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MAIL SUPPLEMENT TO THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS.

THE PETITION, AGAINST THE SUNDAY CARGO, WORKING. ORDINANCE.

stopped for a

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, JELA 291#, 1891.

it

if somewhat, Inish-on. Ho found it

prospect

"hundred and cas odd jobs constantly staff, nor, for the matter of that, of the existvenience to themselves wi.onducive to travailor a directed frow to reach every part of tial dificulties or maumerable li appriptasets. row thoroughfare of Queen's Rai Caniral, on- "required on beard ship." The use of & return rooived by the Colony. In the case greater eare in legislation if the unofficial the Mitalo's inpire. Owing to be rapid The origin of the new enterprise was, however, posite the Hongkong Hotel, es tite of that of this kind must evidently be of the Vistoria Colleges it is known that theelers mould by their influcice recurs ortension of the Japanese railway system way like a gned many other important discoveries, the city eonsentrates, on Monday 13th, Wass ascribed to the paid draftsman and to the Colony paid from $100,000 to 8125,000 for return to the practice which formerly pressible to the ordinary traveller with only Denson, of Messrs. Luns, Urasford & Co, during danger of life and property?

ire lovely worte which were formerly practically of rather a simpla and ordiaury cats. Mr. day 166b, and Thursday 16th July, to the suretin sailed here and which is observed in other a limited tire ut his disposal are now within his wilke round Kowloon, of whigh plaus he is The ACTING COLONIAL Swaray-In La the early stages of the discussion of of the draft, for we cannot think that way of What it $220,000. It would have any, we remember rightly, during the be almost as hard to find ne in the countries of that attracted his attention Buing-sumerlot to stata has the blasting of rack is regndall the Sunday labour question the dificultas the gentlenmi who have sigued the petition waid, it

fact of its being overlooked in the revision which it received no return whatevergistative assemblies. The ebauga wis easy reach, and the "uaboaton traoke" will soon resident, came across some specimens of stone raply to the question of the hor, minibar bag

was a $125,000 bailding, for in the way of securing the one ty's rest are capable either of imagining it or of put me profitable to leve spent a little more time that Sir B. L. O'MALLEY was Attorney Hasps. In order to keep the works within its of a scientist in an amateur way. be co!. by Santion 50 of the Building: rdinato, 1934. in gereu agitated for by the mercantile ting it into execution.. maging officers were pointed out in these

[for effective supervision is order to A Bill has been introduond by the Hon. This laro lenge ind with this instance beside and its explanation is a very person maast limits much conscientious and tested further specimens in tim sacan district which requires suffolent pons to be takan dionit labour had to be gone through by the and submitted them to such examination as to prevent any fragmente of sinne frem being columns, and we had little expectation WHITEHEAD to postpone the comfag into fore us we are not prepared without further deals to make a speech both on the first pajustuking editoru in sifting, condensing, and was in bla payist. It apppened that projected into 15 kir.. The Goremont Goological is aware that on the 13th, 15th, and 16th of over seving them overcome, but the force of the Ordinance from the bot Angust evidence to condenin the increase in the staff a scond reading of a Bill, and so be re-arranging the mass of information into the Mr. S. B. J. Bertokley, of A principle of Sunday rest in itself oommanded tlie 1st October. The object of the of the Public Works Department, even if dropped the first, instead of adopting the uncise and woll dizented handbook and gaido Survey, happened about the samɔ time to take Jaly, rock was bingkel in the Quen's Rawt thronghout our hearty support, za indeed we

now offered for the tua of the visitor to or up bla aidoe next done in Mr. Deum, and Central in a sower trunes, but is not warn imagined it did that of the entire European ending Bill is to allow time for the antithe amount of pustic works under construc- more appropriate course of dropping the traveller in Japan,

during the course of operation Mr. Deuson that the dus preexatious guisal were asglected Durga Sanday rest petition to regal home and betion le sacwhat smaller than it was a fowi

montimed the But to him, and submitted ther that fe or property was audangaral." I' community. The Anti-Sunday roat petition decided on by the Secretary of State. Alvears ago. Ona gross expeditare of ove

Up the Yangtve. By B. H. PARKER speciosus to him. After sexloing. thom, te informed by the Basidant Fagner that strict. Forwarded to the Serrotary of Stato by the

printed from the China Itamins.) Web Sketch Skatebley pronounced these specitness, tekun emporvision was oxgroised with regard to the Fast omil be a revelation in this respect. Not though they are rather late in the day $400,000 only it is not impossible that the

THE WUSUCH MURDERS:

Hongkong Printed at the Chinalat randeni, se being cory tlah in the ore, sal blasting operations The Guration. outout with attempting to show that the hepatitionere ought to be afforded full increased cost of this staff may be more than

fucilities fer

Mud Oßer, 189, their appeal. The Government recouped to the Colony, "At the samų Considerable indignation prevails in

finally both these gentlemen began to think ad the blasting in the seas only that it did o recently passed Ordinance is unsuited to the will no doubt take the same view and time it must be admitted that Mr. Shanghai over the bailure the Chinese an sessant of journeys made at sumber times up und benu mal, and a closer examination of the Enginer

In this book of 303 pages. Mr. Parkov gires na orionely, sfter ao exploration of the distriat interfere with the disertion of the Resilent conditions of the port, the signatories

attack the general principle of Sunday rest, ou the to the insing of the Bill. The WHITEHEAD. figures are cather startling Authorities to sender satisfaction for the the Yangtis and in the provinces of Sa-obna, rocky formation, that there was startling in Hon. P. Rynn-A mm was killed thangb grand that thereby trade is practically walition is what it would not be and sout to call for some official explanatiou bratai murders at Waduola of the Bev. Mr. Ewet-nhaw, and Fn.pah. The Hrst two cluptarit. From first apprenness their fad seanzed to blasting culy a start litus ag aut the sport.

