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Tan advantage to a Publie Company of building up a substantial reserve find in times of prosperity has been strikingly Illustrated in the case of the Hongkong Fire Insurance Co. At the cununi mesting yesterday the Chaleman orgratulated the chareholders on the fact that after the lane of some years they were again able to strong then the position of the Company by adding to the reserve fund as much as the articles of association parmit of. The original articles mited the reserve fund to the sum of cue million dollare. That amount having beon. reached when the report for 1866 was presented, and it being doomed desirable
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THE HONGEONG DAILY PRESS, MATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27cm, 1898.
We make the following skimets Erem 1ka INDIAN FAMINE BELIEF TOND
feat chapter Pas Ilonorury Truenter of the Judian
ncknowledge. The conduct of the war by the Japanese Furine Ralof Fund bege
was terked by a vary complete decentralisation Commandors of armies or detachel foroGH Were
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272.50 200.00 Wong Tai Yuên Glammert. R D. Yania Red Fish...
Chinese messenger employed at the Gov. cranient Civil Hospital and charged at the Poller Court yesterday with embestling 910, the prisoners duly was to distelule bile due to the hospital, but he Lad no right to recalceipt of this undernote moneyCm the dili of lost mouth to prosented
coup of tilla ta a Trong gonilloman at the s 30ssugerian Muriteoren Othon and yus pola 810, which hô kop in lile wa packer- The hospital alharities, thinking the money had not been paid, seats second application and the roply was that the bille were discharged on presenta ion. Upon vesipt of the news Dr. Athason questioned the prisoner, who admitted having received the mancy, which he said he had lost. Commander Hastings sent hips to gaol for four montas with hard labour."
Private letters recived from restonia in
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To reserve find, amount reserved from the Governor, H. E. Vise-Admiral Sir A; Biller. now. presented, which enables us to recommend that certain eranta which took place in Forsulo Marubhu-luucts whs 11 their power doclived, and on 300 ten years A 900+,
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to the reserve fund until yesterday, when the sum of $21,688 was carried to the fun from the profits for 1805. The dividends for the intervening years have been for 1893, 814, 1804, 89.05; 1895, 820. It will they be ace that in ton years the dividends bave fluctuated between $27.50 and $9.05, and had it not been for the
wured the adoption of the report und accounts, interest earned on the reserve fund it would
MT. WILCOX-Mr. Chairman and gentle men, I have very great pleasure in coconding S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED. have been impossible in some years to pay
H'kour & Shanghai Banking Corporation. 100 the adoption of the report and sccount. Inasty and low dissented" from die proposal more than two or three dollare. The sun
Eelis & Co.
100 link we love all grond cases for con ... 300 gratulation is the report before us of prosperity is again shining on fire insur. D. Bassoon & On
Arnhold Earbeig. & Co.
50 which shows very good results as compared with auce business, rate-cutting having been Carlowitz & Co.
Go perions yours and which promises also for the 50 next year even better results. I am suro pe suspended for the time being, but in view of
50 all concur with the police of the Gotieral Agenta the experience of the past it would be wiec,
50 in dovoting a substential sum sa addition to the 50 reserve, because its eminantly necessary to for the various companies to take advantage
50 keep up the resurre fund, although I am glad of the good times to strengthen their reserves
to potice that the causes for ansioty in the Si mattor of competition are not so great very materially and to be content with the
25 formerly I have great pleasure i seconding payment of moderate diridoude. The bone
the adoption of the report and pocounts, fide investor, the only person besides the
93 Caixiodes as insurer whose interests it is necessary to consider, does not desire extraordinarily large dividends with the risk of seeing them
ave any
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akappily, the disposition to go unt and unle boma in strong hands which has existed gst youthful Englishmen for generations does 101 oxit ut all amongst the coumou ran of renebrisa Cearage, endurance, and the spirit of adventure they have pleaty, as all the world knows, and we who shoceeded them in. Canada must be the first to allow. But they sur terrily from home sickness. They have of the Britor. They are content, as M Bonvalot couplens, to stay at home, and wait for an inheritance, no matter how zote or how small, rather than tarn their bros on
mambora of the Congrisa mu te bg smilly mines the wygli, was in, egual defines. They so curious to gain 18 % zurautor: 305-25 kulgid not want, dojsked an perialce in what quy and moderation that we feel constrainst colonisi could benet Frauos, M. Etisans to urge spon them dues moj the hopelessaana was orucl enough to insist that the ignorance of expecting that sensible Englishmen will which flicted the craments of the most given defluity objectivos (one at a time) by the love patotoo with them unless ya brilhantly in the world had lasted into Tuipotel Hend-quarter Stall, and wore then deviso mount to stop their oralers from our own decocratic agy, and oven into this days allowed a fuso hand in carrying out their work reiterating sa obildish statement. They of the Turd Repable. He barrowed the cki will never get rid of nonsense altogether Fanigram on the Carbons and whetted, it fa and the same system was Zollowed within the
noporular nambly can-bat let it not fresh unkindziesz at the expanse of the dying writes and divisions be transparent nonsense. And his replation contury. As farded colonint policy, he said, 17. & Orders Ereza Japaz wont by cable to Face of Mr Bougeries was transparent consense. 11 had learnt nothing and torguitan ovary.
