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HAVING received a communication from the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce on elosing a copy of the light dues petition, the Committee of the Shanghai Chamber say that, while recognising the principle Hon. F. H. May..... that light dues should only be levied on shipping for light-house purposes, they "conmot support any protest against the

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CANTON NOTES

| LEKIN AND THE MIL-ADMINISTRA

TION OF CHINA, A

WINDING UP OF THE TOKWA

SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

to go for making

suited a lawyer, who told him that it be cons tinned sobor industrives the trustee would be collected in local currancy in China, Hor. Wel A TIE has for some months past

COTTON SPINNING CO.

pay the mousy over to him and there would be boon robbed in a must Tholosals fashion by AYO Perhaps the Companies might not be willing of his servants, and it is computed that he has.

Agenoral meeting of the Tokes Coton no way of preventing it from being gobbled up The Zidne to concedo to the British Government the last thereby about 27,300 worthy of silk clothing Tas merabants of the Seventy two Gullis, in station was a legner, luft by the Spain Company was held in the Osuks y judgment creditors. Though his ways of entire medit for the concessions inde, but Jewellery, and also of the oven un es already reported, rocived letter from great rebellion Provious to that it was Hotel on the 17th Felt to consider the raselt tahad been aromalary, le immediately set

was due to the very commendable action on the Governor in reply to the petition cout by wuknown, and first there are not many that is a detail of no grea, public interest, pawnbraker in Wellington Street. Two or thom asking for a modilation of filo postal station ofublished, but the nation to wind up the concern. The rabne finding the best way of being drunkan claros, Mr. Casorati ton, the obiit in this Renshaw lifeolf says, to go to Mobile and The important point is that the position, the role pawn laws, base sent, another petition to the Vineroy always to erase ball their apmber and present 310 harcbalde, representing 26.180 and disipated, and his lawyer told him, 2

a piece of silk at this parabrokers establish and the Governor, which was signed by all the charm has gone on all in some provides arts of Te Mataumur Uae prouident of the raise the devil. B though far from shushhctory, is still a golment, and, is the man's parance was of leading merchants and the directeer of the 12 ist abens ar cheap to love goods carries may was stunned from the cluir In Mobile Renshaw did endale uers deal les unsatisfactory than it might have consistent with his possession of a rivule piece charitable Institutions of Oi-yuk sul tongovorland by coplin It is to bare Lens for that the company had been convinced of the than comply with the latter of the law. Chars 12857 boon. For the prezent, however, the subject of silk the power on tote We A Tak's Hospital and wing you swaded by boat the kinaharga keing houry lisalvantage of baring the factory at Shang are Mostlinne ho my Roushaw's descent upon article, followed him on tong, onging their Extrellaneles to suspend the enough to balance the extra coollshire Bitser hul projected, and the establishment of the the town reminded them of tithefo' do wah." may be considered closed, and we must heuss Inspectors Stunt and Quincey were postal laws, which are most inconvinient to the the foot that it is possible to avoid the fado y la Jawa at with such opsition that In two weeks Rauchas continued the de asnit the opening of an alternative telegraph afterwards communicated with and they poople and a great hindranos e business, till stations n this way there would be no fimilat route for relief from the burden of present arrestol Hu Lan and found apoy him Edvoral an imperial decree has been fasted in response all ta that bumbar and extortion. To show the the only cruise left was to wind up the con of his undle's estate that iz was his plain duty. rates. The Foreign Office sny in their letter kete relating to property belong to the memorial presonted by the Governor fitch to which they liava already attainot, if corn. Anaalmated defale enged, and a motion enter the provisions of the will to hold to

a master Ho Lasi sail he had been basiste asking for their modification.

may be said that if native of Kings), reslint was made to continus the business as projected, young man's sható, Ramshaw is now a panc

with some reduction of the capite, on the fol, thongh perforce somewhat gay resident of score that the store propound would involven Now YorkDREAM Brat on the question of cable across the by Ho Bing, a tailor employed in the hones, und It has been fearnt that as the West River on the lid waters of one of its many strains, "Pacific, it would be pronatute for Her examination of the rooms resulted to the dis will spon be oponad to foreign oçmmeron the wishad to word goods to the span port of his heary lose as the ground for the instory ma covery that $3,000 worth of dothing had Government wishes to drudge the river up to province Kinklas, lowonld have to realready purchased and also, tho msalinery and Majesty's Government to express an recently been talon from oiglt boxes and tant Whow fou, nous parts of it are very from 6 to Sitesa, 142, plations according to plant It was für der urged that the factory

distance about one for every day's journey

Food Folseng, according to a lesture at "opinion while the matter is being investi- in December last $9,500 worth of pearls, so ware stali. Le Sing was of course arrested

The merchant who has got permission to down stanu. Atench of these he would be apud be established na weselp of the "gated by the Committee representing the and the two thisvos were taken before Com opon ming in Yeangkang district has applied delayed from an hour to half a day, as their date and we post of A Brothe London Institution by Dr. A. A. Kanthsok,

itable business, and to atendon the project United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia, wander Hastings yesterday, Ia sentenging to the Governmert to be nilowed to construct united, burgus, would amount to as much; al, wonki rafisët abfayoursbly upon the Osale may be duo: (1) to irritation; then foca, though:-

pak mere thau the goods originally cost merchants Thin motion obtained a good deel good, being indigestible or ansaitable, (2) to "which is now sitting." The Compliter is thera to six monte imprisonment the Magis short railway there.

