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THE CHINA ASSOCIATION.

REPORT OF 212 HONGKONG HEANCH.

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 17mm, 1904

Į sight of this most important question, which is, they are glad to know, resolving the streng and The report of the Committee of the Hong-sympathatio support of the Colonial Gorsyn- kong branch of the China Association for presentation at the annual meeting, which will take place at the Chamber of Commerce room this afternoon, ie as follows :---

Tho Just raport wan isaned 00 the 30th September, 1902; and the cover the present review is intended to period from that date to the 31st January, 1994.

The Occupation of Newchwung by the Russians. The continued occupation of the treaty port of Newchwang by the Bussisos, and their active interference with its trade by collecting the Customs and port does, imposing quarantine regulations, and in other ways treating it as conquered territory, has greatly

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he did nothing to cause the attack. He did not | nosemary for them to replace it by a new code. In consequence of the defondants baring so even have time to speak to prisoner before he

moted Mr. James Ellinger was obliged to write Wong San, wife of complainant, called and to his firm in Manchester informing them of the affirmed, said she was a fortune-teller. Prisoner's circumstances and requesting that an eld code wife came to her to bars her fortune told which had become "out of date" should be sent and could not get any work. That was on the new one could be made. The plaintiffs will be Sho mid her busband was a very unlucky man, out, which old code would have to be used until

26th alt. She said things would be all right put to a great deal of espouse and trouble in soon. Prisoner came at 1230 am. on the ad precuring a new code, and in the weanwhito for and said he was a P.C., and be said ba was going their business wi'l be prejudiced by reason of to put several persons to death by magic. He their having to make use of an old code which went away, and returned at 2 am, and in thn is not up to date.

The plaintifle therefera pray that the de meantime witness reported the matter to the polio. When he returned he said he was a

Landants may

be ordered to pay to them the sum

The questions which have occupied the atten./exercised the association during the past yone, i lukon and had come to search the honne to count of £1,000 së damages for the injury done by

momentous: a character as those dealt with

and

KODAKS! KODAKS!!

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PHOTO GOODS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. We have an Establishmest Solely devoted to

DEVELOPING AND PRINTING Amateurs, where we turn but work of the best description and with great promptausu.

LONG, HING & CO.,

Hongkong, 10th March, 1904,'

174, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL

(Fow Doors Bast of Hongkong Hotel)

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ARNHOLD, KARBERG & CO.

ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT.

SOLE AGENTS IN CHINA FOR :

THE ALLGEMEINE ELECTRICITATS GESELLSCHAFT, BERLIN. MESSRS. KOERTING BROS, HANNOVER.

'THE COMPANY OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY, BERLIN.

MESSRS. MIX & GENEST, BERLIN.

PRIVATE ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLANTS A SPECIALIY Fully detailed Estimate drawn up free of charge upon application to the above. Hongkong 3rd December, 1965:

THE LAHMEYER

ELECTRICAL

LONDON,

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and several appania to the Foreign Dulce to interfere on behalf of the British interos's he came at 12.30 am; When her husbanil | of the plaintiffs, and that the defendantă may be

had half opened the door for him at 2m. ordered to pay the costs of this suit.

Bir without warning. in rome previous years, but some important assailed have been made. So far, however,

prisoner stabbed theso appeals

Bil

Dated the twenty-third day of ebruary, ¦ representations

190. Her husband was taken to hospital, and was subjects have been handled, with gratifying re-

from

Street to S. Petersburg there about 12 days. Downing

STONES & PLATT, suits in several enses, while as regards others

consequent thereon have been unproductive of Prisoner, who appeared somewhat weak in

Counsel for the Plaintiffs. it is hoped that the seed sowa will ultimately reaalt. Now that hostilition have broken out intellect, said in bis defense that on the 26th Mr. Platt. haring read the foregoing petition. bear fruit. The following are the chief ques-between Russia and Japan, the question appears thought he was laper. She said he was the plaintiffs entrusted them with this telegraphic ult, he asked complainant to cure his, an bo said (in argument); The defeudouts admit that tions that have come before the committee;-

not a leper, and then pat some red medicine pods, but they deny the terms upon which plału. Internal Taxation of Foreiga Imports. --Dar-likely to be settled in the meantime by the ing the period ander review, several attempts retirement of the Russian troops in occupation on his face which the aid would make til say they leat it to them. They say farther him quíto well again. Then she practised that there was in Shanghai » Mr. R. Dos, some magic over him and he went mad, and a member of a Manchester firm who bad have been made by the provincial authorities in of the port, but it is to be hoped that in any