well to fix the 1st January next as the date The case of the Victoris fully shotal ulse ARGENT and Mr. Gages, of the Massime aris devoted to the Zavirtas Gorges sul Rapitis rather szeget raportations and they there- tions were much nurse in the Queen's Rod screuth of the year! Bure instead of the let Dutobe, in urde: that the be boca in wind in considering the new Custome staff. Two coolies, alleged to have in Ela-pand the Bapids of the Upper Yongtas fore went quietly and cationsy to work THE LEURSATION AROUND AT 1PPY VALLEY, ly they can hardly hors read the peti- advocates of Sunday rest as lare time to Audit arraigoments. The old Audit system bon consplenas in the Wusack riots, and cerering (birty-nine pages, which will attest sight it sound to be. For the fast questions-Will the Gavregrasut, inform t

list of nautical used on if

ut good Hos. T. H. WHITEHEAD skel the following Ein have considered to wint opinious prep

ineffection in suspect ter Wat actual Burderers. bavo heon executed at its consideration.

step. At the end of the volume is a list of mining and saying, asinger test within the general extension and suite import If Lord Kautsporn has work,

lus werk, and it is ing ivans (that of JARDINE: MATH arrive as a decision before this 1st October equally ineffective in

in to our large bite-genosome sight truly at the various lato De Kau M. Parkor is an ebervant and their firat impress dis On bandred Valley, including the extension of Race you & Co. being honturably conspicuous by and only has the side of the main before works, though the scandal dil unt cruns to Zangt ze ports as a warning to all and sun-cheerfol traveller and as entertaining a cicuro 23 wire frere much by them sud in brary, in unse, and state wit the its inal-pudotta p its alence from the movement)-bat taaay bin, thike is a bare possibility that it might lights in the some prominent astuce, I dry of the tale likely to overtake ferocious as one could detoro in traversing a somewhat skinn Du mall was satisfactors. Eurir next suak with the schaue fur which the viney was of the signatures are those of people who he gives against the Ordinance. have no immediate connection with the

has not been beau proved that the presentesis, and with this offering to justice interesting country. There is a deadly samane atop was to apply to the Government for a voted by the Caueil Ja the time for tha question and who must have signed either:

Audit system is defective, but even if it is the Chinese officials are more than canteal throughout Cain, but Mr. Parker Ands a good concession of the land on which the minerat yr (2) Will the Government infer tha

deal to accupy his altention on his journey, and hurl Ive. final. it cannot be more so than the old one. We have no proof thin the ane that made gives as descriptions of the various industrins a duepatol as commendable as it in unius of this ples of til at t fran sheer force of convictina or from in-

The Govereat, with Connoil whether to see yours' fero is to b Fortunately we have now another check, example of were not orduary robbers who rried on in different parts. The physical sat, creed with the quilonen and granted to the mist of the Brigion. Canal, tested motives. We find the petition is THE SANITARY BOARD AND THE

which

the W been signed amongst others by a number of

rought to prove effective in regard to bad either part nor lot in

ugueli but sarebrokers. These gentlemen not only vo-

An interesting discussion took place at there, in hanblic Works Coimut It is a commen thing for Chiums/aracteristics of the country, aul the people then the pension, the Surveyor-General, kaown as the Public Gardens, is cold to th

among whom he moved. He has saturady How 4. Trower, making an exhierstive examina Floogkong Athletic Club in the Hannurable kis presented its first report at the last offcials, for a consideration, is allow sul good deal to any of the taxable inas at which tion of thegend in the company of the waits Colonial Secretary'e latter, No. 1,491 of 31at luntarily forego business during one seventh meeting of the Sanitary Bard on the 23rd ting of the year, but their Association r-cent-inst with reference to the Tyger, the par-bag of Council. A very great respons-elites to be axund in place of the real to pat, but makes his disc forba the sebject sinnaires. All preicinariskivo new bongestled May, 1990, sildressed tar Mr. W. H. Young, aud st this Committed, whom criminals. Lite is held cheaply in China, of some rather than of grumbling. La and work will shortly hegiu in carpet. The con if ant to he issued will the Government state the as a resolution in favour of making pose of which vesel it appears impossible dafies are such that they canot in per and the burden of it is in some cases so 09 in he found the following rhyme (ans cessionaires, are aut apparently bitten with the reasons for its ao fulfiling the promise toade turday a half-holiday, thus ag to determine. Here we have a typical as formed in any perfunctory mauner. Their grievous that there are seldom wanting men.

prevailing philanthropic desire to let the general to the Athletic Chib as share stated?

