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        "content_text": "speed tatu - for pirate:. pompons- the cost about £20,000 and will porche \n\nlight draft of \n\nbe sold for half Rad \n\n-7 \n\nJusw. \n\nI hope you will. \n\nim wants in mind. \n\nAny thing can be done \n\nthe matter. Bebine te \n\nYours very tigh \n\nMounters & Robust \n\nFOR DESPATCH|PER P. & O. CO/S STEAMER ORISSA. \n\nStraits Times \n\nOVERLAND JOURNAL \n\nVOL II. No. 47 \n\nTANJO NG PAGAR DOCK OOMPANY \n\nLIMITED. \n\n'Capital 125,000 Dollars, IN 1,250 SHARES OF 109 DRS BACH \n\nWITH POWER TO INCREAS \n\nCOMMITTEE, \n\n5. Giában, Begnive. M. F. Davi fazu, Bag C. 1. Parisøya. \n\nC. π. H. Wilsone, ..., \n\nJ. K. So, Tha Ki \n\nChing, \n\n+ \n\nG. Cramer, \n\nC. P. Laila, \n\nTes. Scott. APPLICATIONS FOR SHARES Y NE ΜΑΡΗ ΤΟ \n\nTHO, SCOTT. \n\nActing scere larg. Singapore, Est Sept., 18 53. \n\nNOTICE. \n\nTHE EAST INDIAN UNDERWAITARY ASSOCIATION, indienst ring heen appointed arent \n\nfor the above effies, are presared to grant policies on country or Deme Vozrzen. \n\nCRO. ARMSTRONG & Co. Singapura, 1813 October, 1863. \n\n(..) \n\nSTRAYS TIMES OVERLAND JOURNAL, \n\nSingapore, 22nd December 1863, \n\nThe Straits Times Overland Journal is \n\nSINGAPORE, TUESDAY \n\nSUMMARY \n\nTax London mail of the 10th ul biano reached this by the China on the morning of the 14th instant; and the Messageries steamer Tigre, with the Marseilles mail of the 19th ultimo, came in yesterday morning, \n\nThe Commission appel ted by H. M. Government to enquire into and \n\n22ND DECEMBER, 1863 \n\nvery considerable beacfit by the native triders here. \n\nThe resignation, or as some say the diasissal, of Me. Lay from the office of Commissioner of Castones in China, and Captain Osborne's failure to estab lis the Anglo-Chinese Navy, on what appeared to him a sound basis, are the chid items of intelligence from China, and of which a detailed aremit will \n\nreport upon the condition of the Set-be found in another part of our Jour- nu. Two of the steamers, the amoy tlement has not yet held any sitting. \n\nand the Kwantung have already There are to be three members only- \n\nreached this on their way to Bombay Sir Hercules Robinson, Colune! Ca \n\nthe other steamers it is said, proceed renagh, and Colonel Freeth of the \n\ndirect to England. There can be no Royal Artillery at Ceylon. The latter \n\ndusht that a large sum of money must geatleman has not yet arrived, being \n\nhe last through the miscarriage of detained it is believed as the Court \n\nthe scheute either to the Chinese Go- Martial of Major O'Brien; and until \n\nvemment, the Home Government, or he reaches this, nothing can be done. \n\nthe ship-builders; it is probable how- That the community might not be \n\never that the toriner have been the \n\nvictims. \n\ncharged with having grown luke-waim on the subject of the Transfer, a pub- lic meeting, convened by the Sheriff, was held in the Town Hall on the a committee was 12th instant, when a \n\npublished three hours before the depor-uthted to draw up a repart apoD \n\nturn of eneb Homeward Mail. \n\nIn it \n\nwe intend to give a short sketch of our own doings her, and of what goes on in \n\nthe present condition of the rere- \n\nBLO nuc, commerce, \n\nresmirces of the Straits. \n\nThe information contained \n\nCHINA. \n\nThe news of the past fortnight has been somewhat interesting. The great evout \n\n395 \n\n35 cents. \n\nthat he should have peraeserad, throughout\" ia the same course of action. \n\nWe have nothing to add to what we arated a fortnight ago. The Fleet is still reported as being alient to sail for England; and the whole afair promises to be one of the most dis graceful matters with which the British kame has ever been mixed up. \n\nHang-Chow will no doubt egon fall, and, failing other means, the hoperialists will be able to atarse the Rebels out of Naoking. Between aurrendor and death, the Sonchow arry will no doubt, cease to exist. \n\nFrom Japan we learn that Satsuma still declines to pay the indemnity demanded from him by Admiral Kuper, except condition that every foreigner quits Yoko. hama The British forces in Japun ure evidently waiting for support, and are not likely to withdraw from the country until something has been done much more devi- give than the affair at Kagosinra. \n\nWith regard to Major Gurdon and the Rebels, we have to report that Soochow has fallen. Gorden abecket the city at SAM, on Saturday the 5th inst., and en- tered the place on the avae morning. Dis- sunion and broken wut amongst the rebels. and a party of them, desirous of surrender. ing the city, ent the Mo Wang's head off, Kumour says that 30 60 wanted to fur- \n\nnot only of the fortnight, but of the pre-render, and 11.at 20,00 had remained trus \n\nsent year, has been the dismissal from the \n\nthe surrounding parts to which Singapore in this report will he placed at the he served of 31r. H. N. Lay, who, fur several years back, has filled the post forms a common centre. We exclude all \n\nservice of 11. M. Commissioners, should Commercial Intelligence, in the shape of \n\nof Lispector Genaral at Foreign Customs, Market reports or Fees Current, as these \n\nthey desire to avail of it; but in any \n\nThe pause of this dismissal is understood Publications of this kind already here can ase it will be published for the satis \n\nto bị that Mr. Luy's demands upon the convey much fuller and more reliable in \n\nfaction of the community het \n\nnity here, and of Chinese Gorernment were not only prepoe- formation than we could possibly erody those et home interested in the affairs ferous themselver, but somewhat anopant- in this Journal. Besides, we would desira by this publication to give our own lirtio of the Straits. It is a fact, that the 15 urged. On this head however we have history a place in the minds of the people Transfer has been placed in its present no riculars, but must refer enquirers at home, and to do this well, will require All the space our four pages allow us. We \n\nforward position almost entirely by the despatches sent to Her Majesty's assure our readers that we shall always by the afforts of the retired ralts Re-order by palu Voucher giad to advantage by the suggestions aidents at Home; and som \n\nnight go. Mr. Lay's disusissal is not Bome dis- they may give us, and trust that in this way our Overland Journal may become play such as this, of interest on the and continue a sort of institution among \n\na desirable. Besides, it is neces \n\nof the present Residents, was 日。 \n\nDOMESTIC OCCURRENCES \n\nA \n\nBIRTHS. \n\nAt Singapore, on the 8th inst, the wifu af Capt. Hadiya, of a dan bizt, \n\nAt Singapore, ou the 11th tua aut, thenie \n\nof N. B. WATSon, Eeg of a Nox. \n\nOn the 18th inat, Mus. F. Kusemann \n\neta os. \n\nDIED. \n\nAT MADADCA, on the mining of the 3-d instant, at & o'clock, J. T. Faasen, time. \n\nufe Macros Medical Service \n\nTam following passengers have ar- rived during the fortnight, \n\nPer stealuer China from Galle:- \n\nPar Sing-pure- Mr. and Mrs. Marlin, Mr. mil Mrs. Young and European Founale sorsut, Mr. and Men, Jonas and 2 Jolante, Mrs. Young, Mears, oling, and Atok. \n\nFanghangrass, actio, Swnduse, J. Peyronunt, F. Jasber, A. Daito, A. Join \n\nFor Shanghai, --Mans. Gwyn, Qvilat, W. Hardy, fi. Howard, and Dr. Barclay, \n\nPer steamer Koningen der Neder. landden from Batavia :--- \n\nMeara, Gillian, Bilnek, Wallberg, B. Dom Fiel W. Jackson, Noums, Uyranje Dad Buy Fergusson, l. Pois ou. Alts Bilen \n\nlook and Miss flerne. \n\nPer Messageries Imperiales steamer Tigre :- \n\nFor Singapore-Musern, Van Bommen, senioudt, Schimdt, Kist, Horn, Van Nixsen, Ebrard, Tran- ser, M. M. Scott, Beth, Boterusan. Mr. and Mea Van Laer, Mr. and Mrs. Bruys and 1 julant, Mr. And Mrs. Le Cange and 2 obikleen. \n\nFor Saigon,—Mr. and Mrs. Telesin and family Mgr. Larrier Mazen, Lafou Arou frere and Malane Brisis aud 9 veligiouses, \n\nfur laghong-Mesa, Kerr, J. Smith, Haase, Forbes, Sever, Speccy, Espana, Minana, Har. reny, Morton, Nevelle brdrigues, fermet Dec \n\nSchmidt, Sillem Petit Pierre, and de Hagito and 1 Got, \n\nTus following passengers have de- parted during the fortnight -- \n\nPer steamer Orissa, and to sail to- day. \n\nFrom China- \n\nFor Southmpton. Mra. Fisft, Mr. and Ms. Stiil, and family, and Mr. C.D. Wecka. Far Marseille Mrs. Muthus, child. and servant, Messrs. O'Sullivan, E R. Clapp, and B. F. Funy. \n\nFor Bombay. Mr. Couinisior, Lieut. Paul, and 2 servent, 1 Native office and 4 con-commissioned officers, \n\nFrom Singapore. \n\nBishop Boone and Mrs. Baane and Mr. and Mrs Kucb, \n\nsary to give the very greatest promi- uence