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WORD VAI .

THIS DAILY PEĦSS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER Ébra, 1965.

The Marquis Trèng, and family have boen Enying a short visit to Folkealose, where they were the guests of Dr. Fitzgerald. They are now al Tunbridge Wells.

oat to her she mid she was an old woman, and thut her memory was bad.

His Irdship having summed up, the jury, oftar some deliberation, found all the prisonera guilty by six to oxo.

BECOND COTEKA.

BEFORE MX IcaTICE ACKROYD.

CHARGE OF GARSOITING.

He Shui Chan and Tak Apia wers charged with amauiting and robbing one Fong Atuk, in Wing Kat-street, on the 14th it.

POLICE COURT

19th Norombor.

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BHOPLIFTING,

||Coloniata thought that this line the Govern green at Tylam it will not be nonins to review ment was going too far in the opposite direction,the facilities for water-works presented in Abu- and that the Pokfoolem reservoir sakome was doen and Pokfoolum. I think the elucidation of not only antecassarily large and ambitions but if matter the more dosimble, tlunt I am givet Far too costly for so small à Colony. Eventually to understand there still exist misconceptions sa however, the scheme was adopted, and within the to the selection of Tytan haring been made with... four years the larger reservoir took the plane of out due consideration of the rival claims of other the small pond, and though inadequate as a possible sources of supply which it is thenght storage sotme, provel of no small relief in the might have been utilized at less cost. then great straits to which the Colony had been reduced.

BEFORE . H. E. WODEHOUSE. The Peking Ministerial appointment is still There were other, two charges against the

Ip Ayan, coolle, was ordered to be exposed in The Agents-Messrs Melahers & Co. Xformansotiled, the Foreign Offee apparsally having prissamme of a similar character, but the Attor s that the steamer Catherstone left Haiphong much lealty in finding an available rahay-General thought, after til verdict, that it the stocks at the sons of the offence for kaving

stolen 4 lbs, composition nails the property for this port yesterday,

prosentative as the Chinose her in dolding on would not be paneusary to proced with them.

the Government on board the Mednee at

In the Pokfaolam Falloy supplementary an efficient successor to Sir Robert Hart in the

His Lordship deferred sentence.

Aberdeen.

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water-works appeared tome at first not unfowible Inspector Generalship of Customs, when it was thought his transfer to the English Logation

~Tang Awai, of No. 29, Webside Bazzar, Bat aroin for the second time, during the by the creation of a second reservoir higher up would be consummated. Sir Spencer St. John

pared to a summons ismed at the instanes of construction of new water works in Hongkong the valley, about fifty yards above the present the population on whose astiastad nacilors the one, and of a third reservoir below the level Sir Halldar Macartney, Sir Walter Mothurst,

Izspostor Staunton charging him with keepingtonlation for the new supply had been hosed of the present one, at a point near Mr. Mackin an agensy for dealing in tes-fa lottery. Dafen had largely increased. Sir John Pope Hennessy, and Mr. Hugh

New requiramente tosh's property, and accordingly a detailed nur Fraser, have all been mentioned in woncep

dant admitted the charge and was ûijed $50, had grown up. Water was wanted for industrial soy of the upper bill districts was affected with tion with this appointment, while it is

ne well as for domestic uses. The culture of trees a view to ssnertaining their ability to fill this well known that Mt. Arthar Davenport, of

six weeks' hard labour.

nd plants entailing irrigation was spreading and systawa of lakon. A loser investigation did not. H.M.'a Consuler Service, was designsted for

Mr. Ho Kai prosecuted on behalf of the Wong Alian, hawker, was brought up on sorting its demand. For the purposes of freer, however, confirin my lopes and eventually I was the position by the general consensua of opinion

charge of stealing a pair of trousers, the property tination this demend was no less loud, and above all forced to abandon the project. The following among foreign residents in China. It has al Attorney-General.

The jury empannelled to try the case was com- of La Aum, shopkeeper, valued at $2.70 ch the the flushing and liquefaction of house-sewage, few extracts from my official report of that perfed ways appeared to us a penny wise and pound We hasen that His Accellency the Gaverner foolish policy to reunop the stipend of the apposed of Messrs. T. Davidson, A. H. Death, A. 18th instant. The defendant went into the and other sanitary exigencies required a more throw sozie light on the chief features of this has sconred passages for himself, Miss Agnes pointment to £5,000 per annum, as was done M. da Silva, A. A de Jonas, . D. Boning, I. P. Wo Shing shop in Bonham Strand and generone provision than it now appeared could particular scheme. I they add that the cost of

wanted to buy a pair of trousers. Biz pairs) Bowen, and Lieut. Powan to Calcatta by thehon Sir Harry Parkes succeeded Sir Thomas Madar, and J. H. Macleboa steamer Japan, Captain Garduer, which will Wade. Taking into consideration the undoubted- The complainant stated that on the 14th alt. were shows him of which he picked out ons and be procured from the new reservoir, so that the carrying out those works would have been

Wing Katastreet hou the prisoners wanted to know the price of them. He was told first doubts and dialllusions as to the aficiones £20,500.

of the volume impounded 4t Pokfoolum evom to Thore in sito a little bigher up in the leave hore on the 16th proximio.

ly ingressad nenasity of adequate representation he was

same valley (Pokfooion) for a smaller basin. The Panang Gaintte says that according to at Peking at the present critical time, we dram and another man attackel him, threw him down, they cost $2.70, and he offered $2.30. Ha wont date back from the very first year of the existence

which according to the recent survey is capablo it of the utmost importance that the appoint throw pepper iu bis eyes, and endeavoured to get away and returned and offered 82.40. Waile iu of the reservoir, and from that time to the pro-

of containing 50 milion gallons. This would private information from Rangoon, the amour 181 was that thire would be a rising in Mandalar ment should be given to a díplomatist of the very his parse in which was $14. Es called out for the shop the second time hamanaged to dipo paisant the amplsinta of the insufficiency of water

asailants up his Reore without the shopmen noticing it have increased and become more aggravated necessitate a dam 350 feet long and 90 fest After his leaving the shop a pair of trousors every your with the increase of the population. kirk in this deepest part, and if the substratam and that king Thebaw would probably be die highest attainments, and in order to induce sack help, and a constable coming up,