and thence by telegraph to the 1st Army For
If it meant anything at all, it meant this, thutthing M Garnier, the explorer of Tongklog, the End Army, up till 30th December, unless the common nople, the labouring clauor, lu was & woond Depleis, Jules Ferry had been wore folographul to Ping Yang Inlet or. Cho malo, and thenos taken by stasier to the the pastry Kezo once comparatively wall of the victim of hiftor pozascution for having Lanotung poutala, bet on the Sour Datenber put have been reduced to beggary by the obtered the engubat of that country, and in HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE
the fedeginuh line found the coast by Takunlanaren of our extravagant civil and military Egypt the lion test Tahonnend, her "COMPANY, LIMITED."
and Pitzuwo to Chinchon was completed so that expenditure, Mr Banargen wiebel is hourers historie mission an unworthig as any degener from that is the Lud Amy wes in directe bell they were delighted to do so se charsh lod by frivolous mistresses. that the British Government of Ludlo is distin- Pines Honry of Orleans, who buy unze for The twenty-eighth ordinary general mesting tographie communication with Fagan guished from those that proceded it by the cont. warl in two new pipar apo "the gubject, there Almost all mental servants have of absroboldors in the Hongkong Firo. In-
Let us take up one, hair of this stalarent thinke the Monarchiels may bot of the Ho an extraordinary meeting was held on the has often to be left to the ladies, whilst in matter of the General Managers (Messrs. Jardin, CAMPBELL FILG.S., English Presbyterian that who refers to the military table pablicat adandonment of a soil so many times Matheson and Co) yesterday afternoon Ho MINLOD, Taiwaniu, Hongkong, Shangholment, the one which Mr Caine, of course, conquered by French arms, diplomacy, 22nd February, 1887, that is tee years ago wes the greatest differlly is experienced in purchasing provisions of any kind.The native
J. J. Bell-Irving prouded and there worn also at which the articles were altered to the shops are desorted; woods are growing in some
and Yokohturm Kelly & Walsh, Limited. oght at and endorsed one of the delegates and civilization against the Royalist present-in P. Chitor, Mr. J. H
Hire down this West Coast Will any one of deserticu of Hindutan. Poletail history. effect that "The reserve fund having now of the infected streets, and the death of servant Lewis, M. D. Ezekiel, Ross, Maitland HTS 15 a rapiat, from The Scottish Geogra then who cares to believe only what is trub alwaye needs to be received with caution, but,
La compelled the hotels and, even the clubs reached the sum of $1,000,000 the Generato le No one can possibly entertain; and (Consulting Comarilee), G. Veitch (Sooraphical Magtains for August, 1996, of very tak page in cha of Messrs. Shephared without endorsing all the statement of the tary), JY V. Vernon, H. Patta, Paul interesting paper, Mr. Campbell has had a and Co. 3 steamer xa far, and is Vingero, critics of the colonial policy of demo statio "Managers and the. Consulting Committee a masements, of course, love come to a
Jordnu, JH. Micban), D. Gildas, R. Cong respingen in Formosa and Indly and providing himself with a pooket book, Franco, it must be wimited that M. Etiam's Wilcox, O. S. Sharp, T. Arnold, Mo Tung, standstill. It is a city of mourning; oud no one who is not compelled gons near the place. Ho Fook, D. K. Shiman, G. C. Cox, D. D. U quainted not only with the present conditions take note of each fort that he meets with refurbished epigram Booms to prese come
in the course of that ruyage of loss than 20 points w "of the profity as they may deen desirable to
If some abatement does not take place in the
áblo and well-informed Frenclunen seo woll "the reserve fund until the said fund shali plague ston, it is feared that even the forKieto 0. G. Anderson, V. A. C. Hawkins, of the inland but is its pest history: After miles Before be is wels out of the Bontoy
J. A. Chinoy, J.H. Coughtrin, D. C. Campbell a brief description of Formosa, in which barbour he will have to beglu with enough the war gronuda, why French volonies Burvants left in the place will clear out and leare amonat to the sum of $1,500,000, pro
the Europeans to fare entirely for themselves the meeting
The SPORTART read the notice confoung reference is male to the want of good Andheri and Kandhet, and a low miles Billors Baglia colonias succeed. The first vided always that such anual appro-Straits Times,
The CHAIRMAN Centlemon, with your harbour accommodation and the possibility further on ho will pass round another grim and mist obvious the stationary condition bone of many wickedzessen to enter the bar of the how population in Frason and the "priations shall not exceed ten per cent. of
permission we will take the report and accounts of improving that which exists Mr. Campbell hour of Alibag Going on the Ravdands, he rapid growth of the home population in the said profits." In the balance slice Wa Ting-fang by the Chinese community at
A faroveli banquet is to be given to H. E. which have been in your hauds for the last fort unters on a historical simmery, from which ye tay leave out Chail, while Portaguese ugland. The branch cuties to past for 31s, December, 18896, the item appeared the City Hall on Friday evening next. H. Hght, as mad. I think I may safely congrati make the following extract work, but the hill, forf on the opposite sulod years thewal that with a population of 38 "Coming down to more recent times, we find the creek was undoubtedly fortiunt before the million and a half there has born an Portuguese got possianion of inzid passed incres of only 175,000 in Aye Ar Hi. Major-General Black, the members of the payment of a bouns to atributing Ahare me during 1845 attracted the notice of mans "the profie of 1809 to 1825, $1,000,000. Couaul, the principal oficials, and the heads of huldens, a dividend of Ste per shure, had after Bakopeans, et hose and abroad Pho first Jinjeera till ak tits more to the list surf trout parison of these figures with the state of The following year the sum of 281,488 the leading Europiza drags are to be incinded Inpss of some yeas to again strengthen the Anglo-Chins var had just been closed by the the Bill slove Binket a thin wi frown upon Great Britain er einssy Russia is in steelf was carried to the reserve fund, and, after it the list of invitations. The following is the position of the Company by adding to the Treaty of Kaaldag, when two British sluipe up friend wir vominences of hats the enough to account for the alew development of
