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A. S. WATSON & CO., LD.

ANNUAL MEETING.

Yesterday forenoon the oighteenth annual ordinary geveral meeting of sharaboklers in Messrs. A. §. Waison & Co.. Ld., was told at the offices of the Company, Queen's Road Contral. Mr. Hait Back (Chairman) presided, and there were also present Messrs, J. H. Lewis , and R. C. Wilcox (Consulting Committee), Capt. Clark, Merk J. B. Michael, E. J. Moses, J. A. Tarrant and A. H. Manoell |Soaretzry),

The CHAIRMAN end-Gentlemen, the report and statement of accounts have been in your hauda since the 20th instant, so with your per- mission I will as usual consider them as roml.

The accounts put before you do not, I think, require much sxplanation. You will notice

that our stock-in-trade ore practically the same as last year, also that local and general liabili ties have increased 8'34,261,04 wailst bills puy- able have deurensed 346,500.21, - The apparent discrepsucy of a wortgage of $25,000, on the remaining portion of Kowicon Inland Lot No. 550, which property stands in the accounts at $19,870.36 is cxplained by the foot that the balance of payments to the contrastor were not due until 1963 when they were met. This pro- porty has been valued at more than $40,000, Exchange has naturally lessened our profits for 1992 and from tho sing causs our working expenses are much larger where those are on a sterling basis, the increase in wages alone amounting to £15,000 over the previous your. I stated at our last unanul mooting that it required much care and foresight to keep eur 'nocuemary purchases within the buying power of the business with its existing available capital, and this condition of affairs becomes snore marked as the expansion of the business contianes, although we do not anticipate that it will be necessary to ask yon for any im-

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THE RICE TRIBUTE.

A PLEA FOR ITS COMMUTATION. The Shanghai Mercury translaten the follow- ing from the Univernal Gazette:-

It' is difficult to find anything more useless and at the same time more expensive to the Chiuess Government than the existing system of the transportation to Peking through the

Graud Canul of the Government trilmte rice

from South Chino, Everything in connection with the system is at fault. The rice is not properly collected at Shanghai. It is not pro perly transported from Shanghai to Peking And on arrival at Poking it is not properly stored there. The system is universally con demned; and yet the Chinese Gevorament cannot see its way to abolish it, though it has been repeatedly suggested that the rice tribute be commuted to money and that the money, thus ancured be employed to bay rice in the North whenever it is ubeded. The Chinese Govern moat, refuses to do away with this faulty system, because it is prejudiced by the absurd

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, MAY 29TH 1903

bence, Great Britain will not And it advantageous to transfor the mail service from her own flag to a forsigo railway.

For, whatever he may be told, this railway will be a foreign concern, opposing rather than assisting the interests of this country. Not a package of English goods will be sent to India by it, and sery few English passengers will care to undertake a 12 days' journey by rail, partly, at all events, through one of the hottest regionse

en the face of the earth. The F. and Company find it almost impossible arwadays to persiade passengers to ԱՐ the Brindisi route, because it involves a longer and journey than that sin Morreilles, although the expence is identical. The fact is that, since steamers of the size now ranuing have been in existence, a sen voyage is no longer dreaded, and the Bay of Biscay has caused to be a vam of terror even to the most timid travellers. Doubtless a certain number of people many find their way to India by this Bagdad routo from Central Europe, and for the most part they will make their return journey the prospect of this undertaking from the point of view of its possible local development, I have no hesitation, in saying that, as far as the com- merce of this country is concerned, Great Britaiu bus no interest whatever in the scheme."

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES

AND NEWS.

COUNTESS RUSSELL'S SECOND MARRIAGE. Mabel, Countess Russell, recently married sgain, and becamo as she thought the wife of Prives Atkzobold Stuart de Modens, of Austria, Countess Russell and hor mother, Lady Scott, believing the man's assertion that he was a son of the present Emperor. The wedding took place privately in Decomber lest at a registry office at Portsmonth and afterwards, alas privataly, at St. George's, Hanover Squaro. The Prince' deserted his wife before the month was out, and. she subsequently learnt that he was a footman bearing the very plebeian name of Wilions Brown, who has since been arrested and charged with feloniously, knowingly, and unlawfully causing to be inserted in the register of marriages a certain inlss entry," &e.