The prisoners danied having been concerned missing; a mandans soot after him and he was

In 1872 Sir Arthur Kennedy was appointed turns out to be rock as appours fena outward poled of in a verge summary manner. The Go. one to accept it, the emoluments should be dumped, but the two prisoners were caught.

indications, such a dam might be built of ma imossûres, andit is stated that if Theobaw's realm comparative exile such a position would oocasuriin anything of the kind. They said they were caught in thonot of pawning the missing trensert. } Governor, and upon kading in the Colony found vernment of India is determined to have no half sufficiently high to amply compasate for the

walking in the street in different places, when Three months hard labour.

among other important matters awaiting vottle- sonry. The enormons expose of building a they were arrested. Against the second day,

90 foot dam to impound so ausli a quantity as is not actually anneted the mounirs will be patly entail.

fondant, however, there was the circumstantial

50 million gallons is altogether cut of proper in the same position as the Malay States, and a British armed force wonid consequently be

evidenes that traces of pepper were upon his

tion; it is a measure therefore that ould y bands when he was taken to the Station.

no maana ha maommended artil every possible stationed in Mandalay to sapport the authority of a British Rosident..

The jury found the firet prisoner not guilty

meas of obtaining a supply by other methods by five to two, and the socond guilty an

had been first enquired into. Binously.

Sentence was deferred.

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BIRTH. On the Zad Sopteraber, at Sydney, New South Walan, the wife of Jaume CuaBIR ELLER.to of Jamey, of a daughter.

MARRIAGES.

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Oa the 8th October, at Claugh, county Dawn. by the Rev. Edward Stuart, assisted by the Roe. Thomas Crane, JN. JORDAN, H.B.M.'s Consular Service, China, te ANZ Hows, alder daughter of Dr. Cromie, of Clough.

On the 10th October, at All Saints', Stoke Newing

ton, James DUNCAN MACINTORE, of the New Orien tal Back Corporation. Chine Stuff, to IPIA, daughter of to late Damstring George Carajana.

DEATH.

On the 14th Genbos, in London, Atsvars Law Bear, rellot of the late John W. Lambert, formarly of Hongkong, aged 55.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONA, NOVEMDER 26TH, 1985,

A oricket match will be played to-day and to marrow. coumenong to day at 2pm annotaally, botweet The Navy and The Cricket Club. Tho following are the teary :---

THE NAVY. Commr Langley Agam C. HowLER

II. P. Whyun (Cuph} Lieut. reabridge emnow G. A. Framell Mr. Manning Okpt. Pestion

W. G. F. Darby Bab-ft. Conber

Audacious &. Grimble

HONGKONG Unterstuos,

Lient da Holick

Payar. Dar, Kambler

C. E. Holwarthy

A. J. Losch

Espoir

A. P. ManErou

A. de C. Scu

Eleut. Robinson

Dr. Wheeler

Sua-Et. Cicistian.. Figilant

eat, Plugbe R.MI., jk Bossano

A. G. Stotes

A. K. Travers

The anite Baud.) of the doorɑmrən and the Audacious will play during Saturday afternoon, by kind permission of Admiral Familion and the officers of the vagyola

Wo take the following items from the London and China Express of the 16th October

Prince Tamashis, of Japan, has paid a riait to Woolwich, in company with the Duke of Cambridge, and has inspected the military as tablishment thore.

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

LONDON, 18th November.

THE WAR BETWEEN SERVIA AND BULGARIA

The Bulgarians huse been completely dofontod by the Serrians with envy loss in killed

wounded, and prisoners.

The Servians eye rapidly approaching Sofle.

SUPREME COURT.

19th November

CRIMINAL BESSIONE.

BY CHE THE ROŃ BIR GURU PULTO, CHIEF JUSTICE.

THE STAG HOTEL ST&BHING CASE.

Alfred John Dolve, as of H. M. S. Aga men.non, was brought before the court charged with having feloniously and malicionely gut and wounded William Abel Buer, master mariner and pilot, ia the Stog Hotel, on the 19th alt.

The Attorney-General prosuled. The following gentlemen wore eropannelled as a jury to try the case: Mosca, J.B. Gomes, jun., F. B. C. Georg, P. D'Agostino, R. Schomber The Russian frigate. Minin, Capt. R. Granger, J. Albor, R. K. Leigh, and J. K. Rohback. When the prisoner was charged he landed in guist, has arrived at Plymouth, homeward bound from the China station. On her arrival in the written document, which was read by the Clark Soath the Minis exchanged galates with the of Arraiges to the following affect Citadel sha the Royal Adelaide, flagship.

Hongkong, 19th November, 1895,

her forward for another term of foreign born cving had aleven years' continuous sorties an The Kestrel is in a very defeatire "condition.

the China station.

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LARCENY.

Wong Apo, mits of over 60, was charged sterling a pair of shuss, vale $1.20, the pro-

CUPPING AND WOUNDING.

Sheik Fonjoc, the wean who was charged meat by him that of the water supply. This with having outard wounded as inmate of s bro-me unfortunato question bed in a similar man thel on the 14th instant, was again before the six and twelve years previously, omfronted court, on remand, but the cass has been further two immediate predecessors upon their assumption of the Government of Hongkong, remanded, theomplainant not being able to put and it appeared to be one fatod never to be set at rost. The new Governor, however, protiting

in an appearanc

UEPOSITING RYBDISH IN THE HARBOUR.

Chan Alam, vaclie, was fined $2 or fourteen days' hard inbear for throwing rabbish ints the harbour on the 19th instant.

OBSTRUCTIONS.

