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that is not likely to find ready acceptance with the Chinese officials, for it is certainly calculated to reduce the army of parasites that now prey on the industry of the people. It is also probable that the man darins would oppose the granting of any

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS FRIDAY, JULY 4ra, 1902-

The Russo-Chinese Bank will pay a dividend of L1⁄2 roubles.

At the Kobe Ragatis on the 27th ult, Shang- hat best Kotw is the Double Scule by three lengths.

Gun practice will be carried out from the Belcher Batteries on the 15th inst., at targets in a north-westerly and westerly

direction

practice to comments about 8:30am

Riots have occurred in two places in fle province of Chollade, Corsa, owing to the extortious of tax-collectors. Thros Japanese residents were killed in one place, and some fialermen in the other.

D.8.0., has been recalled home by the War Major-General Sir Arthur Dorward, K.C.B. Office, receiving the order on his return to Shanghai from Japan on the 25th inst. General Dorward left, Shanghai by the Empresas of Japan, and should arrive here to-day,

We read of a German bataniat discovering on the Bismarck range of mountains, German New Guinea, whole forests of gutta-percha trees" of the species which in Latin is called guita merah We wonder what sort of

Now shares at 103 have beon ised for the Shantung Railway.

The refering troops for the East Asiatic German Brigade have left Germany.

was to be read befors the meeting of the Royal_ 1-A paper on " Our Future Colonial Policy " Colonial Institute on the 10th ult. by Me Archibald R. Colquboun."

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Mr. J. O'Neill, Deputy Expense. Account Officer, Hongkong Naval Yard, has been vice Mr. Townshend, appointed to Hongkong. appointed to a similar position at Portsmouth

TELEGRAMS.

"DAILY PRESS" SERVICE.

VROM OUR SPECIAL CORELSPONDENT.} FAR EASTERN AFFAIRS.

LONDON, 2nd July, 7.5 p.m. RUSSIA AND NEWCHWANG Lord Cranborne, in answer to a question by Sir Charles Dilk iu the House of Commons, said that Great Britain had not

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(We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents,}

WATER BIEL. SOME CRITICISMS AND SUGGESTIONS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS.

Hongkong, 2nd July.

water, but sufficient even without aagmentation In Hongkong we have only a limited supply of of the present sources of supply to afford every que, with reasonable economy, enough for every

The refit of the Centurion, battleship, which Protested against the collection of lekin by legitimate purpose the whole year round. has extended over a considerable period at Russiant Newchwadig. It was expected that Portsmouth, is to be completed at an early an agreement would shortly be conchided

date. No official 'announcement, howevor, han

From. June last year to the end of May this Colony for many years, yet in that period therm your was the dryest season ever, known in the

yet been received, as to the future destination whereby Russin will restore Newchwang towere actually distributed from the reservoirs of the vessel.

As the result of the agitation by the members of the local Fire Brigade for an increase of pay a matter which was rat mooted in the Daily

Chius

THE PHILIPPINES BILL SIGNED.

trade. What would happen if an additional Latinity-it is certainly not the valgo Press, the Government bave offered, in addition the Committee's Philippine recommenda. population of Victoria and the Peak District.

ten per cent. were now imposed it is not easy to predict, but we may safely assort that the import trule would become exceed ingly restricted. The extra taxation could only be borne synchronously with a large development of trade and the concession of facilities for conducting it with conomy, expedition, and safety.

Mr. LITTLE shows how the concession to navigate the Upper Yangtare has been

eu kortennia variety.

Both Houses of Congress have adopted

tions, and President Roosevelt has signed

to the men's ordinary pay of $9 per month as Are they attend. The concession is not favour: the Bill firemen, to gmat them a dollar ech for every-

missionaries. This includes the wives. The There are in Japan at the present time 757 total number of baptisms last year was 3,139.ably viered. The church membership at presont is 42,451. There are 433 churches. Of these, 95 are wholly self-supporting. The Sunday schools number 949: ant bara 36.310 scholars. The contributions for a year were $31,11425.

