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evonlag. .... Mt. Brougls, as Colonel Sir Chris. topher Deering, filled a leading part with his accustomed brillance, and the same may be of Mrs. Hrough as Landy Jessies. Mr. Lovell, as Falkner, suklained his most diffionit part with excellence. Lady Tatton was skilfully and viva- ciously represented by Hias Tomple, and Dolly Coke admirably by Mist

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HONGKONG SANITARY- BOARD.

A meeting of the Sanitary Board was held in the Board Room yesterday, The Hon. W. Chatham provided, and there were also present, Hon. F. H May (Captain_Superintendent of Police), Dr. P. Ulark (fedical Officer of Hestib), Mr, E. Osborne, Al, A. W. Browia. My Fung Ws Chiren, Mt. Chan A Book and Mr. G. A. Woodenok (Secretary jobs LGE

A SUSQULAR BEDOELGE*** The SECREARTS had a letter from the Go vernment transmitting copies of reports from Capt May And Mr Hollugworth, P.W.D., respecting the blockage of the mowers by the garbage washed into them from the hawkers' stails. Mr. Bollingworth stated that in the vary large proportion of cases where special attention had been drawn to the sewers cousequent on the sower trap being choked it had been found that the tmp only jind bana blocked up, and that

the sewer bad not

hot suffered, as any srcess had been carried away by the storm drain. AB, however, the storm drains were very large and the ordinary flow very mal, there was not suficient water in tilem to keep them clean and any vegetable rustter finding its way into them bad overy chance of patrefying and becoming ruisance. Dr. Xurtikan was not correct in trying to suggest thiss the major portion of the elnais dragged: front a sewer when being cleared was due to coalis restaurant-stall- keapons, as he thought, it had now

Бое clostly shown that the traps only got the chief benefit of the offal." After referring to the earth pools and their irregular manner of depositing the night soil into the nearest gullies, denbtedly eating ha ryper condudes: ouse provided for the coplies would be a great hing

for the streets, as hawking made the street surface in a dirty condition besides canning an obstruction, but Dr. Hartigan rather weakened his cise by stating that his ground for making the remarks were that street coolle restaurant keepore tall bat so much effeef on the under ground drainage sykter

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Captain, Max in his report said he had never known a Chinaman throw away a in pot or a rng, and doubted whether he would take the trouble to left a manhole cover in order to put either fu'n drain or sewers be

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The experience of thứ pelice "was deposit of night soil into rallies was very rare. It must be remembered that the night soil, &o., were amicable commodities, and the coolias were paid for taking them to the contractor's boats, He (Capt. May) never my any waste from a restaurant keeper and did not believe there rore any. There was some weet off vegetable hawkera baskets but the hawkers swept it up during the day.

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laws had become necessary, because certain cattle Dr. CLARK said that the alteration in the bye- had been stolen from the depot, and some trou- Ble had arisen on the question of compensation.

· MP, BRAWIN Mid it seemed to him to ba a take the animals and refines to be responsible great hardship that the Government should for their custody,

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, APRIL 19mm,–1901-

#hould be made under Section 13 subsection, 16 | esme and said that he had got La Troi of Ordinance 18 of 1901,

to throw the fluid. Lo Tsol, he said, was thief. I sent the same Cheang Teng to a man of courage, who was able to aat us the stuff. He went with a dirty bottle, a sam

buy shu bottle. He had to bring it baoir and clean it. He again got the staff, and handed it to not to bave done it. Mr. Reek has done nothing Lo Teoi. I am guilty of this crime. I ought to me, and if I had known the effect of the medicine water, I would not have had anything to do with it. Directly I eat Mr. Roak's face, I felt sorry for it. I admit everything, and humbly bog your lordship to pas a light sen tence on mis. That is all I have to say.

Mr. Bobinson, who appeared for the priscuer, aid that

this client had been 10 years in the Yard, and great pressure haul been brought to bear upor

in doing what he did. He aated that some consideration should be shown to his client, who, hitherto had borne a good character.

Capt. May observed that there had been many larcenies of cattle, and most of them were tesble to the owners themselves, who did so in order to reocup themselves for the dead piga they were not allowed to Ball. There was n other way of proving it, for a man could not put pir in his pocket or up his sleeve and get away with it.

