CORRESPONDENCE.
[We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our ka pula, PUBLIC WORKS, PLAGUE, MAGIS- TERIAL ENQUIRY INTO JERRY BUILDINGS, &
TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS.”
Hongkong, 24th September. BIB, For the Information of the community will you be so good na to publish is an early issue of your paper the enclosed correspondence, which has taken place between the Government aid rageclf, and oblige.Yours, etc.,
T. H. WHITEHEAD.
(Enclosures.) ta Hongkong, 3rd September, 1901. DEAR SIR HENRY BLAKE,
THE HONGKONG DAILY FRES, WE NESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH, 1901
water works, reclamations, and the many. Ime portant, public works now in progres, and in contemplation, connected with the multation of the Colony. In consequence of the general increase in wages and the substantial incrOLSE in the cost of living which have recently taken place in Hongkong, I respectfully submit that a thoroughly efficient and capable officer cannot now be obtained at the salary of the office hitherto paid..
Toars very truly.
(-igned) 1, H. WHITEHEAD. His Excellency,
Sir HENEY A. BLAKE, G.C.M.G.
Government House, Hongkong, 9th September, 1901. DEAN MR. WHITHEAD,
H.E. the Governor desires me to no knowledge the receipt of your letter of 7th inat, in reply to his latter of the 5th inst. His Excellency wishes me to say that it would be inconvenient to deal with the mattere men. tioned in your latter by privats correspondence, With reference to the following Besound to suggest that your requests should be lution, of which I have given notico, vir:-
made though the Colonial Sectage, when they That in the opinion of this Council & will be dealt with in the usual course. throngbly experienced officer of Hirst-class ability in every respect and of considerable pro- fessional standing should be secured to Ell the oflen of Director of Public Works, and that this Conuigil would willingly entertain sny proposals which might be made by the Governmunt for the provision of a better story than that hitherto paid,
I understood frora your Excellency's remark that you were undecided as to whether the motion was in order, but in the hope that you will allow it, I venture to now make the follow. ing remarks, as the next meeting of Council inny not take place for some time.
The Public Works Department in the greatest spending Department of the Govern ment. The duties devolving on the Director of that Department are very responsible and most Important.
Those difficult and arduous duties must steadily increase year by year with the material progress and the ever expanding commerce of The Colony. If the plague can be kept away from Hongkong here is practically no limit to the further expansion of the trade of the pert which may safely be said to be yet in its infancy. The development of the New Territory in the Kowloon Peninsula (on which $736,571.34 of public money has heen expendedt from 1899 to 30th June last) must add largely to the duties of the Director of Public Works
The work of the office is now no vast in the aggregate that it appears to have already out. grown the capacity of any one man, however able, industrious, or energetic is may be."
In alert, the time appears to have arrived for the separation of purely sanitary and municipal work from the public works of the Colony. It is growing more rident every day that the granting of wanicipal powers to the tax payers cannot be much longer delayed.
In the interests of the trade and the shipping of the port I am convinced of the imperative necessity of now securing and appointing a thoroughly experienced clear, first-class in every respect and of considerable professional standing, to take charge of the Public Works Department and of the ever increasing duties devolving on that Department in respect of roads, streets buildings; sewerage, water-works, reclamations, and the many important public warks now in progress and in contemplation.
A batter salary than that hitherto paid is in- dispensable, and the Council should willingly vote the same.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) 1H WHITEHEAR His Excellency
Sir HENEY A. BLAKE, G.C.M.G.
Government House, Hongkong, 5th September, 1901. DEAR ME WHITEHEAD,
I quite recognise the important work to be performed by the Director of Public Works as an administrative official, and I have no doubt that this is fully realised by the Secretary of State in whose hand the appointment rests. I cannot, however, agree with you that the work of this small Colony cannot be properly super- vised by one Director of Public Works, a task that is being miccerafully performed in Colonies in which much larger works are being carried ont than hera
The question of a Municipality will not, I take it, be affected by the appointment of any Director of Public Works, who may be selected by the Secretary of State. Should that guess tion come forward, it will doubtless be considered by His Majesty's Government on its merits, on which I do not desire at present to offer any opinion,
Yours very truly,
(Signed) HENRY A, BLAKE,
The Honourable
T. H. WEITEHEAD.
Hongkong, 7th September, 1901. DEAR SIR HENET BLAKE,
I am to inform you, however, that the matter of the collapse of the housea is being very carefully looked into.