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MYSTERIES OF THE TOILETTE. A New Bond Street hairdrosser claimed in a London County Court last month 29 from Georgina Paulett, actress, better known Jessie McNulty. The amount was: Eli for s lady's transformation " and £3 for small items, including a cup of tea. A transformation, eounecl explained, was "some sort of hair ladies i wear on their forehead." The plaintiff eaï'd that the defendant had a dark hair and came to bis shop and purchased a light "transforms tion." She was a constant customer at his

550 mes. (Laughter.) Shosho pucebased a switch," which the defendant said "want off."

notion that its abolition would lead to theby son. While, therefore, I know nothing as to worded letter which the Postmaster-General of \ shop, ́and since 1990 had boon there quite

starvation of the Manchus in Peking.

Now, since the Chinese Government considers it indispensable, that the transportation of tribute rice Peking should be continued, it should deviso some good measures to improve tle system

The authorities of the Gover

ment grauary in Peking occasionally reject the rice on its arrival at the capital on the ground that it is ratten. In the present year more than ten thousand piculs from Kinogen and Chekiang have been sent back on that account. But it must be borne in mind that the rotten- nexe of the rice is entirely due to the manner in which it is soul North. When the rice is sent in to the local officials in Kiangen

AMERICAN MISCONDUCT IN

THE PHILIPPINES.

The defence was that the transformation was unsuitable and was returned, but the Judgo gave judgment for the plaintiff, with costs.

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also his own property-depastured. Then five days. Dr. Brown belonged to the old

GENERAL MILES'S LEPORT.

the drought set in, the young squatter lost all Tho New York correspondent of the London his sheep and his holding, and in his letter, Times telegraphed on the 27th ult, the follow-which the Postmaster-General received recently he says that he is ready to accept any position in the department from postmaster to line repairer.

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The disastrons effoots of the recent drought in Queensland are indiented by a pathetically

the Australias Commonwealth has received. In 1888 an exceptionally amart officer, who had charge of a small post-office, savored his connec tion with the department, and devoted himself to pustoral pursuits. With the savings beraade as manager of a large station he bought soma sheep, and took up a grazing area, Good gasons followed, and in a for years the enter The extensive and interesting library of tho prising ex-public servant owned a considerable | late Dr. John Taylor Brown of Edinburgh was tract of good country, upon which 94,000 aboop sold in London last month, the action lasting school of book collectors--to the cless of scholars who collected books that interested them, and not merely on account of any real or imaginary rarity. By far the most important lot in the sale was a fine ntent copy of the excessively and Chokiang by the farmers, it is perfectly

raro original Kilmarnock edition of Robert sound. It takes so long a time for this to come

Burne's Poons Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, to Shanghai in the native junks specially

1786; this copy was originally purchased by Dr. A corious bigamy case is to be tried by the Brown for eighteen pones, but it then, wanted; employed for the purpose that it is half rotten ́inoriase over the same period of last year. by the time it reach this port. Though the of officers and soldiers in the Philippines. The Modena tribunal. Five years ago a corpse was the title page and three leaves in the text; there

tive is in such a bad state, the authorities

found in a river. As a man named Governato deficiencies have been supplied from a shorter Road is now working, and we expect that our appointed to receive it in Shanghai feel obliged lessened by the fact that the War Department had been missing from Modena, his wife was copy, and inlrid to the size of Dr. Brown's to accept it, as they know that in sonding besitated a long time before giving it to the called to see the corpse, which sho identified example, which was now knocked down to the rice to this place the local offeials public. The department sent General Miles to

as her husband's. and relatives and friends Mr. Sabin for £350. A Chekiang must Lave

the Philippines to inspect and report, and when in Klangan and

was consequently officially registered as dead. and with the label at back published by C. and

