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HRONICLE AND IREOFORY CHINA, JAPAN, STRÄFTE, 208, doux,

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1896,

With which incorporated CHE CHINA DIRECTORY.

This is the

THIETY-FOURTH ANNUAL ISSUE, and will be found, as awal, to show an advance on prooding years both in fuluess and acotivasy of information

The DIRECTORY envers the whole of the ports and villes of the Far East, from Penang to Vledivestock, in which Europeana resido.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PROSS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER DIE, 1899.

NATAL, MOVEMENTS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN,

the

is

A Frereh agandron has boon ordered to Lorant, where a powerful Bullish aquadron

TURKEY alrendy nepoblad

Sir Philip Currie has returned to Constan toplo

as well as in the busy season, and the com. petition of outside steamers keeps it in some measure within bounds as to the rates charged. No doubt the Conference would be glad to follow the example of the Tele graph Companies and put up rates to an exorbitant figure if they could, but ly this cata the public has the protection of actual competition, and an increase in rates would. bring further competitors on the scone In the case of the Telegraph Companies in ten days. the public has no such protection now,

singe the Chinese Telegraph Administration has been brought into tha combination, and an absolute monopoly exists. The must satisfactory solution of the difficulty, if it were passible, would be tulet A.S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED the State take over the cables and work them

CHEMISTS BY APPOINTMENT. ESTABLISHED A.D. 194. MANUFACTURERS OF AERATED WATERS

OCB AERATED WÁTas Factor is Bitted with the best English Machinery, embelyier the latest improvements in the trade..

The Purest Ingredients only are need, and the atmost Care and Cleanliness exervised in the Manufacture.kronghent

The Water mond is prayed_by_repeated Analyses to be Abaciutely Pare:

EGYPT

Operatiene on the Nile rellway has damn xaopsaod and twenty miler base been releid

[HOW TONKIN TAPERS SPAIN AND CUBA

Faurs, 2nd September. The Spanish Cortes have passed a Ell - shorising the issus of a loan of a milliard (240,000,000) to meat the expenses of the Tor in Cuba.

THE REBELLION IN MANILA

THE "BEDFOLE REMAINING,

The following despatch addressed by the Tungli Yamin to the United States Minister

is published:

Jess furnaciont silver gaivalents, chenld now and realol distinction whendy messageTHE OPENING OF THE NEW PORTO be advanced sa an argument why they should sunt by foreigners are pharged twice as consinne to do, so ad vaflsium, while such much as messge sunt by natives over the sot the case with, for testance, the Bleamer Baropen and Calmess lines; and I am to go Companies and other similar concerns, who on your Excellency that in the interests of all have been compelled to adopt exnetly the same clases of foreign residents in China this measury as now airpted by the Telegraph Cont differential treatment balls for prompt and parties, without, as far as I am aware, having effectiva redres. Lare the honour to be, sir, baan asiled to soocaat by your Committee for your Excellency's obedient servant,

EF ALFORD, Christen

In canalusion, I bog lose to assure you thai the action of the Campuses has been most care nevertheless not fail to Lay before them the pro- fully considered by the Eirectors, but I shall tast and expression of the rice recorded in your lotior ander reply-I have the honour to be, eir your most obodient servant an

J. HERKINGSEN, Sky Manager

eral Chamber of Commerce;"

E. F. Alford, Esq., Chairman, Shanghai Gen

THE CHAMBER TO THE CABER COMPANIES

was not concurrent

To H.E. Sir Cisuds 31, BacDonald, E.C.M.G.

Trade, Pekings vo

* HM's Minister and Superintendent of

THE PROPOSED INCREASED TAXATION ON SILK KAYA FILATURES,

The following lettore from the Shanghai Cosal snd the Doren of the Diplomatic Body General Charsbog of Commerce to the Senior are pablished

Shangbal General Chamber of Commerce,

97 La August, 1896.

The Chalts of the Chamber of Commerco desire me to asit your kind station Colonel Danby as Doyen of the Corps Diplo to the enclosed copy of a letter addressed to matique in Peking.

their cell. From this and the paternal patari of the sport town have resganded freely to of the government wa may be fairly sure that all that can be done to rakete the general

"dīstessä will be done.

As an illustration of the vary wat season that' Poking 23rd August, 1826.

has been experienced since spring in this part Your Excellency,By the 6th article of the of the vast Siberian territory, it is mentions! Shigonokoki Treaty between China and Japan, that at the main station, the sxtreme western Bhabib, Chungking Socobox, and Hanchow and of the eastern portion of the Siberian are to be opened sa treaty porte Aime will railway, there have been only thirty-eight Bred for the opening of Custom Honess at 107 on which it was possible to work. Re As to Chungking and Bkashis, regulations will away, and in many casas bridges have been put be drawn up latör.

in place ony to be washed away by frealete. those parts, so that trade may be carried on pastelly have the smosarribats been washed before they were solid enough to resist the oralanght of the immons bodies of water that rushed under and over them-Shanghai Daity Freep

The Inspector General of Chatod han been intrected to order ths Commitelnhor at Easty: Ini, Socphor, and Hangalow, to draw up re- grelations at one for the governing of trade at those porte

After the regulations have been osasidered by the Yemen, further communication will bə The Yemen bare dealded, however, that the ports of Boochow sad Hargehow shall be opened rent to your Excellency

on the 2012 September nez

The Tamen regnents that your Excellency

will instruct American merchants that they must parry metrede et those ports watil the Cas- tora kayo beep duly establimbed.

