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Leaving Waichow at 11 am. on Saturday morning for Bhek-loong, the stream was with them, and the wind sont the boat along at a fair pace. The country was flat and undercultivation; and afsir number of villages were passed enroute. At about 4 p.m. pirate regions were rouched, guard-boats being stationed at intervals of about a mile. The anchor was dropped at about 6.30 p.m. Daring the night sclliers beat gongs, presumably as a proof of their watchfal- BUSH. At about 3 o'clock next morning— Monday-the "mud-hook" was weighed, and Shek-long

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11 am. Here the river is broad hat vary shallow-too shallow for any bus small boats, of which several were employed carrying cargoes. Shick-loong City is really small olition of Waidhow. Tho shop made a good show of European goode, one store being completely filled with them.

in tow of a catch the boat were just in

The party left Shek-long for Whatapos steam launch, hoping to for Canton, Thoy time to 80 the bont for Canton steaming down ricer, leaving her loug trail of smoke behind. There was nothing for it but to go ou in their own, craft, arriving at Canton at 9 p.m.

The main conclusions reached are that the people of the district are vory friendly to foreignors and compare favourably with the people in the New Territory, but the prospect of Waidhow becoming an important centre of foreign tande would seem to depend en railway communication being establisked because tlus river is too shuilow to bo serviceable for the movement of cargoes. The country presenti no serious difficulty for the railway engineer,

SUPREME COURT.

Wednesday, 6th April.

IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 7TMa, 1904

BBTORE HIS HONOUR T. SERCOMER SMITH

(ACTING PUISNE JUDGE)......

Shao Yin Nam and Lo Fung Lun, who have been carrying on business under a partnership styled Lan Cheong Tai, tiabor-dealers," sted Mak Ping, shrof of Mr. M. J. D. Stephens, of Bank Buildings, for $440.26 guaranteed for goods sold by the Sunn Sam Keo arm, and they sued for costs. Mr. O. D. Thomson, solicitor, appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Almada e Castro, solicitor, for the defendant.

Mr. Thomson said that on the 15th of

August, 1901, a guarantee had been made. When translated the guarantee read: Mr. Mak Fing acknowledges the debt due from the Suni Sam Koo for goals bought to the amount of $790.76." $350 of this was paid on the 7th February, 1902, but the balance was still dua.

Mr. Almada a Cuatro said that the defendants had not given a guarantee, but only acknowledged the dobb inourrul by goods supplied to the

Bun Sam Kes.

Judgment was given for the plaintiffs with costs, except suoli costs as could be shown to have been inenred by the negligence of the plaintifa to appear on the first occasion that the case came on for hearing.

P. LEMAIRE & Co. V. THE SÀN LOONG PIRM P. Lemaire & Co., No. 15, Queen's Road Central, sued the Sau Loong Firm, No. 169, Wing Lok Street, for $635, being the balance GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LD, due for goods sokl and delivered :—-

ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING.

The 15th ordinary general meeting of the above company was held at the offico of the General Managers, Des Voeux Road, at 11.30 yesterday morning. There were present Mr. C. A. Tomes (chairman), Dr. J.. W. Noble, Hon. C. W. Dickson, Messrs. 'C. Klink, T. Hough, Fang Wa Chün, R. Hancock, J. B. Michael, S. J. Michest, A. Babington, G. Murray Bain, E. A. Howett, D. Haskell, E. S. Joseph, and N. H. Ratherford (secretary.)

·ThƏ SECRETARY read having the notice.con- vening the meeting,

The CHAIRMAN said:Gentlemon-Unless there is any objection we shall take the report as read. The past year is the bost in the his tory of the Company, and we hope it is only the forerunner of many of Lika character. The quantity of cement turned ont is about 33 per cent, greater than in 1902, and the limit of capacity of the present establishments, has bou nearly reached. One now kila ia under con

struction in Macao, and some new grinding machinery being installed to make a complete and well-balanced factory thoro, and when this work is all finished, and it isestimated it will be

at the end of the present year, the production

will be increased by about 4,500 tons per annum.