trata ingrolled that that was the maximNÁ

Some days ago a junk laden with a surge few months ago, rica in Kinking was selling of apport. In reply to a question, the Chair bactorial infection; or (3) to intoxication wor understugil to have since reported favourably vanishment he could infict upon thear.

of rice was solzel noar Capanimoon by the at 3,000 cash a meal, while only 350 miles explained that the winding-up of the ous pairons elaborated in the food; (3) to intorion Chinese Customs officers, the expurtation of away in the same puvince the same Hes conllcorn sal welated to result in a lona of about lion by goone purposely or unintentally nuded. on the project for a cable from Canada to

rice from Canton being illegal.

ant find a market at 1,300 cash a pion The 200,000 yes, as the best offor made for the Ouly in the last case, la wey lain tente The Newhoi Magistrate isoil a netics by lust hard coal was tolling at Kinking for, Sl winery, it plan was about 100,000 son of to determine whether diseazu lurks in a trapt command of the Viceroy on the 1st Marchi ta per tot aans from Hurna casl mines, 15 for contilise than it original cost. Os the ing die. After the mischied is onl the effect that in acordance with the treaties distance of 800 filles while less thus half that some taken up on the resolution to mind-up, nyt and the medical offer of health spont between China and foreign countries, no other distance way Kiangri itself aqually good $46,939,7

dotutors will be imposed on foreign coal was being offered at the pita top one dolewa darfed by a majority. Mr Matsingote of plomainos and toxines which they gauerally Jutato and nine other gentlemen were appointed fail to detect, or it is stated that un appallingly 955.87 goods convoys to the interior if they have a ton, and up que to enr it.

the fatal dish. This, isst explanation, afte Kole Chronicle.c 1.99 already paid transit duty at the rate of twe and or plains the reason why, and that wood are the liquidators and the moating, adjournal.farge number of microl Lars brou fomed in deemedkulloient, is most unsatisfactory, $11.99 ball per cent. ad valoro. The transit Wit every real turn of the swer the

Morobos mostly barnlege, but othora, ika: sunt eccoy the goods; if it ho country farar las to be content with lo separated from the other duties will be money for his produce, until it rechos pont THE POSITION IN KOREA those of rumenia, hartial under certain can ditions--are everywhere, and End their way charged. AMA

And when he cannot sell it at 30. Bat whik h On the 2nd inst, armed robbers broke into a source of incoin is the cut off, his papenditure Somo Miosity has beau displayed by hom with the air into nose, mouth, longe, and inter drapar's shop in Tateng Street. They broke goes on the same as botore. The taxed mumst hobers of the Diet respecting the terme of the nil tract, while they are purely stain from open the safo and took away all the money paid, weddings and toerale ocour as usual, ned Convention relating to Racen which has boon certain very husithful articles of font. Fow therein, The holy amounted to the value of soon therapoobiernuda himself gel and negated between Japasi and Russia Count organisms, if any, are known to be absolutely

hashaturally $47,961, kundred dolier

fore. Hund odded poo, conveying cargo of cashless in the midst of aboueding plenty. It female hutually replied to gang har yn chernotaristic of instand for, and always rice and sugar, was capsized on the 2nd inst, san. His foud gots Jonrer mid dicarer. The sant of Basin before laying the Convention be vertain ridance of anger, the best wilk over owing to the dose fog. Luckily all the crewmarket for tis products of his akil bocorax form the Dist, and sorte authorities believe that found by the author in Lordon having 250,000 and the passengers wors saved by the passing more and more restricted, owing to inability of sororaf weeks will elapse butore snob consenter sabic centimetro, while after short stand the farmer to pochoss, and both are aliko zo ont he secured. This would suggest either that ng there may be mong milljoys, the milk still duced to overly. Then, when the lirin squeeze zegulations are still going on or else that Count being perfectly good; und anppiyed-to-be filthy has at last sneeded in killing the goose of Okama fecking to have karin of the price cream soll by Italian strost vendors trade which lays the government golden egg, our of the Content on modified. The latter having, shorn but 2,000,000 to 5,000,000 all parties alike are plunged in a sou.cf hopeless is most probably the true interstation, for it bacteria por cabinetinistre, while straw- wáz6. This is undoubtedly the main canes of is well known that tap streng-forolga-policy borry is room, bought of well-known con- China's increasing poverty,

arby with whick Count Orums in his days of festicnors in fashionable, quaitor contained If the library anger whose proficiency in the Opposition was suscented, regarded the ar1,000,000 It is only by considering the pro

rangement between Japan and Russin with babe origin of the matially recognized bacteris. four books and five cluaist, have given them the lesings of suythuy but approbation. The that any reasonably jespriset is to sewage or sout of authority in the gamers of this out Convection, indata, rus probally & aurrender other contamination can be formele so Swith they would learn how these artificial held in korek tov sinist two years. It was could but dipinto the pages of barbarion, Ads of the parambuut position whiat Tapas hed barriers to trade have the same efect as paturel the dicest cornit of Viscount Mira's miscon obstenations. flow, for example, the new rapid et in alting hingelf and the Japanese which interrupts the navigation of (Le opper Tigation with the plat to sassinate the Queen Yaugtre is simply, as regards its effects, a heaven sont au station, not one wit more injurious of Korea, being in fact on attempt on the than thees eesblinlied by themselves. But this part of Count Ito's Ministry to save face

