond the control of the Japanese Authorities and was generally good. Rather hot in midsummer, it was sometimes very cold in winter. The winter of 1944-45 was particularly cold with temperatures at times as low as 40° F. and this was a great hardship to a community badly nourished, inadequately clothed and bedded, and lacking such essentials as heating and lighting. Over the whole period, however, the climate was generous to Stanley internees.\n\n## 4. WATER SUPPLIES\n\nThese were obtained from the Colony's main system and an adequate piped supply was maintained until November, 1944, when a complete stoppage was threatened owing to lack of power for pumping purposes. A gravity supply was possible by a simple manipulation of valves at a high-level reservoir but this solution of the problem was rejected by the authorities \"for military reasons.\" Wells and streams in and around the camp were quickly put in such order as the limited supplies of cement and other essentials allowed and a supply of about five gallons per head per day became available. But this amount could not be carried by the able-bodied men in camp nor were there anything like sufficient receptacles for transport and storage. There was also the major problem of nightsoil disposal. Trenches were dug by internees in remarkably quick time but the authorities failed to supply materials for stances and superstructures. An issue of 40 shallow pans and 18 old five-gallon oil drums was made to meet the requirements of 2,500 people. The outlook was serious, but eventually, as a result of the strong and repeated protests of the Representative of Internees, the Japanese agreed to give a piped supply every third day. This was later reduced to every 5 days with a maximum of 100,000 gallons for the period or eight gallons per head per day. This would have been fairly satisfactory, but, unfortunately, storage facilities were poor and the water main was incapable of supplying 100,000 gallons while the water was on. During this difficult and anxious period, piped supplies were supplemented by water from wells and a scheme of regular inspections of toilet facilities prevented any serious lapses in that direction. With the arrival of early summer rains, the situation became easier and by June, the water supply was on for six hours daily.\n\nFrom the beginning, supplies were suspect as no information was available regarding the methods of purification, if any, in operation. Accordingly, all precautions were taken, and boiled and chlorinated water was supplied in all sections of the camp. While there were adequate supplies of chlorinated water, the amount of boiled water available was limited to approximately 2 pints per head daily. Sometimes, owing to lack of fuel, this was reduced or even stopped for several days at a time. A good supply of chloride of lime sent into camp at the beginning from Health Department Stores lasted throughout internment; in fact, on VJ Day, there was sufficient in stock to last a further 12 months. Water from wells in camp, used to supplement piped supplies during restricted periods, was all boiled as such was almost certain to be grossly contaminated owing to the authorities' insistence on the use of nightsoil as a fertiliser on camp vegetable gardens.\n\nThe precautions taken appear to have been adequate as the water supply was not at any time incriminated as a source of disease.\n\n## 5. DRAINAGE\n\nSurface drainage was satisfactory but chokages occasionally occurred outside the camp. These were dealt with, when and where possible, by an anti-malarial gang which was sometimes allowed to operate outside the camp boundary. Sewage was disposed of by means of seven septic tanks, four of which were outside camp limits and entirely dependent on the anti-malarial gang for inspection and maintenance. These tanks dealt with excreta from a population much in excess of that for which they were designed and on the whole stood up well to the strain. The carelessness of some internees led to many avoidable chokages in underground drains and these were difficult to deal with owing to lack of equipment. For instance, a set of drainage rods could often have prevented heavy digging operations but all appeals for such were ignored by the Japanese.\n\n## 6. VITAL STATISTICS\n\nThe population of the camp varied from a maximum of 2,863 in April, 1942 to 2,400 in 1945 with an approximate average of 2,500. The main reductions were caused by the repatriation of United States nationals in 1942 and Canadians in 1943.\n\nChildren under 16 numbered about 300 in 1942 and remained about that figure. Over 16, males exceeded females by about 50 per cent.\n\nThe annual Births and Deaths rates per 1,000 were as follows:\n\n  \n    Year\n    Births\n    Deaths\n  \n  \n    1942\n    8.3\n    11.3\n  \n  \n    1943\n    4.0\n    7.2*\n  \n  \n    1944\n    5.2\n    \n  \n  \n    1945 (8 months)\n    4.1\n    16.0\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    11.2\n  \n\nThe birth rate was naturally low as the majority of the married women in camp were wives of prisoners of war in military camps but by nature of our circumstances, it should have been lower. The deaths for 1945 do not include 14 internees who were killed by a bomb during an American air raid. The death rate was low, surprisingly low, in fact, when one considers the conditions in camp and the high incidence of malnutritional diseases. Several deaths were due to causes which could be regarded as the direct result of inadequate food supplies, while many others had an associated condition of malnutrition. That there were no deaths by suicide or even murder is remarkable in view of the serious overcrowding and the nervous strain resulting from the sharing of rooms by social and racial incompatibles.\n\n## 7. ACCOMMODATION\n\nApart from a few repairs to damaged buildings, carried out in 1943, accommodation throughout the whole period of internment was substantially the same as described in my Camp Health Report for 1942 which is quoted below. Copies of this report were submitted to the Japanese Authorities and the International Red Cross delegate, but no improvements were effected.\n\n### Accommodation-Residential:\n\nThe housing provided can be divided into three sections for the purpose of general description.\n\n(1) Buildings connected with St. Stephen's Boys' College;\n\n(2) Buildings provided for European staff employed at the Prison; and\n\n(3) Buildings provided for Asiatic staff similarly employed.\n\n(1) The first category consists of the College buildings previously used for teaching and residential purposes, three bungalows and a block of servants' quarters. Two additional bungalows once allotted to internees were taken over by the authorities for other purposes some months ago.\n\n* not including deaths by execution.",
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        "content_text": "(d) WATER SUPPLY\n\nΤΟ\n\nWater mains suffered considerably during hostilities and pumping plant dependent upon electro-motive power ceased to function for several weeks after the fall of Hong Kong and were again affected in 1944 and 1945 by the shortage of fuel. The Japanese failed to chlorinate the water and even to carry out periodical cleansing of the filter beds, with regrettable results to the quality of water in the distribution system.\n\nWith the arrival of the British Forces at the end of August, 1945, immediate steps were made to rectify this dangerous state of affairs and frequent bacteriological examinations of water from service pipes were made by the officers in charge of the Medical Department Bacteriological Institutes in Hong Kong and Kowloon.\n\nIn their anxiety to secure metals for guns, ammunition, shipping, etc., the Japanese tore down the work which had been started on the new filter beds at Stubbs Road in Hong Kong Island and exported the steel reinforcement to Japan. It is to be hoped that it will be found practicable to recommence, with the minimum of delay, this construction work, and work on the covered service reservoir at Albany Road.\n\n(e) MORTUARIES\n\nThe Japanese did not proceed with the plans for the combined public mortuary and crematorium on the site selected adjoining the Yaumati Harbour of Refuge. Both the Victoria and Kowloon Public Mortuaries functioned during the Japanese occupation, but only a relatively small proportion of the bodies of persons dying without having been seen in life time by qualified medical practitioners were subjected to post-mortem examination.