to the fact that the actual re- I venae now, exceeds that shewn in the last published statistics by about £35,000; 3 \n\nand there is also good reas sou to believe, that u considerable re- duction of expenditure will be appa- rent. The increase of Revenue is derived from two items alone. The first is an increase on the returns of the Excise farms, which sold in April for £12,000 more than the rate of last year. The other item arises from fact that in our accounts for the the present year we will have twelve \n\nin \n\nsea \n\n(15 \n\nregretted, either by the Customs employés, or by the Foreign Mercantile Community of Chies. With regard to the employés in the Customs service, we do not know the reasons for their not regretting Mr. Lay's Gismissal se only know that such in the Chad. The gratulation of the merchants is much more easily understood, Abuut a year age, the Briel Government thought it to publish a Memorandum which had Buxted from Mr. Lay'e pun, and which was not only called for in the siram. atanes, but not at all coneistant with ub. The object which the lake Inspec tor-fieneral had in view in peuning the netid Merooranium was praballs to exhibit certain amount of temper (not good temper) towards the Foreign Me coucle Community for baring on various occasions displayed towards himself a per- \n\naltogether unprovoked, but would have her much better suppressed. People in Eugland will, we know, believe us, when we see then, last 53. II. N. Lay, in bis Memorandum,\" maligned the Mer- has of China, and that the latter body makenly afforded him some provocatias for doing so. Ilis conilest, however, in act ing upon the procation was inexcusable; and y consequence, that, though an able, l, so far as wo know, a strictly pright man, he rotires from pustic life in China, without the redit or sympathy, which it was, at mu time, ao easily in his power to have arned for bimself. His Buccessor, Mr. R. Hart, euters, office will the general good wishes and esteem of the whole mercantile body. We shall not, henrick, hear of any quarrels between the Merchants and the Custoas \n\nmonths return of the Stamp Tax, in-tain spunt of rascour which was dol stead of three months was the case last accounts; and this will make a difference of £21,000 at the least. \n\nThe Batch Mail brings no further accounts of the Alabama which has very possibly changed her eraising A very suspicious looking gr. Steamer crossed the lows of the Mail boat her way up me \n\non \n\nhere; she is des ribed as a long, low, black painted harque-rigged vessel \n\nflew the French \n\nand the Dutch flag. On board stcamer, she was believed to be the Alabama; but it is just possible that she was the U. steaner 'yning which would equally well suit the des- cription. Whether the diabama is still in the neighbourhood of the Java or not, it is pretty certain that she has committed no more destruction tbere, \n\notherwise the crews of the cap- tured vessels would have been sure to turn up at some of the Dutch ports, \n\nAn amelioration of the regulations relating to the Exports of Arms from this Part, contained in the following Dotification, was published five days ago in the Government Gazelle.\" With reference to Notification No. 146, dated 28th October 1863, His Ho- the Governor has been pleas- ed to dispense with the prescribed de elaration in all cases in which Arms in reasonable quantities may be ex- ported from Ports in the Straits Set- thement to Cochin-China, Siam, the States in the Malayan Peninsula, or any of the Islands in the Easters Ar- chipelago.\" This will be esteemed a \n\nFPT \n\nThe germ of this affair has been tho quadron which arrived in Chins some time ago under the command of Lap twin Sherard Oshorne. The course which Captain Osborne should probably have parsed, was to have reported insett, on his arrival in the Yangtexs river, to the Governor General of the Two King, and to have given him delivery of the Fleet. Mr. Lay, however, is reported to have de. manded the direct recognition by Prince Kuug of Capt. Osborne, and to have de clined delivering over the vessels to aby local provincial officer. Tseng Ko-fan, to whom the Chinese Governatont desired the vessels to be given, is a man of great note, and rulos over not less than 20,000,000 of people, beeides possessing most extensive infance in the Chinese Empire. Mr. Lay, of all men, was to have been expected to have avoided the mistake of ignoring this mandarin; and people hore are surprised \n\nto the cause; and, moreover, that, of tha later number, some still lanhl out in the different parts of the city. The bohowding of the Mo Wang has not only facilited the captuot Stochow, but just go a great wat durmaanse the Rebels ge- nerally- \n\nHango and Nanking act keep up commification; and, as die Rebels base not now, jas 1967 leed in 1860 when they burss hveigung besència ni Nan. way large with s Kiangs or any where else, they will soon be in bad way. Full information has not yet reached un At the late i our last advicea Capt Afurray and Mr. Mayera of the Consulate who had both rone to the front, had not returned with detailed intelligence. \n\nFrom the river Yang.tsze we have no Bows of importance. All is quick in the suuthen ports. \n\nOur contemporary the Daily Press, has the following on the Sll of Soochow ; and we are inclined to boilere it in every par ticular. The Imperialists are cortainly a atupid set neocle, and the sooner we drop assisting them the batter:- \n\nSuch in later of kite at. There are re. liable via in town to the off that Treng o-an, wha hotly pressing Nauting, thst the Chung Wang had left Soochow will the best Taiping troops to its relict; this provi, ou were geitug scarce, and that the pity most fall ung hevet by free from with- \n\nOUT \n\nClining Wings craenation of Sochow is therefore easily aparated fat. We are more- over from the ins · letlar qooked from our cor- respondents, tisat Li Thong, the leader of the dinated party at saustow, had ouried his surrendering the city. and had been puins inurdered for his paine. The defection of the Chang Wang bad karly thrown randiges inte the hands of Lá Wang-whn we should sup pose lead at red into arrangeraunts of capica- İsion with Major Gordon, which arrange. ments would naturally embrace, immanity for himself and wie laid down their prop. The Futai would naturally seek me nadi. vided honor of capturing the city-therefore it doubtless was that be male the bargain wish Gordon's men that they should have two 20ouths pay as componsation for not entering the city. Having thus cleared the stage for bise, the Fatai enters the ei.y, ignores the conditions of surrender, looks and macdere right and tela, and breaks his prondse in Yor- don's ment. \n\nThis is the view we take of the trafter. | Gordon would naturally eeck to Faka van. geance on the rascally Futai and wonid u-tur- tally appeal to General tiroan, wie having supplied at the mairioms for the urge, would of course seek to obrain satisfaction. We Chias Hoochow has fallen, but we are of epi- nion that Gordon will either arrest the Puni or will bring such pressie to bear on him na will sufficiently publish the Blajne's cepag- nanoe to a hat has occurred. \n\nWe learn on good authority ihat upon the fall of Soochow, Gordon will rotire from the Imperial service, and that a Consular notities tion will be issued strictly prohibiting all Briliah kuljerte from engaging their services \n\nher to Tuperialists or Taiping. A charge has clearly come o'er the apris of the dream, and honest convictions have overtaken 1. M. Mmisters. The crooked, underhand, doubled faced policy of the Brucea have been pinye. out, and has exeised the indignation it me, rited-Overland China Mal",