Its ExCeLLCBOY-With regard to the fire! another fourteenth of the

public sime in the benefits that love fillon to time during which business is suspended. which is likely to involve the Calmy in conscientiores inquiry, is hardly such a satis nearest relations, will not accept release

year to the of Governmental muddling, and in a tutter first report, though it gives evidence of con- who, for a round sum secured so their ·

them xàd intend, if possible, to keep and work question it is not sy lu Tawar it in a few Are these gentlemen not a little in. Isiderable

the concession themselves. Si fa briefly in rocks. As stated in the question the sohome The necessity of an

factory document as might have been hoped from the bouls that tie thou to life,

Happy Valley and the extension of the public of the richest tiaminos in the world. Oonsistent in objecting to business other Lepide;nic Bo agreed spots for. The most important business before feven thengh that release come at the hands To saioa Mr. Parker wrote a ruply as tot foutline the history of what promises to be one has two objects the sanitary improvement of than their owe It is id, too, for the purpose, wid the Hygeia was built Market, which the Comittee reselved not these men were among the actual crowd] ensponded for one funds were voted by the Legislative Council them was the plans of the New Central of thy so headsman. But whether or

At the invitation of the concessionais, a recreation groual of that vally. The first ob enth of the

presentative on the 26th inst. visited the site of juot was to be affected by aliering the canal this the petition has been signed by some Now we auddenly learn that it is to be sed

the proposed mine. The land coodedad embraces along its whole length, widening it a sean paketis, wha sigued the petition praying for legislaus a quarantine station, and it will thereine that they could not un ortake to decide upon was leaf the rain of unitederous love by

the two bille and tras batranu lying between the narrowing it in olives, and grally straighten- the comparative merits of the two plans which the two gallant Kulishe fol tion on the subject. As far as we renten borbe practically useless for the purpose which subitkut to them, and that the respons-their lives du that ill-friul day, it is certain Our author luis instily broken frosh ground in

Assvointion range and the Kowloon dock. After in it. The second object was to be brought: w to the latter were usver.onb-led the Legislative Conseil to vote the funds blity of selerting a plan must remain with that the more responsible criminals, the bis travels, but his notes are useful and caveacurofui uml thorough »xamination of the whalebont by throwing inte ha razretion grand of this crea, the verdict can only be rovardul as the gardags on the north, some adjacent waste fished and we are therefore unable to verify to build it.. Another hospital will have to the Public Works Department. Municipal leaders of these formidable riots, at sil at as insure amount of information.

ong of perfectly rarmurhabla. Ifach au expre-lands, and winters ning rods. Ir wide the statement, but it is to he hoped in.be built, and the Colony will be involve undies in England have to decide betwen lante, Where, askea corespondent of the Bind to ie the China wigs, in collected for tion may be sad, the gemad is perfectly the canal it brane mesury to lichter dia

tim t double expene Quarantine quarters in his despatch com thi Secretary of

theix to be erecteil, and, to come nearer

Ley were coinmitting themselves. The prepare their counter potition and that the to which M. WHITEHEAD Wishes to revertid by the Chinese to have beou among the useful to others following in fr. Carkar's foots! nine menthi theag two gentlemen have been Council'in regard taike posities of thereaftor of promoters are, of course, the gris ship. Secretary of State may have due time for prove-3 utterly able to suppose it was waagchi, and their leads have been excham plur!, the identifications basing by the their knowled with the chinat of carifying of the Pablic Kecreation Grannal in the Hippy

*HYGEIA."

Wa

(Inter) daxbed on the wail;—

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Rowail nas monataima juga and low, And dirty inns an on you ge Think of the woos, may choory hoarta,

Of autoys host to fordige parts:

Hay not our landa que agan and floway? Tis you, my friends, that nya no bear. Our entals make the traveller gld The dream of thấp now makes me seni.

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Woare

quiries will be made on the matter, quruly exist on Stonecutter' Island, but the competing plane when any public bring morekry, "ure the leaders of the Late Whppeared in the China Ring, in a collected form. reeking in din ore. Everywhore the formations the direction of the facecourse. This would in- State the Acting Governor will le able to stery Anthurities object to their, being the direct of the Tondon and shamol the men in long silk dresses "who The Tinouin of Japan and the -¿rk of Florai | give apioca ia no small quantities of the pra-cresas the sharpies of the work to Un enurse,

is

it

Er hat vicum eisneri hot-

of 811031 was passed to derer of this

Aremgemaat By J. COMER, F. I.B.A, sence of bizi mineral. The old wining sat-- already te larp aul to aid which it “marched about amongst the mob directiuz

Sethyl kím ganzen kot

hacune necessary tư xɑn in an ulterziion, akish give a lusid analysis of the signatures to the used as enth, and so the Haysia bas been Bank, had to discharge tag sume find their movements with dags! The ars

Inkohama. Tokyo: Hakabanels, (finan

involved prolonging the course'ever the rand and Fetition which went home by last mail. quietly appropriatext for the purposes. The tia z respect of the competing plans the men we want, not coolies. This

Shanghai, Hargkong, and Singapore: Kelly showing how many, i

if any,

is well exemplified; the iron hat is unie, Suto ba gardens Eutheastientes of this pOLU and Walsh, Limited. bave e previously Matter is one which ought to attract the the Bank's premises erected a few years is true enough, Int afortunately the whe know southing of the Japanese takeably there. One-eminently satisfactory signel a petition tua suntrary

effect,

Low attenin of the unofficial members of

Lino The Public Works Conquitte nught to always the inciters to outrages in China and anderstand how truly artistas a poophy they feature about the miss it that the posproting suany signatures come from one office, and the Legislative Council, who might usefully by equally competent to make a selection of why grape punishment. It was so in that as it wil beshaps be hardly a water for sue work is already done. What wordd in ordinary is what direction the pecuniary interests of ask for information as to the arrangements plaus in respect to public buildings in the fause of the murder of poor MARGAEY and his price that they have developed floral arrange cases ceal thousands of dollars to d, the ruin the preportica das to which it at this SHG09 the signatories lie. un. the Military Jesbreilly an inflaential one, both as regards Civil Government in relations the matter was complicatel Ly the fact that mandarin really res

and to cover class of filing in the port, wh had been alue dated sign on senitare graus,

numbers and the position of those by when owing to the action of the Military the one of the two piaus submitted was that of treacherous and ble for that most a kror eye for the haustäfuil in Natura satoriain feessionaires The reefs are of the kind known apparently under the impression: that is rezain

13.