Committee:-Messrs. Wong Shing, Chairman
reserve fund e mach as the articles of also won driran, by stream of weather, en to this ababu and the Angring. The next stopping French territories beyond the sens. Colonies deducting this amount, the prefit shown Fung Wa Chin, Hon. Secretary Ho Tang ciation poiit of. Tas propen alten to the north-west coast of the island the westoned place Haren here he will without colonists a bards, not a source of was $262,200, and the dividend paid was Hon. Trator: Li Bing, Lino. Tar San, Chin reserve fund will dostless meet with your parsons who came sebore being brought our forts, of which the principal, Suvaru strangi, and withoué a eurplus population
Yu Tin, Leong Pai Chuo, Lau Wai Chuen, approval and be a matter of satisfaction to al no less than $27.50 per share. Then the Tang Tik Mai Ho Fook, Chow Tung Shang, ounected with the Company. The position of offeinis. After
to await instrnotions from the loual Chines drug, covers an island digat peros in extent, emigration either does not arist, or it becomes onsultation, those cavil and is veut of unssire stenos, side of the rainons drain ti zauthier country. The lean years sat in and the dividend for 1887,haa Kit Joan, Lo Taz Chang, Loose Tu, the 1896 account you will also I trust conside: and militiy underlinge concluded that not less than ten fort quare From-Hartatildest thing range bus to do, if she is going paid in 1889, fell to $16.00. For the year Chas Per Po, Choa Chun. Chen, Sink satisfactory se preuia incouk shows the opportunity was a ver favourable only fifteen miles to Babbot, but them he seriously to attempt the creation of int 1888 a dividend of $23 was paid and Tan, Tam Tez Kong, Lin Yan Chun Chan substantial increase, and the amount at credit one for enriching themselves and obtaining will see the strong tort of Anjanvel, laid veritable colobial ampiro which is to have Saat ho, En Fai Shan, Lau Bip Chee, Kwan of interest seccant, notwithstanding rodu ontstantial promotion in their respective services, Sivajus and Lije-sustore till in wasted se tits feet monament to Dmpleir, is to add a $24,563 added to reserve fund; for 1889 the Hoi Crus, Fang Mung Stan, Chan Lai Kam, tions in rice for fired deposits, is larger They commenced procoelings with a wholesale from them by the Hubales and Frere bin few millions every ten years to bor native- dividend was 818 and the addition to the Kar Hong Take.
than last year. Charges and commissions plundering of the two ships, and by inflicting turn by Angria The walls are very strong, boun diligens. But even when this has beu are alightly greator, as is only natural with
As heavy has 3 porsible on any private in twenty feet high. A Jaygul, the metacoomphaled she will base bdpenced but one reserve fund $3,951; für 1890 the dividend
A correspondent signing himself 25 cents
increased business. The losses netained to dividuals who had boon found loobing on theic port, he will and another of Sivajve e fur brise atop on the road to empire. The next stop is to was the same and no addition was made takes exception to our insertion of the letter of 31st December were a little less than the pre own behalf. Those miserable sailors and pass with a second smaller fort facing it on the instil into the citizens for whom there is no room
reserve fund; for 1891 the Mr. Sidney B. Proston headed insing has vious year at the corresponding date; aino
engers who escaped the dangers of the sea waterposite side of the ore) But we hebt not get home an appreciation of this fact, and a deler- ic the
and kindred in 1896 on the ground that it is then further losses to the extent of about then arched down the loland Tainant or At Eunagiri, Wytay ora, Vizadrug, Malwa mimion to greate for themselves homes cle- dividend was $17 and again no addition written for advertising purposes and with the $15,500 Lobe odazer the chief atera being ons
hoever the steamer stops the delegates whosein, wherb- The Gormans havondsancol xö får, but were most soundalously treated during tom was made to the reserve fund, while for the view of attracting inquiries and netting for of $15,000 sessed at Chalon, the Chines months of imurise nazent thors, and wore at loet grafigit has been roused by thoughts a british there, to the chagrin of their robmind phrtyr
Of Me. Preston we kuw nothing personally, quarter of Saigon, through the late disastrous
military extravagnaree, will pass autor Mahratta they have stoppen. For area the preseff year 1802 the dividend fell to $16 and the bat it may be taken for granted that he bus confagrotion blure. The keta competition that out beyond the Great North Cats of the milements and trictions, until he had the superabundan population at home and the
city, where they suffered decametion to the sum of $60,000 was withdrawn from this professional interest in the subject on which he so long axisted for fire insurance business in this number of one hundred and Mitty-seven on the voyage at in forla and sous beyond roudiness on their part to emigrate, are quita -
write. That, however, does not scom a suf- part of the world has to a great extent censeu, qui reserve to meet loss in exchange on re