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        "content_text": "# PALL MALL GAZETTE.\n## [APRIL 12, 1880.\n### THE CHINESE CLAIM TO MACAO.\n\nA telegraphic letter to the **Standard** from Lisbon says that the news extracted from the **Pall Mall Gazette**, and sent by the Havas Agency, that China is likely to claim Macao from Portugal has produced no little commotion. Deputy Arrobas put a question to the Government in connection with this telegram, and Señor Braamcamp, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and President of the Council of Ministers, said that Government had received no information on the subject; and, moreover, that the statement was in contradiction with the good relations existing between Portugal and the Celestial Empire. But (the **Standard** correspondent continues) notwithstanding this assertion on the part of the authorities, the editor of a very well-informed paper, the **Diaris da Manha**, says:--\n\nWe are assured that news has arrived here confirming the telegram of the **Pall Mall Gazette**. China claims Macao, Governor Graca, on taking possession of his post, informed the authorities of Pekin of his intention to go there to negotiate a treaty. The authorities of Pekin, instead of replying, sent instructions to the Viceroy of Canton, ordering him to take possession of Macao. The Viceroy went to Macao, as is known, and sent back word to Pekin that he had taken possession of the city without resistance: that the Governor came on board to render obedience, promising the future payment of tribute on the part of Macao, and that he, the Viceroy, through mere compassion, had permitted the Governor to go his way in peace, and allowed the Portuguese to reside in that territory. It is stated that the Government is aware of this fact.\n\nThe Berlin correspondent of the **Standard**, telegraphing last night, says: \"The King of Siam, co-operating with Russia, promises to give active support to Portugal in the event of the Macao quarrel bringing on hostilities.\"\n\nThe statement made a little while ago in the **Pall Mall Gazette** that the Chinese were laying claim to Macao seems, according to the correspondent of the **Standard** at Lisbon, to have produced some sensation in that city; and the story told of the manner in which the Viceroy of the \"two Kuangs\" carried out the instructions from Pekin is thoroughly in accordance with Chinese procedure in such matters. This official, it seems by the despatch of the Portuguese governor to the Ministry at home, made his appearance at Macao quite unexpectedly in great state, and was received with all honours. Liu-Can-i, the Viceroy, laid stress upon the fact that although the Portuguese had had intercourse with China longer than any European nation, yet there was no treaty between the two Powers. There would, however, so he was pleased to say, be no difficulty whatever in settling a treaty which should not forgetting put the Portuguese on the same footing as other nations, that acquired rights should be respected.\" In fact, he was most pleasant in his assurances, thanked the governor for his courteous reception, and departed as he had come, after a stay of three hours. Having returned home, he at once communicated to the Pekin Government the fact that in pursuance of their instructions he had visited Macao, had been received by the governor with all humility, that Portugal had promised to pay tribute, and that in fact Macao had returned to Chinese possession. The Portuguese official, at least equally charmed, informed his Government that nothing but advantage could accrue to his country from this so friendly visit. As a matter of fact, China does claim Macao, and the Portuguese are likely to have some trouble in resisting the claim, as they are not secured by treaty rights. The roundabout assertion of the position of China at this particular time, however, looks like a part of a large and deliberately conceived policy to recover all possessions taken from her during the last few hundred years. But the Portuguese possession of Macao, of course, is specially obnoxious to the Chinese. The practice which prevails there of kidnapping wretched Chinamen into the barracoons and the until lately hopeless attempts of the Chinese authorities to obtain justice have left behind them a heritage of annoyance which they would gladly avenge upon the Portuguese if an opportunity occurred. At the same time, it is worth notice that the attitude of China towards Europeans generally is becoming unpleasant.\n\nPage 145",
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        "content_text": "give you rights at six month's notice. The further Extension northwards can be left open, and be made to accord with Chinese plans of reciprocity.\n\nIf your Company accept the position, you will reap all advantages; if your Company does not, the advantage now given will be lost, and will accrue to the American Line if it comes.\n\nThe Banks at the present time are out of the competition, but Russian influences will strive to rehabilitate them, and the Manish policy is to cheat your Company.\n\n\"The Viceroy said, \"permission for Canton would be given by the Viceroy of the Two Huangs, in whose district of Government the matter will be.\" The Viceroy's attitude to British interests is most friendly and encouraging, and if a beginning is made, many good chances will follow; then press for some action, even if only tentative.\n\nMr Schalty's course a night; He is very respectable, and his Company if it had followed his honorable courses would not have to be in the position it is today.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-302 - Public Offices - 1900",
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        "content_text": "## No. 3.\n\n**C.O.**\n\nSir C. MacDonald to the Marquess of Salisbury-(Received April 30) `7143`\n\n**(No. 53.)**\n\n**IRE** & My Lord,\n\nPeking, March 16, **`3 PMAY 00`** I HAVE the honour to transmit herewith to your Lordship copy of extracts from the Canton Consulate Intelligence Report for the months of January and February of this year.\n\n550 I have, &c. (Signed) **CLAUDE M. MACDONALD**.\n\n## Inclosure in No. 3.\n\n**Extracts from the Canton Intelligence Report for the Months of January and February, 1900.**\n\n### Political Summary.\n\n-The important event of the last two months has been the assumption of the Governor-Generalship of the two Kuangs by his Excellency Li Hung-chang. His predecessor, Viceroy Tan, of unfortunate memory, left Canton very quietly on the 7th January, and his departure was hailed with general satisfaction. It is said that, in the streets through which he passed on his way to the wharf, the shops were closed as a sign of disapproval. Viceroy Li arrived at 1-30 P.M. on the 17th January, and took over the seals of office on the following day. The usual nonsensical rumours were afloat regarding the hatred borne to him by the Cantonese, and the possibility of his being assassinated, but, as far as can be gathered from conversation with educated Chinese, the general consensus of opinion is that he is the right man in the right place.\n\nOne of his Excellency's first acts was the abolition of the objectionable Board of Foreign Affairs, which, indeed, has never been recognized by this Consulate. The offices of the Board were originally situated in the vicinity of the Viceroy's Yamên, but the members have now been ordered to move into the Viceroy's Yamên, there to act in the capacity of Secretaries and Deputies, their salaries being defrayed by the Board of Reorganization. The same personnel is retained. This was officially notified to the Consuls on the 28th January.\n\nHis Excellency has expressed his determination to deal effectively with the piracy question, and only asks for time. There is little doubt that he is in earnest, and great hopes are entertained of a radical change for the better in the condition of the country. But, considering the way in which it has been allowed to get out of hand, owing to the supineness of Viceroy Tan, it is vain to expect that matters will right themselves instantaneously.\n\nHis Excellency is quite prepared to accept the co-operation of Her Majesty's ships, and, at the request of the Hong Kong authorities, at once dispatched two officials to Hong Kong to confer with them as to a modus operandi. The mission was in vain, for the Hong Kong authorities had nothing ready, and the two Chinese officials were merely passed about between the Governor, the Commodore, and the Admiral without anything definite being agreed upon. They returned to Canton fortified with a promise that a scheme for joint action would be submitted in ten days or so. One cannot help thinking that, before inviting Chinese officials to confer as to joint action, it might have been advisable to have some definite proposal ready. It is true that the officials unfortunately arrived in Hong Kong at the time of the races, which most important event is apt to completely fill the horizon to the exclusion of everything else.\n\n### Piracy Notes.\n\n-The British launch \"Lily,\" belonging to Messrs. Bomanjee and Co., was pirated between this and Whampoa on the 21st January, and on the 29th of the...",
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        "document_key": "CO129-321 - Public Offices & Others - 1903",