NESSES, BENNERTZ AND COS STEAMERS:

Messrs. Betuert Co. bare supplied the tien Shanghot Mercury with the follwing informa

JAPANESE EMIGRANTS TO

HAWAII agen

During the eleven years from 1985 to 1805 Jaanere migrants to Hawali numbered 35,784 including 29,191 offcially cutested retoured Lore, some have died, while other

labourere.

Of those emigrants, 14,251 have

have gone ovar to America, and there now PAMBA in Hawati 17,504 Durtar lest her no originally contracted labourers a cent, but then annerove labourers werd that by emigration companies. As they are much -better paid than at homo, many of them phyfor

remaining abroad to returning home. Thuning The following give the yearly number of Ispad lant vanr 11,456 of them sint howe 3980,345.

Contract No sontract use emigrants to the Hawalan groep

Jabourers, emigrants.

(1991)

Total.

29

1,958

DET

.18

945

1:130

-GL.

1,491

3,293.

3486

3,004

...00

3,108

3,799

3,927

5:834

4181

8012

4,137

4,801

815

$,690

2.851

522

Total 32,712

3,022

35.734

For COAST PORTS, Waters are packed and Chamber of Commerce that the present uble meaning that it had broken out that day groase of 100 per cent. in your charges in To Dr. O. Stumbel Concil. Cetatil for Card for they stol extermive repairs, to which he 1896EMEN

placed on-board ship at Hongkong prices, and the full amount allowed for Packages and Empties when received in good order.

Conaterfal Order Books expplied on applica

tion.

Our Registerel Telegraphic Addrosu is "DISPENSARY, HONGKONG." Aul all ignod messages addressed thus will sooire prompt attention.

The following is a List of Waters niways

kept ready in Stock

PURE AERATED WATER-

11any and Sexi Cousal.

Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce.

The Boning bu consequence brake down on depan Gazete.

Gonural Chamber of Commerce, vi

Shanghal, 13th August, 1896 Sin-The Committea thank you for your for the public benefit, the enme as the Post

Frvomuś wple ta their letter of the 11th instant Office, for the interests involved aro too

though they regret Lass Jen show no further reason for the increase of Tariff than that great to be placed at the mercy of a cor- poration looking only to the amount of pro-

Yesterday morning Commoters Boyes reprocionaly assigned, rin, that you have resolved fit it can make. With cables touching the entred a telegram from the captain of the to stopt the pasity of gold charges.

It would no macint purpose to occupy time fu territory of various nations, however, Inter Redpole stating that the boat must remain at

Mutila for the present: From this it le to be using the similarity or otherwise of your You will lastre that it is an urgent protest national jealousy and ristrust would preventored cunt the nation le considered sesions position with that of "Stisiner Companion and gsfost the taxation of silk fistures se proposed We give below an account of the commence other similar onoare, had the Committee in the cent memorial from the sung Yen Any such beneficent arrangement, but when

Consequentien that the Chamber, In order the “all-British cable connecting England mout of the rebellion in Manila which was neut will therefore not follow you in the many linee dozemok Battle Whites of have

It would, Lowever, inforest the Chamber to avoid delay, ment tab aber letter direst le Messrs Beniarts & Co. chartared the four with Austalia vin Canada is finally decided to the Shanghai Daily Prem by a correspondent. of controversy changements might load to

It will ho so that the report gives the date of

Atalegram lina also boon rent to the follow Kiangning and found that on taking them over Year

they wanted a lot of repairing and shipping 18831.929 upon it is to bo hoped the public interests will the outbreak so the 21th Angst, and the know why the Increme of 871 per cont. Feling

steamers, Nangehou, Woning Suntoren, and

Chamber of Commerce request protest gear Tho repairs and shipping gear supplied 1888 be protected, if not by the line being made netto was dispatched on the 25th and must on homeward rates Government affair, at least by conditions being therefore have been sent by the Zafiro with the douree of 12 per cent, promised ing effect

This is seizerhat erious in the light of ovents outward rates; the former came into abrupt imposed which would prevent the proprietorá sa they were made known n Longkong When operation on 1st August 1998, whilst the latter against Teungli Yamen Memorial taxing pro- by them amgunted to fully Tis. 25,000, and

As regards el mensager, wbilit roos and I om desired to ask your infontos Doyen Jennertz & Co, asked the reprovocative of the 1899 of the Canguler Hedy in support of the view Nanking Government hero to pay the various 1990. no one on band had heat of any entbronk:

1892 clapping ou un increase in the rates when the firo arrived heru on the 28th August is deferred nutil 1st July 1887, duction Silk Biletur. Explanation by letter baring mild charter money, in advance, Masses 1933

be, ein your chestient Portal, Babic Hans. Fantozz & Co. repeatedly ever the finey sized them an agreements there was singly the rumour that a conspiracy Dising the probability that the Chinese linea

SET. ALTOED, ired to Viceroy Lin nt Nanking of the bad inreorer, the British Coursal did not wite to Coromittes that if the newspapers nee correct

Chairman condition of the steamers Woning and Wingchen, 1894 with competing lines enabled them to do sogginst the Government was haing hatchon or the larger share of support, it sets to the tasso by the chamber havde honour fanie, which he delayed to do from weeks to 1991 Meanwhile, it will be seen from the cor Coosuedeze Bayos until the 31st, when he said in suportclug that the profits of that Admi

paid no attention, and the representative bore respondence published by the Shanghai that a serious rebellion had broke out, presnic-bistration aro 34 per cant, per annum, au in

could not do anything, though from the Havas telegram it would seen say the least, excessive, I have the honour to

E. I. ALFORD, Cable Companies intend to outvie the that fighting commented on the 30th. Under bo, sir, your mast chedient serca Aron

28th August, 1696 bor trip to Hankoy come time in July, and Chairman.

