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[ALL RIGHTS RESERYED.] AFTER THE FAMINE IN INDIA.

BY

“THE RIGHT HON, SIR RICHARD TEMPLE, BART.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SAATROAY, DECEMBER 22ND, 1900

flowe streams which are not wholly dried пр even In time of drought, and if the relief works with their many campe sre within walking diedance; all may be well. The Puuply roogire their daily waga, amb their mily dole they eat, and are satisfer and they walk to the pure water to drink. But, alas! this is the very thing which but too often fails to happen. The same causes which have withored the

Despite the gravest distractions in divers and distent directions the public mind of England has for several months past been grievously | fields will dry up the streams, and reduce affected by the famine in India. As this them to the very minimum of water. The famine in not yet over, no man can say whether water in the wells gets lower and lower, the it will prove the worst among the famines water in the tanks for artifiòful lakes in re- known during this century. It may be worse duced to residuum. The people begiù to grub: before being ended, that is to say, perhaps it for water in the sandy beds of rivers. It has not yet renohel its worst, but at the best is all this that accounts for the outbreaks it must prove to be one of the severest known of cholers by which the public eur is shocked. within this half century. In this case, as From the same cause also will arise various. in several former cases, the Government is other forms of epidemic sickness, to which with- applying all its resources with all its raind to in the last few yours has been added the bubonic the mitigation of distress. Bo far is this

plague previously unknown. So bad but this principle carried that relief" or succour is avail become that some critics who think moro per- able to every man, woman or child who may require the same. But the word require is used haps of an evil itself than of any possible alter- in the strictest senso. The succour is at hal, nativos, have gone so far na to declare that the but will every hangry or famishing individual relief works sometimes become little more than apply for it Some will hanguish at home, scenes of death upon a vast scale. There is some will wander aimlessly about, some will inch melancholy truth in this case as in other one way or another fall to apply till it is almost, extreme cases, and no doubt at the beginning of if act quits, too late for the succour to be effec-au onset of cholera or the like, it were better at tusi.

Thus it is not too much to say anyone once to break up the gangs of relief Labourers who dies of starvation, does so through his or at whatever sacrifics. The consequence would her own fault or neglect. However, the vast of course be that they would swell the list of mujority will-apply in time, will be succoured, the recipients of gratuitous relief, Possibly will be saved from death by starvation, but save oritics might say, that under the condi whether they will all be saved from douth by tions which unavoidably surround drought sickness is quite another matter. An adminis. and famine, the gathering together of a large tration that may be all-powerful in the presence number of people, even though they be dis of famine may be baffled, if not helpless, in the tributed over miles and miles of area, is we presence of pestilence. Many an officer will dangerous, so certainly provozitive of deadly hare the chagrin as well as the pity to see those results, that it were better not to have relief whom he has laboriously sayed from famine works at all, except where the water supply suceamb afterwards to epidemic.

is unquestionably good. On the other hand, such a conclusion cannot be pushed too far. To give relief wages to able bodied people for nothing, that is without any return in labour-- which is the only return they can give--would be in common phrase to pauperise them. Few economists would recommend that wages should be dispensed on a vast scale without work, be cause the performance of such work might occasionally involve a risk of sickness. It is to be remembered that in drought-stricken die- tricts when not only the granaries are empty but also the water is failing, cholers is apt to bo at least sporadic anywhere and everywhere, even if it be not endemic. Thus with or without the assemblages on relief works, there is no escape from cholera, more or less. Therefore, as a rule, the authorities after anxious thought have generally decided that the risk must be run. Although this risk is not excessiva, still it does aggravate the sum total of mortality in timo of famine.

The area of this dreadful distress is in some respects painfully normal, but in two respecte at least it in ubiormal, und indeed very excep. tional. The disaster has pfalion Western and Contral India in tha main, this area has ever be the unbappy hunting ground for the fends of famine. The oft afflicted districts around and immediately beyond Delhi ure again the subjects of affliction. In the Rajput states hurdering on the great sandy desert, the bar. vests always procarions have pnes more bean willere. The long-suffering districts of the Bombay Derean, which have suffered as often uny districts in India, are again suffering. On the other hand the rich districts of Gujarat on the cast above Bombay, which have a first rate climatic position and which' hardly ever suffer. being blessed with un almost unfailing plenty, have this year been brashed by the wing of the destroyer. Morg strange still, the fair regions of Berar and the central provinces which for ponezalians enjoyed immunity from famine have during this year figured in the dark cata Jogue. Imatofore the vapour masses from the Indian Ocean sweeping over, thus Indian contin- ext, were in these proviuses arrested in their cours by the Santpura mountains, and thus, were condensed into rain. Last monsoon, that is the memoon of "V8, these vapours must have füiled to some, hence the drought and conse-respectively, quent distress.