MOTOR the late Dr. Brown for 28., produced the The wife, who married again, was startled ou J, Ollies, in 1817, and purchased, it is said, by appear safe and sound, he had spent five years handsome sum of £140. The other Keats, September 24 lust, to see her first husband re- of single blessedinees in Hungary, and returnod | Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and other with a small fortune. He took things coolly, Poene, 1929, was also doubtless purchased for & and shook hands with the second husband, but small um-for Dr. Brown never paid big prices requested him to quit. The latter declined, for his books and it has now changed bands stating that the first husband was legally dead, at £95. Both volumes were purchased by Mr. and the second marriage, valid,

Quaritch.

So

mediate increase of the existing capitul. far, the returns this year show a satisfactory

Our new aerated water factory in Dus Vosur

annual meeting next year will be held in our now reclamation premises which are well ad- vonced. There is no coubt these changes in

It is a shameful story which is contained in the repert made public to-day by Lieutenant General Miles, the highest officer in the United States Army, on the subject of the miscondust

sensational rature of the report is certainly not

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first edition of

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THE OLD FIRM STILL LEADING.

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premises will provo bansticial to the working of upont an caormous sum of money. After the it received his statemont apparently attempted/onfirmed the wife's identification. Governsto John Keats'Foeme; in the original boards, unout NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCESS.

the business, Messrs. W. Parfitt and R. C. Wilcox have been invited to join the Consult ing Committee, the former gentleman during the absence of Mr. E. Osborno from the Colony. These appointments require your sonfrmation at this mocting. If any shareholder would like any further information in connection with the report and statement of accounts now before you, I shall be pleased to give it.

Mr. J. R. MICHAEL-Some of the share- holders have been asking if the suconals conlel. not be made up a little earlier than five months after the end of the year.

The CHAIRMAN-Wo hayo our returns from various parts of China to come in, and it is

tice has reached Shanghai, it is generally stored su press it, calling it "confidential." It was in the Government gedowns for some time only after General Miles said he had no objec. before it is transported to the Nerth. And tion to its publication that the report was made its transportation from Shanghai to Peking public. occupies no less than eight or nine months, during which it is subjected to all conditions of weather. Little wonder then that the rice. is scarcely fit for human food when it finally urrives at Peking.

From the above facts it is evident that it is not the rice but the system of its transporta tion which is at fault; and in our opinion, the only remedy lies in the commutation of the rice to money.

The report is a long one, but perhaps a single item will suffice to give an idea of its nature, When General Miles was going from Calambs to Batangas be says he noticed that the country appeared devastated and the people were very mach depressed. As he was stopping at Lipa à party of citizens, headed by the presidente, aut him and complained of harah treatment. Fifteen of their peoplo had been tortured, by the water cure," and one old man, bighly respected citizen, while unconscious from the effects of the torturs, was dragged

impossible really to havs them made up earlier. THE BAGDAD RAILWAY AND THE into his house, which had been set on fire,

Thore being no further questions,”

The CHAIRMAN proposed, and Mr. MICHARZ seconded, the adoption of the report and accounts,

The motion was agreed to.

EASTERN MAILS.

SIR THOMAS LUTHERLAND'S VIEWS.

ANATORIUM FOR SUFFERERS AND PARADISE

FOR TOURISTE.

