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THE HONGKÔNG DAILY PRESS TUESDAY, JANUARY 5тH, 1904

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The

MARINE COURT.

Monday, 4th January,

Police-Sergt.

AN AUTFUL JUNK-MAN,

Bker Janes

NOTICI

Owing to the Grant Increase in the Furniture Business of Meers. ACHER & CO., we requested by hum te Roam Maqurement of the Photographie Business hitherto carried on From tus date wo will cunti ne the Photographic business at t same place under the name of their name on one babsif.

settled by us.

LONG, HING

& CO.

Hongkong, 21st December. 1903.

LONG, HING & CO.,

FHOTO GOODS DEALERS,

17A, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL

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Allahabad. 17th Decemliar. It is not intended, the Pioneer understands, add any British troops to the escurt of the The troops which Thet Mission at present. are actually at Rinching ng are the 3rd Pioneers, four companies of the 6th Gurkhas, with half a company of Mudras Suppors, two mountain guns sad Blasim detachment of the Norfolk Reginout. Colonel Younghusband's personat eserlis men.

A BAD YOTAGE.

London, 16th December. The Canarder Umbria encounter terrible

MOTOR RACING.

London, 16th Dorenhor. Gigantie preparations are being made for the Gordon Bouneli motor race at Taunus in Ger

Smany.

make so effective a single feet. There would Their conting he a lot of disjointed units. stations and cables all the world over give the British a great advantage. Their futs would be able to kop at ses longer than those of any other Power. I believe England could bottla up the Red Sea by er fortification at Adon, so that no enemy would slip through unbes by steth, or perhaps by getting a start before hostilities opened, ur by some subterfuge.

CANADA AND THE NAVY,

Natal, Caps, Colony, New Zealand, and tha

vated liberal appropriations toward the support Commonwealth of Australia have respectively of the British navy, India is providing in a Iinor way for ds own val neods, but its wals are of an inferior clase. Canada has not

vet andertaken to pay any of the British nary's expenses, and it has been so disgruntled ove the Alaska bonulary decision that it has no inr clination to do sont presont.-San Fran- claro Chronicle.

to preveut anybody complete and register bis reclamation within prd Sa year and ho should get compensation for gested that there was any official seal to this

ihat. That would be the proper judgment to map or anything mix years. He had got to use his licence, other

The whole Colay. The Land Court appeared | have taken that tap na if it hand bana wish it was tak a away from him. It was also give, loving the Land Cours to assess the writing anything thy plowed on

MARINE MAGISTRATE). obrve tint these licences to vain. This, bin Lordship went on to say, wak important to reclaim were until the year 1986 in the gift an app from a jagamat of the Land Court that the writing had existed at the time it had Berone Tax Hos. BAR L TAYLOR (ACTING

having such ab enormous number of claims

yesterday of the district magistrate. In 1986 that power delivered on 7th December qu the claim of Hoben approved by the magistrate. was transferred to a hard. Yet the claimant up on. The Land Court fowl that on 27th quite wd understand tai the Laul Court,

Inspection is invited to the Now Stock now on view, wail this liocene was granted by the district November, 1891, a conessión en-ering on area before it did tot feel itself bound to que

Supretas Court At the same time he end! chì Li (X^. 8,438 H), with wilfully disobeying :

the lawful orders of the Harbor Muster on magistrate, As to the a cond class of tirences 600 odd mot of land was granted by the San such absinte proof as would be required in the charged Lo Chi Li, muster of the licensed junk All outstanding cradit and debit accounts of the Photographie Business will be collected and

the 2nd is in the waters of the edong, under which this fell, the Scenees to obtain On Magistrate to the respoatlant. They point not, hulp biking chat the Lud Court hul some specific profit merely out of the land, the odd out that a rent of 85 was to be paid uuuunty 1 givou a little unius weight to this douanent a till redamastion and there was to bon appro Lucy had no widenes showing where ikusme

and as anybody would be perfectly contrary to sub-section 19 of section 39 of priate tax. They send theva chiefly gonn

more if thy pleased. to wait anything Ordinances 36 of 1699.

They had ao proof that it they liked.