According to a Times-Mercury, telegram of

sitors to London from India, because the least The most interesting of the Coronation - used to travel, is the Maharaja of Jaipar, who arrived in London on the 3rd alt, together with bir kansehold god. This Prince claims to bo directly descended from Kamis, the legend

rendered null and void by the fact that the 20th ult, the Lance and the Britishary Indian hero and King, and is doing avery. |

CLARET, SHERRY AND PORT registered stearner has to sail from Ichang

AUSTRALIAN WINES-

to Chungking under scaled hutcher and not at liberty to trade at the numerous way ports. Foreigners are also precluded from leasing land at the rapids in order to affect improvements for the ascent of these obstruc tions, and thus the concession is rendered: practically worthless. Similar conditions The Finest Beer brewed in America." [clog the so-called concession of the naviga

RAINIER BEER

ÆRATED WATER:

Absolute Purity Guaruleed.

CIGARS, CIGARETTES, &c, &c.

Medical Journal publish a clinical history of His Majesty the King's illness. Both give a hopeful view of it, and ask the public to discredit all the wild rumours that have been circulated. The bulleting sincere, and the King is suffering from perity- are absolutely pulitis and nothing else. The first symptoms showed themselves on Friday, the 13th ult...

tion of the inland waters negotiated some

1901 koems to bo a very had year, in the mat three years ago by Sir CLAUDE MACDONALD, hearing of grave outbreaks in the North, and ter of epidemies, all over China. We have been and both on the Yangtaze and up the West much the same is the case over the Ronth. River the privilege has been reduced to 4 Now cholers-spd plague are reported terribly farce by the imposition of regulations bad in the country districts near Amoy and the which debar steamers from calling at coast line. Neither has entered the more dis- way-ports if bound to a Customs port.tant inland centros, but every day brings news What is wanted is perfectly free havi- of fresh victims in place within 8 to 10 miles gation of inland waters after payment of the coast both north and south, though it is

thing possible to preserve his cants futact from the contamination of foreign travel.

THE KING'S PROGRESS.

OFFICIAL TELEGRAM.

that in the male to Mr. Alfred Holt of the Chisiderable pain, is now much less troublesome

It is reported in the home pagern just to hand

Mr. Helt is only acting as agent, the real pur, na Mutual Steam Navigation Company's ships, chaser being Mr. Hill, the president of the Great Northern Railway of America. Mr. Hil........... who is having the two huge ateamers being built to his order for the Pacifle trade, will add the Mutasd boats to the Seattle run.

In tho. House of Commons on the 5th ult,

and began immediately to beat His Majesty's conrage and patience have called for the greatest admiration. The Queen has been in constaut attendance in the sick-room, where utmost quiet la enforved, Mis Majesty sea- ing to correspondence and being approached en no affairs of State or business. I do not propose to telegraph again unless any im portant change occurs."

over 1,200 million gallons of water quantity which if it had bean spread evenly over the year would have giren over 31 million gullons a day, or about 16 gallous a head a day to the

olent last year and why larger quantities harə The reason why the quantity was not suð- not been satoient in former years to avert a serions shortage in the supply at the end of the dry season, is known to be the oxcessive. consumption in dwelling.houses in Victoria. In both the Peak Distriot and Victoria water

We received last night from the Colonial is laid on to every house, but in the Peak Dis- Secretary a copy of the following telegram, trist the supply to each house is measured by from the Secretary of Statos London, to Goyetar and excessive consumption has to be paid for, while in Victoris there is no effective cheek erner, Hongkong, dated 3rd Julgi-

of any kind on the quantity of water used. "His Majesty the King reported to be making

