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THE JONGKONG DAILY PEFSS. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1902

be required; ho answered that the dam must be completed, whatever the time and cust. It has been completed, a year before the expiration of the stipulated period The great scheme reflects the utmost credit on all concerned. It is estimated to cost Egypt more than £5,000,000 sterling, which will come out of the Egyptian revenues, but

The sealing season of the British Columbia fleet resulted in a catch which is the smallest-in the history of the business, being approximately only 20,000 sking.

Mesare. Dubs and Co. of Glasgow, who have accured the contract of supplying thirty loco- matives to the Japanese Government, sent to Siam in 1894 the first four locomotives need on.

A. S. WATSON & CO, the value of the works to that country is put the Korat railway, to exiler of Marray Camp

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boli and Co., the late contractors. Those at more than double the expenditure on it.

The barrage takes the form of a giganticipes are still running, in good order, u

Bangkok journal snyɛ. wall at Assouin, just below the first cata- racts on the Nile, arresting the flow of that.

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. This wall is one mile and a quarter

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The Siam Observer understands that "the

granted to the late Mr. Xasior, has tow been concession for the Fachin Railway, originally

transfered by the King of Siam to a spadicato formed for the promotion of the line." The Company will be shortly incorporated andr Royal Charter, and shares will bo offered to the public. The railway' runs from a point on the west side of the river (nearly opposite the Hangkerr and Shanghai Bank) to Tacbin, a. distance of about twenty miles.

Sir Benjamin Biker, tells an aming story

Prophet, who was very rich, and had be twice warned by the Government that he would

servants he had quarrelled with were found

Mr. Balfour has sent the following letter on

the situation created by the new rubber-corod

of nu interview he had some sight years ago fall, can contain no less than 1,000,000,000 | with a real old-fashioned native landownor at- tons of water --n quantity which those who the fiue when the constructing of a large study Hongkong's scanty supply should reservoir somewhere in the Nile Valley us be able to appreciate. To allow of naviga.seriously proposed. This descendunt of the tion, four successive locks have been built In the west side of the Nile, each two hundred and sixty feet by thirty-two festabably be hanged if any more lies of In addition to the Assonan damn, and sub-floating in the Nile, assured Sir Benjamin that sidiary to it, is one of over half a mile in there could be nothing in the project of a Nato length, at Assiut, which is three hundred reservoir, or it would have been done at Iasi and fifty miles nearer to Cairo. This minor 4,000 years ago! dam, with its one hundred and cloven penings, was completed during the spring of this year, and liis already much benefitted Middle Egypt, to which 300,000 acres of cul- tivable lands have been added. The opening of the Assonan barrage finishes what may truly be termed a stupendous piece of work, The following are also recomiended, and the whole of which has been carried out by British brains with British capital. It is a welcome task to be able to oppose to the sensation-mongers' cries of Brimin's rapid decay an example of so fine an achievement as this. Then the late Sir SAMUEL BAKER many years ago championed the idea of a vast reservoir on the Nile and picked out Assount as the most, suitable spot, no one could have dreamed that the end of 1902 would see this reservoir a solid fnct- But such it is now.

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BIRTHS.

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On this 3rd December, at No. 80, Babbling Wen Rund, Shanghai, the wife of J. L. VAN LEs, of

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On the 3rd December, at H.B.M. Consulate. General and afterwards at Holy Trinity Cathedral Shanglusi, by the Rev. H. C. Hodges, 01.A, VIDA ETHEL, Llder daughter of WILLIAM B. BUTERS, to DAVID WILLIAM, son of the late NINIAN CRAWFORD, formerly of Hongkong,

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HONGKONG, 10th December, 1902.

YESTERDAY was the day fixed for tho, formal opening by the Duke of Cor our of the great Assouan Barrage on the Nile. Near- by four years ago—on the 12th February, 1899—the Duke laid the foundation-stone of

The English mail of the 8th alt, was delivered in Loudon on the 6th inst.

Yesterday the U.S. ganboat Helena arricad from Canton and the British oruiser Talbot left for a cruise. The British troopship Chiye arrived from Singapore.