The defendant pleading pot gality, th on the consideratina of the Exhibits C. E. and

was approved by the magistrala I was bound to say he had some sympathy for complainant was sworn, He deposal that on yearly licences Tovocable at the will of the 15, because they sil on consideration of these

the diffinities of the heartod gentleman who hati to preside in the Land Court. In the Suprema the morning of the day in gu-stina ho was on the War Department-launch Alexandra kreping district angisoralen er any other superior to int gilt of

Court thug bad many advantages that the i and bin, and they were

Court did not possess.

They but a learned the Stonecatter's range clear for firing when the defendant's jouk crassed the line on to the district angistrate, Until 1956 dhe liamoves

exposition of the law of China by gentlemen

Ho (complainant) ordered the junk Tauge. to reclaim erisin thegift of the district magis

wil qualitial to express an opinion, upon it He did not think the Land Court had these adsunt-

back, and the junk' went back, but while he Hale, The logoes to fish warm in the gift of th

ages, and was inclined to think the Land Court dis for wigi-trate, Authority would appear to

Brusted a little too much to the good faith of the (complainant) was after mother junk, the de He was willing to take fondant's junk ngai prassed the range. bancary that fierhees to fish dish mit eonfer

1801 by the agistrate of Ban Og. To save

it from Mr. Ha Lap Pan that he really kur

Complainant ebased him wad made him stop, albabula owa tship of the land. However the purported to be a certificate of titlå grunted in

nothing about this and gut the papers Crown hele kleed a very strong healy of

what that certificate meant it was visible, in

from his father, but he was bound to say though`an would not stop at first, Complain. the first plus to consi-for than patitide which blence on that point. The claimant's cont

Person

who aut spoke enough Chiness to muky defendant wither on her voyage to New York. The in his opinion the

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und prid was 1.1 and to look at the world of it. H

papers up the land Court was supp rial by a chladu.

understand; the coxwain also spoke in Chinese, emigrants on board worn panic-stricken sud an-

Defendant did not desire to ask any quisontrollable, amount of era! eritlose and by certain die began by oying that the claimant prot turats. The og uvidence atunanted to nothing | siled a position stating that he had om back rent-which, it was porteetly clear, was

It sued to his that the hand himself answered, “I did not bear the sergeant, The e'xinut id he knew nothingregled in Kowloon unking farming and fishing done with a view to making a claim must haver abat the meter and that bed this occupation. Mr. Ho Lap Pun mjw.midated in a way that he did not at all sensiber tious but when asked what he had to say for

that his eye dil rezily at. Köirlo and neverb ma-lide.

wine was probably trandulent and ertainly I was usleep." disney from his father in 1911, The se male farming and fishing his mompotion, 16 Court had been impos.43 upon by a docuint

The Hou. Basil Taylor convicted him In his opinion the inquiry by the band Court appeared to have was clear therefore that at the very finception of bons to the boundaries of this find and not this petition there was a false statement made had no operativ tores. to the clana int's rights within these boundaries.to the rise. Then it went on to say judgmont should have been that certain fishing or 14 days.

that befijscent to where me was residing rights hit bon granted for a ceriaià area (tas exact amonut uut beg vay clearly stated) to this -Thordás pleurig depended on the dimer's, that if, adjamat to Kowloon, where he was not Parst was the Son Con Magistrate's certificate in Fredling) there was a zong of seashorn which claimant, that the value was estimated by himself was Government waste and not private property and the Chinese (overnment at 35 a your when they were granted and chatitappoured to the Court 1990 that his thing line had hon granted.