I am,
Yours sincerely,
(Signed) W. L WARREN, The Honourable
T. H. WHITEHEAD.
in
Hongkong, 12th September, 1901. DEAR CAPTAIN WARREN,
Your letter of 9th inst, laly reached me, which you intimated that His Excellency the Governor desired you to acknowledge ro ceipt of my communication of 7th iom I beg to express my thanks for His Exellency reply, and may be permitted to remark that the correspondence on those public estions, which desply boucern the interes of the community, can scarcely be regarded private. I propose la due course to forward a copy of the letters to the local press for publication, for the information of the members of the Hong kong. Goueral Chamber of Commerce whom I try to represent
I remain,
Youre very truly,
[Signed) T. H. WHITEHEAD. Captain W. L. WARREN, R.A.,
Private Secretary,
Government House
LICE COURT-
Tuesday, 24th Sentember,
HEFORE ME. HAZELAND,
ALLEGED CASE OF CHEATING.
* Befors MK. Kane
BESTENCE OR FRACTIOUS HOUSE-COOLIE.
His Worship meted out an exemplary son- fence in the case of a house-coolie employed by Mr. G, J. W. King, land-bellifi, Public Works Department. On Monday morning, taking advantage
of the absence of Mr. King, the coche turned upon Mrs. King, who was objec The hearing of the case wherein Ng Yanting to the unbusiness-like way in which he was Kum is charged with cheating Loeng Sa dolu bir work, and struck her with bis Kam, a fishing junk owner, in the sum of 822.30 clonchiol Est on the arm. He then esized a was resumed yesterday morning.
chair and attempted to strike her with it, but Mr. C. D. Wilkinson appeared for the prose was fortunately prevented by the cook, who at eption and Mr. Hoya for the defence.
that mormont entered the room. The coolie It will be remembered that in the above case
until the arrival
Sergeant Murison, who took with him to work on his junk as steerstaan, and him into onstodys took an sivanco of wages of $22.30, but failed to.
Ho was charged with two offences-(1) make his appearance and work for the term disorderly conduct and (2) assault. On the first his Worship imposed a fre of 210 or 14 agreed upon, to wit, 150 days.
dare hard labour, and on the second $25 of aix weeks hard labour.
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP
COMPANY, LD.
The following is the report for presentation to the shareholders at the Righteenib ordinary general meeting to be held at the offices of the Company, on Saturday, the 28th September, at
DOOM :**
THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN CLEMENS.
The circumstancos surrounding this douth of Captain Clemens excitedgreat interest amosgall foreign residents in China. It will be remember ed that deceased was found dead in his orbin aboard the Kwangping, on the morning of the 2nd of April last, shot through the head. On With regard to the debit balance of last the 13th of April a lengthy enquiry was held year, to meet which a sum equivalent was to be at the German Consulate, Shanghal, inte the transferred from the reserve fund to credit of ciraamatances of the death, and as a result of profit and loss account, the General Managers, this aquiry the Court found that death was after taking counsel's opinion, found that the either self-inflicted or sccidental. Many people Articles of Association did not permit a transfer who know Captain Clemens, says the N-C.
the cophiasnt alleged that defendant engawas sent to his quarter, where he was kept from reserve fund to weet losses, except only | Daily News, have been dissatisfied with this. such sum as had been expended in upkeep. reedict, in that it cast a slur upon the deceased's maintenance and repairs of steamers during the memory and was most distressing for his rela- tions, and it was further asserted that it might be possible to show that the deceased gentleman could not have committed suicide, under the circumstances.
Several witnesses were called for the prosecu tion. Yesterday morning the first was Chau A Sa, whose evidence in the main coincided with complainant's.
The lost witness, Li Tang Choi, another junk owner, testified to defendant having played
Lim a similar trick last year.