» The King of Norway has been graciously pleased to make Mr. F. E. Taylor. Statistical Secretary of the Imperial Maritimo Customs, a Knight of the lat Class of the Order of S. Olaf, the first recognition of the value of Mr. Taylor's work in 1940 in taking charge of the Customs Service during the siege of the Legations. -

In our report of the Dock Co. meeting yesterday, Mr. D. E. Brown, the chairman, was by a printer's error mudo to say, at the end of his second speech, "as it is only with the best interests of the Company at heart that I am now anxious that the question should be settled to-day for all time." The last clause should hure rad, that the question should

not be settled to-day for all time."

TELEGRAMS.

*DAILY PRESS SERVICE.

FAR EASTERN AFFAIRS.

[FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT]

LONDON, 8th December, 7.45 p.m.

THE EVACUATION OF SHANGHAI- A DOUBTFUL STEP.

Commons to-day that, as the German troops Lord Cranborne stated in the House of

were to be withdrawn from Shanghai on the 28th; instant orvlse early in January, he saw no reason why to countormand the orders issued to the British troops to lease on the

0 th instant.

GENERAL NEWS.

[FROM OUR SPECIAL COLRESPONDENT.]

ANNOUNCEMENT,

HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE

COUNCIL.

A meeting of the Legislativo Connoit was held yesterday in the Council Chamber. Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOr, Sir HENRY A. BLAKE, G.C.M.G...

HIS EXCELLENCY Sir W. SAUCOTONE; K.C.M.G. (Commanding the Troops).

Hon. F. H. MAY (Colonial Secretary), Hon. NB. HENRY S. BERKELET, Kt (Attorney-General).

Hon. A. M. Twóмsox (Colonial Treasurer). Hon. Commander R. M. Ruuesy, RN. |(Harbour Master).

Hon. W. CHATHAM (Director of Public Works).

Hon. F. W. CLARK (Modical fear of

Health).

Hon. Dr. Ho KAI, C.M.G. Hon. WEI A YUK.

Hoa C. S. SHARP,

Hon. C. W. DICKSON,

Hon. G. W. F. PLAYFAIR. -

Hon. R. SHEWAN..

LAW COMMITTEE REPORT. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL laid on the table the report of the Standing Law Committee (No. 1) and moved its adoption.

knowing that would be prepared for the ex- tension of the Bill to thom Ho took it that thos people who manda it their business to supply accommodation would sut about pro- vidioz it. There was no doubt that pho English Acta had to contemplate provision being made for the accommodation of the people who were being removed, but from what he knew of Hongkong his impression was that the requirements of the displaced population would be met in the ordinary course of erenta. | There Avaubt be no want of houssa if landlords saw that there was a demand for there. Indeed, if there were 400 or 500 vasant houses just now it showed that there was a little overbuilding in Hongkong at present.

The ATTORNEY-GENIRAL suggested that Dr. Ho Kai's point might be met by the „addition of a suspending clause at the end of the whole Ordinance fixing a time when it should come tuto operation.

Hon. Dr. Ho Karsaid he did not want tho Ordinyneo nos to come into force at once, but simply to pospone the institution of prosecutious for overcrowding for a period.

H.E, the GOVERNOR said he was afraid that if they put off the Bill coming inte operation for say

Mr. C. CLEMENTI (Acting Clerk of Councils), Fears nothing would be done at nil, whereas if Dr. Ho Kai's suggestion was taken into consideration they could start this Bill into operation at once, because the people could begin remoring erory third house and removing a certain number of the tenants of these houses.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL ¦ pointed out that the Bill did not make prosecution absolutely compulsory.

The COLONIAL SECRETARY soccided, and the motion was carried. *

NOTICE OF QUESTION.

1.E, the GOVERNOR suggested that the best thing to do was to pass the clause as it stood, take a note of what find been proposed, and afterwards ld a close stating how this clanse would come into operation-within three months, as suggest- ed by Dr. Ho Kai, or otherwise.