Sir, I have the honour to enclose copy of a they then wired to the Victroy that unless

THE REFORMATION OF KUREA, Shipping Conference in the iniquity with these cirennistabess it is rather difficult to ex

JHennings, Esq., on behalf of the Great which they propose to work their tariff pross app opinion upan the accuracy of the following report, which, however, we must say,

Northern Telegraph Co, Eastern Ext. Memorial from the Taung! Tamion to the repairs were attended to at once nothing cunt Throne, published in foreign and native newebe done. To roanit was that the steamer is

The following contributo article appears A. & C. Telegraph Co. If the Conference gives advantages to Co does not read like an exaggerated story

papers, and sin desired by the Committee of still Iving in the barbour with her minchinery. "Tia anthorities and moulthier aliases in

The advanos in Koresis dyarcing. tinental and America shippers that itdeniss

When. MessTS

frau, bet Maula were completely taken by surpalo on ME

quite to the suggested schome for taxation of till amounted to a thousal aels. to English shippers, the Telegraph Companies the 21th August heu; apparently in phadienes | TE CABLE COMPANIES TO THE CHANLDU. this Chamber to ask your Excellency's station broken. The claim for towage restripping, to, in the N. G. Daily Noica L The Eastern Exten-filature, factories and cotton mills. The Benderiz & Co found that they were able to quito slow, it is on their part intend to subsidisa Chinese to sopo preconcerted arrangemout, the native The Great Northern

sion Australasin and Memorial is very dnfinite, it clearly proposes got alfaction they decided to not for the old. Tre railway ecacossions Lave been signed, ene with nu American Company for a of Copenhagen.

China Telegraph that u onlar to supplement Hikio and interest of the firm and creditors, and attine From Chomulpo to Seoul, and one with a competition by taking Chinese messages at populace and the lower classes generally turned Telegraph Company

Company, Limited. mack-like toxotice which sherges are increasing the Wingehow, to Hongkong, where she is French Company for a failway from Becal to half-ratos. This is news to us, but-it is inopin revolt against their Spanish masters. The polies were stoned and Escolts Street, the

Shanghai Station,

sary season" and are higher now than ever), aw stachel. In consequence of this action, Wijn on the Chinese frontier. The telegraph presumably a fact, for the Chairman of the principal business distriot of the city, was in-

14th August, 1896, the production of cotton manufacture and to which, according to their charter scaline from Seoul to China via Wije, which has Shanghai Chamber draws Sir CLAUDE MAC raded by a mob who threatened to loot and

bar the town. The shopkeepers and mar Sir, note with inch regret fram your si filstare" by machinery shall pay double ment, Msser Beauorta & Co. are fully be down since the Japans invasion, has Fosterday letter that reasons given in my the duty of per cent, precribed in the case entitled the Chiness authorities, thanking heen repaired it is now posible to send DONALD's attention to the apparently ianants hurriedly closed their horses and ren

equitable are meal distinction whereby for safety to the neighbourhood of the barracks, former letters for the increase in the collection of foreign expuellis amonate to a duty of that they detected in; their action moma breach degrauisto Europe without sending kom kes they were ocuparatively sevare, Up to of charges for certain telegrame liars not proved fe per cost. areafter, whatever may he of contract, Sent telegraphie Tastrections to tie through Japanese Lands A concession for "mosages sont by foreigners are charged the present time un great damage has been satisfactory to your Committee, and that it their destination, all goods will be exempt from raritas Custom's Commissioner, before advies ning gold kes bon given to an Amation

would interest the Chamber to know the reason ikin

Jug the Corent, to waizo the stormers wherever twice as much as mesanges sent by natives done, but the miss are in complete corolt.

The proposal en it affecis collon milk (not they were; therefore the Counter Checozpany and other concessions are spoken of, All this has happonad since the King threw The revolt came as a complete surpriss, for why the increase oz bomoward: rates was not over the European nud Chinese lince "though it was kopen that trouble as ferment concurrent with the doorsar nromised on cut withstanding that it frees from likin goods to tomet Shanghal stopped the olecranch of the over the Japanese roke list February, which be sent into the interior) is very revers The Kiangving on the 21st ultime, and the Cotu yako las Indoud been a very heavy cao. Instead and urges on hia, Excellency that "in the ing it was not thought it would burst out so ward rates.

In reply, I can only repeat this statements Chamber, however defer dealing with that missioner at Chinking stopped the steamer "interests of all classes of foreign residents rapidly. The cause cannot as yet be known as

8 masy rumeurs are float that it is impossible made in my luiter of the 11th isnt that the point pending further Information from the Sunflies on the 20th ultime, whilst the latter of the paarilo and ridiculous so-called reforms way of the parifention of the gevurament Apå BELTZER WATER Ching this differential treatment calls to sive as the truth, and it is better to wait n Couponion are no longer prépared to oon awners of cotton mills now under construction, was proceeding down river with a full bargn of weste sulging to something more solid in the and in the meantime I am to ask your Exceller morchandise and passengers The Commishore it might be fell to contrast the old with the fow days before attempting to give the history time the collection of their gold mies at a for prompt nad effective redrese." of the outbreak. It is also at present imponible more or less anffont equivalent in silver to protest against the proposal The urgency gioner of Chinking declined to receive Cap newTo compel Korean aficials to give EP to say how serious the consequences may be, as whilst the provisions of the Brispest In of attention to the memorial alluded to is intai Faton of the steamer Skien, and their dishonest ways was an alraest Herculean

nch depends upon the action of the infantry ternational Telegraph Convança, including

position to cotton mills, stuing their prediction the Commission or the Person bis detention on paper Their so-called roforums never had. is entrusted to this corps, which is composed only come inte operation from the set of July is solely for export to Europe and the Tited he was completely ignored Mr. Bennerts of any infuopos onlaide of the treaty parts, and it The possession sau exfe-guarding of the city the reduction of the Companies gald rates, will post to Alatures, which was in ferat on the optain rifting to demand from which the verse did not a Herculean almost entirely of people of native extraction next year, dizulianecoal with the other em. States ont au co want to Chinking, and saw the British is now some time since for way to

