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It is perhaps hardly necessary to quote instauces in support of the assertion that lekin is inmical to the expansion of trade, Residents in South China are well enough acquainted with the facts of the case to dispense with the piling up of instances.

whom we have quoted above, none will, we imagine, be disposed to disagree; nor yet with the remarks which follow. "Unless a "well-paid and vigilant foreign official," continues own contemporary.. is stationed "at each of the thirteen hundred magis- ́ ̈tracies in China, it will be impossible for the Customis or any similar board to pro- "tect the native trader from extortion, as long as lekin is allowed to exist in any shape. If it were arranged that the "Customs should collect the lekin at the

treaty port on other imports, is is done "with opium, an exemption certificate "being granted, as long as Tekia 'exists' in "the interior there would be officials to ** examine these exemption certificates, as the "cargo passed their stations, and they "would necessarily get their pay by "extortion. The well-being of trade in China depends on her exports being stimulated, and we know that to increase g the ports of the country, it is imperative to abolish lekin and all inland and taibait "dues of whatever nature, whatever sup "posed safeguards may be adopted in their "collection. Merchants could afford to pay

"on a scale of fifteen per cent, a rare "on, imports and exports if all inland FILTRATION is employed, guaranteeing taxation were bouestly suppressed; and "as it must be remembered that it would "cost the Imperial Maritime Customs no "more to collect fifteen per cent. than five per cent, any gross increase in the amount The Machinery used in of the latest type. they collect will be equivalent to a net There is, increase ju inland taxation." of course, a large number of officials now. employed in connection with the lekin collection, while the provinces themselves derive large revenues from the money thus acerning to them. A large proportion of

Customs tariff would have, therefore, to go the increase in the Imperial Maritime to the provincial authorities, while it can be held certain that the expansion of trade resulting to China from the establishment of a new regime would enable the displaced officials to find employment iu more honour A. S. WATSON & CO. able situations. The inconvenience and

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injustice of the old system has been a commonplace for very many years. We hope that among the improvements intro- duced by the settlement of Chinese affairs, it is not yet too late to look for a final [35 | condemnation of the lekin system.

HONGKONG OPrice: 14. Des Vœux Road Cl, LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, EC.

Hoxoxona, 4th June, 1901

DURING the long and tedious negotiations which have been progressing during the greater part of the current year with regard in the means by which China is to meet the claims made on her by the various foreign Powers, the question of lekin dues has been largely discussed. The Chinese offor carly last month to find $50,000,000 faels for payment of the Powers' denunds included

Mr. W. J. G. Whiley has been appointed Cumul at Hongkong for Peru.

The return of visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum last week showed that 195 non-Chiness and Chinese visited the former institution, 62 non-Chinese and 1,170 Chinese the latter.

The Telegraph Companies notified ve yester- day afternoon that owing to the interruption of the Foochow Shanghai cable, there will pro- bably be considerable delay on telegrams to and from North China and Japan.

The state of affairs engendered by the present epidemic of plague in the Colony is haring a very bad effect on Chinese generally, and is much felt by all foreigners employing native

receive their pay. Yesterday morning we noticed a hard-working medico, who has been much engaged of late in dealing with plagne cases, being trundled round town in his ricksha

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The latest Btraits papers to hand give the week's mortality there as 205 deaths on the total population, or 43.22 per 1,000.

French papersstate that the Russian squadron in the Mediterranean, after visiting France and Italy, proceeded to Spain and then to recoe.

Des Christopher and Stevens are expected United States representative on the Tientsin shortly from England to make inquiries and investigations in India into the causes of malarial fever.

It is stated that Lieut.-Colonel Futow, the

Administration · Yaron of the Allies, bas

resigned and sailed for America,

H.M.S. Lizard is leaving very sons for Singapore, probably on her way back to the Australian station, whence she was borrowed during the Chinese crisis last year.

Apart from plague cases last week (of which there were 213-161 in Victoria— with 207 deaths), there were reported 2 cases of enteric fever and one of all-pox, the latter proving

Intal.

A brisk rice trade is now springing up between Saigon and Madagascar. The other' day a German steamer left Saigon for Taumatars with a full cargo of grain. Optimiste hope great things from this new commercial departure.

The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial and Nethersolo Hospitals bega to acknowledge with thanks the fellowing donations to the funda

of the Hospitals

A Patient J. G. P.