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as bad to pay about £120,000 for the forti-

for

where

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REVIEWS.

THE SALE OF SHARES REGULATION BILL

Au Grdinance to amond the last ku rasant, of tho

average pay be relieved, not from all work finally recommended that uperiment balla-se is theu prepare to debate it on THE appearance of this work wili by huiled with "Ladies of the aristocracy have practised it, na / They to witness un weary of vas of those spéci. 3 member rose tu secours motion; if the

the

followers."

The How J. J., Keswick—I ungainiṛ il marit.

Hon. P. Rxer-No, not going to second

Hon. Ho Kal secontest the motion dny thun đạn

attuck getting

apasion for flowers, and how to bast and most as", stinkwork," that is acessing and intertec ug $24,000 was vole simple for ihruxtasion it ja signer, but we believe it does not reproduzaretto on Stonecutters Island is te he the Surveyor-General, Who is Chairman of off set tice and living to repeive promotion parsly sujoy this good gift has compied no ing on every hard. Es many plaas only the of the Land the his gusting little their attention, until at length in the surfa reefs CBD ho sve but the fact peling further information ne to the macosity sent public opinion to the extent that the no longer used for quatentica parposes and the Public Works Commitses, while the from his Government. Eu the Wunch case wowth of the contuties, a regalar Brar cult that the istu erende las nusiderable depth of the wrk, but inled dis- so far 44 signatures would at a first glance soon to the Hygeia is to replace it, the Military sight other was prepared by one of his subor-there zra uo oftends on whom the respondi hashin rrad, of which 31s. Conder now gives is apparent. In one ratiae examined, where the the object sted i the sitary 10 prot wign Fy.

to be called upon to pay the cost. If diantos. The Committer was consequently buity for the outrages can be mad to rasi, hund aeront in the handsons and enuantly rain and gradually fereed itself a way, the budsman of tus Villes it is carin The Bunday Cargo Working Ordinance the money had not all been paid over the deprived of the impartial advices of is most at the Viceroy can at least we should think, Japanninas volume before us. Vory different i was apparent ut adepth of nearly 20 feel. Aa. Nu as le saullary portions, that is th will, we believe, be attended

with amount might very furly have been deduct-practical member. In Euglaud when public take measures to hunt down and bring to the manner in which the prople of the Land of other Beat of the roofs is in many instances in portion of the scheine, ginnot be carried very great benefits. Although from the ed from the sum the Colony agreed to cou- buildings are to be erected it is customary justice the mealers of the Kelao-hwei who the Rising Sun regard these "stars in earth's their extraordinary width. Smalt ones abound out without making most of the other altera- point view of strict logic it is difficult to thute towards the see why one class of labour or Sunday

offering one or more prizas for the best plan sponsible for the murders. The truth is Not bastily decapitated, to be mered with

appropriation of the blossoms by Western landby. ous particular instrave, three feet in width,pa $7.00 out the 24, and, only a faw should be legislated against miler than an fications, which it cheerfully agreed to, but sent in. The same course, we toiak, suould however, that the officials fear these secret

When it is remembered that in many of the hundreds baing devoted, to ramoving this mis other, still as a matter of fact we know that it was ant contemplated at the time that he adopted here. In the first instance the sociatios, and think it fer to les her wontest or a tiger to lavish swartem in large cieutiy paying to work, the full importance of tion of these simmstances will este fi half a hundred other bloots, with an eye to Carsish mines a three inch rasf is moneltiered saf of the Bacson, I diem a fill explain 100

saare will do more to promote Sunday we were in aldition to ba put, far lua xe Public Works Cammittee, in consultation along Mausime kw-coolies wire forth. postes, or extensive table decorations, hat 15 such staobran baralised. Ta siditkin to the arts Suerotary of Stat. En willstras his ohjudica rest than any other that could be introd iced of a new Quarantine Station. It is only with the Surveyor-General, ought to lay coming, two heads have listed the dust, verently and usefully is the flower transplanted face ore, of which there must be thousands of ions But Lire Secretary of State's despatch burs to The petitionera, however, say it cannot bene-quits recently that the idea of appropriating down the requirements, plana should thea what fit the small class of persons for whose relief the Hygeia for this purpose has been evolved. be invited, and the mass of the respective ers

more could unreasonal foreign either bedily or with thoughtfully scented foli prosurable with a more outlay that the price wore a while. I refs to save bather Nervand? it is been

So doubtless, Argoed age, sus then placed in s vesel specially of labour to romove it, in any of the vines mutters regarding which explanation is de ired. ostensibly

it will Sven so bate as the cato of the fanaching of architects should not be made known to the the mandarius, passed, thut

and so lang. As the dead by its artistio ülanss to receive it a large quantity of stream fiu can be traps. These invy Harga quosikeis, in Ila wanamas throw out of employment thousands of Chi- the vessel there was no idea that it sto] Coinuities until the decision has been ar,jeasy-going Ropresentative of the British They do this Japarus comeuce the calm and Her again nature has gotta the work whled kas inquiris by commitees, and by er Beas th 1ose, and that the Chinese, the most uu-be used for any other purpose than that of rived at. It sometimes happens that a nation at Felsing was satisfed-as he prochain, and the baition of the flower. The and Issue in mining work This stream tin has loan for public works. I hops. wear bil

contemplatire pleasura of studying thegrauai, the usually to be done at a large expetise of tout apertansie pstick onť-raising-A morous and the most in lustrious of peoples, at sitemic hospital, as quite clearly appears failure results from this system, as in the bably would be what mattered the grum effect nimed at by the Japanese artis: tu fowers only to be gathers and wanked by hand and holly in a position lawasworth despatch fulls "with a practical experienes ranging over frout the spect made by Sir WILLIAM DEs case of the London Law Courts, but on the bling of his countrymen It is unlikely is not a gorgeous grouping of garish colours, but almost puras tan rasalts.

