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PEKING.

Peking, 13th December. 'VICEROY YGAN SHIH-KAI has returned to Paotingla. He failed to per- sando the Ministers to shandon the Provisional Government. It is a disappointment to him. He now intends to meet the Court on Its way.

EDUCATION,

In the educational fine, it should be mentioned that Profanor Gieter, of the Imperial Univer sity has opened up a French ches in the an- iverstiy buildings, following the example of Professor Allardyen in English.

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PEFSS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31st, 1901

COLONIAL PREMIERE TO CONFER.

Loudon, 12th December. Mr. Harton and Mr. Seddon have accepted ♣ proposed of Bir Wilfrid Laurier for a Con ference in Londen on Colonial questions on the occasion of the Coronation.

MAŬLADES'Ð TEAM WING THE FIRST- TEST ΚΑΤΟΝ.

London, 13th "Desember

The first test match between United Aus- taalia and Mr. MaoLaron's English Eleven commenced yesterday at Sydney on a perfect wicket. The Englishmen had the good fortune to win the tone, and stored 272 rans for six captain, Mr. McLaren, played

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EMGIRATION BOARDING-HOUSES

No Chinese plunger thall without the sanction of the Emigration Offloor be permitted to onbark in this Colony (other than as a first or second class passenger) in any Chiucas passenger ship on a voyage of more than seven days duration unless he or she has beau lodged in a boarding-house licensed under this Ordin once during a period of not less than 48 hours previous to the examination by an meer or Registrar General. Provided nover.

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3. After receiving such application the Emigration Officer and any person authorised by him in that, behalf shall be at liberty at all time to enter and aspect the ship, and the fittings, provisions, and stores therein, and say person impeding stok entry or inspection, or refusing to allow the same, shall be liable to flee nut exceeding one hundred dollars for each offence.

9. The Emigration Ofcer may, at any time,

"In the list of officials honoured for their wickets. The ton of 116. and T. Hayward hels that the provisions of this section shall enter and inspect the ship and the sccommoda-

mention of Hu Yu-fon, although he has done more work, and more unpleasant too, thari several who are remembered."

▲ STREET NUISAÑOR, There is considerable augysuce to both Chinese and foreignore, other than the Legation folks, in passing with carts, and especially loaded sorts along the streets. No one knows what street to take, for one is as objectionable as another. The main trouble is at the west end, where the American guard is stationed Even Sir Robert Hart is posterud.

SHANGHAI STATEMENTS CORRECTED..

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chance, W. G. Quaife stonewalled persis- 24 runs uneventfully; Mr. A. O. Jones scored only 9 rans, and J. F. Tyldesley 1 run. A. A. Lilley is not out with 22 runs. The fielding of the Australian Eleven throughout the day has been good.

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or any other person to produes the licence and ted that such lodging at a bearding-house as aforesaid may be dispersed with.

the ship's papers for his inspection, and, if he It shall be lawful for the Registrar General thinks nocessary after inspecting the ship's to license a sufficient number of it and proper papers, he may muster and inspect the Chinese persons to keep boarding-horses for Chinese passengers. umigrants or intending Chinese emigrants. 10. Where the intended passengers or any of Every such licence shall be granted for such them are under contract of service the Emigra and upon tion Officer ball take care that a copy of the The wicket in the big match at Sydney con- period not exceeding twelve mech terms and form of any such contracts, or an abstract of changed their lawless conduct and begun to lead? tinues to keep in perfect condition. Lilley and payment of such fee and opor Bround made a grand stand, both playing steady conditions as may be prescribed by any bye.theie sabatanos, signed by himself, is appauded Thoro are two or three things of general and attractive cricket. Finally they were out, laws to be made under the immediately succeed. to the said certificate, and in all csees if any of watching for opportunities to create riots and ANO PLAY MIRN. stalement in Shanghai which need correction. 1 Lilley for. 84 runs sid''Braund for 58 runs. ing section of this Ordinance Every boarding the passengers are in bad health, or insufficient have no intention to reform their lawless babits,

One is that a former President of a Board in 1898, who was banished for helping reform, Li Tunn-fon. is on his way back to Peking So far as we know here he is dead. Another state- ment is that He Ching-ching and Yuan Chang changed the wording of an ediet in Jums "kill foreigners to protect 1900 from foxigners." There is no proof of this here Neither of them was in the Cabinet, and so could not change the warding without it being known to others. They arned for peace and ridiculed the Boxers, and were punished in consequsuce. It is also uften eair that Yung Lu is a nephew of the Empress Dowager. We can flat mo support for this statement. There is no relationship beyond the fact that both are Manetas