The propoest to charge 10 per cent. ad Consul, who gave Mr. Bonnerts to understand (Tagals), who have pat, by their past history cessions made to the public, as mentioned in my

valorem on silk filatures simply meata 7 For that, considering the matter rus political, it given my reason to believe that they will said letter.

With regard to the concluding paragraph of esat. to 8 per ceuk alilitional oxport duty, us would be the best and wisest course to let the stund engineer of the Ban Bang Guer, was their own people. Should they recaut faithful your lotter der reply. In quble to verify the present duties of Tie 10 per pieni on waito Brish Cousal in Shanghai das with it, as it

Mr. John Aspinall, rescatly promoted to bo remain faithful to their conquerore as against No Cradit given for Betties that took diety found mitsing at 3 am on the 29th August to the Government the affair will be settled the statement made by to newspapers tant, silk, s. 7 selles, zud Pla; 5 on Tassats migāk bave to be referred to the British Miniseren if Japan could have had other matives than But all this is now changed and changed for the or greasy, er that appear to have hasn nsed for while on the cognge from Bangkok to Singa iz a few days. The absence of Dovernor the prolife of this Chinese Telegraph Ad-celly range from rather over 1 per cont, for at Peking

General Binnen also greatly aggravate the ministration are 24 per cont, por sun, but

to 3 per-cout. on their respicetive values As matters stand the eisim is daily increas poning before the worlding a berfactor to Korea: The Climbor submits to your Exeglanering, not only by mateor of lots of business, but better What the Japazon prefeudad to any other purpose than that of containing.

situation. By this time he is in Mindanao,evo censing this to be correct, I must ha Aerated Watert, as such Bottles are never zæsed

being done in a quiet unortontations manner. The Committee of the Penny Charcher or the south of the Philippines where there permitted-to-point out that these profits will that this additional tasstion will base an account of the pay of the crew of joersteemer, do with a load biare of Trumpets is now ́again by us..

Progress is slow indeed, but when one remem Commerce has quanimously decided to nominate another revult, fomented by the have been derived from the revenue of sil: the gastrous affect on the flaturo industry in which amounts to over $1,000 per day ą,

Chinesa Administration's lines and stations Chius, with corresponding advantage to the hommiadas, called Meros, of so aurious a

bers the Augen stables to be cleansel, it is Mr. D. Legen for too seat in the Siraita Lega-fure that he thought it necessary to go-bint(bent 200 in Chine, whilst the Companies do production of those countries with which Chira

sory sutisfactory and the adviser to Hĩa lative Council rendered vasul by the relyef to quell it. On the other hand, it is not participato with them in the localistic new coupetes-and if it is intended to exempt

reassuring to all to know that General further than between their four cable stations naties alatures worked by hand or such A number of capitaliste of this post, Healing, Majesty deserves great credit for the work tion of Dr. Brown.

Ecialace, who is Socunde Cabo and a Generi viz., Shanghai Foocho, Amoy, and Hongkong means it would not only be inequitable, but it and Baza contemplato ferming a company with which he has so far accomplished. Some time of Division, les taken the most stringent no that it appears to me that no compariron would possibly had to storage of Histores the intention cstructing a railway from oo Mr. MacLeary Brown was put in charg moosaras to chank the trouble hero at onse and can inson us drawn between the two cases worked by machineryit would pas back China Nagasaki, passing through Eno, Kashima, of the Financial Departmut and he has suc put it down with a strong hand. But for all I have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient in that respect tos period of twenty years ago Hamo, Tera, Isahave, Yagami Hiwi. Mag dooded in making it filledt for some of the and throw out of employment not less than 25,000 and lagari, and connecting with the Kinshan officials to "squeeze," L Le beginning of that, the populace is awaiting auxiously the servant,

J HENNINGEEN Bolivo who now derive a ling and support railway at Sage. The heal office is to be in Angast an ciob was promulgated which goss

Manager return of the Governor tieneral, who has been

for their families from those factories

Nagasaki, and this concerne bo now back to a modified form of the old system of I cannot say

e Nagasaki Teteudo Kabashiki Kwaisha vermut This I am satisfind is very much talegraphed to in all hesta. more now; bat will write more fally by next

2,500,000 5s the amount of capital to lie

better than tho, sweeping and radical change subsoribot, in 50,000 shares at you 5 ench, and rhich the Japanese had introduced. To change The fellowing Havas telegram.oypears in

the projectors are to take over 100 shares

system of goteranent in a day, or ores a the Boalis papers pr

Paris, 2nd September.

piece Tamachi in considered the most wit-wook or a mouth, to which the people have boon bo place for the local terminis, Neygeus counted for the past 500 yaa, must of Further ridings have taken place in the

Express Philippines."

From this it would seem that the attack mede on the night Lf Saturday, 29th August, was followed up by farther rising on the following Bunday and Monday,

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Telephone No. 1

DEATHT A Blanghai, on the 4th of Seperaber, 1896, Bas- JAMIN FEEL CLOCH, Upper Yangtze Filot, aged

The Daily Press.

reported to have told the Magistrates that The Governor of the Braits Settlements is In her ausging datene tould be more neverely

dealt with.