THE STANDING OF DEER.

The appointment of the Committee to revise the Standing Orders of the Board was then brought forward. After some little discussion, the Vice President, Dr. Clark, and the Hon. W. Chatham-were appointed

· BÁTO AXD THE PLAGUE.

On the motion of Mr. Osborne it was decided to ask the Government to renew the payment of 3 cents for every dead rat produced.

HEALTH OF MACAO.

During the wook ended 6th April the total deaths at Masno had been 109, being at the rate of 19 por 1,000.

RINDEEPEST AT FOKFULAI,

POLICE COURT.

Thursday, 18th April

BEFORE MR. KEMP.

BERDING A MAN TO HOSPITAL.

Leung Test, a coólio, had a difference to with Mak Hin, another coole, and settled it so effectually that the latter is now in Govern- ment Civil Hospital suffering from scalp wounds. He was unable to appear in court, and Leung Taut, who pleads not guilty,

was remanded for a week..

PREPARING FOR THE HOT BEASON,

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TRESPASSING ON CROWN LAND. The masters of three licensed junks were prosecuted by PC. Forden for trespassing on Crown and at Tai Min on the 16th inst. They all denied the charge.

LATE TELEGRAMS.

THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

London, 22nd March. OFFICIAL ENPORT OF THE FRACK NEGOTIATIONS,

The Parliamentary papers giving details of the negotiations between the Beer Commander in-Chief, General Baths, and Lord Kitchener, Commanding the British forces in South Africa, issued this morning, hagin with a telegram from Sir Alfred Milner to Colonial Secretary abruary 22nd, and states that Mrs. Botha bud Chamberlain. The despatch is dated Pretoria,

returned from a mesting with her husband, banging a letter in reply to Sir Afred Milnor's message offering to meet General express understanding that he would not Botha, as a weans of ending the war, ge the discuss the question of the independence of the Transvaal nied the Orange River

Mrs. Colony Botha named Bir Alfred Milner that the letter

had been written with that point clearly ut derstood. General Botha referred the matter to his generals and it was stated that the meeting would probably take place at Middle berg.

Min. Chamberlain rep ied that he was glad to hoped it was genuine. He will find us," said, bear of General Botha's desire to treat and

the Colonial Secretary, “anzious to meet hún on all points affecting his individual position. per-Lord Kitchener, informing him that Goaerul On February 27th, Sir Alfred Milner cabled

Botha had written that he would be in Pretoria at 10 o'clock a.m., on February 28th.

The suplainant raid-be--saw the three de fondants gathering stones on the foreshore at Tai Min Boy, for which place they had ac mit. The junks were nearly full.

A flue of $15 was imposed in each case,

DOG LICENCES

Twenty persons, mostly Chinese, were stim mond for failing to take out licences for their dogs. A fine of $2 was imposed in such case,

Wong Kam, a Ping Chau boatman, was apparently getting ready for the hot weather. Sergeant Sim met him on Wednesday car ing two rails of white cotten drill eighty yards in length and valued at $12. The His Lordship in pusing sentovca said surgeant asked him where he got the staff Yenny Kung, just now. Lo Tani pleaded and met with the nenal evasive answers. This guilty to throwing this nitric acid on Mr.led to Wong Kam's arrest and ultimate con- Rook with intent to barn him, and he

viction, he being fined $25, or 14 daya hard labour. He went to prison. was sentenced to imprisonment, with hard labour, for three years. You stand for trial, on an indictment charging you with the same" offence, and, on the depositions in the two cases, it appeared as if Lo Tsoi hud committed this crime at your instigation and by your precaring. On the depositions you appea The Becretary read a letter from the to be the principal in the matter, and he Medical Officer of Health stating that the only the agent, and it certainly was my outbreak of rinderpest at Bassoon's from Pokiutention, if you were convicted on the indist filam was at an and, and that the Board might ment against you to pass a more severe sentence declare the premises free from infection: The on you than I did on him. But now you set up a different story. You say you were pressed by abeds would be thoroughtly disinfectel and cleansed and the services of the watchinen dis- someone in anthority at the Naval Yard to peneed with.