THE MEIT HEE APPARENT. There is little quiet speculation as to the next Heir-appareut. There is some talk of Prince Chan, the younger brother of the present Empero. This is hardly likely, as he is of the generation, of the Emperor Kang Haul and

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London. 14th December,

Then Gunn with 2, Barnes with 25 not out, and Blythe with 20, carried on the English to 464 Tune- The Australians went in and scored led runs for the loss of 3-wickets goers

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1st Lonings

Mi. Maclaren (Hanis) Hayward (Surrey) Quaife (Warwick) Mr. Jessop (Gloncestor)

Mr. Jones (Notis)

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Lilley (Warwick)

Brand (Somerssi)"

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Barnes (Lancashire) not ont Blythe (Kent)

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AUSTRALIA.

* 1st Innings.

Total (for three wickets

404

103

LATER.

2nd innings.. England won by an innings and Australis made 166 1st innings, and 172

124 runs.

RECOGNITION OF THE COLONIES Îy The CITY OF LONDON,

London, 13th December,

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house keeper licensed under this Ordinsuse shall enter into a bond, in the sum of one thousand dollars, with two sufficient sureties to be approved by the Registrar General, for the

provided with clothing, or if there is reason to suspect that fraud or violence has been practised in their collection or embarkation, he may detain the ship, and, if he shall think fit, order all or any of the passengers to be re-landed.

15. The Emigration Offer may withhold his certificato or revoke the game at any time before the departure of the ebig, if it shall appear to his satisfaction that any particulars contained as he doonis expediout, with regard kept in, the application in writing which may have been furnished to him by or on behalf of the owners, charterers, or master of the ship iu relation thereto are untrue, or that the re- quirements of this Ordinance have not been complied with; and in every sach case it shall be lawful for the British Cousal, or if in tong kong for the Governor to seize and detain the ship mutil the certificato, if strendly granted, aball have been delivered up to be cancelled.

due observance of such terms and conditions.

It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to make bye-laws for the licensing, regulation and sanitary maintenance of such boarding-houses and by sach by-laws to re- gaire such register or other booka to

All such emigrants or intended emigrants. bye-laws when made shall be published in the Gazelle and when to published shall be us valid and binding as if contained in this Ordinance, Auf person committing a breach of any by-law mads under this Ordinance shall be cble, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars.

the

a new life, their old offence will be overlookel and ng dealt with. If old offenders persist in

they shall receive the severest punishment possible. It any one arrests a rioter und brings him to the preser authority or reports a rioter to the proper athority for his arrest, he shall be rewarded according to the regulations at

any-one dates to harbour a rioter, or hand, if sell to this proclamation. On the other plate with him against the peace, he shall also be dealt with according to these regulations. After the issuance of this proclamation, if the evil. doare still refuse to change and amend their ways, I shali bo obliged to make ase of the large army under my command and at my disposal. Let them take wataing and become peacesti

1-Those who spread disquieting and infam- people at once. The regulations are as follows mable reports to mislead the people, shall be dempitated.

Those who tanch people Bozerism as well as those who practise the arts of Boxeris shall be decapitated.

3. Those who commit robberies in gangs and those who not violently with fire-arins shall be decapitated.

16. The master of every British Chinese In the case of every Chinese male inmate of s boarding-house under the age of sixteen years passungar ship shala, ducing the whole of the I voyage, make issue of provisions, fuel and in the case of overy Chinega female inmate of a boarding-house who has declared to the and water, according to the aforesaid dietary 1 the passengers except such as have keeper of such boarding house his or her inton-scale, to all the

4-Those soldiers or braves who plot to tion of emigrating, such keeper shall apply the supplied themselves therewith, and shall not Registrar General with return giving the make any alteration except for the manifest

with them shall be decapitated. number, names, and descriptions of all such advantage of

in respect them as aforesaid, or

5. Those who harbour or conceal lawlere passenger ship by which they intend to proceed of the means of ventilation, and shall not il-use people, shall be imprisoned for five years and intending migrants, the name of the Chinese space at of the passengers, in respect of the gether with the Boxers or are in communication and such further particulars concerning the the passengers, or require them (except in case