24th June, 1903, By 50 cases

tin-plates at $7 per caso... 10th July. By 50 casos tin-plates

at $7.70 per caKE

Total

Received on account

Balancs due...

$850

++

385

$735 100

3635

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Mr. F. Paget Hett, solicitor, of the firm of Mr. Geo. K. Hall Bratton, appeared for the plaintiff firm, and Mr. P. W. Goldring (solicitor), of Mr. J. Hastings's office, for the defendants.

Mr. Paget Hott said that the plaintiffs sued for $633 balance for goods sold on 24th June and 10th July. The defendant firm had paid 8285 into court admitted to be due on account of the second contract. The point at issue was: Was the $100 paid on the first or second issuo?

Mr. Hett said that Ho Y Hing, managing partner of the Sau Loong Fix, came to tho plaintiff's und said he had to fulfil the contract for 50 cases of tin-plates, The plaintiffs had helped them out by landing them the plates.

The plaintiffs had. applied for the return of

the in-plates, but the defendants said they could not do so then, it hoped to be able to do 0 soon. Later they said they were unable to return the plate, but were willing to pay 37 per case, $ being the agreed price. This was On the 10th of July the San Loong etitered into a contract which was admitted, and it was on account of this contract that the defendants alleged the $100 was paid.

THE NEW ARMY SCHEME.

SWEEPING REFORMS.

brigadiers."

ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTE AND BRIGADE

DISTRICTS,

the other hand, wo consider that, the whole of the cavalry and infantry in the United Kingdom should be brigaded, which has not yet boen* The King has been pleased to approve the arranged. Even the 1st Army Corps lacks issue of Part 2 of the Roport of the War Ofer | (Reconstitution) Committee. Part III, con- taining the final details, will be isi ed shortly, The Committeo have profaced their report with a covering letter to the Prime Minister, in which they pay a graceful tribute to the late Commander-in-Chisi, and speak highly of the assistunco received from the newly-appointed members of the Army Council. The second part of the report is divided into five sections dealing with (1) the Army Council, (2) deenntro- lisation. (3) military sauce, (4) the Chief of the General Staff, and (5) promotion and selection of officers.

KODAKS!

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ANDI

PHOTO GOODS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.

Wo bave an Establishment Safely devoted in

DEVELOPING AND PRINTING

The committeo recommend that the existing regimental districts should be grouped by fours for Amateurs, whereļwo turn out work of the best description and with great promptnew. into brigade districts, cach commanded by a colonel. This will give nineteen brigade dis tricts,

ant

in the field.

GENERALS COMMANDING-IN-CHIEF.

Hongkong, 18th March, 1904

LONG, HING & CO.,

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the General Stuff, and there should be a term of at least three months' probationary attack. ment to the Coral Stat employment on the General Staff should to Continuous

restricted to four years, and should invariably qualify an officer for accelerated promotion.

PROMOTION AND SELECTION OF OFFICERS.

The Committoo has recommended that the

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These, in turn, should be grouped into oven aluinistrativ › districts, weh commandes by a major-general. In this way England will bu divided for administrative purposes into dive territorial commands, embracing approximately equal populations, while Scotland and Ireland complete the scheme. London should form an In their letter to the Prime Minister the administrative district apart from the territorial Committee say: The proposals made by us in divisions. The territorial principle should be Part I. of our Report having been approved by applied to the other arms, as well as the infantry Promotion Board should be abolished, and that Hir Majonty's Government, and the Army All questions of perammel, other than officers

of recruiting.

with the Solection Boord should be reconstituted, with dealt being Council being constituted by patent, we have in the brigade district ofices, the higher and the general officers commanding in chief as the Inspector-General of the Forces na president now, in Section L. of Part II., laid down the duties of administration will devolve upon members. A military secretary to the Secretary

districts. our opinion, the the major generals comronnling principles by which, in proceedings of the Army Council should be

of State should be appointed to act as secretary | THE FAVOURITE BRANDY OF THE Provision having been made for decentralisation

to this board, which would meet periodically. on strictly territorial lines, large powers inust governed. these principles are accepted we be conferred on major-generals commanding, and when the selection of cavalry, artiliory, or suggest that they should be formulated at once who, within broad limits, must decide all ques engineer offers is involved, the respective in- by an Order in Council. In reference to their finns or their own responsibility. The result spectors of theso arms should be present. The would be to relieve the War Office of a vest Committee has further recommended that the detailed proposals the Committee declare that cunt of business. which it cannot now doc office of Military Secretary as at present con- they attach the greatest importanes to ratively transact, and to qualify the offer of stituted should be abolished, and now strongly changs of person et in order to nurk emphatic the army for duties which they must perform arges that the function of the late military secretary's office should be in part decentralised. ally a completo change of systern," as nothing

