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TAN HONGKONG DAILE PRESS, WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 1472, 1898.

HM,8 Immortality), which arrived from | F/FILIPPINOS IN BAN FRANCISCO, Manila yesterday, reports all quiet there,

Quarantine restrictions on vessels mailing Borneo has been withdrawn.

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ERNIS BOENORS OF AGUINALDO, In campullen San Francisco the

THE EMPEROR OF CHINA ENCOURS | BIR THOMAN KUTHARLA "D ON

BuitisH POLICY IN CHINA.

A VISIT TO WSIHAIWEI,

Writing from Chefço ou 14th August, Man Arnot Rel says Oar steer called in at Walhame this foresons, and we found that

In this Hense of Caminions on the Jth August, in the course of the debita on the Government's

It will be remembered that in the Imperial odjot of the Ist instant of which we pablighad a uador article 6 of the convention, and what from Bergkong to Labeau or British North colony of about eighty univebord Fhllippines, H. M. S. Gratton, Humber, two trænedo due conipressed translation, the Emperor commrod. policy in China, Bir T. Sutherland said ho

Spanish rule and tought for the independence sedme admirably, sheltered, albeit there many Rites to be handed over to theBoard of Civil Boveral of than former rebels who have oppossit, trovers, and a aprvoying “ship. The barbour ad the delinquent, Ministern of the Board of thought that, as he hid ified in Ohins ard and of the islands. In Shawwed piso, a short or possibly be a dament for a breakwater of an Appointments for the naformination of adequate off Third street, and hordly more than a stone's throw front the Palace Hoti, dwall some thirty. Bat and Baar, die west batmanos. The Chi penaltips" It is now learnt that when the of

new walled town of Wethalwei, on tus mais, Doxións suretary hasded his memorial tó hís.

The N. G. I. steamer Latimien laft Bombay for this pert on 12th inst, and ny he expected bere on or about the 2016 justent,

of the Western Hotel, was fed $7 at the Megistracy yesterday for leaving serving with quina matics.

was the result in each case of such investi gation All parties are gread that the Customs charot be accorded any authority within the wacore of the colong; an answer to the shore questions would assist is deter- mining the actitude that should be main tained towards the Customs situated begond our jurisdiction bat in our immediato aoighbourhood...

Mr.LLER, the Commissioner of Cuss toms for Kowloon, in his roport for 1897, says that the falling off in the trade of that year was tuore than accounted for by the decrease in the importation of rice from

Mr. José de Navarre, Spanish Consal, informa that be has resolved the following train from the Manila observatory" Manila, 12th September, 1898, 440 p.m. Depression to the N.D. of Manila in the Pasife."

if Dupont street and Breading there des pers haps twice as many viore- Some of them are married and have numerous small children korn in this city,

Those Philippines are smpinged mainly a sailors, porters, and barber-shop beatblacks Among themselves they speak Spanish and their untive tonggo, though most of them can converan in Englah. They are of the Malay ype, with feature neuror Spanish than Japancso.

foresting country for the greater part of his been connected as businese man with that in- life, ho might claim to represent the views of those who had commercial interests in that part hi Yazo, a coolie in the employ of E. Eedfant of these little brown' man, while in the vicinityen, sä considerabile place, while the Uni Chiofs for transmission to the Emperor, they the world." (Rear, bear) sousidered aero railitary buildings and stores in the island not only refused polat blank-after reading it that the situation in which we found ourselves of La-kong tao covor quite a big resto do to, but called the former up before placed was one of singular gravity. As a bast- nows man he was not disposed to take very There are already two-boarding-houang them and cated hi sonndly for his

ta may be registered at the British Consists of his Olofs Mr Worg Fan, the serutwa waly fair to the Government that thon in the port catering for Europeans, and laudandacity and soleman To the surprise penatio view of the afluation. He thought at the highbenting tratty port of Chefs, uty hu gestion, not only refused to take back who were ongaged in commore fu Chins should give them credit for what they had already done Erch fortifications as may be kailt will chicfy his moure el but stonely maintained bis right in spite of obatacion of no. ortüinary character. troops wil be quartered, The island itaolt is having receive the Dupozora ediot of the lap of the great West River to the commiredo of be on the island of Lu-kong as where the to write it. The Board of Civil Appointments. He attached great importance to the opening the breakwater that sheltors the harbour and, inst, appears to have lost no time in determin this exantry and to the siguring of the naviga subject to revised consideration, the presaoling, the penalties nourred by the Ministers of

tion of the inland waters of China. He also One of theu, Roman Lucco, an affablo, talk-export opinion appears to be that Weihaiwo the Best of Rites, for su nousustly prompt locked upon it as an enormous boon that wo had ative little man who seems to be the coknow. may be converted into a very string fortress edles of the 4th int. commands that pak been able to extend to colony of Hongkong to was born in Cavite nearly forty years ago. My added that. Weitive Is a place of great beauty. Presidents of the Board of Fiter Kan Hel the canrse of a few youre there would be estab- and Isa Hui-li, Manchs and Chinese Sauiorished thera, any of the greatest manufacture father say other were born in Cavite, Straits mes. was Aguinaldo," said he, yesterday, Iremen-

Viac-Presidonte, Pa Ting and Tang Kuanging centres in the word (Fear, hear.) The ber Aguinalds as a swell yentle. He is younger

hai (Burl Weiyi), Mancha and Chinese influence, too, that we had undoubtedly exorcised He is about 31 now. His parɔnte

Junior Vice-Prastients of the said Board, be in ile sattlement of the affaire of Korea and in than I am, were very wealthy and prominent people. Hie.

hereby cashiered for during to dieboy our securing that the Inspector-General of Custome falker was Governor at old Cavite." The son is

dorses and oppose our desire to reform the Minister of Foreign Commerce in Chinas well educated.