8. In all these villages where there are said intending emigrants as the Registrar of necessity) to help in working the vessel; sud have their property confiscated. General may, from time to time, direct, and this shall, in cases where a Medical Officer is not Boxers or other lawless people, the gentry and return must be supplied at least 24 hours before carried, isme medicines and medical comforts, the tipas should lose no time in reporting them as shall be requi ite, to the beat of his judgment to the proper authorities, failing which the the

the Registrar General and examination by shall be in such form as he may arcet. And shall call at snob porte as may be mentioned

-All those houses in which altars areset similar return shall be supplied by sack keeper in the Emigration Quicer'a stearing certificate gentry shall be imprisoned for one year and the to the Emigration Officer, at the time of their for fresh water and other necessaries; and shall tipo for three years. examination before him, of all emigrants other carry the passengers without unnecessary delay

shall be coatlacated and the altars pulled down." to proceed.

17. Before the arrival of any British Chinese In such cases, if there are informants, the other than females.

senger ship at the port for which the money realised by the confiscation shall be

given them as rewards, sugers have embarked the master shall canue

8-Those who captare a Boxer loader and the said pangere to be mustered for the

rewarded with Tls. 200. Five common Boxers

Emperor Tang Chih. Neither of these would be any nearer having a descendant to offer worship and ascrition. As Fu Chng was chosen becanes he was of the next generation, so the now choice will continue in the subé generation: Still it is hardly likely that any of the brothers of. Prines Yan will be chosen. The family of the one Fifth Prince, or Prince Tuan, is notoriously rasctionary. Who, then is the inan? Already in October,

war taterraphed that

A dioner was given by the Gresham Com- choren, This

may be

Lau Poitano or Lun Pei-lé, La., Prince Pa Lan, is s grand mittes last night, Sir Robert Rozers being the son of an older brother of Emperor Haien chairman, and the Lord Mayor being present, with representative Colonial gathering. Sir Feng, Prince Tan, Prince Kung and Prince Charles Tannant (or Bir Darid Tennant, Agent. thaa inales under the age of maleen years and | to the destination to which they have contracted up by the Boxors to lasch or practise their arts | Chun-4th, 5th, 6th and 7th sens of Emperor. Tao Kuang. Prince Lun bas been with the General of Cape Colony] in a speech said he Court and is acceptable to the Empress hoped that the war would one immediately after Dowager. He has a younger brother, P the reassembly of Parlament. Sir Rogers Tung, who has also been mentioned, is nearly dwelt on the magnificent revelation of love and cave loyalty of the Colonial ebildren for the Mother of the same ago at the Emperox, and is were during tho South African orisis, the shall obtain or attempt to obtain by fraud, inti- purpose of ascertaining that there are, none on / bring him to the proper authorities, shawl be in sympathy with reform. The grandson of

Prines Kang, who in the present Prince emory of which will be ineffaceable in the midation or force the shipment of any Chinese board who are not in possession of an emigra | shall be considered as equal to Boxer leader,

Inter over twenty, and of fairly good manners and good intentions, but of no marked ability. In caso the present Prince. Chun should have a son, there would be possibility of choosing the infant, and having a Regency-NC. Daily News

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THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

London, 13th December. RECRUITING ENTHUSIASE IN CANADA.

The Canadians are mobilising at Halifax, and will embark for the Lage on the 10th January. The departure of the quotas from different towns has been marked by scenes of enthusiasm equalling the departure of the first Contingents, NEW NATIVE LAHOUR LAW. A new law respecting zative labour has been prompigated. It abolishes the severities of the old law, and creates strong paternal surveillance

dwelt upon the political and commercial impor. tance of the projected exhibition of Colonial pro. daste in the Royal Exchange under the auspices of the Gresham Committee, which is practically the first step in the recognition of the Colonies by the City.

THE NIGERJA CAMPAIGN,

The keeper of any boarding house. who shall er other particulars required by this Ordinance knowingly furnish say fales or incorrect return er by any bye-law mads thereunder, or who

and say person siding of abetting such keeper in so doing shall be inble upon summary conviction before a Magistrate to a fine not exceeding are hundred dollars or to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a term not exceeding one year, and say such keeper and his sureties shail also be liable to the enforcement of his and their such keeper may be band, and the cooled by the Registrar Central suspended or cancelled

information which leads to the capture of a

Boxer leader or a common Boxér shall rensíve half the reward accorded to those who both captare, and bring a Boxer to the proper authorities.

tinn soutract ticket included in the gration Ofoer's certificate and detailed list of passengers if any such are found it shall be the day of the master to hand them over to the proper authority to be dealt with according to

9As Boxerista will flourish or decline law.