The Committee consider that the promotion of which they can suggest will so fully convince The co-ordination of training and command all infantry officers up to and including the rank the rank and fils of the finance branch that the with administration must devolve upon the of major should be transferred to the command old system must be abandoned, and completely General Officers Command.ng-in-Chief of to which the territorial regiments belong. new habits formed. Again, as evidence of the shot and Salisbury (the Army Corps), (2) District, and minor promotions in the cavalry, whom there should be tive, asmbly (1) Alder Miner promotions in the Guards should be made by the General Offour Commanding the London completeness of the changes suggested, the Northern, ( Bastorn, (4) Western. (5) Ireland. Committee say that for the first time in the long Each of the commands includes two administra artillery, and engineers should be made us at annals of the War Offies its intricate problems tivo districts, except Ireland, which includes present, ponding the adoption of a scheme of have been approached from the point of view of

one district. The primary duty of the Gouerals decided that the confitential reports on officers Even their cheapest quality is recommended territorial docentralisation. It having been Commanding-in-Chief will be the training and war rathor then peace. After indicating that preparation of the regular and anxiliary forces Bay contain recommendations for acceleratel

by the Medical Faculty for Invalids and Part III. will be the final section of their report for wap They will deal with the promotions promotion, the Committee now urge that the and retirements of regular officers up to the rank territorial regiments should be arranged in

delicate people. and will deal with the organisation of the of major, and also with the discipline of officers: groups of about eight haitalions, and that but, with these exceptions, the relations of the officers considered deserving of accelerated Generals Commanding-in-Chief to the Major-promotion should have the option of accepting it in any battalion of the group. By this Generals Commanding Districts will be super- visory only: Although the scheme proposed

moans the principle of selection could be applied has not been worked out in completo detail, the at once, and at the same time greater elasticity

in promotion could le attained! committee observe that they are in a position to state that no increase of expenditure is involved, and, as compared with the completion of the original solume for croating sis Army Corps, there should be a large reduction of cost. In concluding this suction of their report, the com- mittee stato: Our main object has been to establish u aystem in peace which has its exact analogue in war; which will train offlcers in peace for their war duties; and which will provide machinery that cannot become disor- ganised on the despatel of troops for service abroad. They add that the executive measures required should be worked out in detail by a small committee, and it should be possible by these means to make a commencement in establishing the schems within a month.

branches of the War Office other than the Chief of Staff, the position of the Army Medical Sorvice and other matters, the Committee say "We desire it to be clearly understood that our scheme of reform has been conceived and elaborated as a whole, and that any interforenco with the principles on which it is based would necessarily destroy its benolits,"

THE ARMY COUNCIL.

One of the principal objects the Committee have kept in view in the establishment of an Army Council is to prevent the crystalisation in the War Office of narrow habits of thought, or of obsolete methods. That object can host be achieved by a constant infusion of new blood into the main arteries of the administrative branches of the Ofice. They urge, therefore, that four years should be the maximum period during which an officer can hold the position of a military number of the Army employment on the staff or in command for at least one year before he is re-omployed in the

Conncil. He should then return to activa

Office. They strongly urge that the same rule

of the War Offics. The Council will decide all

should be quferced throughout the military staff

MILITARY FINANCE.

Section III. opens with the assertion that the question of finance lies at the root of War Offico administration, and then the Committee make this sweeping ussurtion-Having given care

LEVEES.

Lastly, in connection with the question of the allegiance of British officers to the King as promotion, the Committee desires to orphasise the load of the Army, and they are, therefore, strongly of opinion that the custom of holding levees by persons other than the Severeign and His Majesty's representatives abroad should. cease, and that in future no levés should be held except by Royal command.