commit this urine or procure its commission. That was all the business

That may be so or it may not be so. I can't say so at prescut because, of course, the facts are not before-mo-in a proper way, int, from what you have said, and from what your Counsels urged on your behalf, and also from what the Acting Attorney General hus said, it may therefore, I will give you the beueft of the doubt and assume that it may be so. That places you in the same position exactly as Lu Tosi. That is to say, you have joined in commiting this ascions offenes at the instigation and procurement of another person. The sentenge, therefore, that must be passed upon you is, I think, the same that I passed upon Lo Tsoi, but at the same time if, upon the further trial and npon such investigation us the Governor may direct to be made, it appears that your statement is well-founded. I have little doubt that the Governor will take the matter into his careful consideration. The sentence of the Court upon you is that you ha imprisoned BEFORE THE HON EASIL TAYLOR-(ACTING with hard labour for three years.

SUPREME COURT.

Thursday, 7th April.

IN CRIMINAL SESSIONS

BEFORE HIS HONOUR BIR JOAN CARRINGTON, Ü.M.G.

THE VITRIOL THROWING CASE.

Le Twoi was placed in the dock charged on two counts us follows:-

(1) Throwing corrosive fluid with intent to harra

(2) Throwing corrosivo fluid with intent to de grievous bodily harm.

To both counts be pleaded guilty,

There was a third count, that of assault occasioning bodily harm, to which the prisoner also pleaded not guilty,

THE OUTEREAK IN THE JAIL

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THEFT FROM 2.4. ME96.

Yesterday morning an Indian constable stopped- auspicious looking Chinaman who was on his way to the Macao boat, and searched the bandle he carrier. Concealed in this were found several military tunics and other articles ant usually possessed by a coolie. The prisoner was taken to the station and enquiries were made which showed that the articles had been stolen from the Royal Artillery Officers Mess, As the officer to whom they belonged had left for Japan, the defendant was charged simply with unlawful possession, and fined $20 or 2 month.

MARINE COURT.

Thursday, 18th April.·

HARBOUR MARTER).

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FIRST MATE JMPRISONED, FOL DISODEDIENCE.

John D. Jenkins, frat mate of the British to answer a charge made by John Fordyce steamer Ukun hun, appeared before this court Messer, master of the steamer, that he di wilfully isobey and refuss lawful orders of the on board the said ship on the 16th

Mak So, fp Sum, and Yeung Fak, the first Mr. Pollock, the Auting Attorney General, of whom balaval in a very defiant water in prosecuted, and the prisoner was undefended, the door, were indicted for (1) wounding with intent to murder, (2) wounding with intout to The circumstances under which the crime for do grievous bodily harm. To the indictment which the prisoner was charged, lave aiready he leaded guilty. In answer to the usher appeared in these columns. Mr. Francis George they shout the beads and said-1es: Wo Book who is employed in the Government

tended to kill him. That was our intention." dockyard, was proceeding to his work one meru. į ing in the month of March past when semua

-The Acting Attorney General aid these mer inst, at sag." one throw a corsive fluid in his eyes, in there fronty ondergoing long terms of impri- neighbourhood of Wing Street

Bomment jar offenses, sud it was

Tery serious

cys. Apparently, sumebody outside the geol

Luast in some way or other have been in a longus with them, and thrown over the wali weapons to these mea. They smined to have acted very quickly and in concert made a very brutal assatus upon Mr. Ursig.

Asked if had anything

they

to say the first named prisonor said : 1 have a number of wit-

Besses to speak about the ill-treatment, but I do not know if there witnessus have been caffed or not. The prosecutor nos only ill-treated man, but he has in-treated a great namter to the extent of over a hundred, "A great number of convicts numbers were taken down, and they are willing to come forward and prove the

Eli-treatment.