This concluded the ovidence for the prosenu- tion.
Mr. Hays, addressing the Court said, that he was prepared to prove that he bout fide cas ll been made out against his client. The facts, as girea in the evidence, did not at all refer to defendant. He worked on board fishing janks. He had never received wages from the persons who claimed they paid him. Defondant had been working for complainant's younger brother. This same younger brother gave defendant leare, after the completion of his sis months work, to attend to some ancestral worship. Advance of wages had been paid to bim in February. This advance was on wages from February to June, and defendant worked for the time, and got leave from his empleyer before he left the junk. When he returned, the junk had sailed. It seemed quite ustaral that as defendant had worked out his advance of wages, his employer after he left should wil His Worship-How about complainant's evidence?
Mr. Hoys-Your Worship is no doubt aware of the old plan in rogue among Chinese. If some one hus injured them and they can't get hold of thut some one, they catch hold of another. I do not know whether defendant had any quarrel with complainkat or complainant's relatives. He may have had, I do not know; but I submit that this is a trumped-up case. I may further remark that the money in question was never paid to my client.
Mr. Wilkinson-Your worship, a witness was called who had seen the money handed over to defendant, and my learned friend abstained from cress-examining him.
LATE TELEGRAMS.
NEWS YIA CETLON.
THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.
The sum, therefore, of $57,288.31, which was the amount expended on this account during that year, has been transferred from reserve fand to the credit of profit and loss account.
After paying all running expenses, premia of insurance, remuneration to the consulting committee and auditors' fees, there remains a net profit of $102,087.78: arrived at as follows:- Profit on working for the your... $109,209,26 Add amount tanisferred from the reserve fund, being cost of repairs, of upkeep and maintenance steamers during the year ended Jane 30th, 1990 ....
London, 3th September, The Daily Telegraph, in a despatch from Pretoria, says it is authorised to state that Lord Kitchener is not going home and will General Lyttleton replaces fish his task. General Hildrard, who has gone home on fur-duct debit balance brought for lough
ward from B0th June, 1900
ANOTHER CAPE DUTCH LEXISLATOR~ {"
ABRESTED.
The Cape Legislative Councillor Vanden. heever has been arrested on a charge of con cealing arms.
Two TRAINS DESTROYED NEAR KOHATIгoost. A forage train has been burned and another
Tondon, 7th September. derailed at Malalsene, on the Delagon line.
ESPIONAGE AT JOHANNESBURO. Many arrests have been made at Johannes.
borg intinding the former Third Public Precruter in the Transvaal, on charges of espionage, and it is believed, connected with ex-Governor Krause.
London, Sth September. TRAIN-WRECKING IN NORTHERN TRANBYAAL," Prominent burghers of Pretoria will be compelled to accompany the trains on the Pietersburg line to prevent train-wrecking.
MINES AE-OPENING.
Gensburg mine, in the Rand, restarts work this month with sixty stamps. The mines aro recruiting natire Labour in the Pietersburg district, with the permission of Lord Kitchener, and antives are aîriving freely.
A FEW CAPTURES.
reserve
57,258.31
One Shanghai morning contemporary records some very interesting experiments mude on board the steamer Kangping on the morning of the 16th inst. under conditions as early possible similar to those existing at the time of Capt. Clemens's death.
The first experiment was to test the sound and effects of smoke from a rifle shot fired in the captain's cabin. The skylights and windows of the caniu were closed, the cabin door loft
open and the chart room door closed, as was the case when Captain Clemons was found $166,496.57 deart. Mr. Forrester lay in the bunk and frad of the rifle, pulling the trigger with
$5,409.79
Net profit...
$101,087.78
The
fund
now therefore is 8173,899.07, after the transfor of the above SUM of 857,288.31.