ficient reason in itself for refusing inger-equitable tariffe of rates have boon catablished at
**The report sent up to Peking quits ignored him, on the borders fortagne torritery, enlloient te found a colonial empire maless, the of many of these are both extensive and perence to territories beneath their own flag. mittances to London, thus recuting the tion of a letter that many roadors went the majority of Bestem, ports. I trust these the cessation of 1.8 wer with Umbain reprehe strong withdel of Redz The fertifications would be colonists are also ready to emigrate by reserve fund to its former figure of $1,000,000, no doubt fied interesting. An annual review tariffs will continue to work as satisfactorily assented that wo of the pnemy's battleships harl Since then there has been no additions of the "market" for missing heirs and kindred they are doing at present, in which case the out attempted to land troops on Formosa, but that Most of them are built on the oro Tho is what the German cannot make up his
is in its way as good newspaper reading as DA
look for the Lompany is batter than it has but during severe engagement the Imperialiste of recipiens hills, they are furnished with mind to do He flocks to the United States annaal Tariew of the are market, or the for some few years past. As stated in the report proved equal to the curion, attacking and hike out out of the lid rock, and with doped be is to be found tourishing and contented in metal market, or the piece goods market. The our mortages have been feraled and chew vanquishing the foreign barbaritas with great powder mangazines who walls and routs of our Australian colonists, at the Cupe, and even loss of life Trophies of war wore also for olid stene are many fest in thickness. The post the South American Esptiblica "ut to the writers of each revisers, gonorally hare
amplo margin in the amounts advanced warded in the shape of ariels which hud be of hellding any one of them must have lua Garmin possession he cannot be tempted to personal corearn in the subject of which they does ant occur to me to make any further retolan from the bra, slips, while marios of the tomoting goreng But latas pes by that botate himalt. When he quits the intherland treat, but that doce set render the recieve less marka, but before moving the adoption of the Imperial four were besought for thine who The point we wish to note here is that every one curries with his many valuable qualitiga and
roport and accomita us presented it will give ne Interesting to the reading public.
pleenre to reply to any questions which share a conspicuously distinguished themselves in of those forts must have had in it af all times a traditions to which he clings, but be scoma to
securing this must glorious violety
garrison proportioned to the ortant of its muy prefer to bo rid of its political system for holders may have to hal
"Of course, there was a terrible natburst of and the number of its gens. Ti shoh thers was good and all When Fruce Ins & superfona rest fucts of the ens came to light. Some with all his ragtag and bobtail of truunters that they do not act in a similar fashion. If. facing amongst Europeans in Chice when the Killeder, if not an ofloor of greater rank, population to eluuate, ale will have to take care would have at once proceeded to overthrow the and bemide and standard, besrars and umbrella she is to resize the dreams of the colonial party, hoidors He had its salary from the State they must not only emigrate, but enigme to that the services of the still present squadron bly, but liberal lions to take no for French possicos. should be mard me of hat wiser counsels himself from sa zuch of the country an his prevailed in the end, for in the face of a pro for oreraud and he had no sople shout found expression of regret from Peking, the doing it -A traveller in the year 1508 tells us diga punishment of many Formen offcials that the garrison of Dabhol consisted of 600D and the peice which had only recently heat men, of whom 500 wers Ings but thirty years prolated, it was felt that this question was later a Portuguese cfficer found that the garri owe ould not wall lake out from the region a rag Only 4,000 stmag Let us bebe den of diplomatic treatment, that the harbours guarded by some of tho Reference is then made to the opening of the forts held powerful sets of aviod vessels island to foreign trade by the treaty of rich found their chief compation in harving got thor the muztiative or the doggedness tin, to Lha diffeally with Japan in 1874, the the trade that should have enriched the count - events of the Franco Chinese var, and the Bo much for the cost- fud the conat 1521ke development of the Inland under Lin Ming the quarry face which reseals to the practised
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Mr. ABSOLD I beg to propone that the as chin, which brings m dove to the period of geologist what lies hidden in the rocks beling the more recens and weeping changes it. Inland there is sourely a steep hill or pre- 25 nointment of Mr. faitland on the consti Referring to die torbe designed by Japan dipitous rock which could be turned to saciunt and of beir adoption. Se artronie is their 10ing committee in soccasion to Mr. SG. Birl
n the price to be paid by Chim for his for such a purpose that does not show the ruins reluctance to quit their own country that they be coz firmei, and that the present mombeit, Biomed. Jester Junkie, Mralia, any sortstoration of pines Mr. Caraphill kaya af ny old fart From any hill station Mana soldom wrench themselves away from ituales. There is reason to think that the proposal to blusher Mothery, or Kuandela weway why are phacholaly compellet to do so land be re-eluted
Groupy Landtung was it piece of maro diplomacysey There they stand witnessca who Family or pocuniary reasons, the Temps do Mr. SHARP conded.