The defendant pleaded not guilty. The ruster of the Chen She was called to give evidenco. He mid-We were at anchor of Gap Rock on the morning of the 16th on scecunt of fog. At 7.45 we got under way unil proceeded to Hongkong. The weather was still thick, and Iasiced the defendent

A LONG INTERVIEW

A despatch from Lord Kitchener to the War fies, dated Pretoria, February 28th, reports with General Botha, who showed good feeling He asked and that he was anxious for peas. for information which he said he would submit to his Government, generals and the people. If they agreed, be would visit the Orsage Bivor Colony and get those there to agree. Should all then band their arms in it would finish

He said the War.

they could go on for some time, and he was not so he would able to bring about peace without a independence. "I decline to discuss arch a point" said Lord Kitchoner, and said a judited form of independence would be most dangurons and would lead to war in the future. Replying to General Batha's inquiries, I inforın. ed him that when hostilities ceased the military would be replaced by a Crown Colony adminis tration, consisting of a nominated Executive and an elected assembly to advise him, followed after a period by a representative Government. The Bours would be Licensest to haro ritos to protect themselves against the natives; the Dutch and the English languages were to have equal rights. Kafire world not hare the franchise until after representative Government had been granted; church pro- porty, public trusts and orphan funds would repair the burned farms and to noble the not he touched; no War tax would be given to farmors to start afresh, and colonists who had joined the Republies should be disfranchised. General Boths generally seemed satialed with

These conditions,”

Among the questious to which Lord Kit- chener apparently did not reply, wore: When the war prisoners would return, and regarding -the-taking-over-of the

DEBTS OF THE REPUBLICS, ginning of the war. General Botha was including these legally contracted since the reported to be making a strong point of this. He referred to notes which had lawn issued canting to less than a milion pouls. Terd Kitchener arranged to commuricat, Botha's views to his Government. All that in said was qualified by being subject to confirmation from the Home Government.

for the deck log in order to see what the deviation was the last time we came in. He said he had the log locked up, and refused to let me have it, saying that if I wanted to know this deviation I must look at the table. He also said I ought to be ashamed of myself for not already knowing the deviation, and proceeded to uss very strong language. Ingein

On March Srd, Bir Alfred Miler cabled and again demanded the log, but he refused to Lord Kitchener suggesting the following re- give it up, and still retains it.

plies to General Butha: I bog-to inform you The defendant, when asked if he had any questions, suswered in the negative, but statellut on the cessation of hostilities, and the con

thoroughfares nad other things and that would Kun took me down to a lane loading to the had not waited their witnesses for the defen that he kept the log because there ware same pleto surrender of arms, ammunition, cannon

FUNG WA CHUA minsted I entirely agree with the views stated in the Hoa, Capt. Bupt's minute, but I would suggest if this difference of opinion cannot be oltared away that some kind of receptacle should be placed in the do away with

h the complatus im

imaginary or otherwise.

Mr. OSBORNE thought that some good might be done it the police Instructed the tall-holders to fix their stalls some distance from the gullies instead of, as at presas, so near to them.

The Hon. F. H. May said that they relied apon the Chinese police in detecting the offen- ders who had put paper add rugs in the sowers, He had issued fresh lustenotions to the force, and had offered a reward co those who were instrumental in scouring the muvietion of any of the entenders

AYOWA KERR WATER SUPPLY.

The reports of the alyses of the Public Works supplies for March were laid on the table, us

It showed that the Tytan servios of water was of excellent quality, and the Pokfulam and hater Road samples ware equally as goodread

be forened

His Lordship asked the prisoners why they in the lower court.

Anked what he had to say fa defence, the prisoner sail

Young Kun came to my place on March 12th. He came there to see me and another mau mat Lo So. He aid he wished ms to do a certain thing for him. It was a matter of so Ho importance and there was no fear about it. said the storekeeper had a grudge against an Englishman He offered to pay me $10 for doing it, and, if anything happened afterwards, he would engage a solicitor for the defence. Yeang Kun called again next evening and pressed upon me to do this. He then ask. ed zae to go up to Wing Fak Street and gat some medicine water.

I did RG and mst Young Kun in Wing Fak Street. Young

Praya. He then gave me a cent to buy a bowl. He gave me some medicine water, about half acuity-weight. Yenng Kau then told me that as soon as I threw the inedioine water I was to run away. He then pointed out an English 2002, and gave a instrutions to pour the medicine water on him. Yeang Kun therapon magistrates tre mcessity of taking of the went under the verandah, and I threw the water on the Englishman and ran away.

