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REPUHING TO CARRY A PASSENGER.

Captain Harris, tri Mudras Light Infantry. brought charge against licensed samp koepur Na. 2,781 of refusing to take him as a passenger on the 14th inst.

The complainantand his Chinesa sorvant gave ovidence, after which the defendant, who stated that he was waiting for another passenger, was convisted and fined $3 or 14 days.

CHARGE AGAINST A CONSTABLE,

LATE TELEGRAMS.

NEWS VIA JAPAN.

THE CRISIS.

LI HUNG-CHANG ON THE OUTLOOK.'

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29Tтu, 1900

privately submitted a few of the more prevalent types of both genera for his Excellency the Governor's inspection,

While pursuing this investigation into the prevalence of mosgaitues in the colony and its dependencias chiody with reference to the ques- tion of the presence, of anopleles, and the means to be adopted for its extermination, my attention has been directed most forcibly to tho enormous prevalence of mosquitoes of the genus

culex.

As hus bau mentioned. I hate

CORRESPONDENCE.

[We do not hold ourselves responsible for tho opinions oxpressed by our correspondents.]

THE NEW PIER AND THE OLD STYLE.

TO THE EDITAL OF THE "DAILY PRESS."

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[GAMBLING ON A TRANSPACIFIC LINE.

From my own observations, supplemented by

AN AMERICAN TALE. them of Dr. T. M. Young, Civil Surgeon.

The San Francisco papers received last mail R.A.M.C, with whom I have been working in

comain a report from Vancouver, in a cublo co-operation since his arrival in the colony in

dated October 19th, of certain gambling doings August, and who has given his attention more

on the last trip norous from Japan of the s.5. Tientsin, 15th November.

Empress of India. The cable saya: Speaking to an officer of one of the Powers, especially to the question of breeding grounds differentiated at least eight species of this

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gonus. The culex wesgnito does not, so far

Leigh Hut, an American mining

magnate Li Hung-chang remarked, with reference to the of the anopheles mosquito in the colony,

of Cores, who has gained more concessions in conference of the foreign Ministers, that it was of opinion that anopheles breeds, or may breed, us is yet ascertained, not as a host to the

Hongkong, 27th November. the way of mining rights in Coven than any only just that China should send a special in the more stagnant shallows, and in the rocky malaria parasito; but it as well as anopheles is

is cornera and erovices, of any or all of the ravines certainly the intermediate host of the minut envoy to Germany and Japan, when pause is

Sin-Why is it that we can novor have any other living man, was a passenger on the steam- Count restored, with messages of ragret for the mur- in the colony; and is practically confined to parastic bloodworm, the Filaria Nocturna or public buildings and works finished in proper ship Empresa of India, and so was

Dolaurent, Vico-Consul for Belgium at Poking. der of the German Misistor and the Japanese those during the grantor part of the year. I Filaria Sanguinia Hominis, whose adult form style in Hongkong? For many years now we

lies in the lymph vessels, and is the cause of have scrambled along gocehow with our Post The two incidentally got over a game of poker. even if China were not asked to do so by the marks on the subject apply to the city of Vio- the great group of Elephantoid diseases. Offles, our Laycourts, our Harbour Office, our Leigh Hunt had on winning overybody's Becretary. That course ought to to adopted wish it to be explicitly understood that my ro foreign Ministers. As a matter of fact it had toris itself, sud not to fat grunds in outlving Elephantiasis is quite common among the Chin- Magistracy, as ridiculously inadequate as to money on the voyage. He had been betting been already arranged between Prince Chinc districts where all the conditions are different.ese in this region. though, for some reason not disgrace the Colony. Our landing stages have ten to nuo on the flight of a seagull, the spont and himself. As for the rest of the foreign The usual habitat of the lurves of the anopheles two demands, with the exception of those for con-osquito is the natural watercourses, and their Eficiently explained, Europeaus areas been of a make-shift ordet, simply simmeful ining of a whale, the age of a lady passenger, etc, rado exempt from it, an exemption, however, by a harbour whose shipping is the third in the He got the ship's crow sxoited by engaging the favourite locations little breaks in the racky no means complate; but most Europeans are