The system under which water is supplied in steady progress in every respect. The wound, Viotorin having thus been proved unsuited-to-

the clear duty of the Government to try to the drawing of which has at times caused con- the viruumstances of the Colony, it has become

devise some scheme whereby excessive con- shacked, while most of the available supply is sumption, or in other words waste, may be distributed-for water hoarded la no dar to any one. This should be done as far as possible without imposing on such householders who do not use more than their fair share of water any greater burden then they .e already called up ou to bear in the form of the 2 per cent. water rate, which is supposed to, and I believe in fret does, cover the annual cost of the water-supply of the Colony. It is perfectly fair and reasonable to punish householders who abuse the privilege of a house-10-bausa sapply, by charging them heavily for the water they waste or use in excess of their fair share or by

leaving them to draw water for themselves from public fountaius; but it is unfair and unreason- able to give them in return for the rates they pay lean thau a fair proportion of the available

REUTER'S SERVICE.

LONDON, 1st July. CRONJE SIGNS ALLEGIANCE, Great Britain at St. Helena,

THE BONFIRES.

in reply to Mr. John Hutton, who asked the Secretary to the Admiralty whether his atten tion had been directed to the efficiency, of the shooting of the Barfleur und Terrible, obtained. under the system of instruction invented by Captain Peroy Bontt, C.B., of the Porrible, and uf duties at the first Customs port lest in Amoy itself.. Boochow too has been whether the Admiralty-would isene Captalo Cronje has signed the oath of allegiance to cutting off the supply to their house and Bott's models and apparatus to other slips in on the river if from a foreign port, or ut severely afflicted. Epidemios of diptherin, soarlet the Navy, so as to have the system thoroughly A. S. WATSON & CO. the port of embarkation of each other in quick succession. Thossude of stated that the Admiralty is fully acquainted fever. smallper and cholera having followed upon tried and reported upon, Mr. Arnold Forster

The bondres throughout the United King people have died from these diseases, and the with the excellent results of the Bring on the dom ware started last night by a huge rocket is gallantly fighting this latter question. cholera seems to be of a very malignant type. Bardeur and. Terrible, und with tho, still better sent up from the Great Wheel at Earl's Court water,

In addition there has been an usual amount of results recently obtained on board the Crescent typhoid and other fevers in Soochow

on the North American Station. The Admir elty here recognized the desirability of extend ing the use of Captain Scott's system, and have taken the necessary steps to supply the apparatus to such an extent as may be necessary.

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BIRTHS.

of 1. G. COLLINS, of a daughter. Baltimore and On the 3rd July. at Dunford," Peak, the wife 1859 MULLER, the wife of BERE MULLED, Dissctor of On the 23rd May, at Viemia, FRAU ERWIN the Siam Candle, Land, and Irrigation Company,

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HONGKONG, 4th July, 1902,

Chinese treaty-port. Dir JAMES MACKAY

P.

The following passage, which cocurred in the House of Commons on the 3rd uit., leads up to the telegram from our London correspondent which we publish in today's issue:Sir C. Dilke asked-the-Under-Secretary for Fortiga

Ho recognises plainly enough the farcical nature of the concession made to Sir CLAUDE MACDONALD and is working steadily to convert it into a real privilege which will not only benefit foreign trade bat be of enormous advantage to the Chinese as well, in developing trade and opening up the resources of the country. Finally, if the import trade is to receive a genuine and present position of negotiations as to New- lasting stimulus, we must work for the ohwang. Viscount Cranborne: By the con incrence of China's exports. Under present vention between Russia and China aigned on conditions there is little chance of their April 8-Rumia has agreed to ersonate within expansion, for the export duties are in inany six loonths from that date the south-western cases almost prohibitive. The tea trade portion of the province of Makedon up to the

Affairs whether he would state what was the

THE CORONATION ADDRESSES. Members of the general public who are de sirous of witnessing the presentation of Addresses sent at 4.80 p.m. leads of Government and at Government House to-morrow may be pre Navy and Military Departments, and members of the Coronation Committee, with their wives, dress is de régear.

LONDON, 1st July,

PRINCE KOMATSU-> T.R.H. the Duke and Duchess of Connaught.