en the part of the Japanese; because, so far as cannot be bribed to a state of things that hesalares, ar do sole reasons which one bring most Carried Mr. JORDAN proposal the re-election of zes are concerned, the placa i passed away Can any one nak us to balibre of them to take a conres so repugnans to scles while huge warlike establishments in the hole force atiso and Europe, their feelings. There is, it croms, a Duploix Massza. Fullerton Henderson and A. Coron would no bom necessary to retain it. It was which we natin in Tolle to-day would Committee for the promotore emigration, anditors,
otherwise with Formosa, for that is a country suffice to furnish standing garrisons merely for and the experiences of that body afford a con. rich in goal and agricultate, one which com.its of Corts Let him put it in ligures. These proof of the aufitness of the aretage ples the line of islands reaching up so endily as is that there was probably upper, a therachmas to play the pug to which the eptorial through Mejicing and the Lonchops to In the history of this country when the party exhort him. The applicants to the com Japan itself and one, expatially, whose copa called snow to support so small à namber of inee, we are told, are generally fugitives from tipu had long been a cherished sin of the sub- fighting men as it is today. In reply to the their creditors or fron depotis tronklos. Then. Jects of the Mikado. Wishing, therefore, to make it may be sak that, though the armies of they ply for a goat deal. They expeof to saro of the island, an additional demand was former tires may have been large, bull the ays places provided for them and lands as mada, about which disonstion was certain to whole of the money spout on them remained in signed to them, to be given free passages out, and frog capital with which to develop their fres EBOM THE CUNG HOOK BÀI TO take place, and so Jepna kayu up the Linoting the country and returned to the people, farms age and previous occupation are in The merchuuts of the yeventy-two guilds who peninsuls on the Equpean Towers guarantee as under the British miminktrat cicagreat set petitions to the sivil officers in Chatoning au adgilions! van and huif billion portion of it is druined from the country, and their ages, de suficient, impediment to settling asking for a modification of the postal laws hese pounds of indemnity, no objentica at all being gone to Engin in the form of horas charges on a new coil and ontoring upon a new career. receivel a reply from the fovernor, who says made to the cision of Formasi The #hols leaving the people impoverished. We hate the worst of all is that those who to go, go that as the postal service is under the super traction may incuns more at leible to us hoard this argement, it contains as et allow a fixed and mutable determination tó
ence bank again at the earliest possible mo vision of Ei Robart. Hart, as oxlerot by the ou remembering that the Uniontal mind is very fullsey as any oldier bul arguwort we know Imperial Government, it is not within his power fond of working in curves, its method of obtain of If one half of the population of any Tent They have no idea of fourdlug forailies to effect any modification. In be will manning any desired object being to say a great country is obliged to work for the support of and creating homes for thoir children and their rialien the Throng and ask for a change of the deal about surelbing else the other half, that country will be impoverished bildro's children in now Lands. They hope laws. It is rumored in Canton that the letter The sugation is interesting, int, we think, whether the produstite if live at homeve pittance and in returnsite thir carriers shops will probably be allowed to carry innocurato. Joint desired Linotung, we be or abroad. If a gontien keeps aetud of native town? Theft sojourn abroad is to them" cutlicit business in the Hams way as formerly are, not merely to bargain with, but because racehorses, the tops on his purse will be a exile. It is this fundamental difference, between Canton, Hongkong, unil Macao, she wished to obtain a footbuld as a Cou-pratty nuch the same whether he lets them at the popular Fresh view of colonization and
Bis Excellency Wa Ting-fang reat to pay finental, lower in Asia. Pe that neit may, the prong of his estate, or keeps them else his faroroll respects to a Viceroy and the however, the bed Arrander Liadfang, but where, sud sells his produce to pay for their opals English rig, rallier than to any Governor on the 23rd February His Fixes was allowed to retain Formesis, no opposition keep. Whether a man grows richer or poorer of the other caussa mentioned in the discussion anty arrive at Hongkong on the 26th by being offered to her in that quirter by other by the money that ho sponda depends upon the Sorbonne and in the comments upon s gunhcat sud will leats for Ametics by the Power de to the future of the island Mr. | purposin for which he spends it and on nothing possessions stoms to be ohindy ine. Many Gaelic.
Gpbou my soles And this brings us to the last point to On the 20th February a land of robbers One may frenst a little by consider while we would nek our Congroup friend's of the great pioneers of car raco have suffered brake 10to the Blud Men's Home and the Foce Ing, on the one hand, whay Japan itself artsontion. The Indian army to day, be it too ako ba This gentle of Bran House and robbed the poor destitutes of all, is; and, on the other the expressed delce large or to small, serves to purpose for which cruelly as Duplex. This growth of wang they hud. The booty amounted to the value of