SHIPPING NOTES.

STEAMERS CHARTERED OR PURCHASED IN JAPAN,

The British steamer Strathgute, which was lately sold to the Toyo Kisen Kaisha, has now been re-named the fans on. The Dutch

steamer Helebes has been purchased by a Kobe

shipping firm and renamed Nickiyei mara The Nippon Ynsen Kaisha has chartered two more steamers in London.

THE TOYO-KISEN KAISHA, The Toyo Kisen Kaishu, at its regular general meeting of shareholders hold at Tokyo on Sunday Inst, adopted the report for the six

Al Hok Un it has been discovered that with arranged, and Ho Y Hing paid $100 on account questions ef military policy and all important friction with the minimum of efficiency." Pro- months onding December last as follows:--

the experience gained in firing, etc., the kilns turn out a greater quantity of elinkor, than was estimated, and more than the mills enn grind, and it is purposed to erect more griniling plant, and secure an inorenso of 6,000 tons here. From

questions affecting more than a single branek of the War Office. The decisions taken will be issued in the name of the Council as a whole, It thus becomes the duty of any military member or members of the Council who may His Lordalup gave judgment for the plaintiffs disent from a decision taken to resign office, or

Evidence was taken.

the two establishments we shall get therefore with costs. about 60,000 barrels por aunum, more, and no difficulty is anticipated in selling this extra quantity, as the pressut sales, koop pace with all that is manufactured. The high quality of the combat has been well maintained, and its excel lence is appreciated wherever it goos. Con- samption las oreased, expecially locally, the several large engineering undertakings at pre-BEFORE-MY. H. H. J. GOHPERTZ (ACTING tion, the main administrative work of the

POLICE COURT.

Wednesday, 6th April.

POLICE MAGISTRATE),

A PARTNERSHIP DISPUTE.

Max Jacobs and F. Huber, partners in the Windsor Garden Restaurant, issued cross-sum, moses for assault. Mr. J. Hastings (solicitor) appeared for the fortier, and Mr. D. V. Steaven son (solicitor), of Messrs. Deacon, Looker and Dencor, for the latter.

sout under way in the Colony absorbing a good. percentage of the output. These undertakings. will be completed in time, but new ones' will no doubt arise in their place us we need not con- template any failure on the part of Hongkong to continua its progress, and the vitality of a port nowadays is well estimated by its ability to absorb coment. The Buxions fseling we had about supplies of lime stone has now disappeared in the face of Mr. Hastings asked the Magistrate if he the quantity brought down from the country would take Dr. Carl Fast's evidence before last summer, and at the beginning of this last remanding the case. Dr. Justi had been trics to dry season there was nearly a ten months' stock the Court. First of all be (Mr. Hastings)' bad on our hands. We must aim to constantly keep better explain the case-These two persons, that quantity in sight. The brick and pipe Messrs. Jacobs and Huber, were in partnership works at Desp Water Bay have been improved, in the Windsor Garden Restaurant, Wongasi and the output is larger and better. The plant chung Valley. They and recently applied for is yet, kowever, inadequcto to supply the demands licence-Haber applied--which was refused. of the Public Works Department, and many Huber then seemed to get an idea into his orders go past us to the factories at home. head that the licence was refused on account On the The Company's overdraft at the apk is a large of Jusobs, and he told Jacobs 80, one, bat as we are doing so well we think it 2nd inst. Jacobs asked Halior for some money justifiable to pay the proposed dividend, to pay boys wages duo. Huber immediately has been attacked bim in a violent manner, and struck especially as ample provision made for depreciation. The overdraft to him on the face- Ho paraned Jacobs to the day stands at about $350,000 Before garden, strack him again, and knocked him proposing the adoption of the report and down, with the result that bones of his shoulder accounts I shall be pleased to answer any were broken. The complainant went to bis questions.

house, where Dr. Justi examined bim. Huber There being no questions, I beg to propose came to the house, and burst the door open, the the adoption of the report and accounts as plaintiff getting another blow in the face. presented.

Huber was also charged with the possession of is gun found in his possession without a permit from the Police.