and in so doing to unge the «iersing a wide Vœux ou that occasion. 2,000 years, know nothing of the need for a

Mining enterprises, we are parfectly swara od farther delay than is put eary, then the ma whole it is found to work most satisfetorily, that lurther reparation will be obtained un aplipity sad harmony with the auroundings. weekly day of f rest, do

do not suffer and do not The muddling of the Government, how-and we believe it would be found to work less possibly Lord SALISBURE should insist which in Japan, it is noodless to say, are always the present, ement in the Man stirk in th to which these sunset has w want of it." We should think every disinter-The building of the Hygens was determined-lowhere.

to have suffered in the past from the ever, duinmeucus at n auch earlier suge not lost satisfactorily in Hongkong than on compensation to the families or friends soft and tonder rather then grand or striking. Astrils of the general prible. Cousiounition is a somewhat long one. It shali hubin of the victims. Every year that passes ren-salitary spray of flowers in a slender vise, a water cover, have a universal habit of looking to answer it it much for words consis csival person would say the Chiese do enfer on without reference to the Sanitary Barit,

ders the Chinese Government icas Dinerable to handles of a Laskot-bapad receptacle, an or-rose-coloured spectacles and of ouding forth

plantin agrofil bowl.a broly arroper climbing at their causossion wad it properts through of Live parts. To las first part i moren Bus

to the secul fart f auswet, bereses. by la and have suffered from the want of a weekly who had made recontaendations for a Ever:

mutnal consenting both parties another arrivare day of rest, and that to introduce its ou hospital of a different description, but who PROCEDURE IN THE LEGISLATIVE poreuasion, as inclined to make any chid growing in a joint of bubu, ora luster of propsetnses ad information neersing the

COUNCIL.

thing in the

the untaire

of concession. And even mistaria depanding from some quaint hanging sum of the most angeine order. Baringmont was substituted. The aessary prolim servance would be, one of the greatest were afterwards ignored in the matter and boons that could possibly be conferred on

their request

when we de gat some wrong righted, us in sense--thane are some of the bunared varied this in mind our visit was made yester.inarins for the surging out of that stanganna! information left unswer the nation. The most practical part od Same Government official apparently

in an unbelieving framg at esim. We went. At the inveling of the Legislative Coulee of the removal of the campbur fernis in which the Japaneso dower artist loves day in race, if not a suspicious, at any rate are early wasladet.

Hou. J. J. Eswier-Youd Uxodlenay, of the petition is paragraph 16, which thought be better know what was wanted on Friday the Hon. T. H. WarEAD, in tish Minister ananagos to forget to convey the ones to have Indian and religions son for ourselves. The conesssionaires uxpressed risus, mats the third sanding of th

monopoly in Formoss, the thoughtless Brito indulge.

Thie Soral art. Mr. Conder falls me, is stid by prepared to oredit vothing we did not ketually states that if the Bill relieves the mercantile than the Sanitary Board or anybody moving the first reading of his Bill to manund intimation of the fact to the porous most origin. The dame Boddhist string while de themselves quite willing to meet us on fassal of shares in companies registered water th marice officers of a grievance, infiets ise, and now the Colsey has to pay for the Sunday Carge Working Ordinance, was interwied, the British merchants engaged prested the wantou encrises of animal life in cruzed, and no fạc did we push this inquisitorial |

much more serious injury on the large his mistake, and rather snattly on. The brusquely interrupted by the Acting At-in trade in Formoss. There is only enc con- said to have suggested the gathering of flowers mean that at last one of the gostemon, with a Companies Ordinances (900 to 1951) in athar Chicer population of the colony, traders, lyg new bring out of the question as torney General remarking that it was not station; the rules of Sir JouM WALSHAM at listte to expil dusteretion in x tropinal climate, playfully ascesste hamour, when he was about Joint Stock Colupantes. "shipowners, and wolics alike. It will on opidemie hospital, we are brought back usual to make a speech in moving the first the Legation cannot last much longer.

Hoo. P. Brel - Withall due de farnnis- l» ray xud prolonging their life by careful preservation. | to wash some of the stream, tir, insisted on sar benefit at most a few hundred pussons to the position we were in in 1888. In Marel reading of a Bill. The learned gentleman

lanz friend opposite I saay paint on That there Buddhism, as all the world knows, was introduc-going with him to Folch the water,"tow that Juring the year. It wecessarily throws out of that year Dr. MANSON uved in the was quite correct. It is not usual to make u

ed to Japan trom China, and certain Chinese did uut put anything in it? We want prepared is still arreat dust of diet station with regard of employment for 62 days in the year Sanitary Board that in view of the danger speech on the first reading of a Bil-m

priests aro referred to in Japanaso chronicles as to soffo remained to see that the into this Bill. Some boments wave prop the brat teachers of the art of arranging Bows vitations of the concessionaires our representa which have never appeated.