and that it was a fit phe to each lish and Koat was fas jy oekamative,

pura station up. When this clain was before he had made to use, or extremely little as of Ha would to him monstions that upon a chair of $5 a the Land Const the claim at trangiate this these rights, which were revocable. It seemed, into "a fit plage to make a dock," only any it was diffient to why he said he year for thing rights a man should us before was a man who taule fishing his empation if the Land Court and ask that be be awarded he wanted to put a dock up, und he understood, $500 for such a chim. that on consideration, before the band Cart made their judgment, to translation was found to bo inaccurate and it was translated as it now was. "to put a station up." that was, a malsheid or even a pool for koping fish. At any ra it was not a dock in the modern sense of the word dock." It was us usi oping that questions up ag in beautsst it was dicit by the and Court that it was meant for a station, That was one of the consideratious apon which they gave their judgment. Then came the eartitoute of title, du genoxdane. with the terms of this certificate he was to take upon lenge the zous of sessiors at a yearly real of St. It was clear to his mind that want the magistrate intended to graut by that was something suited to the application, which was that of a fisherniau for this rights of The Chief Justine reasrked that in his appli-ratching Esh on a piece of land which he repre- sented as close by the place he liver. It was cation for a gut of this land the claimant Hannot adjacent to where he lived but he got his Subing Samo years after be ind og resided in Kowloon and warned his licence and the magistrato gaye bim

licence nt a year.

cassion of the Now livelihood by farming and fishing.

that, in 1993, the Territory was effected by tresty and no doubt many-ingenious persous saw that there wỤN B magnificent field open fer then to make claims ulong the foreshore, which were of very little valas under the Chinese Government but which were of very great valne as soon as the the land was taken over and the freshere on the other

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Film Chi Justice--In his own exilen. Hu Lap Panwad his nuplication was "fors fish gricund. Private property I hind nothing to dà with, only Ik up Govornurut waste,"

Mr. Sharp wat on to say that the next docu- ment was a letter which they said was a burger 16 was boiler parporting to bo prisquely written by the San On angistrala, and to be a reclamation feast. It was entirely inconsistent with the prostios. Another poiak agust this boat was that in in the magistrate hul el-sarly nɔ juris hetion to grant a regel ticu liesmos. Esou if it ware not a forgery and the magistrate had the power to grant

it woul

lapsed by It was olligitory to built a sea-wall wilbin three years and to have the reclamation com pleted anil register within six.

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On the claimant being asked if that statemout was true, he said i was false, but that it was necessary to go through a lot of forms in getting grants from Chinese Geversmont...

The Chi-l distie But not to tell a lot of Hes

Mr. Sharp, proceeding with his argumout, said then was to question of moral hardship in the onse

Cainant's moral case was as weak as his legal case. Ho had supported his claim by a forged butter or a letter which thers WILK the very strongest possible reason for believing to be Darged, anfalso by a mistranslation; and he submitted nosgrapathy could be extended

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P. & D. S. V. CO.

LONDON EDUCATION.

London, 16th December. The education fht in Londen is becoming more bitter every day, and many ishops are SOMALILAND. The quaual report for the year ended 30th natively participating.

Allahabad, 15th December Despite the paucity of news fecom Samaliland September shows that including £11,089brought 23,163,455, and after meeting working cluarges,thor is reason to believe that a good del movs has occurred in the interior tha hus vet heen forward, the total income amounted to

is waiting for the arrival of the Abyssinians in paying Debenture interest, and transfering made public. Whether or not forral Egerton

2000, to reserve, this net surplus was I was not saying

interst on the Preferred Stck 824 the undoubtedly been already considerable race

ment of troops along the Berbern-Bohotka 'line,! that of her had a freehold upon the land and 229.997. This allows of the payment of the the Hand fur sa dvaes in fores, there w distribution of dividends and a bonus apon the and the fact that the Mallab's forers should be bad gone up onormously la value be would not to be entitled to got the unearned

Great increment, but in this caus it did not appear that Deferred Stock equal to 13 per cent, for the heart of at Damot, and uda: would seem to he had any such title at all All bs could ask

your, leaving £11,197 to be carried forward. imply that he is already beginning to feel the secrecy is being preserved as to the present componation for was the taking away, the

The cost of the large viris recently constructed pressure of General Egerton's forea. `bas caused some consideration as to the methodeperations, and so careful are the authorities that stepping of his fishing rights which were

| of inkuranes which for the last 50 years las, no naws shall leak out that no person is allowed iginly worth $5 a year. There had been no thought the more than that to him, fle

been carried out by the company itself. The to remuía in nauliland unless he is furnished with the messary credentia's. Only the other erifduce to show that it bad ever beau worth

directors considered that the beat course today no enterprising officer from South Africa duvision of the Land Court must be reverand

was unceremoniously packed all from Berbers parens was to continue this practice, but to and they should say that probably he had the