front of the Russian vanon, which wiston is hit from their eyes. Perbups Lay Japanese mistakes had reddered possible At The scientifle sgencies of the United Blatse would sat go quite so far as to recommend the time we pointed out that the policy of driel Gorernment, menged silker in the promotion polley of still more plaatdally stocking the coat which it was anderstood to introduce of pitro seloxes or in the discovery and dusalop waterways of the country with rapids, oals, and rocks, or of blocking them up altogether was une that was streely likely to work as maut of the resture of the country include, But they certainly see nothing spies in de tren tyo rivals sich za Bursa and Japan, in the Navy Department, the Naval Observa- 200 500 600 Totil parallel polley of constantly accessing the the indiance of Russia in the pan ice; in the Treasury Department, the Const and sequel has folly justified our prophecy tory, Nantien Almanse and Hydrographic tards, yards, yais.

number of bit Elations, and angenting has steadily slice that of Japon has and Geodetic Jurvey in Us Interier Dept their charges The Government was surely declined The King has remained ment, the General Land Offies, Guological monov badly to payz its debts and to raise under the protection of the Russian Langation, Barry, Bureau of Exhuestion, and Census un the zew foda end-armise As ret it has officers has been appointed dril the Departaient of Agrisure, the Weather dhought of but one way of obtaining more instructors to the Korika Ruggian Buroad, Fures of Animal Industry Biologicui money, mad that is by means of heavier aquenz99 officials hare buteret the Korean service, schools Busy, Divisions of Statistics, Botany, For- and mora, pamerous station. Thus, bad at fur feeling Bussar hays been establided in eatry Agrostalog, Vegetatie Pathology, ou matters apie are, they are bound to be Seoul, and it is Edised Kassin' money his Physiology intorslogy, Forology, Chemistry, rapidly worse; this is nothing but prescribing been advanced to as Hores in her ménolary., and Agricultural Bola, and Olues of Experi for a patient thready trembling on the brick fenities. Rassie is certainly he paramoont ment Shiltona, Fibre Jonatigations, and Rad the D's double course of stronger whisky

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ill-fame near the Stean beat Company's wharf. As youat in cases of this description, jealousy we at the bottom of the crine, Some disputo having taken place a Chinsman wounded ore of the girls in the land with a knife. Not isled, with this he wont ont, procured a revolver, and returning to the house, shot the girl in the throat, killing lar ustaztanapasly. Another girl, who was probably rushing to the assistance of her friend, was also shot, the tallet striking a little above the heart and inflicting injuries from which the victim died noxt any The max then put the revolver in his month and fired, but the bali camo out at the side of his fade, not causing death. He therefore, determined in put an end to himself, took up the kitchen kito with which to he originally attacked the first girl, and out' hie throat, dying on the spot.

"the Government in levying the taxation Ou Monday night a double murder and "complained of" What malign infuenceidido took place in one of the houses of can have induced the gentlemen composing! the committed to place on record such a per- fecily idiotio minate? Do they expect that the Hongkong Government will humbly nd dress them in justification of its conduct and will enlighten them as to the reasons that actuated it? And is there really any need for enlightenment? Every one knows that the reason which actuated the Government is that it is in need of fonts. It is a simple question of principle that is at stake, namely, whether a tax should be imposed on slipping to swell the general revenue. The Shanghai Committee while condemning such inantion as a rule, appear to think that in the ense of Hongkong the Government may be able to plead extenuating circumstances, and that at all events it should not be condemned unbeard. The Government is accordingly invited to make its defence, after which the Shanghai Chamber will decile the ease. The publication of a minute embodying, such puerility is chlculated to bring the Chamberading being present and thirty or forty gentle A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.into ridicule and contourpt and we shall be a Many private receptions were held on

surprised if the Committer do not hear the lust two days of the carnival... THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY.

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The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, MARCH 6th, 1897

The steamer Arvada Apar, from Calontis. lef Singapore for this part yesterday afternoon.

The three daye of the earnival hayo, passed and I am glad is say they have been pharao tarised by no such rowdyism as last year. When pussing nuder the windows, of some fastively inclined people the passer by might get hit with French focus or something of the had, but nothing to injure the glothes except those who went purposely for the carnival bat tle, and then flour was thrown, but on the whole the carnival, amusements have this year been very tolerable. The ball that took place at tire very lively air, only twenty

was not

This afternoon on the Happy Valley, in the seas-finals for the Hongkong Football Cha lenge Shield, A Company, WYR, will play Kowloon. Kick-off ut 4 pm. Referee Mr.vides to police foros aut we are left withcab J. W. L. Oliver..

The 'N D. L. steamer Sachsen, with the German mail frem Berlin of the 8th ultimo, left Singapore on Thursday, the 4th instant, at 3 p.in, and way to expected here on or about Tuesday evening, the 9th instant..