Hon. G.-F. PLAYFATE-Sir, I bag to LONDON, 8th December, 7.45 pm, give notice that at next meeting of Council shall ask the following question That H.E. the Governor shall appoint an independent VENEZUELA-THE PREMIER'S

committes unconnected with the Public Works

This course was nuonimonsly agreed to. Department to examine into the truth of the

In contortion with the samo seotion soma statement contained in the return tabled by the Director of Public Works of the supply of discussion took place on the question of the water to the upper levels of the Peak in Novoquarters, and eventually it was agreed that a nete amount of cubie space to be provided for coolis bar last and to the date of that return."

be taken of the point with a view to further son- sideration at a later stage

Mr. Balfour, has announced that Great Britain and Germany have delivered "an ultimatum to Venezuela--a statemeat which was received in the House with cheers.

balls to the editor of Golf Illustrated: Sir For two years, said the Premier, the British The who fear that any considerable improve-overnment had grave cause for complaint. mont in golf balle will necessitats a correspond. ing modification in the longth of our courses on various occasions of unjustifiable inter have much tong for themselves. But I should ference with the liberty and property of into golf of no great a auvelty us that of the British subjects in Venezuela.

hew with gesat apprehension the introduction

No satis

standardisation of the implements to be used by

the player. Such standardisation cannot logi-factory explanations were furnished, and tally be restricted to the balls, and it would be latterly the British Minister's representa a pity, I think, to destroy the practically

tions had been practically unnoticed. Also unlimited freedom of selection, which, among all games, belongs, so far as I know, alone to British subjects had large claims against golf.-I remain, yours faithfally, Arthur James Balfour."

A telegram datad New York, Ard November, eays-Mr. Panfield, a member of the New York Yacht Club, has recently paid a visit iu Loudon tr Sir Thomas Lipton, who said :-"If the new defender is not more than five minutes faster than the Columbia I shall win." Mr. Penfield states that there will not be a two- headed management of the challenger for 1973. Mr. Jameson will have nothing to do with the boat. Captain Wringe will have absolute con- trol over her, Bir Thomas Lipton slṣo said it was thought that there were faults in the construction of the last challenger. He quoted the slaminium slips between the plates, which were found to hayo softened whilst the boat was crossing the Atlantic, and were the pages of kaks, which it was found almost impossible to: stop when the yacht was working to windward. No sluminium will be used in the new boat. In

conclusion Sir Thomas Lipton is reported to have said. "If I fail to win this time zo Englishman will ever try again.”

Venezuela.

REUTER'S SERVICE.

On the clause değling with the limit of fittings for sleeping accommodation, the Hon. Dr. Ho Kar naked whether opinm diraus were. included in the restrielions.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL replied in the

Clanso 54, which refers to compensation for infected animals slaughtered, was allowed to - stand orer for reconsideration. clause 50, dealing with the recovery by the Sanitary Board of cost of disinfection and the payment of compensation for damage dous darior such disinfection.

This course was also followed in respect of

"STAR" FEÏRY CO.,' LD. Han. C SHARP moved the second reading of the Bill entitied un Ordinance to antherise the making of bye-laws by the Star Forry Company Limited He said-The objects of this Ordinance are expressly stated in the objects and reasons attached. The chief objective of the Bill is to provide a summary method of punishment for persons who practise frande en the Company by travelling by a higher class than the one to which thoir ticket entiler than offence in respect of which it is doubtful if any proceedings of a criminal nature can be insti. inted. The Bill is also intended to provide & means by which the Company can regulate the traffic for the public benefit as is customary with similar companies in England. These bye-laws will not come into forse until they have been submitted for the approval of the Governor is Council and ure published in Gazette. I therefore beg to more the second reading of the Bill

Hon. C. W. DICKSON Beconded, and the motion, was agreed to.

Hon. C. S. SHARP then moved that the Conacil go into committee and consider the Bill ciause by clause, and this motion, which was also LONDON, 7th December, secondled by the Hon. C. W. DICKSON, was

agreed to.

THE SCENE IN THE FRENCH

CHAMBER,

During the sconò in the French Chamber on. Saturday, M. Coutant and M. Spveton were both expelled from the house.

SEVERE WEATHER IN EUROPE. Severe winter weather being experience on the Continent sad in Great Britain is causing

much distress.

GOLD STANDARD FOR THE PHILIPPINES.

Bills for the establishment of the currency in the Philippines una gold basis have been introduced in both honas of Congress.

· HONGKONG REGATTA.

Today will soo the commencement of the annual two-days' Regatta hold under the auspicos

The Bill having been so considered, the third reading was not taken,

EMPLOYERS AND SERVANTE. ", The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the third reading of the Bill entitled an Ordinance to amend the law relating to employers and ser-

VARIK...