His Lordship said: Lo so, you hare pleaded guilly to the commission of a vary cruel and cowardly offenco. That is to say, throwing nitric acid on the prosecutor with intent to do grievous bodily harin. Now, that is so serious on offence in the eye of the law that law provides a punishment for it, of imprison ment for life. I am very glad to see it is a very rare offence in this coloby, and I hope will runnin so. You had no grievance whatever against this prosecutor. Apparently you did not know him, and yet for a paltry eum of money you agreed to do this injury, and actually did it.

The Prisoner : I have not ressived any money as yet

His Lordship. The sentence of the court upon you is that you be imprisoned for three years with hard Isbour,

The prisoners replied that they had done so, but that the magistralG huu stated their evidence would be taken in the Supreme Court.

His Lordship said he had often orgul

evidence of us witness where it was possible, and not to place it our record that it would be eased in that Court. Either Magistrates took the evidence of witnesses, or dismissed them altogetuer.

The Acting Attorney-General reminded His Lordship that the prisoners did state at the Magistracy that they wished to calf's number of witavesus, and the Biagistrate said it would te preferable to onil them at the Supreme Court

Lordship: i nave always tried to impress upon Magistrates that, it prisoners wish to call less, the Magistrate should take them They are there to call them and take their erigands and bind them over to give evidence at the Supreme Court if necessary. I always have tried to impress upon them that they are not to take usts of witness. They are there to examine theio, or to decline to have It is a embar• ything to do with there. rsing to this Court when there is a list of with, that as they felt prissier, al of them, that they can really make out a case of grievance, they hud better withdraw

erasures in it, and that he required it as evidence against the master,

He was convicted and sentenced to 10 days imprisonment, without hard labour.

GREAT EASTERN AND CALE- DONIAN GOLD MINING CO.,

LIMITED.

and munitions in the hands of burghers in the Eelil at Government depots or elsewhere, His Majesty's Government is prepared at ones to graat zinnesty in the Transvaal and Orange. River Colony for all bond de acts of war nr- Fing the hostilities, as well as to move the govern. ments of Cape Colony and Natal to similar action, qualified by the disfranchisement of any British subjects implicated in the war. The military prisomers in St. Helena, Ceylon sad drewhere, on complete surrender Aball la brought back to their country. Military Law An extraordinary general meeting of this shall at ones be replaced by a civil administra company was held at the offices of the general tion, but it is the desire of His Majesty's Go- agente, Mosers. Lütgens, Binatman and Con- vernusut, as soon as circumstances will portuit, pany, 14, Des Voeux Road, yesterday, at noon, to establish a representivo Government. On at the extraordinary general meeting of the dependent of the Executive, shall be estab when the subjoined resolution, which was passed the cessation of hostilities a High Court, iu

the ard instant, was submitted lished to administer the law. Land, church company co for confirmation

as a special resolution property, trusts and orphant funds shall be "That the company be wound up voluntarily, respected. The English und Datoh languages and that Mr. Max Bonnecke, the business shall be taught in the public schools and al manager of the company, be and he is hereby lower in the law courts. The legal dukts of appointed liquidator for the purpose of such the State to the amount of £1.0.0,000 shall b+ winding up." Mr. A. Denison occupied the paid.even if contracted during hostilities, to the extent a crediter proves he has given. chair, and the other gentlemen present were

The Government does not intend to Lesers. Atzenroth (secretary), K. Edalji, value.

extend the franchise to the Kafns Chan Kín Hei, F. F. E. da Silva, Ellis Kelly,

thu Trung C. Osmund. and C. E. Osmund.

val and Orange River Calony before a repre-

Government is sentative

granted "

The notice calling the meeting having been

their ples and pread not guuty, so that it could read, the CHAIRMAN formally put the resolu The conditions regarding assistance to the

tion to the austing, and it was carried unasi-farmers, firearms, etc., are the same as those in Lord Kitchener's replies to Gouneral Botha. Sir Alfred Milnor adds that he agres to the above except is to the desire for modification regarding

AKITISH SUBJECTS IN CAPE COLONY AND NATAL.