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        "content_text": "CO 368 | 30485 g. 18. 1903 Sir:- \n\nFOREIGN OFFICE 03 001 031 October 2 1903.\n\nI am directed by the Marquess of Lansdowne to transmit to you, to be laid before the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the accompanying copies of despatches from His Majesty's Minister at Peking and His Majesty's Consul-General at Canton, respecting the action of the Viceroy of the two Kuangs in prohibiting the export of cattle from Kuangsi.\n\nScott No 22, Aug. 29, 1903; Townley No 293, Aug. 12, 1903; Scott No 32, Jul. 12, 1903; to E Patow 311 of Oct. 17, 1903.\n\nIt will be seen that the Viceroy maintained that the prohibition was necessary in order to prevent illicit trade in munitions of war and in order to preserve the breed of cattle in Kuangsi.\n\nWhen, however, Mr. Scott represented to him that cattle were absolutely required as food supplies for Hong Kong, and further that the opening of four districts as first conceded by the Viceroy, was not sufficient to meet requirements, His Excellency withdrew entirely.\n\nThe Under Secretary of State Colonial Office.",
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        "content_text": "217 \n\npretext for obstruction, thereby causing \n\nill-feeling. Respect this. \n\nUpon the receipt of the above, \n\nto the Viceroy of the \n\nwe telegraphed \n\ntwo Huangs \n\nand we \n\nare \n\nin possession of \n\na \n\ncopy of a \n\ntelegram from tuin, transmitted to us \n\nby the Council. \n\nIt reads: \n\n\"With regard to the \n\nmemorial \n\nby the Grand \n\nof Sept \n\nCanton Kowloon \n\nRailway I have reverently received the Edict ordering us \n\nto depute officers to \n\nlook after the survey, but, as I find that in this Province there is no officer familiar with railway work, \n\nI must \n\nask for an \n\nEdict to be issued ordering \n\nSheng Hsuan-huai to proceed to this Province accompanied by foreign operatives to make a survey, \n\nwhen I \n\nwill also send officers \n\nto look after \n\nthe operations. If land belonging to the people is to be purchased, I will put out a proclamation directing that it must be sold and forbidding people to hold on with the intent of raising the price.\" \n\nOn the 8th November we had the honour to receive the Imperial Rescript \"Let the Yamen concerned take note, Record thus.\" \n\nWe then, as in duty bound, make this communication to Your Excellency \n\n(Sheng) so that you may take action \n\nin conformity",
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        "content_text": "## Inclosure in No. 1\n### Mr. Carnegie to Prince Ching, Peking, August 14, 1906.\n\nWITH reference to my note of the 29th May, in which I requested your Highness to favour me with a reply to Sir E. Satow's earlier notes on the subject of the riots at Shanghae in December last, I would remind your Highness that at an interview of the 29th May the Wai-wu Pu informed me that the Viceroy of Nanking and the newly-appointed Taotai of Shanghae had been pressed during the previous week by telegram and letter and warned that proposals for settlement must positively be made without any further delay. In another interview on the 5th June the Grand Secretary Na Tung and their Excellencies Lien and Tong told me that the Viceroy proposed to appoint his Secretary Tuotai Lo and the Shanghae Taotai to discuss a settlement with His Majesty's Consul-General at Shanghae, and, in support of his Excellency's proposal, insisted that the trouble, being local, an arrangement could be best come to on the spot. Their Excellencies expressed a strong desire to dispose of the matter amicably, and urged me to meet the Viceroy's proposal, which was conceived in a friendly spirit. I objected that the principle of compensation should be first agreed upon by the Wai-wu Pu and myself, and to remove any objections their Excellencies agreed to telegraph to the Viceroy that compensation should be paid to bona fide sufferers. With the understanding that municipal and non-British claims should be arranged by the Viceroy's deputies with the authorities concerned, I agreed, on the other hand, to telegraph to His Majesty's Consul-General in the sense desired.\n\nOn the 19th June I called at the Wai-wu Pu again, mentioned that according to a telegram from His Majesty's Consul-General the Shanghae Taotai had stated that he had received no instructions to the effect that the Wai-wu Pu had agreed to the payment of compensation, and asked for an explanation. Their Excellencies said that no attention should be paid to the Taotai's statement; that the Viceroy was aware that compensation should be paid; that his Excellency was sending the Taotai Lo and Shen Tung to Shanghae to discuss the matter with His Majesty's Consul-General; and that those two gentlemen, and not the Shanghae Taotai, should open the discussion.\n\nIn an interview at the Wai-wu Pu on the 3rd July I asked if the Viceroy's two deputies had yet gone to Shanghae, and complained strongly of the delay which had occurred. Their Excellencies promised to make inquiries, and to press his Excellency to send the deputies at once.\n\nOn the 20th July I again urged the matter, and was informed that the Wai-wu Pu were doing their utmost, and would again telegraph to the Viceroy, who was ill. To assist the efforts of the Wai-wu Pu I then communicated with His Majesty's Consul-General at Nanking, and instructed him to expedite the dispatch of the two deputies to Shanghae. He replied that the Viceroy had not admitted the principle of compensation, because he was afraid of Shanghae public opinion.\n\nI called at the Wai-wu Pu once more on the 7th August, and was informed that according to a telegram received from the Viceroy His Majesty's Consul at Nanking had proposed to submit the claims for compensation to arbitration by a neutral person. I replied that there must have been some misunderstanding, as His Majesty's Consul was merely instructed to hasten the sending of the deputies to Shanghae, and had no authority to make such a proposal. I recalled that in accordance with the arrangement settled between their Excellencies and myself the Viceroy should have sent his deputies two months previously; that I had reported this arrangement to His Majesty's Government, who had approved my agreeing to it; and that the delay of the Viceroy in carrying out the first term of it was one which their Excellencies could not justify to me, nor I to His Majesty's Government. Their Excellencies again promised to telegraph to the Viceroy.\n\nSince my last interview at the Wai-wu Pu I learn from His Majesty's Consul at Nanking, that in consequence of the attitude of the officials, students, and press of Shanghae, the Viceroy still avoids acceding to the Wai-wu Pu's request of two months ago, and I must come to the conclusion that unless explicit and positive instructions are sent to his Excellency to settle the case on the basis of an indemnity nothing will be done by him towards arranging an amicable settlement.\n\nI have the honour, therefore, to request your Highness to send such instructions by telegraph to the Viceroy of Nanking as will insure the prompt fulfilment of the terms of the arrangement made by the Wai-wu Pu with myself two months ago.\n\nI avail, &c.\n\n(Signed) L. D. CARNEGIE\n\n## AFFAIRS OF CHINA\n### CONFIDENTIAL.\n\n[33682]\n\n## No. 1.\n### Mr. Carnegie to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received October 6.)\n\nPeking, August 21, 1906.\n\nIN my despatch No. 300 of the 11th ultimo I had the honour to inform you that the draft of a note to the Wai-wu Pu on the subject of the Supplementary Rules for the Mixed Court at Shanghae was in course of preparation. The draft, together with the amended Rules, has now been approved by the foreign Representatives interested in the matter, who have signed a joint note, which was forwarded to its destination on the 14th instant. I should explain that while this note, copy of which forms Inclosure 4 in this despatch, is in French the draft Rules transmitted in it were allowed to remain in English, to avoid the delay their translation would have occasioned.\n\nSir E. Satow forwarded to the Marquess of Lansdowne copy of the amended Rules as first presented to the Chinese Government in his despatch No. 6 of the 10th January, 1905. In order to show the subsequent progress of the negotiations, I have the honour to inclose translation of a note dated the 4th December, 1905, containing the reply of the Chinese Government which was obtained only after urgent and repeated representations had been made to them by His Majesty's and other Ministers, as will be seen by reference to various despatches from this Legation of last year.