$10 Ᏺ

We understand that the Chiness in the Colony intend petitioning H.E. the Governor to be allowed to return to their homes in the country should they be seised with plagus or other

infectious diseas. The granting of acha petition, it is not necessary to paint opt, would be a breach of the Venice Convention.

The strictness of the opium-emuggling laws at Saigon load to great hardship when the drug is hidden, as often the case, on board vessels

without the knowledge of the muster, who for all that is held responsible. This happened a few weeks ago to a German steamer at that port. The master had to give security amounting to 15,000 dollars to answer the charge before he could leave the port.

Epidemios of so-called "quene-cutting have on various occasions caused panics in China. The natives have a rul attributed the outrage either to foreign devils" or to the White Lily society. A Japanese doctor, however, according to the Chinese native papers, has discovered that the lem of a queue may often result from the action of a microbe which is found on dies and rate. Perhaps the bald- head disease which ravaged Formosa was of

the same origin.

Commenting on, the censorship exercised by the police authorities in suspending some of the Japanese papers for pablishing the pro- grainme of the new Socialist Party, the Japan Herald says:- After careful perusal of the manifesto, we fail to see how its publication could possibly be regarded as inimical to peace and order. The prohibition is absurd. Day after day, scurrilous personal abuse of the most vulgar description is absolutely ignored, but the academic expression of socialistic. principles, which are discussed as mere matters of course in Europe and Ameries, at once elicits this extraordinary order.

The Governor-General of Indo-China ratified a convention conceding to M, Potal, civil engineer,an annual subvention of £12,000, equal to 1,680f, per ses league for fifteen years for a French line of steamers between Bungkok and Singapore. The contractor undertakes to perform a weekly service between those ports with three steamers of 400 tons net, and a maximum draught of 18 feet. They may be

It is reported from St. Petersburg that 1 ieutenant-General Soakotin, head of the Staf College at the Russian capital, has boon appointed to the post of commander of all the Cossack troops in Siberia.

Among the latest arrivals in the Colony is Captain F. W., Harris, the A.D.C. to the

Governor-General of the Philippine Islands, who is accompanied by Mrs. Harris. Capt.

Taylor has takon a short fézve to the United States.

The census returns show that Marseillea is now the second city of France, with a popula- tion of 494,780, which is an increase of 47,425. since 1896 Lyons, on the other hand, has decreased in population by 12,800 during the same period, and now has only 453,145 in- imbitaute.

Dr. Small of Illinois, U.B.A., has been ex- perimenting with the X rays upon gems. Ha has discovereal nu infallible method of dif- ferentiating between imitation and real jawels, He finds that the genuine stones show only a faint trace on the skingraph, while the faiss come out early black.

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(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.]

GENERAL NEWS.

LONDON, 2nd June, 5.5 p..

ITALIAN QUEEN'S DAUGHTER NAMED.

The infant daughter of the Queen of Italy has been named Yolanda Margherits.

THE QUEEN OF HOLLAND. Queen Wilhelmina of Holland has been staying at Potsdam, and proceeded to Schwerin yesterday,

MAÇAO.

[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.]

Macao, 3rd June.

do Sexo Feminino, as the municipal schools, are called, are quite distinct from the Lycom -maintained by and at the cost of the Govern- ment, for which the Senate contributes yearly $4,000- or of the institution conducted by the Jesuit Fathers, and known as the Collegio de. San José. With reference to the Lycen it may be mentioned in passing that popular feeling is to abolish it altogether, and the saving effected by its abolition be appropriated towards the Improvement of the municipal schools. The ressons urged for such a sweeping messure being that it has not justified its existence by any good results. The number of pupils attending the lyceum during the last school year was only xixteen. The taching of English, French and German is silaged to be purely theoretical, with Do prospective practical value. Objection is sso entertained against the system of drawing . upon the pablic service for officers to act na pro- fassional-mastars; and lastly, class-hours fixed to snit the convenienos of the masters appear to be wholly unsuited to the students themselves.

A BOARD ELECTION.