Lort Charles Beresford interviewed us to his our governst The decree vlade up by rust always be a British subject were matters fortheoining mission, states that he proposes to run farm, the cometary in question, in asius of the greatest moment, and would remain with praising the resolution and moral courage of proceed to Hongborg, and will journey thence ing to take back bis words even when threaHoar, heat. He considered the Government

grat keenneer in the minds of commercial mea to Puking, after watch he will travelin varied by a whole array of powerful Ministara did the very best thing they could do in taking parts of the Chinois Empire, according fo, In regard for this, Wang Hana is promoted to opsion of Weihaiwei. After the lanaina programme not, yet pompfotely planned, but he a Metropoition alot of the 4b grade with staucos. While the sunotion of the Britjul

A N. WATSON & CO-s abroad, owing mainly to the magnificent Deray is not only a great fighter, but a singu; fodged lender of the colons in Sherwood place, and a vérý valnable qualing-station. It may be T-pusad Hsa Ying koei, Mauchs and Chinese so great si extent. He was quite sure that in

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autumn crops harvested in the Kowloon province, had that "the deficit is therefore

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is

LORD CHARLES DERASFORD ON

HIS MISSION,

In an article headed "George Downy, states- rann, the New York Journal saya-- Admiral

larly well balanced man. For two months and atal ho kas beld a position of extreme dificulty and the manter in which its varying demands van met is attenuaalike. The Spaniarda, the insurgents, sad the Gerwins have at given is always a disturbing factor in the trade him trolls during his long wait for goiuforce returns if the totale only be looked at, for monte. His paticuco has boon inexhaustible, his drmness vishakable, his diplomacy dut 1, and as in 1896-97 it any cause a variation be his willingness to do more lighting, should it

"I have been away from the Philippines twenty twean any two yeare of ne moch as pus be seel quit olear oven to tie apprehsusiqu

of Adimant Dioterish. On ovory side where yours, but I went back to visit six years ago. I seventh, according to the character of the the test has been applied Admiral Dewey reveals was n robol myself. Now I am an Amerionn local crops. The opium trade, being a cons- biself as a strong anst unaristakably ablo mua, citizen. I know only one other Philippine in tantly declining one, is another items which Had there been in his place one of los cool au Francis, who gat naturalization papers. tends to vitiate the accuracy of comparisons per and of inferior &aguoity half the world That was Escolastico Custodio. Ha shipped as bich must, b› vajjal according to roam the brivet rack of the 3rd grade, balton--a fast-

night have boon by the ears are now. flis cabin-boy on the Newport and wont down to thờ based on the totals of any two years. The country is proud of Admiral Downy, the ristor Philippines with General Merritt. I think more atairs and finesse who has maintained the status When the whalers come here Filippins milers the Kowloon and Lappa autious and the quo at Manils ander temptations to dignant pro thick. There was a big Philippine society port of Canton in 1888, the year after the notion that might almost Love templed a Sampin Now Orleans,"

son to take the aggressive. The American A visit lato Bunday afternoon to Sherwood and inquirer. His lordship state that the itiative, bat bo" commande the mid Board to bat whether he was right or novas to that, be Kowloon and Lappa statious passed under people aduire and they will remember." the control of the Foreign Inspectorate amounted to Tis. 80,717,101, and in 1897 to Tls 30,312,142 only, the figures for encl port or station being as follows:-

1888

1897 Kowloon...Tls. 15,635,853 Tlz. 13,027,228 Барра..... 3,484,668 8,514,878 11,595,640 13,770,086 T. 30,717,161 Tis. 80,312,142 Deducting opin and rice wo arrive at the following figurce as the values of the trade ia foreign goods in groerad :---

imports of foreign goeda into China throual of Manila, and proud of him as the man of than 200 về my countrymen are in California he is permitted by the Adturalty to ears to obtain. It will also be obsered that that with a little moro determination and energy

Grutore

1888

1897

REUTER'S TH

TELEGRAMS.

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Lorney, 10th September. MURDER OF THE EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA.

Au Italian anarchist med Lncohen; murdered the Engress of Austria with a stilletto in the streets of Geneva on Saturday.

LONDON, 11th September. The Empress of Austria was slaisbod in the beson by a slender triangular the whilst pro seeding to the steambest pier from the lotel

determine the adequate penalties" his Ministers deserved with the rule noted above-N, C. Daily News

Government is inferred from the fact that tion which under crdiasry bircumstances it would have taken him at least twelve to fifteen take the mission, Lord Chale is careful his Binjesty in dealing at his punishments as to uzplain that he does not go là say offoil v politie zough ant to do so on his own in- diplomatic capacity, belaisply as un observer place found all the Islanders at honks. They Frosidant of the Azooisted Chambers of Com- appear to be a duaestic people, and though meres hus allowed bins a free and as to where they are orowded in poor little quarters they be shall go, how long he shall rema u away, and are not undeadly in dress or person. Of the the persons to be approached. Ho hopes to thirty or nice, fully but of them sailors homes confer not only with representatives of ther for a holiday, not ono sesviad to have been Chinese Governmeat, but also with native and drinking, and get it was very evidently a day British archts in China with regard to the on which to other, trenante in the narrow security and facilities which would be forth. hile street more clebrating with Bacolas. Coming to induce the introduction of Britab The conviction was forced open the visitor that capital for the development of the material made up as those sucreundings are of hires of here were people supérior to their surroundings.resources of China: 1

puorer-class Ameriosas, segues and representa tires of several foreign mantrion. The Philip pines are not such an impossible element after all, if the local entony bes fair sample. E