Prince Komatas, lunched yesterday, within Victoria the progomis in the Government, To check the excessive consumption of water Water Bill seem the most practical that can be suggestel. They are, pat shortly, to give house owners the option either of having the supply tenants draw their water from public fountains to their houses disconnected and letting their (which are to be provided in "plenty) or of paying for the excess used above a quantity having the supply measured by meter and proportionate to the ratable value of their touses The distinction between "domestic" and "non-domestic supply is at the same time The Colonial Contingents under the command whatever purpose it is used for. But the abolished and the charge for water is the suras

THE KING'S PROGRESS. The bulletin femed at søven this evening says that the advancement in the condition of His his appetita is improving. The dressing of Majesty during the day is maintained, and that the wound is less painful, but His Majesty is easily fatigued with the lonet exertion.

INSPECTION OF COLONIAL CONTINGENTS.

has in greut measure been killed by the River Line, and to hand the railways over to are asked to be in attendance at 4.15. Fall of the Duke of Connanght have been refewed quantity as provided in the Bilt that way

vines of Mekden, which includes Newchwang China, and within a further period of six months to evacuate the remainder of the pro- and the province of Kirin. Sir C. Dilka: Can the noble lord say whether thers has been a hitch since that time in regard to the railway Viscount Crauborue. I am afraid I must ask action of that question,

THE TAMBA MARU" AGROUND.

+

available.

excess of a quarterly allowance, which st 50 cents per 1,000 gallons would be equal to per

the said tenement.”

at the Hse Guards. The contingents from be used free of extra charge is far too Borneo, Singapore and the Straits Settlements, small for the needs of the population and Hongkong, and Weihaiwe were among those absurdly disproportionate to the total quantity (Captain T. W. Wale) ran agronad yesterday and great crowd lined the route of the parade, The Nippon Yusen Kaishia 6.9. Tumba Maru present. The utmost enthusiasm. prevailed,

while leaving the Harbour for Japan. She

THE GOVERNOR OF INDO-CHINA, By the Bill "excesi consimption" is thus had been lying alongside the Kowloon Wharfister at Peking, to be Governor of Indo-China

The appointment of M. Beau, French Mimeter as having been used in a tenement in defined"any quantity of water ascertained by and was due to sail at noon. After being The Federated Malay, States Police Report backed out from the wharf, har head was pointed

is sunounced. fox 101 dwells upon the steady diminution in During the whole year the efficiency of the serious crime during the year in that quartor police has been hampered everywhere by an inadequsey of offers. Where it was possible to fill vacancies, user and fnerpazienced men were only available. Many inspectors were engaged nuil found useless and and to be got

nine inspectors short and again at the end of the year, Matters had then improved to an extent, there being eight vacancies out of a complement of 32, a fourth. In consequence of

Thas in a house rated at $1,200 the quarterly "free" allowance would be x 2 x 1,000

The following is the letter which has been forwarded to H.E. the Officer Administering the Government in reply to that which he cont to His Lordship W. Heigh Goodman, Chief-6,000 gallons, or between 88 and 89 gallons a Justice. Chairman of the Coronation Committe, day. On the same house the water rate would expressing his appreciation of and gratitude for be $24 per annum and the apuust "free" allowance 32.000 gallons, costing the house-

In a clearly reasoned and temperately worded letter to our Shanghai morning Contempomry on Tariff Revision, Mr. ARCHIBALD LITTLE deals.. very forcibly become important articles of expart if only rid of, and on the 1st January the Forca w Water Police telephoned to the Dock Co. the labours of the Committee in connection with holder 75 cents per 1,00) gallons,

when the vessel gronded.

the arrangements for the local celebration of the Coronation of King Edward:--

Now the total ratable value of Victoria and the Peak District is a trifle under $7.140,000. Hongkong, 2nd July, 1902, receipt of your letter of 28th utimo, and, on be-free" allowance will amount to only 47 million Sir, I have the honour to acknowledge the According to the proposals in the Bill the total half of the Commation Comittee, beg to thank gallons & quarter, or 188 taillion gallows a year your celleney for the kind expressions of