A Londrin telegram of the rd August states that in the match between Australia and Glou cester, the latter was besten by an innings and fifty-four rume. The wicket was spoilt by downpour of rain on Friday Gloucester was dimissed in the second innings for 17 ans. Lancashire has beaten Surrey by four wickets,

The China Gazeter says:-We understand that orders have been given by the Imperial Government for the erection of fully uw brain, dred new litcin stations in the King vinces Our friends the mandarins are evidently laying themselves out for a fat larvert from the infant manufacturing industries in this part of China.

Some little excitement was based in, lie Third, Magistrates Couch at Bingapore the other day, when the man named Wilset, alleged to be a Poet, walked up to the back and threw a paper in front of the Magistrate, at the same time making an insaiting rewark, I was ordered to be arrested. Inspector Bagdon took the man into opetady, when the Poat again used insulting language, and alas struck too Loopestor with his hat Tha Fost was sent to hospital for sheervation Strata

Times.

The Yoshinams clock factory of Tokyo, which was recently reorganized as a joint stook company, the first instalment of share money baring heen go up, is to be registered in a day or iro. The company has in hand already orders for a cousiderable quantity for Boar, Singapore, Hongkong, and other places, and way foreign firms at Yokohamos use applied for purchase of clocks. The eriating factory has proved to be inadequate to execute all orders and soother engine of 10 borso power is being added to extend the factory-Kobe Chromide.

THE INCREASE IN 1ELEGRAFI

RATES

Further correspondence on the increase in telegraph rates is published by the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce. The following are the more important lettere

THE CABLE COMPANIES TO THE CHAMBER The Great Northern Tho hastern Exten Telegraph Company

sion Australasis and China Telegrapli Company Limited. Shanghai Station

of Copenhagen.

CAR ANNAR

To E. F Ard, Esq., Chairman, Shanghai

General Chamber of Commerc

THE CABLE COMPANIES TO THE CHAMBER, The Great Northern Telegraph Company

of Copenhagen.

The Eastern Exten sion Australneia pe Chiin Tolograph Company Limited Shangani Station,

14th-Antal, 1906

The native Govariant appears to imagine that Chian's production of silk controls prices on foreiga markes, on the contrary, foralgu arkets regniste the price which foreign mer haule in China can afford to pay for Chimere cocoons.

It may interest your Excellency to know that the likin and Joshui tax the 10 pur ent. is to supplement, already smoput te au average of about 9 par nfs China, proposce to penalien the improved silk product y no less thay 19 per cent

The Chamber does n

s'not of fouten contemplato

A RAILWAY FUR NAGASAKI

JAPAN'S FOREIGN TRADE The foreign trade of Japan for the first half 1896 writes the Mantichi shosted inpurts to

eens even Bere. Originally drafted in Tokyo by Ministers who had no personal knowledge of Kores and Kura politics, it can well be fagined that they would have proved a failure

necorsity cause great confusions; and since the etjent to be accomplished is simply a pure government, of course is necessary to ut tsupt this while causing as little, friction and Sir, I beg ruission to correct a state

confusion as is potablo His Majesty there ment which has inadvertently been made in my

force gone back to a modifed system of the old letter aldressed to yourself and dated the 11th instant, insemneh I learn from subsequent that such an injustice would be pornulled en miket axports by 36,000,000 yes, rare cord gorament at the same times recueing the information that tho increase in the umbur reeled from occae bought this zerton without mere phenomenon in recent years. That is number of useless officials and hangers-ou who of letters from -10.68.15 and in figures from 3 hint of the step now proposed. Year Breellency wing, on the one hand, totus extraordinary do draw a salary and so no work Under the to 5 in a single word adopted by the Budapest is possibly unaware that the exigencies of the pressad condition of the American market, and Japanese régime the number of officials was in- Internations Telograph Conference for extra trade, dosessitate the purchase of the antire on the other to the unusualy large importation created instead of decreased. Some people.. Huropean legrann from the 1st of July, sontal requirements of pazons for tas fistare of michinery and other materials in consequence who are always saying nasty things, cuid the 1897, applies only to telegrams written in plain factories in May and June, when the market of the mashroom growth of industrial onter Japanese wanted to gain more adherents by Frises in this country. This over Importation, this form of bribery. Whatever their motiva language, whist the ton latter and five figure for ecocas ustally opers and lasts but two at however, is by no means ominces, The growth was, the country coski purer have gone on in Brail will remain in force for telegrams in code three weeks, and that consequently this season's

victorious war. Morever, the machinery ingrent that even if "squeezing" had been dozie OF preconcertal language, and apply to European purchases have ready teen effected at prices of industries is but the natural result of a this way for the number of officials was 20 as well as to extra Europaa systems which would obviously never liars hoon paid, had ported will sooner or later durn out products away with (which it never had been during th Apologising for the mistake. Fais, sir, the proposed additional taxation been eaten that will be exported in their turu. Another Japanese rigenie) the country would have become

plated

point to En noted is that 15,000,000 yen out of absolately bankrupt in a few ycare. Daring, your obediout sorvant, ENGI

