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INTIMATION.

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small portion of the trade. Mr. Scort

The whole value of the export trade was -3,268,000, in rond numbers. Of this silk, silk waste silk, de,

A. S. WATSON & CO. 221,000 th muhi Fortron at this

LIMITED.

WINE AND SPIRITS MERCHANTS.

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1×41.

SHERRY.

was destinel for any Britial market, although the bulk of the trade was done by British firms and financed with British Capital. 1 s.ems probable that of the value of goods leaving Cantor recorded by the custome not more than 500,0007, worth were destined for the United Kingdom, &c."

This, says the report, is probably a very liberal estimate, but it should be remem- bored that the whole foreign trade, impore and export, is handled, transhipped, aut financed in Hongkong. It will readily be Perseen that other countries' claims to an in.

A. SUPERIOR PALE DRY, Dinner, Wine, Green Seal Capsule... C. MANZANILLA, PALE

NATURAL SHERRY, White" Capsule

CC. SUPERIOR OLD DRY, Pale Natural Sherry, Red *Seal Capsule

D. VERY SUPERIOR OLD FALE "DRY, Chole-Old Wine, White

Seal Capsule

E. EXTRA SUPERIOR OLD

Finest

1 dun.

$10.88

12.00

12.00

14.40

20.40

JULY PRESS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH, 1901

Dr. Davidson has taken up the appointment of Port Health Oficer at Singapore.

Th Osaka Mainichi's Tonion, correspondent j

Wn Ting-feng,hiness maintains that

Akuburentior at Washing on, ang been trans ferred to London, while Le keng-lu has been moved from Londen to St. Petersburg.

A man who was bitten by infoetod mosquitoes that had been set upurt for the experiments of Dr. Caldas, the Brazilian export, died of yellow fever on the 10th 1% This looks like putting the "interests of science" a good deal higher than a man's life.

Wo noties that the New American has gain changed hands. It is now called the Manila Ame wan, and apparently has been taken over by its present oditor and subsditor from the company that bought it about six months

ago.

TELEGRAMS.

“DAILY PRESS” SERVICE.

FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.)

THE CRISIS IN CHINA.

FuANGAT, 18th September, 9.35 p.in..

TWO VICEROYS PROTEST AGAINST REACTION.

Viceroys Lin Kung-yi and Two Mu have banded in their resignations as a protest

SUPREME COURT

Wednesday, 18th September,

IN CRIMINAL JURISDICTION. BroRE HIS HONOUR A. G, WISE (ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE).

RODDERY WITH VIOLENCE,

In Aumming up, his Lordship said that although there undoubtedly had been a robbery. it appeared to him that the circumstances had bean enggerated

Having gard to the unsatisfactory natura of the ovidence, by a majority of six to one thy jury found the prisoner nos guilly, and he was discharged.

jnry, said the prisoners were charged upoù one Mok Sai Hang. The prison.

terest in Canton hare at present very little. This is about the seventh time this paper has against the efforts of the reactionary cabal articles of jewellery. On the 10th July, at ten

weight against ours.

The Marquia Ito was expected to leave Japan on a visit to the United States yesterday.

The enquiry into the recent disastrous collapso of honses in ochrane Street is to be reopened ni the blugistracy to-day,

charged hauds, and the third alteration of nume

:

It is rumoured that there will be a Contral F. M. S. Audit Oleo, having a head quarters in Kuala Lumpur. The offies wil consist of a large staff, ao ested from the various Audit Umees in the Federatei Malay States. It is also reported that this Central Audit Oğloe will bo under the supervision of the Feirad Account-

Capt. Sir Boncher Wray, of "H.M.S. Brisk, who left for home by the Princess Irene a fortant and Auditor. night ago, ie auderstood to have retired from the Navy:Capt.-Martin-is now in command. of the Brisk,

Mombers of the Hongkong. Football Club who desire to take part in the Six-a-eida Com- petition, and who have not already given in their nanos, are requested to notify the Hon. Secretary before the 23rd inst.