\n\n(f) CEMETERIES\n\nThe Japanese stopped work on the Wo Hop Shek Cemetery scheme which was on the verge of reaching maturity when hostilities commenced. Instead, burials were permitted at Sai Wan, Pokfulam, Aberdeen, Ap Lei Chau, and Stanley on Hong Kong Island and at Ho Man Tin, Argyle Street, and south of the Kowloon City Clear Water Bay Road on the Kowloon Peninsula.\n\nAfter the internment of the Health Inspector i/c Cemeteries in 1943, the lack of supervision was followed by nuisances arising from shallow burials and from grave robbers who disinterred corpses for the purpose of utilising coffin wood for fuel and of removing clothing, gold teeth, etc. Pending the completion of the Wo Hop Shek scheme, Ho Man Tin Cemetery was declared closed in October, 1943, and burials were permitted at No. 7 Cemetery near Kowloon City and at Sai Wan, Pokfulam, Aberdeen, and Stanley. Efforts were made to bury the bodies of all service personnel who were killed in action in the Happy Valley Cemetery. Those dying of wounds, etc., subsequent to December, 1941, were interred at Pokfulam, Bowen Road (adjoining the Military Hospital), and at Argyle Street. Bodies of several who had died during the fighting in remote parts of the Colony and Chinese looters and grass cutters who were killed in considerable numbers by the Japanese troops and Gendarmerie were still being collected and buried three months after the December surrender.\n\n(g) MARKETS AND SLAUGHTER HOUSES\n\nThe Department ceased to have any control over markets early in 1942 until the end of August, 1945, when they were again taken under supervision. Shortly after the arrival of the British Forces in Hong Kong, the wholesale Market at Kennedy Town, Hong Kong Island, was converted into a fish market by the Director of Fisheries in connection with his admirable co-operative scheme for catching and marketing fresh fish.\n\nSlaughter houses at Kennedy Town and Hong Kong continued under the supervision of European Health Inspectors (divorced from the Department) until August 1944, when the two officers concerned were interned in Kowloon. At the end of August, 1945, both slaughter houses were again placed under the control of the Department. Owing to the blockade, very few animals were slaughtered during the Japanese occupation, and the price of buffalo and pork rose, at one time, to $150 per catty as compared with less than a dollar in 1941 and two to three dollars after the Japanese surrender.\n\nThe construction of an up-to-date slaughter house for which plans were prepared in 1941 remains one of the urgent needs of the Colony.\n\n(h) RESTAURANTS, EATING HOUSES, FOOD SHOPS, AND FOOD FACTORIES\n\nApart from the fact that the Japanese insisted upon closing for varying periods hotels, restaurants, etc., where an individual was suspected to have been infected with, for example, typhoid, no supervision or licensing of such places was carried out under Japanese rule. It is anticipated that licensing, after inspection and approval, of such places will be reinstituted at the beginning of January, 1946.\n\nOwing to the acute shortage of foodstuffs in Hong Kong at the time of the Japanese collapse, it was decided not to attempt to confine the sale of fresh vegetables, fruits, etc., in markets or hawkers' standings for the time being. In view of the roadblocks and unhygienic conditions resulting from the sale of such foodstuffs along the public highways, it will be necessary to control hawkers and to enforce the use of special hawkers' standings as soon as regular supplies of vegetables are received in the Colony.\n\n(a) MALARIAL BRANCH\n\nG. Investigative Division\n\nSix weeks elapsed after the surrender of Hong Kong in 1941 before the Japanese could be persuaded to allow anti-malarial work to be carried out in Hong Kong. Even then, the Malariologist and such of his staff as could be induced to remain in Hong Kong were seriously handicapped owing to the fact that the Japanese made it very difficult for anti-malarial aid or the necessary tools to be secured.\n\nUp to May, 1943, when the Malariologist was interned in Stanley Civilian Internment Camp at the same time as the skeleton cadre of Health Officers and Inspectors, an appreciable amount of anti-malarial work was carried out. Priority was given to the areas likely to affect the various internment camps and hospitals. The Malariologist took on anti-malarial work in Stanley Camp after his internment, and it was largely due to his efforts and those of the Health staff in Stanley prior to his internment that the civilian internees were so free from serious outbreaks of malaria. Needless to say, anti-malarial activities in Stanley Camp were severely handicapped by a shortage of tools and oil.\n\nAfter May, 1943, although a small handful of the anti-malarial Inspectors remained at their posts, they were able to achieve very little because of the failure of the Japanese to supply oil, etc. However, immediately the Department was reorganised, the Malariologist was able to employ his staff very usefully, especially in view of the particularly valuable co-operation from the British Naval, Military, and Air Force Authorities. By August, 1945, malaria had become a serious menace, and many areas on Hong Kong Island which had been rendered entirely free from anopheline breeding were discovered to have become hyperendemic. About 70 per cent of all patients attending the public dispensaries at Aberdeen and Shaukiwan, for example, were found...",
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        "content_text": "# APPENDIX III\n\n## 112 An Account by the Deputy Director of Health Services of the organisation of health services in Stanley Internment Camp.\n\n### I. INTRODUCTORY\n\nJanuary, 1942-August, 1945\n\nOwing to my sudden and unexpected departure from Hong Kong as a patient on a hospital ship, most of my records were left behind and, as I have not been able to recover them, I regret that this report cannot be as detailed and as statistically accurate as I would have wished. However, as far as it goes, I trust the account given will present a fairly clear picture of the public health situation in Stanley Camp, the problems encountered, how they were dealt with, and the results obtained.\n\n### 2. STANLEY CAMP\n\nThe camp was opened by the Japanese in January, 1942, for the segregation and protection of British, American, Dutch, and Belgian nationals in Hong Kong at the time of its occupation by the enemy. It was situated on Stanley Peninsula, about 11 miles by road from the City of Victoria, and was confined to the area between Stanley Village and the Hong Kong Prison. Originally, it covered an area of about 75 acres, but successive reductions, usually as measures of collective punishment, reduced it to less than 50 acres. Each reduction added to the difficulties of public health work as it made inaccessible to internees mosquito and fly breeding areas in close proximity and drains and septic tanks serving the camp. Although on a narrow peninsula, the camp was surrounded by a barbed wire fence, and access to the foreshore and beaches was not normally allowed, a restriction which seriously affected mosquito control measures. From an aesthetic and climatic point of view, the site was probably the best in the Colony, and this undoubtedly played an important part in maintaining the health and morale of internees. The distance from the densely populated urban areas was a distinct advantage, which gave a high degree of protection against the introduction of infectious disease; nearness to the sea was of importance during the hot summer weather, and many of the buildings were of fairly recent construction. One serious disadvantage was the close proximity of the Hong Kong Prison, where the constant stream of new arrivals from town and the lack of sanitary control constituted a constant menace to the health of the camp. Fly-breeding within the prison was extensive, and the presence there of large numbers of diseased and neglected prisoners gave rise, I am convinced, to periodic outbreaks of intestinal disease in camp.\n\n### 3. THE CLIMATE\n\nThis was beyond the control of the Japanese Authorities and was generally good. Rather hot in midsummer, it was sometimes very cold in winter. The winter of 1944-45 was particularly cold, with temperatures at times as low as 40° F, and this was a great hardship to a community badly nourished, inadequately clothed and bedded, and lacking such essentials as heating and lighting. Over the whole period, however, the climate was generous to Stanley internees.\n\n### 4. WATER SUPPLIES\n\nThese were obtained from the Colony's main system, and an adequate piped supply was maintained until November, 1944, when a complete stoppage was threatened owing to lack of power for pumping purposes. A gravity supply was possible by a simple manipulation of valves at a high-level reservoir, but this solution to the problem was rejected by the authorities \"for military reasons.