18, The master of every British Chinese passenger ship shall, within twenty-four hours after his arrival at the part of destination and according as the Magistrate of a district in which Boxeriam exists works energetically or at any part of call, produce his emigration papers to the British Consul (if any) at such not in suppressing it, it will be made a rule port, or where snob port shall be in Bis future that all those Magistratee in whose Majesty's dominions then the master of every jurisdictionx Boxerism happens to revive Chinese passanger ship shall produce the said shall be considered as plotting together with 10. The principal object of these regulations papers to any fear appointed or authorised Ofice or other place appointed for that purpose lawful for auch Contal or other offer to enter buing to prevent the revivification of Boxerim at the examination to be held by the Registrar and inpect such ship, and in case the master future, all those who formerly led the life of obstructor rofase to assist him a Boxer, but have now changed and tended General, sud shall then furnish the Registrar shall Colonel Badlar, Consul in Semalland, veral with two copies of the photograph of in the discharge of shơh duby, or shall without their conduct, shall be no longer regarded as, been appointed Commissioner of Ugands.

London, 18th December. Four columns of 400 each are operating against the Aros in Nigeria. One column captared a native stronghold on the let ultimo, killing eighty. The areas attacked the camp of another column on the 30th, but were repulsed, losing heavily. SIE H. JOHNSTON'S SUCCESSOR IN UGANDA.

London, 18th December.

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female emigrant, the name, age and number of the said emigrants, the name of the ship by which they are going, and the data, untered on the back as well as a list of such intending emigranta setting forth the name, sex, age, destination, cccupation and such other parti- by the Registrar General.

London, 14th December. A dolegation of Russian agriculturials, headed by a high affuist, is at present visiting England, and to-day lunched at the Mansion House Replying to toasts, the Russians emphasised over native London, 14th Decome the anxiety to promote friendship and trade. calars as may from time to time be required

with Great Britain.

THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS, SA The mortality among whites in the Concentra tion Camps in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony daring October and November was 5,963, of which 4,904 were children.

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Now Zealand has offered a fresh contingent of 1,000 men for Bouth Africa.

Canada has offered to make her new con tipgent 900.

OKCIL RHODES OF RACE HATRED.

Mr. Ceail Bhodes, in a long letter to the Daily Telegraph, says that the only sure meaps of radicaling, race hatred in South Africa is the settlement of large numbers of suitable Britishers on the land there.

London, 15th Decexéber.

A GALLANT DEFENCE.

Throughout the defance of Tontelbosch Kop, which was attacked by Commandant Marits between the 27th ultime and the 4th instant, the Boers had command of the water supply for which the garrison, which only consisted of twenty men, bad to fight nightly. The garrison had three kilkd and Afteen slightly wounded Four Boers were killed and 25 wounded, which, as abeady wired, included Commandant Marita, severely wounded.

THE LATEST CANADIAN CONTINGENT, The War Office has accepted the offer of additional Canadian troops,

Calette, 18th December.

TROGRESS OF PACIFICATION,

The London correspondent of the English

FRANCE AND ITALY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.

London, 14th December. The Italian Foreign Minister in the Cham- ber of Dopaties stated that France. had given Italy the most frank and satisfactory assurances concerning her policy in the Mediterranean and at Tripoli. France has no thought of cutting the caravan routes from Tripal to the interior, and mutual confidence has become the rals in the relations of Italy and France. NAPLES TO BE A MANUFACTURING ORNTER.

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papers as aforesaid, he shall be liable to a fine of five hundred dollars, and the ship may be detained by the British Consal, or if in His until each fine shall have been paid and the Majesty's dominisus, by the local Government, sigration papers shall have been given up.

The calamities brought on the country by the Boxer insurrection of last year wore indeed appalling. The Imperial Ancestral Temples were shaken to their very foundations; Their Majestics the Emperor and the Empress- Dowager wore compelled to flex-for-relage

AN IMPORTANT PROCL AMATION. H. É. Yaan Shikdi, the Acting Viceroy Every person who falsely and deceitfully personates or aids and abeta in fasely and of Chibli, has just issued a very important decifully personating an emigrant or intendamation, which reads as follows ing emigrant at any attendance beters or examination by the Emigation Officer of the Registrar General, required by any law or regulation for the time being in force relating to Chinese emigration, aksil be guilty of a mis demeanor and shall be liable, upon summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars or to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a period not exceeding six months or to both. London, 14th December. Biggor Zandelli in the Italian Chamber

Section 33 of the principal Ordinance is announced numerous measures for the econohereby repealed and the following new section mis improvement of Santhern Italy, including is hereby substituted therefor rednotion of the land tax, the construction of 33. On every oucasion of the delivery to any

wo lines which will redues the journey between Rome and Naples to two and a half hours and the constraction of aquaduets in Apulia. intended to make Naples a manufacturing centre.