Captain W. J. P. Bouson; F.R.G.S., lecturing na Jamaica, at the London Institution, last month, saidJamaica was one of the healthiest and finest fruit-producing countrios in the world, and

GERMAN COLONIAL LEAGUE. A new German Colonial League, has born formed for the purpose of infasing new life into the colonial policy of the Fatherland, That German colonisation under the Gormur flag is not a success is not a new discovery, and

the idea that it was volcanic had long since been the colonial party in Berlin is said to be deeply exploded. Surely it was time that England discouraged. Responsibility for failure (saya paid attention to this long-neglected Colonyan Engieb paper) is attributed to the spirit Where else in the world, he asked, would they of buceanemes, and the new league staris out find bread, custarde, milk, and oystors growing with the object of showing that something on trees but in Jamaica? "Do you want," he more than optimism and rose-coloured reports asked, "to oscape an English winter? De you are necessary in the administration of a suffer from any lung trouble? Do you desire to

and bead to death. The people had been orowded into the towns, 600 being confined in one building. A physician said he wa Writing in the Times, Sir Thomas &ather-ready to testify that some of the 000 died land, the Chairman of the F. & O. Company, from suffocation. General Miles says that the statement regarding the man said to have been says

"I am bold enough to conceive that, when this burned to death is confirmed by other reports,

ant that he bas no roasen to disbelieve the other take waters equal to those of any German Spa, colonial empire. What the league fears is that proposed railway is made, the sea route wills ill statements. Many other atrocities committed and to experience u winter which is like an ideat those who declared themselves opponents on The CHAIRMAN proposed the re-election of be the mail route to the East. The presumption by direction of American oflcers are alleged, English summer? If so then go to the land of Principle of the entire colonial movement may Mr. F. Maitisod na nuditor, observing that Mr. which has been set forth as to the saving to be including the whipping of natives to death, the perpetual summer, where the balny air is laden bejna ified by the sudden awakoning of the W. H. Potts would be invited to assist Mr. effected by this land line reste apparently on the shooting of prisoners, and the torturing and with the scent of fruit and flowers; where the country to the truth consorning Germap

Capt. Clanx proposed. Mr. E. J. Moses seconded, and it was agreed, that the appoint ment of Messrs. Parfitt and Wilcox to the Consulting Committee bo confirmed.

Maitland next year.

Mr. J. H. LEWIS soconded the motion, which which was unnimonsly agréed to.

The CHAIRMAN That is all the business of the meeting, gentlemen. Thank you for your attendants. Dividend warrants will be ready at 11 am. to-morrow (Friday),

'GOLD AND COAL ON THE

SIAMESE FRONTIER..

robbing of priests.

I believe that the Times was the first to suggest that the behaviour of American offers in the Philippines might be the result of climatic conditions. This is an explanation which, cariously enough, has a good deal more tight in Europe than here, where people cannot understand how Americans can develope the savagery of Turks.

THE BURDENS OF EMPIRE.

MR. CHAMBER LAIN'S “QUT-THE-PAINTER "

STEBOH.

fireflies light up the night--Jamaica."

LOURDES "UP IN ARMS."

The town of Lourdes is up in atms. The Mayor has informed the Prefect that be will nat auswer for the preservation of order if the Governmont carries out its intention of stop ping the services in the basilica held for the benefit of pilgrims from all parts of thus world. Amongal these there have been crowneil heads, Hoyal and Imperial personages, with a multi- tude of ariatcoratie and wealthy visitors, Catholic and non-Catholio. If the infuz of these be hindered by vexatious legislation the hotel koupers, tradespeople, and other inhabit ants, who are entirely dependent upon the

Fathers of the famons Grotto have special faculties and privileges which cannot be trauer ferred to the secular clergy. They have

public tranquillity, and to leave Lourdes at once unless the Government sees its way to modifying the application of the Ministerial

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possessions beyond the seas. uits various forme has hitherto controlled our colonies, and has evon affected the colonial movement in the German people. Unproduc-

F. P. DANENBERG, Manager. tive enthusiasm and ignorant vanity bave led

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NOTICES OF FIRMS NOTICE.