The following telegram from H. B. M Consul at Saigon is published in a Government Gazelte Extraordinary: Amoy quarantine withdrawn. Hongkong reduced to one day's

mervation Manila unchanged."

PALE DRY, Very Quality (Old Bottled) In addition to Wines of our own bottling, the following brands, boitkd in Europe,

We are glad to soo that, as we suggested in have been specially selected, and procured Monday's issue, H.E.. the Governor has made from the celebrateil firm of MESSRS. GEO. an Order in Council stating that "no doge G. SANDEMAN, SUNS & CO., of LON- 1 brought from Macau will be permitted to land DÓN and OPORTO, for whom we have in this Colony for a period of six months from. been appointed Sole Agents:--

LIGHT DRY

SOLERA

VERY PALE DRY

FULL GOLDEN

PALE DEY NUTTY

FINE OLD BROWN

L'er Case of

this.date.

Yesterday the British transport Rajak loft $17.00 for Calcutta, and the German gunboat İllik ar 25.00 rived from Canton. The hospital-ship Carthage

arrived on Tuesday night from Calcutta, and is 25.00

expected to leave for the North lo-nighter early 30.00 to-morrow.

32.00 42.00

The long vacation at the Bapremo ourt begins to-morrów aud continues till the 17th of October. The offpes will be open for business A. S. WATSON & CO. daily between the hous of 10a.m. und 1 pm

LIMITED,

THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY.

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MARRIAGE. On the 27th August, at the British Consulate, Yokohama, ALICE LILIAN, widow of the late B. SPAIN of Toronto, to J. W. WRAVER of Yokohama.

The Daily Press.

HONGLONG UFPION: 14, DES VEUX ROAD Cl. LONDON OFFICE: 181, FLEET STREET, EC

HONGKONG, 19th September, 1901.

except on public Kolidera, erkon they will be closed altogether.

Mr. R. T. Reid, one of the best cricketers in Singapore, left for home on long leave in the Gormat mail steamer Printese Irene. His departure from Singapore is tourned as a great loss to the Straits team that is coming up to Hongkong.

H. M. Roxas, the Filipino ma-ician who some time ago stabbed Miss Zarza in the

Iba Botaro, the murderer of Mr. Hoshi Toru, Tas been sentenced to imprisonment for life

at Hsianfu against reform.

THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

NO NEWS

Lord Kitebeuer's weekly report contains

A voice

Hunter

for the crime: Iba Sotaro was himself desirons Comment on the general effects of the The Arst prironer wantted down and weatWill you give me theso watches; and some

of having the death sentence passed upon him, proclamation. but whether he will take the unprecedented course of appealing for a heavier-santence, or whather the Higher Court would accept such appeal, is very doubtful.

Natalio Valenzia, first lieutenant in the Philippines in-urgent army, will have to pay the extreme p.nulty of the law for having ordered the murder of two inoffensivo American prisoners, and ordered his acldiers to dip their hands in their victim's blood and drink it. It "ppears that in spite of the boasted civilisation of the Filipinos, they have not yet passed the

barbaric period.

The Bangkok Times boars that Mr. Joarding. of Bangkok, has scared the contract to ran the new Bangkok-Singapore line of French

steamers. The concessionaire was M. Portal, eivil engineer,nud the subsidy is £19,000 a your for fifteen years. There are to be three steamers. According to the terms of the evavession they must be of not less than 490 tons met, and have an effective spesi of 11 knots.

The Pecide Cable Board has appointed Mr. C. H. Reynolds general manager of the Pacific cable. Mr. Charles Henry Reynolds, C.1.E. was born in 1844, entered-the-service

of the Indian Government in the Telegraph Department in 1868, and was appointed Direc tor-General of Tolegruphs in India in 1885, position which he held till his retirement from the service in 1899. He received the special thanks of the Commander-in-Chief and of the Government of Indis in connection with the military operations in Tira

At the Singapore Assires on the 9th`inst, Laurs, the Italian seaman of the B... Benmohr,

B. W. Jones. the second officer of that vessel,

who was charged with fatally stabbing Mr.

abdomen, was called yesterday before Mr. Kemp, Acting Police Magistrate, to suswor to the charge, but the cast after a short pro-was found guilty of causing grievous hurt liminary hearing was remanded..