world. Well, on Thursday H.E. the Governor steward, who was in raceipt of 255 a numth, to merest trickle from the stream itself prevents the late of the mosquito, and fow are aware your paper some weeks ago the figures show. $9) a manth, and paid in half a entire stagnation, and whors there is that the daily supply of these vicious little ing the cost of this pier. I have not them by wages in advance, besides engaging thres wai-

insects in being produced in their own houses. through wash of water."

remember that they were large. ters at $200 a month. I think public attention should be drawn to From thom we should be led to expect im So far as the city of Victoris is concerned, therefore, he configuration of the ground this fact. I would like to write it in large adeguato pier, one worthy of Hongkong at last. poker. There were six in the game, but all but greatly simplifies the question of dealing with capitals, that I HAVE FOUND THE LARVAL OF We have before our eyes a

good strong struc- the Belgian Vice-Consal had quit. They IN PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT IN tho anopheles pools. It reduces itself to the cULEX

ABOUT EVERY HOUSE moment, with a

ture, decorated with up-posts and, at the had had enough of Hunt's "infernal luck," as they called it. Count Deluurant, however, arch. No seats, no Work on the Eastern China Railway, which ting of all the nullahs that are as yet un- ABUNDANCE IN OR

The clearing away of undergrowth is WITHOUT AS EXCEPTION IN WHICH I HAVE

a triumphal rooms, no shelter whatever from the wind or he could not play a litle bit and would lose had been interrupted owing to the disturbances, at important adjust to more radical measures, LOOKED FOR THEM. A few instances will waiting rooms, no men's and women's cloak. would not quit, although Hunt told him his money. Hunt wou steadily until the mllow- inasmuch as it removes cover where mosquitoes illustrate the great variety and also the common rain! Presumably in time we shall have the is to be resumed. The Hussian engineers in

faced little foreignow, with his black moustacho for the work Britain, to iny a portable railway between Shan- haikwan and Tsinganto for the purpose of transporting provisions to the Allies.

room, ami while complainant, was speaking cussions of land, they would have to be promuparface by the sido of the stream, where the affected by the immediate disagreeablo cffects of is going to open the now Biske pier. You gave help hira in bis Corean mines at a salary of

P. C. Connell (230) pleaded not guilty to a charge of assaulting one Aa Wah, carpenter, at Hunghon, on the 27th inst.

The complainant degused that on Sunday, between eloven, and twelve a.m., he was rozi, wito cano bohind. The latter was knocked walking to Kowloon viby, accompanied by his down by as passing cyclist, and camplainant want to the Kowloon Police Station to report the incidenż, Dotendant was in the charge Europeans went up and said something to fendant, who, without a word, came down from his eat, and going up to complainant, caught hit by the throat. Complainant reported the mattor to the sorgeant, who came in later. Be

woon ten and twolve pan. on the same day - fendant entered the furniture shop owned by complainant, and wanted to buy a cupboard. Compusat priced it at $40, and for auswor dofondant enught him by the collar, and marched him off in the direction of lunghom Palice Station, releasing he, however, before they get

corroborated by other witnesses called for the prossention, and defendant was discharged.

their

attended as far as the Buances of the Empire would allow.

The Russian troops who were sont ent to disperse the Baxows were surrounded by them in the neighbourhood of Ning-yon. The Ros- sins killed seventy Boxes; it lost two killed and sixty wounded in the conflict.

Tokyo, 16th November. RAILWAY WORK BESUZED.