Mr. Chamberlain's "cut-the-painter" speech, different pilgrimages, will be raived. The for the past thirty-six years how been wandering WILLIAM H. GASKELL having

assumption that ten years hence the mail transit by sea will bo cxactly what it i to-day according to the present postal time-table-viz, 14 days and 14 hours. But I would point out that all mail contracts with which the Pˆ& O. Company are concerned are based on the performance of the alowest and not of the fastest ships employed, and the postal table doca not do justice to the service which is actually carried out. The latest steamers perform the work regularly in a little over 13 days, and, at the same time, they have not in- frequently to be slowed down so as not to arrive at an inconvenient hour for the transaction of business and the landing of passengers. The service now performed is, therefore, supérior to that required by the mail contract. And the fact may be recalled that, within the last 20 years or thereabout, a week has been knocked off

as it is called in Australia, bus excited a con- the transit of the mails to the East. I reste siderable amount of resentment throughout the chiefly with the British Government to desido | Commonwealth. This was the speech at Cape whether the progress and improvement in the Town in the course of which the Colonial | resolved not to show fight, in the interests of in a school of mines and was Recompanied by a over-son service pre to be maintained and in- | Secretary is reported to bave said "It must well-known gold-mining engineer. Assays from creased. wholly unpicked quartz gave over seven ounces of gold par ten, and there seems to be fast service to Indio, letters would, of course, planty of quartz in sight. The engineer has be sent that way. But it is as nerimin as any also verified the known existence of a cool thing can well be that, unless the Hritish deposit which will yield well over one million Government abonld subs'dise this route et a tons of good steam-con, and "Hoense for heavy cost, its service will not, within the life this has been granted; the coal mine is on the of these now concerned, be more than a weekly Tomsterim River, to the north-west of the service, and in all probability a less effective gold deposits near Victoria Point; the quan-service than that of the over-sea and Brindisi tity mentioned bus been verified already by route, as far as the greater part of India is Government reports and tested by close Govern concerned.

Lt-Colonel K. M. Foss, who has been travelling during the winter and spring in Ceylon, the Nicolmar Islauds, and along the Siamese frontier, on behalf of a former Member of the Viceroy's Council, the Rangoon Gazette says, has come ou very rich auriferous quartz- reefs and coal, just on the border line of Siam, near Victoria Point, Colonel Foss has studied

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"If the Bagdad Railway were to ran a daily

be evident that as the self-governing Colonies

grew in population, wealth, and power, they

A STEAM BAILWAY COACH.

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in all parts of the world with two objects The first is he likes walking, believing it to be the healthiest form of exercise, and enabling one to obtain insight into nations) character and pseps of ideal scenery which are invisible from a rail-

returned to the Cology, resumes his practics as Public Accountant.

Office: No. 4. Des Voeux Road,

Hongkong, May 25, 1908.

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CHINA COMMERCIAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.

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THE OFFICES of the above Company have been OPENED at No. 35, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, 2ND FLOOR. Hongkong, 21st March, 1903. CHINESE AMERICAN COMMERCIAL COMPANY,

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IMPORTERS, EXPORTERS AND

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F1321 Houhgung, Lat May, 1903, NOTICE.

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way carriage. His second object is to study the prisons and punishments of every country, and must either abandon the idea of forming part decree.

very often be has committed some trialng offence of the Empire or must take a full share in that burden and in those responsibilities." This

in order to be looked up in some guel to which admission and been refused him as an ordinary was cableḍ verbatim to Australia, where it has

The first steam railway coach in England has

individual. He bas slept in the dungeons of been generally interpreted as meaning that the been invented by and constructed under the super

Spain, and has "enjoyed "life in the prison settle- Colonies must either share the full burdens of intendenes of Mr. D. Drummond, Locomotive

monts of Siberin. "I have not been in London for Empira defence or leave the Empire. Sir Superintendent of the London and South- Edmund Barten, the Commonwealth Premfor, Western Railway. It is intended to be ran bei

thirty years," he recently told an interviewer, "and the last time I was bere I wanted to see the preferred to believe that Mr. Chamberlain | tween Fratton and Southsea, to accommodate did not mean what he was reported to bare light traffic. The coach, which is the joint pro-

interior of an English penitentiary. I could not ment borings; one splendid seam is 23 feet "It will hardly be denied that the maintenaros said.