falare negotiations Great Britain and other rushed about the streets hitting himself over the Two Kwong to impose now taxes on im-

deme to work up coausoting for his firm, perts, and more especially on prepared opism. Treaty Powers will rigidly insist upon Now the head and body. Confinement in gol They do not deny that they lent to him this the last two weeks bad, however, brought him to private talagraphic code, but they say they did Thanks, however, to the energetic action of oberang being restored to it original position

his senses. He was not a lakon--somebody told ¦ not in any way ruin the privacy of plaintiffa him be was! The knife (shown him) was bis. | code, and that it is not necessary for plaintifie Consul General Scott, whose representations Chinese treaty port, and left in the

undisturbed control of Peking.

Ho took it to complziunat's house to poke him to get a new code; that plaintifs have suffered were heartily seconded by your committed,

Omissions from the U. S. Treaty with China. as he was not cured.

no loss, and therefore have no claim against the these efforts failed, and the proposed taxes ware

His Worship said he had had a very narrow defendants. The first question arising is: what withdrawn. For the present the energies of latter having been addressed to the Foreign the mandarine in this direction hare slackened: Ocs-in which this branch concurred from the grave charge of murder, the were the terms upon which the plaintif penalty for which a hanging. He appeared to entrusted defondants with their private codes! bat a strict watch will be necessary to check pointing out certain omissions in the Combe of somewhat unscand mind, and probably Those terms we say are set out in the second 6 months' in guol, where he recommended that paragraph of the patition. They were not to the first attempt to impose new saanthorized wercial Treaty between the United States

and Chins with regard to the allocation of the the end of the term that he be sent out of the I take the code itself-which was leat by the he be placed ander medical observation, and at | fend the code or let it go out of their possession.

Opening of Ports of Cail on the West River.— surtax to the Provincial Chinees Governments colony, as he was evidently a very dangerous plaintide to the defendants--and pat it in. Eight ports of call have been opened on the to compensate for the loss of itkin which is character, and an "undesirable" member of the Inside the code you will find a statement printed FOR ESTIMATES OF ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS OF ANY DESCRIPTION native community prove would, a salutary lesson to this effect* Mesara, Ellinger and Cos. West River a valuable concession duo in no arranged for in the British Tresty, and the

to him,

private telegraphic code. This code is the small degree to the urgent representations of absence of any agreement about the excise to be

property of Messrs. Ellinger & Co., and it is this association. The trade in the West River levied on machine-made yarn, cloth, or other

only lent to Messrs, William Meyarink & Co. products of foreign typo in China, a reply has is showing an encouraging development.

and must be returned to the former on demand." That statement was pasted in each copy of been received pointing out that the fact that the

the telegraphic ovde entrusted to the do. fendanta. United States Government have not stipulated

That statement at once proves the first and fifth terms I have enumerated- for all the conditions attached to those ongage.

Erst, that it is the property of the plaintiffs, and ments by Great Britaia need not necessarily be

fifth, that it had to be delivered up on demand. taken as indicating that they attribute no

Thors romain the second, third, and fourth importsues to the points referred to by the

terms. I say those terms are impliedly incorporated into the agreement by the word association,

“private." Whether the second and fourth terms are impliedly incorporated depsada upón the construction the Court puts upon the word "privato." Burely it means that the mou to whom it is entrusted must pressere the privata nature of it--not divulge its contents to others, nor to let it pass out of his hazda. anything else it can mean.

The Study of Practical Chinese-On the representation of the association of the excel. lent work done by the Department of Practical Chiness in the University of London, the Colonial Government have been indsend to make a grant-in-aid of £30 to this object; for which the thankce of the association are due to

Mr. Chamberlain's Scheme for Tariff Reform 1.E. Sir Henry Blake.