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me, but

menth's

But the climax was mзched in the game of

This extraordinary skory was not in any way charge are engaging large numbers of enolies may rest, but it is to be regarded as ontirolygonezul charactor, of their breeding-placos:at old matshed rooing so dear, apparently, to the twisted up at right angles to the line of . It is proposed, on the initiative of. Gruntsidiary to the destruction of the breeding the Alice Memorial Howzital I found them in official eye--and purse. If we were obliged to mouth, had parted with $1,500, Then Kunt

THE PERSEVERANDE PIRACY,

The hearing of this ass, adjourned from yesterday, was resumed at three o'clock.

A seat froin the pirated launch was put into the box, and examined by Mr. May. His statement was in detail a corroboration of that sabunitted by the coxswain at the first day's proceedings.

THE NETHERLANDS MINISTER.

The Dutch Minister, who is staying Shanghai, will shortly leave for Peking.

THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. Viceroy Liu Kung-yi is reported to have M. Hays then took the witness in hand, adriel Li Hung.chaug to proceed with the and put him

through a sourching cross-peace negotiations, irrespective of tho return to oxamination.

Peking of the Imperial Court or otherwise, as the waiting simply tends to delay the restora tion of peace, and that so long as the foreign Powers do not ask for territorial concession, any other demands must be acceded to.

Mr. May took objection to Mr. Hays' practice of repeating questions, and was supported by the magistrate, who said it was very difficult to follow the cross-examination.

Mr. May later on called his worship's atten tion to the fact that the interpreter was not repeating answers as they were given by the the witude that he was chopping off aboat s third of the reply.

Mr. Huzeland asked the interpreter to give witness's replies in full.

The hearing was again adjourned for twenty- four hours.

FOOTBALL.

Y.K.F.C. SECOND XLV. C. CO BW.F.

This game was played at Happy Valley yesterday afternoon, and resulted in the defout

of the Fusiliers. The teams WORD:—

Hongkong-Goal A. Tommy": Backs C. T. Kew and H. Pinckney; Half-bucks- Stockhausen and Jenkins; Forwards-T. Yule, A. C. J. Stevens, R.E., Browne, R.E., and Canidold, R.E.

Fusiliers-Gool-Hudson Back-James and Pretty; Half-backs-Kent, Harrison, and Hughes, Forwards. Thomas, Miller, Tomlinson, Christie, and Lowie.

The

Tokyo, 17th Novombor. RAILWAY REPAIRED.

It is reported from Tientsin that the damaged railway between Tientsin and Shanhaikwau has been repaired and will be opened to trafle on the 19th inst.

FOREIGN WAK-VESSELS AT NANKING.

According to a Shanghai telegram, there is s large number of foreign waz-vessels at Nnak ing, and more are expected there in a few days. Their presence at Nanking is stated to be dae to a report that Viceroy Lia Kung-yi is pro. paring to send large quantities of war ammuni- tion and stores Hsianfu, the present tem- Porary seat of the Chinese Imperial Court.

Another telegram from Shanghai states that Admiral Seymour and the Commander-in-Chief of the French squadron wore to leave Shanghai on the right of the 15th inst. for Nauking by the Aucrity and the Surprise respectively.

spend a lot of money on a pier, why could wo

RESIDENT.

BUDDHIST ADVICE TO MISSIONARIES.

We take the following sentences from the pamphlet which we mentioned in yesterday's issue, A. Circular in connection with the Chinese emergency, which is addressed to "all ecclesias.

tics in the world "~~

How is the fear and apprehension on the holder in Hongkong as it in his power by due part of the Chinese to be cleared away? On attention to his verandahs, back yard, and coolie this question we Baddhists are prepared to sub- quarters to secure that in his own house at least it two propuls to the propagaters of re- there ahall be fower mosquitoes in the futureligion in the world for their sincere acceptance than there have been in the past. Many are aware that what they have often seen in such receptacles as I havo described are the larvae of mosquitoes; but few realize that these same wriggling creatures will fow days later rise from the surface of the water as adult insects, and will probably find their first meal of blood within the house that harboured them in the larval stogo,

Hunt reluctantly consented, the game to be $100 a throw frst and double up every throw, He soon tad 800 of the Belgian's money, when ho refused to play any longer. The Belgian's head sunk heavily on his arms and he began to sob.