20,000,000 yes (tot ie the total of the excess of the Japanese wine the winter of Governors inperts) represented cotton and wool. Further, was increased from 8 to 23. In Chelpo, for the greater part of the rousising 11,000,000 sex fanco (or rather Jouchuan, which is the prented machinery and other urticks of iren are of the prefectural city), a city of 12,000 Very few luxuries wore imparted In the months Korean inhabitants, there were 1 Best- amount of 2,040,000 yen. When most of the Judge with an assistant and fifteen clerks, oach. of Jane and July, the Mitsui Busson, Kaiba lat, a Governer, a deputy Governor, & Mayor, stone is said to have exported cotton yarns to the and a Chief of Police why was also Crispionl outten and wool imported in the first half of of whom drew a salary ranging from twelve to. Tarn, to the export business promises to bolant edict all this has been abolished, the num very prosperons Silk too will inors eff after her of Governors kas been reduced to it, there the year comes to be exported in the form of forty dollare & month and did nothing. By the the Presidential election in the United States. is no deputy Governor and no Mayor (the

Jajian Mail,

J. HENNINGBEDA TadManager.

To E. F. Alford, Eeg, Chairman, Shanghai

General Chamber of Commerce,

THE

The Chamber, relying on your Excellency's souse of justice, call atfeption to the subject and beg that as Doyer of the Corps Dipio matique you will more your colleges to inform the Tangli Yamen that the proposals of their memorial will not be assented to br the foreign Fowers have the honour to be air, your Excalliney's obechent servant,

E. E. ALTOZD, ChairmeİL.

for the US, of America; Doyen, Corps Diplo To His Excellency Cole cel Denby, Minister

matijas, Peking.

SHANGHAI AND THE MAIL. CONTRACT

GREAT FLOODS IN SIBERIA,

THOUSANDS BENDERED MOMELESS AND DIRTITUTE,

From late les of Siberian newspapers to hard, extracts from which hava boot most

"SHIPPING REFORTS.

HONGKONG, SEPTEMBER 9th, 1896,

11th August, 1896. Sirag to ackuowledge receipt of your MR. J. HENNINGAEK, the Shanghai Mana ger of the Cable Companies, in one of his

tony's letter, and to express my extreme regret letters to the Shanghai Geroral Chamber of

at the Commilles & dispproval of the Companies Com pierce with reference to the recent

action in increasing the selection of charge for CHAMBER TO THE BRITISH MINISTER

Shaigini, 11th August, 1816. contain telegrams; moro especially so sice you

Gereral Chamber of Commerco

increase in telegraph charges, expresses his

uider is very incomplete the explanation of surprise that the fact of the Telegraph Cam

fared in my latter of the ith lusty St, The Committee of this Chamber most janies having for a long series of years, and

therefore begs to supplement the same by retur call your Brootener's attention to the foliering ouifional remarks the ineroase in telegraphic charges to un The Companies rate for tolugrams between xpectedly adopted by the Eastern Extension

Governor combising these functions), while the with great loss to themselves been com

the United Kingdom and Chira, which you and Great Northern Telegraph Companies on

number of olerks in each treaty port has been pelled to collect their gold charges at more Mr. Bibby having been requested to report enoto aan sample in your letter, was tired the 1st fustant

reduced to Bre, a number quita sufficient fur xil purposes This unquestionably reduce the er or less lasufficiant silver equivalents abould on the "Rinlode of the Jelebu Mining and from the 1st of January 1875, et 3 free 50 Year Excelency is possiblynnawore tärst these Trading Co. Limited, his report, which is long centimes, equal to 7 shillings sterling, and col- additions amount to po less than 375 per cont.

penditure of the government and is lumbtless. now be advanced as an argument why they and at a technical nature, is published in the late in Chiu with $2.00, Mexican, which was on meeges to Earore, and 100 per cent on local telegrams. grč I am quited to point out

dine to Mr. Brown's rice. Much more remaine The following letter from the British should continue to do so ad infinitam, while Straits Times. De says the "Rin Lee Mind" at that time the actual situar equivalent.

to be done in the way of a pure government and is not aufluently devoloped to warrant the Of this amamt about che half collpoted that the reply to the protest of this Chambor such is not the case with, for instance, the etion of ornsking machinery on it, and to do for the nocount of other Telegraph Administre stata that gereremental concurrence has been Minister to the Shangbei Ganere Chamber of

we have no doubt but that Mr. Waeber and Mr. Commerce is published

courteously translated for me, we learn that Brown will in time couplish more. Eteamer Componies and other similar so would only lead to trouble and danpoint ons, over whoo Knes the telegrams Ens in obtained thereto e her The Committee enclose and particularly beg

Paling, 18th Angust, 1956. during last month the plains bordering on: concerns, who have been compelled to adopt thent. The prospects of the mus are exceed transit, and how to be accounted for by the theat your Excellony will carefully peruse the

Sir-Haring referred to Her Majesty's the Ussuri who the scans of terrible experly the same measure as now adopted ingly good, but more development, work will Companies in gold

require to be done before the Company will be when silver coormenced to docllas in value corresponds which has passed between this Secretary of State your communication of the hous. The rivers Biphoos, fot, Bauta Chaan, hy the Telegraph Companies, without, as far justified in going to the expenso of putting up in the East, 10 per cent was added to the $200, Chamber and the Telegraph Companies, and, 22 April last, on the subject of the reported and Iman were all out, sud the plain for The British steamer Kong Beng, from Bang AS ME. HENNINGSEN is aware, having been reling schiers is believes that in the from the let of November, 1976, to cover lie whilst still testing agaisnt houseway intention of the British Postal authorities to hundreds of miles was turned into a lake, io sono al 31st Ang, had fine weather and smooth sau.