getthencecstary permission, soone day Traumed Most of the loading publio men ang porty of the Brighten and South-Western Com-

drunkenses and hit a constable. My end was thick; and the steaming properties of the coal of our over-sen services under the English flag public jou rands were not, however, so generously panies, will be divided into two classes first schiaved, and I was happy. Oh, no, I paid no had previously been triad on Government boats, is not merely a postal matter, but is one which inclined, and there was a widespread feeling and third-which will be separated by a sliding fine, but went to prison for a few days, and I with very satisfactory results. When this involves Imperial considerations of the highest against being dragooned" in this fashion. door. In the first clase the easts will bo

was treated very well. But I shall not do itŢOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the deposit is worked it will cheapen coal in Penang moment. Seeing that the Governments of This fealing was expremed by Mr. J. C. Watson, arranged kogitudinally, and there will be which is only 300 mile off, in Singapore, and in France and Germany, not to speak of lesser the leader of the Federal Labone party, at around tingitud tally, mod in the third again, because I am afraid of your solitary con; N Partnership bithorto existing between WARDEN KINGHORN and Rangoon, as the mins is so much wearer to Powers, find it to their advantage to maintain great Labour demonstration in Brisbane. He clase, the seats will be arranged in pair, The Court is not a poor man, though he VDD by mutual consent on the Thirty-first day

finement arrangements, which must be awful." JOHN

DONALD MACDONALD WAS DISSOL- those ports than any Indian or Australian postal communications with the East, by menus said be favoured land defence rather than a transversely on either side of the centre gang colliery. Liant-Colonel Foss hue an engineer of mail steamer af en imposing typo, it is hardly heavy expenditure on the Navy, because so long way, while the number of persons, accommo. confesses ho hopes to make money out of a of December, 1962, and that since that date the on the property and another is now expected to posible to imagine that Great Britain, with as Australiang refrained from an aggressive dated will be thirty-two. The auch may be book he is writing on his travels. From his asiness of the former firm of KINGHORN DONALD MACDONALD in the firm's name open up the gold reof; all the adjacent her rat political and commercial interests in policy they would have only to defend them entered at either end from wide platforms, with experience of life in every country, civilised sad & MACDONALD has bean carried on by and available within British territory has been the East, can ever allow her mail communications selves against outside aggression. Regarding hings on each side, which will be closed when uncivilised, he thinks that America is the best of KINGHORN & MACDONALD.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that as acquired. It is probable that an iron industry to fall into foreign lands. The over-sea postal Mr. Chamberlain's reported statement, he running by collapsible gates. A luggage van place for a poor man, because he can alway may also arise close to the coal-feld, which could service of this country will, therefore, I believe, thought if Australia took a share in the burden is provided capable of holding one ton of earn a livelihood there. This globe-trotter, who from this date the said business will be carried

style of MACDONALD & CO. supply Siam and the Straits with that metal. zemain, and will continue to improve in point she would require some say in the policy of the luggage. This is situated between the motor walked to London from Liverpool, was intend on by DONALD MACDONALD under the AI DEBTS. due to or by the late frm of Excellent iron stone and flux are procurable of acceleration if the needful encouragement is Empire Ho preferred Australis to continuo and the other part of the train. The couch may ing to preosed to his home at Liesa, in Austria. close by. Lieut.-Colonel Fogs has started for given for that purpose. Assuming this to be her present position, and said Australians be driven from either end, and it is entenlated He had not been near his ancestral abode for KINGHORN & MACDONALD will be re the past thirty-six years, and he doubted ceived and paid by DONALD MACDONALD, England to see about sending out machinery the caso I feel very confident that, even whenyould never be dragooned into contributing to that a running rate of thirty miks an hour can

. Dated this 26th day of May, 1903. be attained in thirty seconds.

whether he would be recognized by his kinnfolk, forthwith.

[1554 the Bagdad Bailway is made, ton or 15 years to upkeep of the Empire.