Hon. J. J. Kiwies-1 ayrild pañut an87, thousands of Chinose, stevedores and their. to the community from a smallpox or other Hongking, tant is. In other plize the Murray's Handbook for Japan. Third Edition, io Japan. The Jups1es soon beft, ved husative knocked off (to is sure toy hadn't boothat the han, mamber is out of edge mulus b "ganga, cookies, cargo boat owners and epidemic hospital in the centre of the town common sense plays a larger part in

rews, wachumse keepers and their men. it was desirable to make other pinvision, conduct of legislation, the unston is different. Revised and for the roost pars Be-written by the set was developed in the lubent wys taken at raudoir from different roofs and from is geing to second the warlion.

rather primitive flower compositions, and gradual-placed there before, a dozen spaimes of ure, "For

avery steamer that ceases to work The motion was carried, and after some In the House of Conimous, for instance, BASIL HALL CHAMBERLAIN and-W-B-ASON.

Hon P. BYLINo. Lane wat going to arcend now existing. The arrangement of doware our all parts of the occasion. After the mino bad ozge on Sunday, five Europeans on an sorrespondence with the Goremment it was when the first reading of a hill is moved. it London: Juli Murray. Yokohama, Shanghai,ther age, has always been regarded in Japon beau thoroughly explored car repressatatice the third reading. Fum opposing it now.

His RedeLLeser-f presumed the hen. is customary to explain its obfeet, and thej Hongkong, and Singaparo: Kelly & Walsh, poupation hitting learned Inen and literati acconsigl the eucessionaires to the labora but tropa one particular description of ing

Tires of brick with; cement-plastered walls House ¿work. The causation

ion of work

on that should be erected, to contain twelve Euro- seco

second reading. Perhaps Mr. Leach

genera utisfaction. The admirable beadbooky bave other art but it is by no means con-mans Of the dozen olleetod, he was led to out of order, steamer on that day throws out of employ-pçon and shirty Chinc beds; permanent

never read MT. GLADSTONE's speeches on the which preo.ded it, sompiled by Masers, cute sidered un-Eineaccomplishment. Priests, choose one which should a ye #mens, against their will and without their buildings also to be erected for the ad- introduction of the Irish Church Bill or the and Itiwes has now for some tima ben ont. philosophers, und men of cauk whý bave retiyot most unfavourable one of the whole was the hon, member was going to second the Dill.

consent, sa average, six lange maggo.mini

ministantive and nursing sta; also that Home Rule Bill. In Houssong it was of print, nod although several small gaidu from public life have been its most cathusiastic atented, and after the assay was made the

rosalt showed about 95 per cent. of pre it I want the Bill re-committed boats sund their cows, and at least 100 there should be a concrete platform with formerly the custom to publish all Bills in books bare separed in the manytime sad tr. Conder very fittingly commences with a ' I is as well to reition has that 21 of order I suppose I us! submit ather Chimess. They are paid by the day, skeleton irm traning capablo

speedy of

the Guzzile with a a printed statement of observed doubtless fairly well as stopgans they ucisa deseription of the Inwers of Japan of de ore, giving at the out." and the day's wages are boat to them. To conversion into additional wars far 150 jects and reason before the first reading the pretty and oxhandive vade mecan issued by ut very handlatt. 10 the use of wild work in indet, mious. After this say had

lave et course failed to take the plans of which, contrary to general sopposition, are sids 1 per cent, of paro tin, is ensicured. paying oud-diug

Hon. J. RYRU-1 moyo wa amartmenLÍ, disore te an equally practual reply. tents and quarters for saira utaing Both the publis and the bure of the Murray, and which hes stays been the foun- thousal profusion Japanese scan-ry hunks much been made thescueessionaires that stated that the Bill the gunoilled." I do su antisaly At all the treaty ports of Chron the sin staff the idea of this scheme was in per- Legislative Council knew then, what the tain from whence other compilers have drawn out the countries of the West cua bout of one of the spoimens clestial, ops that way he in the interests of people who have talked about loading and discharging of foreign ships vide for the isolation of the early comes with Bill was about and were in position to most of their information. is stopped for the benent of the small for view to prevent the outbreak of epidemie, consider it intelligently. This useful practice-The authors of the third edition of Mortyg parts is, however, to some extent made my with which they have to deal, and if a mough the Bill: 85 31. do stands.

The comparative scarcity of groups of wild flower takon asmoro really representing the staff the matter in me and who are not satisfied with ign Customs staff. To allow these thoul 1 an epidemic infortunately occur.

and also to provide sufficat accommodation d

gradually dropped into disuse, men & weakly holiday trade is

It becnues

the Attorney-General have endeavourad, and it must, he admitted with for by the blossomring, traes witsch in certain sea. Estimate it yielded something over six 5 per should be recommitted. I think somethin stopped

considerable sucos, to compres the necesary conschow oft massas of colour among the foliage cent. The iden af tis concesionaires is to work might be introduced which might remove this for one seventh of the year, and hot de salisfactory to learn from Dr. CAHTLIE'S it too much trouble to prepare the state information for this as of the trust in of the bitt sides. The wil asmiltis, analisa tiu mine, but other minerals, ison, soppor, and sections to the Bill it is to a word of complaint is heard from the Chimiunte and also from a boto by the Sanitary ment of objects and reason or because Japan into a smaller compass, for the volume magnolia, plate, peach, and cherry are the most von silver, aco Lo be found in so incansile still that is my opinion. read, whether cargo boatman or others. If we Superintendent attached to the précis of his private practice did not allow him time to walk of its preciosessor. This is not due alto vid his description of the flowers of Japur prospect of their being worked profitably. Ouo by. but a public no