The question of the election of the new board of management of the Santa Casa da Miseri- cordia has imparted to it on the present occasion an elament of more than ordinary interest. It line ever been sq whenever the office of Provedor, who really represents the fountain-hend of the axeontive as well as the THE POSITION OF MACAO.

administrative Irinetions of the corporation, has It is somo little time since any "notes" on Micso have been contributed in the Daily Press, been contexted. Shortly, the members will be and little wonder. A city of comparatively called to ballot for the new board, and it is little present-day commercial importance, pos- rumoured that one party is agitating for the Bossing no attractive harbour and no shipping, persession of the present Provedor, Mr. P. and of doubtful strategic value to its possessor,Nolasco da Silva, in favour of its own nomines. Cat Lonis Jouffroy D'Abbana. French affords but senaty matter of interest for regular Without in any way suggesting even the fuin- Copil at Singapore, was last month in Selan.contributions from a press correspondent. As test idea of disparagement towards the proposed gor for the purpose of arranging for the partioi-a land mark in the history of foreign intercourse Provedor, it is to be regretted if his party pation of the Federated Malay States in maxt with China, however, it occupies a unique post. should succeed in removing the present incum |_ voer's inter-cetónial exhibition at Hanoi, and to

tion. It is the very frat European colony in bent from office. Synchronously with the gather materials for a report on the trade, and

the East. It was founded long before the appointment of Mr. Nolano da Silva the commerce of the States generally.

great Powers of the present day found them- finances of the institution have witnessed an ་་:

selves in the humiliating evenmstance of improvement, quite unparalello in the whole having to koutoin before the "Son of Haven."history of its long existence. Mr. Silva And it has now for the period of three enjoys the reputation of being a level. hundred and fifty years boon tenaciously hold as healed man of hösiness. His practical the great colonial diadem in the crown of Por- tugal, whose prowiss by land and sea, directed first in overcoming the natural elements, then against the piratical hordes that terrorised the southern seaboard of China, and then tho covetous oye of the Dutch, is so faithfully and no rividly recounted under the title of Macao's Deads of Arms" [by Mr. C.A., Montalto de Jesus in Te China Review). Ana link in the chain of story between the West and the East, therefore, Macao can never fail in its chain, and as so it seldom fails to attract visitors to its shores who chance to be touring in the East.

Groat activity is shown in fortifying the country along the ccant at Patavia. It is in- tended to utilise pensioners as guards in these fortifications in time of peace. Ia time of war, the troops detached to garrison them will be held in readiness at Bataria to hasten to their posts at the first alarm. Another idea that has found favour is to encourage the growth of brashwood around the forts, so as to conesal them from the enemy.

Au effort is being made, says the Express, to establish a daily newspaper in London which shall be the production of women in every particular, from pulp to distribution. Capital is ready for the enterprise, providing certain well-know literary women can be enlisted as editors. Sporting news will be done by women. as well as Politics. Parliament, Court, and Pollos. Man's handiwork will be allowed to appear nowhere except in the fasncing.

POLICE COURT.

Monday, 3rd June. BEFORE MR. HAZELAND.

DRUNK AND DISORDERLY, James Langley, a coloured clerk, residing at the "Star" Cofee House, was charged with belving in a disorderly manner on Sunday whilst drank.

His Worship-Are you guilty or not guilty Defendsut I don't know; I was blind drunk. conduct?

Hi Worship What was the disorderly

As Indian constable said the defendant was shouting and creating a disturbance in Queen's Road Contral.

His Worship (to defendant)-Any questions ?. Defendant--I don't remember anything, your

so I beg the merey of the court. Worship Five dollars, or 14 days.

ASBAULT WITH A SHOVEL.

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sequaintance with this system of successful financing prevailing in the neighbouring colony seconded by the fonds, with which the Society's offers have been timely enriched by the lottery, has been the means to placa the the Society lua position to extend its hand of succour in cases of need and destitution now practically for all time His opponent has not the means, and his calling does not afford him the opportunity of acquiring the vast knowledge and experience already possessed by Mr. volaese, who in addition ia more conversant with the daily noede, habita and customs of the people for whom the

barrister, from India atil Portugal, once again Society was Erat called into existence in 1596.”