The net profit, as above, it.is, with the approval of shareholders, proposed to appro priate as follows:
To write off, $41,087.78 from the book values of the Company's property on 3 th June last, and to pay a dividend of 6 per cent. on the capital of the Company, which will absorb further $60,000.00,
a
foot. The room was immediately filled with dense smoke which penetrated to the chart-room. Ten minutes later the three bluejackets, who hat not been in the room previously, entered and found that the cabin was still fail' of smoke, the smell of which could not be taken for anything but that of gunpowder. The sound of the shot could he heard distinctly in the chart-roch and on the bridge; indeed, standing on the bridge. near the wheel, one could feel the concussion to the feet when the shot was fired, and the repart was easily distinguishable as that of a gun This and all the experiments were made with cartridges exactly similar to that found in the weapon by which Captain Clemonts met his death. In order that each of those present should have an opportunity of hearing the report from different standpoints, more shots general that the sound was that of a gun and could not easily be taken for anything olte,
The next experiment was the firing of shot into a bag of matton which was placed where Captain Clemens head had lain. The reason for this was that it was thought that the fring A keen competition is still carried on by the
into fesh at close quarters might deaden the steamers of the Osaka Shosen Kaisha, who have, in addition to their steamers running to For: suund. The rife was fired with the muzzle about half-an-inch from the flesh, but in this case the wound was just the same as before and mosa-placed a regular boat on the Foochow line. thereby
Fort,
The General Managers carried quite as far, the mutton being scorched over a similar area to the burnt portion of have from time to time approached the manage-Captain Clemens's face as seen when the body ment of this line, with the view of advancing was exhumed in April. rates on the coast and at Taisni, but up to the present no satisfactory arrangement has been
The General Managers and Consulting Con mittee venture to hope that the result will be considered satisfactory, in view of the low and aprennerative rates which have continued to rule on cargo to and from the coast and Formosa, coupled with the high price of fuol
During the year, several of the Company's steamers have been chartered at times to the Gorernment, to which fact is due in very lurgo part of the proât now shown.
-Colonial Secretary's Once,
3rd September, 1901, SIB, I am directed by the Governor to in- form you that His Excellency having considered very carefully the terms of the resolution con- cerning the office of Director of Public Works, bound to cross-examine, a witnons, I may and prisoners General Barker's and General with thatting into the Company's trade
Legislative Council, has came to the conclusion that it is not in order and cannot de submitted to the Legislative Conucit..
I have the honour to be, Bir. Your obedient servant,
(Signed) C. CLEMENTI,
Acting Clerk of Councils
The Fausurable
T. H. WHITEHEAD.
Mr. Hays a criminal case, I am not
my client, and I may receive an answer I do not like.
His Warehin agreed with Mr. Höys, and then asked him if he was able to state where defend- ant was on the 3rd July.
Mr. Hays admitted that he was not, But he was prepared to deny totally complainant's charge. Continuing, he said he was prepared to prose how defendant received money in February and worked for it, and that on the third of July defendant could not have been Hongkong, 7th September, 101.
aboard Kuu His junk as alleged by DEAR SIR,
In proof of his statement I have been favoured with your letter the prosecution.
be called Bin Yung Tye, a seaman of a No. 28 of 3rd inst., intimating that you are dirooted by the Governor to inform me that Hishing junk, who lives in the same house at Excellency, having considered very carefully Shonkisan, and who had known defendant the terms of the Resolution concerning the for the past twelve years. offica of Director of Public Works, of which I gave notics at the last meeting of the Legisla five Council, has come to the conclusion that it is not in order and cannot be submitted to the Legislative Council. I beg to ask whether His Excellency objects to the principle of the resolation or merely to the wording theroof. If the latter will you be so good as to let me know what modification of its terms would ren der it in order in the opinion of the President of the Council?
I observe that you have marked your com- munication confidential which I presume has been done in error, as the same cannot be regarded as in any sense confidential. In the public interests I have given notice of a Leao Intion, but it appears I am to be debarred from bringing the resolution forward in Cosnell. The Members of the Chamber of Commerce whom I try to represent are sarely entitled to. know the ruling of the President of the Lod eil on the point, and I shall be glad to learn that the word "confidential" has crept into your letter by mistake. Yours truly,
(Signed) T. H. WRITERR&D. C. CLEMENTI Esq.,
Aeting Clerk of Councils.