before me is soarsely more than ball tho Impactant of the Aowering trees. The author able quantities, but not suph as to lead to any take up the time of the Council umedeci Sunday work would never have been futres meeting that there is very little difficulty in on the first reading of a Bill to give a serial ng matter, for while the old volume cuotais acord, air, at fourth dealing with its dozum, a precious, beenuse very rara rastal, has son why they should b. diaria and I thick had bad Custom House in Hongkong respondenceferred in at Thursday's do so. It still continued the custom, howover, gether, be it understood, to reduction of road to four chugines, the fret jutrofactory the exception, borewer, is to be mentiruvit. Molyb this Bin. I do unt know personally boy rea dazed and no one would ever have thought inducing Chinese to go to hospital. With explanation and his, it may be admitted. 20 pares the new handbook bas 160, with a spring, summer, badcaturas Rowers respostively, bu fand in several parts of the concession. Faughter they are dissatisded, and I think of complaining of its absence. There is no this willingness on the part of the Chinese sufficiently meets the requirements of the large number of maps. Thinnor paper has bien Plan comes the wain body of the bras devoted Should: its pusones prove by any mesas extent will be as well to as what our bedona in ra reason to suppose that the Chinees who will to take use of it the pagut certainly use. But even this has now been cropped, used, but this is no drawback as the type is clear to the art of floral arr agement, and this issive it will doubtless occupy the attention of the committing the Bill. What it is they want ! be affected by the coming into operation of to be a fever hospital in existence for the and the members of the Conueit and the and wall printed sand the paper of fair quality anal carefully and systematically divided un concesionatas, when they have settled to work de Hot quite ko para the Ordinance will lose in wages. The rate reception of cases of infectious the flag The and excellently all will soon adjust itself to the tour conditions, As Dr. Casale says, it is absurd te word of explain bag as them wittat ia information brongus ap to cate. inte, a dor the various Evorage, Bowers Bicord and their spių abject, the proizetieu of fin, Tus. T. II. WATER AD-1 in to second tha the history and as wa vurdly believe it is hood to be, working motion made by the senior felst member. and I would plain that I did not ak for ax they will receive somewhat more for sit down and wait for the epide of pared to proudunes on the principle of the of Tokya, Ossia, and Kyoto iawtied with the foraieriai," "Blower vosols,"" position of Auwers/

local distribution." "selection of frily and profitably. is supposed to be pracy cermin given, &. The email plann

division on tho sonood reading in se the other six days to make up for the loss object to be aimed at is the

quence of thn Labs that the senior milloint in erons." "coremnalat and etiquette,” souoind- is only a matter of practiser editious are omitted to this; doubtless bor of the seventh. As to their feelings in the the epidemis, and one of the surest mcene 0 measure. is nothing in the standing osuse they were on too small, si seule to be at with a long chapter giving practical,exam- } HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, member informed me before coming to the Can- maller, it

may be pointed out that the Chi attaining that in to take care the sporadic however. There

pls. From this outline some esa ay ha It is impossible that in the crowded orders to prevent a member making a speech any resi utility, and asps of the neighbourhoods Bathsrud of the pains Mr. Coder bastalion to se artizan employed in the Naval Tand cases. do not complain that they are not allowed habitations of the poorer classes affective on the first reading of a Bill, and it is to be of these places have been enbalitated. to work on Sunday, nor do the Chinese um segregation can be carried out, and

Turning to the contente of the work to and Blue to his readers the grammar of this art. autor the 24th inst. There were present regretted that Mr. WHITEHEAD, when in. Ployed in the rany other establishments in now one of the fundacental principles of torrupted in the sensible course of explain garltor editious it occupied some 120 pages. all the subject. The factorpress is splendidly, G.B...Auting Governor.

the intonatory part greatly oul down In the Ail the student to acquire a knowledge ise Colony where Bonday is observed as a sauitation in all large towns in England to ing the Bill be was introducing, was not prof which is valuubis information, but inslading printed outing thick paper, making it quite a tay of reat. The Indian Factory Commis encourage the removal of all infectious casos parod with the retort to which the Acting much that might be omitted from a work of this Re lume. The cover is the work of a sion showed that in Bombay there was a to the fever hospital. The same policy sughi Attorney-General Jaid himadi open. It is character, and the editors of the new edition Japanese artist, and motits a word of praise to very decided feeling amongst the natives in to be puzzled hers and some permanent not a more matter of form, but one of some have judiciously re-cast it, limiting the bngth to faron of Sunday rest, and there can be no building provided for the

'It purpose.

considerable

practical importance. Let us 50 pages and introducing some practical matter doubt the same feeling exists amongst the important also that the Colony should be it take the ease of the Opium. Bill, read a first likely to be more useful to the traveller, such as

*TIN AT LAST" Caincse who have experienced its drattages. n state of preparedness to cope with an epide time at the last meeting of Council. Here a short vocabulary and some necful sentences in The Sunday Cargo Working Ordinance mic, but this must not be allowed to obscurs we have a measure of sixty-four sections, Baddhist religions are greatly reduced, but the Japan. The chapters on the Bhisto and