The return last week of Mr. A. J. Basto,

place the presidency of the corporation into this gentleman's trusty hands,

only relate to its municipal affairs, so to speak, Macao's news, as can rondily be appreciated, can pure and simple. Even those in acity of such small dimensions with a population not quite one-fifth of that of Hongkong, and is devoid of interest

Ia a future contribution, I hope to furnish excepting to the people of the Colony. Oc

your readers with a more detailed account of t sionally a distinguished visitor is seen here, the good work the Society has been doing in' and now and again the representative in

such a quiet, anestentatious way in a colony Hongkong of the British Sovereign comes where the work of disinterested indivi·laake, over to Macao. Recently Sir Henry, accom- panied by Lady and Miss Blake, were here. voluntarily performed, have not until now been purely private character, this and like visits They made a short stay. Although of a adequately acknowledged in publie pr.at. can always be pleasantly associated with a perfect extente cordiale existing between the principals of two friendly nations. The Hon. F. H. May, C.M.G., and family are now with us. Macao's hospitable shores, with its picturesque scenery and invigorating sea breeze, ever offer to its visitors a cordial welcome.

OUR TWO, GREAT QUESTIONS,, Tero questions of some general interest are exciting attention among, the electors, of Macao. One is that of education and the other the nomination of a new board to replace" the retiring members of direction of the Santa

for the Promotion of Education of the Macaenses, At a meeting of the members of the Society

a sum of no loss thau 2,000,000 tacls from labour; workmen ranuing away as soon as they built abroad, but must carry the French" fag, F. S. Wild, chief engineer of the Java; on, the Casa da Misericordia.

lekin taxation. Were the indemnity question less complicated than it is, the Powers, or at least such, of them whose interests in

and have an effective speed of 11. knots. The captain, two derk officers, and the chief engineer must be French. The maximum passenger Putes are fixed at 55c per sea league for the

soldiers aml paLLE OPN,,

SUPREME COURT.

Monday, 3rd June.

IN ADMIRALIT JURISDIO:IGN.

BEFORE HIS HONGUE SI JOHN CARBING. TON, KT., C.M.G. (CHIEF JUSTICE), AND COMMANDER BLACKBURN, RN., AND CAPTAIN G. C. ANDERSON, ASSESSORS, THE RECENT HANGCHOW"-" GLENGYLE" AMERON COLLISION.

Judgment was delivered yesterday in the Toss-action by The Chins Navigation Lompany. Limited, against the steamship Glergyle, and by Macgregor Brothers & Gow against the staamality Hongshow.

Mr. J. Francis, KC. (instructed by Messrs. Johnson, Stokes Master), and Mr. E. H. Sharp (instracted by Messra, Deacon & Hastings) appeared for the Hangchow and the

China aré commercial, not political, would by a decrepit old coolie, his private cooliestrst-class, 40c for the second, and 20. for stoke-hole about an injury to sae of the boiler Assumpgue, P. J. da Luz, S. Noronka, F. F. Gingyle respectively, "

no doubt press for an immediate abolition | having disappeared,

A native of Suez, a first-class tireman on the stemmer Java, was charged with assaulting

trois the defendant, whose only apparel at sea, A plea of not guilty was

was a shirt and pair of trousers.

The complainant stated in evidence that on Saturday morning he was called down to the tubes. He gave ordens for a tackle to be rigged up, but the work was a carelessly done that the tackle swung round and struck him on the sur. Whilst he was reprimanding the man respon

for the work, the defendant came up bobind and struck the complainant across the back with a shovel, which he brandished over

Worship One month's hard labour, ANOTHER ROW OF THE JAVA." A coal-trimmer on the same steamer, also hailing from Snoz, was charged with assaulting Daviti Wiloox, fourth orginear on the Slet al,

EDUCATION: IN MACAO,

of

held on the 2nd inst., a new committee. was C. R. slasted. It is composed of Messrs. Leitao, with Mr. P. Notasso da Silva Hi Lordship said that having regard to th of this system of taxation. In connection with this mutter, certain remarks which about half-past seven o'clock, on my way to

A correspondent says:-Yesterday morning.