Rtn Ludo Tin Miose the Company has n Companies against losses in exchange This being used on a gold parity, would especially

mail contract for Chins 1 Lave reocived Hooded for 120 warate from Tman, the last station dull and cloudy. culies to account by the Committes of the valuable property, and all it requires to make a pres intimed fill the 1st of July, 1855, row-your-Freelingy eltention to the want make Hongkong the terminal point of the new places 26 test deep. The Siberio railway was: On Bopt. 7th dull and cloudy with rain. On 8h Chamber for to doing To this the Chair it so is to thoroughly open it or by drice on when silver had shown signs of every, tu bo of equity a raising homeward ratap opply from his Lordship informing me that on the road, and in many plans washed away The British stencier Foosing, frum Wahn man of the Chamber replies It would the course of the lodes and to test it now again Licensed to $2.80 from the 1ft of Febra August, 1600 in der 16 July the l'ostmantar General has not recommended and for some days telegraphic communication at Sept, and Chinking 3rd, find medorate to

ary, 1893, after the subsequent celage of silver, duction in entard rates to lat July, 197

The Committee father ak your Exy and change, and that in wire-tistug for with Vladivostock was interrupted, beth on the Fresh N. o N. wlad aud cloudy weather with and when it was becoming evident that no por "serve no Lofal purpose to occupy time in water-level in the settled sorbtry.

onveying the walls botwear Colombo and ware being gathered and ware stacko in The British steamier Airlie, from Foenbow "discussing the similarity or otherwise of The Beking correspondent of the Mercury ment recovery call be hoped for. The orl cultor's attention to the addition of 100 nel contracts, touders have born invited Fur Goverument and private line bo grain props following sex throughoaktywn "your position with tons of Stentner Con-writes. Its diverston los cecured in lection tatu would at that time here been still per cent, in charge Moon Shanghai. I shall feel obliged to you if you sheaves in, the falde, and the winter steak of 8th Pepe had moderate to strong NB winds panies and other similar concerns," and foreign society life. The whole intelligent world farther increased to figure corresponding with and with reference to ML. Heunge will make this known to your Chamber and to hay was being housed in stop. All these were and rain at intervals. From Lanimooka ne **the Committee will therefore not follow you bas heard not icly of the Teking. Reform the gold rate in Europa, had it not hoon for the reply that the benefit to the Error the public in general.—I hate the honour to be carried away, as were in most cases the stock moderate N.Eto B. and E.S.E. to arrival.

the date of the reports the middle of Bent, Amoy 8th, and Swatuw 7th, had mo Club, but of the Feking Club-ton-Reforra competition started by the Chinos Telegraph Companies is important owing to their having in the mnay lines of controversy Bach argu. This tast is Enropean. It lies a Brit dags bir Ainistration, who on the let of Merch only four nations in China, I would poner most obedient servant,

aforge a score of people, and it was feared that olure to Amoy From Amuy to Swatow yazi rents might led to." It might be pointed and the latest periodicals. Last winter the following published a $2.00 rate for telegrams out that their action is none the less regrettable he Chairmast of Shanghai General Chamber August) news had been rescired of the deaths alemate SS. W. winds and flee weather from Foo in the more remote districte the loss of human able white, avervast and ralty. From Swatow French Minister lasted the order to his nationale to Europe by their newly cumpluted land lines at enables the Native Administration to rol

lila would be a greater Resole parties fresh vasterly wind and skudy to Single Island; to have nothing to do with this Club, s 16 It sover, due to this competition: lac double revenue, which, if the raport he trua of Comm too English The Russian Minister joined the and not, as you assarce in your leffer, to any that this latter's kilos already show profft of

and their families to places of safety in the ton In Fooshow-ris In Amy-Str. Chang manerative figure fraighte generally were movement of the perire Frenchman. Thas it was vast inercase in the colume of messages trans- 24 per cent por annum, will (whilst unfailing

that there cama split in Peking Club life. The mitted, tint the Catezanics were onmpelled to little or no addition in wirking expenses) in- LI HINGCHANG AND THE TARIFF way cut ball divortions taking the farmers tienes le port. E.8.B, winds and fine weather. The Committee of this Chamber are con The following telegram published by the boats to ha friend in the distelut at the Go Hoa Kion, Dante, as Sebins Rickmers. In Vernor-General at Vladivostock and despatched Swator-Strs. Fra Nang, Chefee. Eignon, never so low as they are at this moment fom European Christinus, in epit of the cheap ugain reduce their rate to Enzope to $2.00 a crease the profits enormously Moreover, if we admit Mr. HENNINGBEN's drinks, failed to banonize. But the act pings word fibm the Tet of Desember, 1992

of information, who has some Boating to our The original gold rate has, however, rebuind 120d that the tradition of equity which

EXPORT CARGOES: premises, it might possibly be argued thints or the pools of slime water is at the mugitared, so that whilst a meguge from the sofusted your pratecessore in the capneity of Ceylon paper gives a little farther information party of soldier with two light drought and Now the Chamber of Commerco had neglected its Frenck Minister has csized on an antls haur United Kingdom to Chius paldings Ministers and Baporintendents of Trade to the tarif revision negotiations and shows annakes and four le boats to

state of the country but when I fully did August For Londen:100 bales waste silk, dufy in not protesting against such con in the morning to slip poross the street from word, message from Chiu between the same will still prevail, and therefore urge your Ex that Ll Hang-chang ie not disposed to entert in his work. This party found great

reach man it at once struck out for the more bralce canes 189 rolls matting, SK casks bis Legation to read the papers at the Club Places paid loss than 4/6 a word, celloney to review any sanction you may have vory madily to the abolition of the inland difficulty in reaching the sogne owing to the The steamer Cloak, el on the 30th