Hunt took the ship's Bible and placed it on the canl-table and said to the emotional Belgian:

"Swear to me by all your numerous saints that you will never play the American game of poker again as long as you live." The Halginu anawerod; I swear it," Tht next minute. Count Delaurent, with shame and tears on his face, was gathering up 35,213 in shocks, money and notes that Hunt had won from him during the night

EXPORT CARGO.

pools; and this can only be effected by the con- su oil tespot on the roof balcony at the Tang vorsion of the maven ravines into well-paved Wah Hospital. in the ornamental flower-stands not have a proper cas? Some improvement ca said: I refuse to take any more of your

break.

at the gael, in an empty pot in the coal store the disreputable old style of roofing was only money. You are a Belgian and do not under- bullahs. In the latter no auopheles can since in the ranuing water there is no resting at Konnoly Town Hospital, in the fire buckets: reasonable. We sos none. I suppose that the stand the first rudiments of the great American place for the evolution of the egg and the duve behind a house at the Peak, in a disused haul-instructions were given to the Erm at home game of poker," lopment of the larva. This has fortunately basin; in another house at the peak, in a dish who constructed this pier before the present The Belgian grew excitel. He said: "We inlready been done in the central part of the placed to catch the water-drippings from the D.P.W. came into flee, so that he is not will throw dice double or quit."

co-chest, &c. In all these cases they were in secountable for this lamentable affair. It is at cityho first untrained pullah

one proceeds abundance, and were daily giving off large times like this that we sigh for a few minutes westward is that to the west of the Nethersole sabers of full-grows mosquitoes for the supply of Municipal Government. Enclosing my card,

I um, yours, IN, Hospital, just abora Ripon Terrace on Bonham of their respective localities.

The crusade against the mosquito should in. Road. I have repeatedly satisfied myself by

of clude the culex as well as the anopheles. Ano- personal observation of the presunce anopheles larvae in this ravine, and the purked pheles must be dealt with by the Government provalence of malarial fever in houses in this chiefly, though owners of property may pro

bably find it to thoir advantage to move private. neighbourhood is safflciently accounted for.

The extirpation of malaria in the westernly in this matter as well; but calox can be ex part of the city, which has in the past hud sach terminated, or at least greatly diminished in an evil repute as regards this disease, consists numbers, by individual action alone. It may in the levelling or covering in of all the water be impracticable to socuro individual action of couress, beginning with the one I have named, a sufficiently wide-spread character to make -sud dealing with all between that and Kennedy much impression on the sum total of the outer Town. It this were done, malaria would mosquitous in South China, but every house- largely disappear from the district, many sites hitherto avoided would probably ere long he made use of for the erection of European houses, and the fuller opening of this large area to

Per steamer Tonkin, sailed on the 19th Nov. building operations would be not unwelcome in

and approval. The first is, that the ecclesias. For Marsejiles :--85 balas raw silk, 67 bales the present congestort state of the city.

tical authorities in the world should exerciss | pierced cocoons, 18 casos silka, 30 cases cussin, And here I would point out that the one

their influence in restraining the missionaries 17 cases curios, 4 cases Chinaware, 2 cases rico water-course in the west that has been to

in China from proceedings which are likely to paper, 46 pkgs. tens For Lyons-45 bales some extent trained in the pre-mosquito-

create suspicion on the part of the Chinese as raw silk. For London:-2 bales waste silk, 18 maturin-theory days has been 80 trained

to the existence of their secret connection with cases preserves, 5. chests opium. that it is a perfent hotbed of malaria.