\n\nOwing to the state of affairs prevailing at Shanghae after the riots in December, it was considered advisable to postpone for a time further discussion, and it was not until the 5th March that the joint note, of which I inclose copy, was communicated by the doyen of the Diplomatic Body to the Wai-wu Pu. The amendments recommended by the foreign Representatives were comparatively unimportant, so that an early and satisfactory settlement appeared probable.\n\nThe reply of the Chinese Government of the 3rd ultimo, translation inclosed, shows, however, that they can have no great desire to dispose of this question, as many entirely new provisions are inserted, and further amendments are proposed in certain of the Rules which had already been agreed to by both sides. My despatch No. 300 contained observations on the principal points raised by the Chinese Government which have had to be rejected as totally inadmissible.\n\nOn further consideration of the matter my American and German colleagues and I deemed it advisable not to address individual notes to the Wai-wu Pu (see my above-mentioned despatch), and waited to sign the joint note, the circulation of which among my colleagues was accelerated as much as possible.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed) LANCELOT D. CARNEGIE\n\n### Inclosure 1 in No. 1\n#### Prince Ch'ing to Baron von Mumm\n\nPékin, le 4 Décembre, 1905.\n\nLE 30 de la 11 lune de la 30° année Kuanghsü (le 5 Janvier, 1905) son Excellence le Baron Czikann, jadis Ministre d'Autriche-Hongrie et Doyen du Corps Diplomatique, m'avait adressé une note officielle au sujet de la revision des Règlements du Tribunal Mixte à Shanghai. Il était dit dans la note que les travaux du Tribunal ont eu tendance constante à s'augmenter et que, puisque la revision des Règlements était devenue, par conséquent, une nécessité urgente, les Consuls étrangers à Shanghaï avaient eu soin de les prendre en considération et avaient proposé des amendements qu'ils avaient transmis aux Représentants des Puissances à Pékin, lesquels me les communiquaient. La note était accompagnée d'une proposition d'amendements en onze Articles.\n\nCe Ministère a entretenu une correspondance continuelle avec le Surintendant du Commerce du Sud au sujet de cette question, et il l'a pressé à plusieurs reprises par écrit.",
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        "content_text": "## 283 \nParaphrase of telegram from Governor Sir R. W. Swire and Mr. Bugard \n\n## 284 \nReceivers 12 \n\n27 pm 12 S 08 \n\nToruga Office printed 20 February \n\nReferring to Affairs of CLAM proposal. \n\nThe advent of much enterprise in the Two Kuangs would be very prejudicial to Hongkong interests and trade control. \n\nAny loan made by the Colony for the Canton Wankow line would be opposed on account of the object to which the loan would be applied, and would be opposed to the interests of the Colony.",
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        "content_text": "This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.] 674\n\nCHINA RAILWAYS.\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\n[17303]\n\nNo. 1.\n\n[May 20.]\n\nSECTION 1.\n\nColonial Office to Foreign Office.~(Received May 20.)\n\n(Confidential.) Sir,\n\nDowning Street, May 19, 1908. WITH reference to your letter of the 2nd March and previous correspondence respecting French participation in the Canton-Hankow Railway, I am directed by the Earl of Crewe to transmit to you, to be laid before Secretary Sir E. Grey, a copy of a telegram from the Governor of Hong Kong upon the subject.\n\n2. Lord Crewe gathers from Sir E. Grey's despatch of the 8th ultimo to Sir F. Bertie (a print of which has been received in this Department) that the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has concurred in a proposed arrangement by which the Canton-Hankow Railway loan will be negotiated by the British and Chinese Corporation alone, but by which the French group will be admitted, with the consent of the Chinese Government, to a participation in the loan. His Lordship would, however, be glad to be informed what the exact effect of this contemplated arrangement would be, especially as regards British control over the line.\n\nI am, &c.\n\n(Signed) R. L. ANTROBUS,\n\nInclosure in No. 1.\n\nGovernor Sir F. Lugard to the Earl of Crewe.\n\n(Telegraphic.) P.\n\n[Received May 12, 1908.] REFERRING to Foreign Office prints of the 20th February, Affairs of China, I am opposed to France's proposal. The advent of French enterprise in the Two Kuangs would be very prejudicial to Hong Kong interests, and any French control in the Canton-Hankow line would be opposed to the objects on account of which the loan was made by the Colony.\n\n[2972 u-]\n\n-1]",
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        "content_text": "This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government\n\nCO 322/5654\n\nCHINA RAILWAYS.\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\nREC[February 7] FEB 10\n\nSECTION 1.\n\n(4355)\n\nNo. 1.\n\n(No. 28.) Sir,\n\nSir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received February 7.)\n\nPeking, January 23, 1910.\n\nWITH reference to my despatch No. 19 of the 12th January and to my telegram No. 14 of to-day, I have the honour to enclose in translation the draft of a letter which Mr. Liang Shih-yi proposes to address to the British and Chinese Corporation stating the conditions for the change of the Shanghae-Hangchow-Ningpo Railway Loan Agreement into an agreement for a railway from Kaifengfu to Hsüchoufu.\n\nThis draft is the result of conversations between Liang, Hillier, and myself, and the effect of it is to bind the Board of Communications to make the loan agreement of the 6th March, 1908, apply en bloc to another railway, if within four months from the date of signature they do not succeed in bringing the Kiangsu and Chekiang Bureaux to reason. If the bureaux submit to the proper execution of the 1908 agreement within that time, the amount they have spent legitimately on railway construction will be paid out of the loan funds, but if they do not submit, the sums already withdrawn must be re-deposited with the Hong Kong and Shanghae Banking Corporation at Shanghae, and the original loan will remain intact for the purposes of the Kaifengfu-Hsüchoufu line.\n\nThe exchange of letters which is to form the new agreement is primarily intended to assist the Board of Communications to bring pressure to bear on the bureaux, but if it should fail in this object, I think that the alternative railway would be a better undertaking than the Shanghae-Ningpo line, and that the corporation would therefore be well advised to give Mr. Liang's draft their most favourable consideration.\n\nI have, &c.\n\nJ. N. JORDAN.\n\nEnclosure in No. 1.\n\nDraft of letter from Mr. Liang Shih-yi to the British and Chinese Corporation.\n\nGentlemen,\n\nJanuary 30, 1910.\n\nTHIS directorate-general, in co-operation with the British and Chinese Corporation, proposes to change the Shanghae-Hangchow-Ningpo railway loan agreement executed by the said two parties on the 4th day of the 2nd month of the 34th year of Kuanghsü (6th March, 1908), to an agreement for a railway from Kaifengfu to the neighbourhood of Hsüchoufu.\n\nAll the clauses embodied in the said agreement, with the exception of names of places, shall remain unaltered. The directorate-general shall re-deposit with the Hong Kong and Shanghae Banking Corporation, Shanghae, all the funds previously withdrawn from that bank, and they shall be drawn by the Kaifengfu to Hsüchoufu railway administration in accordance with the loan agreement, for the various requirements of construction.\n\nBut with regard to this matter it must beforehand be clearly understood that, commencing from the date of the exchange of signed letters between the British and Chinese Corporation and this directorate-general, if within a term of four months the Kiangsu and Chekiang Railway Companies shall submit to the carrying out by the Yu-Chuan-Pu in every particular of the Shanghae-Hangchow-Ningpo railway loan agreement of the 4th day of the 2nd month of 34th year of Kuanghsü, then the change to a loan agreement for a railway from Kaifengfu to Hsüchoufu referred to in the present letter, although this directorate-general, jointly with the British and Chinese Corporation, shall already have made application to the British High Court of Justice, or the British High Court of Justice shall already have granted this application, this arrangement shall nevertheless become entirely null and void, and the two parties shall be bound as before to carry out the provisions of the railway loan agreement signed on the 4th day of the 2nd month of the 34th year of Kuanghsü.\n\n[2631 g-1]\n\nPage 1\n\n...\n\nPage 1\n\n(end)\n\n...",