Violation of British Sovereignty in Hong-In January of this year, in response te kong.—In May last, consequent on the revels. *ggestions, the committee considered the tions made in the Supreme Court, during the advisability of despatching a telegram express. ing approval of and sympathy with the Right trial of a Chinese named Lni Chiu, as accessory

Hon. Joseph Chamberlain in his efforts to in the murder of Chinese school-

promote reform in the flacal policy of tho usater anmad Young Kas Wao, at

United Kingdom, and obtained the views of the house in Gage Stroot, by shooting him with

members by circular. The proposal was endor- a revolver, the committoo addressed a letter to the London office, asking them to lay the

sed by nearly all the members, only two voting The following telegram was facts before the Foreign Ofoe. The evidence against it. adduced showed clearly that four men, tempted accordingly despatched on the 13th January :---- by the offer of a large monetary reward and Large majority members Hongkong Branch Chins Association warmly support your

Consider reciprocal

his

fiscal aims.

treaties

IMPORTANT CODE-BOOK CASE AT SHANGHAI.

In the German Court, Shanghai, on the 4th iant. before Mr. K, Muenst (Vice-Consul), and Mesars. H. Loeblein and Th. Meyor (Assessoraj, a case came on between Meesra. Ellingor and Co., plaintiffs (represented by Mr. Platt, for Stokes and Platt), and Mesurs, Wm. Mayarink | and Co., defendants (represented by Dr. Vor- werk).

The petition of the plaintiffs was as follows:- 1-The plaintiffs aro a firm of British merchants carrying on business at Manchester and elsewhere, and the defendants are a firm of German marchants carrying on basiness at Bhanghai and elsewhere.

I do not seD

I ask the Court-

if the Court bas any doubt-to ask the Assensore, 2-Part of the plaintiffs' business consists ho are merchauls in this city, what constras in exporting pices-goods from England in tien they put on the word "private," or I will fallment of orders received by them from ask Mr. feveriak himself, and accept his merchants in foreign countries, and in order to sawer, whether, when one merchant lends facilitate the settlement of the terms of nobis private Lalographic code to another, the orders and the carrying out as quickly as possi borrower does not impliedly undertake not to ble, and following the practice of merchants divulge the contents. It would be impossible to carry on business without such codes and engaged in such export business, the plaintiffs, without strict privacy of such cades. It is a at a considerable cost, caused a private telagra- phic code to be compiled, a copy of which the private telegraphic code, and therefore differs plaintiffs entrusted to those merchants in from the public codes which anyone can buy at the shops. Plaintiffs bare paid a large sum of foreign countries from whom they were in the

money to obtain such codo, and they are habit of receiving orders, apou the distinct un-

shall be rospected. The next that that privacy derstanding that such copy code was the pro- entitled to expect, when antrasting it to others, Who was Mr. R. Dux? In their whom the copy code was to entrusted abould question is: porty of the plaintiffs and that the merchant to preserva the private astors of such codo and answer, defendants admit that he was a member shenid not divalge to olios any material part of the firm of Messrs. Simon Dux & Co., Man- up & business or parts thereof or land or sllow the same pat of chester, who came to work

connection in China for his firm. each copy code so entrusted that it was the pri vate tolographis code of the plaintiffs and had to be returned to them on demand.

official rank made by the Cantonese Govern ment, arranged to assassinate Young Kue Wan- who belonged to the Chinese Reform Party, absolutely necessary, failing which recom- adoption retaliation." A letter and accomplished their purpose on the 10th mend January, 1901, but the prisoner was not arrest-conßrming the tolegram was mailed on the od notil two years later. In the result he was 14th January, and copies of same were forwarded found guilty, sentenced, and exsented. The to the London branch of the association and committes, however, urged that roparation for to the Colonial Secretary, for the information the flagrant violation of the King's Sovereignty of the Governor of Hongkong. A letter has committed should be strenuously demanded. i baon received from Mr. Chamberlain's private bis possession; it was stated on the cover of therefore that Mr. R. Dux was a competitor

receipt of the secretary acknowledging telegram,

The matter was laid before the Foreign Offles by the London bruach, and a copy of the leiter sout by this committee to the Colonial Govern- ment for transmission to the Sentary of Stats; but up to the present no answer has been received from the Foreign Office.

The Chairmanship-Ou the departurs, in February, 1904, of Mr. Playfair to England Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C., who had accepted &' seat on the committee, was elected noting chair man, but after holding office for about a month Mr. Follock resigned, on the ground that the performance of the duties clashed with his pro- fessional interests. Mr. R. C. Wiloor there.

pou took up the rɔine and acted as man until Mr. Playfair's relaru; and when soon afterwards that gentleman was obliged, through an affection of the eyes, to resign the post, Mr. Wilcox was nanimously slected chairman.

ohair.