\" Wells and streams in and around the camp were quickly put in such order as the limited supplies of cement and other essentials allowed, and a supply of about five gallons per head per day became available. But this amount could not be carried by the able-bodied men in camp, nor were there anything like sufficient receptacles for transport and storage. There was also the major problem of nightsoil disposal. Trenches were dug by internees in remarkably quick time, but the authorities failed to supply materials for stances and superstructures. An issue of 40 shallow pans and 18 old five-gallon oil drums was made to meet the requirements of 2,500 people. The outlook was serious, but eventually, as a result of the strong and repeated protests of the Representative of Internees, the Japanese agreed to give a piped supply every third day. This was later reduced to every 5 days, with a maximum of 100,000 gallons for the period or eight gallons per head per day. This would have been fairly satisfactory, but unfortunately, storage facilities were poor, and the water main was incapable of supplying 100,000 gallons while the water was on. During this difficult and anxious period, piped supplies were supplemented by water from wells, and a scheme of regular inspections of toilet facilities prevented any serious lapses in that direction. With the arrival of early summer rains, the situation became easier, and by June, the water supply was on for six hours daily.\n\nPage 25\n\n### ...\n\nFrom the beginning, supplies were suspect as no information was available regarding the methods of purification, if any, in operation. Accordingly, all precautions were taken, and boiled and chlorinated water was supplied in all sections of the camp. While there were adequate supplies of chlorinated water, the amount of boiling water available was limited to approximately 2 pints per head daily. Sometimes, owing to lack of fuel, this was reduced or even stopped for several days at a time. A good supply of chloride of lime sent into camp at the beginning from Health Department Stores lasted throughout internment; in fact, on VJ Day, there was sufficient in stock to last a further 12 months. Water from wells in camp, used to supplement piped supplies during restricted periods, was all boiled, as such was almost certain to be grossly contaminated owing to the authorities' insistence on the use of nightsoil as a fertiliser on camp vegetable gardens.\n\nThe precautions taken appear to have been adequate, as the water supply was not at any time incriminated as a source of disease.\n\n### 5. DRAINAGE\n\nSurface drainage was satisfactory, but chokages occasionally occurred outside the camp. These were dealt with, when and where possible, by an anti-malarial gang, which was sometimes allowed to operate outside the camp boundary. Sewage was disposed of by means of seven septic tanks, four of which were outside camp limits and entirely dependent on the anti-malarial gang for inspection and maintenance. These tanks dealt with excreta from a population much in excess of that for which they were designed, and on the whole stood up well to the strain. The carelessness of some internees led to many avoidable chokages in underground drains, and these were difficult to deal with owing to lack of equipment. For instance, a set of drainage rods could often have prevented heavy digging operations, but all appeals for such were ignored by the Japanese.\n\n### 6. VITAL STATISTICS\n\nThe population of the camp varied from a maximum of 2,863 in April, 1942, to 2,400 in 1945, with an approximate average of 2,500. The main reductions were caused by the repatriation of United States nationals in 1942 and Canadians in 1943. Children under 16 numbered about 300 in 1942 and remained about that figure. Over 16, males exceeded females by about 50 per cent.\n\nThe annual Births and Deaths rates per 1,000 were as follows:\n\n  \n    Year\n    Births\n    Deaths\n  \n  \n    1942\n    8.3\n    11.3\n  \n  \n    1943\n    4.0\n    7.2*\n  \n  \n    1944\n    5.2\n    16.0\n  \n  \n    1945 (8 months)\n    4.1\n    11.2\n  \n\nThe birth rate was naturally low, as the majority of the married women in camp were wives of prisoners of war in military camps, but by the nature of our circumstances, it should have been lower. The deaths for 1945 do not include 14 internees who were killed by a bomb during an American air raid. The death rate was low, surprisingly low, in fact, when one considers the conditions in camp and the high incidence of malnutritional diseases. Several deaths were due to causes which could be regarded as the direct result of inadequate food supplies, while many others had an associated condition of malnutrition. That there were no deaths by suicide or even murder is remarkable, in view of the serious overcrowding and the nervous strain resulting from the sharing of rooms by social and racial incompatibles.\n\n### 7. ACCOMMODATION\n\nApart from a few repairs to damaged buildings, carried out in 1943, accommodation throughout the whole period of internment was substantially the same as described in my Camp Health Report for 1942, which is quoted below. Copies of this report were submitted to the Japanese Authorities and the International Red Cross delegate, but no improvements were effected.\n\n\"Accommodation--Residential:\n\nThe housing provided can be divided into three sections for the purpose of general description.\n\n(1) Buildings connected with St. Stephen's Boys College;\n\n(2) Buildings provided for European staff employed at the Prison; and\n\n(3) Buildings provided for Asiatic staff similarly employed.\n\n(1) The first category consists of the College buildings previously used for teaching and residential purposes, three bungalows, and a block of servants' quarters. Two additional bungalows once allotted to internees were taken over by the authorities for other purposes some months ago.\n\n* not including deaths by execution.\n\nPage 113",
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        "content_text": "# DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLIES, TRANSPORT & INDUSTRY\n\n## REPORT AT THE END OF THE 1st QUARTER OF RE-OCCUPATION\n\n### 27th NOVEMBER, 1945.\n\nPage 187\n\nDuring the past three months, in the midst of pressing problems, it has been necessary to set them on one side for the purpose of deciding, sometimes on inadequate data, a new problem which would brook no delay. The period has been beset by lack of staff, lack of supplies and a long series of problems arising from the chaos left behind by the Japanese. In the circumstances much has been accomplished. Very much more remains to be done.\n\nDuring those months the Chinese of Hongkong have been fed from three sources. Foods left behind when the Japanese surrendered (large quantities of these stocks were looted). Foods brought from the mainland (sometimes smuggled); and three shiploads of rice from overseas amounting to 16,400 tons. The arrival of the \"NINGHAI\" on 14th November, with 2,200 tons rice averted a rice famine with all the serious consequences which that would have brought in its train. At time of writing a few oddments of sundry stores amounting to 338 tons have arrived, comprising:\n\n- Condensed Milk, Powdered Milk, Salt, Vegetables, Tobacco and Disinfectant.\n\nThere are in sight shipments of 330 tons of condensed milk, 340 tons of canned meats, 270 tons of frozen foodstuffs and 850 tons flour. The Nanchang E.T.A. early December will carry 4,300 tons made up of flour, sugar, pulses, and tinned foods.\n\nDuring the quarter the coal and firewood situation has caused considerable work and difficulty. In normal times, Hongkong would have fifty thousand tons of coal in stock and ten thousand tons of firewood. There were periods when the China Light & Power Co., kept their plant going on firewood, a hopelessly uneconomic fuel for the furnaces; and even this fuel threatened to become unobtainable in sufficient quantity. In the very early days, wood was looted from ruined houses and used as firewood. In these circumstances every effort was made to obtain coal from sources within the China seas. Two shipments (2,800 tons) of Anthracite Dust were brought from Hongay (F.I.C.). One shipment of 8,000 tons of Bituminous Coal from Chin Wang Tao. A shipment from Japan is also expected. Coal from overseas totalled about 17,000 tons. It is emphasised, however, that with all these shipments we are merely struggling along. There is no reserve of any kind for needs constantly arising, and increasing from the very fact of progress in rehabilitation.\n\nFor all our efforts we have not yet succeeded in obtaining any shipments of firewood from overseas. Two months ago a Civil Affairs Officer was sent to Borneo to arrange for the supply of firewood. Certain stocks have been cut, but a pre-essential of shipment is shallow-draft craft to bring the firewood to the coast. It is hoped that a shipment will arrive soon. Meantime, small stocks flow from the New Territories meagrely supplemented by some cutting on the Island. Recently a small stock was released to the public on a rationed basis, when a card system was used.",