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        "content_text": "This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government\n\nCHINA RAILWAYS.\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\n[4355]\n\nNo. 1.\n\n356\n\nCO 5654\n\n[February 7.]\n\nRCCR SECTION 124 10\n\nSir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received February 7.)\n\n(No. 28.) Sir,\n\nPeking, January 23, 1910.\n\nWITH reference to my despatch No. 19 of the 12th January and to my telegram No. 14 of to-day, I have the honour to enclose in translation the draft of a letter which Mr. Liang Shih-yi proposes to address to the British and Chinese Corporation stating the conditions for the change of the Shanghae-Hangchow-Ningpo Railway Loan Agreement into an agreement for a railway from Kaifengfu to Hsüchoufu.\n\nThis draft is the result of conversations between Liang, Hillier, and myself, and the effect of it is to bind the Board of Communications to make the loan agreement of the 6th March, 1908, apply en bloc to another railway, if within four months from the date of signature they do not succeed in bringing the Kiangsu and Chekiang Bureaux to reason. If the bureaux submit to the proper execution of the 1908 agreement within that time, the amount they have spent legitimately on railway construction will be paid out of the loan funds, but if they do not submit, the sums already withdrawn must be re-deposited with the Hong Kong and Shanghae Banking Corporation at Shanghae, and the original loan will remain intact for the purposes of the Kaifengfu-Hsüchoufu line.\n\nThe exchange of letters which is to form the new agreement is primarily intended to assist the Board of Communications to bring pressure to bear on the bureaux, but if it should fail in this object, I think that the alternative railway would be a better undertaking than the Shanghae-Ningpo line, and that the corporation would therefore be well advised to give Mr. Liang's draft their most favourable consideration.\n\nI have, &c.\n\nJ. N. JORDAN.\n\nEnclosure in No. 1.\n\nDraft of letter from Mr. Liang Shih-yi to the British and Chinese Corporation,\n\nGentlemen,\n\nJanuary 30, 1910.\n\nTHIS directorate-general, in co-operation with the British and Chinese Corporation, proposes to change the Shanghae-Hangchow-Ningpo railway loan agreement executed by the said two parties on the 4th day of the 2nd month of the 34th year of Kuanghsü (6th March, 1908), to an agreement for a railway from Kaifengfu to the neighbourhood of Hsüchoufu.\n\nAll the clauses embodied in the said agreement, with the exception of names of places, shall remain unaltered. The directorate-general shall re-deposit with the Hong Kong and Shanghae Banking Corporation, Shanghae, all the funds previously withdrawn from that bank, and they shall be drawn by the Kaifengfu to Hsüchoufu railway administration in accordance with the loan agreement, for the various requirements of construction.\n\nBut with regard to this matter it must beforehand be clearly understood that, commencing from the date of the exchange of signed letters between the British and Chinese Corporation and this directorate-general, if within a term of four months the Kiangsu and Chekiang Railway Companies shall submit to the carrying out by the Yu-Chuan-Pu in every particular of the Shanghae-Hangchow-Ningpo railway loan agreement of the 4th day of the 2nd month of 34th year of Kuanghsü, then the change to a loan agreement for a railway from Kaifengfu to Hsüchoufu referred to in the present letter, although this directorate-general, jointly with the British and Chinese Corporation, shall already have made application to the British High Court of Justice, or the British High Court of Justice shall already have granted this application, this arrangement shall nevertheless become entirely null and void, and the two parties shall be bound as before to carry out the provisions of the railway loan agreement signed on the 4th day of the 2nd month of the 34th year of Kuanghsü.\n\n[2631 g-1]",
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        "content_text": "226\n\n10\n\nEnclosure 9 in No. 1.\n\nTaotai to Consul-General Sir P. Warren.\n\nMarch 25, 1910.\n\nI HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 24th instant, respecting the interference of the Chapei police with the laying of gas in a Chinese house on the North Szechuan Road, in which you stated that you were prepared to obtain police protection for the company's employés if they were interfered with when they resumed work on the third day.\n\nAlthough the promoted Taotai Yüan agreed to a temporary arrangement in regard to the laying on of gas to the north of the settlement by the British company, yet since that territory was formed into a Chinese municipality and policed, all matters concerning the traffic of that area and the affairs of its residents fall to the police to find money for and attend to in due course. Kuanghsü 32 (April-May 1906), when the senior consul applied to put up gas lamps in the North Honan Road, the promoted Taotai Jui refused the application on the ground that circumstances had altered, and that a casual arrangement could not be regarded as an established precedent.\n\nHowever, in view of what is said in your letter, I think it best after all to consult the general police bureau as to the possibility of a compromise, and will address you further on receipt of their reply. Pending a settlement, the work should on no account be continued, and still less should police be sent and a disturbance created. Knowing as I do the sincerity of your friendly feelings, I do not doubt that we shall be able to agree.\n\nEnclosure 10 in No. 1.\n\nTaotai to Consul-General Sir P. Warren.\n\nMarch 28, 1910.\n\nWITH reference to your letter of the 24th instant respecting the gas company's operations in the Szechuan Road, I am now in receipt of a report from the police bureau to the following effect.\n\nA man named Yuan, living in the Sên K'ang Street, intended to connect with the gas system of the settlement, and the police prevented this on the ground that the place was within the Chinese municipality. There was no question of laying gas in a Chinese house in the North Szechuan Road. There appears to be an inconsistency in the consul-general's letter, which first names the Kaifeng Road as the locality and afterwards the North Szechuan Road. Since the establishment of the Chapei police, whenever the gas and water companies have had occasion to repair those of their pipes already laid outside the boundary of the settlement, permission to do so has always been conceded on application. But the laying of new pipes must be stopped, as there is no telling how far it might go. Besides, the water supply and electric light of the Chinese municipality itself will be ready shortly, and it does not seem reasonable to allow further encroachments within its sphere of operations.\n\nI have the honour to observe that now that the Chinese municipality of Chapei is arranging for its own water and gas supply, the position is widely different from what it was before the police bureau was established. The temporary permission given by the promoted Taotai Yuan to lay pipes in North Honan Road was only for the convenience of the locality, and not to confer special rights upon the gas company. What is said in your letter about obstruction to the business of British companies is not justified. Moreover, the police bureau has gone as far as can be justly expected in allowing the gas and water companies to repair their pipes where they are already laid. It is not desirable that they should extend their operations beyond settlement limits in places where this has not already been done.\n\nI shall be obliged if you will instruct the companies accordingly.\n\n11\n\nEnclosure 11 in No. 1.\n\nConsul-General Sir P. Warren to Tsai Ta-jên.\n\nSir,\n\nShanghae, April 4, 1910. I HAVE received your letter of the 28th instant in which you state that it is not desirable that the gas and water companies should extend their operations beyond settlement limits in places where this has not already been done, on the ground that the Chinese municipality of Chapei is arranging for its own gas and water supply.\n\nYou also state that the position is widely different from what it was before the Police Bureau was established.