The Committee. "Lers have besu soveral

Foreign Fost Offices in Chias-An inquiry having been addressed to the association in London, from the Board of Trade, as to whether further ports of call were necessary in the P. & O. 8. N. Co.'s itinerary for the purpose of facilitating the delivery of the mile in China, the question of the maintenanes of Post Ofices in Chinese treaty ports by Foreiga Powers was raised, and some correspondenc has passed thereon. Your committee expressed the opinion that, while they did not wish to recommend the methods adopted by some Powers for thus ex- changes in the personnel of the Committee tending their influencs, they deemed it desirable during the period under review. Mc. Parts, who has left the Cotoay, has been replaced by that British officials should be careful not to

Mr D. &. Las; the Hon. C. S. Sharp by surrender any sign or symbol of authority now pussessed in the treaty ports. It is satisfactory Mr. A. G. Wood: Mr. Medhurst, who has to record that the British Government has taken gone home for a trip, has been succeeded note of this expression of opinion, and so far by Mr. E. S. Whealler; and the Hon. K. from reducing the number of British postal Showan by Mr. W. Saunders. The Com- agencies, has recently added a fresh one at mittee now consists of Messrs R. C. Wilenz (Chairman), D. R, Law, G. W. F. Playfair, W Chefoo.

The Opening of Kongmoon-The port of J. Saunders, H. E. Tomkins, E. 8 Whealler C. Pamberton (Rou Kongmoon was to be formally opened to foreign G. Wood, and trade on the 7th Marob, and Mr. H. H. For has Secretary).

Accounts. The Hon. Secretary's boon appointed British Consular agent.

The

3.-The plaintiffs obtained their said privato telegraphic code in the way in which Manches ter merchants usually obtain such codes, that is to say, in the following manner:

tiff

It is clear

R. Duz was

There

A

ELECTRIZITAETS ACTIEN GESELLSCHAFT VORM.

W. LAHMEYER & CO., FRANKFURT A/M.

Apply to-

SIEMSSEN & CO., SOLE AGENTS FOR CHINA.

place. The defendsats roodved a code from plaintiffs, but the conditions, as set out, wore

not made.

Paragraph 5. udmitted.

With regard to paragraph 6, the firm of Simon Dux & Co. has bad for years a good code suitable for transacting business with its China friends.

With regard to para. 7, if plaintiffs hat bogu informed that Mr. Dax was atilising their code in the compilation of sue for himself, defend ants would say that plaintifs had been misin formed and that they had sizes satisfied thom. selves upon this point.

Paragraphs 8 and 9 are disputed. Au plain. tiffs have been shown that they had suffered any damages, and as there is no legal case against the defendants, a dismissal of the action is prayed for with costs.

Mr. Ellinger was interrogated by the Court, sud said he knew of cases in several other places, as well as in Shanghai, in which fraud had been done by obtaining codes and copies of telegrams. By bribing a Chinese official, for instruce, it would be possible to obtain copies of on his competitor's desk. Erery pattern is telegrams for him. Lis patterns could be lying numbered. Such competitor, knowing bia code, could telegraph in his name, find out prices and possible dates of delivery.

Mr. Moyer-You think it possible that a man could telegraph to your fre? How could be Mr. Ellinger By bribing the Chines official or telegraph clors. But I don't get the answer if addrassed to you?

pretend to tell you exactly how it would be done. All I say is, I have lost conâdenes in my code, now in the hands of competitors, and must have another one. Mr. Dux hos bad that code for weeks. He may here every word out of it.

Mr. Meyer-There are only two pointa: whether there has been a special agreement with Messrs. Meyerink and Co. not to divulga this code; and secondly, have you suffered suy damage (To Mr. Platt). Have you any remarka? You put it that the word "private means that?

Mr. Platt-Yes. We do not claim for any injury done to our business, but simply for the cost of a now code.