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influence throughout the country, but it isfied and that un-olectrified air becomes nega

Great things are expented rhen Chins gets partner in his example of dual control, and it Iuquity; and ander the Saffieonian Institution, har raliwas built. The time cotains is clear the fact a picognised in Tokyo with the Bavau of Ethnology and National Masoum Mrs. Agostinha C. da Rocha died on Tuesday

Total. boys, will sat in ther, and spority blown pory Batisfactory feelings Afennwile there There re no any minor agencies sonttered morning last at the advanced age of ninety-six

throughout the hand or prey breeze. If signs that the lull in to internal politics through the Departus, together with the Robberies here are becoming alarmingly held

possible, but it Ukely chore Tatet causes of the peninsula is about to be broken. The Commission of Fish and Fisheries and the HM despatch reach Alacrity left for Moons and fequant Not satisfied with stealing

but unluce's ranny nad railroade? No other lengthy star ofthe King in the Risian Legation Department of Labour, which are not cou yesterday.

things in the streets the robbers now enter tha

country in the world le so beautifully capped caused machenmong the people, and nooted with any of the Executive Department. houses and ylander the apper storeys, and if a

with them as China fe, and once upon 1 in Seal the agitation to some his Majesty's Through these agiscice, oxtondling early family goes out leaving no one behind to taka

Do cuntry valual them were highly return to the Palace is se pronounced that the $1,000,000 a year and employing 5,225 peremus, ciru of the house they are almost certain to

however, and the perverse management of the King hay be fired to retains polite if the United States is doing more to discer the find on their return that their things have

present generations of abdaries, they are vasive answer to the prayers of amoristists, resources of its territory and to teach its people been stolen. Cases of the kind have been of

while uren to Ministers have shown to develop them than any other government in rapidly falling into dienst, and the coasthar sympathy by constions of money. Cut the world. But ander the present systom almost daily occurrence for the last two weeks.

carrying pole competes succesfully with cars and Why is this? Because the Government pro

salls. It is hardly kely, therefore, that the out the Long Hak musement, which having, for example, three distinct gencing for same imbecile management will make a suced so much trouble twelve months ago is measuring the land and tone light bydro- protoction, although we pay police rates.

of railways, or that Chins, will be greatly on again girowing signs of activity. Already there emphis efforthere is anich wasto and dupli local paper has been writing strongly on this THE CHINA AND MANILA STEAM-

MAYO den savers encounters hotween the cation of work The reorgunmation of all. riched by them.

Righteous Army and local officials, provoked Government.scientifs agencio dora aport matter, but the Government scams to take no

Equally improbable is it that the chronic and the first place by oficial extortion, but tent of Science is this practical reinedy for this notice of what is said. All wahavo to depand

The following is the report for presentation increasing porrby of China will, under present itaenced to some extent by the agitation in serious confusion advocated in Beince by Mr. upon the harbenr police, which certainly

Chas. W. Dabney, Jr., who contends that the: deserves great credit for the services it readares to the shareholders at the fourteenth ordinary auspices, evorbe much roligred from her mineral Soal against the continued residence of tan and I am glad to see from the report in the general mooting to be holl at the office of the recourses. Hitherto it has hoon held that the King at the Russian Lopation. The Tong change can be adopted gradually, sipporinuity Boletins that the foro is to be theresad by

Bet it is only the Groboral Managers on Monday, 22nd Marchines bliged to the poule who wned the How In the tutorior openly declare that offers, without revolutionary procedinja.

Janda whilthey are found. Bat these owneTÀ,

Korea has no King, and, according to The P. M. stinter City of Peking, with thirty-six more men.

The conclusion that Roentgen rays discharge. mals, &u, From San Francisco to the 13th portion of the city nair the water that enjoys Annexed her to submit to shareholders froru superititions and other reasons, haya nat Information upon which we can rely, they altimo, via Hondain, loft Yokohama for this the protection afforded by the harbour police the usual arenal statement of accounts for the heen in ang hurry to take advantage of the hopes that the grandson of the electrified hodies has led Lord Kelvin, DK. port yesterday morning via Joland Sou, Kote, and people living in the central districts do screar ending 31st December, 1806. Nagasaki, nad Shanghai.

beaolt by it. The Government should not only The, ust profit, including the balance from wealth within their reach. They were thaid Fai-Won Kun-Prince Qiwa who is now Beatlie and Dr. Smaku to test the feet upen increase the harbour alios, but iso establick leat your, antonate to $59,1956 which it is offering with the fagshus froid i Japab will shortly return to Roras and electrified and non-electrified in They and of culling into the "Dragon's- võins nice lingelt at their head. Both the Tai that positively electriad air soon loses its puİSİ- At the special meating of the Hongkong

While two companies of the West Yorkshire a fand polica and de away with the military proposed to deal with as follows, Vi0000 afraid of disturbing the quilibet of Woz. Kun and his granson, Lave very groative charge and any Jesama vegatively electri- General Chamber of Commerco held on the Regiment were playing football at the Happy police, who are useless. If a regular police To place to reserve fund $25,000.00 the surth by taking anything out of it 19th September het, for the purpose of Falloy on Fharday afternoon ons of the force entunot he established, butter do away with To play a dividend of 12 poscent 30,000,00 and this using it to star turtle improbable they could attain saccess anaided, tively electried. In torparicimts it was pritesting against the recent increase in players severely injured his right leg. After the military police and remit the polica rate, To carry forward to next year's Thog e afraid it would be a bad eroe, affait for the foriger log id to take an Bob to nocessors to pamp non electrine ait from out- telegraph rates, Mr. T. JACKSON, after being attended to by a member of il Arny so that people might have the money to employ count: 004485.52 Pothic ghbours afraid of the mundarins, part in any such movement and the latter is aide the laboratory into a lead orlinder elcsod The two stanziers of the Company have been and town it wont from generation by gerers. altogether without means. If the means by a cardboard window. Au alaninum screen Sarvica Corps he was removed to the hospital private watchmen.