president, M. F. X. M. de Souza, secretary necessity for a speedy disposal of this case, he According to the Mainichi, the Corean

and Mr. J. Ribeiro, treasurer. It is proposed to deliver an oral judgment, reserving appeared in our Shanghai morning contem-business, I saw in Praya East, just above the

the right, if necessary bereafter, to place the Government notified the British Acting Minister

singular bat nevertheless pleasing fast judgment in writing. There was no great porary, the North-China Daily News, mayNaval Canteen, a row of about twenty dead last month that the residence of Mr. McLeavy

that, notwithstanding that the resources of the contief of evidence between the parties on well be quoted. It has been laid down rats spread out in the roadway. They had Brown and the control of the Customs business

colony ara meagre, the colonists have ever been most of the points of the case, and the some time ago," says the Shanghai journal, been picked out of rubbish by dust coolies, must be surrendered on or before the 31st of his head, with a threat to chop the complainant's afice to the ascosity of providing ample means principal points upon which there was conflict Were the quastion of the true boundaries of the by foreign merchants engaged in the China who were awaiting the arrival of a sanitary the month, as a preliminary to the cancellation head off if he did not at open to mere sathe for instracting the young. To this end the Northern fairway and the question of whether

hole. The complainant attempted to arrest the "trade that they could make no objection inspector to have the rats counted and theof Mr. Browa's agreement, which is to be defendant, but he had to call for the assistance above society has now been formed for some one short blast or two long blasts was or were blown by the Glengyle. On the first point, there "to a reasonable oven a considerable, reward per rat offered by the Sanitary Board analled when the loan affair is finally concluded. of ather three mes before this and was ashinred years.

The loan affair is making no progress, it is

Defendant-The complimat osiled zoe a

was some difficulty created by the inaccuracy "increase in the Customis tariff, it lekin paid over. The rats were all very much de

added, but it is expected that a settlement will pig. I did not strike him.

Hie W "were abolished altogether. To this aur composed, and the stench was frightful.

the provision contained in the schedule of the Merchant Slipping Ordinance. 1881. There be affected when the Corean demanda regarding

was no doubt that the provisions of the Or **Government should strictly adhere. It At the offices of the Public Works Dipert Mr. Brown'are complied with. It is stated by

diance with regard to the boundaries of the should set its face like a fist against any ment yesterday afternoon Mr. G. J. W. King the Asahi that the arrival of the French crusier

Northern fairway were repugnant to one an

or rather, to the provisions of manipulation of lekiri such as confining it offered fox sale by public action two lots of Pascal in Chennipo from Taka is understood

the Ordinace as dealing also with the Central "to native goods, or-collecting it in certain Crown land, ons situated in Victoria (Barker to have some significance, and it is rumoured

fairway. The result of this manifest inconsis places through the Foreign Customs. Lekin Road) and the other in Mong Kok Toni, Kow that more French warships are expected shortly:

toney in the Ordinance was that a reused in the Contral fairway might fly either the bine as a form of taxation is so essentially loon. The former, known as Rural Failding

nicked up's coal-shovel, with which he attempted (est of draft rules; they have been, carefully (Northern fairway) ponnart or the whit "bad that no manipulation of it can make Lot No: 105, is 11,040 aquare feet in contonts, and has an annual rental attached of $33. The

drawn up, and are a decided improvement upon (Central fairway) pennant, and she could nor it tolerable; the only admissible course is pashasari, Messrs. Denison and Ram, paid

the old oods. They practically set forth be held responsible in law as being wrong for the entire curriculum of studies from the first Aving either of those peanents. The Central to do away with it altogether. Like our $1,156 for the lot-820 above the upset price

(or infunt class) to the highest or sixth fairway was in fact the Ordinance hotli "owa income tax, lekin is a modern tax, Kowloon Inland Lot No. 1,127 (contents in succooled in inducing the gentlemen be desired

Central and Northern fairway According to standard The subjects specified comprise the evidence before the Court, his Fordship **introduced some fifty years ago for a tem-

square. fost, 1.300 annual rental, 46) fetched to include in the Cabinet to accept office, and brought to No. 2 Police Station in a chair at Christian doctrine, Portuguese language, copy satisfied that in practice the Central fairway bad "porary purpose, to provide funds for the $1,320, Mr. E. M. Hazoland being the buyer.

the efforts of Marquis Tauagata and Marquis half-past eleven on Sunday night. He was writing, arithmetic, the elements of Euclid, existed in accordance with the provisions of suppression of the Taiping Rebellion; and The upset price was $1,300.