Four shopkeepers were summoned by Inspector Grimble for obtracting the pathway at Banham Strand with sundry goods thereon and having

last year. They were fasdfest defendant $3

the lozens of the past, and realizing the certainty that the necessities of the young and growing town of Vistoria woaid altain ener monsly incrasil, proportions in the course of timo, declared himself agaicet any partial expe dinis, however alluring, on the score of economy of cost, or against any schemes that would not bear subsequent expansion,

party of Wong Atan, on the 26th alt.

Mr. Ho Kai stated that the facts of the case were very simple. The complainant was a rios pounder, and on the afternoon of the 25th ult. he was on the Chinese Locreation Ground sittingmont working there packing the same. The Accordingly upon my joining the Hongkong among others on a stool, with his feet up. He third defendant had been fined on twe previous bad a pair of shoes which he left on the ground scessions, the test and fourth were fined vaçait for the consideration of the Governor below the bnoh. While sitting there someone called out that his shome ware being stolen, and docking down he missed them. He gave chase to the prisoner, who was geing off with them, aud caught him. There was come discrepancy bs- tween the evidence of the complainant and his friend, and a Sikh erottabis whe took the defend. ant into custody. The former alleged that the complicant's friend based the defendant a few yaris ant nught bim, while the constable etated he was directly behind the prisoner, and saw the prisoner slip the shoes under his jacket, and arrested him on the spot.

Ciril Berries in 1378, I was instructed to sab Council,, such recommendations we would secure the oond $1; third 85, and the fourth $1.

not only an adequate provision for the present, LARGETY AND REUSEVING ATOLEN GOODS.

but que capable of extorsion we meet prospective Ho Ass and Loung Adung, topran, were wants. These instructions involved a large ques sharged by Lacs Achoung, accountant, the first with receiving one park and jade stone uacklaosion exacting careful studs, so that it was not until the close of the your that I was able to woll knowing the same to have been stolea; and sabrait any defait report on the result of any the second with stealing the same, value, $350, on

investigations. the 18th instant.

Before toaching, however, on the recommenda. The facts of the case were that the pestis had tions which ensued, it may be as well, that I baen pawned at the Fan. On pawn shop should explain on the one hard what was the Wellington-strat. The seccad prisoner who actual allowance per head of population afforded was an apprentis in the shop stole the pearls and

and what were tho real water requirements of The prisoner alleged that the complainant owed jade stone and gave them to the first prisoner to the Pekfoolum reservoir, and on the other him for a bundle of cigarettes, and he asked him rates money with to go over to Kowloon to game the people of Hongkong gangad on the zaost for money. The complainant said he had dis-ble. The first prisoner was in the act of pawnedurale basis. I will take the last point first. graced him io dcing is, and they had a quarrol. ing the articles in the Ke Shang pawn shop in The quantity of water used by civilized com A constable came up and asked what was amiss. Queen's-road when PC. Tang Achnag, who was mucities for domostic, sanitary, industrial, and The complainant the got the chosa produced in plain olothes and who know the second pri other purposes has been the subject of sa nach from tombone olas, and charged him with steal-soner, came in attracted by the second prisoners observationin Europe that experience nowensbles suspicious manners. He saw him baad up the very approximate estimations to be made of ing them.

The jars found the prisoner not guilty by five parts, and the constable asked him where he got the just requirements of maanfacturing and non- to two, and he was discharged. He was a rery them from. He at first replied that they were manufacturing towns. In England, dus regard old offender, with a long list of convictions his, but spon the constable rapeating his ques being bad to waste, the minimum daily allowance tion the man said that they belonged to a friend per head of inhabitant, is estimated að follows:—–— against his name.

of his who was very basy and could not be seen He Achung, a boy a the employ of Messrs in the day time Raalso told the constable that Har domestic as Melchors & Co, was charged with stesting a bo bred on the basement Boor of No. 137, Holly Berstreet watering, Gro-eztination, irrigation 3 quantity of postage stamps on various Bates up to wood-read, and when the constable called there Trades and Sanitary purposes

watch, the keeper of the opium divan in that house Waste the 27th October; ako with stealing vaine $8, the property of his employers. On a banded him a paper belonging to the first other count he was surged with feloniously ra- prisoner, which bore the chop of the Fan Os shop to where the constable traced the second prisoner. ceiving stolen goods.

When sharged with the theft. he donied at first, but of the Station be simitted it.

CHARGE OF LARCHIR AGAINST A BREVANT,

Mr. Ho Ksi prosecited.

The complainant mail he was a master mariner, tiring at Shanghai, and he had been stopping at the stag Hotel. On the night of the 19th Octo ber he was on the lauding of the first floor. Ha west two-thirds of the way downstairs in cons2. qusuce of hearing a man making a noise dewa From the evidezni of Mr. Rogge, a clerk in stairs and using bad language. He thought he the employ of Messna Melohers & Co., it ap would go down and pacify him, and advise him peared that for soap time before the day in to leave, as Mrs. Cook was in tas sitting room question postage stamps had been missed from above. When he got about two-thirds of the drawer in bis desk. The drawer bad a lonk way downstairs he heard someone say the man upon it, and he need keep it looked when ha had a knife ibis band. At the batteur of the was absent, Thors were also some-t-on staire he saw the prisoner with his hand raised piecus misel, and lawr on a watch from the in a threstening attitude. Witness did not see drawer, which was always found lonked each whether the as had a knife in his hand, bat morning. In corsesenos of the poutingal dis when he had got within two or three steps 52 appearance of those hinge, a watch was kept, the bottom of the stairs the prisoner said "If you but of first this failed to disclose saything. The come a step further I will stab you." Witness hour of watobing ww change, however, and ou at us turned to go upstairs again, and as be the evening in question Mr. Ragge remained

The case was remanded to Wednesday port.

Total ...

Gallons per dag.

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My Lord,-In answer to the ebarge, made against The Constance, on the Pacific Station, has me I wish to atato i landed from my ship on th after- bean ordered to proceed to China to join Vice-Doon of the 19th Detuber. Iwasashara drinking with my shipmator all the afternoon, and I have do parol- Admiral-Hamilton's flag. She will be recom Tentica of what ocurred after me oleoke that any missioned at Hougkong with a new row. Her until I woke up in the police cells the nett morning place on the Pacific will be taken by the Conquest.-J. Dauv.