Gevoral Fernando do Magalhaes, who came running continuously during the year without lien In recent years, however, a change has were to hand, however, and there were before this window Lad no intercu bat a lund Nativo adrices state that the number of to scan a few months ago under ordare from mishap and with only the porigiend stoppage set in The gentry and haters men have go any possibility of raing the posatey porn lessened the plentifying fact on the same basis as the rates outward. merchanta angaged in buying tan in the Han the Lisbou Government to inspect and report for docking Active trade and all-round good talking abort, mines and tompanies, and here which flock to the banners of the Righteous

On the novel railway proposed for the Hock mer att tag, in part failing off is sori- apen all matters connected with the military Eights are vary satisfietty earnings for the and there ampte have been made to get out Amy there no doubt the movement pared with past years. This is attributable to service here, has completed bi inspection and first half of the year, but in his mound the little copper, galens, or anlamony en a all would give a very good account of itself staten, at the Austeinn Alps. Ue car is to be two things, the dulness of the inde generally leaves on the 20th inst. for Timer, to fulfil retras were not so good, away to the jumpousserlo! Now was the Govermont's chance and against the Kayel tronpa The possibility drawn as the track by a ceptive balloon, and

siunilor commission thero, pe

Lion of quarantine in Manila and the outbrouk the learned pundits, in whose bonus it . of aneh hid from onside is very romote, will descend on releasing a small part of the gas, of the rebellion. Quating was Boolished it

proved quite equal to this occasion. Instead of tuti we fear that this courideration will not wh and the high price of copper cash-orcery.

pressed, and is having still its unfavourable taxis it, from them, if they happened to gathering force and indienes during the next of the "will c-tha wisp usually appears in effort upon Chinese trade reported that marantoan or eighteen steamers

get anyiling fuse proclamation zaje weeks. It is inthis, dirention that danger masrahy phess or in graveyards. It is believət There was a very large attendance at the

CONSULTING COMMITTEE

was issued which one the whole pro- lies; for if, as the result of any such movement, to be due to the spontaneous combustion, "of belonging to Messrs. Butterfield and Swire. Jardine, Matheson & Co., and the China City Hall yesterday afternoon, when Mr. Gran In Bocordance with the articles of association Merchants, will love Shanghai to-day on the ville Sharp delivered his lecture on Money Mestre, Galies, Stobi Ezekiel, and Tories all edge this proclamation Which was the country is gain pluuged into anaruhy phosphureted hydrogen from decomposing or art of the food tide, viz., bent soon. The how to gat sul how to keep it to the root-antire, but offer themselves for re-election, Mr recently stud throughout the rich sineral Russia any interests to restore order at the gazie matter, and it issten from the soil as a long ezpacted to bers of the Odd Volumes Society. Among those C A Tonies was appointed when Mr. Rious CF, and probably in other pro complications arising out of any such inter dome, walls on water it inflames at the surface inses es, Well the Low principle is laid down forenes may rully be ind. It le a with this production of loug wreaths of phos race, the China Gazelle' says, afford considerable excitement.

preront were His Excellonoy the Governor, Sir Shewan took his leave.

Uniball minerals are the property of the go-gnificant fact that the fealing among Korgans plorio nahydride. It can be reproducet William Robinson.

vernment, and therefore the owners of land is not so favourable towards Russin as war Boially by throwing calcam phosphide into The accounts have been audited by MerÄ.

containing minerals are bet allowed to work the case when the Log - took refuge at Rater or barging it in moist soil. A scientific . H. Cox and T. Arnold Mess. Cox and the hot yet to sell the land is other persobe the Lagation, while, on file other haul, Prens man, Dr. A. Botnard, roports some with a view to working thon. Instead of this, the dislike to Japan which arose during remarkable starvations of the vill-o'-the-wisp Atauld are eligible for re-clotion,

they are called upon to lolye particulars will to Japanese acendency of 18045 has now af Croisit a Reugor of France, during the revoramant, when a proper hoor will in become modifica so that there is a Far last August and Suptetaber, the lights having detailed to examine and report. Then, in the more frordly fealing betwvooz Koreans and bean visible every artzing over a consider

water Tho bubbles of BA 1888 event of the government working the minerals, Japanese tann was the bus wolse moti agu, ubia na of