In consequence of the lamented death of the late President of the United States of America and the general mourning ordered, the Gymkbaus fixed for Saturday next has been postponed until the 28th September. It is unfortunate that the fixture will clash with the opening match of the Hongkong Cricket Club, the Hon. Secretary states, but this is unavoidable, inasmuch as the Bacs-course will not be available after that date.

A Kaifeng despatch states that the city is entirely inundated and that the foundations the Imperial Palace, intended for the Court on arrival there, have been washed away, and that

the telegraph pules are washed down. The rouds to be taken by the Court on their route to the seath-east are focded or very maddy, caused by the incessant rains. The high pro- vincial officials are at their wits end, but they are doing their best to prepare the roads for

ander grave and sudden provocation. Judg ment was norved til the morning of the 10th when sccused was sentenced to eighteen months rigorous imprisonment. Jaura asked that the sutence should count from the day he was arrested, but this was refused. Lanra appears to have got off lightly, judging from the evidence reported in the Singapore papers.

News comes from Australia of the finding on, Bikar Island, a small uninhabited atoll of the Marshall I group, of wreckage which is thought came to grief there. Footprints and marks of to indicate that the British ship Manchester two boats' keals on the sand, and other signs

make it seem probable that the captain and his wife and children and grow had been on the island, and, being unable to find water, had pushed off again. There were footprints of woman and childron plainly marked in the sad.

Is noticing the report on the trade of Canton in 1900 by Mr. Consul General B. C. G. Scorr yesterday we did not touch on one point, which is nevertheless of considerable importance to commercial men and others in Hongkong... Instructions were received, it appears from Mr. Scorr's report, to prepare a table slowing the quantity and value of the trade of Canton with the United Kingdon, British Colonies and Dependencies. It was at once found that no statistice other than those of the Imperial Maritime Customs were available, and they were useless and unisleading, show ing but a portion of the trade that reaches and leaves the district. In Hongkong itself,

Also there were found bodies of birds which the depot of the foreign import and export

had been sucked for blood to allay thirst. A small schooner came across these traces about trade of the whole world with Southern the Court China, no information, public or private or

The Shanghai Mercury defends the action of three months ago, and as no trace has been ironi the Chamber of Commerce, could be the Shanghai Hace Club in refusing to allow found of the missing propis since, it is supposed obtained. No one, says Mr. Scurt, seeins Officers of the international garrison to race that they died of thirst bars reaching inhabit. able to form an opinion even of the quantity ponies at its meetings without being duly ed islands. The body of one man was found in ́and value of the goods from and destined qualified members, and says:-In none of the the scrub near the shore. Many cases of for foreign countries, entering and leaving Treaty Ports of China or in Hongkong ara kerosene were scattered about the beach. The Canton in native craft, transhipped in pony-owners allowed to run without becoming Manchester, Captain P. Clement, left Now.. Hongkong, except that they are very large, It ie à curious fact, but of course one long recognised in this Colony, that the presence of this Colony on the south coast of China

York loaded with kerosens for fokohama a year. age and has never been ason since. She was four-masted stool ship of 2,851 tons:

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GENERAL NEWS.

ARMED ROBBERY The third and last eass on the calendar was Tum Cheung sed Chan King pleaded not similar in effect to the two precoding, casos, Chung Fui, lately a servant boy, was charged guilty to robbery with violenco.

The following jury was empanelled-E.) with having ou 18th August atolon one silver watch and chain the property of one Gibson, A. A. H. Milroy, H. Murray Bain, 0. Ellis, G. R. Edwards, W. T. Shewan, and F. Mok Sai Hung, and (2) being armed with an offensive weapon, to wit, a revolver, did on 18th de Panlu Barros.