Mr. J. R. MICHAEL-I beg to second. Carried unanimously.

Dr. Carl Jasti said he had attended Jacobs Mr. T. F. HougнMr. Chairman, I have much pleasure in proposing that Sir Paul at Jacobs's house, No. 38, Morrison Hill Read Chater, Mr. C. W. Dickson, and Dr. J. W. The man had two black eyes, fractured shoulder Noble be re-elosted on the Consulting Combones which might have been occasioned by a fall, and a bruise over his left eye which might mittos.

have been occasioned by a knock from an open- ing door. It would be two or three weeks be fors ba would be able to use his arm.

Huber pleaded guilty to possessing a gun without a pornit.

Mr. C. KLICK—I beg to second. Carried unanimously.

Mr. MURRAY BAIN-Mr. Chairman, I beg to propose that Mr. T. Arnold and Mr. W. H.

Potta be re-elected as mulitor.

Mr. D. HASKELL ---I beg to second. Carried unanimously.

The Magistrata, in remanding the case, said that as Jacobs's injuries werb so serious he

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ful attention to this most important subject, we have no hesitation in reporting that the present arrangements are to the lust degree unsatisfac- peace; they directly promote waste in war; they tory. They do not conduce to economy in tand at all times to combine the maximun, of coeding to give instances of defects, they men tion, among other matters, that "the fact that a Net profits Director and an Assistant Director of Contracts Brought from last account. have been appointed, neither of whom had pro- viously any experience in buying, or any know-

Total ledge of the special stores to be bought, suffi- To reservo ciently illustratos the practical operation of the To dividond (12 per cent. per annum) 195,000.00 dominant theory." The Committee combats the Curried to next account notion that military officers aro per se extrava- gent, and goes on to say that while the present system of financial control is futile in peace it is ruinous in war. The acceptance of the principle of governing the army by a council will cause at Nagasaki. for the steamship company's the automatic disappearance of some of the Yangtzekiang service. The steamer is to be evils, especially as the Financial Secretary is 230 feet in length, 40 feet in browdth, li fest now the colleague of members of the Council, in depth, and 1,660 tens gross, with a speed and no longer an independent critic with of 11 kaots an hour, and is expected to be special powers of access to the Secretary of ready for sea in April, 1905. State. The organic chings ofFected will, says

SHIPPING INTERESTS IN THE PHILIPPINES, the Committee, operate through the whole The Manila Times, in a lendor, says the finance branch. The legitimate fanctions principal shipping firms of the Philipines have should be made expert and efficient, but its during the past year. This applies particularly of the branch are as necessy as ever, and not experienced any considerable prosperity responsibilities must begin and end with strictly to the coastwise business, and in seeking reasons uncial criticism on estimates and advico for this our Manila contemporary says: The tendered to tlu heads of the spending branch complaint has been heard, and it does not seem to and to the Army Council. It is necessary to be without foundation, that the military govern- amalgamate the Aray Pay Department with ment has not thrown its insular business in the the present Accountant-General's branch, grad- way of the local shippers for more than a year, Accountants, Deputy Accountants, Assistant freight to insular ports. As the military Accountants, or song shuilar titles, with a government is the most extensive shipper of shordiile section of writers, officers of the freight in the archipelago, it is not difonlt to existing Pay Department to retain their military understand how this slight has worked to titles. The Committee procents, then, to deal the detriment of the coastwiso vessels. with the constitution and duties of the proposed course the military government is at liberty to new Army Finance Department, and strongly charter foreign vessels to carry on this trade, but recommends that stops should be at once taken to form such a department on the lines laid unless a considerable saving resulted to the go-

it ferênce of contructing for: down. "Changes of personnel will," they eay; should have the

as in the military branches, be essential, and the coastwise wo strongly urge immediate stops should be taken to apply the principles we have laid down.'

accept a share of the responsibility for the action involved. Members of the Council will be responsible for the efficient working of the branch of the War Office business which they superintend. Each military member will adminis- ter a specific vote or votes of the Army Esti- mates, but to prevent the member of the Council from becoming immersed in detailed administra.