Kowloon...Tla. 7,361,207 77. 6,083,824 / The Empress was at drst unaware that she was and thres samll children, the soone was rather

Leppa Canton

- 2,873,788 2,284,532 5,591,198 10,974,150 Tls. 15,826,168 Tls, 22,242,508 This shows an increase in ten years of 40 per coat in currency, but as prices have in some cases risen in consequence of the

fall in silver the increase in quantity would probably be found to be spitler. Putting

wounded and imagined it was simply an attempt

Up one flight of stairs at No. 20, where in two rooms Live Grogoria Estrellas and his wife

| picturesque and interesting Estrellas is

young portar uplayed at 626 Market street.

on 28th July.

THE MIXED MISSIONARY MARRIAGE.

Costul Eer watch. She died in about three intost addition to his family is a son born | doring the post, whek or two be tha C.I.A. 1 by an ancient and new cukrown' riter, and it is try to ward off the disintegration of the Empiri

henis tea excitement rulgus iu VionnJA, wanto it is believed the crue is the entered of

anarchist conspiracy.

TLE UNITED STATES AND SPAIN.

The Senate has adopted the reses protect WITHDRAWAL OF BRITISH TROUPS

FRUA KHARTOUM.

The British troops are leaving Kaartoum the best face possible on it, the figures urs and returning northward as quickly es trans, misembly disproportionate to the populn-port porusita. Gon and wealth of the districts served. But

Sented on a trank wi man tramming

We have named in George Deway Estralias, explained the father, holding qut for approval his 10 Jays' ald heir. And young Dewey blinked as though concious of the honour conferred upon lim

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had shen Port Arthur it would have been ima head in Peking if the Gorerament had not posible for the British Minister to hold ap bis taken some coautorbalsacing step. He thought the Goverznient might have presented the Rus xians from taking Port Arthur--(hvor, koor),

falt n be had satt, that it would have been im. possible for the British Minister to have maia- tained his position at Poking but for the stop the bad been taken in the acquisition of We haivai. He attributed the great progress of SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

Raeeiau diplomacy in China of late years to the fast that this country had been very much be Theve in good rangon to believe that Austrális híad the age, and had not been able to discera may become a diamond producing country se tha signs of the times ficiently early. cout only to South Africa. At present wold The fact was that this country had not mining is may contain and profitable them the benadequately represented at Peking search for diamonds, but the shapes ayo boing since the time of Sir Harry Parkes, (Hear, continually found, capocially, in New South Kent) · He did not, of course, éptait of the pre- Wales, and avery your considerable numbers, sent Ministor, who appeared to have acted ad. from Bingore, Invowell, and other places, are soldmirably, but he went to China completely iu. Eurape of good pricës. Samé the dia ignorant of the whole poops of affairs in that mond ure of good sise and colour; others, on country, and naturally looked to the Foreign The writer of Notes on Local Topics" innoconot of their uns sual bandes, se prized Offie for inspiration, and the only idea the the Shanghai Mercury discourses as follows:- for diamond drifts and liks purposes The true Formiga Office seemed to have was that, as wo When things are mixed there in generally matrix las aver been found but the graded were prepared to stand saide, overy other conu some httle toonble in store for somebody. But ppearnce of the stones shows that they must try wild follow our example. He believed the I don't romnumber such a to-do as has heon maile has been transported a considerable dietaties possorsion of Weihniwel would enable this conn over the mixed-marriage question. The fucts believed that their soured will be discovered of China. The situation was undoubtedly are natural eauagh girl wanted to get near the Great Dichung Range Near this grave. It was impassibin for a private niember softly on a guitar. The room was full of we married. They all do: Nobody else being point the stones will doubtless be of larger size. to do more than indicate the lines on which the men and children come to see the baby, a ready, the marries a Chinaman. Hino ac

Government should proceed in protecting the black-haired like it to thing resting in the cryinde. I yield to ague in the inclinutive The stability of the solar system, demon interests of this country. He did hold, how

dislike of each natona. Everybody who ass strated by Laplace from Newton's law of attrac-ever, that there were two lines of policy which prout father's arms.

lived long in China probably has the same tion, is shown by M. H. Poincaré to be a ought to be diligently phrased the one aiming Tealing, But after all it is to rent extent mistaken inference, orerlooking the modern at the integrity of the Yangtare Valley and arstinctive as I have sold and more or less conception of energy. Everywhers anergy is the other aiming at the integrity of the Fin unrasoning. What has astonished me about being dissipated, work taking the form of heat, farland of Hongkong and the great province of is the action of the missionary body and instability is the law of all natural Kwangisig. (Hest, tear. Ha thought there They evidently 287 no higher opinion of phenomers. Even the heavenly bodies do not could be no doubt that the so-called Belgian native" delper then we have of a rickahoy escape the tending toward final repose. railway concession was something like a shap coelia Play "forbid a woman to marry the Thair energy is being slowly dissipated through in the face to Eugland. (Bear, boar.) Ho man of her choice, a regalar Jacob if accounts the friction of the tides, and we are approaching happobedo know, or at all events believed, Words are inadequate to express the horror

tetras, who has waited for her seren long state in which the san, the satellites and that the rabu wao phurely Rasian scheme, planets will all revolve with the enme spoed Ho doubted very much, if it were allowed to ga and dotestation "efoiled by ike Laal erimie

about a common esia This condition canneton, without their intervention and guarantee, that has resulted in the death of the