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        "content_text": "## Head 18.-MARINE DEPARTMENT\n### Sub-heads\n\n| Estimate 1947-48 | Estimate 1948-49 |\n| --- | --- |\n| 45 |  |\n\n### 1 Personal emoluments\n753,483 | \n### Other Charges\n\n|  | Estimate 1947-48 | Estimate 1948-49 |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 2 Advertising | 6,000 | 7,500 (37) |\n| 3 Coal and fuel oil for launches | 1,500,000 | 1,000,000 (38) |\n| 4 Equipment for Surveyor of Ships' office | 22,500 | 3,500 (38) (40) |\n| 5 Examination fees | 1,500 | 600 (38) |\n| 6 Expenses of numbering boats | 6,000 | 18,000 (37) |\n| 7 Fuel, light, and power |  | 59,500 |\n| 8 Hire of tugs for lighthouse reliefs | 59,500 |  |\n| 9 Incidental expenses | 14,500 | 8,400 (37) |\n| 10 Moorings and buoys | 47,500 | 62,000 (41) (42) |\n| 11 Publications | 2,500 | 800 (38) (43) |\n| 12 Repairs, minor improvements, and stores for launches | 900,000 | 1,000,000 (37) |\n| 13 Slipway at Yaumati, maintenance | 15,000 | 15,000 |\n| 14 Stores and equipment | 50,000 | 51,200 (44) (45) |\n| 15 Travelling expenses | 25,000 | 6,000 (38) |\n| 16 Uniforms | 99,000 | 90,000 (38) |\n| 17 Upkeep of vehicles | 500 | 600 (37) (46) |\n|  | $1,532,002 |  |\n| Launch moorings and buoys, navigational moorings and buoys |  | 11,500 (47) |\n| Newspapers and periodicals |  | 250 (48) |\n| Office equipment and furniture |  | 20,000 (49) |\n| Rent, light, and water allowances for slipway staff |  | 2,000 |\n| Stores and equipment for Gunpowder depot |  | 500 (50) (51) |\n| **Total Other Charges** |  | $2,785,550 | $2,347,100 |\n\n### Special Expenditure\n\n|  | Estimate 1947-48 | Estimate 1948-49 |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 18 Buoys | 88,000 | 194,500 |\n| 19 Engines for launches |  | 375,000 |\n| 20 Launches |  | 67,250 |\n| 21 Miscellaneous equipment and spare parts for launches |  | 2,950 |\n| 22 Office equipment |  | 16,000 |\n| 23 Tank tests for shallow-draught craft |  | 743,700 |\n| **Total Special Expenditure** | $743,700 | $1,399,400 |\n| **Total Expenditure** | $4,622,802 | $3,539,033 |\n\n(1) Title changed from Harbour Master.\n(2) Titles changed from Deputy Harbour Master and Principal Surveyor of Ships.\n(3) Post abolished.\n(4) Titles changed from Chief Boarding Officer, Chief Inspector of Junks and Cargo Boats, and Deputy Shipping Master.\n(5) Title for five changed from Boarding Officers, and for three from Chief Assistant Inspector of Junks and Cargo Boats, Assistant Shipping Master, and Boatswain, Yaumati.\n(6) Title changed from Assistant Inspector of Junks and Cargo Boats.\n(7) Title changed from Assistant Inspector of Junks and Cargo Boats.\n(8) One post provided for under temporary staff.\n(9) Eight posts provided for under temporary staff.\n(10) Two supernumerary posts for six months.\n(11) For two months pending retirement.\n(12) Title changed from Inspector of Lighthouses.\n(13) Title changed from Senior Lighthouse Keeper.\n(14) Title changed from Assistant Lighthouse Keepers.\n(15) One new post.\n(16) One post previously provided for under temporary staff.\n(17) Previously provided for under temporary staff.\n(18) Two new posts.\n(19) Title changed from Watchmen, Gunpowder Depot.\n(20) Title changed from Motor Mechanic.\n(21) 12 new posts.\n(22) Additional posts previously provided for under temporary staff.\n(23) Three posts also shown under Fire Brigade.\n(24) Three new posts.\n(25) 13 new posts.\n(26) Title changed from Engineers Class IV.\n(27) Five posts also shown under Fire Brigade.\n(28) 23 new posts.\n(29) Title changed from Engineers Class V.\n(30) 18 new posts.\n(31) Title changed from Stokers Class III.\n(32) 28 new posts.\n(33) 31 new posts.\n(34) Ten posts abolished.\n(35) One Head Guard in place of one Guard.\n(36) Provides for: \n    (a) Eight clerks ($150 per month) held against vacancies for eight clerks;\n    (b) Two Confidential Assistants ($400 and $360 per month);\n    Photographic Assistant ($150 per month);\n    Two Shroffs ($200 per month);\n    Clerk ($185 per month);\n    Ten Clerks ($150 per month).\n(37) Previous provision inadequate.\n(38) Considered sufficient.\n(39) One holder personally pensionable.\n(40) Title changed from Drawing material, instruments, and equipment for Surveyor of Ships' Office.\n(41) Title changed from Ocean steamship moorings and buoys.\n(42) Previously provided for in part under Launch moorings and buoys, navigational moorings and buoys.\n(43) Title changed from Books and publications.\n(44) Title changed from Stores and equipment for lighthouses.\n(45) Previously provided for in part under Stores and equipment for Gunpowder depot.\n(46) Title changed from Upkeep of motor vehicles.\n(47) Provided for under subhead 11.\n(48) Provided for under subhead 10.\n(49) Provided for under Stores Department.\n(50) Provided for under Personal Emoluments.\n(51) Provided for under subhead 14.",
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        "content_text": "# Head 20-MARINE DEPARTMENT\n\n## Sub-heads\n\n129\n\n### Approved Estimate 1948-49\n### Estimate 1949-50\n\n$ $\n\n-39 **1 Personal emoluments** | 1,532,002 | 1,626,157\n**Other Charges** |  | \n**2 Advertising** | 24,000 | 20,000\n**3 Coal and fuel oil for launches** | 1,000,000 | 900,000 (19)\n**4 Equipment for Surveyor of Ships' office** | 3,500 | \n**5 Examination fees** | 600 | 600\n**6 Expenses of numbering boats** | 7,500 | 5,500 (18)\n**7 Fuel, light, and power** |  | 7,500\n**8 Hire of tugs for lighthouse reliefs** |  | 8,400\n**9 Incidental expenses** | 18,000 | \n**10 Moorings and buoys** | 59,500 | 62,000\n**11 Publications** |  | 800\n**12 Repairs, minor improvements, and stores for launches** | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000\n**13 Slipway at Yaumati, maintenance** | 15,000 | 15,000\n**14 Stores and equipment** | 51,200 | 51,200\n**15 Travelling expenses** | 6,000 | 6,000\n**16 Typhoon damage** |  | 40,000 (21)\n**17 Uniforms** | 90,000 | 90,000\n**18 Upkeep of vehicles** | 600 | 3,000 (18)\n**19 Wharf rents** | 22,000 (18) | 132,000 (21)\n | 8,400 | \n | 2,000 (18) | \n | 60,000 (19) | \n**Total Other Charges** | 2,347,100 | 2,363,200\n\n**Special Expenditure** |  | \n**20 Buoys and moorings** | 88,000 | 81,880 (22)\n**21 Engines for launches** | 194,500 | 324,000 (18)\n**22 Launches** | 375,000 | 448,900 (18)\n**23 Miscellaneous equipment and spare parts for launches** | 67,250 | 77,000 (18)\n**24 Miscellaneous equipment for Yaumati Slipway** |  | 13,000\n**Tank tests for shallow-draught craft** | 2,950 | 16,000\n**Total Special Expenditure** | 743,700 | 944,780\n**Total Expenditure** | 4,622,802 | 4,934,137\n\n(1) Salary revised.\n(2) One Senior Marine Officer in place of one Marine Officer.\n(3) Assistant Marine Officers Class I and Class II amalgamated into single grade.\n(4) Grades now shown in classes.\n(5) Stipulated increments.\n(6) Four supernumerary posts for nine months.\n(7) Personnel changed.\n(8) Previously provided for under temporary staff.\n(9) Provided for under Fire Brigade.\n(10) One post provided for under Fire Brigade.\n(11) Two posts provided for under Fire Brigade.\n(12) Four posts provided for under Public Works Department.\n(13) One post provided for under Public Works Department.\n(14) Two posts provided for under Public Works Department.\n(15) Two posts also shown and provided for under Department of Supplies and Distribution.\n(16) Seven posts provided for under Public Works Department.\n(17) Provides for: Two Shroffs ($200 per month); 15 Clerks ($150 per month).\n(18) Considered necessary.\n(19) Considered sufficient.\n(20) Not required.\n(21) New subhead.\n(22) Title changed from Buoys.",