The Puisue Judge couenrred.

strengthen the reserve by carrying £250,000 to whither he had journeyed in the main hope of fishing right—nothing möre,

Coste were allowed.

its credit, raising the total to £1,250,000, wetting some appointment. appeal against a judgment of the Land Court Ample particulars are supplied of the new allowing the claim of Lam Trenog Fak and cherier which has been granted to the company, Lam Tak Fuk to absolute ownership of wadau important rovise of which is that the corn- lanks along the sea beach in front of Kowloon pany shall remain a British concers in uomo City and Chinwun valued at $35,0› 0,

and in reality. The condition of the freight

Tas Conri adjourned at 1.15 p.n. After lunchron the Court heard anether

The Attorney-General having addressed the Court,

Their Lordships reversed the decision of the Loud Court and allowed costs,

That Gott re

POLICE COURT,

BEFORE

Monday, 4th January-

A LAW-ABIDINO CITIZEN,

SHIPPING NOTES.

WEATHER OUTSIDE. Arrivals from all quarters report moderate monsoon and five,

THE "ELEN RICKMERS." The return of the N..L... Woubol is looked for before bearing fort her as to how the N.D.L.ss. Ellen Rickmers can to go ashore on the Paracels, a dingorons shoul_vitauted Wongko with Me Kroby, superialeudent of me 350 miles or so from Hongkong Th the N.D., left for the wreck on the Ist inst It would take the fongkoi about a day and a half to get there.

CARTRIDGES FOR THE FAR EAST.

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMEN↑ 8,

The Imperial German ma Isteamer Sadisen lolt Singapore on Saturday, at 6 pm, and may he expected hero the 7th inst., at noon.

The Boston Tow Boat Co.'s stramar Pleiades sailed from Tacoma on the 2nd inst. for Japan

The Boston Tow Boat Co.'s steamer, Lyra,. ports and Port Arthur.

The NY.K. steamer Tamba Moru European

from Tacoma, arrived at Matile on he ist iust.

The 0.5.S. & C.M. steamer Kecman loft is expected here on the 7th inst Liner left Shanghai for this port festorde, and

Singapore yesterday, and is dus here on the 9th inst.

WEATHER REPORT

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The ongkong Observatory yesterday issued the following rsport.:--

On the 4th at 1.55. The barometer has risen over China and S. Jopan.

The an icyclona is still central over N, China, and pressure remains low over NE. Japan.

Gradients rather stoop with very strong won- soon along the China coast and over the N. part of the China Boa.

Forecast:-fresh NE, to N. winds; fair,

TRADE

MARK

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TELEPHONS No. 135,

Included in the H. A. Linio 88. Alesia's cargo TUE FAVOURITE BRANDY OF THE are 1,000 eason of cartridges. The Alesia

FRENCH IS arrived fra Hamburg on the 3rd.

1. D. COASTERS

market has been notaviously and universally unfavourable daring the past year, and the receipts under this head have strunk in e- parison with last year to the extent of £66,000. Tho deficiency would in fact have born considerably larger, but for certain exceptional earnings, especially in the direction of transport work. The Indian trade has, so far as the bulk side became a part of the foreshere abutting on

is copcerned, been on the whole good, but the Hongkong Harbour. The temptation must have been very great to some ingenious perж>>

MR. T. SARCOMAE SMITH (POLICS rates have been extremely low. The heavy fall to make every sort of claim they possibly could

in the silver exchange interfered greatly with MAGISTRATE).

the trade between India, China, and Japan, but in order to increase such rights as they bad-small rights like fishing-into clima for absolute owucrship of the land. In this cas

Of the eight Rickroers Line steamery o Kwong, a youthful hawker, was erraigned on the other hand, the Chin-Japon line ron- the elain put forward was for $50,000, aud

year was being paid for it.

before His Worship on the charge of hawking ning from Loudon did quite as well as last year. only $5 a

There was a The Australian ba-iness marked a further purchased by the Norkientseber Lleyd, two of pioted will be put into the Lloyd's Manila service until after the cassion was contemplated was it thought worth while to pay up the back segetables without a licence.