The Attorney-General opsaad the asse giving Tux time is approaching when this colony, The Jourazi Oficie! announces the appoint which almost from its first settlement has mente of Rear-Admiral Riannier as Commandar a statement of it to the effect of what is deposed Buffered from a scarcity of water, will be in of the French Nural Division in the Far East, to in the evidence given below.

and of Rear Admiral Marquis de Blond de St. the enjoyment of a bounteous supply of that Hilaire as Commander of the Facific Squadron. modessary. But this is a boon which has to

The Keatrel, double-screw compusite yan-ves- be paid for, and now that we have got aleel is to he surveyed, with the view of Exinging most to the bottom of the Treasury chest and means of raising the necessary fuads bare tu be devised, rurmare are heard hore and there the cost. It is in the nature of man to grumbla at increased-taxation, and increased taxation it appears there must be. We are ascured by the Colonial Treasurer that some moons of raising money will have to be de- vised; either the unpopular Spirits Bill will The Prines of Wales has signified his appro- bare to be proceeded with, or an alterastive val of a proposal to hold a Congress of Chambers messure must be devised. If the formar the Colonial Exhibition at South Kensington was no one near him-Bat the prisnoss at the He was there abovi a quarter of at hour few romarks on the previous history of the the need of ample facilities for prompt fire ex-| of Commoros of the Empire in connection with did so be was stabbed on the left oresst. There habind when the office was looked up as usual, the Tytam works. I preface this report by a course in adosted we must say that a slight advance in the rest of biskey in a very modorato price to pay for an abundant supply of pure water; but if other means of mising the frou Hamburg, grounded at Chaleaf, in the depowd in the prisnner coming to that honse Directly #ter witness hoard asmoɔna climbing to the past on this occasion, as I apprehen1 the in native tanerasats. These varied claims can necessary funds can be devised which open to the same gbfaction se the Spirits Bill go much the better. That sa increased aupply of water was necessary no one can for a menout question. Ia thirty-two towns of England, statistics as to which have been

furnished by Sir RoszaT RAWLINSON, the average supply is 27.64 gallons per head

The Orents, Captain Theobald, which had been retarded hy head winds, arrived at Ports mouth on the 14th instant from Gibraltar, and will be got ready ut once to convey relief crows for the Audacious and other ships on the China station.

Commers at home sud in the Colonies have agreed to take part in the Congress

The steamur feria, bound for Singapors, &e..

14th, after discharging about 63 tons of her cargo, and proceded. Neither the star nor the eargo sustainel any damage. The ground- ing of the Perim interrupted the truffle throug'sa the Canal for twenty-ire boure

London and most of the larger towns of the United Kingdom have supplies considerably in exons of the above figures, but the latter may be taken, under careful regulation as to waste, ss sufficing for a European town not exalusively of a noufnoturing chârnoter. As regards this THE SURVEYOR GENERAL'S REPORT colony we have to consider the constant risk to ON THE TYTAM WATER-WORKS. the public health from the habits and prejudices of the roos who constitate the bulk of our popa- The following is the report of the Surveyor-lation, the exigencies of our tropical climate, ther General on the Tytan Water-Works tabled ut densely overcrowded condition of our native the last meeting of the Legislative Connoit town, the danger of epidemies from without an loss than from within, the certainty of-tho-com- tinued growth and development of the city and increase of the population, the possible spread in our midst, though of course only to a limited. extent, of factories and industrial establishments, tinction, the extreme of water for had never spoken to him in his life before. part of the room he was in, baing morely parli- which the Breative Government has taken in the irrigation of plants, and last not least the He was in Hospital five day with his wound. finned ff with a wanien partition, was opened order to meet the warts of the peple in this necessity, in spite of the utmost vigilance, of pro Wang Aabeaug, watchus the Stag Hotel by somoon. It was a door seldomu or aver used.respect. I make no apology for travelling back riding a large margin for an los waste speciilly

the complainant.

Publio Werks Department, Hongkong, 1st November, 1885. Sir-I have the honour to address you the customary sessional ropart on the progress of

need is so much greater, our allowance does i Armed with heary Krupp guns, and are now the complainant. The last named 'said the pri- !atoirs, anias he did so, saw someons rush past (economy of desling with large public questions/included in these calculatious as water consumers,

to between 23 and 24 galions--one too much when compared with the average enpply of English towns. Still there are some who finch from the cost, notwithstanding that it ia much lans than the cost of similar works

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pretty well

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From Poktolom

... 4.40 gallons.

77

Worg-ndi chang Dam Miat Dam... Gonely Nallah Walls, Springs and other sonross 0.50

Total

...574

1,50 0.24 ...0.10

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"The site a little balow thepresent reservoir bas also bean surveyed and found capable of holding a considerable shock of water by the formation of & dam 35 foot high and 250-foot- long, containing thirty-four thousand enbio yards of material. This reservoir would un fortunately be very shalion, sad it would be spread out overs great ares, and therefore the loss of water by evaporation would be ex• ̧ cosire. All water contained in ponda and ro warvoirs laser its parity relatively with its subsidansa towards the bottom. The bottons layers are generally laden with vegetation and the lower forms of organic life sither living or decomposed. In a shallow roservoir, this is particularly the case, booms, the têmperature of the water is increased by the rays at the sun which nes able to paustrate to its bottom. I bare calculated that one-sixth of the bulk of water of a low level reservoir at Pakioolam would scarooly be wholesome.

This capital defect, togather with the equal- ly sarim one of loss by evaporation, must therefore be considered in forming an opinion as to the advisability of so shallow a basin. A reservoir on this site would further bare to be surrounded on its south and west side by leng low embankments to protect from embmersion the Aberboon carriage read which for nearly Le eighth of a mile would bo bulow the tops water leval of the reservoir. The outlet cul- vert through which the supply for the town would be drawn would be at na claration of not more than 137 feet above the level of the sea

The Pokfoolum schems therefore provides for an upper and lower reservoir in addition to the middle or existing one. The total storage of water in the threo basing would be follows:

50 millions.