$9,000.00 the owner and the neighbours will be invited-Possibly the Koreans bare a parulk to the gas wore very large in August, inring the to take shares in this venture, and each one will table of King Log and King Stork. However wason of thunderstorms, but became Amalier roosive his hus proportion of prefit. The object this may be, there are signs that the quiet of aut amaller as the temperature fell, until the of this dain energh. They simply cuonot the last four months in again about to be disphenompo censed about the 20th of September. 1,485.53 artists that any one should get the feast forbed, and it may be that Cut Okens will Tho bubbles were mostly confined to two basins 398,147.60 on this spurco-mies, factories, have an opportunity of showing the strength that contained no mot, but were receptacles of Baku | telugraphs, railways, pest offices, it is at the or weaknces of tas forward gobig white is much fish, fuse, As mich organic multer" as

074.62 sambut themselves the nasally happens popularly suppond to fureur-Kobe Chrottle, mic such as, the attempt to grasp all results $3,600.30 in obtaining on. No native in his page will $25.45 evo invite the government to open a zina on

port of Croisio must contain some raro ferments," therto unknown, and existing only undər $15.00 his property, while as to their suletibing no 2,181.01 and taking shares, in quilion, it is á valu 40p.

pecial conditions, which decompose organie 56.89 They thena, usw regulations will be found

New York, 1st Febenary.ubstance rich in phosphoras in manner to 48.70 equally effective in proserving Chins's mineral

young-m of this town has to get drunk set free phosphoreted bydrogen. The hope is wealth intot en war old ungshui ad regularly in rder to keep his oy. If he was entertained that them fermonis iny he found Dragon,

sober and industrious, as other Fong man bare next sammer, It would appear, therefore, that the one thing in order to put ghend in the world, ba nostful before: Chips can become rich, powerful respected is a reformedadministration. The

a

For the opening of the Tientsin river it is (-ME, GRANVILLE SHARP'S LECTURE October, but the insurrection remains unsunging the neculo to persevare, and then prevent the present isolatod risings from The rare and sometinis inalte jikeomenon.

The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial

and Nethersole Hospitals bags to acknowledge with thanks the following donations to the funds of the Hospitals

H. & K. Wharf & Godown Co., Ld. $50. J. J. dos Remedios & Co.

S. B. Bhabla.. M. B. Polishwalls...

25

10. 10

The third annual general meeting of share. Limited, was held at the offics of the Agents, holders in the Shanghai Cargo Boat Co., Mars Whealock & Co. on the 1st March, Tr. A. McLeod presiding, The report and accounts for the past year were accepta pastad, and a resolution was carried anthorizing the directors to appropriate the amount at their disposal, vis, le 26,403.22, as follows A final dividend of 8 per cent, Tis. 15,000, Bount to be placed to ragezve, Fl. 8,000 balance to be carried forward, Tle. 1,403.22.

RE:

Mr. Jackson prasided and in a few intruduc"

tery romarks said that Mr. Shure lecture would be listed to with such interest, as Mr. Starp was, much a great authority on the boot, Prosperous men in all ages had destined money, even Solomon being amongst the number. I (Mr. Jackson) preferred to say

Oh what an ercollent thing is a dele

Fortwor

By

A very good thing is a dollar or two, And Father O'Grath would ha' saved us

from wrath,

If he'd just hoard the chin's of a dollar

or two to allus

RHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

Generul Muangots, Hongkong, 4th Marchi, 1897. PROTS AND LOS AC, on 1 faulting Caminition

16..

Auditors Tues

charges and

Amount weten off for depresiatīņa Belaneo

Profit atores que

Intrest od dividenda on jovestment Exehance LLANTA Amount transferred fruin bad and doubtful.

Judts

Dividend v final sertideste

mentioning the Companies contention that they were only putting the rates borewards said-That would be all very well if "the rates ontwards were, at a reasonable figure but surely at this period, at "the end of the nineteenth century, 76, "a word from London to Hongkong is an "excessive rate.

It is a monstrous charge. Therefore I say that instead of **mising the homeward rates the Telegraph Companies might have met their con- "stituents with a reasonable reduction of the outward rates, corresponding with the sterling value of the amount homeward, It was learnt afterwards that a reduction was to be made in the outward rate, though pot to such an extent sa to bring it to the sterling equivalent of the homeward rate existing before the alteration, Had the re- duction in the outward rate bean made known. at the same time that the increase in the homeward rate was announced probably the feeling excited against the Cable Companies would have been less bitter than it was. It teers reasonable that the rate should be the same in both directions, and although we would have liked to have soon the outward rate reduced to the level of the bomeward the reduction by a frane and a half isn sub- stantial concession and may be taken on a

The Victoria English Sobool Sports will be hold on the Happy Valley this afternoon, corr partial setoff to the increase made in the moneing at hall-past one: The Band of the opposite direction. The concession, how West Yorkshire Itegiment will play the follow over, appears not to have been made volun- ing programme during the afternoon tarily, the credit of securing it being claimed Ibraltar" W. G. Bentley

Operture Light Cavalry Taman In the Interraezzo...A Ride to Moscow by Her Majesty's Government. letter addressed by the Foreign Office to election. "La Vie Parisienne"

Serminde You Sleep" the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce, dated Valsa. Suture Las Olas

At the conclusion of Mr. Sharp's leotare 14th December last, we are told that what Reminiscences of England.