uniform trousers of F. Rogers, Inspector of was put in under the treaty

Markets. The accused admitted the charge drought. The passenger returns show a decrease | (Singapoo Labuan-Manila). The acquisition Loriships to say this was a mere licence for the claim

of hawking without a licence, but said of £51,627, which is mostly due to the reduc of the Rickmers boals nad of those of the Holt. Line purchased about two years ago. fishing, to revere the decision of the Land to have the whole foreshore bold under an

10 per cent, surtax (imposed at the time when raises the number of the Norddontscher Lloyd's falling against the curb-stone. It was proved in Court, and to sagthat this band bainuged to the absolute title and to be paid for if they dil pot

ccal rons to an exceptional figure), and to the coasting feat in East Asiatic waters to fifty-six, of Hongkong, in the sum of $50.00 for the presidence that the defendant pasted the com. Crown and that the respondent had nly showu get a title of that description by the ratepayers the complainant's trousers were torn by his tion affected in the fares by the removal of the Scottish Orisotal Steamship Company at the which carry pluitant down so violently as to cause the rent

Hongkong river-steamork. himself entitled tea fishing licenen from pearment of back rant of $30. It would be certainly a

complained of In the course of this case His advantage accorded to the public by fa to year revocable & the will of the Government, scheme which would present enormous attrac

The Chief Juice mid it had ben shown

Worship asked if the defendant was one of those extension of time for return tickols to a perind tourists and others up the great river of South who bad signed a petition protesting against the prima farie on the part of the Crown that the

severity of themagistrate's sentences Uofendant of two years. There has been, however, a slight China, are like in style, thongh fas more molera Land Court was dislel by cer'nin 'documents

admitted he was, and also admitted that the peti failing off in this receipts from the high point than the o'd Misisippi-river steamers, with Veasale at Amoy on the 30th ult, were:-Br. piser befure theorint a map which was essiewed

tion described the signatories as law-abiding reached to yous age, which is almost eutiroly | light draught and three decks.

He had also heard of a threatening due to diminished traffic with the Australian

steamers Ankai, Glenfallach, Hong Bee, and to be godine in giring the claimant as

citizens." letter sent to His Worship's colleague warning Colonies. It is to be hoped that the recovery him that if there was not a stop put to absolate tills to a go aron of foreshore.

sentencing the Chinese to hours in the stocks of a certain meture of prosperity in the Co onics Tungchore: Amer. R.K. Tayabas Dab

would be out of the world in

Simonjan, Br. buque Oask; II. M. guo-boat Rambler: Chinese gun-boat Ching Japanese orniser Akiirushima and Garman

to a daim of tht character, He asked their rent, $5 for six years. Ilaving done that further charge against him of tearing the decline, owing to the effect of the prolonged / thow (the building of which is not yet com-

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understood bin tolky hu know nothing about the unter prsonal, but got these papers from bis father. Had to claimant anything to say in suppert of his clar?

The claimant saijin reply that it was stated is his petition to the San On magistrate that he land was for the purposes of a dock.

The Chief Justi romarked that he was Jaford that it win fishing-station and not dock that was melionol in the document. In his petition, too, be claiment statul that he had long resided in jewloan, making farming and fishing his section. That was simply

Eat

The claimant anslorod that that was the siy followed in wing such applications to the Chinese Government.

The Chief Justice id a man who wanted a Goek woull not put to his petition that he passed his time in fling and farming. He would be more likely put in that he was ekdful engineer,

The claimant rapoa that the worl duck" was in his petition.

he Attorney-Gras pouted out that in the letter from the Viner the words "pools for catching fish" were did. The Land Court rejected the word "dog"

he Chief Justice as the claimant why be did not make the deck i

The claimant stated the thers would have been difficulties with the Cufoms, and they had not sufficient money to start he company.

mentioned that The Attorney-Gouda! claimant's solicitors hadretired from the case. Being asked how thisappened, claimant said he had no inner to paythem.