the foreign policy of their own countries. I refer to the unlish passing down in

They should, for instance, be withheld from

TO LET front of the Public Mortuary. "It has boon

inducing their own government to carry out trained in a series of dams and terraces, which I intend to continue my investigations along schemen conducive to successful aggrandise while excellent for breaking the force of a the lines indicated above, and shall make further ment at the expense of Chins, on the plea of mountain torrent on the rare occasions when reports in due course,

persecution inflicted--a plea fraquently resorted Since much interest in the subject of the to whenever more or less suffering has been in this is necessary, form during most of the year

series of shallows in which the larva of ano- connection between malaria and the mosquite Bicted on them by the Chinese, Nor should pheles abounds. It is urgently desirable that oxists in the colony, a good deal regarding it they be allowed to claim compensation for these terraces should be levelled out, and a having been reprinted in the pablic press; and damages incurred as they have hitherto done, amooth on high as the Petra stran, extending sincs papers referring to it in other parts of the for nothing can be more compatible with the at least as high as the Pokfulam Road.

world have been placed by the Government betras principles of religion. I shall be glad to examine and report on other fore the Sanitary Board; I would

i suggest that

When some time ago a Japanese Buddhist particular localities, if desired by His Excellency this preliminary report on the subject as it is temple at Amoy was burnt by the Chinese, Wo to do so.

affected by local conditions in Hongkong should Buddhists being desirous to permade the home Concurrently with my enquiry into the pre-be made public for general information, government to refrain from prossing the Chi. | 66 valence of anopheles, I have been investigating through such vbaunel as His Excellency these authorities on this particular account, have liminary report regarding a research into the the prevalence of the malaria parasite in the Governor may see fit; and I shall be glad if a renounced all claims for damage, and this prevalence of mosquitoes and malaria in the colony. Its connection with znopheles is now copy of it might also be transmitted to England we did simply with a view to the disoration colony of Hongkong and in the New Terrian accepted fact. The general mosquito-malaria for the use of Dr. Manson, Medical Adviser to which we ought to exercise in, the interests of

theory has been proved to the hilt, and has the Colonial Office. tory---

I have the honour to submit for the informs recently been brilliantly demonstrated to the tion of His Excellency the Governor a proli. public by Manson's double experiment; but minary report regarding a research I have been the connection of malaria with disturbance of engaged in since my return from England last seil, an important point in Hongkong, is by no May, Into the prevalence of niosquitoes and means clear as yet. Grassi disposes of the malaria in the colony of Hongkong and in subject by stating that it depends on the crea- tion during digging operations of puddles of the New Territory.

water in which anopheles breeds. This certain-

Tokyo, 18th November.

CHANG CHIH-TUNG.

According to a Shanghai telegram, Viceroy Chang Chih-tung is afraid that the recent manouvres of the allied forces in Chihli have caused considerable excitement among the hinese there, and ho has requested the For-

eign Ministers te refrain from moving their troops in North China.

MOSQUITOES AND MALARIA IN

HONGKONG.

The following is Dr. J. C. Thomson's pre-

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ADDENDUM.

Since the foregoing was written, a fact of very great practical importance has been brought to my notice by Mr. W. J. Tutcher. Theanopheles occasionally departs from its usual habits, and may broed in artificial col- lections of water. With Mr. Tutcher terday examined one of the Chinese Bower nurseries at West Point, that to the east of the house called "Nallah Side" from its

This

religion. A glance at history shows that the great teachers of every religion in antiquity, despite the persecution which they have in- marred, have not only not displayed any spirit of hostility or vengeance, but on the contrary have prayed, with compassion, to have the heavenly blessing bestowed upon the persecators,

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Hongkong won the toss and kicked off, and Stovens, securing the ball, succeeded in visiting Hudson. He was blocked by James, however, and an unproductive corner resulted. numerical inferiority of the ground team onabled the Fusiliers to gut well up to their op- ponents' goal, but inexcusable bungling sent the Ill past. The game already showned signs of being no class," kicking being erratic, sud especially by the Fusiliers, very mach indulged iu. A high ball from the left wing was caught by Hudson, but instead of at once getting rid of it, he hang on until he and the ball were almost rushed through by the Hongkong forwards. What seisuse the game possersund so far belonged to the home men Haudicapped as they wore by a short team, they nevertheless managed to keep the leather in the

yen. The second Fusiliers territory the greater part of the time.