Ito to assist Count Inouys have proved fruitless drunk, and had danged the chair to the extent geography, history of Portugal, drawing, and Ordinanco, but the Northern fairway had, in agani like our own income tax, it has been

of fifty cents-damage he had to pay for. The

boundary of the Central fairway roughly speak During the 48 hours preceding noon yesterday Yesterday morning Count Inouye called on. "kept on long after its original pupose was

man was very abusive, and in the charge rm 6mnastics. It is a note worthy feature that practice, come to be defined by the Northern there were reported 57 fresh cases of plague Marquis Ito and informed him of his failure, of the station caught Inspector Collett by the the use of the English "line upon line" copying the lus of buoys which formed the sontheru satisfied. Its currency is associated with (68 Chinese, und 4 other Asiatics) and 49 deaths and urged Marquis Ito to once more accept throat and attempted to throw him. With the book is to be adopted for use in the schools. boundary of that fairway and started from "half a centary of decay and retrogression (47 Chiness, 2 other Asiatics). The returns office, in which case he would be willing himself assistance of a Europaati constablo and a The tart-books for the study of English are to it to the ground or channel which was caused to take the Financial portfolic. In the after. Chinese sergeant interpreter, Stamm was be Jacob Beneakat's and the first and second on the part of the Glengyle anchorage, which

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While on the subject of education, it may be internating to record that the Lent Senado sio maintains two schools-one for boys and the other for girls. Admission to these schools is free. It provides the schools out of mun at sea. He likewise pleaded test guilty,

The complainant deposed that he ordered cipal funds, with a competent staff of teaches. the defendant, to leave the stoko-hole and to The Senate has had under consideration a fresh go to the engine room. He refused, and

Cabinet by Count Inouys hava for the present him

The negotiations for the formation of a to strike the complainant, who closed and throw failed, says a Tokyo telegram of the 23rd ult. to the Osaka Asahi. Count Inouye has not

Defendiat-He is always striking me. His Worship One month, with hard labour.

A STRUGGLE IN A POLICE STATION. Charlos Stamm, a German ·RESTUAN, WOR

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by

the

lay between the Northern fairway and the

noon Count Inouye called on Marquis Yanultimately locked securely away in a cell and Royal Readers." It will be seen that the subjects Castral fairway. Vessels anchored in it at

left to his own reflections,

When charged, he said he did not remember, taught under the direction of the Camera are their discretion subject, he supposed, to the

and was fined $5.

GAMBLING.

'overywhore in Chiua, except at the treaty | show that the cases are distributed over the 'ports, and it is as unprofitable to the cen- Colony, and are not confined to any particu "tral goverment of China as it is vexa- lar district. Two other children, one throegats. Marquis Saige, and Marquis Saionji, and informed them of the position. Marquis. Ito, * tious to the native trader. We strongly years and the other nine months, of the "deprecate any manipulation of it in con. Fortagasse sanitary foreman who with two however, has absolutely declined the request of "nection with the indemnity, because the of his family was recently removed from his Count Inouye and has left Tokyo for Oise, homo in Battery Street, Yaumati, suffering Canat Inouye has decided to surrender his "result would inevitably be to make it a

from the disease, have succumbad. This inaker commissieu to form a Cabinet and has asked "permanent curse to the country, and 80 in all four deaths in the one family. All the Marquis Saionji to present his decision to the "entrench it that future attacks on it by European patients are still doing well. The Throne. The Premiar waited upon the En-

the inercantile community will be defeated Parses caretaker of the City Hall is in a terious pozor to-day and laid the decision of Count gaming house; the remainder, for playing, 62should be mentioned that the Escolas Central 'evidenes fur fare m "boiorehand."

Inouye befezabis Majesty.

condition.

Inspector Collett, and a police party raided house on the second £oor at 140, teen's Road East on Sunday, and arrested thirteen men and one woman who were found gambling.

The woman and two of her male companions were fined $15 for being keepers of a common each. All implements of gambling found were forfeited.

mach on the same lines with the subjects regulations of the Harbour Office. This prescribed under the grant-in-aid code obtained appeared to have been the practice for some in Hongkong, with the natural difference that twelve or thirteen years. The masters of both had been navigating to this Colony for ships

"Tho master of the in Macao the education is given in the Porta- some, fourteen years. guese, instead of in the Fnglish language. In Glenggle (Co Darko) said he was aware Captair Pearse, of tho the local code are embodied also a set of of the estou.

Bangor B be rules for the guidance of the teachers. It Castaan se, de Mi. 1

do Sexo Masculine anil the Escola Contral 1013) entut

...as.

tware of it

said, gave his Lordship die that he would