The Chief Justice adressing the claimant Baid it was alleged that he of his letters was a forgory. If he knew its genine he ought to have got the Sun On gistrate, who was snid to have written the letto sign an affidavit to that effect. The Crownd not dispate that he had'nt one time certain ting rights for which he

tions. They had such rights te tro mne trats had granted fishing rights to the man, we fully represented himself to be a fishermae On a piece of coast which he falsely represented to be adjucent to where he lived. That claim would have been mot by very small compensation especially as it appoured from the expart evidenco put in that a fishing Eenes of that kiud was ror cable (the rent being paid anal by the magistrate in any year, certainly ou year's notice--he did not know whether it would be done ia-less. It wou d not do to go to the Land Court and ask large compensation for It wanted a very strong such a licens

hy the propping up to give it another moising afto- gether. That prupping up appeared documentEl, which purported to be a notice from the Sou On mugistrate sinting that as soon as the sen beach reclaimed the amount of land the bill had bean oposed up into faids and that was acquired should be at cuce reported to the district magistrate; that measurements would be mado according to law and additions) taxos levied on the fields and lands seeing to the scale of taxation. In the first place it was alleged that this was a forgery. He did not think any evidence had been given before the Land Court or there that it was written by the magistrate or came from him. So far from this t being the case it was stated distinctly and clear that there was no evidence of it to be found is the games. That would make it extrem ly was not suspicions. The document itself

soon

a revolver.

a month.

The defendant was tued $5 for hawking, without a lience, $15 for compensation for the damage dons to the complumant's trousers, and ordered thres hours' stocks.

That letter was signed with ar presentation on the drought consid, will tend to a favourable reaction so far as shipping interests in general are especial. The must prominent feature in connection with the expenditure side of the acesaut is a reduction in the cost of alto the extent of £91,961, which is due in a great measure to the low freights which hare at the same tiran influenced the company's relus a, very high scale aufavourably, as pointed out above. Labour charges still continue ou throughout the East.

Sma

DRUNK AND INC PARLE.

on the Olaf Johuson, a Swede, seunga American steamer limera, was charged with being draak and incapable in Queen's Road, And farther with asantting 1, Williams, P.C. He admitted being drunk, bat did not remember anything about the Assault, He was fiued $5 for bele drank aad

LATE TELEGRA S. incapable, and $20 for the asanlt on P.C.

Thomas Taylor, of the

--[VIA BANGOUN ] Williams. steamer, Himera, was also drunk and incapable, on two uccessire rights, and was fined $5.

THE TIBETAN MISSION. Leoaurd Marsh, a seaman, unemployed, was

Calcutta, 15th December. drunk nud incapable in Quena's Road. He said he was trying to flud his residence, Zetlont

A Press communiqué issued this evoting House, but was too drabk. He was fined $3. Chan Jan S, a ship's compradore, at prescutays: The Tibet Miss:OD, with escort, crossed employed, was charged with being drunk and the Jerlap Pass and arrived at. Rinchingong assaulting CC. Sibi Sui Hoi, 85 for the drank ou the 13th December without opposition. Th and incapable, and $25 for the assault on the soustable.

CRUELTY TO POWLS.

consistent with the petition for making a dock which, be understood. Ho Lap Pan said was originally intended, because it up of as as the hills have been opened up into fields." You did not make helds for the purpose of making a dock. Again, it was in-

Chan Sing, a house-bay, employed at the consistent with the other document Ct. Why

The defendant the magistrate, having grated this fishing Whithe Barracks, was charged with cruelty to licence, should on the very mine day write to fowls by placking them alive. him and epak about the hills infug opened admitted having done so, and hal nothing to up into fields was inconcievable. This document say. Bu was fined $20, or 21 days im- was absolutely inconsi tent with the other prisonment. document although it purported to be issued by the sarce man on the same day.

STEALING CROWN PROPERTY,

The master

THEFT OF SUGAE

HONGKONG HIVER-STEAMERS.