The Hon. II. E. Pollock, KC, Acting August feloniously and violently carry away Attorney-General, in derailing the caso to the three silver watches, the property of the said ploaded not conut, that together they committed a robbery guilty

The following jury was empanelled:-JA. V. upon the prosecntrix, widow named Wong Jibeiro, E. Bara, F. J. Rupprecht, A. F. Lus, Ho, residing at 17, Hollywood Road, and rob

Mr. Pollock said the prosecutor was a doalor bod from her the sum of $10 and rarions F D. Bazzutie, F. M. I. da Lus, and T. miantes to eleves in the morning, the pro-

entrix and her two daughters, one aged eight in watches and clocks at 14, Boulam Strand. yours and the other four years, were in the On 18th August, at half-part, mus in the sitting room on the second floor. Bomeruo evening the defendant came into the shop rang the bell, and the elder daughter west to and said he wanted to buy a watok and chair. The prosecutor showed him a selection, and the door and asked who was there. replied Chop lay (stop leak), and the girl the defendant agreed to buy a watch and chain thereupon opened the door and admitted for $7-50 He put them in his pocket, and man wearing a grey jacket, whom the pro naked to be shown some others. The prosecutor secutrix had identified as boing the arst laid three watoties on the table, and the defen dant then turned to the prosecutors folt, who LONDON, 17th September, 7.30 p.m. prisoner. Along with and following loss on

the first prisoner were two nilier men, one of was in the shop, and asked him to fetch a glas whom was later indentitled by the prosecutrix of water. The fobi departed to get the water. as being the second prisoner. The third man, and the defendant picked up the three watsbes the oas not now it, onstody, opened a door with his loft hand and pulled a six-chambered leading to the roof, and ascended thereto. revolver out of his pocket with his right, H

up

pointed the weapon at the prosecutor, and said through some performance as if he were wir more! The prosecutor replied Lat it be as ing cement. The prossentrix entered the buck cubicle, and pointed ant to the second prisoner, they are." Thujuk just then re-entered the hon, who had followed her, soms leaks she wanted and, taking in the situation, sprang of the Bled. The second prisoner suddenly turned defendant and sized the band holding the upon the prosecutrix and struck or with his resolver The prosecutor, running from he hind the muater, caught the defendant by le lund, knocking her down. She called ont

the queue, and a struggle ensued: Beeing the Save life," and the second prisoner *pressed LONDON, 17th September, 7.30 p.m. her head down and hold her by the throat. The predicament he was in, the defendant knocked first prisoner then enterol and seized the pro- buering lamp from the counter and set fire socutrix by the land, and took a pair of bangles to a wooden box near the safe. The prosecutor off her right arm. He then tried in a similar and the fuki got him on the ground, and the THE LATE PRESIDENT.

way to snatch the bugles off her loft arm, but former cried out "Fire" and "Buatch things.

A Chinese constable entas in, and, after blow- President McKinley's body was conveyed she told the men that if they would let her get fag his whistle, put his arms round the defen- ap she would give them the bangles. Ther to the Capitol today.

allowed her to rise, and the first prisoner took dant and held him prisoner. A. Sikh constable also arrived, and took the revolver from the the pair of bangles off her left arm. The st

defendant Ho examined it, and found that. prisoner thon made the prosecutrix necompany him into her sleeping room, and searched there, it was loaded. The fire in the shop was extio - guished and the defendant was taken to the Inside a drawer he found a money box belong Police Station. It was not a case of a man ing to the two daughters of the prosecutrix. The second prisoner took the box into the back trying to joke, said Mr. Pollock, picking up cubicle and emptied the few cents it contained the ravelser and handling it, becazes the into bis pocket. The rat prisoner conducted revolver was loaded.***** the prosecutrix into the sitting-room, and asked her to open a chest of drawsis, which was locked. She at first refused, ned the man pointed a revolver at her. Then, being put in fear, the prosecutrix opened the chest of drawers, and the first prisoner took out a tin cash box, locked. Ho again pointed the re volver at the woman, and made her take, out a key which opened the box. Inside the cash box were two five-dollar bank notes and some articles of jewellery, of all of which the first prisoner possessed himself Being informed by the presenteix that there was nothing more in the hoase, the first prisonor produced a guga piece of wood with tape attached-and warted to tie it over the woman's mouth: She begged him not to do so, and, pointing the revolver at her he said." If you bawl out, I will shoot you to death." He also said If you will not call- out I will not shoot you. Go into the cubicle," and he pushed the prosecutrix and her two daughters into a corner and left the honse. In the meantime, apparently, the second pri soner and the other man had gone; at all events the prosecutrix saw nothing of them after the first prisoner left, Information was given to the police by the prosecatriz, and, fater, she picked out the two prisonera from amongst a crowd of others at the Central Station. In connection with that identifien tion, it was an important fact, said Mr. Pollock, that the occasion of the robbery was not the first time that the prosecutrix had seen these man. Three or four days before the robbery she noticed the first prisoner on the roof at the back of her house. With regard to the woond priseber; according to the prosecutrix, on 1st June, some five or six weeks before the The race for the America Cap has been robbery, he came to her house and whitewashed it. On that occasion he was three or four hours postponed to the 1st of October.