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anan, telegraphing on the, 15th instant, statee The Hague yesterday and drove to the Puizce of being influenced to emigrate hy false rep followers have been captured and brought to

Queen Wilhelmina and her busband visited the Queen's mother in an opent earrings. Thuy were euthaiastically sheezed.

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Throughly reliable preservative for Wood Bayance under false pretences:

11-All those who wilfully sccuse their they entertain an old spite against them, shall Rot, and Dampness.

Bole Agents for China, be themselves considered as Boxers and punish. peaceable neighbours of being Boxers, becanse and Stone against White, Auta, Decay, Fangue

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from the Capital; the officials were driven ont of fice and scattered all over the country; and the common people were rondered homeless and tramped upon as if they wore dust and atent diametere These wore ashes. to which the country was ever such bitter experience, the whole nation should wake up and deeply, deplore the suicidal out- break which has brought the Empire to the those who have escaped the meshes of the law verge of destruction. Of the many offenders. ought to regent of their harmful conduct and begin to lead a new life. But to my great 4.) In the case of every malo passenger surprise, it has just been reported to me by the under the age of sixteen years and of every officers of the garrison at Chichou that that female passenger attend with him or her at the district still abounds with lawless and seditioun office of or other place appointed by the people who are so audacious as to spread all WINE OF THE VERY HIGHEST terited Chinese publications.. Legistrar General, in whose presence the sorts of disquieting and inflammable rumours contract ticket shall be delivered to such everywhere in order to lead the people astray passenger and who shall explain to all such And to make them join in a reballion passengers the true intent and meaning of such against the Government. Fortunately the contract ticket with the object of ascertaining local officials were on the alert, and the that

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enjoy peace, such passengers the time intent and meaning against this, how could the good people certaining that they understand where they s number of regulations to that effect. are going and that they are not soting under Let it be clearly made known to the people that. complain nor being infinessed to emigrate since I entered upon my official career, I have always been a sfere friend to virtue and an by false representations*

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THE shore Company is prepared to apply The goods with PURE best of the play in the first half, but there was small Polynesian lelet. It appears that he was

more than even pletely suppressed them. I am particularly an- no score. The defence on both sides was sound charged with being intoxicated when he should or proceed to sea on a voyage The Oxford three-quarter line was a fins com have been performing his duties, and that a days duration unless the master thereof shall is to see the people in my diction behave bination de Cambrides pas tackled court-mits tiel was ordered: Pes this parpons have received from an Emigation Often copy orderly at the present more the Court is sod FILTERED WATER both for dock and

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Call Flag W Orford somed two warships have been dispatched bearing of these regulations and certificate in the form on its way back to the I have made siersa Jollers Bound ball Two tries, Mr. Crabbie she captain, crossing three admirals and all the necessary legal im contained in schedule (modified where now regulations with in to clearing the pro- the line both times. Mr. Strand Jones con pediments. The estimated ont of the expediary to comply with the Regalations), nor vince of all bad character These regulations verted the second dry into a goal. Cambridge tion will be £30,000, which seem rezy respect until the master shall have entered into the have already been sent to all the prefectura] failed to score, and Orford won by one goal able mam to spend on deciding whether a man hond prescribed by section IV of The Chinese and district cities within my farisdiction: 10

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that everything points to the progress of the pacification of the Transvaal It is hoped that a fourth of the mining industry will be in full awing by the end of Februn

KRITZINGEE'S KHÉRAT, Commandant Kritzinger has issued a pro alamation assorting that the Boer ennexation of a portion of the Cape Colony in 1889 is still in fall force, and threatening summary punish ment on those inhabitants helping the British.

GENERAL NEWS.

DIFORD V. CAMBRIDGE AT FOOTBALL.

London, 11th December.

CHAMBERLAIN OF HIS ATTACKERS,

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Mr. Chamberlain, writing to the Birmingham Unionist Association, attributes the personal attacks on him to the disorganisation of the Opposition whose members having "neither trusted leaders nor a commen policy are driven by lack of arguments to abuse."

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