It forcibly wants me of the story of sn Empress Elizabeth of Austria Renter in

admirully charitable kind hearted Duchess, be permanent. Even if there is no rusisting whether foreign capital would be likely to be less as that Her Majesty was stabbed in the

the bunday stopped her carriage to give Dimanidium in space, the planets' megnation will spent in Ching to the extent which would bo bosom while proceeding from the hotel to tun

ragged woman by the road side, This ecfinne to have a retarding effect, and in the the case it there was a guarantes ficm this country. (Rear, hear) Ho felt perfectly cor hours later. The eriru is supposed to have

gratitude, ejaculated with great fervour

The forlifting effect of gypsum has been bu sirculated. They had only to ropoat the recognized, though never understand, but it is policy of forty years ago and blockade one of been the result of no anarchist cousperues.

To the aged Emperor, whose fifs was been so fall of trouble, and to the Austring nation the auch intention, since there were many thousands But this was too much for the highborn surprising i laurn, as we do through the New her ports, and China would to as they decre

Mexice Agricultural Exporimont Station, thet Bat to do that would be to cut off their nosa to haart-felt sympathy of the civilised world witi of native American soldiers who would by caly dame's nobility.

butter than min soil. How wheat and other would be far greater than that which would. daughter of Duke Maximion of Esvaris (“We are all robeis varsekvés,” said Lacon," and " on

December these men would not go to Aght their country- Now the mission Authorities appear to iny poor plants get nitreget ia stiel soil is yet to be hure to be made by any other country. What

shown.

ho thought that the Government needed to do al was horr ou the 24th

in all these matlers wonnected, with China w 1887, her marriage with the Emperor toking mou." As the-sore willing ones were assom Philistine oyes in the position of the Duchess. They can talk with the leather Chineo, do bling on the sidewalk in front of -Estrellan' piece on tus 24th April, 1851 she was an

British India, the best known large azas in

Dot to pat pressure or poor, unfortunato Cine, accomplished equestrian and had made several home two dranken American women of partien-bnelness with him, give him alnis, arguo vila visits to England and Ireland to the hunting larly unprepossausing appar staggered big, suset his holife and finally couvert him, the theril zone, embraces tropical islands and but to speak plainly and courageously to foreign sezon. At the time of her death Her Majesty across the alley from basir gumrters und ipsisted congratulate him wake much of him, pray with hot plains as well as the snow-covered peaks of Powers. (Chocrs.) It was not caly their interest, was presumably visiting the tulip In

upon atamling with 21 julandera. Bat the him, and pet him in a hundred different ways, the Hünalayas, and contains the region of the but the icterest of Europe in gonors that China native Philippinos adgod away,

But they cannot enter the benres of marriage greatest anal rain£600 inches with arid shauli ba pentasted from disintegration. If a with him, said therein, in a humble layman's wards where au is sometimes unuova for conflict arose over the break-up of China a WAT pinion, they fall lamontably short of the apos-rers in succession Grout diversity of animal weld be entered upra which in all probability and plant fo is to be expected, The Indian this generation would not see the end of. The tie's ideal of buing all things to all wes,

Govorament but undertaken to give infermo Bruggle would be gigantio; but if they took a ting concaring the sad has just completed decided linn, and mod that decided language in the "Flora of British India," in 7 octavo regard to the integrity of China, which they vulame, and the vertebrats section of the ought to use, the silmtion could be and would Fonna of British Lodia," in 8 volumes. The still be saved. He hoped the Government would Flora incintes only the fovering plants feel as they ought to feel that not only tast 11,500 sporica The Fauna" gives 40 species House but the country was at their book in a of mammals, 1626 of birde, 594 of reptiles, 150 policy of not only preserving their interests, of batrachison, and 1,418 of fishes, Of the in- but the integrity of China. He believed that, if the Government had the courage to not, the vertebrate setion 5 volames also have been pub.

political danger which now monced China would view with regard to the corniaercial position, Leurorted. He by no means took a pessimisti whatever might happen, for he believed the me enterprise that had given predominance to their trade in every treaty port in Chlua would be maintained and escried out whatever the Inture of Chins might be. (Chears),

the real cause of the non-expansion of THE LATE EMPRESS ELIZABETH the trade in foreign importé in China, and

A. S. WATSON & Co., LIMITED. especially in the South, is the squeezer to which they have been subjected under the nanies of lekin, tso-li, etc. The transit pass system is now in operation in the South as

ERTAINED 1841.

Hongkong, 9th September, 1898.

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NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS

OF AUS (RIA.