The rates buve now been adjuster, so as to his afforded in the absence of information of the 11. binations na the Bhipping Conference, but before anyone else appeared. The Committsa that would not constituto Buy Anthicient heard of the troussetion, and book the matter the same from both cuide, by the Companies Hoffacts the increase of charge protested against London Und August rebate Catrists, five Thick quow Biz beco giga 250 cases glager, 29 prokages son shells.

will have cu commercial intereste Justification for the recant great increase in hand, Cali Dasby was also drawn in 38, & derizing, at the International Telp for This lovior is totammitted thingh H.B. Li Hongang wild to die im Nach arkived for a couple of weeks ago made probage sundries. Ang kan du att gold rate from 8 tros 50 Centines to 7from a Cersul, we, we trust, will inform your Excel The Times states that Lord sailbury informed. As the settlere have bet Cole all, even. The slanger Formėsa, solod on the Sik the men charged by the Telegraph Com kind of poncemaker or sweet oil for any wounds, forenes lately held at Budapest, to faduce their

word, whilst at the same thing.collecting the full lenoy by vire of the rende protest now Haag chang Ust he favoured the principle, the stock of foodstaty for the winter, there September, For Manchester-50 baler waste silent, oqtirelight in China: wil it has leca Ferorded, and in slow of the urgent importance of an increased Chinese tarif, but must consult will elitest scaredly be great distress and file For Buenos Aires 400 packages too. sun tansously arranged that from the lat of of the subject the Committee venture to ask the Chamber of Comments of Changhai and fouing in the rogion during the coming For Lorden 276 halba sate silk, 263 baigi July next year, when the raided interactional the favour of a tolographic reply through the visewhere before consenting Li Hang-chig winter, oad, farther, the vast piles of pierced concoons, 75% hales cures, 548 tales. Telegraph Convention conto its force, the same channel have the honour to be, et urged an immediato decision in the matter framod so absolutely aromary during the bony 63 camas chinavaro, 18 onser black wood the same thing to Japan without an equivalent away by the raging waters, and to the pange preserved, 36 cases cassia oil, 1 ass slik picco mmber of letters in a single word swit be your Excellency's most obedient servant, sisting that Great Briain bad already soncated long terrible infer ball boot washed ware, 5 cases camphor wood ruske, 350 casos

SARININ THE WORD

Charunt, Hany chang has stated pricately that Chins of unger will be added the Cogress of the goods, 50 easka prestress, B5 phokages sundries,

increase of tariff: Ti Hungschang is charmed prision for keeping the houses warm The intranets p will not abandon the land titles for more proverbially arre Biberias winter with no 11,683 boxes tem (265,582 16 th 300 hates with his stay in England, but leaves without verament is ding all in its power to assist The slather Biomed, mailed on this Th the pur people thas thrown helpless on le Stetomber. For Landion-1 case silk 1 cate haging ordered anything whatever

hards, fat from the nature of the country and fathers, 190 cases pain less fans 84 compe of the cabunity there must be s fetzibly as ontolga, 15 cams blackwoodware, 56 balss rengs, MACNEVEN & CAMERONE PEN of distress throughout the whale regles during and 8 packages sundries For London and/o THE WAVERLEY Pas, for Bay Writtogte next twelve months. The Siberian papers Manchester-50 balss wasto silk, For Lon THE FLYTES SOOTOrman Pas, bustest of Quill therefore urgently call for subscriptions to aid dan sudor Hamburg-585 boxes tex (12,285 THE ULTIME J writes 230 onda per dips

the babitants in addition to the mistanes be enrgon). For Manoboaters-1 case curina. Bold srerywhere. WAVERLEY WORKS, EDDisuse, given by the government, and the Inhabitants For Glasgow caso anudries

c that though some Stoner Companies

have succeeded in maintaining mates at are

panies A matter of fact, however, outside the Chamber of Commerce there. have been many protests against the

RECTERS TELEGRAMS.

policy of the Shipping Conference; not

(SUEFLIED TO THE DAILY FRIES."

London, Uth Feptember. so much because they prevent rater

ARRIVAL OF THE CZAR AND filling to a ruinone figure, but because

CZARINA IN GERMANY GAG their ecale does not work equitably all.

The Czar nu Czarion have arrived of round. Moreover, the Shipping Conference frogled, where they met with splendid rooop, does not maintain its position by virtue of ton, Ata banqust giren in thole honour the au abiolute menopoly, but because it offers Emperor Wiling boseted the Car as the bul shipper, to return for higher rates that wark of votes The Crar's spouse to the would be given to outside somers toast was of the briefest.

Prince Hohenbho had an hour's audience extra advantages in the shape et constant and ample supply of tounge, in the slack with the Car,

tiery, Poking

Increased from 10 to 1a and the number of Dyures frend 3 to 6 for extra-Europan tele grame a coreesition which cannot fail very To His Ercaloney Bir Ulande Mfumo Donald, EL.M. 3.Ma Minister Plenipoten watorially to benefit fise public at the expened of the Telegraph Conruonies, as sonders of the

leges will be entbled thereby counderably THE CHAMBER TO THE BRITISH MINISTER. to improve and stigment the prangt 10 letter Shanghai Geral Chamber of Commer Shangha, Brd September, 1890. folegraph cotes,

I may perhaps hote by permitted to express Bir Adverting to the letter 1 lnd the Honor surprise lust that fact of the Telegraph of addressing to your Exellen on tasut Cutinies haring for a long euritis of years, regarding the recent Increase in the telegraphe it with groot loss to themselves on comtarit, Lundesired to draw your Freellanty pollel to doilet their gold barges at me er aflection to the apparently noquiale

Commerce

CLAUDE ME. MacDonald

WA 3007 IN HVERATELS Race

of the farmers as well as their bonges At The British teamer Haitan, from Foeclow