The Court retired at 11 o'clock, to consider its decision. Subsequently judgment was given us follows

The petition of the plaintiffs is dismissed with cosin for the following reasons-

1-The Court rules that by

reason of

in business. They also say that Mr. R. Dux had good code for many years with which they could do business. Even in that case, Mr. R. Dus was compiling » KUW codo for unO in China. That has been admitted in the following way. When plaintiffs discovered or were informed that Mr. There are certain firmas whose business consists compiling a code with the help of theirs, in compiling telegraphic codes, and the plaintiffs they demanded it back. Mr. Dux entrusted his instructed one of such fires to compiles code interests to a firm of lawyers here. Messrs. for them; such code was thereupon compiled Drummond and White-Cooper, who wrote that and the plaintiffs paid a large sum of money for he was roaking a new code, but not making it after plaintiffs had so obtained their code ake of the plaintiffs' private code. they employed and paid a man to complete it. føre.

The plain- hare this situation. Wi and this man was engaged for a period of nearly

bas been lost to private code one year on such work. When the code was competitor who is preparing a new code: What completely finished the plaintiffs caused to be did Mr. R. Dux want with that code? Either printed 80 to 100 copies of it, each copy con- he wanted it to help him in preparing a new taining 2 roluwes, and this also cost the plain-code, or secondly, if he did not want it for that life largs aam of money.

purpose, he wanted to gain some information as to how plaintiffs' business was carried on. cannot be doubted that Mr. R. Dax wanted plaintiffs code. Therefore, you see, gentlemen, that this code having been lent, that the privacy 4.The plaintite occasionally received orders of that code was at once ruined. It was lent from the defendants, and consequently on or on the nuderstanding that its privacy would ha about the 16th February, 1903, the plaintiffs, respected. Mr. R. Dur had this code in his following the us pretice, entrusted the possesion for some time, and there is po ques- defendants with their sail privato telegraphiction that be must have got come knowledge of cada

upon the terms above expressed.

its contents. That knowledge, you can well 5-About the beginning of the mouth of imagine, in the hands of a dishonest man, might November 1903 Mr. James Ellinger, one of he turned to some disadvantage of the plaintiffs. the partners in the plaintiffs' firm, cams

I don't suggest that Mr. R. Unx is so dishonest, Shanghai for the purpose of looking up the but I do ray that having sequired this informa- firm's constituents there, such constituants tion of the contents of the code, that the being Messrs. Holliday, Wise & Co., Mesam.privacy of that code has absolutely bien rained. valueless by the indiscretion of the defendants Ward, Probst & Co., and the defendants. At If the plaintis want a private code, they must bocause a knowledge of the code does not imply

The plaintiffs entrusted such copy codes to those merchants in foreign countries with whom

they did basiness on the arms set out in the proceding clause.

to

It

that time there was also in Shanghai a certain get a new one, and the cost of that new one Mr. B. Dui, a member of the firm of Messre, should not fall upon them, but upon the defen-

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the plaintiffs sending the defendants the code in which it is expressly stated "this code is a private one," and in consequence of the defendants baring kept and used this To be used always for raising code, that an implicit implied agreement existed betweeza the plaintiffs and the defen. cake, scones, hot tea-biscuits,

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The defendants therefore would be liable for damages if such have occurred.

In the present case there is no proof that actual damage has been sustained. The fact that the competitor after pection of the code is in a position to save telegram expenses in a aimilar manner as plaintiffs way be deplorable for the latter but does not imply actual pecabi Bry loss, and it is further the opinion of the

Court that the cods has not been rendered

the discovery of any business secrets of tho firm. Therefore the compiling of a new code The Proposed Opening of Walchowr accounts, which are annexed, show a credit Simon Dux & Co., merchants of Manchester, dants. who have been the cause of all this

who had come to Shanghai in order to work up trouble. Mr. Ellinger being an interested is not necessitated by action of the defendants.

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having been reported last autorau that the Chinese had no intention of opening Waiohow to foreign trade, as under the conditions of Section 12 of Art. VIII. of the Mackay Treaty this could only be claimed whoa that "Article came into force, a letter was in December lest addressed to the London branch urging them, for reasons set out at length, to ask the Foreign Office to press for this concession at the same time that Kongmosa was opened. A copy of this letter was forwarded to the Foreign

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R. CHATTERTON WILCOX, Chairman.

POLICE COURT.

Wednesday, 16th March.

BEFORE MR. T. SEDCOMDE SMITH (POLICE MAGISTEATE).

...

MAGIC AND MADNESS,

a connection for his firm among merchants-îù

bins.

8. In order that a firm of merchants in Manchester may accessfully carry on business with merchants in China, it is absolutely neces sary that they should have a telegraphic code to work with, and benes in order that the said Mr. R. Dux's firm might be able to compete in business on equal terms with other Manchester firms doing business with merchants in China, it was necessary that his firm should have a talegraphic code as goods as such other firms possessed.