The population of this famine area may be

• sel down at over ninety millions, about one- third of the total population of the Indian Em. pira A portion only of this, however, is really stricken even then, however, more than á par cont., perhaps 8 per cent., are downright hungry and are actually being sustained by Government d. A much larger percentage of come is

(To be concluden

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.

TN Accordance with Ordinance No. 6. of 1875, the undermentioned Bunks will be CLOSED for the tranenetion of Public Busi Here on MONDAY, TUESDAY and WED. NESDAY, the 24th, 25th and 26th instant

For the CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA,

AUSTRALIA AND ÜHINA,

T. P. COCHRANE, ・・

per Manager. Hongkong. For the HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING

CORPORATION,

T. JACKSON,

Chief Manager.

For the NATIONAL BANK OF

LIMITED.

CHINA,

GEO. W. F. PLAYFAIR,

Chief Manager.

more or las distressed and embarrassed. The For the MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA,

numbers of these cannot of course be exactly estinatel but they must be very large. The lose of cattle from the drying up of pasturage must be wormous and incalculable.

Of the population afflicted, say from ninety to ainety-five puillions, about half are in British territorios, and are cared for with all the re- sources of civilisation. There might be more anxiety regarding the other half who are in native states, still these native rulers have dur ing the last half century learnt to follow British example in respect to famine relief, as in many other respects, and boing naturally humane may be trusted to care fairly well for their people.

The mature of the relief affordat is of two. kiuds. First, that which is giron gratuitously as the official phrase goes, that is to say pure charity without any return in labour or other wise. Sicondly, that which is given in retara

LIMITED.

JOHN THURBURN,

Manager, Hongkong.

· For the BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE,

Hongkong Agency,

1. BERINDOAGUE,

Acting Manager.

For the BANK OF CHINA & JAPAN, LIMITED,

J. C. BERGENDAHL,

Manager.

For the YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED,

TARO HODSUMI,

Manager.

For the IMPERIAL BANK or Cuina,

E. W. RUTTER Manager.E

For the DEUTSCH-ASIATISCHE BANK.

PAH, SCHOTTLAENDER, Aoting Manager. Henphong. 19th December, 1900,

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.

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THE Undermentioned · Insurance Offices

for labour upon relief works, or in other words UndeLOSBD for the transection of

Respoching the gratuitous relief,

vages.

JARDINE. MATHESON & CO.,

General Agents, CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, LIMITED.

and

General Managers, ! HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE CO., LD. For the UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF

CANTON, LIMITED.

Public Business on MONDAY TUESDAY though there are several modes of affording it, and WEDNESDAY, the 24th, 25th and 26th yet no complication arises respecting its distrli instant. tion. Butas regards the relief works troublesacies equal in everity to those of the fumine itself; that is to say, where large multildes.are collect. ed along a las of road or upon some other public work, epidemics of a deadly charactor. occasionally arise, and the question must present itself to many a víctim as to whether: it would not have boen better to die from the hunger than perish by the pestilence, the only difference would be that the portilence is swift. whoreas the hunger would bave been slow. The sanitary truth is somewhat in this wise. If a drought-stricken district happens to be some- where within mach of mountains, whene

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Secretary.

For the NORTH CHINA INSURANCE CO.,

LIMITED.

W. H. PERCIVAL,

Agent

For the CHINA TRADERS' INSURANCE

Co., LIMITED.

́H. P. WADMAN,

Acting Secretary. For the YANGIBLE. INSURANCE Á¡SOCIA-

TION, LIMITED.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

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GEO. L. TOMLIN,

Secretary...

Hongkong, 20th December, 1900-

R. J. HEMEDIOS.

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Slupelandlors, Sailmakers, Riggers, Com

mission Agents and General Store-

koepers, 43 und 45, Pruya Ceutral.

TAILORS

R. HAUGHTON & CO.

Naval, Military and Court, 16, Queen's Road,

Opposite Kuhn's Curio Store,

HUNG YUEN,

Outätters, Shirt, Makers, Hatters, Hosierą,

Drapers, 85. Queen's Road, Central

YEE SANG FAT & CO.,

Surgeon Dentist, 50, Queen's Road Central..

WONG PAL FONG,

Surgeon Dentist. 24, Bank Buildings,

Opposite Hongkong Hotel.

DRAPERS

EBRAHIM ELIAS & CO..

Milliners, Silk Mercers. Haberdashers.

Low Prices; 37, 39, Wellington Street.