The COLONIAL SECRETARY Seconded, and the Bill was read a third time and passed.

it

The Hon. Dr. Ho Kai was of opinion that would be much better for the facernment. to spend a little money in the payment of com- pensation for articles destroyed, and thus induce the Chinese to come forward and report cases of sickness, than to save a little money and not have such cas-6 of sickness reported.

The COLONIAL SECRETARY affirmed that the proper thing to do would be to gruut compen- sation only in each cases as bad been reported. to the authorities, and not to charge any costs for cleansing and disinfection.

H.E. the GOVERNOR suggested that a proviso, be added to the clans that in cases of afectious diseases which had been reported by the owner or ecoupler no charge should be made for the dlainfaction of the premises.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL and the Hon. Dr. CLARK were of opinion that the proviso should extend only to cases where the report had been made during the life of the patient.

The HARBOUR MASTER-If the cleansing is the result of a report from the householder, there should be no cost to him.

· Hon. Dr. Họ KAI-Whether the patient is alive or not..

TITLES IN THE NEW TERRITORY. Council go into committee on the Bill entitled The ATTORNEY-GENERAL Moved that the

The HARBOUR MASTER You The Hon. Dr. Ho Kat said the greatest evil the New Territories Titles Ordinance, He ex-now existing was the dumping of dead bodies plained that as the Standing Law Committee in the street, and if the course was to be fol- and already considered the Bill clause by claus,lowed of paying compensation and not charging it was unnecessary, according to Eule 40 of the for disinfection only where a cuss had been Standing Orders, for the Council to no consider reported daring the life of the patient, there the Bill, as the Standing Law Committee in would be no abatement of the syll. There was that respect was equal to a committee of the no advantage in for the Chinese, for if they whole Council,

reported a case after death and in many instances death enesed very quickly they would be abarged for the subquent disinfection They stood to gain nothing by taking such a report, and would simply continue to dump the

The COLONIAL SECRETARY seco:ded, and The amendments of the Standing Law Com- mittee having been read, the third reading of the Bill was not taken.

the motion was agreed to.

PUBLIC HEALTH AND BUILDINGS BILL. ".

On the motion of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL of the Victoria Recreation Club and the Hong-seconded by the COLONIAL SECRETARY, the kong Boat Club, and it is to be hoped that better Conucil went into committes on the Bill entitled an Ordinance to censoldate and smond the laws have experienced daring the past few days considered the Bill classe by clause. weather will favour the occasion than what me

relating to Public Health and to Buildings, and An interesting programme of events has been

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL consented to the deletion of sub-section 3 of section 2, as being

bodies in the street.

After the passing of other clauses the Council. adjourned nutil Friday a twelve noon.

SHERLOCK HOLMES.”

To-night Miss Janet Waldorf's Company will present an exceptionally strong attraction in the production of Sherlock Holmes, ́a dramatisation of those famous stories by Bir

We take the following from the Pinang. Gazette of the 26th ult., which will interest those who remember the "projectoscope's," visit to Hongkong:-Last evening, when Alva the Great was sozcanced and expected to perform Details from Shanghai show that the U. S. at the Town Hall, he did not do so, much to the Minister to Tokyo expired at a garden party atmber of people who turned up, and who after disappointment and annoyance of a good the Shiba Palace. Colonel Back, who was 71 years old, was appointed from Georgia on the waiting like fidgely specimens of patience, on a 13th April, 1897. He was a distinguished monument get disgusted and went home. Alsa arranged. To-day there will be nine rowing

bas sent us the following letter under yesterday's races and three sailing races, a start to be made a soldier in the Union Army in the North and South War, and was prominent in the politics dato Owing to the poor house last night at one o'clock. No. 2 race is for the Hong of Georgis as a Republican after the war, and rain all to-day we did not expect anybody to kong Challenge Cup (four cars; distance, 15 He was a close friend of the late President come to the show to-night, so in order that wo miles), in which there are four competing boats. McKinley, who appointed him Minister to might saro ball rent and band expenses, For the German Cup and the V.R.C, Chair. Japan. For several years he had been troubled ticket takers, seller and usbers, etc., we made no man's Challenge Cup there are five entries with heart disease, which is announced to have arrangement with the ball and band, sed each; and four for the Lusitano Cup race. The

when we found it turned out fine thought it was sailing races are (I) for fin or balb-keeled and 8th Bires of soution 32 (referring to cases oreiting incidents, from the most popular of been the immediate cause of his death.

too late to rececure the band. For the benefit of those that turned up I would feel very grateful if you would insert a local to that offect."

gers who intend travelling P. & O., for it contains, in addition to other matter, Ceylon, Straits and China mail dates, table of distances, timo dial, navies of great powers, and merchant navies in 1802, trade returus, foreign and British nud colonial flags, à miuïaters atlas, diary and memorandum pages,,

the

POLICE COURT.