7. About the 18th December, 1903, Mr. James Ellinger was informed that the said Mr. R. Dux was compiling a telegraphic code for his firm with the axistance of the plain tiffs' code; thereupon Mr. James Ellinger at once saw the defendants in their office and eaquired of them whether they had parted with the possession of the plaintiffs' code which had had, to get the code back and return it to him, been entrusted to them, to Mr. Dax, and if they Mr. James Ellinger.

Chow Wing Kwee prosecuted Kung Chi Wa Hongkong Government to the Colonial Office, for stabbing him in the abdomen, un the 2nd accompanied with a strong recommendation inst, at bie house in Market Street. Evidence in favour thereof, but up to date no reply has

'was adduced to show that complainaat was boon received from Downing Street.

admitted into the Government Civil Hospital Railway Construction in Kwangtung-At at 2.30am. on the 2nd inst., suffering from a the same time the association unde a forcible stab-round in bis abdomen just over the left representation on the subject of the delay inside of the liver. He was in a critical condition proceeding with the construation of the pro- for several days, but had eventually recovered jected Canton-Kowloon Railway, and offered and was discharged from the hospital as cured some suggestions as to the route to be traversed,

on the 14th just, The wound might have been also recommending the construction of a branch inflicted with the knife produced in Court. from Sheklung to Wsichow. A copy of this

Complainant, Kang Chi Wa, said that on the 80. letter was also despatched by the London office 2nd inst., at about 2 a.m., prisoner came to his to the British and Chinese Corporation, who house saying he wanted to search the place and hold the concession for laying the Kowloon-pount the people in it. Complainant opened Canton line; and it has been considered by the the door, and was immediately stabbed in the directorate, with what result we have yet to abdomen by the prisoner, whom he did not know learn. Your committes do not intend to lose and had never seen before. Complainant said

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THE AICHEANG.”

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The Ichury, Capt. Jones, from Chingkiang yesterday, Though she has over 2,000 tons of cargo aboard, ouly 100 tons are for Hongkong.

party; cannot give evidence, bat ho is prepared to make a statement us to how he obtained the information that Mr. Dax had the code. After the inpse of two hours (from his demend defendants), the code was returned to him at his rooms at the hotel, with apologies for its having been so lent. He en slate, if you wish it, that he at once wrote to his firm in Manchester telling them that the privacy of the vode was ruined and that a new one must be made, He has heard from his firm that the ner code is being made, and that the cost of it will be It is a very short case. something like £493. The questions for you to deride are Was the fru Yokohams, vis Amey, with some 4,500 code entrusted to the defendants! Was its privacy ruined by its being lent? If the privacy. The leucus experienced strong N.Ë. was ruined, bus the plaintiff suffered damage? Is it necessary for him to have a new one com piled? If you conclude that a new one should be compiled, I contend that the cost of it should fall upon the defendants.

Mr. Meyer--Has the new code been made Mr. Plait-Yes. We have a telegram to that "ffect.

Vorwerk, for the defendants, replied at à in Gorman. Following is a 'translation

points of the replies to the petition. Indents answer to the petition of the above mentioned plaintiffs showeth :----

Paragraph is admitted.

The result of anob aquiries was that the defendants returned the code to Mr. Jatavs Ellinger within two hours of his said interris with them; they admitted they had lent the code to Mr. R. Durand apologised for having done 8.-The defendants in so parting with the possession of the said code violated the terms

With regard to paragraphs 2 and 3, arrange- ments arrived at between plaintiffs and third upon which it had been antausted to them and parties are unknown to defendants and have the condence imposed in thom by the plaintiffs; consequently no bearing upon this enso. in addition, through the defendants allowing With regard to paragraph 4, prior to the code to get into the hands of one of the the 16th February 1903, one transaction took plaintiffs' competitors, the privacy of their code place between the plaintiffs' and the defendants, has been completely raised and it has become but since then no other transaction had taken

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BAIGON LICE, The 8.8. Holstein arrived from Saigon yester day with 1,800 tons of rice. Her consignees are Messrs. Yun Wo.

THE "TIBERIUS." The s.8. Tiberius arrived from Manila yester day.. Though she had a quantity of cargo on. best there is very little for this port.

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