mination of its ralors that Formosa, body, it is kept up. The penculls people to the four calentes has been pumporod by two or three thousand reason), sed spirit, muat be made a part of their country are protected im foreign invation government from home nearly as stuc, if A big fire broke out in the vily of Surin empire. Connecting them two things, then, it and internal lawlessness Pirroy, on the not so parlantic, as that of the French do- pendencies. Social and commercial fadare the 19th February. Over two hundred houses of the tying that before long, good and freshooting on land are alike cuppress were burnt to the ground, lint there was ro eos ill be all over the island, that the rail and lifonal property tre actually more separave been not infrequently the immediate epur loss of life. The sent the fire 16 andawn. way will terried down from north to south, than Uier are in almost any county in Europe to emigration with Englishmen as well as with *Frenchman. - Chire Lincolf was not exactly a On the 2nd February a fra broke out on a harbonix opened, and a proper currency Intro Bat the 3d defences, round mark a favourite of fortens when he went out to junk loaded with a cargo of salt at Wachor duced with parliamentary representation, up- tillago testify plainly that, though the poor The use of the are was the burning of right offofels, skilled native doctors, non ryot af the last century said to keep up with Madges to found our Indian Exigire on the Jess-peper. There were sight, junks in a row, all papers, air coscallon of work every reyenthost of luculent warriors, he bed often to TUAS the French dominion, and some of inden with salt, and diey wore all completely day in all Government office of Course depend upon himself for the defense of his own our Australian colonists had rather carious untoredouts. Bub one countrymen sandlo destroyet. A small girl was burnt to death. Luo, thers will be things biver the soul life and property-fanes of India pl
up their minis or sfay, where they had gone. Since the Clins New Your many funtar of the repeal merchant and, the aright
Where it wue possible they built homes and gambling houses 16sa baen opinął, sömne in Christian missionary but patimos must be
founded mighty.com.tapnrealth. Where the Trabik Kireet and some in Wing-yeteg Street, exercised, and great things still be truented
climate forbade this, they gave the best years All of thon ure under the protection of in- from such a propia as the Japanee Jinve proved Sunday on the two bandredth amiversary
of their lives to the work they had taken in fluential San-B
themselves to be. The movements of popals of the birth of Duplex, the man- as tion under the now orlar of things will be in Lord Monday says, who first saw that hand. When they came back their life' work done, and it was in England that the truo Leresting, and be likely to appear in (a) the was passablo o found an Enropean atviro oz
exile for them began. —-Temsa. deportare of many Chinese from Formosa (the mine of the Moga monarchy
so steady increase in the slow of Japanese informed just and distiurt vam of be grants; and (e) in the rosult of civilising meme by ariel ist zxl was to be attained, inrences brought to bear on all the none day was celebrated by ppscobes; poalry, Chinese-speaking britua. Thow her mata musiu at the Sorbonne and varicats d Sir Henry Maade, în his inaugural addroas tern make up a problem of first-class importanon, roenter of Trepali expansion of more or less as President of the Institution of Electrical and one canno, but accompany Japan with menco have commented by the Les on the Engineers, in speaking of the dardlopment of competitions Kowloon will mest B. C West In this case the plaintiff moted for tun
hopeful, peried of her history
they draw from the failure of their gros with the cable to India, by way of the Pastan countryman and from the successful sodque Gulf, that has association with mbmarina, felé, Happy Velley. The following players pre further consideration of an administration suit. Tas very useful epitome of the Chino Japanese open), pered dugh this eration, yet very celebration and quits other his lonavit Sesquic lagraphy, said it was in conroelion plenmont by English Lanus of the work which graphy ocremenced. In the Permiso Guif bùn seat Kowloon Moore goal; Robinson und Mr. J. J. Francis, QC, (instecated by Mr. war, compiled with tachtical skill, will bo woll
INDIAN EXTRAVAGANC 9 Gambien, backs; Wooley, Wilson, Hendersons), sppeared for the plaintiff and Mr. coed tud appreciated by those who desire to
conceited and in part trimplantly dil fossilly witnessockantural phenomena which _____ —FAST AND PRESENT. -_- (Capt), half bau, Symington, Grows Mar Hollock (instructed by Mossa. Wilkinson have a clear bad acinct out of that
illed, aro venous, but Rose of them to buis un trátalled might appear läcredible. In Swayed, Sutherland, and Simpson, forwards and. Grist) represented the defondente,
His Lordship modo a decree in accordance Memorable conlist. Captain De Boulay as
Bir. Dodabbai Naornji ust be mir loft toera to by particularly novel Leon the mist of the mountains near Mussendem he
ta becomes – tha Ministerul de den hel seer during & Lavadurstorm inch displava of. 4 good game is expected
with winntes agreed upon betwem connsal on performed his task wita conspicuous super himif" or else Router did his grievous botli sides and adjourned the farther considera As may be gathered from the foot of its being wrong when he lately reported him to bare walio Repablit, attributes the desertion of lightning at bailed description. He had no Ap Aaping correspondent writes dador datption of the matter will liberty to apply. an official publication, the epitome does not at muda a spoor in which hosttributed the pre. Deplairant, the downfall of the embryo Fronch cartain cons of the year, observed the water of Blat Fobrany The sad nans of the death of
at being a popular arcntertaining history, but sent famine the extravagance of the Indian empire in Hilastan to the Arron and the in the bay which was large enough to hot all Mr. J Peterson has been received with foelings
is intended for the student of warfare. The Government. It is generally stillatud to of primas enarrated by pleasure and the lesta of the world-present oszctly the "aristocrates dibassdly prilege. fuppenance of blood. Not many miles from wont of rain. However, Me Badebbi's morfinna menibe of the chlonial group of Modem he had witnessed mysterions fire and never can be, forgotter by his many friends.