military branches will be carried out by directors, acting under the members of the Council, who must be entrusted with large powers. Broadly speaking, questions of policy will be decided by the Council, or by the individual member concerned, while adminis. tration will devolve upon the directors Com munication between the Secretary of State and the military members of Council, and botweoning the now budy us Chief Accountants, but has chartered foreign vessels to carry its the lafter, will be mainly personal. The Com- mittes declare that long minutes pissing between the members of Council cannot be recessary, and may lead, ss now, to a confusion of ideas. The present Fermanent Under-Secretary will, under the new arrangements, become the Secretary of the Council This will involve a considerable change in his duties, which will be assimilated to those of the Secretary of the Admiralty, and the Communities consider that, whenever a fresh appointment is made, the title of the office should be Socrotary of the War Office.

DECENTRALISATION,~~~ALMY CORPS SYSTEM

ABOLISHED,

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Of

that the local firma

are old, reliable, well-established institutions; they furnish a means of livelihood, to hundreds THE CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF. of the natives of these, islands, as the ships are The Committee open this section of their manned almost wholly by Filipinos. In fact, report with the statement that experiences has there are many considerations against seeking proved the urgent necessity for complete rear shijs operating under a foreign flag. If the anisation of the Staff of the army. At the ships plying between Manila and insular ports In dealing with the subject of decontralisation, time of the South African War there was no are not of American registry, it is very cor-. the Committee declare that no proposals for the re-trained General Staff, and some of the most tain that, as a rule, they are not of any other constitution of the War Office can lead to important duties of such a Staff wore not registry, and by strict right should not be assigned to any body of officers." Such condi-deirred from any privileges that might be on- in administration permanent improvement

tions gravely prejudiced the conduct of opera- tended to boats of American build. But even if unless they include a large and real measure

tions in South Africa, and extremes importance these coastwise steamers were of Spanish or of decentralisation. The business of the War

is therefore now attached to the constitution of English registry, the interests of their owners a General Staff, with defined functions in peace in the island should protect them against any Office has increased enormously in volame and

and war, educated for special duties, drawing to unfair discrimination on the part of the gevorm eomplication, as instanced by the fact that itself the pick of the brains of the army, and nont. The coastwise boats have not and do not whereas in 1871 the Army Estimates amounted working continuously to improve the training ask a subsidy, but only equal privileges with to £12,975,000, in the prosent fuscini year the

of troops and the standard of preparation for total sia administored is £34,500,000. There admits, will require time, and they consequently believe this inter-island traffic should be given to To create such a Staff, the Committee other boats that may be secured to carry on the insular shipping. Everything being equal, we kes not, however, been any serious attempt to urge the immediate taking of the necessary The Committee, having roughly defined grapple with the vast increase of business by stops.

Branch as those relating to "Operations of the introduction of improved methods. The the duties of the Chief of the General Staff's Committee reject the army corps system of War subdivide the organisation of the branch

under three directors, namely e decentralisation in favour of that of administra tive districts. An army corps should bo mad.. complete by bringing a division st. Salisbury under the Aldershot command, and additional mobilisations should be by divisions or brigades only. We see no object," the Committee says, "in attempting to organise aditional array corps, which, in no reasonably probable circum they ever existed otherwise than on paper. On

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STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

The C.C. steamer Chingwe arrived at Salina Cruz on the 2nd inat.

The C.C. stemmer Lothian arrived at Portland on the 2nd inst.

The C.C. steamer Clavering arrived at Kobe on the 5th just., p.m., and may be exported here! on the 16th inst.

The 0.8.9. & C.M. steamer Agamemnon should leave Victoria (B,C.) for Japan and Hongkong on the 21st inst.

Director of Military Operations, Director of Staff Duties, and Director of Military Training; and it is clear that there must be closest touch between the work of these three sections. The Committee then goes into rather minute details

T'he steamer Satsuma left Singapore for this of various Staff duties. They strongly urge that the General staff should be recruited mainly post via Manila on the 2nd inst. from the Staff College, outry to which should The Indo-Chinn steamer Luisung left Cal- ons should be in the hands of the Chief of inst, and may be orpected here on the 17th inst.

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