Little childrou from all the other Phillapius families bext door vere kers in numbers, ent there was no crying and be ordering of them about. They were cute little tots in Sunday frecks and with happy fages.

to

When a request was made that the nativs born Philippinos group themselves for a pho. tograph, fully half of the mug withdrew to their rooms and could not be coaxed out. Rom Luces explained that they were fearful that it them to go down to Magia aud fight the insurer gents. He could not convince some of the more. God bless your Indyship for your kind heart. suspicions ones that the Government had on 1 ms we shall meet in honros!"

well as in the North, and a.considerable ex-stomabost-pier.at Geuvo, and died three was a soheme to get their pictures and foroo † poor soal. having no better bicans of ahoving enú alt planets will fall to thả son tam that the same amount of money would not

paasion may be lucked for in the consump. tion of foreign goods in the future, No one bas ever auggested that China was not entfiles to raise a revenue by Customs duties, nor

ORST COMPUascations relating to thenews colum that goods passing through the free portafunded. The deceased Empress was the too eager to go to Monile on a moment's notice. Oh, goodness gracious!" Bae said. Dito nearly pare gypsum will nourish plants even spite their face, for the sarrifice of their trade

should be addressed to Iun EDITOR,

Cooper at foreard thoïrname and address wala comaxrications addressed to the Eiliter, el

or blication, but as sidence of good faith.

di latter for preplication shorelit in written on one oasis of the proper only.

already appeared in othom papers will be inserted.

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BIRTH.

On the 1th Septesiter, at Aratow, the wife of 6. J. GRAINGER, Imperial Maritime Customs, of a darglez, which only survived a few hour's

The Daily Press.

Horozone, September 14th 1898.

1957

Ir would be of some service, both from a political aid pommercial point of view, if

Hongkong were entitled to any exemption from payment of duty upon entering China; what has been objected to is the arbitrary and uncertain fory of irregular charges

The abolition of the Custom stations in the

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Already acknowledged ...$2,459

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A TRIBUTE TO SIR CLAUDE MAUDONALD,

Of the seventeen men assombled for a picking nine were sailors, even were posters, and one Roman Lrces, was an interpreter and a house- chenuer-San Francices, Chronicle,.

I should doubtless have done as they did but, and the bat is e vory broad ona indeed--I. ari at missionary and I de zet pretend to bellave is the true missionary seast Last God has made of oue blood all nations of men that

neighbourhood of this colony, if it could be affected, would therefore mon no relief to the legitimate trade in foreigu gonds, which would have to pay at their part of destina- tion the same duties they now pay to the Kowloon Customs, or presibly higher duties.

THE TRENCH IN INDO-CHINA. On the other hand, bere-and there cargoes

dwell on the face of the Earth. That is a quote might be "run" without paying any daty,

Paris, 19th August. * tion from a highly popolar Biblical sermon-- which, put tersely, is what the more violent

H. Le Nyo de Vilem, Deputy for Cochio popular that is to say, with the mission bedies. China, has just written to the Minister of Way if they teach it do they not boldly not of the nuti-Castors party want. They think.

In his last published letter on Chinu Past Fastico, and if the fant, he relates are tran

up to it if so disposed? This young woman that the smuggler coght to be allowed a

and Present, the Sperial Corresponduct of the Europe, us the Gazette de France sige, will be appears to have done An B Philistine, Ished, der bing the moths (5,618 species) and Daily Telegraph, after referring to the tif bondalized. That paper adds, bowever sorry for it. As a missionary I should tas beas and the wasps.1995 species). Entope, From the figures given above it will between Sir Clando Macdonald i Lá HangThere are so many intestine quarrels in curare bron prend of it and heralded it fur and with more than twice the area, has less than two thirth as many fovering plants, less than half clang over the Korleen oxtorsion wherein Indo-Chinese colooy and we are at times so some personality took place -sintesi

painfully impressed by the perusal of the papers It may, however, be the means of putting ana taan monimels, about a third- many birds, of these regions that we ask ourselves whether end to the orting 1which has so long oxisted and only an eighth as many reptiles. there is not some political question behind this of bringing out . ole batches of unmarried qutbarst of indigeation" owover this may girls, sending them about without escort, and be, the facts revealed by M. Lo Myra do Vilers giving every possible offence in this way to the ars of exceptional gravity, and the authority | sativa iden of decorum in such matters. of his name is soient to valores altention. He says

inir start.

Sir Claude belongs to an order of us who have never had their parells in the world history men who administer Empires and rain peor men whim the breath of scandal never charge with perniation or self-sooking Tao English poople are so norustamed to official pacity, to Premiets like Pitt, Bercourfield and Gladstone having offico comparatively inspeonnions, if not actually in debt, that they fail to realise all that it mons to have no Yorres among ur pra-Con- eule. One would like to make Li Hang charg and

"On the 26th of last, May I had the honour

of writing to the Minister for the Colonies to

wide.

THE TRADE OF KOREA.

Legislation against finishing cloth with mein tare-adsorbing olemicals was urged by Mir. E. P. Carzo at a recent mooting of British textile manufacturers. With no sympathy with thos who rail against filling cloth with harmless wa- teriala, hè objected to the use of each ingredi. ante-principally, sive, magnesin and Epsom· cala-es are belog employed to-day for filling muy classca of cotty goods more especially danus'etter and wasto absotings. While pat

Forty years ago the attitude of her Majes-

seen that the trade in foreign goods passing the Hongkong Government would appoint through Canton has interessed more rapidly a competent officer, or a commission, to than that passing the Kowloon stations, investigne the conditions attending the disOn this point Mr. HILLER in his last

THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND tributing trade in South China nod the report anys :-The opening of the West

BRITISH FOREIGN TRADE, reasons for its slow development. By dis-River foreign trade and the strict cu

The following letter appears in the Times tributing trade we were more particularly forcement of the transit pass system for

Sir-As prosident for many years of the that carried on by junks from Hongkong.both imports and exports have formed two