first oingtoe gives a statement of the navnland originai oxplanation app have.com defiance of or with the full knowledge in South Fermes. To his intimate friends ha
[FEEȘ OFF CORRESPONDANT J
military forena of China and Jayan, in the monded itselt to Mr. Surendranath Baparjes, Deputies, was not solicitudly complaisant to cutter titting over the surface of the sos at n 25th February of the officials, This report has never boen was austally dear, an account of is manly
second baptar o baros brief summary of the who amplified it into the following resolution at a gripgnata the oxidization tras inch spedd of 100 mijer an hour, a phanomenen Up to the present no information has been
at the recont meeting of the National Indicated By A pitiles appeal to history bowhieh potons had yet been able to explain denied and there seems no reason to doubt its und unselfish heart, and 1 kuow her cours
geous ho was in pushing his way into the received as to who is to be our new Governor events leading up to the war, and in the suc Congress at the Congrass deplores the decaolished the orthodox comeratid logind Whils staariing along the coast of Belonghis sunoy. The action of the Fukien officials camphor distristy when treaties and dango but a doubt leverite of the new Ministry gecdivir ûve chapters the events of the wor outbreak of famine is a more or less ante tom that the misfortunos of the French in India tan ho had tuon culled from his cabin at night throughout showed that their sympathing seemed shocet overwhelming. The sympathy will be sent out. Pitself are recorded, whila in a series of on throughout Indis, and bolds that this and other were this exlusive work of a corrunt Court, ie obenve the pore common phenom
of the entire community will go to the guards
The census report and rotires were published
Praptive to the Ministers and the Fercurifas the same locality the 993 was for "Wirt be regretted that they were not made an von,
as you have already published them in your strength and logos ou heil aides in the princir dus to the grist poverty of the people, and advanced opinion word as hostile to being singalarit rhife and luminous la brought on by the drama of the wealth of the issue of Tuesday last No loss than a year has put butter, the expenditure of ammunition, country which has been going on for years D'Alembert, Mentesquieu, Git Burgos were us pariode, as if putrid, the fish being dre excruple of, untvedintely after the occurrence of the outrage, by being diamicsd the public The well-row steamer edin, wirese Relapsed between the taking of the censur, budeta In his Bont of the Wailui-vol cam together, und by the excessive taxation and to the advantages of colabies Loua troyed in Syriads, so that to prevout a pesti
of codes zupasted, will, 2078 m Ladins the publication of the report, but the Cor
vagauce, followed by the Government both is whose nume Moard, the fashionable "poet cast up on the beach. This phonomeIOD WAY service for ever AllLough their panileontemporary by remembered by old, Calextra uitias appointed by the leverusiont, donorropaign, where it is commonly supposed the ever-siment uniquent on a policy of extat, and M. co Pompados, Voltaire himself longo masaros hind to be taken to bury alivse
Ind just counted with that of Joan di Aro
đonbilen dus to the outbreak of a subratino ment at this late dato would be less effectiva i cosidents, as she was for many yeals Usinnca credit, for they have taken great jos Chinese mode as good a defence as their re- the civil and military departments, which has tide witness with the Pucello to the double volcany nad le liberation of sulphurtled as a warning to other omheinls it would direct on between that city and London: l'ard dono the work garefully. If any mistakes i aqurves perriittoi of, Captain Boulay says far impoverished the people that at the blinity of France, and a twin pledge of the hydrogu, In the initers Jellyfish wets as
for publication, but as cridence of good faith,
Als lettera for publication should be trition as one side of the paper.
No anonymously signed: communications that has
already appeared in other papers will be inserted.
sent before 11 am, on day of quiltention. After that
what he desires is a steady return that he hour the supply is limited. Only Supplied for Cash can depend upon with sifury. The permanent
· Telegraphic Addrey Press-A.BU. Oods.
P.O, Bha. 20.
Talephante No. 12.
DEATH.
interests of insurance companies dictate policy of strengthening the reserve, and the Hongkong Fire Insurance Company On the 20th inst, at the Teak Hospital, How would be wise to remove, the tiraitations, ou JAMES HAGAN, 'ngal 325) ..:
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the ultimate amount of the reaneve land and the amount that may be appropriated to that fund in any one year.
The Daily Press.
HONGBONG, FEBRUARY 27th, 1897.
Ar the recent annual meeting of the Shanghai branch of the China Association the Chairman, Mr. R. M. CAMPBELL, re ferred once more, to the Whagong massere
H.M.S. Spartan, Captain 2 L. Winslos, leaves for home on Monday morning
The cricket match, Public Schools. The Boat, which was to liave been played to-lay, bas boas postponed.
The N. P. stemmer Victoria, arrived at Yake. And the immanity from punishment enjoyed lama and sails to-day, the 27th instant, for this
by the Chinese officials who were responsible port sie wuel ports of call
The D. &, steamer, Imrie, with mails, i left San Francisco for this port via Tokelaus, Inland Sun, Kobe, Nogrenk, and Shanghai on the 23rd inst.
Jon
Ed. Osborna
One of the lessons of the China-Japaneso war the Adaihulty have already taken to heart and acted upon, but if what the naval co respondeat of the Daily Graphic says may be. taken as literally true, the legson that naval officers and sister we were in danger frora the splinters from the wreckage of law'r own beau partly appreciated. We (Naval and vessel theo from the enemy's gaus has only Military Regera here already reported the official decision to adopt a kind of nothing to
be stretohad the full length of the ship, so as to, protoet the crow, and we understood that the Admiralty had decided to use us litlə wood on our new warshops as possible. Yet this is what appears in the Daily Graphic Visiting some of our newest warships Neently I was astonished at the
wood "nerd on great amount of
a
Letres docks. The cabin fittings, for instance, uro almost entirely of wood, which is nut-fre proofed in any way. As a notion to critics steel paoof is ist in here and there. Of course nu captain would think of going into battle with all this mass of inflammable stuff and the abin fittings would have to be out away and thrown overboard, to the infile discomfort of Inez of opinion that foreign e oficers. aviosure vastly ahead of us on this point, as two Fears or por ago Fooden decks were abandoned The Enge of the German Conimlato, they France for linoleam, while both tuin Power and Germany have been pulling out of their German Club, and a number of the bongs were old ships what wood there was exposed to shall st half-most estarday owing to the south of
altaik The Germans have oven trind iron Mr. E. J. Hague, of the firm of Stoltorfolt fritera in their wardrooms, though this they and Eagan, a much respected member of the have boud to sunndon. The clearest and most Germuncommunity
anmistakable lesson of the Yalu was, of course, the incondiary power of common shelf.