The Indian and Ceylon products now bold posts with which it has been hampered. the British markets for the most part, but it may be safely predicted that if more care were given to the cultivation of the leaf and the taxes upon its export lightened there would at least be a chance for a revival of the trude. It is true that the British taste. has become somewhat perverted, and a liking for a strong course beverage Eeen

for the northern entrance, and she was THE CORONATION COMMITTEE. centum on the (anaval) rating valuation of fostered by the acrid tene of Assam and

the Terrible's auchorage, ake too time-ground under way. But in rounding the paint opposite Ceylon, but there may be a change of taste

shout 209 yards from the Follge Pier and when it is found how deleterious are those

remained fast on the bank for one and three strong decoctions, in which tannin has so

quarter hours. The steamer feated off at large a place. There are many other products

2.45 p.m. with the rising tide. When the of the Celestial Empire which would soon

mishap took place Inspector P. Riley of the

with this great question. Recognising to the duties upon them were reduced to moine

informing their of what had happened, and also the full the great value of Sir James trifling mount. But it cannot be too often

notified the Harbour Master. No assistance MACKAY's proposal in favour of granting insisted upon, it cannot be too plainly given

was required, however; the steamer floated off safely and, no damage having been anstained, an oddities of ton per cent, to the import that, if the British Government consent the unsatisfactory results consequent on engag.she proceeded on her voyage to Japan. There duty in exchange for the abolition of lekin to allow the imposition of an additional tening men locally as inspectors, it has been practi- was a strong current rauning, about 4 knots, and other internal taxes, he points out that per cent. in the import duty, they must cally decided to procure them in futurs from vinless a really fair equivalent be obtained the balsolutely assured that this will not only England. These inspectors will be considerably foreign trade will only be further hampered be final, but that its payment will actually handicapped in the performance of their duties, without any corresponding advantages coure the privileges referred to above which will, in consequence-of-the-Fore being being secured, for the lekin and tedi-shui The history of past diplomacy in China is shorthanded, have to be immediately taken put together now only average about five marked by

failures arising, in the np without their Having time to fret learn them per cent. He is therefore in favour of main, from inability on the part of thé

The Counter Saigonte makes out that at grunting au addition of ten per cent, to the Powers to realise the fact that the provis pinch Franco can help Russia in Manchuris import duty in exchange of and for the sins of the Treaties are regarded by the with 53,000 troops. European and Native, abolition of all internal clues and the open-Chinese an engagements to be evaded either from Indo-China. This array looks less formal ing up of the country in freedom and by open infringement, misinterpretation, or

able after the admission that the commissariat security. By freedom he means that a procrastination.

and unaniment arrangements fall far below par foreigner shall be at liberty

Besides, what value are we to attach, to the to carry. on legitimate business, purchase or lease fand, for Chefoo yesterday.

The French flagship D'Entrecasteaias left Judo-Chinese troops (especially Europeans) efter the experions of North-Chius The establish industries, and enter into indus. trial partnerships with the Chinese in any Sir Henry and Lady and Miss Blake last but a sojourn in Indo-China appears to work

troops from France are deservedly respected part of the Empire. He would effect a mouth returned frote Ireland to London, whore wonders in deterioration. The Saigon paper

lian sweep of all Custin-houses and lekin they were staying at Queen Anne's Mansionis.

alo, we see, says that in event of a struggle stations in China, and, to make certain that Four more fatal cases of plague were reported with Russia, Britain weak send a force of 1.5 no machinery remained to enable the nian up till noon yesterday. The victims were to 2.409 men from India to reinforce the 1,500 darins to levy squeezer, he would abolish Chinese, and all the bodies were found in the Sikhs in the servion of the Government at the salt and opium fekia stations. The street,