Upper Midile (natual reservoir) Lower

La

Total gallons....... 154. 11 "The next question to consider is whether the drainage of the valley abora is suficient to fill the three compartments during seasons of Ball minfall. Tho Pokioolam water-ahed comprises 400 atatats acres, the rainfall of the drrst year in Hongkong tay bỏ lại) at 30 inches by the ordinary computation it resulta tsat the least dreiunge will be 450 million gallons.

fa exilusting the proportion of "vain"sl- which may be depended upon for storage, a considerable reduction must be made for losses by evaporation and absorption by the soil. These losses vary in all countries according to the climate and geological nature of the round In Hongkong, they may be safely ars:aged at 60 por coat, for although evapor tion in excessiva, absorption is.oimmaturately amall, owing to the granite formation of the tsland. Upon this basis, the Pokfcolum drain-

a available for storage will be 180 million gloos, a volume barely afficient to fill the triple reservoir daring seasons of small rainfall It would therefore be necessary to increase the drainage of the valley so as to place it beyoud the possibility of failure. This could easily be done by making catohwaler ochannels along the hill aides to the north and south of the valley and diverting the drainage of the neighbouring kille isto any one-eibo:thre reservoirs.

"The water connections between the thres kasius would be simple. The upper don if it can be constructed of masonry would contain ith own bys-wash. The upper, basin vend rupty its contents into the middle one along the channel of the present stream by the crdi nary method of a valve well and the present middle basiu would discharge itself futa the lowoc one by means of the outlet from which the present supply to the town is drawn. Thus a regular and uniform subsideace of Javel could be at all times maintained in the waters of the thras cowpartments.

"In the lower dare, all the appeningos of a store réservoir such as by-wash, valse wall and outlet culvert would have to for third--- timo repeated, and a confiait of brick er stone laid in cement covered with grudile slabs would have to be ball along the hill-aidos to convey the water by granitation from the out- lef-mouth into Vistariu. This oonda!t would be throo and a half miles long and it should have an inclination or fall of four feet par mile, or a tatal fall of fourteen feet. It should terminate in a tank or seríos reservoir al a convenient site in town with Beisnt siena tion to maintain due pressure in the mains and distributing apparatas.

"It must be borne in mind that the Pukfoo lum project necessarily transfers the supply from the middle or actual reservoir to ie lower one and that this trasfer untails a loss of 13 feet in elevation in the delivery. This is unfortunate, as there are houses in Victoris which from their position would be too high to avail themselves of the xer supply. The caly way to remedy the stil would be to leave the tar inch main pipe in its present position and utilize it to supply directly from the middle roserpic all that portion of the town which would be above the reach of the now conduit and worries tank. It would not compensate t repeat i serond masonry conduit at a higher "The leading fentares of the Pokfoolum pro- ject having been cursorily described, its morīts and defects may be summed up in a very few

allow him to go. The prisoner was get drunk, dividing from his offloo. He than heard a will be of interest to the colony at a time when the water requirements of Vistoria are not any bet be made a noise, and the complainant calze match etnok, and saw it ignite and go out again. the Legislature is deliberating on the project of less than those of a European city. No zew downstairs. Witness saw the prisoner pall sat but by the flash he saw and recognised the pris losa for the purpose of defraying, among other project of supply would be satisfactory to the

Another large

undertakings, the completion of the works colony unless it afforded in conjuration with. sxisting sonroes, a ceily allowsues por inhabitant kole as the complainant came down, and stabsoner on the top of the partition,

match wa lighted directly after, and the fame at Tetam P. C. No. 50 deposed to hearing a noise near had this time. Mr. Rogge saw the boy, who On looking over my first offun report on the of not loss than from 15 to 20 gallons

So much for our requirements...Tret us now the Sing Hotal at 11.30 on the night in question. was spadil boy to Mr. Grote, distinctly again, subject datad the 1st of November, 1873, and now We understand that the Nanize Kon, oue of He turned and aw the prisoner running, pursued and the by saw him by the same light As 800 out of print. I find recorded, in regard to the see how much water we had when the Pakfoolum Poservoir was completed and what allowanos we the two vessels now building by Armstrongs for tabs of people. He stopped the man as the king him he inaped down again into expedients that had been adopted by previous ad the Japanese Gorerament, is proving a very fast and Mr. Con came u and charged him with the carrior. He shouted out to Mr. Binn, a-minstrations, several interesting historical facts, have bow. In 1873 Victoria contained about 95,000 inbábítants-of-which, however, éxcluding por day. In this tropics] city, where the vessel. At a recent preliminary trip har speed stabbing sem ene in a house. He took the other clat, who was upstairs at the time, that which I venture to recapitalste bere very brigarrison and the shipping, only 92,000 may be reached nineteen knots; both vessels are to be prisoner book to the Stag Hotel, where he saw it was Mt Grote's bay, and Mr. Blan ran down-sa an illustration, if any were seeded, of Cas false not reach five gallons. The new Taitom approaching completion. They will, we believe, soner was the man who had sabbed him. The the bottom of the stairs He ran into the like the enlos water supply, by ignoring the and the daily allowance was 54 gallons per head Water-works are calculated to give an addi.be handed over by the builders before the bogia-prisoner said. "If I stabbed you I had my own servants' quarters, and said the prisoner inexorable bebeats of the future and providingo up as follows tional supply of 19 gallons, raising the total ning of next year.

resos for it." The prisons had a kaife as there, absequently giving him into the caly for the exigencies of the moment."