The CHAIEMA That is all the business, gentlemen. There are one or two letters here, should anyone care to have a look at them.

པག ཏཐཱ ཝ

The M. M. steamer Indus, with the next circumstances arising in the war. Hie Luraiup-The only way I can go into French mail, left Saigon to-day, Thursday, at that is by the case being heard,

11 am, for this port.

The Spokesman. I accept your lordship's advice and ask your lordship to investigate the case clearly and fally.

The N. T. K. steamer Yawala Maru (Aus tralian Line) leit Kobs in Moji for this port on the 17th inst., and is expected to arrive here

on the 23rd inst.

those colonies, would be liable to be dealt with under the laws of those colonies passed to meet

much in order to strengthen General Boths in He added: While I am willing to concede inincing the people to subrait, sasty fur the sells is not, in my opinion, a juist, which His Majesty's Government can afford to

***THE QUNTRAL MADEBY The BRORETARY Fund's communication from the Colonnal Secretary in reapest of the right ing of the Central Market, to the effect that the Manager of the Electele Company was going to it up a rection of the Market on the upper floor, experimentally, with one small fans (16 candle power) oraz pach shop. It was stated that he had offered to de it free of cost payment Yeung kum was then placed in the dock being wonde only for the current consumed indicten on four counts in connection with the Should the experimentgrave mistotary, it was vitriol throwing sutrage. They were (1) That stated an estimate could be obtained for the al

on 14th March, throwing corrosive fluid. terations required through the building intent to burn Francis George Beek. (2) With gone into, also that was it would be no As destininte

being pi pared for intent to do griovone lodly harm, (3) with defence in point of law, it could very much mously.

affect their suurunes it they could prove it. incrsking the height of all the windows on assaulting lúm, decasioning bodily harm, and (4)

The Spokesmisa: Welt, my lord, I haro the ground

by about foot, which would counselling, procuring and commanding Lo

It is not for me to deny it. Tasi to

to commit the crime of throwing corrosive done the net. finid on Me, Rook The Acting Attorney he only thing i wish your lordship to do QURVEYOR 8 ZKPORT, The BECE kid upon, he taule the Sur-General mid that he had been furnished with is to clear the matter whether the alleged veror's report

quarter of 1901. It information from the prisoner which had grievance exists or not. Of course, it it no uss LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. in the Boer Army, who, if they returned to set out that plane ad hul deposited and passed involved a European, who had been arrested in for me to go back to jail for eighteen year; by the serverer during the quarter for the connection with the affair.

I would rather die. drainage of 153 hours which were carried for Asked if had anything to say, prisoner said: ward from fans a total of 147/4 in hand. A foreigner, who is employed in the same place The drainage of 150 in this had our completed, as I am, the Naval Yard, asked me to do a cer- leaving Sex to chery forwid Nitives for tain thing. He was employed undor Mr. Heek repaits

Alterations to the drains of 70 boutus. the complainant, and they were not on good had been receiveder 147, were c carried forward terms. He said that Mr. Reek always found from 1907, making a befal of sal in hand.. Of fault with hita. This mua, ou the 27th day of those ŝi had been compisted, leaving lal to marry the 12th moon last Chinese year, asked me forward Certificates had been granted under so get somebody to boat Mr. Reek. Every now tion 74 of Ordinance 2401 1887, and section 84 of and then he saled me if I had got anybody to Ordinance 13 of 1901 for 179 new houses and do it, and he said that when the assault was two additions that they had been quilt in scoord- committed, he would give me ten dollara. He

Eventually Lord Kitchener reports to the ance with the provisions of these Ordinamom again asked me about the assault on

the

War Oßcer under date of Pratoris, Mareh The drains and suultery Attinge of 12 ilding of 4th March last. I told him I had not

1.20th, that he had written General Botha the had been inspected and reported on. Of | got anybody to do it. About a quarter past

terms the Government was prepared to adopt. These, were the same as already gives, except that cumber. He drains of no requires reconeleven on that morning, I mat hiis, and he said structing, and of 11 pending he would get me to assault Mr. Rook in an