proposition we have to submit Within the colony itself, I have been work. The Hongkong custodian proved himself

to our venerable brethren consists in with invaluable. He was unquestionably the basting along two lines in my study of the mosy does not hold for Hongkong. The whole of

holding the missionaries in China from all man on the Held Christie sent in a beauty, quitoes that are present: (1) with the assistance the broken earth surface may show no single

forms of procedure which might possibly be and simultaneously three Fusiliers rushed in to of friends in different parts of the colony I paddle, the sun drying the superficial layers as location, and found in many flower-pots con- regarded se disturbing the social institutions of have secured and examined adult specimens they are turned ap; and yet it is a fact of ex-taining water the larvae of anopheles and enlex China. They must, in fact, be prohibited from "take" the goalkeeper and ensure the netting almost daily throughout the summer; and (2) perience that in certain parts of the towny abonis obscrvation does not affect the practical partoms and manners of Chine, or derogatory side in the same vessels. any line of conduct sabversive of the ancient- of the ball. He kept quite cool, caught the as it descended, siroitly evaded the forwards, I have obtained larvae, both of snopheles and earth-cutting is invariably attended by su out- and throw the leather wall out. Shortly before calex, from different parts of the colony, and break of fever. On the other band there is un- deductions I have already drawn regarding the to her laws, or liable to be recognised u18 half-time Caulfield moored for Hongkong. The hare brod them out in glass vessels in consider doubtedly some connection with the presence of usual breeding grounds of the anopheles; but, producing abuses of misprision through par- goal was disputed on the ground of its being able numbers in order that I might examine reisture in the soil-in certain localities, e.g. though I think it will be found that what I tiality displayed towards the converts as against

the resulting insects. *

arodd MacDonell Road, where earth-cutting have above noted only occurs in the immediate non-believers-proceedings which can in no off-side, but the referee ruled otherwise,

The re-start saw also a resumption of the

As regards the New Territory and the Ismay go on to an unlimited extent with impunity, vicinity of anopheles containing vines, it rough play that had all along characterised the lands, I have, through the kind co-operation of I find that the soil is comparatively dry; while greatly intensifies what I have faid as to the way be reconciled with the legitimate doctrine game, but it now became general, The Hongkong Chief Inspector Mackio and the police at the in others, eg. the west point already referred to, desirability of avery one doing his best to club, a few minutes after the kick-off, mashgan various stations, and of Dr. Ho Nai Hop, Chi. where the slightest excavation inevitably pro- prevent vessels containing water from standing to get a corner an unproductive one, however, nese Medical Officer in the New Territory, ducts fever in the neighbourhood, I find that about yards or verandahs without being fre The Fusiliers then got away, and looked like received consignments of mosquitoes as detailed the soil is more or less water-legged. I propose quently completely emptied.

With reference to these Chinese gardons at equalising. They sent in a beauty from contre, in the appended table, amounting in all, up to to give attention to this question, which is one

West Point, I would recommend that the Sani- bat the Hongkong custodian, with the suroness 31st October, to 587 specimens. This total very seriously affecting this colony.

includes a few received from police stations in

My chief field of observation as to the pre-tary Beard should be requested to cause an and precision that had all along marked his work, Hongkong itself. 145, 1.5. 25 per cent, were

valence of the malaria parasite in the colony has officer to periodically inspect thean, and treat as caught the ball, and sent it into midfield. Yule,

heen the Tang Wah Hospital, where Dr. Chung a nuisance any vessel containing visible larvae. from a pass, scored what was probably the softest anopheles, and 442 wure oules.