I find that in July, 1860, the now Governor, pended by a string down hie bresat, and witness anatoly on constabla.. Nothing throwing light Mr. John A. Riagham, the late United States sont blond on the blade. The prisoner upon thismae was found upon the prisoner, or Sir Horeales Robinson, writing to the Daka of Minister to Japan, is to Washington, to sette was the worse for liquor, hut was gaite in his boy but two keys. That saine evening Nowoastle, then Sacratary of State for the Colo- up his accounts He has had a longer touure of

in than any other Amerima ffiaster, haring capable of taking care of hisself; he could run the prisoer had gone into the office whers Mr. nias, stated that the population of Victoria had Blaw wasrorking, and had made an attempt to suffered vary koonly during the previous winter been appointed by President Grant in 1878- Dr. Ayres, the Colonial Surgeon, said he was take away a key belonging to the door in the from the scarcity of water, and that the Colonial In 1885 the number of water consumers has He cotaiders the system of Government in lapra seat for to go to the Civil Hospital on the night wooden petition above alluded to leading into Government was consequently ocnsidering the increased to over 110,000, but the winter allow- in England. Thero are always advocates of United States; and strange.

demosratic aneugh to approximate to that of the of the 19th it, and he attended the complainant Mr. Reges ufio. In doing so he dropped the important question of the most practicable way anon of 1873 remains the same for no new COTONA say, regards it there. HA bad a small wound just below the left key, and It. Blau trasd round in time to see of obtaining show and more generous provision have been tapped The same volume of 1878 pany wise and pound fuclish policy to be people as more prospereas sad happy than those nipple, a wound which might have been inflicted Alm piok p the key and endeavour to conceal it for the people. Subsequently the same Doverner thorafore has now to be divided among 18,000 or of that country. He states that with a popula by s Luife like that produced. It had gone near his glove. He then said he had come to reported to the Colonial. Office that the project 20,000 additional consumers, and this has reduced found, and if they happen to occupy position of 40,000,000 there are nearly as many post- further than the bone, and witcs3 was unable look for is dogu bat witness tabl him to put of a Mr. Rawling had been recommended to him the allowance per head of population to some- Lions in which they are entrusted with the offices as in the United States.

to judge of the force of the blow. There was the kay bok, and saw him do so. Subsequently by o Raval Commission whom he had spacially thing even four gallons. Against this relustiou. direction of affairs the public has gonerally

considombio bleading from a small snperficial to this tapolis found a watch in a pawnbroker's appointed to look into the whole question af the however, there must be reccried a saving of out Captain Leicester C. Keppel, who is appointed artery which had been cut, otherwise it was not shop whiu Mr. Rogge idantified as the one water supply, and that he bad accordingly, sub balf a gallon dus to increased supervision against to pay beavily for their mistaken policy to succsal Captain Hippisley in command the arious wound

which helad miasod. It was a simple watch jest to Imperial sauction, adopted the reoom waste.

The differsavs therefore between the actual This policy, fortunately has not been followed Cleopatra corrette on the Chine station, je na The prisoner was asked if he wished to any belonging the firm. The pawnbroker identi mendations of the Commission.

The project of Mr. Rawling, which involved volume daily distributed throughout the town, ia connection with the Taitam Water-works, phew of General the Earl of Albemarlo and Ad anything to the jury, and he said he did not. Ho fed the isoper as the man who End pawned

an outlay of $170,000, was destined to satisfy and that required in order, according to Euro In Sir ARTHUR KENNEDY we had'a Governor miral Sir Henry Keppel. Ho entered the narydesired to call Liout. Haswell, who was present. the watch or $5 oeute.

ja 1950 at thirteen years of age. From April, Lient. G. Harwell, of H. M. 8. Agamemnon, The primer denied having stolen any stamps only sotual novessities. It comprised the eres-pean Ideas, to satisfy the bare domanda of health capatile of taking a comprehenelva' view of 1967, to September, 1889, ha served on the stated that since the prisoner hade boan in the or that he endeavoured to got into Mr. Roggetion of masonry dam fifteen feet high, across and vomlart, was no wide, that as far back as the problem of tow to obtain an adequate China station in secessive commands of the ship his eliranter had been good. He joined office on th night in question. As ta tha watch, the Pokfoolars stream, for the purpose of stop 1878 it became obvious that say now supplement ho doniod that it was the property of Masra ping the waters that stream at a spot a little ary works to be of real utility to the population, water supply which confronted him an his gunboats Insolent and Grasshopper, and was on the 17th September. 138.

then promoted to the commanders list. He bas The jury found the prisoner guilty of wanad-Melchera Co., but ho sald it belonged to sabose where now stands Douglas Custis, and the must yield at least about three times a rauch arrival in the Colony, and in the Hou. J. M.sinco served as Inspector Oor of the Coasting, but without malicious intent; and they ra- friend of h who had given it to him to yawa laying of a ten inch cast iron pipe from the pond water as sl existing snares pat together. From PRICE we poses a Surveyor-General whose Guard district at Hamegate, and in command of commended him to meray on account of his past In Auswer his Lordship ha said his friend was the formed, along the Pokfoolum carriage road all the latter we knew we possessed already an

the Avon, on the West Coast of Africa and good character.

not in the plony. abilities admirably qualified him to slabor South Coat.of Amorion.

into town. This small masonry dnm and pond aggregate of 53 gallons and the question thon His alder brother, Sentence was doferred.

The jar found the prisoner guilty on the may still be seen below the Pakfoolum reservoir; was whence to obtain the remaining 13 gallons sto a zoheme which would fully meet the Major W. G. Keppel, served with the Indian CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED EXTORTION. third soon only, and not guilty on the other they do not appear to have been utilized in suy in order to make up the 10 gallons, desiderated. way in the larger workaths afterwards enpor This was the problem to which I was called upon Wong Asing, Chan Wai Sau, Chan Achap, two counts requirements of the ease. Wo yesterday Army in the mutiny sad Chinese campaigns.

to find a solution in 1873. Wo Tsai Hing, and Tser Hing Chi, wr His Lotship said to fully vezourred in the reded them, so that Mr. Rawling's oatlay on the