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        "content_text": "## TRUNK MAINS\n\nConnecting the various storage reservoirs with their respective distribution areas are the trunk mains. The obvious ones in Hong Kong have already been referred to, namely:\n\n(a) The Pokfulam Conduit,\n(b) The Tytam tunnel and Bowen Road Conduit,\n(c) The Aberdeen main,\n(d) The Shing Mun-Kowloon-Hong Kong mains.\n\nThat these are vulnerable points in the supply scheme was only too obviously shown in 1941 during the Japanese attack, when one after the other was damaged to a greater or lesser extent. Their vulnerability is also connected with the service reservoir capacity available at the delivery end, as obviously the smaller the storage at the town end, the more urgent do repairs to a damaged main become.\n\nAs might be expected in the Hong Kong terrain, none of these mains are of a uniform section throughout their length, and the maximum use has been made of the various forms of construction in order to avoid the need to import large pipes.\n\nThere is no doubt that the brick conduits have given excellent service, but their capacity is limited to the free discharge on very flat gradients, for being covered only with loose stone slabs they do not permit of any pressure head. The Bowen Road conduit, at present a raw water trunk main, will be converted to a filtered water main with the concentration of filters at Eastern, referred to below, with the result that it will have to be reconstructed and the scheme proposed is to lay a 24 ins. reinforced concrete pipe alongside the existing conduit, but which will be capable of taking a small pressure head to enable a greater discharge to be achieved.\n\nThe main feature of the Shing Mun system is, of course, the Cross Harbour connection. The raw water from Shing Mun is conveyed in conduit or tunnel to the filtration point at Shek Lai Pui, and unfortunately the North Conduit is not very satisfactory. It has been cut into the steep hillsides on the south of the Gorge and in one or two places it cannot be regarded as very safe—there was in fact one serious break caused by a slip, during the occupation period—and consequently its replacement is under consideration, but the favoured solution of a high-pressure steel main down the gorge, rising to the entrance of the first tunnel, will have to await delivery of steel pipes from England which cannot be promised in less than two years.\n\nFrom Shek Lai Pui the filtered water is fed to the town by pipe lines, as is the output from the adjacent slow sand beds. With the exhaustion of the Island resources, however, it became necessary as long ago as 1923 to investigate the possibility of bringing over water from the Mainland.\n\nInvestigations were commenced in 1924 into the nature and levels of the harbour bed between Kowloon Point and Statue Square and in 1925 plans for two 18 ins. cast iron mains were drawn up by Consulting Engineers in England, but were not proceeded with, and when work did eventually commence later, in 1929, it was on a scheme prepared by the Waterworks Engineer, Mr. R. M. Henderson, for a 12 ins. steel main.\n\nThis main consisted of lap-welded steel pipes 12.265 ins. internal diameter and ... ins. thick, which were welded into lengths of 100 ft. with Albion loose flanges, which on lowering to the harbour bed could be bolted by divers with ten 1 in. diameter bolts. At intervals of 300 ft., ball and socket joints were inserted with 18° or 25° play and expansion joints of the Vulcan type with 10 ins. travel at every 600 ft. The pipe was laid generally on the harbour bed but soft areas near the shore were first dredged and backfilled with rubble. Anchor blocks in deep water and piles in shallow water on either side of the pipe prevented lateral movements.\n\nFor protection against corrosion the pipe was coated inside and out with bitumen, then doubly wrapped in bitumastic impregnated hessian. In all, 62 sections were laid having an overall length of 5914 ft. The work of laying was completed in 57 working days.\n\nPage 48",
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        "content_text": "42\n\n2\n\nThe reason which is not now clear but may be connected with the fact that ships, at any rate large ships, were normally insured against war risks in the United Kingdom whose legislation was being copied, vessels were not included in this provision. Thus, so far as loss or damage goes, shipowners, including owners of anything which is classed as a vessel for the purpose of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, who had their vessels requisitioned are privileged, as compared with (i) owners of requisitioned cars and aircraft and (ii) shipowners whose vessels were not requisitioned but were sunk or damaged by denial action or during subsequent Japanese capture. The value of a bona-fide legal claim against the Hong Kong Government is immense compared with a nebulous Reparations claim against the Japanese, which may be settled in part years hence. It can be argued on moral grounds that, apart from the law, there is little reason why the owners of requisitioned ships should benefit in comparison with their neighbours, especially the owners of ships sunk by denial action, unless the requisition deprived the owners of a real chance to escape (for instance in the case of shallow craft ships to Macao) or of retaining their property under the Japanese. No similar exception was made from liabilities arising in respect of use.\n\n(b) Although the legal liability of the Hong Kong Government as requisitioning authority is not questioned in regard to requisitioned ships, the action was taken in pursuit of a common Defence Plan, which was of as much interest to the Armed Forces, provided and paid for by the U.K. Government, as it was to the Hong Kong Government itself. The Hong Kong Government had in fact subscribed 20% of its gross income for many years before the war towards the cost of Imperial Defence, and somewhere about 1938 this sum was stabilised for five years at a figure of H.K. $6,000,000 p.a. During the war the Hong Kong Government virtually doubled its revenue and from this made further contributions to the cost of fighting the war. Under these circumstances the Hong Kong Government feel that part at least of any liabilities for requisition of vessels, whether for use or for sinking as block ships under the Defence Plan, should be accepted by the Service Departments, especially the Navy. They have been reluctant to make a clear public acceptance of liability under the requisitions or to set up machinery for settling claims until they know the extent to which the Service Departments might be ready to back them financially in this action and accept their settlements, as the liability is one for which no budgetary provision has been made in Hong Kong. They have further been reluctant to act until they were sure that action taken here would not embarrass the Singapore Government (and perhaps other Colonial Governments) in relation to similar claims elsewhere.\n\nThe points therefore which have to be decided as regards moral responsibility are (i) whether the Hong Kong Government will accept or repudiate (by ex post facto legislation) its legal obligations in respect of requisitioned ships on the ground that this produces an unfairly privileged class as compared with owners of vehicles, aircraft and even other ships, and (ii) whether, if liability is admitted in requisitioning cases, a measure of liability should also be admitted on moral grounds in some or all denial cases, and (iii) whether, if liability under (i) or (ii) above is admitted, the Hong Kong Government should proceed with assessing and settling claims, irrespective of the extent to which any or all of those claims may be wholly or partly underwritten by the Service Departments.\n\nRESPECTIVE LIABILITIES.\n\n5.\n\n(a) The Hong Kong Government have been careful in all their correspondence with claimants, which I have seen, to avoid committing themselves to liability in particular requisitioning cases, but in reply to a question on 26th May, 1948, about\n\n5",
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        "content_text": "5.\n\nThe second essential is dredging and constant dredging. I believe that a small suction dredger and two hopper barges would pay for themselves very quickly in conjunction with reclaiming programmes. Reclamations which today take years might be finished in six months; the Whampoa Conservancy Board have amassed large sums in profit on such schemes.\n\nWith co-operation, there should be no difficulty with regard to the quay road. Legally, the Resumption of Lands Ordinance and the leases appear to me to take good care of the situation. It will not be necessary to interfere with any substantial buildings of consequence. The traffic advantages to be gained are considerable, but apart from that point of view, at the back and for the full length of this area are the worst slums in Hong Kong. The inhabitants of this area are entitled to light and air, and incidentally, they will enjoy one of the finest evening views in the Colony right over the Kowloon hills.\n\nI know that to fill in the Yaumati Typhoon Shelter is one of the new reclamation schemes and that a new Typhoon Shelter is to be made at Shamshuipo. The present site at Yaumati is ideal from all points of view, and I also believe that the proposed site is a doubtful proposition. The great advantage of reclaiming the Yaumati Typhoon Shelter seems to be mainly economical; it already has a sea wall and it is shallow, but that expensive sea wall will not make a quay wall, and I am afraid that the ultimate result will be to double in extent the large slum area which already exists in the heart of Kowloon.\n\nI am afraid that you will feel that I have gone outside my terms of reference, and I admit that latterly I have done so, but I have taken this opportunity because if I can persuade just a few of you here to take a lasting interest in this particular point, I shall not have entirely wasted my time in Hong Kong.\n\nColonial Secretariat, Hong Kong.",