The details which make up the £35,500 ez- on the following particulars: The Govern Defects I water-closete and uzimals were other way. He then took a small piece of

pended on the late Queen's funeral are as ment cannot undertake any liabilities regarding found in 15 mstances, and in two buildings| rad blotting paper out of bis

THE QUEEN'S ROAD WATCH-BURGLARY, and packet

follows:-The Lord Chamberlain Apartments the debts of the late Republics, bat is prepared the capacity of storage tanks war bindequate told me to take it to Watson's Dispensary to Ho Bin Chenng, Ho San Kon, and Leung for Royal guesta, funeral furnishing, mourning as an act of grace to set aside £100,000 to Notios bad bom carved on the owners of 11. buy the stud. I then want to a house and ask. Po were indicted for burgling the premises of allowozem for servants, &c., £2.900. The Lord repay the inhabitants for goods requistion by buildinge calling on them to execute the need Cheung Yeang to buy it. He came back Messrs. Drox, of Queen's Road Central The Benard Entertainment of Royal and foreign the Republicans. If the claims after adjust cessary work

and said there we none for sale in Watson's circumstances of the case have already appeared guests, £8,500. The Master of the Horsement exceed £1,000,000 they are liable to In addition to the above 5700 houses and I than told him to go to the German Medical is their columns. The following jury wein Hire of earringes, railway and steamer ex-reduction pro rata. The Kafir franchise when been inspected with the result that 671 minor Hall. The people in the Medical Hall and the empannellod -- "drainage nuissnere, hâc

avored 18 bottle was dirty. After washing the bottle, I Messrs. Robert William Houghton, Charlos Penson, extra servants, &c., £4,500. War Office, given shall be so limited as to sponze a just The legal Travelling expenses, food, and accomodation predominazos of the white race. nuisances, had beer.

Medical told Cheong Yeang to buy half-s-pound, for Edward Pearce, Michael, David Belas, James for troops, £15,000. First Commissioner of position of the coloured inhabitants will be Ofoer of Health and at the Hon Director which 10 ounts was paid. I got 50 oente from Daf, Alex. Herletz and Abdul Hoosem Abdul Works-Fitting ap St. Georges Chapel, eres similar to that now held by them in Cape

the foreigner, who told me to buy this Then Ration.

tation of stands, and repair of damage to parks, Colony, I gave this stuff to Wong Hop to give it to The prisoners were undefended, and in the £3,000, Foreign Ofice. Entertainment of The letter coaoludes. I must inform Your Cheung Fu Cheong Fu poured the contents reenit the Jury found them guilty, and the first foreign over £800 Bundry expenses, in Honour that if the terms now offered are not of the bottle into the ma.. I then went back was sentenced to 18 months, the second to the cluding expenses of the Earl Marshal's staff, accepted after a reasonable delay for considera- able the draft and told the foreigner that people refneed months, and the third to 3 years improbant Dean and Chapter of Windsor, special police; tion they must be regarded as cancelled. ***

de what he wanted, "Lo Su than with hard labour.“

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On March 16th, Lord Kitshonor, received.

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of Public Works to be dealt with by them, 149 druin taps of private property had been cleansed by the drilen

The Secretary: lid

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The third prisoner added that the complainent had no bainous to cut down his food mid pork. The plea of quality was withdrawn, and the hearing of the distment was then ast dora for hearing to-day.

HIGHWAY BOBBERY

Ho Hi and An Young On were charged with having, on 15th April, at Kowloon, robbed a Woman named Wong Ku of two silver bangles

The prisoners admitted stealing ons bangle, and His Lordship passed sentence of five years' imprisonment, with hard labour, on each.

The Ben" line steamer Benvorlick, from London and Straits, left Singapore for this port on 16th inst, and is dus here on or about 20 inst.

The E. & A. steamer Eastera loft Port Dar- win for this port, sin Manila, on 15th inst., and is due here on or about 27th inst.

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Mr. Chamberlain in his reply, dated March stb, directs Lord Kitchener to modify the terms on c'number of points,

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