Our island is so small that we cannot boast of published Mr. PRIC's report on the pro A report of a Committee of the British Asso- charged with having feloniously demanded money verdiot ofthe jury, as he did not think there dam became as it were a dead lose on the sub grew of the works, and to-day we give the oiation, consisting of Mr. Etheridge, Mt. Gray from Swing Chan with panes on the 20th was any otios against the prismer of stealing sequent construction of i reservoir higher up the any rivers or lakes, or of any stream or group of

the stamp while sa to the watch, the circum. valley.

streams suilofontly largo to bo tapped, filtered, first portion of the history of the water and Professor Müne, na the sartagnake phena Qotobar.

leval for no staalla service. The now water-werks having been asnotioned and absorbed into our street mains. In the res The Attorney-General prosecutod.

stances woo such as antitled them to call epen mena of Japan, was read at ibo regent meeting question in Bengkong with which be pre-at Aberdeen. It deribed the method by which The womplainant is the proprietor of a junk the prison to give soma account of his posses by the Duke of Newcastle were carried out and post we are less fortunate than English towns, faces that report. If any justification of the the experiman ta were escried out. These cousist which was lying at Mong Kok at the time sion of it. His statement that it belonged to a completed by Mr. Rawling in a Tory substantial most of which derive their eapplies from rivers in expenditure on the Taitam. Works were read of two classes, viz., suncussions prefaced by stated. Before the 20th alt. the prisoners wout friend wadhardly satisfactory, and there could manner, their cost being mot bya untar rate of their immediate neighbourhood. Cireunastamood dropping a weight of 1,710 lbs. from various to the jack and demanded of him ten taals, and be littlo :bt that it belonged to his employere two per cent, on the value of house rentals, as we are, our only requerse is to obtain our sup -quired it will be found in Mr. Prion's re-heights op to thirty-fire feet, and those produced this ant being given them, they threatenul him It was ver and to s30 a young boy like the pri tax that was cheerfully acquiosed in by a people ply by storing descended rain in ostohwater ru marks. The inadvisability of makeshift by exploding dynamite and gonpowder in pita with violence and robbery. They caote again, soner somnitting such an offence, and his Lordable in indulge for the first time in what ap-servoirs for ase during the long dry season when schemes is exemplified by the history of the the ground of the cucussion thas produced, the promising him that if he did not accede to do with h

The report diseasses xoosaively the effect on and again endeavoured to gat money from him, ship woulitaka tina to consider what he would peared to be comparatively an abundance of pure all streams and natural sources are dried up."

Our annual rainfall is large. It exceeds by first reservoir, which had to be abandoned general character of the motion, normal and their demands they would take him and the OHALE OF HUBEING A FELLOW LOEGEE. But the influx of immigration from the main many times the volume that the wildest demand after a few years use, the capital anok traneveres, the relation of one of these motions to equipment of his jank. Ho gare information Wong ng Chnen was charged with stealing land had continued unceasingly during the pro- could aspire to in connection with any water-sap- jo its anastraction thus becoming a dead the other, and the maximum velocity and inten- to the police, and when the prisoners came the bag oootining $263, the property of Fa Asang, grass of these works, and already one year after ply to the city, and there has therefors never sity of the movement. The writer Professor next morning some constables were there and on the 3rdstobar, and on a second count with their completion the number of water consumere been any doubt whatsoever as to our having Juss. The Pokfolum reservoir was then Miias) then describes his experiments in a build. azcasted them. The complainant waa press-crfalonional receiving the same.

had increased so largely, that complaints began snough waferon the island. The diffinity has been Mr. Hokai prossentai

to heard among the poorer clases, as to find the best and most economical place where constructed and still constitutes our only ing to resist earthquake motion, and adds, foramined at very great length by the defendants,

the benefit of other earthquake countries, 60, and a considerable number of questions were The cotplainant is a Hainan man who came in former timós, of the inefficioner of water. to build a diam across some valley soas to make a considerable source of supply. The cost of epitome of the results of observations and experi- les pat to him by his Lordship, who told him to this culty from Singapore on the 2nd ult. The winter of 1865, which was one of great morvair that would catch and fold enough rain this work, was objected to at the time, just as mots carried en in Japan relative to constrae that, bis evidence to this verrt did not agree He took his quartore here at the Ii Tai drought, precipitated matters, and the new water- to last the town the whole of the dry season, and that of the Taitam Works has been objected tion is seismio districts. The report concludes with the depositions of the widange de gave at ng bearing hones, aud be mat the prisoner works which only a few years previously bad which world at the same time be eitasted at an to, but a very few years' experience aufficed with observations on darth tremors and orth the Fall Court. If what the plaintiff stated thers. T prismer was from the same plaon na heen generally hailed as a boon wors now as aluvation above sea level sufficiently high to ad- palsations. It is published in fall in Naturs for was true the magistrate had not taken down he wag, an they dirided the same room between universally condemned for their amalloses and wit of the water flowing into Vistoria by gtavi- to show that the scheme was inadequate to October 1.

what he said.

them. Thcomplainant, bad in his box about insufficiency, groot pressure boing at the same tation and anbserving the higher or European the growing requirements of the city, and the

The prisonera erpes-examined the witness at $300, all inplean silver Meziona dolara, and he time brought to best upon the temporary ad districts of the town as well as the lower. Two Capt. A G.E. Boo, R.N., died at Plymonth, very great length, and all of them also made went out to next morning, losing arly all ministration of MrMitoer to provide a

fck such a reservoir-site wore that it should be The lower basin, containing 60 million gal carcity of water again made itself painfully | Isat west, at the age of Afty-two. The deceased vorg ng defeaves. The defences were all to this onegin his box in the prisoner's charge. more adequate to the public necessities pply Turther conditions no less important in the search |