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        "content_text": "Of the Yaumati Typhoon Shelter, Mr. Colman said that there should be a broad quay right round the full extent of the Shelter, and that the second essential was constant dredging. He believed that a small suction dredger and two hopper barges would pay for themselves very quickly in conjunction with reclaiming programmes, and that reclamations which today take years might be finished in six months.\n\nMr. Colman said he knew that to fill in the Yaumati Shelter was one of the reclamation schemes and that a new Typhoon Shelter was to be made at Shamshuipo. He thought the present site was ideal from all points of view and he believed that the proposed site was a doubtful proposition, and that the great advantage of the scheme to reclaim Yaumati Typhoon Shelter was that it would be economical because there was already a sea wall and the Shelter was shallow, but he said that the present expensive sea wall would not make a quay wall and he was afraid that the ultimate result would be to double in extent the large slum area which already existed in the heart of Kowloon.\n\nTo remedy the defects resulting from a lack of co-operation in the past, a permanent responsible staff would be required to see the programme of improvements was carried out, and not a Committee without responsibility which would be constantly affected by changes in its membership.\n\nSelection of a Port Director.\n\nMr. Colman said that this system should ensure co-ordination in all matters concerning the Port if it were allowed to work freely, but the efficiency of the organization would largely depend on the personality of the Port Director and if one were to be appointed he would suggest that the following points be considered:\n\na. He should be between 40 and 45 years of age and have had experience of administration and a general business knowledge of accountancy. Mr. Colman said that he did not regard previous port experience as essential and that too much technical knowledge might be a disadvantage.\n\nb. The post should carry a salary higher than that paid to the Chief Engineer and Senior Marine Officer who would be responsible to him, and his salary should be on a scale providing for ten annual increments and provident fund benefits, but the appointment should be for a probationary period of three or six months in the first instance.\n\nc. The post might be advertised in Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, South Africa, and India.\n\nd. The Port Director should be directly responsible to the Secretary for Transportation.\n\nConclusion.\n\nMr. Colman said that he did not suggest that this alternative method of control was an improvement on a Port Trust because it would not eliminate the possibility of outside influence being brought to bear on Port affairs, but he thought that it would be definitely better than the present arrangements and another standing Advisory Committee.",
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        "content_text": "# \nOf the Yaumati Typhoon Shelter, Mr. Colman said that there should be a broad quay right round the full extent of the Shelter, and that the second essential was constant dredging. He believed that a small suction dredger and two hopper barges would pay for themselves very quickly in conjunction with reclaiming programmes, and that reclamations which today take years might be finished in six months.\n\nMr. Colman said he knew that to fill in the Yaumati Shelter was one of the reclamation schemes and that a new Typhoon Shelter was to be made at Shamshuipo. He thought the present site was ideal from all points of view and he believed that the proposed site was a doubtful proposition, and that the great advantage of the scheme to reclaim Yaumati Typhoon Shelter was that it would be economical because there was already a sea wall and the Shelter was shallow, but he said that the present expensive sea wall would not make a quay wall and he was afraid that the ultimate result would be to double in extent the large slum area which already existed in the heart of Kowloon.\n\nTo remedy the defects resulting from a lack of co-operation in the past, a permanent responsible staff would be required to see the programme of improvements was carried out, and not a Committee without responsibility which would be constantly affected by changes in its membership.\n\n## Selection of a Port Director\n\nMr. Colman said that this system should ensure co-ordination in all matters concerning the Port if it were allowed to work freely, but the efficiency of the organization would largely depend on the personality of the Port Director and if one were to be appointed he would suggest that the following points be considered:\n\na.\nb.\nd.\n\nHe should be between 40 and 45 years of age and have had experience of administration and a general business knowledge of accountancy. Mr. Colman said that he did not regard previous port experience as essential and that too much technical knowledge might be a disadvantage.\n\nThe post should carry a salary higher than that paid to the Chief Engineer and Senior Marine Officer who would be responsible to him, and his salary should be on a scale providing for ten annual increments and provident fund benefits, but the appointment should be for a probationary period of three or six months in the first instance.\n\nThe post might be advertised in Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, South Africa and Indi...\n\nThe Port Director should be directly responsible to the Secretary for Transportation.\n\n## Conclusion\n\nMr. Colman said that he did not suggest that this alternative method of control was an improvement on a Port Trust because it would not eliminate the possibility of outside influence being brought to bear on Port affairs, but he thought that it would be definitely better than the present arrangements and another standing Advisory Committee.\n\n22",
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        "content_text": "## \n\nThe second essential is dredging and constant dredging. I believe that a small suction dredger and two hopper barges would pay for themselves very quickly in conjunction with reclaiming programmes. Reclamations which today take years might be finished in six months. The Whampoa Conservancy Board have amassed large sums in profit on such schemes.\n\nWith co-operation there should be no difficulty with regard to the quay road. Legally the **Resumption of Lands Ordinance** and the leases appear to me to take good care of the situation. It will not be necessary to interfere with any substantial buildings of consequence. The traffic advantages to be gained are considerable, but apart from that point of view, at the back and for the full length of this area are the worst slums in Hong Kong. The inhabitants of this area are entitled to light and air, and incidentally they will enjoy one of the finest evening views in the Colony right over the Kowloon hills.\n\nI know that to fill in the Yaumati Typhoon Shelter is one of the new reclamation schemes and that a new Typhoon Shelter is to be made at Shamshuipo. The present site at Yaumati is ideal from all points of view and I also believe that the proposed site is a doubtful proposition. The great advantage of reclaiming the Yaumati Typhoon Shelter seems to be mainly economical; it already has a sea wall and it is shallow, but that expensive sea wall will not make a quay wall and I am afraid that the ultimate result will be to double in extent the large slum area which already exists in the heart of Kowloon.\n\nI am afraid that you will feel that I have gone outside my terms of reference, and I admit that latterly I have done so, but I have taken this opportunity because if I can persuade just a few of you here to take a lasting interest in this particular point I shall not have entirely wasted my time in Hong Kong.\n\n**Colonial Secretariat, Hong Kong.**\n\n46",