British Chamber of Commerce of Turkey it bas inform him that several hundred 'Anamites had The fortiga trade of Korca showed a remark

been my lot to be behind the genes in many but sound conclusions can only be arrived "potent forece in the current of the year's

been summarily executed in consequence of the able development during the past your. From

questions affecting British traders, Buanoters, at on that point by taking into necourt also inde. While they have doubtless been his whole Mandarinate understand-impossible stirrection of Ky Dorg. Not having roseised the siguron to the raport of hir, Jordan, our Con- is to give weight, thean, materials have the and mon cf-enterprise in Turkey; and on what

alay that Britain has no possession abroad su a reply, ad supposing that M. Trouillotant-General there, it appears that, while the pcculine proportica of absorbing and retaining I have seen there in the last 45 years rans Far the execs of Macao and Canton, which are

"of great value to merchants and have sainable as the high charter of her public mer. ll not had time to take cognisance of my rada in 1995 was auter a gallion sterling, and moisters and preventing mildow; Thoy make the allel with what is now going on in China, sad also distributing centres and may owing to "extended the openings for commerce, they taro small reason for special gratitude to the communication, I spoke of this subject in the 1886 under a diillion and a-hult, last year it both us dangosas is a damp bed, and a manage the actual consequences, long since fortesen pecial causes attrack the trade from Hong have tended to draw it into new chauvels, British Legation at Peking, ont pour corres-office of M. Peytral.is presunte of the editor amounted to over two and aquarter millions facturer was quoted who, after declaring that end foretold by ma, ta British intereste in Tar- pondent must be patriot first, the journalist, of the Arts, just hems from. Tengking Msterling, including the export of gold dust. The kind en forest to All is gonds after trying key will unmistakably be repeated in Chins, will Long. It is desirable to know whether the "to the disadvantage of the junk trade, and I have on beaitation in saying that Major Roume replied that everything bad taken total export trade was almost exactly half the vainly to sell them prire, said, "I would not you hilly permit me to give your roaders, tho trade has in fact been attracted from the with which alone this office has dealings, Sir Claude Macdonald and his First Secretary place in conformity with Anamite law. What whole: Rise, the main staple, is exported Iz in sleep in a pair of my own sheets for a hundred benefit of my experisace ?

(Mr. Fax Ironside are men worthy of the best law! We have even forgotten a penul code! creasing qualities, and last year amounted pounds. colony, if so what the reason is, fund whether and consequently to the detriment of the

traditions of their honerrible mrvice, both for Our suhjata are wonder and nocording to to over alf a million sterling, which was

ty'e Government to British trade was best the case is in any degree remediable. The revenue collgeted for the provincial au- intellectual ability and charagibi When the the formukhad done what should not be

A hybrid between whent and rye produced characterised by the reply of a distinguished Commitage of the Hongkong Chainber of thorities, who have suffered an inconsider- fight ia fair there is nobody in Peking early done. The Minister for the Colonize halough to enable the country to pay for its. dottas goods. It goes mainly to Osaio for nso the equal of the British Minister. The difficulty at a word of pity for the victims of arbi- in the pills there. The absence of maut proved by Hert Behrens by ropabad selection, tion of British traders.

some aars go by Dr. Bimpan and luce im representative of her Majerly to a deputa. You misapprehend Commerce, in their letter of the 19th July able etabarragement from this curtailment

which the Grand Secretary Anda with Girltury power, not word of protest against the factares is one of the great drawbacks to

Dow appears like romurlsbly fine what the my position," said he Fam not a commercial to the Marquis of SALISBURY, say that the" of supplies. This has been notably the Claude is that he is not to be put off with soft singular doctrines of his chief colleague. Since Korean development; another is the lack of gezin as well as the ears being mob inere like at a political ambassador. If you want your then a thing not loss worthy of condemnation enterprise which prevents the cultivation and heat that eye. It is not yet known whither trading interests to be atloaded to you should junk trade has been practically unpro "case in respect of the trade in kerosine oil words and fair promises. But the binfi chont

Kowloon does not mous a settle anti British has occurred in Cochin Chirin, where wo have s grossive" eince the establishment of the "and cutton yaru, both of which have been policy. On the contrary, the latest adrices regular system of instige. The sum of 1,000 reparation of articles for which the thus the desired Eardiness of rye, so that it petition her Majesty's Government to son a limate and soil so well suited. Wheat can be grown were wheat does not. Bonniah. second Ambassador to look after them, for I Customs office in the city of Victoria some diverted to foreign bottoms, in spite of the from the north are that the Russians are pustres having been stolen from the Lite growing neeran capable of much development SEOTER WASTE CA

cantiot Lator an, about 20 years since, when twelve years ago, and that there is, in the endeavour, by readjustment of native irritated beyond tashreat the growing ascendant-Governos, his paines servants were arrested

and submitted to torture. Forced by their Korean Farmer, noticing the superior quality stituent of the sun, has been discovered by af-promoting. Germany's trade and conceived It reappeared last year is w szport. The Coroniam, known hypothetically as a coa. that farassing man Bismarck saw the nosessity. "Committee's opinion, a well founded in-

"Enxation, in favour their shipment ity of British influence at Peking"

sufferings these unfortunate fellows ech

of the wheat asud by the Tapause Prof. Nasini of Fadus, in volcause mistions.

the hitherto unknown" policy of making every fessed the orime of which they were falsely army daring the war,some of it It is a gna apparently mach lighter than "pression that the natural growth of the native vessels. Kerosine oil is now mostly SPAIN'S WANING EMPIRE.