I have no numerical record of those which I has at my request been recently examining Before making this récemmendation I have goalyrt kicked at Happy Valley. He steadied the examined previons to August; not of those microscopically the blood of all cases of fever, received the assurance of Mr. Tatcher that the ball about twenty yards from Hudson's charge.

fact that it is not merely a matter of greater Not one of the Fusiliers tried to hinder him which I have been examining in the enlony and daily submitting specimens for my personal ressols containing the Jarvao wore not in a

at my visit

isit of inspection.

stagnant condition for any reason connected or less convenience:-The future expansion of they seemed, one and all, to be in a kind of day. itealf during the whole of the past six months; examination at

There are three main types of malarial fever, with the flower-producing industry, and could the trade of Burms will He, first and mainty, dream.

Tule shot, and it looked for the but the numbers must at a law estimation at

least equal those included in the above enumera- associated with different and corresponding equally well be kept fresh; and in a neighbour. in internal development, secondly in the develop. moment as though the ball was going pust. so that my abservations are based on an parasitic organisms, and all the three types of ing garden which I visited this morning inment of of trans-frontier trade, and this latter, Hudson apparently thought so too, and mean. dered leisurely across his goal, being just in examination of considerably over a thousand as petite banigra tertian parasite easily yield pursuance of my suquiries I found as many as was recently shown by the official figures, A FIVE ROOMED HOUSE, with TERNIS

vessels containing water, but hardly any con will find its main expansion not in the rackets time to see the ball roll gently past his fact mosquitoes, as well as of their breeding-places. keng-the

There are two distinct species of anophelesing to the notion of quinine; the quartan para taining larvae. The owner of the garden told into the net. The game laboured on to a finish,

site, readily brought under control by the same me that he frequently empties all dishes on ac States and Siam. Penco, a beneficent rula, and and ended in a win for the Hongkong club by abundant in the colony, diferits drag, but dificult to eradicate; and the malig. count of what he called the water-mosquitoes the construction of roads and railway, will be-

general appearance, and the markings on two goals to sil

wings. The smaller, which I believe to be sont paranite, variously described as xestivo. It would therefore be no hardship to insist on yond all doubt land to great and steady ex- anopholes costalis, is prevalent all over the untamual by Italian observers, tropical by these nurserymon keeping their gardens in a Tunsion in the trans-frontier tresle of Burias. colony and in the ravines to the south of Maga. Kost, pornicious, &e, lese amenable to quinine, soudition botter ealculated to promote the In some directions, Bangkok is at present a

public health.

competitor with Rangoon and Mauimain in zive Gap; the larger, anopheles sizensis, is the more Revere in the resulting symptoms, and

more upt to produce a fatal result or prolonged In conclusion, I ask permission to quote a importa, and in two principal directions is n more common throughout the New Territory,

ill-health.

passage bearing on what I so argently insist competitor with Burma in the markets of the on the islands, and at Stanley and Pokfulam.

Of 50 cases in which, ap to 31st October, upon from a speech delivered so recently world, that is, as an exporter of rice and toak. Wials the area of general prevalence is thus

parasites were found, and their form and type as 3rd October at the London School of By and bye, no donht, we shall see Rangoon and different, it is not exclusively ao, as I have my a per ton of coal, but in granting this the self caught anopheles sinensis in the contre of recorded. 3 cue from Kennedy Town, 18 from Tropical Medicine by Sir William Macgregor, Maultnain connected by railway with Blangkok; an EIGHT-ROOMED HOUSE.

the city, in a hotel not far from the Clock the west part of the city, 15 from the central K.C.M.G., C.B., M.D., &e. He says: Tower, while anopheles costalis has been includ. parts of the city, 6 from the east part of the ed in some of the consignments from the main

The strike of coaling coolice which took place on the 15th just. at Nagasaki appears to have bnen sotiled unicably. The coolies were at work again when the last mail left Japan on the 20th instant. It is said that the coal-dealers deem it necessary to increase the esclics wages to 20

merchants have firmly resolved to give no further increase:

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

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THE MARKETS OF WESTERN CHINA.