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        "content_text": "Comparative Statement of the Estimated and Actual Expenditure of the Colony of Hong Kong for the Year 1948/49.\n\nHeads and Sub-heads\nEstimated\nActual\nOver the Estimate\nUnder the Estimate\nSupplementary Votes\n\nBrought Forward\n$28,424,052\n$25,232,140.62\n\n$2,693,683.47\n$5,885,594.85\n$4,082,298.00\n\nMARINE DEPT.,—Contd.\n\nBrought Forward\n$4,536,602\n$4,111,051.51\n$161,136.80\n$586,687.29\n$208,557.00\n\nExplanatory Remarks\n\nSpecial Expenditure,—Contd.\n\n21. Miscellaneous equipment and spare parts for launches\n$67,250\n$164,164.73\n$715.56\n\n$96,914.73\n$97,875.00\n\nS.Ws. 104B & 213B. Engines reconditioned and increased costs.\n\n22. Office equipment\n$2,950\n\n$2,234.44\n\nStrict economy.\n\n23. Tank tests for shallow-draught craft\n$16,000\n\n$16,000.00\nNot required.\n\nTotal: Marine Dept.\n$4,622,802\n$4,275,931.80\n$258,051.53\n$306,432.00\n$604,921.73\n\nLess Increase\nNet Decrease\n\n$258,051.53\n$346,870.20\n\n19.-MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.\n\n1. Personal Emoluments\n$6,717,328\n$6,205,200.71\n\n$512,127.29\n$8,960.00 S.W. 180. Vacancies not filled.\n\nA.-General.\n\n2. Artificial limbs\n$3,000\n\n$3,000.00\nS.W. 292B. Fewer free surgical appliances supplied to patients, Suppliers delay in completing orders resulting in non-presentation of charges.\n\n3. Bedding and clothing\n$500,000\n$166,355.98\n$1,307.40\n$333,644.02\nFewers officers on study leave at Government expense. Continued employment of two part-time dentists due to the non-arrival of dental surgeons from UK. With the closing down of several institutions, the current consumption was reduced. Also reduction of charges. Overestimated.\n\n4. Expenses for courses of study and conferences\n$30,000\n$11,146.39\n\n$18,853.61\nReduction in recurrent expenditure.\n\n5. Expenses for dental panel\n$25,000\n\n$12,500\n\n$32,340.00\n$19,840.00 S.W. 65.\n\n6. Fuel, light and power\n$600,000\n$489,074.62\n\n$110,925.38\nCost of advertising and selecting candidates in U.K, higher than anticipated.\n\n7. Grants to chaplains\n$2,000\n$1,800.00\n\n$200.00\nFewer mental patients transferred to Canton.\n\n8. Health propaganda\n$22,500\n$3,424.26\n\n$19,075.74\n\n9. Incidental expenses\n$12,000\n$14,454.13\n$2,454.13\n\n10. Maintenance and transport of mental patients\n$91,400\n$49,187.62\n\n$42,212.38\n\nCarried Forward\n$7,993,728\n$6,974,291.11\n$36,960.00\n$1,041,731.02\n$22,294.13\n\nCarried Forward\n$33,046,854\n$29,508,072.42\n$2,951,735.00\n$6,490,516.58\n$4,368,730.00\n\nPage 77\n\n105",
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        "content_text": "57\n\nBRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECT-\n\nORATE\n\nThis group of islands scattered south-eastwards from New Guinea has a population of about 80,000, of whom some 40,000 are Melanesians from the island of Malaita. The Solomons are singularly isolated, and access to them has been spasmodic and slow until about 8 months ago when a fortnightly air service linked them with Australia. There has been no government education, although just before the war, Mr. Groves, who is now Director of Education in Papua and New Guinea and who had had experience in the Australian-administered Pacific Islands, had been asked to make a very full survey of the educational facilities in the Solomons provided by the five missionary bodies, i.e., the Roman Catholic, Melanesian Mission, Methodist Mission, Seventh Day Adventist, based on Australia, and the South Seas Evangelical Mission, based on Australia. Bearing in mind, first of all, the isolation of the Solomons themselves and the degree of isolation between island and island and mission station and mission station, the achievements of these missions are most creditable, in spite of the fact that lack of co-ordination has meant very low standards by our modern assessment of them and no comparable standards between district and district. The British Solomon Islands Protectorate Government is now in the process of determining the nature of the partnership that shall be developed between Government and Mission and is preparing a draft Education Ordinance, and two Government Education Officers are on the spot.\n\n(1) The education of girls is extremely difficult because the attitude of both islanders and Europeans is reactionary. However, all the more credit is due to Sister Gwen of the Cross of the Melanesian Mission, who has established on her little island of Bunana a girls' community about 50 to 60 strong, which she was running, when I went to visit her, with the help of just one other Sister, a young woman who was a trained midwife. A boat may call once in six weeks or two months or three months, and yet the kind of education that was being given to those girls was remarkable in its suitability to their environment and in the progressiveness of its outlook. Sister Gwen went to the bush during the Japanese occupation and, in the middle of all the hardships and dangers of this period, proceeded to write a series of small textbooks, since published as the Pacific Library, which is meeting the educational needs of schools in the Pacific Islands.\n\n(2) Another fascinating and unexpected aspect of education in these islands is the discovery of all the mechanical devices that the war brought. Scrounging on the beaches, in the shallow water, and in the bush has revealed bull-dozers, tractors, generators, and lorries, and surplus war stores have yielded pianos, wireless sets, gramophones, printing machines, stencil machines, and bookbinding equipment. These have all been used by the mission central schools, and not one of them having more than 80 boys in it, and have enabled these youngsters to take for granted the use of machines that far more fortunate territories have never seen, far less had the opportunity of handling. This does not mean that there is a highly developed technical education or even technical education, or some might say even education in the traditional sense. However, this meeting of Solomon Island boys with the mechanics of the modern world offers an opportunity too good to miss. Hitherto, the exercise of ancient skills has been hedged round with tradition and custom, which has been impervious to change or to the demand for...",
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        "content_text": "196\n\n-21-\n\nanticipated expenditure in 1951/52.\n\nProvision of $350,000 is also made for a shallow draught vessel for the Police Force.\n\nDelays in fulfilling indents for engines and miscellaneous equipment and spare parts for launches and additional requirements in respect of existing vessels occasion the provisions of $804,000 and $599,488 for these items of which part represents re-votes. Similar reasons account for the provision of $582,434 for moorings, buoys and beacons, part of which represents a re-vote.\n\nExpenditure in 1951/52 amounts to $11,819,481 compared with 6,169,258 in the previous year.\n\nHead 19, Medical Department.\n\nEstimate 1951/52. Revised Estimate 1950/51. Approved Estimate 1950/51. Actual Expenditure 1949/50.\n\n$13,607,516 12,802,486 12,668,351 11,675,099\n\nA major change of policy in respect of the treatment of outpatients was made in the middle of 1950. Owing to the influx from China, the number of patients seeking medical attention was more than could be dealt with by the existing facilities and arrangements were made to open evening clinics. At the same time it was decided to charge a nominal fee of $1 for each time a patient was attended by a doctor, except in one group of hospitals where free treatment continued to be available. Subsequent visits for other treatment were allowed free of charge.\n\nIt was necessary to engage additional temporary staff to operate this scheme which it was hoped would be largely self-supporting. The additional expenditure involved is partly reflected in the increase of $147,099 in the provision for temporary staff. Another commitment undertaken by the Government in the last few months was the running of the Shatin Maternity Home which was taken over for a period of five years from the St. John's Ambulance Brigade. These new schemes account for the increase of $119,351 under personal emoluments of the Medical Department in 1950/51.\n\nAlthough the former provision of $45,878 for casual labour has been transferred to other Charges, a new item of $68,000 for medical fees payable to Government officers for non-Government work is included for the first time in conformity with Colonial Regulations. The previous accounting arrangements were to pay these fees from a revenue sub-head. There is no net increase in expenditure because the revenue from consultant fees is correspondingly higher.\n\nThe majority of changes which appear in the body of the estimates involve transfers with other departments, promotions of staff within authorized establishments, changes from the non-pensionable to the pensionable establishment, and regradings. There are in fact only six new posts, two of Midwives for the Tsan Yuk Hospital, two Women Dental Assistants, one Nurse and one Coolie.\n\nRecurrent expenditure shows an increase of $656,564. The most important factors are the increases of $390,000 for medicines and instruments consequent on higher prices and consumption, $100,000 for bedding and clothing, $94,300 for repairs and upkeep of stores, plant and equipment, $75,000 for fuel, light and power, and $50,000 for X-ray departmental expenses. There are three new sub-heads, two ...",