in the house, and on the night before the robbery le again did some whitewashing.

THE MURDERER IN COURT. Czalgosz, the President's murderer, was arraigned at Buffalo to-day and refused to plead.

THE U.S. SECRETARYSHIP OF STATE

The New York Herald states that Mr. Hay intoade to resign his post as Secretary of State and that Mr. Root will be bis successor.

THE MARKETS. Liverpool cotton is in fair demand. American cotton shows a slight advance on quotations. Copper is in steaily demand.

REUTER'S SERVICE.

LONDON, 16th September.

EUROPE AND THE PROBABLE POLICY OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. The probable policy of President Boomvelt, is exciting the keenest enriosity, not autinged with apprehension, in Europe. His presidency ins blow to the party-leaders, who thought they had relegated him to obscurity by appotating him Vice-President.

AMERICA CUP RACE POSTPONED.

LONDON, 16th September. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S POLICY.

At na informal meeting of Ministers and friends held yesterday, President Roosevelt said that he favoured a more liberal and more extensive commercial policy of reciprocity, the the completion of the encouragement American-owned and built merchant maril Isthmian Canal, and conciliatory methods in connection with the arbitration of foreign

disputas.

ORDERS OF THE DAY.

HONGKONG SANITARY BOARD. A meeting of the Sanitary Board will be hold to-day, Thursday, 19th September, at 4.15 p.m., 1. Appointment of a Member of the Quarterly Inspection Committes vice the Honearable 2. Correspondenes relative to the temporary F. H. May on leave.

bath-houses.

3. Carraspondence relative to the use of 4. Present method of dealing with outbreaks latips in the Central Market of baixonia fever (plague).

5. Appointment of Inspector Farrell ny a third class Inspector of Nuisances.

Evidence having boon lad, the jury, without leaving the box, nasimonely found both pri soners guilty, and they were sentenced to thres years' hard labour each.

ANOTHER HOBBERY WITH VIOLENCE Chun Cheung pleaded not guilty to a chark of rollery by two or more persons. The jury

was the same.

His Lordship-It is not loaded now, is it ? Mr. Pollock-No, my Lord

N His Lordship-The reason I sak is that all the time yon are flourishing it you are pointing. it straight at me.

Mr. Pollock said it was loaded in sir chambors, but the cartridges had been extracted: The defendant's story at the Police Court wan watch and chain, it found he and not enough that he went into the shop intending to buy a mousy. Tie master of the shop and the jok then set upon him, and the former upset the lamp with his elbow. The revolver, added Mr. Follock belonged to an officer of the Royal Welsh Fasiliers, who would be called to prove

the bar employed at that the defendant, whilst racks, stole the weapon

Stanley Jonce, second lieutenant. Royn! Walsh Fusiliers, deposed that the defendant was formerly his boy, and was in his servios up till the 18th of last month. On the 19th witness saw him at the Police Court, where he was charged with atcollug the revolver. It was part of the defendant's duty to clean tho weapon Witness had no cartridges, and the defendant might have obtained the cartridges

the barracks, or have bought them. His Tordabig-Is that a service revolver?" Witness-Yes, siri