for allowing the outrage la occur. He read a telegram received from Sir NICHOLAS O'Covor, the then Minister, in August, 1880, in which his Excellency mid that the Corsul had been instructed to proceed at once under military escort to the scene of the outrage to hold an enquiry with a view to the prompt punish ment of the culpris concerned, high or low, Eighteen months have elapsed and Says the Naval and Military Record -Tho Mr. CAMPELLI, Orks Wint has happened authorities at Hongkong reccomend in exten to the Chinese officials who were in Foolen of the yard at a cost of 2000, with chow at the time?" Answering his owa in Lendou, An extension of the colony's bou
a dry dock on the inland. The plans are now
question, be vaya that nothing has happened | davies to the rainloud is expected. to them and he urges that the mitter should not be allowed to be forgolton Mr. CAMP the first of the Company's doable-scrow benta, The P.&O. Company's new stemer Candia, BELL deserves the thanks of the feraign urrived yesterday. For the pramint she is to communities in Chine for his attempt to be employed on the China line, but it is nudor revive public interest in this important mutated that she will alsoquently be transferred
to the Australian line.
ter, which has thus far been dealt with air effentually. A few coolice were execular in connection with the crime and others were
•
The Band of the Wont Yorkshire Regiment vill play the following programme at the Officers' mess to-morrow at half-past twelve sentenced to banishment, but the officials March "" an whom the greatest responsibility rested, Mount have been retained in their appointment. Frutei
Farengule... You Sleep"
This immionity from purishment is calcu
lated to confirm thom in the impression thal
Montane
God save the QuQM,
Bloccherin
Sullivan
Balluce.
after all the murder of a few fake is an In the second round of the Footbell Shield indulgence that may be permitted with
out fear of serious consequences to them selves. It was even reported a few months ago by our Foorlow contemporary that two of the culprits concerned in the massacre who were originally sentenced to death, but whose sentences were commuted to bazish- ment, had been allowed to return and were at their homes near Kucheng carrying on
Yorkshire Regiment, at 4 pm today on the
their former cocupations, eitlier in calm of the most prefound regret. His name is not
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
OUTFLIED TO THE "DAILY PRESEX! Pakabukas LomÓN, 24th February. M. HANOTAUX'S STATEMENT, Mr. Chrzan (Under Secretary for Foreign Affeira) denies that Great Britain suggested the foreing of the Dardanelles and epiring to Sallan of Turkey.
SUPREME COURT.
26th February.
IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION,
BEFORE SI JW. CARRINGTON (CHIER,
VEJUSTICE.),
CAM TẠI ĐÔNG A NONG TRỜI SAU:
MACÃO,
Ms. HO TUNG seconded Carried
du
The CHAIRMAN-That conclades the us ns of the meeting, gentleman Dividend warrants will, as usual, be sent out to-morrow.
CANTON NOTES.
REVIEWS.
An Epitome of the Chino Japarises. Wer 1304 95. Compiled in the Intelligence Division of the War Ofles by Captain N. W. H. Du BOUBAT, RA Letton: Printed for Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
FRANCE AND HER GOMONTES.
Franco and determine, to kink or swim in tho
whether it ba infierent or neynired between
it, that the different Fate of their colonial.
I MYSTERIOUS GULF
were with the murderers and it is much to in Germany, in the loss of their only remaining Inst viriny, but I need not give you the results Pondicos we are given tables showing the famines which are offered in recent years salons, the representativas ou enlightened of a milk the water for miles arodi -
On the
Lalor in the P&O Company transferred or hava orant in skey in only, bo very slight.
It was einted that the shrapnel med spel tonoh of scarcity toy are rendered helpless and nevertheless de good, but it does not appear to the Chind trude. The vessel any recoutly On Sunday there is to bun carnical ball at ossus amongst the garrison that it ought must puri un lons fort by the Sale or bed by love and fustice has / clair gulo, simant - In-go sa football, and sensuakes of brillant that anything is being done in the matter came out of ook after lining thoroughly over the Club Inio for the member and thair
abent the surrender; but the only shraque private churity. The resolution was carried out too He Lake World were met with in great numbers. Call it be that the British Government Emiled, und solle est voyage to India familias. Tuo graut is long, eurorly looked shall find by tin Jan Tore from them, ikuslyn was to have been expected famed Bued Mizmiro is virtuelle clean din qoca arm of non-huake, fored their way
was with the mails for coontheng After forward to by those who are to be presen
Thatever cause up one of the orcks in Karachi Harbour - mortars on the 9th February, and though thes. This kind of fals makes up so mixed at the blød fun, all impurities from
parently for the purpose of having a battre -ooneiders justice Ratisfied by the execution
Wilson's sirous spined here on Tuesday my have indicted cousklerable los co the gur pain on which the deletes are fed that toing To Serful, Sary Eco Har
royal for the ground betweon high and low er banishment of the mere instruments of
and or three nights have had crowded lenses ac of the extreme western fort had posibly to it enddenly might entail a kind of leging Bain and Blood Bios, Fluples, shut Cores
"WATAY MARK, was thickly covered with their me to such soul met She is the fourth belies they have had no reason to regret al on how the Changen, ash loss was only which Mr. Durnesjen and others would perlar site efecte e martellona:
bodies, in position which betokensded s deadly. stemer owned by Bombay delives that combig Lure at the public is certainly local aut should not have affected the whole
struggle been widered within the last twelve montlismypreciated the vitit,
garrison of Lin kang fan.fo
the crime, while the ipfiuential instigators and connivors are allowed to escapo??
or anal in Bombay, she was sold to
the native firm in whose ownership she has
doplote anzurorols us they do the ons referred wonderful cures have been effected
d
to in the resolution, but many if the better everywhrara su 2.962 Bár pre
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