SHIPPING AT AMOY,

gun-boat Luche.

at

Hai

the

JAPANESE STANDING SQUADRON. To facilitate the movements of warships in the event of an emerganey, Vice-Adairal Togo, Commander-in-Cai-f of the Japauean Standing Squadron, has now dir dad the squadron into three dis and no flotills. The first at com. Auhi, Fuje, Mitara, and Yaskina, and is com- prises the battleships Hatenae, Shikishima, manded by Rear Admiral Yashiba on Shikshund; the second feat is formed by the amoured cruisera Iceman, Yakumo, Adenma, Asama, Tokiwa and Iwate, havings Rear- Admiral Kamimura, on the Izume, as com- mander; and the third heat is under the Sermmanit of Rear-Admiral Dewa, the hoists hie flag on the Chitose, and the cruisers Chile, Yoshina, Ka-ag, Takasuga, Srimit, and Akashi The The foil is compost of 19 destroyers. strength of the squiron is now estimated at 16-934 tous displacement.

"THE BEST SHIP IN THE BRITIAN FLEET.”

The Ocern bus apparently lost her laurels to was left open, and though the Chinese an gate iu the wall built across the road at Yatag the Majestic. We note in a beme cant-mporary Tibetan officials requested the British Co. flat letters have reached England describing misstoner put to piss though, they subsequently scie spondid shooting by the Afajestic, Jugship The women who had left their homes have firing of the Channel Flest at Gilaltar. The ronads with her for 12-in gans, obliteratins gave bim a dinner and ta ngeting was friendly. of Loid Charlie Beresford, at the recent prize

Calcuttu, 17th December. returned and some supplies are being faruished, flagship made twenty-three hits for thirty-serien

A Baukiporo correspondent witrs:-The all presions records, as the Ocean, hitherto the maidan there is a right at present. Crowds of bost ship, made only seceuten bits in the same ekkue of all sorts and sizes are swarming about time. The Majestie is thus, so far as har In the absenc Wong, unster of junk No. 114H, was

the service. When the Majestic was lost in home waters her gunnery lieutenant, with the of any proof that it was a genuine document charged with removing a large quantity of sand the place, They are being purchased for Sik-12-inch guns are concorned, not only the most.

fully. The transport dificulties are immense, issued by the magistate he dolined to believe from the foreshore at Cheung Kway Bay, the kim. It is reported that the Indian troops are rupid firing, but the most rupid hitting ship in in the truth of it. The claim was delayed for Saune being Crowa property. He had no debearing the intense cold of Tibet very succe£>

and a number of bulleeks of the Teesta Valley full encouragement of Lord Charles Beresford. six weeks to allow the claimant or his solicitors fonce and was fined $5. to bring forward any rider they wished.

aud fourtoon lightermen er reported to be suffering from disease, while took in haud a completo overhaul of the gun. amber of yaks from Nepal have also fallen sights, which he found to be grately defective. known all along that this They had document was impugned and they had bad an tighter No. 7 wore charged with stealing 12 extra six wooks besides the two or three months bags of sugar, valued at $1,518, which they had it. It is understood that Colonel Young- but which ise bad ingenuity enough to put into Cel. B. M. Thoaipsn, A., n guest of that elapsed before the case came on last time loaded in their bout for the purpose of earrying and has taken on the 23rd Pioneera, half a complete working order.

gus detachment of the Norfolks and native Lord Charles Baresforl during the recent to find out whether the magistrate declared to the same to owner's godowns. Evidence of the company of Madras Sappers and Minors, a document to be a genuine oce from himself. No arrest of the 'men was taken, and the case was section of No. 8 British Artillery, the machine-

field hospitals. The country now reached is manevres in the Atlantic, saysThe British such evidence was fortbooming and thereforesanded,

reliance on that

described as the Upper Kulu Valley. One of Navy is in a splendid state of efficiency. The he could not place any

the reasons given for the secrecy observed in target priotic is excellent, the drill is excellent. document. Tho third document they relied on

has rease to telieve that there are many Tibetan thing caa ba... No combination of navies, for example, cenld by any cadearour regard to the Tibet Biission is that Government The coprit de corpa is as our perfect as any orissaries in Calcutta,

TIEFT OF TYPE,

Wah Gung, a delivery coolie, in the employ was a map, the whole value of which was of the South China Morning Post Co. Ld., was Six mouths' Chinese inscription along part of the coast charged with stealing type to the value of $100,

the property of his employos. line to the effect that that part of the coust pertained to the claimant. It was not sag.bart labour was the result.

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