Mr. Pollock Are these cartridges (produced) ordinary service carteitiges P

Witnessay nebo stand Other evidence was lad, and the jury,

without

Asked if he had anything to ang in fris leaving the box ananimously found the prisoner guilty on both counts of the indictment. defence, the prisoner repeated the story he told at the Police Court,

His Lordship (to interpreter)-Tall him that the point he has to explain to the jury is how he came to have a loaded revolver in brix

The prisoner said, he went to show the revolver to a friend, but found him not at home. On the way back he went into the shop to buy watch and chain. The revolver dropped out of his pocket when the promontor and bis foli est upon him,

His Lordship-Is anything known, about me I mean to say he de daring-looking him F boy; he is smiling all the time. I don't think he is at all a repentsat sinners sal yakı

Mr. Pollock I am instructed that the pri- months' imprisonment for stealing the revolver. I understand he was sentenced on the 18th of August, y sener is already undergoing a sentence of two

In reply to a question as to whether he had anything further to say, the prisoner said le would leave the matter his Lordel discretion,

HONGKONG FOOTBALL CLUB

Ms Fellock said the robbery, an armed one, took place on 30th August at Homanteen, s

the prosecator, Ian Tain, and his wife, than small village on the Kowloon Peninsula. At Kwai, with their two small children and a folt seven o'clock on the evening of 30th August,

were having their evening meal when a man came up to Liu Tein and said "Ah Twin brother, how are you? The prosecntor replied Tam ant very well." The was then throw some papper in the eyes of the prosecutor, and

ho He was sentenced to one year's hurd labour on when the latter was thus rendered helpless tied his two hands behind him with some twine, the first count and to three yours on the second The man also gagged the prosecutor. Fourthe sentences to be consecutive.

This poncluded the Bessions other men were working in concert with the first man, because five entered the house. Three were armed with choppers, and they struck the prosecutor on the shoulder and denunded his money. He to them he had none, and they ransacked the house and took away vaticus articles of properly belonging to the prosecutor and his wife. It fur ther appeared that not only was the prosect tor bound and gagged, but so also wa his wife, who was dragged into the kiting the Club matabed, which wins blown down chen and had taken from her arms a pair twice by typhoons barly in the season

The promocator was of jadestone bangle.

A large number of interesting and closely struck on the side of the face with choppere. he was able to identify the prisoner in the and Bagby rules, and the form shown by but was not seriously hurt. Of the five robbers contested mstahes ver played moder Assonaties dock. His wife, however, who was very pri players was, if anything, better than that of

The six-a-ride Challenge Cop was won thrown in her eyes, was unable to identify any A. I. Lowe's loam. Me, W. H. Honar bably frightened, and who had also had pepper previous years. of the robbers. Un 31st August, the day on kindly presented six medals to the winning. ing the robbery, a man called at a pawn team in Queen's Head and pledged a pair of trousers,

The Club tean was defeated in the third

The following is the report of the shore Club for the season 1900-1902

The #scount shows a balance of 994.63 to the credit of the Club on August 3, 191

Considerable expense was ingarred in repairs

members of the particular race club construed. and it is easy to imagine circumstance when such a practice would be found to be very

A Chicago telegram of the 17th ult. inconvenient, to any the last of it. It may very pertinently be asked what jurisdiction

The re-enactment of the Chines exclusion law

6. Approval of the erection of three public absolutely prevents the obtaining of any have the stewards over the owners who are before it expires by limitation is opposed by latrines. statistics even as to the British trade alone not members, and though we do not presume the manfacturers in the East, and the indica- 7. Approval of compousation being paid for with Southern Chine. As far as we know for a moment that such authority would be

tions are that Chicago and Western minutaotice destroyed in a plague-infected hones.

8. Correspondence relative to the issue of the nobody has proposed any practical scheine by required it would put the ruling body in an

turers of goods marketable in China will take which the anomaly can be removed. In the anomalous position if they were not possessed

some concerted action to prevent a new law, certificate of occupation for the hontes to be simi ar to the old, being framed, Mr. Martin erected on Inland Lot No. 49.