Tuesday, 9th December.

BEFORE MR. J. H. KEMP (AOTING

POLICE MAGISTRATE).

furnace" were added.

Bab-section 12 of section 26 defined as a Conan Doyle. It is a fact worthy of mention nuisance" any chimney (not being the chimney that Hongkong audiences will have the op- of a private dwelling-house) sending forth black smoke in such quantity as to be a nuisance." Portunity of witnessing is this production a prevailing success of England, America and After the second bracket the words or any class of play which in at the present time the On the suggestion of Hon. Dr. Ho Kar, the Australia. The dramatisation follows the text as closely as possible, prosenting a series of words "medical officer of health" in the 7th of non-complianos with bye-lawe) were struck ont and Ecard substituted in both cases.

Bir Conan Doyla's stories, in a concreto plot. In this connection the ATTORNEY-GENERAL The play is moulded from the shorter tales of raised the point of the delegation by the Board the Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, of their powers to the medical officer of health, and contains the striking features of such and it was wacked for further consideration.

yachts, (2) for yachts and partially decked boats, and (3) for open beate any rig. To-morrow there will be nine rowing and two sailing races. Most interest will probably centre in the four oar race for the International Challenge Cup, In clause 45, of which the side heading was stories as A Scandal in Bohemia, the Royal | in which English, Scottish, German, and Portu-Basements, may not be occupied without Coronct, the Five Orange Pips, A Blue Car- guese crows will compete. For the mile Sculling permission," the phrase "to the satisfaction of buncle and The Final Problem, while some of Championship open to ariseura in the East the medical officer of health" was altered to "to the incidents are borrowed from the complete there are three entries-N. C. Kohler and the antisfaction of the Board," on the suggestionovels A Study in Bedrlet and The Sign of

The P. & G. Steam Navigation Co. bave sent us a most attractive and useful little diary and huudbook, which is circulated free as an advertisement of the Company. Facing the title page is an excellent colortype print of the 8.8. Pereta of 7,851 tons and 11,009 h.p., one of the dam, and it could hardly have been the latest additious to the magnificent feet of imagined at that date that the limit of time passenger vessels of this Company. The little given to the contractor, Sir JoHN AIRD, book will be found extremely useful to passen- would have proved so much more than sufficient for the completion of the immense works Speaking not long ago at the Royal Institution, Sir BENJAMIN. Baker who was present at the laying of the founda- tion.stone, remarked: "It would not ́t be too much to say that any practical man standing on the verge of one of the

The Cliina Times of the 1st inst, has “cataract channels, hearing and seeing the following count of the loss of the "apparently irresistible torrents of foaming eigne Henri-The steamer Enseigne Henri formerly stationed at Tientais as a French "water thundering down, would regard the gunboat, and recently bought "putting in of foundations to a depth of French government for 39,000 fesnes by Mr. forty feet below the bed of the cataract in Vernon for the purpose of carrying passengers "the short season available each year nean to his new hotel at Weikaiwoi, was wrecked **appalling undertaking." And, as on Thursday night during the great gale. She matter of fact, so sooner had operations had a Chinese captain and crew on board, and brgau than it was found that the original seven European passengers, all of whom are engineer's report with regard to the rock at saved. The vessel foundered near Waihaiwe

A seaman on the Fürst Bismarck was charged the proposed level of the foundations was The Enseigne Henre was an old craft, and quite with damaging property to the extent of $15 in nable to withstand such weather as that which Chinese house in Connaught Road, and also inaccurate and that consequently a large sent her to the bottom. She was bought by with behaving in disorderly manner in the increase in the cost would be necessary in

the Fretch from the Japanese. She was ser-public street whilst drunk.