\n\nI regret that I am entirely unable to agree with your views on this subject. At the time that the Chapei municipality was established in 1906, His Majesty's Government through His Majesty's Minister in Peking made repeated and emphatic protests to the Chinese Government against such establishment on the ground that British subjects already possessed large interests in the area proposed for the municipality, and that the object of the municipality was simply to put a stop to the growth of the treaty port of Shanghae. His Majesty's Minister also expressly stated that His Majesty's Government could not acquiesce in any action of the Chinese authorities which must do injury to the British interests involved.\n\nThe business of the gas and water companies was already firmly established in Chapei before the establishment of the municipality. Their pipes were laid in the foreign-owned property outside the settlement boundary, and also in the Chinese-owned roads, under permission first granted to the water company in 1904 and to the gas company in 1805 by Taotai Yüan.\n\nThe inhabitants of the Chapei district, both foreign and native, appreciating the advantage conferred by the two companies, have become consumers in ever-increasing numbers, so that the companies' pipes now cover many miles and their consumers number several hundreds.\n\nSuddenly, without any previous communication from yourself, as the Chinese official charged with the conduct of international business of this port, to me, the Chapei police have commenced to obstruct the two companies in their perfectly legitimate business of supplying gas and water to foreign and Chinese consumers beyond settlement limits, Chinese consumers have been threatened with penalties if they use the companies' gas and water, the companies' employés have been molested and imprisoned for carrying out the orders of their British employers, and permits have been refused to the companies to lay their pipes.\n\nSuch action constitutes a most serious and unfriendly interference with the rights of British subjects, and is such as His Majesty's Minister has already warned the Chinese Government will not be tolerated by His Majesty's Government.\n\nI am prepared to admit that the companies should apply for official permits to execute any works which require a temporary interference with Chinese public-owned roads or property, but for work on private-owned property the permission of the owner alone is required.\n\nI enclose two plans showing the existing mains owned by the gas and water companies respectively in the Chapei district.*\n\nIt is feared that, when the proposed Chinese water and gas companies commence operations, there will be confusion between these and the English companies. I am prepared to discuss with you an equitable arrangement to meet such a case, and if you are prepared to undertake that there will be no interference with the supply of gas and water by means of branch pipes to consumers situated within 200 yards of any of the existing gas and water-mains, I shall for my part be prepared to direct the companies not to lay any new mains in Chinese-owned property until an arrangement has been come to.\n\nIf you are unable to agree to this proposal, I must take such steps as may be necessary to protect the British companies in the carrying on of their business against interference by the Chapei police.\n\nI have, &c.\n\nPELHAM L. WARREN.\n\n* Not reproduced.\n\n[2751-5]\n\nE",
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        "content_text": "## No. 6.\n\nCopy of despatch from Governor of Hongkong to H.B.M. Consul-General, Canton.\n\nNo. 22.\n\n**GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 13th February, 1909.**\n\nSIR,-Referring to your despatch No. 124* of the 2nd September last and previous correspondence on the subject of the issue of Chinese subsidiary coins at Canton I have the honour to request that you will be so good as to furnish me with such information as may be available regarding the recent operations of the Canton Mint.\n\nHIS MAJESTY'S MINISTER, PEKING.\n\nI have, &c.,  \nF. D. LUGARD,  \nGovernor, &c.\n\n## No. 3.\n\nCopy of memorandum from H.M. Minister, Peking, to the Waiwupu.\n\n**4th February, 1909.**\n\nSir John Jordan has received a despatch from the Governor of Hongkong stating that the subsidiary coins issued by the Canton Mint still circulate at a heavy discount in the Colony, in spite of the reduction in their issue which has proved insufficient to be really effective.\n\nHis Excellency observes that on October 5th last a Decree was issued establishing a tael currency with subsidiary coins in decimal parts of a tael, and he enquires whether it is the intention of the Chinese Government to withdraw the existing subsidiary coins representing decimal parts of a dollar, and whether the output of the Provincial Mints will be under Central Control.\n\nAs no information has reached Sir John Jordan, since the issue of the Decree of October 5th, regarding the question of introducing a uniform currency as provided for in the 2nd Article of the Commercial Treaty of 1902, he would be obliged if the Wai Wu Pu would be good enough to acquaint him with the intentions of the Chinese Government in this matter, of which the importance to British trade in China is very great.\n\n## No. 5.\n\nCopy of despatch from H.M.'s Minister, Peking, to Governor of Hongkong.\n\n**PEKING, 8th February, 1909.**\n\nSIR,-In reply to Your Excellency's despatch No. 7414/08 of the 31st of December last, I have the honour to transmit herewith translation of a memorandum I have handed to the Waiwupu enquiring whether it is the intention of the Chinese Government to withdraw the existing subsidiary coins representing decimal parts of a dollar in view of the Decree establishing a tael currency, and whether the output of the Provincial Mints will be placed under Central Control.\n\n## No. 7.\n\nCopy of despatch from H.B.M. Consul-General to Governor of Hongkong.\n\n**H.B.M. CONSULATE-GENERAL, CANTON, 19th February, 1909.**\n\nSIR,-Referring to Your Excellency's despatch No. 22 of the 13th instant I have the honour to forward herewith particulars of the output of the Canton Provincial Mint for the two years 33 and 34 Kuanghsü.\n\n| Year | Output Details |\n| --- | --- |\n| 33 Kuanghsü | ... |\n| 34 Kuanghsü | Your Excellency will observe that while the output of silver dollars shows a large increase during the past Chinese year, a considerable reduction has been effected in the striking of 20 cent pieces. |\n\nI am making enquiries as to the more recent operations of the Mint, and will inform Your Excellency in due course of the result of my investigations.\n\nThe particulars above referred to have already been furnished to His Majesty's Minister and His Majesty's Commercial Attaché.\n\nI have, &c.,  \nHAROLD PORTER,  \nfor Acting Consul-General, absent.\n\nHis Excellency  \nSir F. D. LUGARD, K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O.\n\n-6 \n\n2. I have since seen the Imperial Decree issued on the 5th of last October establishing a tael currency with subsidiary coins in decimal parts of a tael, and I have the honour to enquire whether it is the intention of the Chinese Government to withdraw the existing subsidiary coins representing decimal parts of a dollar and to issue the new subsidiary coins (decimal parts of tael) and whether the output of the Provincial mints are under Central Control. I presume that pending the return of His Excellency Tong Shao Yi no very pronounced steps are likely to be taken in the question of currency reform, but I should be glad of an expression of your views as to whether the new departure is likely to result in any real reform, more especially in the matter which primarily affects this Colony, viz., the diminution of the excessive issue of silver and copper subsidiary coins.\n\nI have, &c.,  \nF. D. LUGARD.  \nGovernor, &c.\n\nshould be placed before the other sections as it appears to be the continuation of a letter.\n\n## \n2. I have since seen the Imperial Decree issued on the 5th of last October establishing a tael currency with subsidiary coins in decimal parts of a tael, and I have the honour to enquire whether it is the intention of the Chinese Government to withdraw the existing subsidiary coins representing decimal parts of a dollar and to issue the new subsidiary coins (decimal parts of tael) and whether the output of the Provincial mints is under Central Control. I presume that pending the return of His Excellency Tong Shao Yi no very pronounced steps are likely to be taken in the question of currency reform, but I should be glad of an expression of your views as to whether the new departure is likely to result in any real reform, more especially in the matter which primarily affects this Colony, viz., the diminution of the excessive issue of silver and copper subsidiary coins.