9. Correspondence concerning the erection of absence of any reliable information, the of it. following rough approximation is given by

George M. Schilling, the round-the-world B. Maddo, president of the Illinois Manufac's shod for hawkers in front of Marige Lot 116 Mr. Scorr, based on the customs return walker" who visited Hongkong recently, turers' Association, believes Chirs promises to and Albany Strest.

Reems to have committed himself to unwise be the greatest market in the world for certain The import trade works out thus:-

"Opium, all of British origio, 669,6001; statements since he left China. For instance, products of this country. He said to-day: cotton piece-goods, 191,000l.; all cotton he said to an interviewer: At Shanghai IIt would not be wise to do anything that yara, except a small quantity from Japan, made an effort to walk to Peking and Tientsin, would injare our trade with the Orient. The I markets there will develop bach year, Labour 38 700L; woollens, $5,0001; refined sugar, at found things uncomfortably warm. 31,000.; the total of these items is 960,3001. managed to pal in on y thres hundred miles in ing men are in favour of an exclusion law, but This deducted from the value of the total the Yangtze Valley, and attempted to grit is probable many manningiarers will not foreign imports leaves 1,171,000!., of this at least one-third may be claimed as derived the Szechuan province, but the danger was ton approve vi les'stion that tends to estrange plague, and that Cleon Bids of realth are the police, whs insued 's warning to paw he Shield Fand shows a balance of 243.21-*

from the United Kingdom and British mob for a one-armed as to face, do I walked Irms promising market." Mr. B. A. Boar colonies and dependencies this gives back to Shanghai" The Yanese Valley is of the Eckhart & Swan Milling & ompany said: 299,000 in round numbers, At a low scarcely the direction a pedestrian would take On bred grounds the Chinese Exclusion estimate, therefore, of the 2,2,000 at if he wished to reach Pekin from Shang si Law Brems to be unjust, and for that resson I which the foreign imports were estimated and as the boundaries of Szechuan are between believe it should not be re-auscled. It is car by the customs, 1,850,000 inay fairly six and seven hundred miles from ›hanghai ittain to effect trade to some extent, and abould Is evident that if Mr Schilling only walked China alept modern iðns, which roms likely, elaimed as British

three bandre miles he got nowhere near the a mar et of great profit will be ready for good,

made in the United States. province he says he attempted to cross.

With regard to exports the case is differ. ant: Great Britain claims a comparatively

G. A. WOODCOCK, Secretary.

AGENDA.

The man who pledged the trousers was not the 1 Correspondence relative to the employment since identified by the prosecutor as his property prisoner, but next day the latter caled with 2 Quarantine restrictions

is pawaticket to redeem the trousers. In of rat catchers. Singapore against arrivals from Hong song.

inster reporting that Amoy is Bert free formation of the robbery had been conveyed to

r

Sow

being issued

withdrawn at

Correspondence relative to phguest 5. Letter reporting that Macao is now free from plague. wekanded Beptember 1st and th, 1961.

6. Mortality Returns from Macao for the Mortality Statistica for this clony for the wecke ended August 31st on September 7, 1800

& Lime-washing Be-ura for the fortnight

Conded September 16th 100LO

The rou es

brokers to be on the alert. tallying with the description supplied by the police of the stolen goods, the content of the shop detained the prisoner untila policeman arrived when he was arrested at taken to the station.

The pre-gator and his leg ce eridane, and were followed by the era, that iawnshop belakang who arreste Acting Captain Superintendent Central Police Station. Badeley, and ** surgeant-nde

round of the Shield Competition by "H" Co pany, R.WF, by 3 goals to LA

Seventeexams entered for the Shield Football Club. Competition, which was won by the Siege Train.

The Club now cabaity of $45manber During the year, 4 new member were plented. he agresth shunal disver took place at the Hongkong Hotel on the 6th April 1st, and 24 members were present

The kimmil general mesting for the purpose the of receiving combuft & report un ten part prisoner, wason and for smoting the com

Lo held olice officers for the forthcoming sou

the in the Cricket Pavlion on Thurs by Nepte

bor With nort et five o'clock,