The Hongkong Boat Club notify that their He pleaded guilty, and was fined $1 on the launch will leave the Queen's Statue Wharf at Lord CROMER was immediately into which she was allotted. Hach sympathy ordered to pay the complainant compensation to formed that more time and money would | will bo folt for Mr. Vernon in his loss, the full amount of damage done-$13.

members and their friends to view the Regatta

it

once where overcrowding existed

of Hon. Dr. Ho KAL H.W.B. Kennett of Hougkong, and Dr.Denhed. When olanse 46, delining overcrowding, camo Four. Mr. Norval McGregor will bring the

on for consideration,

author's conception of an ideal detective to of Shanghai, The Parsee Cup and the Ladies'

Hon. Dr. Ho KAI pointed out that a large life on the stage, and Mia Waldorf will be THEFT AND ATTEMPTED RUICIDE. Prize races also promise to be woll contested.

number of the population would be displaced Long Chun, a carpenter, was charged with

The Committees of the Victoria Recreation by the operation of the new law and proposed seen in the part of Irene Adler; they will be stealing a quantity of brass nails from a Chiresa Clab and Hongkong Bost Club request the tast prosecutious forfovercrowding under this supported by the full strength of the Company. shipbuilding yard at Samshnipe where he had pleasure of the Company of the ladies of Hong section should not be instituted for, any, three The piece is replete with intense situationa months after the proclamation of the Bli: which follow one another in rapid succession. been employed for a few days and also with kong at 1 p.m. on both days on board the otherwise the sanitary inspectors would consider attempting to commit suicide. The defendant sailing-ship Daylight, which has been kindly to be their duty to commence prosecutions ating of the play, a promise they have not failed The management announce a first-class mount. was searched as he was leaving the yard by an placed at the disposal of the Committees as &

The ArroLNET-GENERAL said that tlie Bill to fulfil in previous productions. In the second Indian watchman, who found the naila tied flagship by Captain Reade. The ladies" prize En-round his waist. He was given in charge and will be presented by Miss Goodman immediately would be brought into force gradually

HE. the GOVERNOR re marked that when act a ballet of skirt dancers will be introduced, lodged with other prisoners in a cell at Yar sati after the race to-morrow at 3.90. Lady Blake the Bill was passed it would undoubtedly be the Sherlock Holmes should prove a "boom" here?

E it has been elsewhere, and early booking at Polis Station, where he attempted to commit has kindly consented to present the prizes at duty of the sanitary inspectors to see that its suicide by hanging. The alarm was raised by the conclusion of the Regatts to-morrow. provisions were carried out. It was stated that Robinson's for the opening night is advised. the others in the cell, and the defendant was Through the courtesy of Mr. Dixon, the prevented from accomplishing his purpose. Chief Manager of the Hongkong and Whampoa to 14 days' hard labour, and to a similar term

For the larceny of the nails he was sentenced Dook Co., Ld., the Fame will leave Blake Pier

on each day at 12.30 pm and 1.15 p.m., to, of imprisonment for attempting to commit suicide, both sentences to be concurrent,

convey visitors on board the fagskip: leaving the flagship 10 minutes after tbolastrace on each day By kind permission of Colonel Iremonger and the Officers, the band of the 33rd Burns Infantry will perform each day.

from the

PRUNE AND DISORDERLY,

about 50,000 people would be unused. It was an important question whether this clause

Last night Pygmalion and Galatea was re- should come into force at oues or time should be allowed for the displaced population to peated with great success beforea largeaudience. And accommodation. He understood, there were about 400 vacant houses in Kowloon. Perhaps the Director of Public Works could tell them how many people these houses could) accommodate?

The DIRECTŐL CP POBLIO Works Twenty to thirty each house.

H.E. the GOVERNOR said that taking it at that would give them accommodation for 10,000 people immediately. In that case they might begin giving immediate notice in one

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

Tho M.M.steamer Lacs, with the next French mail, left Singapore yesterday, at 4 p.m., for this port via Baigon.

The C.P.R. steamer Tartar arrived at Naga saki at 10am, on the 9th inst, and left again at 5p. same day for Kobe, where she is dus to The N.Y.K. steamer Kanagawa Mar (Bare- arrive at 6 s., toorTGW,

into operation, and then the other districts fast., p.m., and is expected here to morrow, &IU.

order to allow for deeper foundations.viceable enough in fair weather for the purpose first charge and $2 on the second, being farther 1 and 2 p.m. to-day sad to-morrow, to convey district that the new Bill would be brought pean Line) left Shanghai for this port on the 8th