Garman trader, financiar, and man of enterprise angused. The examining magistrate, how.

for gued, so that now there is a markëd

bydrogen...

in foreigu lauds the songuard and the licensed "native distributing trade of the colony ie "shipped by all smiling craft or lighters SINCE 1009 HER TERRITORY NAS GRA-ver, who had the stair in hand on r improvement in quality, and Korea wheat bas

agent of Germany's commercial bost, fatborod restricted by the action of the Customs,” under foreign flag, which are towel to

rested the rank onlprits and recovered 100 once more for entrance to the Japaucae

The look of inventora in lauds of constant and backed up by the powerful and active The trade is admittedly restricted to the their destinations by steam tug." This When Philip II ascended the Spanish throne pinstros ant of the 1,900 stolen. Such acts as market lich importe to Keran have not

influence of his country in every single one of extent that the smuggling into aina oftendency to carry the trade in foreign to 1556 be fannd himself ruler of an Empire bring into disrepute duinistration only resavored a recent destine, but bare in usine donbitors acdonats for, the small nav Lis crudor takings, and when we had brich rivals,

which rivaled that of Rome in magnifiers and bick commits them the Government which crense considerably. Mr Jordan think that that has ha minda of a rast oupply of sporgy

feit the ruinans fores of such official compati. goods shipped from Hongkong is prevented, bottoms will become more and more marked extent. For two hundred years the Bapice had tolerates them. They havo, morcover, the grave the country cffers a very promising market for Au Italing genies has now devleed a ana-bented for, and went on depilation to the then been marvelously prosperous. Under Ferdinum inconvenience of paving the way for the loss of Manchester goods, the annual import of which at the bottom of which is a small copper i to urge him to initiatea new policy parallel with even, which is simply a mirror lined wooden representative of her Majesty at Constantinople but the point that it is of importance to as time goes on, and it is unlikely that we

ear colonics. The examples of Cubs and the ascertain is whether the legitimate, that is, will again see any expansion of the junk and Tanbolin the Moors were conquered and Philippines prove it superbridantly. I there.verages £300,000, sud is likely lacress witler receiving, the rays concentrated by who that of Germany, we were met with the reply, fore beg yen to cause su taquiry to be held on of new ports, and the increased parousing heat in the boiler. With this apparatus ay konus of a formiga Gosonment. She has too

improved meanь

communication, the opening mirrors. A glass cover servag to retain the England candos go craving favours at the the non-anuggling trade, is in any way trade; indeed, it will be rather surprising It was hip 11. who, with the aid of

the admioistration si jastice in Indo-Chins and power given by imraad experts: Wherever kind of food out be quickly boiled, sto.rod er restricted. If a commission strch as we if it holds its own Eat in speaking of the the Tagusition attempted to cost yout

to entrust it to an imperiiaf tugistrato ́nut de Protestantism. Under his tyrannical rule suggest were appointed the Customs would distributing trade of the colony wo must not the decadence of Spain began. Daring the iondent on the Colorial Office.Tuxes corres- no doubt give it all the assistance in their look only at the trade passing the Kowloon latter part of his reign Spain lust all, or nearly pondeat. power, and the Chinese traders would have Customs stations, Goods imported into Hong- all of ler dependencies in North Africa, and early in the next rogu Burgundy, Naples, the opportunity of formulating their griev-kougarens effectively distributed, so far as the only and the Milanese ∙ances. The Opium Convention provides importer is conserved, if shipped to Canton 1609 The Netherlands. that "uo dues whatsoever shall be demanded by steamer as they would be if sent by junkielande. "from janks, coming to Hongkong from What, we have to look at is the total quantity "porte in Ohina, or proceeding from Hong, of goods imported; the question of the par- "korg to porta in Chipu, over and above ticular channels through which the distri- the duos paid or payable at the ports of bution takes place is of minor importance. clearance or destination." It has been If, bowover, there is anything in the opera suggested, we believe, that in defiance of tion of the Kowloon Customs that tends to this provision junks that have paid duly at restrict the gross volume of trade it is most the Kowloon stations are again required to desirable that it should be brought to light, pay duty on anival at their destination. I which might be done by the appointment A system of that kind would naturally of a commission to enquire into the dis restrict the trade and would mifèrd the tribation of foreign goodsinSouth Ching, the Hongkong Government good ground for hindrance to the development of the trade, taking strong measures in reference thereto, and the reins by which a larger consump But has any such complaint ever been tortion might be prompted.

mulated by a junk owner or shipper of cargo,

or is the suggestion merely unde at random

of their hostility to the Customs? How

by parties carried away by the violencs

sary complaints has the Hongkong Govern mont received since the Kowloon Customs

BEWARE

of tan Party offering imitators of MAGNIVEN & LAKIERON'S PENS..

DUALLY DWINDLED.

America'was diseovared.

1628-Malacca, Caylon, Java, and other

1840-Portugal.