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        "title": "CO129-626-10 Constructions of piers to improve communications 1-2-1950 - 28-2-1951",
        "content_text": "and\n\nthat ferry boats, and all other craft necessarily using\n\nthis port are obliged to discharge and load passengers\n\nand goods at sea. The sea here is frequently rough,\n\ncausing loss and discomfort, and seriously deterring the\n\ndevelopment of the port and the hinterland. By extending this pier so as to allow launches to come alongside it,\n\nthe foregoing disadvantages will be remedied. Moreover,\n\nthe extra length will provide some kind of breakwater\n\nagainst west winds and seas to which this port is\n\nparticularly exposed. The hinterland has long attracted\n\nBuddhist settlers, prepared to spend a good deal of money\n\nin developing nunneries, monasteries, and gardens in the\n\nmountains. This brings local employment and raises the\n\nlocal standard of living. The kind of person attracted\n\nto this kind of development is normally deterred by the\n\ndangers of landing at Tai O, and it is to be expected that\n\nlanding facilities of reasonable standard will lead to\n\naccelerated development. The local market gardeners\n\nand producers of salt from salt pans will also find it\n\neasier to get their produce to the urban market unspoiled\n\nby sea water. The bay here is so shallow that it has not\n\nbeen possible to bring the pier any nearer to the little town. Expecting that the improved landing facilities will\n\nbring increased trade, it has been thought desirable\n\nto link the extension of the pier with the improvement of\n\nthe path between pier and town, for the use of tricycles\n\nand similar small vehicles, providing for easier carriage\n\nof goods and persons between town and pier.\n\n5. The scheme is part of a general plan for the\n\ndevelopment of Lantao Island and Cheung Chau. Important\n\nitems of that plan which will be carried out at Government expense include a further piece of reclamation\n\nat Cheung Chau and the reconstruction of the public pier\n\nused by the ferries and launches;\n\nGovernment is also",
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        "content_text": "22\n\nPier and Approach at Tai O.\n\nTai O (grid-205943 ibid) is the largest centre (about 8,000) of population on Lantao Island, and the fourth fishing port of the Colony.\n\nThe present pier provides depth of water sufficient only for sampans, so that ferry boats, and all other craft necessarily using this port are obliged to discharge and load passengers and goods at sea. The sea here is frequently rough, causing loss and discomfort, and seriously deterring the development of the port and the hinterland.\n\nMoreover, by extending this pier so as to allow launches to come alongside it, the foregoing disadvantages will be remedied. The extra length will provide some kind of breakwater against west winds and seas, to which this port is particularly exposed.\n\nThe hinterland has long attracted Buddhist settlers, prepared to spend a good deal of money in developing nunneries, monasteries, and gardens in the mountains. This brings local employment and raises the local standard of living. The kind of person attracted to this kind of development is normally deterred by the dangers of landing at Tai O, and it is to be expected that landing facilities of a reasonable standard will lead to accelerated development. The local market gardeners and producers of salt from salt pans will also find it easier to get their produce to the urban market unspoiled by sea water.\n\nThe bay here is so shallow that it has not been possible to bring the pier any nearer to the little town. Expecting that the improved landing facilities will bring increased trade, it has been thought desirable to link the extension of the pier with the improvement of the path between pier and town, for the use of tricycles and similar small vehicles, providing for easier carriage of goods and persons between town and pier.\n\n(b)\n\n6. The scheme is part of the Interim Development Plan for the Rural Areas.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952",
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        "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952",
        "content_text": "92\n\n6.\n\n-11-\n\nThese compartments would be either (a) shallow, open compartments under cover to hold a bed of material between 5 ft. and 6 ft. deep and provided with perforated floors over a space for drainage and aeration, or (b) deep, enclosed compartments provided at the bottom with a forced supply of air under gentle pressure. The compost would remain in those initial compartments long enough to develop active fermentation and to generate the maximum temperature and sustain it for a day or two as a means of destroying pathogenic organisms.\n\nEquipment would be provided for distributing mature compost in a layer over the surface of fresh compost in open compartments, as a precaution against fly breeding and nuisance.\n\nTransfer of the compost to maturing heaps from the shallow compartments would be effected with mobile mechanical loading equipment and dumpers. The deep compartments would have mechanical discharge gear at the bottom, delivering either directly into dumpers or on to a conveyor belt system.\n\nA second transfer might not be necessary but it would be done with mobile equipment in both types of installation.\n\nPipelines would be installed for supplying liquid to the heaps to maintain their moisture content in dry weather.\n\nA total retention period of 70 days should be ample for producing a virtually mature compost by this method.\n\n(ii) The continuous flow method would use a digester of Earp-Thomas type, or similar, to the top of which pulverised garbage and night soil would be delivered.\n\nI believe that the continuous stirring of the compost, which occurs in this type of digester, would encourage a much more rapid decomposition than is achieved in the batch method, with the result that, allowing for a subsequent maturing stage, a product of similar maturity to that achieved in 60 to 70 days by the batch method, might be obtained in 20 to 25 days.\n\nThe shorter retention period means that a smaller site area would be required.\n\nIt must be borne in mind here that, in the event of a complete lack of both night soil and sewage material, which might be a result of development of the water carriage sanitation system, some advantage might occur in the treatment of garbage by itself from the use, as inoculants, of the special secret bacterial cultures which are made by the Earp-Thomas laboratories and which would, presumably, be supplied only for use in the special digester. This is a matter which I propose to discuss with qualified biochemists and bacteriologists in London who have made a special study of composting.\n\nIt is known to me that an engineering organisation in Great Britain is in negotiation with the proprietors of the Earp-Thomas process with the intention of arranging to manufacture the digester and curing unit in England. This type of plant may, therefore, shortly be available for sterling.\n\nSite area required. The maximum area would be required for the batch method with shallow compartments. On the assumptions that 350 tons of garbage would be made into compost every day with 200 tons of night soil and other liquids and that the material would be retained on the site for a total of 70 days in the initial compartments and maturing heaps, I estimate that a net area of about 12 acres would",
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