The dredging of the bar of the Bangkok River has come within the range of the practical labours of the day toward opening up the markets of Western Chins, and the follow. ing from the Hangoon Gazette emphasises the

of Western China, but in those of the Shan

if this should come, the competition will be We have also to face the immense fecundity closer, and unless the Siamese set themselves city, from Happy Valloy, and 8 from outlying of the mosquito. Ficalbi says one mother mos

to imprese the entranoo to the Menum, the villeges.

The most common type of the parasite in the quito may in the fifth generation be the pro- competition will not by any means be all la I have differentiated at least sight distinct

genitor of twenty milliards. Howard shows favour of the Siamese capital. However, that speoles of calex, but I prefer not to commit my

cases which I have examined has won the matig that one rain harroi nay contain 19,110 larvae, is all in the womb of the fature. self to the naming of them until my classifica at parasite, with abundant crescentic forms; and that they may produce at least twelve The Bangkok Times commenting on the

has been confirmed or amended by ex. but I do not consider that this the tena pro-generations in one summer. This at seventy As the

Gazette admita,

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way to Maulmain is now bogun, and the trade left Muji fer this port on Wennesday, 28th species kuing anopheles, eight species at lefever in the neighbourhood of the Naval Hos There has recently been a small epidemic of

A young woman pushed into an East-end bar routes are being improved on the Bugna just, atam.

being calex, and the remaining four species

a perambulator, in which lay a healthy-looking side. In time, therefore, the competition for The C. P. R. steamer Empress of Japan or probably belonging to other genera of the pital and Morrison Hill Road. My first opper child of fow menthe old. Then the mother, the trade of northern Sum will become much rived at Shanghai at.1 pin on Today, 27th mosquito family, though one or two of them unity of personal observation in reference to it addressing some tastrons who were present, er keiner, und as the means of communication im- ins, and left again seme day at 11 pm for may prove to species of culex. All current on 27th October, when I was requested plained that the laby land boon born in Mafaking prore in both countries, Bangkok will be the above have unspotted wings, oxcepting to see the family of a European government during the siege. Of conia tha youngster ex-increasingly hardicdpped by the bar, which Hongkong, where she is due to arrive for the upheles and a single species of Culex, afficer whose four children had all suddenly be cited interest, and most of the casteners in the excludes the ordinary ocean tramp from the of which I have obtained only a single vamo ill with bigh fover. I took a microscoparowded bar threw coppers into the persaba port and adds to the cost of freight. The The M. L. steamer Oceanien, with the next specimen. This I believe to be oniex mi to the house, and found the benign tertian Intor. Then the parent wheelsd her offspring dredging of the bar will probably come in a French mail, will leave Saigon to-day, the 29th meticus, and it is manifestly very ra. A parasite in the fresh blood of three out of this When the and disappeared there was the dim and distant future, but there is in good instant, at 7p.m., for this port. A

good general rule, therefore, in Hongkong, in four cases. All readily yielded to quinine, and tond voice of an olderly worn from a corner of resson for delaying what would be a very great

M addition to the differences of the head appen by 1st November, they were back at school, the bar who exclaimed. Somebody must be benefit to the port. There is the objection that DECT 18 THE MOST, NUTRITIOUS of all ages and the characteristic attitude when at requested the father of the patients to catch making a good thing, out of that kid! When it might make the river brackish all the year animal food-It takes 40lbs. of the best beof to rest that distinguish anopheles from culex, for mo some of the mosquitous frequenting the asked what she meant, the dame replied, "It's round, but no one seems to know if there is make 1lb. of Liebig Company's Extract, Le, tha is that a squito with spotted wings is pro house, and the first be submitted was a specimen the sanie bairy, the satne pram, and the same anything in that objection, and in any vaso the kind signed J. V. Liebig in blue and now called bably one of the dangerous snopheles, and one

of anopholes costalis.

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