SEE WOO,

Outfitters, Pisco Gosûs, Underwear, Shoes, Hats, Silk Handkerchiefs; Opposito Post

Offton, Queen's Road Central.

TOBACCONISTS

S. DADY BURJOR. "Los FILIPINOS."

Importer of the Best Manila Cigara; 25,

Pottinger Street,

KRUSE & CO.,

Wholesale anil Retail. Harena and Mauila Cipara, Egyptian Cigarettes, Dealors is

Fancy Goods, Agenta.

Connaught House, Queen's Road.

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS

Tailor, Draper and Outfitter: 67 and 69, H. PRICE & CO.,

Queen's Road.

FLOUR.

SPERRY FLOUR COMPANY,

Proprietors of the following Celebrated Brands of Flour:-"Sperry's xxx”.

Golden Gate," "Pioneer," "Buckeye,” "Aushor," &o.

12. Queen's Road

and Calle Antongne, Manila.

CARMICHAEL & BARLOW, CONSULTING ENGINEERS, SURVEYORS, AND CONTRACTORS.

QUEEN'S BUILDINGS.

WILLIAM WHILEY, Manager. DESIGNS and Specifications prepared for

FURNITURE WAREHOUSEMEN

A CHEE & CO., Established 1859.

Every Household: Requisite. Depot for Fastina's Kodak Files and Accessories;

17a, Queen's Road Central.

LI KWONG LOONG,

Cabinet maker, Furniture Dealer, Art De corator and Dealor, 17, Queen's Roai.

GROCERS

THE MUTUAL STORES,

SUR AGENTS TIPTON, ED.,

8 and 10 D'Aguilar Street,

Provision and General Merchants,

JEWELLERS:

KANG LEE & CO

Jewellers, Gold and Bilvoronithe, "Watch

makers, Japanese Curios and Blackwood Furniture Opposite Post Offes, 36,

Queen's Road Central,

MAISON LEVY HERMANOS, "

Diamond Merchants and Watchmakers, 40, Watson's Building, Queen's Road. Also at Shanghai, Manila, Paris and Iloilo.

WAH LOONG,

Gold and Silversmith, Silk Dresses, Crêpe Shawls, Ivory Lacquerware, Fans, Curios, Bristlos, Human Hair, Fes thara; 89, Queen's Road Central. MERCANTILE AGENT

WOODS & CO..

Duddell Street, Agents for Americen and

European Export Houses.

A FONG,

PHOTOGRAPHERS

The largest and most complete Studio in Hongkong. Established 1859, Views, Bulargements, Ivory Miniatures, Oil Paintings, &e,; Lee House Strost.

B-HING,

Enlarging, Developing, Printing, Mode-

rata Hates, 20a, Queen's Road East.

MEE CHEUNG,

Tee House Street, Top Floor. Fermanent

any class of Steamships. Launches and light-draught vessels a speciality. Contractors for the supply and erecting of any type of machinery. New work and repairs supervised.

New and second hand Laanels for Sale. Telegrams, * CELESTE, "Hongkong. Telephone, 233.

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PISTOLS.

CALIBRE 7,63 m.m. With CHAMBER for 10 CARTRIDGES, FIRING 10 SHOTS in 2 SECONDS.

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HOTELS

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"BOA VISTA” HOTEL, MACAO.

THE only FIRST CLASS HOTEL in the Colony. Moderate terms by the day or month. European Management.

"

MACAO is distant 40 miles West of Hong- kong and the journey is made each day (San- days excepted) by the Magnificent Baloon

Min

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TOURISTS should not miss the chance of visiting this famous old City.

For Terms, apply

·MANAGER.

Enlargements, Groups, Views, etc; Devel-Telegraphic Address, "Boavista, "

opmont Warks, Amateurs Requisitor.

M. MUMEYA, JAPANESE ARTIST.

Bromide and Crayon Enlargements and Also colouring Photos and relief Photos.

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RAFFLES HOTEL,

SINGAPORE.

SITUATION UNSURPASSED.

Views of China and Manila. WorkTHE Finest Hotel in the East. Roomaren

done for Amateurs; No. 8a, Queen's

Road Central.

YEE CHUN,

Marine and Fortrait Painter, 49, Q1002's

Road, Upstairs.

H. TERA,

Japanese Photographer. 14, Beaconsfold. Arcade, Queen's Road Cl., also Wanchai Amateur Requirements a Specialty,

suite. Every Room with Private Bathroom attached. Cuisine under two French Chefs.

CURRIES A SPECIALITY

Every Home Comfort.

Electric Bells throughout the Hotel. Electris Lights

Eltobris Fra

Terms Moderada nast

SARKIES BROTHERS,

ProprieterE,

Hongkong, 18th August, 1900,

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