Bangkok and enl'st a fogge of 37,000 Siamese salt tag, he says, cxld be levied as an excise

destined in invade Cochin China. We must Japanese alliance 25,000 Chinese pirates and count too among the auxiliaries of the Anglo. Black Flags, well armed and paid by England and ready to make aa irruption, into the North of Tonkin!"**

at the place of production, and the duty on Jubilee, while walking coross another taunch to

A Chinese fireman on the military laguo opium collected from the bands of the pro-step on board a bant to take him to the Jubilee, -dacor if Chinese, or at the place of import fell down its hold and sustained injuries from if of foreign origo This proposal is one from which he died,

THE LATE MR. D; GILLTES.

good will and appreciation which it contains, out of a total available minimam supply of aver I need hardly assure Your Excellency that 100 million gallons or rather late than one whatever the various members of the Committee sixth of the whole or about 21 gallons a bead of, may have done towards making fitting prepara-the-popul tien per di-10. In the pre-nt Water late Mr David Gillies arrived in London on have all been only too pleased to place felves donatio supply shall is no caso be less than tions to celebrate the Coronation of Their Ma It appears from the home papers that the justies has boon done most heartily, and that we Ordinance it in isid down that the "prescribed the 9th May and left London on the 21st. at the service of the commuuty on such an occa5 gallons per head per day, and the experience As he had scom business to transact in Glasgow sion. The general disappoinment which the goined iu Kowloon, where water is drawn from he went to the Station Hotel on arrival, where is far outweighed by the anxiety felt by all at public fountaine by the habitants for their postponement of these celebrations háy conged he remained till his death on Tuesday morning, the sad state of His Majesty's health, and we own use, shows that people actually use about the 27th May. After arrival in Glasgow he can est earnestly echo the sentiment already gallons a had a day. appeared to his friends to be in very good expressed obsewhere that we can but hope and

To stint the free" allowanes as proposed is, health, the only thing lie complained of being opportunity of expressing, on behalf of the Con- cture to think, to inflict unnecessary incon- pray for his speedy recovery." I will take tila a cough which troubled him somewhat. Onmittee, and, I fool sure, of the whole community.venience or expense on nearly the whole popu the morning he died he rang the bell about the high appreciation to all feel for thelation of Victoria and the Peak District. If 440, and on the night porter going found sympathy and support which your Excellency the whole population were to draw their water the night porim to ring up a doctor, which Coronation of Their Majesties, and partienfarly Kowloon rats would be under 350 million gallons

in sitting on the side of the best. He told has throughout accorded to us in our endeavours

to arrange for the suitable celebrations of the from public fountains the consumption at the was done without loss of time. After doing with regard to the stops taken by your a year. It would therefore sui not unreason-

Er. the attendant went up to the room aud ajesty's Secretaries of State the valuable abls that at least one half of the total minimum

callaucy to seero for the public from. Baked if he could do anything for Mr. Gillies, provision of the Park in Kowloos. We available supply should be taken as the maximum and was told no. This tector arrived about at the King's Perk" may remain to be distributed "free" in the houses of 10- 515, and found Mr. Gillies lying down in bed, for all time a pleasing testimony of the payors instead of one sixth, is proposed in the but unconscious, and he breathed his last shortly interest and indly sympathy which your Bill. after from heart failure. The doctor tried welfare of the Colony of Hongkong.—I have Excellency has ever displayed in advancing the

heuccessful. He was buried on the 30th May various means to bring him round, but they were the honour to be, air, your obedient secruut, in Rothesay Cemetery, and his remains were

W. MIGH GoodMAN. Chairman of the Coronation Committee. followed by a number of his old Hongkong

H.. Major-General Sir WM. JULIUS GAS-

Coms, K.C.M.G., the Offloor Administer friends at present in Scotland:

ing the Government, qugkong.

In order to provide for the time. Then an increased supply will be available in Hongkong, I would suggest that "excess consumption "he defined as any quantity of water ascertained... by meter as having been used in a 'tenement in excess of a quarterly allowance of 20 gallons.

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