This witness maintained that defendent received $25 advance from San Yu, the younger brother of complainant, and had worked for him for the same from December last year until the 4th June this year, when be received a week's leave. When he returned, the junk bad sailed. Defendant then went fishing in his sampan, but made no effort to get employment on another junk.
After a question by the Court, the evidence for the defence concluded.
His Worship at this point informed counsel for defcure that he believed the evidence of the However, the evidence as to prosecution. defendant having been on Kum Hi's junk was very unsatisfactory.
Mr. Wilkinson suggested that the case be remanded until it was possible to have Kam Hi in Court to take his evidence.
Mr. Hays objected, and the Court ruled that no remand could be granted on thore grounds.
Mr. Hays, addressing the Court on the legal aspect of the case said that to cheat, a man must commit au set that affects more than one, an act that affects the public. Even the charge of false pretences could not be brought against his client, sines to sustain it must be a pretence to an existing faot.
His Worship drew attention to a case quoted. by Roscoe, where a woman weat to several men and demanded money, and threatened that if they rofne, she should proclain them the father of the child with which ahe was en reinle,
were
Colonial Secretary's Ofice 11th September, 1901. Yesterday afternoon I was faróurad with your latter of 5th instant, in reply to my S1.In reply to your letter of the 7th inst., communication of 3rd idem, and take due note I am directed by the Governor to inform yon
Mr. Hays maintained that his casas differ of your Excellency's remarks. It's a fact (1) that, while His Excellency is at one with you that plague has been opidemic in Hongkong for as to the adrisibility of appointing an experient. In the case quoted several men Hix consecutive years, (2) that plague has e enced officer of considerade professional stand- approached by the woman. Of course, what tailed quarantine on the shipping of the porting, such appointments are in the hands of the one judge may consider to be cheating another and dissstrens remits on the commerce of the Secretary of State nui not of the Legislative does not. The great point was that by the act (3) that there is considerable overcrowd- Council, and it is not competent for an unofficial of cheating the public, or a large part of it, must Colony, ing in several of the districts in the City member to propose a resolution to the Legisla be affected. (4) that there is insanitation, defective sewerage tive Council involving expenditors of revenue. and drainage, and (5) that there are evidently 2. In reply to the second paragraph of your letter, I regret that my lotter of the 3rd instant in existence in Hongkong jerry-buildings.
was marked confidential by a clerical error.
I have the honour to be, Sir:
Your obedient servant;
(Signed) [ CLIMENTI.
Acting Clerk of Councils,
There was the collapse or tumbling down of Nos 3 and 34, Cochrane Street on the night of 14th alt, which resulted in this death of forty-thres persons and injury to many others. In regard to the latter collapse and the consequent deplor
T. H. WHITEHEAD.
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.
The O. & O. steamer Garlic, with mails, e left Shanghai for this port yesterday morning at 6 o'clock.
ablo loss of life, an eugning under Ordinance The Honourable No. 7 of 1889 was hell at the Magistracy, but the said enquiry, as reporter is the local press cannot be regarded as in any sens complete or satisfactory while the Magistrate's decision appears to me to be equally incomplete and unsatisfactory. The enquiry has failed to showr who is responsible for the jerry-building or the faulty construction of the said two houses, the collapse of which entailed the loss of forty-three liven? It wents to me that your Excellency would do well to cause the exquiry to be re- opened with the object of getting at the real Facts and the primary duse of the collapse of the two houses, also of asportaining the person or persons responsible for the grievous loss of forty-thres lives.
The O. &0. steamer Daric, with mails, &c. left San Franciscu for this port via Henetuin. Yokohama, Juland Sea, Kobe, Nagasaki and Shanghai, on the 21h inst.
The Indo-China steamer Kumaung, from Calentta and the Straits, left Bingupore for this port on the 4th inet, at voOR.
the 20th inst.
LIFE AND VIGOUE FOR THE HAIR-The only article which really possesses nutritions virtues for stimulating, and restoring the hair,
Beer hagers at Fouriesburg aud Witkop have been captured, with wagons, cattle, horses
proceeding to Betlehem.
GENERAL NEWS.