INCREASE OF DUTY ON SUGAR- IN JAPAN.

one goes in the country one Bads Manchester baked, and any degree of heat desired may be mach dignity for that; if you traders are opt goods sharing with kerogeno and niatobos the reached by making the box of mitable site satified with your position in Turkey why do. hunone of reprosating an alien civilization."

not you leave the country England cannot |- Mr. Jordan's careful inquiries on the subject.

ro te man to trache union Later on, Abreath ligare may be obtained by about ten years Binge, when the disadvantages load him to of uitably sing picod-goods are not likely to suffer seriously pressing a gain or like objșot against plate of neuer which British mon of satérprise laboured from Japanese competition The Japanese bate washed glas e a faw moments, and then had reached so aoute a stage that. British ont proutionly a monopoly of the yarn trade to bringing wat the image by breathing upon the prices, sach for instanco as, the greatest under- Kumours have been rite, says the Nippon, to Chinese consered in the trade hare fold Mr. spot. During the rail of the Czar of Russia taking in Turkey, the Austalian railway, up the affect that the Government has a project in Jordans that this success is dad to the twisting to Paris, agio glasses," showing the ears to then in British hands, wore tradeforrod by 1648-Spatu ravounced all crims to Holland. and to imerense the import duty on sugar to of the Japanese yarns from left to right, which portrait only when berthed upon, were sold in the sheer forms of German innenes ant by 1648-Brabant and part of Flanders.

15 per cont, with the view of securing a revenue is said to sait the taipulations to the Korea the glass for certain time a rubber stamp into German bands then ansther important the streets, These were made by applying to the infatuated wasks of British statesmen 1049-Maestricht. Hertogenbosch, Breda. of fifty million yen ou titem: But according spindle, while English and Indian yarza, which Bergon ou Zoom, and many other focleesses in to an estimate sade by people concerned in the are thisted in sopposite diruation, ses said this will curtisdrate of ammorin and British enterprise was transferred to Frozoh the low countries. In this year also she city suger business the revenues will not amach even got kiss, and tanglat on the opladle. The exorbgarie seid, the glass being so slightly Lande, when the only British enterprise off sarrendered supremacy on the man to Norther one-half of that sum ficugh the duty is raised port trade is almost wholly in the hands of Jaland by this profess that no trace is visible in Turkey was Lolay, porsented (and look. Europe.

to 15 per seut. Suppose the inermuse can ho pause, of whom there are colonies in the country til moisted by the breath.

od like sooner or later going into foreign. 1639-Rousillon and Cardagrs.

unde without difaulty there is little doubt in long and close contact will the Koreau

Land Jas); when it became clear that 1668-Otkor sgoction of Flaüdors,

that the demand will fall and as a const while Japanse vesme practically monopolize ko

A now aluminum alloy, called vestadini, is those and other important enterprises were quence the Customs receipts on this com-carrying nude. On the whole, Mr Jordan red wrd remarkable propurlies. It is being used for the purposo not as much of modity will hardly acnit to reu 20,000,000. gives me furourable impression of the claimed to weigh only a third as ach as, ala kenelting trade gngernlly, but of salating Sugar merobants in Tokyo and Yokohama condition of Kera than that generally enter mix of the same bulk and to be the strongest the special trade the country. In possession, ars said to be prepared to make a vigorous tied. He says there are few countries where of the Ught ingtaly and the anest readily used whether Ge zann or French for by that tire apposition should any bill to increase, the the things of this world more evenly disIt is, moreover, rustless, resista sulphucio neid, tife French Ind wisely faken up the line con inty be introduced in the thirteenth session of tribatel than in hoces; if fuero is little façon a five poliab, never turnished, and requires nived by Distasrot's fare braid when the Dint. It is also said that forelæn wer wealth, there is practically no caperiem, no olganing,

ntalistics showed that just as British trade in chants in Yokohama connected with this at least, nose that strades ils if upon the A

proportion to the whole was failing in Turkey, trade bave already.roferrol the matter to their publie. In Seoul there are aid to be only a Throscasual head-boring by insects have come. Gorman Wei fuofskaing in the same propertiro Loue governments, so Eat in the event, of the score of beggara in a population of 200,000, and under the petica of Dr. la O. Howard, of the and when finally the British tider and wax of proposed increase becoming a recomplished the most of these oue dicir profeenten to The Department of repleurs. Loongcases Cocaus enterprise was Laing, heart in his unequal fact protests will be tunde. As far as the prove of Coreigners In Bong-do, a largo larva Bored is away through a large bul straggle agalist - forsign principalition and Japanese merojenta are concerned no objection town to the north of this, with a population of fat, which was imbed on in the oak tree whore punties, aguinat foreign rulers of Grade in would be raised to a morass of the duty to about 500,000, I am asured by a missionary the lazys lival; în augther, a oslsopterous Jary | high placas, and ten British financier die- ton par cent, but beyond that thers in every gentleman that there is only one laggar, and he pleroad a lend pipe and in the third, larvae of musled and disheartened by the want of support reson to conclude that they will object, Japan is an importation from, the fumiga quarter in the genus Lotus beetles made. Eolas in a to his enterorison ky bar Majesty's Government Gatelle,

Begal

Isod tsak..

had retired from the awne aktögether and un-

1872 Many towns and cities of Flanders. 1704-Gibrilir.

1704-Majoren, Minores and Ivizen. 1791-The Noothe Scand Settlements, 179-San Domingo.

1800-Loaisiznė... 1802--Trinitað. 1$19-Florida.

1810-21-Maziou, Venezuels, Colarbix, Dois dor, Pera, Bolivia, Chile, Argentino, Uruguay, Parsgepy, Patagonia, Gautecala, Honduras Nicaragus, Ban Salvador, Haiti, besides numer que islaude, retaining not a foot of ground in Awarisa.

* They cuma nz a boca and a blurring to men," The Fithwick, the Owl, , and the Waugby Pan, a Bold at all Staticines. -

In 1899 she may lose Cuba, Porto Rico, the LOKAVEN & LAREDON, LI, Waveler Works, Philippine Islanile, the Ladrone and Caroline

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