Galop

John Peel'

F the Chairman said he was sure everyone" pung the mercantile cozumunity had to: contem-

God save the Qucen

had listened with great attention and great Value of punta en hand plate was the mising of the charge of two

profit to the lecture. Mr. Sharp had given Vale of storia on liter "Fair Profits" writes compiting of in- Fems very excellent advice which her luc of unexed polic

Sandry diborsy dollars to the fall equivalent of the rate of

creased prices sharged by atorekeepers whon ex- (the speaker) hoped none would be too old to Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation. eight franes fifty contimes, that owing to change goes down and mentions a particular accept. Any food could meko money, but it Cask on bank the recent action of Her Majesty's instanco in his own exporionco which he re- took a deuco-lly good fallow to keep it as to Impartment in shares, at el Government this state of affairs will prests as a grievance Disputes between the use of money, be ressembered heuring 200 har Hongkong Land Jerestmont and

Agepey Co, Lilo storekeepera and their skaners, however, are u anecdote which tickled him very much. be obviated, the rate being reduced hardly a proper subject for nowspaper dis A young sonpegrace kept duaning is 100 bar Gina Traders Insurance Ltd. tu seven francs from the 1st July next, by onion, The castomer naarally gone where father for money, and the father said, Oh, 198 shares Tangise Instron Aromation which not merely will the merchants in he thinks he can get bis goode the chespost and my dear boy, money does not bring true bup- 100 chapus Daugher Steamship Co Limited.

rerokeepere naturally charge as much inse, Trae, father, tras," said the young China be protected from an increase of the the boelaees deurotion they think wwe. Phil follow, but it give much a precious good charge in local currency to an amount cor- anthropic principles cannot be invoked on imitation that 1 world not mind having home

WABILITIES responding to the present rate in francs, but either ido. Prices are ultimately fixed by the of it" (aughter.) Mr. Sharp had takṣa

liggling of the market

a common sense vaw of the subject Money Capitoll, 120 charas it $50 pulé-up). their correspondente in the United King

was very good servant, but, like many other cervo find...

Underwriting andound. dom will enjoys actum reduction of the At the City Hall last night a farewell things, a very bad master (Apples 1. Tius Story restore charge in sterling from seven shillings to bangnet was given by the Chinese community who had money could do a great deal of good Dos to tleneral Managere

to His Excelency Wu Tifg-feng, Chinese to mankind and the way he disposed of it was Balss of profit and lose apodast five and sixpence a word I will thus Ministor to the United States, Spain, and Fora a great best of a man's worth, The Chairman be seen, the letter goes on to say that Her Amongst the guests were HE the Governor, concluded by calling for a vote of tanks, "Majesty's Government by promptly acting Major-General Wilsmo Black, Coamo, which was lentily given.

Mr. Sharp, In reply, thanked those present. ces Holland, and a large number of the in defence of the interests of the comntor Enropean onmaupty. The gathering was the fortius iudicar and and he was grily.

brgost that has over sembled at indebted to the Chairman for the assist

anquet in the City Hall boll St. George's bad given

The roserings then concluded.

Mr. Sharp was to tell them how to get meney, but another portion of the subject was unfance brought forwart from 1895

How to spead it. The speaker was afrail Profit or workingstonmuts Emeralda and Mr. Sharp had asked him to take the chair sa an awful example of that. (Laughter.) Fanta Mr. Sharp then read his paper, which will be found on our sixth page. An amusing in- cident occurred about a quarter of 1ste hour before the reader cousindet. The üles and drums of the West Yorkshire Begi mand wore hoard playing the military tattoo, one parade ground and twice Mr. Sharp pricked up his cars and listened for a moment. Atligth, just as lie was discouring on how to keep money, he remarked to us of. Silppt

the Chiness in the room,Boy, go and pay De Loet

trozo mon Mr. Sharp was told it was the Ofbach. Regimental tifea that were playing, whereajun Sullivas be romarked "Oh, 1 thought it was the circus"

BusThe invident created much lepghter.

F. Godfrey.

.:

BALLER Ermer.

value of Company salontiers

* Emetalla” and 357adro,” 28

por last statement $220,000.9020 caption writhm 420.000.00

Val of bewys and maywings ot Amoy and Hongkong sa per It inte

Les depreciation written off...

Cex Limited..

546.00:

25,400.00

$82,147.00

10,000.ca

колди

7100.46°

1,940,82 0.253.06

187:400.28.

1032,72

· 11,400.00

HE DISSIPATION TO KEEL HIS

MONEY NE

A NEW YORK MAN'E QUEER TI

would be left abeslutely ponness. Hos Pater

the brain of shop fail to poduco plcs- phuroled hydrogen when decaying under water, the conclusion is reached that the waters of this

The vacations in the force of gravity have

of multiority must be filled with men Haushay, aged 28, formerly of Mobila, but now been studied by Kerr Kalmert, & Prussiau living hero It was the atoution of Renshaw's physicist, from observations at 20 status along posed of greater intelligence, and less con-

unelo to put a premium on las tephan's sobriety line from Kolberg to the Selinnekoppa. The samed wilbinenliable grel, that the procent and industry fusted, should. Renshaw, who results show that an aband increase in Lup, purblad Lambert Blea at least enfrently as a matreal velution for dissipation Bottle gravity can be tasase the presence of use for sighted to see that the best way of getting dova ant gains rood reputation, he would dete rock asses below the surface, and an aburuzal honey is not to catol and skin the bees be

they fly through the air, but to allow them an income of ver $6,900 a yint decrease to the substitution of lighter mate