No steps, however, appear to have been taken situated on the ene side of the mountain range lous would be very shallow, accordingly the felt. To have repeated for a third tims the served as sub-lieutenant of the Eak, in which the wffect that the master of the complainant's When he turned he found his bar had been

loss by evaporation would be excessiva. The constant temperatura of the water would be mistake made in connection with the two pre-sel he was present at all operations in the junk or their congort owed the second prisoner opened, anchis bag of dollars was goue, only during the government of Mr. Meroor, who, in as the town itself, so as to avoid the expense of a Canton River in 1857, incinding the capture of money, and they went to demand payment. They small namer which had not been in the the natural course of things, would leave so large communication tunnel or of steam pumping works

high, and its purity towards the end of the vicus schemes would have been an act of Canton, December, 1957. For his share in these were not able to obtain payment, and some bag remaling, and the pricnor was gone a question to his ecosszor, Sir Richard Mao in order to lift the water over the mountain range,

dry season questionable. The lowest layer of folly and would have constituted a gross in- operations he reesired the China madal and elasp quarreling ensued, and in consequence of that Informaatioi was given to the police, and P.8. Donnell, and the latter did not arrive in the and that it should also be situated in as narrow

and contracted a defile or gorgo as possible, in ten feet containing 18 million gallons would

Barcely be available." justice to succeeding generations, for it is February, 1858, Capt. Roo wax promoted to this charge had been tramped up against them. MoDonald found the prisoner on board the Colony until the following year.

Sir Richard Mas Donnell was not long before order to curtail to the shortest possible propor Heaters On-board the Ragship Bargulva belt was faber olurge in erry way, as there had steamer hotkowa short time before she left the duty of all Governments to look to the took a prominent part in the attack un the iven ne menace and an attempt to extort money. the whar for Ceaton, He was down between ho took up the question of the web apply to the length of the tour, the dam boise The idea of an increaset water supply from the future as well as the prement. The fact was Kagamima batteries (August, 1869), and for the Thor further pointed out that they were not a bale of goods and a-partition and the officer There are several minutes from his able pen on ways the most expensive tentare in works of this Pokfoolum Valley, having thus had to be cis- missed, the examination of the ground passed op accordingly.recognised by Sir Aerque Kzx. daring and bravery then displayed was specially armed when they visited the junk, and submit thought I looked aspicious. He accordingly the necessity of an ample and complete provising atura

A detailed exploration of the entire topography to the East, but it is punecessary to refer hare pronioted to commander. Being appointed to ted it was not likely they would-ga to intimidate took the hau's be had waerhed. it, but found of water for the people. These minutes would NEDY and Mr. PRICE that any now schome the Coquette he was mentioned in despatches without weapons. The Efik prisoner also alleged nothing in it. Just then the prisoner made & acom to have given rise to considerable disuus of Hongkong was therefore commenced in quest to the country asstward of Fokfeclam, searched that might be decided upon should det at for bis services with the advanced squadron,thnt, at this time bis right arm was crippled sa holt, and gates to the wharf before witness could sign batwoou the Governor and his professional of such a site. The surveys extended over several without avail, until the Aberdeen Valley WAS rest the water difficulty not only for a few leading the attack in the Straits of-Simonoseki as to be quite close, owing to an explosion of maize him. Be compeuved throwing away hands advisers, who represented to him the diffulty of months, and brought to light two important and reached. At the Aberdeen Valley, however,

(Soptember, 1864). The Lucessed officer, who ganpowder. It was only the treatment of the full of dollars on the pier, taking them from any provision so large as that which he demand-indisputable facte: (1) that there did not exist in pass for a moment as it also became the subject years but persoasently. This the Taitam belonged to an old Devonshire family, married Colonial Surgeon in gaol that had healed it as his belt, and when MoDonald stopped him based, and finally the Governor was fain to nontant the whole island a single site for a reservoir ful of a subsequent somewhat detailed investigation, #cheme Coas Tho variona vicissitudes the daughter of a Dutch merchant, the late Mr. fer as it was heated. He showed a scarcely had got rid ola goed many, a few being picked himself with a solems for a small reservoir of filling the whole of the proceding conditions; Again I quote from a forcast oficial report of P. Tied, of Batavia and Amsterdam. After healed wound on his right forears. The pri- up on the pisi, batths halk had gone into the about 74 million gallons in the Pokfoolum Valley and (ii) that there were only throe valleys whence mine on the subject of this ralley as posible - through which that makeme passed before it is rotara from Clans he served in the West soners called two rather disreputable leaking water. On ha perion was a bag which the oum to be finished in four years at a cost of $230,000. alone any winter apply could be caught and in-site for supplementary water-works.

"A little aboro the village of Abordsen to the was finally adopted will be found set out in Indies, and was for some tire Captain-in-Charge witness to testify to their good character, and plataant identified, sud loss than $200 in silver. When this ostiasts of the cost became known, a pounded in quantities anftment to entitle such

and Gorernur of the Ials of Ascension. He also to set up an alibs. One, an old woman, inde The jury and the prisoner guilty, and sen- temporary reaction appears to have set in among alleys even to consideration as possible sites for right of the bridle patt klub leads over the the second part of Mr. Paice's able report, stood fourth on the list for promction to the put that she had ferried one of the defendants in tene was deferid

these who wars unaware of the dest of water sources of rapply. These were the Folfoolum, mountains to Victoria, there is a large valley possessing an area of nearly 609 statute mares. which we hope to lag before our readers raak of rosadical. His premature death is bar boat on the day in question some hours after a dession pa adjourned to this morning at works nor of the sums paid by Europesa cities Aberdeen, and fytam Valleyas

as a rule for their supplies. Indeed many of the Belors dating on the werke sotally in pro- This valley is flanked by precipitous hills par the man was in custody. When this was pointed ten o'clock. ". I I ranch regretted.

morrow,

water.

words.

While tho necessities of the city during long droughts exact a minimum of 39 million gallous, the triple reservoir could only yield 184 millions.

This quantity, divided among the populative. would afford an allowance only of eight sal ions per day. This allowance oculd, however. be incrmsal to nine gallons by the absorption of the nullahs between Poleolum and Victori which the conduit would interupt

"The project is incapable of further enlarge mont or extension, owing to the steep slope of the valley, which does not admit of a repetition of reversaire in staps higher up and to the inability of its drainage ares to fill more bevids "The upper basin could only be formed by a height of dhe entailing as outlay totally dis proportionate to the smail number of gallons to be impounded by it.