BRITISH AND GERMANE CY SHANGHAL
London, 6th September. A.Zimestelegram from Slianghai says that the British garrison there is reduced to one native regiment, and the Garman garrison of 800 is extremely retire, undertaking work indicative of permanent roupation.
„FROM_ONDURMAN TO MOMBASSA
London, 6th September, Majors Austin and Bright have arrived ut Mombassa from Omdurmes, having mapped the country. They experienced great hardships and lived for two months on transport animals. Of fity-nine Sudanese that started with them, only fourteen survived.
DISPUTE BETWEEN AUSTRIA AND ITALY. London, 6th September.
A complication luas arisen between tho Aus- trian and Italian Governments at the Vatican regarding the position of a Dalmatian College at Rome, which is under the protection ef Austro-Hungary, ka
THE NEW ADJUTANT-GENEBAL.
London, 6th. September, The Times states that freudra! Kelly Kenny will succeed Sir Evelyn Wood as Adjutant General
RUMOURS OF APPOINTMENTS.
London, 7th September. There is good reason for supposing that the rumour of the appointment of Sir West Ridge- way as the fret Governor of New South Wales under the Conimonwealth is a mere canard.
There is no special reason for expecting Lord Lamington to go to Ceylon.
SIR CLAUDE MACDONALD.
London, 7th September. Six Claude and Lady MacDonald have sailed for Japan vié New York.
WORLD'S SCULLLING CHAMPIONSHIP.
London, 7th September, In the Sculling Championship, Towns beat Gaudaur by fire lengths.
WHY THE TSAR AVOIDED PARIS.
London, 9th September. The crime at Buffalo has extinguished French hopes of the Tsar visiting Paris. The strictest surveillance on anarchista hae been instituted in France, and long lists of undesirables have been prepared, who will be arrested on bogus charges before the Tsar's arrival, and will be afterwards released.,
THE AUSTRIAN EXPEROR ON THE FRACE OF EUROPE. Mr. Hays continuing maintained that this
Londen. 9th September. case was not cheating, nor larceny, but simply
Emperor Francis Joseph closing the Han telling a lie. In support of the latter assertion
close anderstanding be quote I three or four cases tried in England. garian Diet, said that
Mr. Wilkinson asked his Worship to postpone with the Allies and the good friendly relations the esse, as he had urgent business to attend to of all the Pawers warrante the hope of a con and would make his final speech on any day-tinuance of peace. his Worship might appoint.
The case was remanded till Saturday next.
ATTEMPTED ARMED ROBBERY.
GENERAL RECTOR- MACDONALD.
Calcutta, 10th September. Sir Hector Macdonald, who is availing him This was a resumed hearing of the case of self of 90 days privilege leare. to go to New attempted armed robbery of two women in a Zoslind and Australia, starts on the 23rd bones at Hanghou? The evidence for the pro- instant. seontion was fuished at the last hearing, but the to call some witnesses to his defowlant wishing good character, the hearing had been rewanded till yesterday afternoon.
Keung Hop, a boilermaker, stated that he know defendant, and know him to be a good not know if he was a-good-man-still. map between the fourth and fifth moon, but did
This concluded the evidence for the defence and His Worship asked socused if he had any statement' to make, at the same time cautioning him that such statement would be use as evid ence against him.
Defendant stated that on the night in ques fion as he was walking along the street at Haughom he heard the cries of "Save life" He went to the foot of a staircase, he saw a girl surrounded by a number of people. Askul what was the matter, she answered there had been robbers, and after pointing at several is ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL. It removes men ahe pointed at him and said he was the souri, harshness, dryness prevents the hair robber Two witnesses for the presscation got being injured by illness, and should always bo hold of him, and be asked them why they used for children's hair; no other article in arrested him. He did not ren away but wont parts such a beautiful and dressy appearance to to the slation, where the sergeant searched the hair av BOWLAND'S MACASA On, and if him, but no arme were found on him.
The C.M. steamer Teenkas, from Glasgow and Will your Excellency kindly me to beLiverpool, left Singapore for this port on the furnished with a copy of the Magistrate's 20th just, and may be expected here on or about decision in question instead of my loving to wait for it until the next moeting of Conueit!