Nathaniel Rew, his thee was a cotton | rials Cortain assumptions make it possible to: to favo a little in their hives for themselves murphant of Mebile, who died in 1972 and lett estimate the thickness of these ruuterrenaan Men Tere determined to monopolise every fortune of 8130,000 The income of this for strats. On the Pomeranian lake platoau a layo aveano of wealth, and to perit no one else to life we left to young Poter Bensher cunt, about 220 yards this gives areng intousity. got a single cash. It a word, men who will not

nt all times, and under all circumstances, dovotel on her dut it was provided by the will while near the Bohneckupps a secrme thera 23,541-13 their energies to plucking and killing the that the property as to be divided between the surface density in not lower a probably daa goldeti-egg goose, Until the administration is the nephews and places, of whom Pater is one to subterranean layers more than 209 yards rofermo hero is not the slightest hope for is dure was $70,000, but his level-headed old thick. The disturbing elements neu probably progress in China. All the machinery of angle added caves to the will, the effect of not sleeper than 20 e 25 miles

which the old min could uttle, expect. The civilization, tolog mulas, always, mos auc claces we as follows. If at the time of the It is claimed that crews have not lesz tuna Factories, So, may be stared, but the moment death of my wife said Cynthia Burtlett Eat 27 distinot dries, Pich associated with a different the foreign olomcat is withdmwn the whole said Harry Horshaw skall be drunken, aution HANY will go to ruin. But who is this refered dissipated, or exhibit visions or wild tendencies. adrefnistration to came from?. Thore Bally

$338,067,31

eins to be any stuff in the country from or rakish indination, and herubefore men. The first necessal vacuation was perfarme 1 Longd share devised and beatbed to bimby Jeuner in May, 1796 Arecont summing which it could be mudo. Perhaps Heaven, în 220,000 do its morey, will send it from the batsido Chinelle rulained in trust by the herein before up of the result shows that the small-ax mentioned triloc until such time as the court mortality of Europe during the previous century 10.003.09 Gautle

shall adjulgo said Howry Reshaw is ander nixt was 2,000 per 1,000,000 inhabitata, and in the

·0,731.05

industrious und of worthy habit" alfas stone 3,000, while during epidemies it was t.19: 1,742.07 The following tale is tell (invented we should It was further provided by this bill that if ooorsionally 5,000 to 6,000. In England, during 614115/62 say) of Li Hung.lang. At a dinner gayon in Potor should continge arunkon and dissipated porinissive racination the rats full to 417, and Toking by the French Ambassador the great to principal should go to his are at bip death, under comprsary, vreciation since 1871 the $136,107 Ciposo statesmanns hvited. The party in nove ang puraitted to touch penny of mean rate has been farther reduced to 53. cludes the wives of the Baropose gucets, and 10 et ser tkay the nonme, Doubtless this safety In Sweden, the emill-pox dasth rate during the whom the buttor ungu dianer the host vulve would love proved itacions, foesmuch quarter contary proceling variation was 2,015, Poter Bale, & Clerk of Chanory in the time stepped up to Lai Hungchang and said, Willis Toter exhibited no loaderer to drakenness, in 1802-16 it fell to 480, sud during 77-years of of Queen Elizabeth, once wrate the Lord's it please your Excelfancy to take my wife in to ban the young man no inherited $3,500 froin sampailsery vaucluation (1917 to 1994) it droppe Pryde Creel, the Commandonte, to diser Li Lingchang iiferpreted the his mother who led 2 1883. With this be to 165. Prussia a record is most striking themanu the new Convection of provisions binding

prayers and his own and office, in ost Et colly Hepped up to the Frenou omarked in beetness and failed for $70,000 rate dering the compulsory period since 1874 addition to the year, month, ad day of the Ambassadress, whe was very tiny woman, Judgments, ciste, and interests charged having been only 15 per 1,000,000 inhabitants. the Companies to a reduction in the charge quired for the accommodation of bralla covered with transparent Queen's reigu, ja characters so staall us to be picked Luz up anereonu arv, rd, lity bar-agrinat bin sa tle result of his bad selection of Vaccipation is not pravtiond generally in Spahi from the United Kingdom to Cuina of ce oamorons company. The Minister's health, shilling and sixpence a word, while pre propored by Mr. Ho. Amat was driers with the materials been favented in England, each oneled in the head of a ring whips zing fiel lier in to the dining table to the smars-artzer would swalew up his hero of his and in the sugle yest of 1859 the death-rate greatest enthusicem A full part of the Lng the holder to see where bu is going her was afterwards nespted by the Queen, and was nicht of the guests and dimay of the Ambasat-unel's propery and half a much more. A from small-pex was 3,080 in Altueria province,

your ago Ruokaw's sant died. Honshaw con 2,670 in Martin, sed 1,400 in Cordova. worn on the august ånger... venting a large nurses of the amount to speeches will appear in our Monday's issue, The Folds 1f before his face.

cial community, secured the meertion in

Hali and 8. Andrew's Hall, buing

dor