Improbable as the statement may appear tie is an attempt to give to this Colony the importance of dealing with the spridit covering with its schedules twelve closely information giren will quite suffice for the oral bus at last keen found in Hongkong, or to be the day of reat enjoyed in almost every cases from winch opidemies are developed. printed foulscap pages. How are the un-pligrim from the Wast, and the Japanese raketliterally correct, in the adjacent perimala other portion of Her Majesty's cln-

olficial members to ascertain in what relies which illustrate the differences in the top-ot Kowloon. Not the tin, though," that is minions, and the Secretary of State, w THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT spects it differs from the Act it is intende ples of the two religions will materially help beally meant, in the sisng phrase, but the think, will hardly begative that atletopt in

to replace? The Acting Attorney-General tourist in his necessarily superficial observatices real mineral, and axless appearances and exhaus obedience to an hysterical ery of alarmed The Hon. T. H. WHITEHEAD at the lass could have given the information at the Another ful addition in the Outline Tours tive surveys are totally at fault. tia in each capital. It may be noted that in paragraph meeting of the Tegislative Conseil brought last acting with very little trouble, hut grau of the end of the Introduction, which will quantities as should wonder the mins one of the 11 the petition states that the Ordinance up some rather startling figures respecting as is if the members of Council in this whose line in this pleasant land richest that his ever wat been disceraret. We

la limited to at once select their routes and make nro all pretty faciliar with the stories of The report of the Flosnes Committee's meet cannot benefit the small class of persous the Public Works Department. It appears wish to know what they are voting on their plans accordingly.

men in America who want to bad withouting of the 17th iunt. was laid on the table and the bou. friend opposite, as I have nol the for whose relief if has been osteusibly that while the amosat expended on public when the Bill comes on for second reading, The handbook proper in soufely based on incest to their nate and woke up millionaires vote for far caretaker scleries at the schoole

forward shoull be allowed. Anoldi amand. "passed;" in paragraph 16 that it "will works has been largely decreasing during they must spend several laborious hours in Losere Batow and Hawes book, but as that through Blading petroleum spurting up in their at Saiylagpan and Wanolai wore agreed to.

henufit at most a few hundred persons the last few years, the cost of the sind has comparing the now Bill foolion by Sortion was confined to central sad purinen Japan, bankyard The tin if this cast has put

ment was with reference to the point of during the year while in paragraph 21 a arly doubled. Os a superficial glance it with the existing Ordinance. It is not often there is of course a great deal of entirely new aucily buen discovered in the backyard of The report of the proceedings of the Publin the insertion of no numbers at all in the can..

tract, that is to say that if a broker happen to threat is bald out that if officers and crows might be inferred from these figures that that mombers will take this trouble, so that ground covered by the prosent volume, which the fadar, but it has been found oloas at hand: Works Committee was laid on the table are relieved of work in connection with cargo more men were being employed to do less practically they are reduced to voting on Too. Briel notices of the ports of Keiss millionaire without a struggle on his own

embrace the islands of Shikoku. Krusha, and nor has the ander awaksasd to discover he is BLASTING IN TES QUEEN'S ROAD. sell shares and nó numbers ara elated in the Hoa. T. H. WATEREAT acked the following contract that should be the look-out of the person on Sunday they amy" be employed all day work. The gross coat of the works, however, the statement made at the second reading and Vladivostock are oven fucluded in the new part. The find is the outcome of mouth of a question: Is the Government arrare of, and if to whom he sells. These aroult the cmondinen te “in shifting or trimming ballast or coals, cannot be taken as an exact criterion of the and they are thus afforded no time for re- volame. Many hitherto almost unfrediton ways good deal of hard work, patifat rosearols, and the o, did it action the blasting of rock which I have heard of. It any gentleman las any re- *repairing, painting, decking, or in the amount of work performed by the European Fection ur consultation. It would be a con- see au sosurately described anil the adventurous Replay of spirit not to ho muthad by ini- took place in the drain in the comparatively bar collection of any otbits i will be phil if he will

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ing to their morths,"

when the Council is

formly spelt, heights of mountains as most re-

theory,"

it

The namerere ogosilent illustrations will materi-

Stuf

If the Bil

f ant wish

wat Ratishad with

Laughter),

oil that cortsin amendments bail bon raffod that he land seen them, and that they would re- A moting of the Legislative Council was hold move objections and reader less obnoxions the indagare we are now discussing. In the helial Hi Excellency Major General DiaT BAR that those aruendments won't be brought for ward in committed, I did not move the unucil Hon. 1. M. GooDMAN. Acting Colonial for a division on the second reading. Sooratary.

Hon J. J. Keswick—A remark bun baya Hon. A.J. Lescu. Acting Attorney General mule by the bon. gentlemus who proposed the Hon J. H. STEWART-LOCKHART, "Iegistroc resolation and by the hon. gentleman who General.

sacanded it with reference to certain assend menta Hon. N G. MITCHELL-INTEs. Colouial it was proposed to introduce into the Bill. I Trevarer.

think it would be very desirable 1 shɔnid w Hoo. 8. Krows, Surveyor-Gozeral.

tion what those amendatents word al nace, and Hon. P. RAIS

explain that so far pertainly us ens or to of them were concerned they could be much mɔes properly introduced into the Bill which the Brokers' Association themselves - we bringing forward, nu I understod from tsy hon. friend opposite (Hon. T. H. Whitebant. One of those neendments was that brokers should not sign for the concerned. Aucther oue was in re ference to the three months period, me the two months period-I will stand vorrected by my memorandum before me-within which sales

Hon. Ho KAL. Hɔu. J. J. KWICK.

Bon. T.H. WHEREREAD. Mr. A. M. THOMBO, Acting Cloak of Cousoils,

The minutes of the last meeting woro read and

sufrmed

MINUTES.

FINANCE.

THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE.