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INTIMATIONS

BROWN, JONES & CO. TEALMES IN AMERICAN Âng UTALIAN MARBLE AND HONGKONG GRANITE.

ČAMETENY MEMORIALS.

Designs and Prisos on application. Office, 17, Quers's Roan CEFTRAL

THE

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNOSDAY, FEBRUARY 23mm, 1898.

An alarming Javiesh rusaïdénk decurred about teon ferry wharf. The Eleren ran into thu Tien d'olnok yesterday, afternson near the Kow- Yok and the latter launch was so mach damaged that she sank almost immediately? Happily no lives were lost,

This afternoon on the Happy Valley on tho ground of the Hongkong Football Club HM8. Powerful will play C. Company, K. (). E,, iu the second round for the Hongkong Fastball Challonge Shield. When these two teams bet,

few days ago a draw resulted.

BEFORE

SUPREME COURT.

from a woman on the 5th January.

Tha

He sees a this the dimoulty of revolutionising the oppervative spirit of China,

"GEO, FENWICK & CO., LIMITED. of revenue, Great Britain has been the i

'the level of A/B godown. May of these so- main freter in breteking down such barriers

called repairs might property be charged to

The following is the report to be submitted Chapters II, and III, doal with adaptation of 19th February

the Best cost of the buildings, inasmuch a "na formerly existed in China against the

they are the outcomes of converting rough to the uncal meeting of shareholders to be held the egutem to telegraphy and semaphoric cot-

on the 28th Fabrumy-

mapications by logs or reflecting lights. Tho "spread of this fatal vico.. We call on our

CRIMINAL SESSIONE.

conf-ghals into godowas unikale for the ne

The Directors beg to saborit to the plures pound of a Chinese cherioter in divided into eum mcdition of valuable 'goods. The item for countrymen, before it is too late, to stop

SIR JOHN CARRAGTON (CHIEF repair-with such perishable property in wooden holders & Statement of accounts for the pane two parts, the profiting consorant and the mhyrping part tables of which with the cog this cnrighteous and demoralizing traffic,

JUSTICE,),

wharves, tramways, launched and fighters must onting 81st December, 1837.

The net profit for the year amonpts to reponding signs used tre given in the succed- "and to let their influenen at last tell in

of nerasity always occxpy a prominent position in our annual expenultere, but we hope, for $33,19641, to which has to be added 85,310.44. ing alaplar. It appears the Cautousse dialect "faveur of justice and good will to this

VICTIMISING WOMEN.

enme time at loset, to keep it at vory much less brought forward from last year's auconut has 2 orellxing consonants and 4 rhyme La Sam Tam Yan, and Li Chenk word [01|"ancient and afflicted peoplo," This long

than daring the last for years, and shem you From this amount it is proposed to pay a finalising the peculiar basal sound ng, and in- charged with stealing a quality of jewellery approve a continuance of the polley of transter dividend of 12 per cent, or $18,000, to share addition to these there are 8 protizing con winded piece of claptrap was, of course,

ring $15,000 annually from working account holders Auditor's fee $150, Directors fee sousts and 20 rhymes peculiar to the Northern adopted unanimously, There it will end Theis was zother largo andioncs at the Citybrisaness, who were bat defended, plended at towards repair-the balance at credit of topra $1,000, transfer $7,000.00 to resore food, mud Fakonsse dialoste, and 10 rhymes peculier for the present, but the Society will no Bail on Monday night, who the Hongkong guilty Hon. Goodman (Altern stations and repairs acccant will, I anticipate, azel le carry forward the balance of 317,058 85 to the Hakko dialect. Here it is pointed out

freseral) procentad, shot a satisfactory inorenaa. It does not to next your's account.

that the Chinese language, is simply the com doalt later on proceed to reiterate its fariner / Amatour, Dramatic Club gave their second The Attorney-Gespralirerned that the onour to me to make any further ramarks, but

The work coming to the Company during | binasjgu of the above profzing consonante nad protuction of The Duchess of Bayemuter mid Co," and A Pantomius Rektaran),

prisoners had priyal ngon galliḥla woman by amongal thers present boing H.E. the Agting pretending to hate Equivery valuable before moving the adoption of the report and the year has kept the staff and plant fully erbyns, and does not go beyond them. Nort socounts F'shall be pleased to answer any ques-ployed, while the new tools acquired and improve the distinguishing of tones by certain indicating bandle of uotes which they wore aurious totion that you may wish to sh

ments in the arrangements of the whole property signs occupies mothér elmptor. No gms are Governer, Major General Black. Exellent s was the tent performance, noticable imprevodoparit in consideration security in the shape Thor tatag no questions, the CHAIRMAN have enabled the work to be carried out in recessary for distinguishing the upper, ever tone and the upper, entering tone in the Can. ments were casted in both pieces, and such of jowalley or metier, both being lot with proprsed the atopou of the report and passing better and more economical maner

The Kowboa land which belonged to the toness dinlect, the latter always ending la either .. again roated muul hearty laughter. Another them. In several case women had fallen into

fermanes in to be given on Saturday night, the trap and when it was too late had found Mr Weos-I beg to mcond the adoption Company has been sold at a satisfactory profit. p, p, or AA:

that the handle was valueless. In the present of the report and accounts. I am suze wo bare! and we would express the hope that if any laik

cise the woman had handed to the prisquer all heard with very mob interest the lengthy loved on beat stige foreign low pair of gold, hangle, a gold Anger ring, and opes th of the Chairman, and are gratified to find it should be conducted in whispers. On Mon cas aight this was not the case, one guld-washed finger ring that the prospects of the company are so goot

• Two of the printers were found guity of arst two were sent to stel for twelve meatle steading blond of malesfully receiving The and the third for nine months with hard labour.

HONGKONG DISPENSARY

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ORIENTAL

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WATSON'S

ORIENTAL

Limite.

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the phas

and Man

The favourila Dentifrica refered to in this label, is ous of our eldest. Proprietary Artices, Fow who has e ever tried it use any other, and any of our customers take a largo supply with them on ka-ing the Bolonga

THE HONGKONG

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IT A TR

WASH.

THIS ELEGANT TOILET REQUISITE COMBINES THE PROPERTIES OF A RESTORER. POMADE, AND

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SOLE PROTHEROES

A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED. HONGKONG, CNA, ASD MANILA.

Establist. A.D. 1991.

Hongkong, 6th January, 1

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NOTE NO CORBANDARINIS ONLY ARE opentense not thing to the geus codumais shondić he addearest Tus eius. 2

Cerasonarusaamkë formonak jagly acting and address with communications aitressed to the Billow, not or patiention, but no ovícienze a good julh

All latters for mudication should be written on one ends of the paper wit

No anonymously and communications that have already appeared in birmpers wsi de inserted.

— Shiba ME JUSTICE WIJL.

in the interstics of the stores are to be cut with another offense of a similar kind

The above nomad prisoners were also clarged This a stop in the right direction, be the growthey wers found guilty and each was sent to of the shrub would in course of time diskdgool for the years with med labour. the stones and destroy the interesting F, THEFT FROM THE DOCKS, which his leady sustained considerable jury A Chiraman in the suployment of the Drak from this crane Could not thọ Genheil, roa little further and clear and enclose the whole Company was found guilty, of stealing over area of the chirroh and so bring it luta decent 31 MD worth of brass from the Cossuo stato of order, firstead of allowing it to toned Folitan Doc's

He was sent to ge by the occupants of the eurrounding hovels na

with bar inbour a ratu for their piga

fibels and calumnutes ou British merchants and officials. The sati-oplum faddista do st Inst recognise that the main portion of the drug is produced in Chiun, but they do not propose to go to the Chinese Government and urge effective prohibition of the cultiva tion. If the babit of opin smoking were really as pernicious and armful as the anti-epiam Society monkes out, why do not its agrais conte forward with a proposal for with the state of geglect into which the handsome Visitors to Macao sanot fail to be struck a simultaneous prohibition of the productioncalo of the church of Smu Paulo Les been and import of the drug? They, however, allowed to fall From the Echo Mocones wo lar tut the Municipal Council ha now given have only one ory abolish the trade arders that all the shrubs that have taken roos between Turia and China; retire from the buiuase! This is absolutely puerile. If Inlia ceased to-morrow to export opium, the supply would in a very short time be nușie up from Persia, Turkey, and other comics, while the homo production of the drug would be doubled in a fow reacs. In this case, what good would have been, achieve by the retirement- of India front a pentitable trade to thẻ. serious detriment of its revenue? The plain sober truth is far from what is slated by the hysterial agitators on the Exeter Hail and other London platforms Opium when enter is a doubt pernicious and when smoke to excess is certainly deleterious, but the number of smokers who indulge in it to excess is comparatively small, and the misery entailed by the abuse of this stimulant in the whole vast area of the Chinese Empire is probably nothing like so great as that wrought by the abuse of alcohol in London alone. If the worthy people led by Prebendary PRPLOE would only devote their energies, time, and morey to the removal of the beam of drunkenuoss from the British eye instead of striving vaini; to pick the unke of opium smoking from the Celestini orgon of vision, they would do some real goodustead of the harm effected by mistakenly ni mischievously holding up the British Government to exceration as the pofuer of a rage, a

The N. 1.steamer Mogul sailed from Portland wn the 19th just, for Japan vað Hongkong.

The X. P. steamer Columbia sailed from Teemana on the 19th inst, for Japan and Hong, kong.

The tank stowwer Turbo, which aired yesterday, had to put back to Colombo an hour Canter faving that port, in consequence of_ja

burst aream piji.

We would remind our readers of the variety entertainnut to be given at the Theatre Royal this sening by the Dramatic Company of H.M.S. Powerful.

The Russian cruiser fassig, which leurs stroup resepiblance to our own Powerful, arrived yesterday from Eyes. The Admiral Nachime also arrived from Japsu.

The match between the Hongkong Football Club and the Kowloon Football Club in the neders for extra expres of Das Pamen should be rond round of the shile competition cosulet inn victory for Kowinen by three goals to one.

power

After tha:

seral infantă 11 am, ou lay of palliatie For the excurly istimet Ouly said for Cash

alyphic Aldrere Pruss-A Chude.

FU. Bor. 2 Telapham Yo. 12

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, FERUARY 23rd, 1898.

As fokolera on the night of the 16th Feb rary fire banke mit in the carpenters, shef of the Toksove Dork do and two godowns were earnets destroyed and a third partially dear

troyed.

The Chinn Provident Loan and Muggage

Co., Limited, has been tooted, - Messrs, Shewan, Tornos & Co. are the General Maungers. The capital is $1,000,000 divided into 100,000 shares of Sosch, 55 being called y

With reforemen to bo exinokion of the Burns railway into Chies, u Peking telegram to the Japau capers states that Great Britain- hud demonade *iko right to construct a rail- way from Burmah to Chingtu, Szechuan,"

depriving the Chinese of their chief stinu News, Frut, these flourish and endure, o inalter

-

Tulad lot No. 1,455, situated on the McDon- how often rebuffel, and regardless of gell out and coulaining 14,462 square feet, financial atresa or national complications, was sold by pedo auction on Monday aftarnout The annual on behalf of the Geferuauent,

obrony,

satisfaction at the increased dividend. (Henr, hear) We hope it may go an and improve, bat Shareholders, I am till join with me it

I am wa do not wish to sep it iuuroase nt the expense of the wellám of the company. Hear, hear. The fund for repairs and renewals ought to be kent up, and I think that that is i

and base, so that way not be suddenly the best plan for patting the company on a m surprend at a demand for a very heavy sum in the bane of repairs. Thare great pleasure in neoogd ng the roport

Carried

Mr Ho Fook proposed that Mesare. A. J. Raymond G. D. Boning, and D. Gabbay. hu

confiemet ng Dirootoru

months

· Mr. Wu,cox seconded.

Bob Me." Ho JuÑO proposed that Mere A. Rosy ond C. 5. Blaty be re elected directors for the ensuing your

Mr. GooMANH

Two Indians were brged with administer ing & drug to an ex-prirate in the Hongkong Regiment

Cle

Bit. GRANTILLO SRABE prúposed the re election of Mesure Henderson and W. Hr Potte ha apstore

Be Gone seconded

Carried PRE

The annual salo by auction of me nonies was hell yesterday afternoon by Mr. T Hough front of the City Hall. There was large attendanse and bidding was at times very brink, The following pero some of the prices which Mr. Robinson arplained that the first pri were fatebed-lendubb, $45 Tantivy, 970soner, for whom he appeared, understood in Lastaret, $169 Codfish, $105; Viceroy, $15 stout very imporrectly, and it would therefore Digby Grand, $220 Silver Bail $145 Jackay to get an interpreter other than der $75, Reverse, Stin; Aspirant, 370 Fueman, The Court interprofer 105 on $15 Bantoring 10His Lordship remarked that the prisoners Springsel; $90, Rubio, $141, B20chtres 500 me a statement at the Magistracy which was Circuit 209 Borebuut, $100; Honest John, apparently interpreted all right. 200 Dürer, $:40 Allington, $65 Ingoldaby Mr. Robinson guid he did not know uzţii. 380 Bluetre, Saty Fortnastue, $110, Game that morsing that there was a dificulty in ob wook, 140; Prior's Wood, 5 Shetland, $40taining an interpreter, but probably Lieut THE NATIONAL DANE CF CHINA,

| Campbell Tho was presunt în court, could $145 Bullanul 275: Display, 580 Sony 6501e Attorney-General said it was impossible Prorost Marshall, $50; Bickleigh, $230; Hector

usalat them. We Blander, $110, recalch, 110, Malutis, $60 -to obtain an interprefer that day and to the case- Mansachte 8130: Festo. drauf, S80; Tosun, would necessarily have to be adjourned

$250,

Aftor rome further discussion Liout. Camp ball said he wozie do what be could to obtain a competent and impartial interpreter from the Regiment

His Dorskie, adjousing the cass notil to merzowed that forty anotary na were down for heating, hat the criminal sea. slogs would have to be fished first. He was very sorry the juryson Find had their trouble for nothing b

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPY.

The CRATEA-That courdes the Fusiness of the meeting 1 bars only to inforro, youthst dividend warrants will be posted this affarifeon.

LIMITED, ALEJAN

The following is the report of the dintators

to the seventh ordinary annual general hosting of shareholders to be held at the ofllest of the Hanke, Vinterts Balldings, Hongkong, on Satur day, 19th March, 1898, at noon To the Bhareholders, the National Bank of ****China, Intozlet,

Gentlemen-The directors, in subraitting to you the seccunts and balanes Wast for the year ending 18 December, 1997 regret that the position does not enable them to declare the usual dividend, the heavy fluations in ex- change during the post your hung tão cauco of this unetă factory salt The balance of $4,52329 is carried forward to the next account. The Inst of the nopod shares facing now been foricited, the amount at credit of capital scooter is $2,157 493.3376CE

J

DIRECTORS...

Mr. W. Parinar, socording to the Arliches of Association, retires at this time, but offera hhauself for re-election.

AUDITOR. The accounts, have been audited of Mr. Arnold, who offers himself for re-cution

It might be uzgul by critics that the system must needs be for domed to failure by the simple fact that there are many Chinese

charactors having the same sound but written differently and bearing totally different mean- Tings. To this, the anthor roplies that by a referanse to the context and the trend of argo- WIR, PARLAND,' monte one must know what partionlar baracter Chairman.& phonetie writing designates. However, there Hongkong, 41st February, 1998,

might be ruze uses in which the ambiguity could not be plesved by referring to the context; 31er DECEM, 1607.

aad in order to meet with each a contingency, 1.1 the author has divided thờ Chinesa hinanga iste eight parts of spotch and sight enbject marking them. To a beginner, this may prove headings, and has devised some simple signs for apras sports, but the calling in aid of such Bigus is rarely, if at all, necessary.

Value of land and buildings (in Los writter of for depreciation. 6,000,000.07

Hongkong) as per lastatatonic $95,000.00

Value of plant and ofte fornitore

a per fast street Add during the year

..... £27,4204

Less attcunt written off for depro-

6,800,00 520,229,84 6,37424

Value of mock in trade... Work in progress

34,400.00 60,85.80 -22323.96

angle

Simple and easy or the system is, a still simpler set of writings, corresponding to it, ba also has made for shorthand. Some years ago an attempt was made to adapt Pitman's system for Chinese stonography, bat while ingenious in its way, it was orificed na of no practical valus on account of its complicated nature. Speh criticism endnot; however, applied to Banking Corporation with fatorest to date. 80,sic.Is this present system of shorthand writing. Be Current Ressant with the Hongkong widing capable to exprese not only the written bat

Finest deposit with Henchong and

Shmaghai Banking Cerpwalion............

Cash in hand

Santry, sielstorp

963.47 the spoken language is well, this system can 1,655.16 trily be said to apply a gap in the Chinese. £860 romitianco ia transit for new machina 8047.00 vocabulary there being many coloquialismus

wman Laring no equivalent obaractare.--*** $231,550.4

GJABILITIES

Capital account, 4,000 shares at 135 each,

fully paid up...... Koerve food

Assoumat received in advanes on seepint of

contrefa ia band

Camry crediters

Inlance of profit and lose coconut

The author is now introducing his system to the pupils in the grant-in-aid schools in Hong korg, and it is understood and assimilated in a 150,018.ery short time, Wilo-aat over sanguine that 50/ 09.00 the system can be universally adopted unless uno common dialcet is wel in China, or at the most -29,450.00 two, the Northern and the Bontbero, I think its $13.54 utility for aborthand reporting at least will bo 43,536.35 generally appreciated. Yours truly, $251,020,AL

Parit And Loss Accury, 31st December, 1697, To labour, material, and working expens...210,549.7 To tatarlespekte Ty Crown icat and taxes

Y'a fra insurunk

..............

To amount of bad debes taste of To amount written off plant socOWAĆ. To amcant written of property count To balms to be appropriated, viz,

Auétor's foo$ 150.00. Directors' les

21,000.00 Dividend of 1 par cent on

160,00

38,000.00 Carried to rare fund 7,000,00 Balance to be carried forward to:

дом асреде......

17,800.85

A charge of forgery by an indian engaged the attention of on. H. E. Wodehouse yester day afternoon. The proesouts i en an Indian | Kving in Figi Street, and de 34 a tailor by On the 4th of this month he pat 6260 trade brings bank of the Nocional Bank of China. On the 19th he nisse his beak bock from his room and be suspected the prisoner, house, of having stolen the hook. On bis 10th who is also a tailor living in the prosecutors

promotor want to the Bank to make enquiries about bis book and ho flievo Ichched that tho whole of the $260 End boon withdrawn from the Bank. He comicated with the polics and Defective Inspsutor Moffatt arrosted the pri

✨ The various Sums received on shirts partly soner and another man. Witnesses from the Bonk identifia the first prisoner as being the

paid and thus forfatted mounting in all to on who went to the Bank, signed prosector's

$175,560 have been mulised durington pat By amcant brought forward from last year's seven years to wipe out bad debts principally age, mil recaired the money. The prosecutor Wasanable to road or wit.There was no 200 400 500 Hand. Totalourou die sturting of the Fark bere and

in Yotēlams and Shanging, avidénsa against the second prisoner and he was Grunner Donaldson 25-22 22 12 *89 piecharged, while the first priser Tag Tu „Atowarka 31 33 28: manded until to-morrow.

Bergt MoPheil 30 18 26- Croner Svanston 27 23221

Gilchrist 26 31 20 Gow 23 25 31- Corp. Batter 25 25-29 Lieut. Macdonald 26 82 20 Gunner Deas 21 2016 P

Wilson 26 19 16:

In rest Saturday's ine we will commenco the ropublication (vy parmission) of a novel by Mr. Konusevelte Wildman, U.S.Consul General, entitled The Fanglima Muda, A Romanco of Malaya. The novel was originally published by the Overland Monthly Publishing Co., San Francisco, three years ago, and was favourably

One of the most interesting novela. reviewed. of the day" was the verdict of the Times. The following notice is from the San Franciscs ArgonautBouns velle Wildman, who was for three years United States Civil at Sitigunera, has tried to excellent lituary atcmol, hiz residence in the Golden Chersonese by making it the scene of an exciting story of adverto

The Panglima Muda is its title, and it nar- rates the experience of two Americans one a collcetor for the Smithsonian Institution and the other a sonksioner for the World's Fair at Chicago-during a war among the native prince of the Molocan peningula. The ro mantic element is brought in by the fast that one of these Americans falls in love with an English girl who has been ablacted from a bait 16 the residency in Pahang (by a native prince. The had endived a lasting passion for her while a student in her father's home in Bagland. An thie nativo has all the rysterious powers of the Grout at his combond and is equally nister of Occidental ofvilization, the nurse of the young people's trus lso does not run

mooth.

PA KOWLOON DETACHMENTS

The fourth competition for the," Gillies Cap" took place on the Naval range The mother was dail ned zotny, walk the wing blew in gusts, making good shooting at the 600 yds, rather dialoult. The following wore the best scores

HONGKONG AND KOWLOON

ARF AND GODOWN

87

84

accant

by gross enrǝings

By transfer fo......

By interest arvount ........ By bonus from 'invarti nga ofice

Objections to these appropriations have now been raised by several London shareholders By profit sa sale of Youmelé property and, in accordance with suggestions' recoi ved from professional advisers in Laidou, your directors have decided to repinòu the sams utilized for balansing bad debts by Staneferring the balance remaining at fredib of forfaited sharee account,)

937,496.64

82,000.00

$109,496.64

·79) :79

78

6.4

together with the balance storedit

of Reserve Fund

in all

to a DAW. Recquit called Capital Reserva Fund, and propose to bring this accomt, out of fatere ancaings, tom total of $175,550, 20. the amount Feed for forfeited shares.

the nomization.

KJADILITIES:

CORRESPONDENCE

18,145.67

1,037.78

211,70

4,62120 3,020.00

WONG KOK-SHAN, Tientein, And February, 1898.

RUSSIAN NAVAL REINFORCE- MENTS.

Without attracting much attention to the move, the Russian government are sending out. to the East another whip, the Sirro Veliky, lately representing Fatsia in the international squadron stationed in Crétantera. It was on board this vessel, it will be remembered, that a terrible explosion occurred while gan practice was going on. A ebarge exploded while a big gun was being loaded, and the roof of tho furrot was blown of, ball of it going overboard and the other half filling un deck and crushing a number of rep. This in addition to those who were killed in and about the turret by tho 6.3.1 last of the explosion itsif,

43;506.35

$177,992.27

-162,625.24

775.00

(We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our corrependeuts]

A NEW SYSTEN OF WRITING CHINESE CHARACTERS.

The Baari Vellay will be the first battleship 100 despatched by Russia to Eustora Fators, and will form a strong addition to an already power. 5.48ful squadron. There can be but little doubt 3500 39. that the sending out of Swood Felíky, the Bostic, and the Vladimir Monomach (now on $177,29:27

her way out) has fupelled tho British Govern mant to continue to add strength to the China squadron by the despatch of the Burleur and the retention of the Orlando and Edgar, both of which have time expired crews on board, who, after a three years commleston, are there. Sore at the highest possible pitab of training.

The Seasri Fely (also written Cizoi Veliky) was launched in the spring of 1894. The follow ing are her chief rhmensions Length over all 365 faut beam-66 feet 6 inches draught of water 24 feet; displacement 8.980 ton. She has TO THE EDITOR OF FILE “DAILY PREFS, Felt 122 inches thick, with lurret armont of DEAR SIRI beg to art you to insert the same thickness. There are two turrots, one through your valuable paper the enclosed formal and the other aft, och armed with two latter of Mr. Wong Nakshan, which was 12inch guns (Obonkhoff typo) The auxiliary pablished by the Peking and Tunisia Times on samment includes 6 in, and 11in4F.

instant. The Peking and Zentris Times guns, e io cuginas develop: 8,500 hors made the following marks: We draw power, steam being supplied by twelve Belleville The attention to the correspondence in another bitars placed in thres compartments. column on the subject of phonetic Chiasso, ordinary col supply la 550-toos, tofent, for from Mr. Wog kok alam, of the Bugincering 3,000 miles at 10 kose. He speed is put at 18. End Mining Co. The letter, itif quite apart kaots. from its anbject matter, o, we think very If us is pretty certain, the Cardiff coal at high tribute to native ability, as for noidisy Colombo, where the Sisant Valley is now - English writing, and we are mani indcuted to alty, it will not be easy for that Ruslan ship to and phraseology it is quito e mactor-piece of ported to be, is reserved for the Brith Admic- Mr. Wong for the very foraible way in which reach Vladivostock for the, present, ab list to has placed his unbject before the public. As that considerable delay for the subject matter itself, uct being con It announced that the first-class battleship versant with the multitadinions mysteries of the Nazrin is also on her way out Lere to join the langage, we do not feel competent to express Russian squadron. This is a battleship of 9,7-16 any decided opinion on the merits of the system; tous, nearly 1,000 lous heavier than the Stor but the feet of its compilation, and the study Vetiky. The Natiria was buit at St. Paters familiarity with modern linguistic principles, carries four 12 in 32 ton guns with a comple and research which it up, SA woll as theburg in 1891, at a cost of over £770,000. She muuct but, be distinctly encouraging to thons ment of quick Brors, as secondary tramont. who buliavo in the future influence of yanng Sles ouraies 1,200 tons of coal in har bankora China."

and is rated at a speed of 16 knots. With the Regarding the last paragraph of Mr. Wong battleships Sizes Veliky, Navarin (both to Kokahan's letter. I would point out that the arrive and first class oruisers Rurita, Rossio, 1,259 author is not atroducing his site to the Vladimir Manamae (taarriva), Adairel Nachi-

· 1,202,709, (3

pupils in the grout in and slunds in this net, Dimitri Down, in addition to sundry 2,750,383.6 volory, he is only given a fer-lossus at hind-less and third-class oruisers, gan-rossoia, 4.622.28 rosidenco to some boys during the last two atc., the Russian squadmin the Fa-East is being menthe ad finds the learning and writing apidly brought to a very high level of strength. $7,874,443.98 easily sums of them are now studying without. On consideration of the relative power of the Say aid while some can write fuently, I may equadrons it way to at once asemel that the add that the Inspector of schools should blew battleship Barker and another test class

4,048,729.12

the pups in the Chinese grant-in-ald escous reinforcements that the British Government so that the peor can read and writo with a fow will send to the China Station, leaving out the „2,103,106.58°) months' study.—Yours truly,

certainty that in mergenty the Royal Ariker 37,795.29

CHUNG KHONG woold come up from Australia, the Impericuse. Haugkong, 21st February, 19.

frors Vancouvor and the St. George from the Cupe-Singapore Fies Press.

2

5,000.00

9,400.00

465,185,00

00, LIMITED.. *The eleventh ordinary synual meeting of the Hongkong and Ko Wharf and Godown Company Limite bold pastorday it to

Mr. Gillis and Mr Chor Tang Shang retire Company's office. Hon J. J Ball-Irving presided and there were iso prosent-lesers in rotation from the head office board, and the H. Ritchie, S. 3. Wheador, CD. Fening, right Hon. C. B. Stuart Wortley, Q.C., M.F.. C. S. Sharp, C. Bettmann, A. J. Raymond, A from the Laden Cerimittee; and being eligible Ross, D. Gullay. N. A. Biabs" (Directors); E for meleation, offer themselves accordingly. Oshocus (Berstury), G, G-Cox, B. C. Whens,

Mr. Stoltarfcht having left the colors, Mr. Jordar, Georg. 0.-B. Dodwell, F. Lants, of Lauts, Wegener & Co., les accepted Dodwell, J Gouston, Granville Sharp, the recent seat, and gem will please contra Tang and Ho Fock, p

The scounts at the head office hare been The EBOLETASY read the notice convening.

audited by Alesers. J. H. Cht and W. Hution the meeting. Norms dies hander them a main

The OAIRMAXGentlemen, the report and Potts, and in London by Messrs. Deloitte. perly, if that momia takes the form of

acconate for the past year have boon in your Dever Griftthe & Co, chartered accountants. honde for some stage, and with you. Your shadert servant working for the supposed, god of others.

DC Geuraes, Chairman. -- permission we will take them is read. The

Hongkong, 9th February, 1898. The varius-bieties for converting Jews

business of the company for 1807, taken as whole, akona improvement on previous years and oder Rastem people from the faiths or

but we find that year by year as Hongtoug

Baard Set, 512 Decemus,1857. erceds they have held for the past two or

becomes less a centre of tranehipinent is othumpitul. 750 fully paid kunder's shares of Mr. F. Morley Fletcher, Craft Master and ports our receipts from this, a moro profitable three thousand years, for dressing stages

£1 auch (at par of 3)....... Teacher of Painting at the University Extolass of werk, diminish accordingly. The falling Capital, garely paid, £323,621 (at por of 12,157,493.22 in the clothes of muslern civilisation, for

Japan olalons that Clina's seqnication in her on College, Reading, gave z demonstration off, it is true, is more than compensated for by nal reserve Junk repairs of the Formosa Amay cable at length recently of a system of colour printing from now und extended basicées in ether directions, Lansfer from reserve fund... 82,0.0.0 conciling the public to practies total! xos the question of conership in but fason wood blocks based sa Tupances methods. Arbat the sabstituted work is of a nature which

Balance of forfeited-sbarea oc-

27,436.54 Count abstinence from alcoholic drinks, for ranking Sixty out of the hundred miles of cable have Elatcher began his lecture by giving a brief shows saull proft and entails proportionately

Uden overhuntled and renovated; the remaining

acount of the artistic work of Japan, and by greater werk and expense. Apart from storage, Notes in circulation.......... men continent by net of Parliament, or for section will be taken in haad ere long-te corative art. In Japan, the products of artistic almost the hudo cf this increased business lies, Fited disposit, not current ancoraA'..........

pointing out its influence on English do-

it may be said, ben sted from Chinese con- 1s for collection and 'breach bolaceos genius were not the monopoly of the rich, but petitors, and it is gratying to know that in spite Pratie, acceptances, and excrements (bills Japanese art expressed itself in the delicacy and of the retire, and 1ght almost all unfair.alace of jatt and los account

rusliszcantod32 .. share of uberless neticam tu comman

I competition, to which we no subject, we have, domestic use. The zenith of Japanese water- with the exception of one class of cargo, re It might, however, wadily have been supCrown runt is $199 and the set price was

colour art was apparently about eighty years tained in our lands erorytbing thus acquired. back. The peculiar excellenes of their paper. This exception, viz., the handling and storag derived from the malberer free, and the of coal, is a subject which has engaged the sion of Inquiry into the Opium Tra-le-andes les bid aus 51.700.

abbed them to produce walor-colour prints of apossible to improve rasters to any extent, ils receivabl, Jane and Adre pecially now thati: fan well known fact, which has even reached the dull cars and unwilling Washington's birts lay the men-of-war iu port with machinery. The printers and wood which often, in the same line of business, Adjusting account farbage and interest)... 89,800

Teetering being bio azuiversary of George their press of treaction wething to do resort to those enbtle expediencies by cicans of for the reason that a public company cannot sight of the patient disciples of Saint were decorated and salutes were fired at noon. gutters were themselves artists, yal by mcaun of appear to commend to large a measure of PRASE, that bine produces the lager laminated in honour of the occasion, a great possible to get as many as five thousand withstanding the low rates for storage accepted

At night the U, S. 3. Columbia was brilliactly

the simplest methods of madiwork, it. wOA

specus The new West Point godowus, not- proportion of the opitun siked in that feature being a powerful sonceh light which Empire-that the Anglo-Oriental Society for was placed on the top of mob of the two masts how the idea of following the Japanese methods in order to extend business relations with or reproductions. Mr. Fletcher then explained elsewhere, have been kept profitably flied, and the Suppression of the Opium Trade would

TIENTSIN TIMESAN I had derarred to him. The great diflealty was The Cam, an English steamer from New

The Norwegian steamer hd, from New York DEAR SIRUnder the harding of "The Chinese supporters, to gra erecting furthy charges, directors fous qui miaries1212.55 have been glad to live into the obscurity York with ears of traine ou, arrived at their ploure. A translation of a meal in the

to be out exnotly bow, the Japanese applied accommodation on the and recently occupied

4,598.99

Future Education of China, the Y. U. Daily and Singapore 18th Feb., had southerly wind from which it

senselessly sprang und rather a nasty experience the previous

Tokelamu on the morning of the 9th February possession of the United States Governantebal-geboss, which you will recollect wer by the freakit shed. As regards the Wau-

News of the 20th October lust made the follow and fine weather all the passage Such is not the eye. Though we hernight grounding on the pit at Pats, down

$177,940.8ing remarks Bat even then we believe she the British steamer Chelya, from Calcutta was prored, and by means of this sent some leased in 18ths, I anvo daly to comprk that the

will have littip chance of catching up with the 6th Feb., Penang 11b, and Bingapore 10. somewhat less nowadays bent bese

the bay. With assistance from Yokohan the Lonton, the worst of the craft was mastered.

hints derived foon à Japanese ivory worker in results have so fur folly jestified the action of

8 Europa peoples until some holy genius shall had light N... side to Pouang: tunes fight fatuous fainties they still exists a

fure part of line ship was digbbed and she got

your Bourd in sequfting them. Turning to ay kalamos brought forward from Just your. 2,599.99 Lave hit upon a romaninus, system of transllier winds and caline to lat 11 Nanoo to 180- It was now possible, by means of this method, of a high water next morning. blatant body, eagerly waiting for somo

to produce a prius in water-enionys of real and scarcely within the scope of the company's

source of revenue which it may be urged is By grumluge for the year andling 34

tion equal to her regniromonts and aceptables south of Hongkong nicerate southerly Dacomber, 18JT

196,39.68 to her sobolar Acting, seemingly upon the winds: afterwards strong northerly winds and. peculiar artistic quality, and got at pris perutions, you will oferte if stated in the rew opportunity to force themselves and

within the one of those to whom eriginal report that we have made further additions to

stimulus, a Cantoness by name of Wong Yuh high sea their misstatements upon a longsafforingcerver replying to the comunisation which there was a practical tature for sock of this years ago, the kand on which these, bu

pofitiuga or imposible. Beyond-ni-double Chinese houses at Kowloon. A very low public. Only so recently is the 12th that Chambor forwarded to the Government character, work which did not dogrula the altia, the members of the Society met at the cralt of the real debate sud vote on the

eraftamna into a machine, and whick, oreover, was waste ground yielding boiling. It is n

stand, and which compris 19,218 square feet, To balance breakfast at the Cannon Street Hotel, Lon- Straits anironey question. The Government

would well be undertaken by women. intimates that, having regard to the very Con, under the presidency of the Rev. Dr. divided state of public opinion, n shown in the dotoonstration of the process of produeing a

Fletober thon preceded to gira an actual ringing in a nett yearly rental of $4,800,

which, capitalised at 8 per cent, makas the pro- | Movie, Frincipd of Ridley Hall, Cam-Chamber's debalo, nothing oni be promised print, and the whols lecture was only interest-

porty worth $60,000. The company OwnS 126,308 feet of ground adjoining these houses, By balance of furioital shares fecuat bridge. It is charitably, to be hupel that "xcept that the Gororament will take the whole, ing by the presence of pictures, prints, blocks, and it will be the policy of your Board te enfears, tools, aut other equipments required in develop this portion of your property in a colour printing.

ARKETI

ach on hand and at kauķers,

... 0

posed, after the result of the Royal Commis- st.3. The plotser was Mr. A. Toison freedom and insight of their eldly of nature, attention ef your dircolors, but we find it Governoun, scorities balongion 230,671.05 this new system of writing to be introduced to vrniser do not represent by any means all the

the meeting was really a little social gather. ing, a meeting of old, sequoiataires in the metropole, the excuse given being business

The Governunt of the Straits Settlemouts has written to the Singapura Climber of Com

matter into cousifloration.

The Moralist of the Straits Times, Writ- ing on 12th February, bays-On Saturday, some of the public seotuales of self-inflicted

of the Anti Opium Society. Or pering it torture among the Klings, who took part in the

Hicdu fastival, ware bentat and revolting in the

inflits variety and charm. From Ors! te fast

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

(SUPPLIED TO THE DAILY PREMA,"]

Loxnow 20th February, PARLIAMENT.

Mr.

the bank 601,323.34

Bill wollection reveivable and branch

kolances Furniture, stationery and stamĘS.

$7,874,443.36

Fight and Loss Account, iter Dreemanu, 1857, IT.

в

Jo balance, to be carried forward to post mo

Dr.

$117,010.EN

109,190.0

10.

Exclure)

TO THE EDITOR OF THE “ TEXING AND

SMALKING KEFORTS

cho, has rently pubished in Hongkong a Fue British steamer Formosa, from Tamsui Lamtal Reserva HONEY ALT DECRUTER, 1807100netic artem of writing Chinese charters 17th Feb. Amoy 19th, and Swaton 21st, had it once sampla and sasy. Though the word is frosh NE. monsoon end clorly weather with entirely orginal, the author has it the nita occasional main etalls to Apoy. From Amoy taken a leaf from the Japanese way of writing to walow fresh N.N.E. winds and heavy rain. $149,490.64 characters, which, unlike the Chinese wie, in From Switow to port fresh northerly wind and

phonatic, in site of the fact that the two rain. ...nguages come from the same origin and of the

By transfer from recaren Jund

PRINCE HENRY.

83,080.00 27,480.64

Z109,490.01.

DATE OF ARRIVAL AT BINGAPORE..

Singapore, 1th February.

EXPORT CARGO:

many features of similarity still existing bety san them. Fider this new system, the writing Per steamship Pinguey, eiled on the 15th still retains the form of a Chinese character, February For London 170 relle matting, similar manor, so that should the necessity

though more like, the ancient than the modern, 330 bales canes, 268 bags, ivory nuts, 237 cases sriza, ít can be utilised towards the repayments

and bears a strong emblance to Pitman's preserres, 174casks ginger, 109 oases chinawara, of the debentures, and this tau without seriously

shorthand. In this respect, it seems to go out 100 Unlos broken casals, 49 casks soy, 43 cason interfering with the Compnay's business. The

toller than the suggested romanisol system, as blackwoodware, 4-bodne feathers, 25 cases drie- assets of the company, I may again remind you,

to study the latter a knowledge of the Europoles, 20 oeses aniseed oil, 17 cases gongs, 10 coses stand in sar balance sheet at a very low tigre

orthography is a re-requisite, while the former furniture, 8 age tainga, 3 bags beaucakes, tho buildings and other moveable property at

though based on the foreign alphabet, can be and 1 cape curise. For Manolester-100 bales. less thus the cost of replacing them, whilst the

learnt independently of it, albeit a antion of the waste ail, For London and/or Muticliester — land figures at considerably below its market Prince Henry of Prussia is expected to arrive foreign speling will help the lasther a great 50 bales waste ell, For Dundee -50 skry The House of Commons hos voted the Ad- value today. With regard to the company's hore on the spening of Tuesday, the 2nd in deal. There man be no question bat that this Finger. For Glasgow package ironward, indebtedness, outside of debenturas, the amounetant, with his equadron-be Deutschland and system, it adopted, will be equal to tần 20gnize- of which las gradually increased of late years, the defion. Prince Henry may stay here about monts of China, but whether it will ho coept GEEAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE IN the whole of the tooley, I many nation, has five bays. The Teutenia Ulab are making ex able to her scholar rousins to be sco

been spent in now buildings and other additions teustre festive arrangements to receive the give some ides of the system Fcantet do better to the company's assets, all of which are of a Prince. The rocoption will take the form of a than make a brief samgary of the work

garder party, to be held in the Club grounds, The opening skiptar traits of gawela, onu. suta has been spent in repairs and improvements

dress

AFRICA Mr. Chamberlain has received a telegram from

The Patentses--lucuven & Chuangor, libited;.

DESERVE A NATIONAL: MEMORIAL:

for their excellent lorentiera.Duac Comacle.

THE WAVERLEY PES. THY PICKWICK PEN, The Our PerTITE HINDOO PRN.

AVID CORSAR & SON'S.

was really a geanide attempt, after a gul extreme here were men and women, some of mal, To galvanian & moribend institution the intter being almcet girls, allowed to walk and a lost cause into life and movement along this public street, in day-light, on wooden Fonda's full of spikes, some two inches long, ngain. At any rate a resolution was, we while, on their shoulders, they aurried heaty learn from the Times, sowed by another amamental turdiene, which retarded their pro- wv, gentlminan, Prebendary Wran-Peer, their foot painfully upon That was bad enough; the spiked sandals. the following offert: This meeting, but, to unke matters still more agonising, ter hearing statervents as is the effect of they had long thin spikes thrust through their

phooks and lips, while suspended from brow the opiatu habit in Chinn, from trast- housled mails driven to the hilt into forco of Hauris occupied Boris, in the Ingos daring the past year, and it has bood suggested 24th instan. It is desired to give the en-language, the more primitive it is, so here, a

the Governor of Ingos stating that a British remunerative character. You will notice à larg tanglin, or the evening of Thursday, the sonants, and tones. The eas elaborato a Soft by nill Stationers, Waverley Works Edinburg worthy Englishman, Jong rasklout there their backs and breasts were numorons motal

affected by body kintariend, on the 6th instant, and that the that more

this be tertainment Oriental character the author. The Contbanse dinlegt han have and futimately versed in the social life bells at chains. Cine mau bad Lis Ludy Fronek arriving toure on the Pel instant tudi su opation of blatemo The protaklo itoms, tande: native play's diphilongs only, while refethongs are fouul in D MERCANT NAVY of the people, is profoundly moved by the into his fork, while in auofer case a girl had a seroit the lonering of the Union Jack. This our report for 1895 that $25,000 was catminte joggling fouts, conjuring tricks, performances the Northern and Hakka dalects, from which The aference is draw that the former is's more vaat extent of this vice disclosed and the steel shower pierced through how tongue and being refused the Frenck force withdraw and and that no exceptional entley would be noco Club would like to invite as many of the non-trient dialect. The dialect that mess lees

to cover the expenditure for the following year, by dancing girls, and Indian thoatricals. lower lip. Many of the victims of faustic. "Irresistible, evidence of tho momal and zeel vero in such a state of collapse: that encamped outside the town. The French have sary for some time to come. The explanation Gorman immanity na passible, bat, owing de comtinations of vowels must have more fonds #physical ruin which ever dogs its footsteps. buske's of water had to be thrown over them to also established a military post et Was in the is, that the $25,000 applied more especially to the limited space of the Club pounds they make up the defoley in the resources for

It is clear that the growth of the poppy is koop them from fainting. Voluntary Polf hinterland of the Gold Coast and arched just harves, and on referere to what I stated at cannot invite as many as they would like fornay lugange. Henon we find that the 2886)

matilation for the sake of religion may be pu spreading more and more throughout the act of grass worthy of all comigendation in the

the British past at Mussa despite of Major our outings in 98 and 1897, you will find Prince Henry is now in Ceylon le arrived at Canlucae dinject has as many as tax tones and

that my romarks on the subject of repairs ren Coleman on Wednesday at The Governor the Fakenese night, while the Hakka hus I EN TING Empire, and that the home supplice fire oyes of a Hindu, and morally, perhaps, zo one Northcoto's protest

dered this more clear. Since then, however, it was to meet him on board the Deutschland, and six, and the Northern or Mandarin dialect has a tight to object la guch mutilation, bet

THE ARMY ESTIMATES. as been found necessary to overhaul flin, gearrangements were in progress for orcursions has four only A country outger with itB) "grastuolly excluding Indian opium We when these religious prabfices are parudad, The British Aroy estimates show an inorkuno down roofs very extans vely, and rekpill that by the Prince up-conntry to Kehdy and other language, from the simple to the elaborate.

submit that thean facts only enhance the all their hostly details, in public at then to the establishment, exclusive of India, of 10.046 white ans, which caused during past years show that Prince Hairy today at Newers language, boing money labis

of No. 10 gadawa Also owing to mynges of ƒ places. Tolegraphic advices, received today, The author justly remarks that the Chiness the public lava w right to dempud that snob. responsibilty of our country. By fostering ritual shall be conûned within the limits of the men, es compared with the estimates of 1697, serious damage to cargo, we have had Ellys, a hill station la Ceylon, some six thousand prullish on and come to have undergand and ontbreing the opiumtrade for the sake temple.

arkoveof 256 are officers.

cement the floor and at the same time to raise feet shows She Straits Titing a

wory little change since ità original formatiou,

NAVY BOILED

LONG FLAX

CANVAU RELIANCE CROWN TARPAULING.

ARNHOLD, KARDENG & CO., Bola Agents,

BURGEON DENTIST, No. 10, D'AGUILAR STREET.

TERMS VERY MODERATE, Consultation Fres. Hongkong, 23rd Septimber, 1891.

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