\n\nI have, &c.,  \nF. D. LUGARD.  \nGovernor, &c.\n\n-7 \n\nNo. 6. \n\nis a page marker and should be preserved.\n\n## No. 6.\n\nCopy of despatch from Governor of Hongkong to H.B.M. Consul-General, Canton.\n\nNo. 22.\n\n**GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 13th February, 1909.**\n\nSIR,-Referring to your despatch `No. 124*` of the 2nd September last and previous correspondence on the subject of the issue of Chinese subsidiary coins at Canton I have the honour to request that you will be so good as to furnish me with such information as may be available regarding the recent operations of the Canton Mint.\n\nI have, &c.,  \nF. D. LUGARD,  \nGovernor, &c.\n\nHIS MAJESTY'S MINISTER, PEKING.\n\nThe final response is:\n\n## \n2. I have since seen the Imperial Decree issued on the 5th of last October establishing a tael currency with subsidiary coins in decimal parts of a tael, and I have the honour to enquire whether it is the intention of the Chinese Government to withdraw the existing subsidiary coins representing decimal parts of a dollar and to issue the new subsidiary coins (decimal parts of tael) and whether the output of the Provincial mints is under Central Control. I presume that pending the return of His Excellency Tong Shao Yi no very pronounced steps are likely to be taken in the question of currency reform, but I should be glad of an expression of your views as to whether the new departure is likely to result in any real reform, more especially in the matter which primarily affects this Colony, viz., the diminution of the excessive issue of silver and copper subsidiary coins.\n\nI have, &c.,  \nF. D. LUGARD.  \nGovernor, &c.\n\n-7 \n\n## No. 6.\n\nCopy of despatch from Governor of Hongkong to H.B.M. Consul-General, Canton.\n\nNo. 22.\n\n**GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 13th February, 1909.**\n\nSIR,-Referring to your despatch `No. 124*` of the 2nd September last and previous correspondence on the subject of the issue of Chinese subsidiary coins at Canton I have the honour to request that you will be so good as to furnish me with such information as may be available regarding the recent operations of the Canton Mint.\n\nHIS MAJESTY'S MINISTER, PEKING.\n\nI have, &c.,  \nF. D. LUGARD,  \nGovernor, &c.\n\n## No. 3.\n\nCopy of memorandum from H.M. Minister, Peking, to the Waiwupu.\n\n**4th February, 1909.**\n\nSir John Jordan has received a despatch from the Governor of Hongkong stating that the subsidiary coins issued by the Canton Mint still circulate at a heavy discount in the Colony, in spite of the reduction in their issue which has proved insufficient to be really effective.\n\nHis Excellency observes that on October 5th last a Decree was issued establishing a tael currency with subsidiary coins in decimal parts of a tael, and he enquires whether it is the intention of the Chinese Government to withdraw the existing subsidiary coins representing decimal parts of a dollar, and whether the output of the Provincial Mints will be under Central Control.\n\nAs no information has reached Sir John Jordan, since the issue of the Decree of October 5th, regarding the question of introducing a uniform currency as provided for in the 2nd Article of the Commercial Treaty of 1902, he would be obliged if the Wai Wu Pu would be good enough to acquaint him with the intentions of the Chinese Government in this matter, of which the importance to British trade in China is very great.\n\n## No. 5.\n\nCopy of despatch from H.M.'s Minister, Peking, to Governor of Hongkong.\n\n**PEKING, 8th February, 1909.**\n\nSIR,-In reply to Your Excellency's despatch `No. 7414/08` of the 31st of December last, I have the honour to transmit herewith translation of a memorandum I have handed to the Waiwupu enquiring whether it is the intention of the Chinese Government to withdraw the existing subsidiary coins representing decimal parts of a dollar in view of the Decree establishing a tael currency, and whether the output of the Provincial Mints will be placed under Central Control.\n\n## No. 7.\n\nCopy of despatch from H.B.M. Consul-General to Governor of Hongkong.\n\n**H.B.M. CONSULATE-GENERAL, CANTON, 19th February, 1909.**\n\nSIR,-Referring to Your Excellency's despatch No. 22 of the 13th instant I have the honour to forward herewith particulars of the output of the Canton Provincial Mint for the two years 33 and 34 Kuanghsü.\n\nYour Excellency will observe that while the output of silver dollars shows a large increase during the past Chinese year, a considerable reduction has been effected in the striking of 20 cent pieces.\n\nI am making enquiries as to the more recent operations of the Mint, and will inform Your Excellency in due course of the result of my investigations.\n\nThe particulars above referred to have already been furnished to His Majesty's Minister and His Majesty's Commercial Attaché.\n\nI have, &c.,  \nHAROLD PORTER,  \nfor Acting Consul-General, absent.\n\nHis Excellency  \nSir F. D. LUGARD, K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O.\n\n*Not printed.",
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        "content_text": "The actual operations of the soldiery are confined to the routine of looting of the countryside, and as a rule the customary forty-eight hours elapse between the retirement of one force from a town and its occupation by the conquering troops.\n\nSuch is, briefly, the existing state of affairs in the North. In the South it is much the same story. The so-called Military Government is now thoroughly discredited and divided against itself; on the military side there are two distinct parties much as in the North, headed respectively by Lu Yang Ting, Inspector of the Two Kuangs, and Tang Chi Yao, the Military Governor of Yunnan. Latest news from Canton is to the effect that trouble between the Yunnan and Kuangsi factions is becoming acute.\n\nThe situation is the less easy to follow through the fact that Lu Yang Ting is in negotiation with President Hsü, whilst Tang Chi Yao is in communication with Tuan Chi Jui.\n\nThe rival parties in North and South respectively thus show some signs of coming to terms, no doubt with a view to overthrowing their opponents.\n\nYour Lordship may well be little interested in this maze of Chinese politics and intrigue, but I have thought it advisable to summarise them thus briefly, as some comprehension of the tendencies at work helps to demonstrate the artificial difference which now separates North and South. The country originally split over a constitutional issue; that phase has long since passed from the practical point of view. Some few political idealists remain in the South, such as Dr. Wu Ting Fang, C. C. Wu, C. T. Wang, &c., but to all intents and purposes it has now resolved itself into a simple question of the apportionment of the spoils between the military cliques that now dominate China in North and South. The satraps of the North are equally lacking with those of the South in any desire for popular Government, which spells their own dissolution; they are equally determined in both sections of the country to win and hold supreme power. It has become, in fact, a pure question of political loot, and patriotism plays no part whatever in the programme.\n\nFrom the broader point of view it is a matter of no moment whatever whether the reins of Government are in the hands of the Northern or of the Southern militarists. The solution of China's problems must always remain the same, namely, the elimination of the military clique and the restoration of government to the properly elected representatives of the people. And I observe a growing impression that perhaps sooner than is generally anticipated there will be yet another social upheaval marking yet one more stage in China's development. Chinese observers of experience and judgment declare that there is a marked similarity between the state of mind now prevailing and that which existed on the eve of the revolution of 1911 that drove the Manchus from power.\n\n(Copies to Tokyo, Hong Kong and Admiral.)\n\nI have, &c.\n\nM. W. LAMPSON,\n\n30 June 1920\n\nPage ...\n\n27291\n\n...\n\nRE\n\nHONG KONG\n\n32287\n\nRE\n\nREC | JUL 0454\n\nRepatriation of destitute British subjects\n\n...\n\nN. ledett\n\nM\n\n7/10/2\n\n...\n\n(1) the cases in question are cases in which the Consul considers that he cannot make the necessary arrangements...\n\n(2) I am not aware of any understanding which was reached regarding the cost of repatriating...\n\n...\n\nW. 26089/35 50,000 11/19 H. St. G. 122/41.\n\nBry 4/7/20 Alouse Dr. 617 Gr.617",
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