The local conditions-speaking generally are undoubtedly exceptional, and in many respects far from satisfactory In addition to the proceeding facts, it appears to me that there are other good and sound reasons which would fully justify the Colonial Government urging by telogram on the Secretary for the Colonies the iurperative necegrity of now securing and appointing a thoroughly experienced officer, first-tlas in every respect and of considerable professional standing, to the charge of the Works Department and at the ever
EXPORT CARGOS.
Per steamer. Heathburn, sailed on the 23rd Angast. For New York-6,183 pkgs: fre crackers, 500 bales cassin lignea, 389 cases black- woodware, 150 cases cassia, 50 cases bristles, 50
casos straw cuffe,. 30 esses dried lilies, 30 boxes humanhair, 9 cases Chinaware, 4,742 pkgs. merchandise.
Per P.&O. steamer Massilia, sailed on the 31st August. For Lendon opt. Manchester-300 bales waste silk. For London and/or Hamburg and/or Antwerp:-100 cases bristles. For Lyons: 350 bales raw silk. For Marseilles--100 bales raw silk, 2 cases feathers, 1 case silks. For London-347 rolls mats and matting, 218 boxes tes from Foochow 25 cases bristles, 35 boles taw silk, 7 cusiu silke, 4 bales privats effects, 5 cases feathers, I ease banting. I case
1 curios, I case silk embroideries. For Gibraltar -
1 case carios,
Par atramer Jupiter, sailed on the 1st Septem- be For New York:--10 cases bristles, 1,872. pling merchandise.
come to
The steamers of the Company have been maintained in a state of thorough efficiency, and are in first-class order.
The amounts appearing as freights due and accounts receivable on 30th June; have all been collected, with the exception of a sum of $18,727.16, still due from the late Amor Agents, which is gradually being reduced, and against which the Company-bus ample-security
CONSULTİNO COMMITTEE.
Since the last general meeting, the Hon. J. J. Keswick, and Mr. J. A. Mackay have resigned their seats, and the Hon. J. J. Boll Irving and Mr. C. H. Thompson have been invited to fill the respective vacancies on the board. The committee now consists of Messrs, R. Shewan, C. 8, Sharp, C. H. Thompson, and the Flor. J. J. Bell-Irving, who all retire in terms of the Articles of Association, but, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election!
-AUDITORS.
Mr. J. H. Cox having resigned his position as auditor, Mr. W. H. Potts has been asked to fill the vacancy. The present accounts have Potts who retire, but offer themselves for re- been audited by W. II. Gaskell and W. H.
election.
DOUGLAS LAPRATE & CO.,
General Managers."
The following are the balance-sheet and profit and loss account--
· BALANCE SHEET. For the year ended 30th June, 1901. LIABILITIES.
$ C Capital account:-20,000 shares at $70 1.000.000.00 Reserve fund.............. Underwriting account of the Company... Sundry accounts payable ... makata Unpaid dividend......... Unpaid bonus
Pront and less account
ASSETS.
Value of the Co. atramerk Hailcony, Forane, Hai- lan, Thales, Hinem, and Haiching at Swatow, Amoy, Tameni Value of buoys and moorings and Hongkong, steam- launch and wharf at Hong- kong.......
Loans on mortgage
C.
* 1.054,203.16
58,970.41
wore fired in the cabin, but the opinicu was
The remainder of the experiments had re- Ference to the pulling of the trigger with the toe and the arrangement of the bedclothes. A bluejacket lay in the tank, with the clothes arranged as they had been found when Captain, Clement's body was discovered. The man hu great difficulty in finding the trigger with his tor, and also found it hard to pull. In raising and bending the knee to pull the trigger i was seen that the bedclothes must be disarrang et. Another noteworthy fact was that in each use in whirk this experiment was made, the man's natural inclination was to
grasp the rifle firmly in both hands, the left at the muzzle and the right a little further dona, Whet Captain Clemeus was found dead, however, his right land was not grasping the rifle at all.
The whole of the experiments, says the Daily News, want to show that if Captain Clemeus dia commit micile, he did so under almost impos sible conditions, when far more easy ways were open to him.
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