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figures, as follows:-May, 379; June, 314; | TELE GRAMS. THE EXPELLED DOMINICAN MONKS THE LAST PORT ARTHUR FIGHT. July, 375, Only February can show as good a record ng May oven, having also
A. S. WATSON & CO., 79 deaths. The August deaths, on the
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other land, exclusive of plague and small- pox, ara 461, the Soptember 454, and the October 517-the worst month, excluding the two diseases mentioned, Including them, June was the most fatal month in
1903, 724 deaths being its record, of which 348 were due to plague.
The birth-rate of the Calony showed a decline in 1908, when it was 3.17 per 1,000 against 3.8 in 1902. In 1901 it was 3.6
CLARET S. and in 1900 3.3 per 1,000, so that last year
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saw, a turn in the advance. But, as has often been pointed out in offeinl reports. here, the number of the Chinese births registered does not give the actual Chinese birth-rate, for many of the infants dying within the first month or so of life remain unregistered as born. The non-Chinese birth-rate is not worked out separately; no deditions can be made about it. It may CHATEAUX be remarked that it would be interesting if the European figures of births and deaths IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. could be given instead of, being merely
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classed with other uon-Chinese." It might mean a little extra abar, but surely the figures are within the reach of the con- piler of the report? Additional interest would altach to an already excellently prepared document, if the Principal Civil Medical Officer would take this lüut.
DAILY PRESS" SERVICE.
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.
THE WAR
RUSSIANS OCCUPY SONGCHIN.
Kobe, 17th Ap, S.lő pm.
It is stated that a party of Russians have occupied Songchin, when they
invaded the Post Office and cat the The inhabitants telegraph wires. have fled.
[Songobin is a seaport on the north-east coast of Korea.-ED. D.P.
THE TIBET EXPEDITION.
UNSUCCESSFUL OPPOSITION.
London, 16th Ap, 11 p.m. The advance of the British Mission to. Gyantse was opposed by 2,000 Tibetans, of whoun 190 were killed in the fighting that
ensued.
The report that no opposition was mét with was due to a mistaken statement in a despatch from Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India.
Az copious extruts from Dr. ATKINaox's 14.50 report are printed in another column, we need nat dwell on the various details there 24.00 set forth. But we should like to call atten- tion to what he has to say, under the 26.00 heading of "General sanitary condition of the Colony," with regard to the Public Health and Buildings Bill, which earne into force on the 21st February. Though he says that the Bill will do much to farther the better sanitary condition of the Colony, he points out that it will not produce an immediate effect. "Many of its sections apply to houses hereafter erected, and THE WAR MEMORIAL SERVICE AT
S. PETERSBURG. ¡ A. S. WATSON & CO. others, such as the cubicle sections, are so
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far-reaching in their application that they must of necessity he enforced gradually." But, by the alterations effected by the amending Ordinance of the 14th December
Inst in some of the definitions in the Bill and in the cubiele and overcrowding sec- [01
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is proposed to do by means of an Improve- ment Trust, Dr. ATKINSON looks for more. Immediate anielioration of the Colony's sanitary condition. The resident public of Hongkong too books auxiously to the pro- mise of this Trust, the laying of the schema for which before the Secretary of State our late Governor, Sir HENRY BLAKE, au* nounced in his farewell speech to the Colony in November last. It is satisfactory to read of a more healthy year, as 1903 undoubtedly was, in spite of plague, but it is on per manent improvement in Hongkong, render- HONGKONG OFFICE: 14. DESVUI ROAD.ing it a safer city in which to dwell, whether LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, E,C.
we come from Europe or are from the East, hat our attention must be cone entrated.
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The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, 18TH APRO., 1904
The Gorman mail of the 16th March was delivered in Loniton on the 14th inst.
The appointment of Messrs. J. Beidie, L. E. Brett, F. Fisher, F. Allen. W. H. Woolley, W. Fisher, D. J. Mackenzie. H. J. W. Gidley, and H. J. Knight to carry out provisions of the Epidemic Prevention Byelaws is notified in the Gazette.
THE Hon. Dr. J. M. ATKINSON's report on the Health and Sanitary Condition of Hongkong in 1903 appears in the latest issue of the Gazette. The Principal Civil Medical Officer has a somewhat more favour able year to report on than when he last wrote, in spite of the fact that plague cases were much more numerous in 1903 than in 1902, there being 1,415 notified as against 572. There were 60 cases of small-pox in
Mr. A. P. Zanetti has been recognised as 1903 against 57 in 1902; but of cholera. Cenaul for Cuba in Hongkong, and Mr. II. there were only 10 cases against 460; of Pauli av Deputy Vico-Consul for Sweden and enteric fever, 44 against 55; of malaria, 283 Norway, while the King's exequatur to Mr. against 393; of beri-beri, 397 against 452; K. F. Hagberg to act as Consul-General for of dengue, 128 against 422, and of diph- Sweden and Norway has been signed. theria, only 9 against 20. In all there were 6,185 deaths (1,251 from plague) in 1903 against 6,783 (682 from plaguo) in 1902; and the estimated population in 1903 being 325,631, while in 1902 it was 311,824, the
His Lordship Archbishop Grid, the Payad Delegate to the Philippines, is expected to arrive here this afternoon by the steamer Zafiro, accompanied by his secretary. His Lordship is unwell, and is coming to Hongkong and Macao death-rate consequently dropped from 27 for the beastit of his health. During his stay per 1,000 to 18.9 per 1,000. It is to be here. he will be the guest of Monsignor Piazzoli noted that the non-Chinese death-rate came at the Italian Mission house at Glenealy. down from 19 per 1,000 to as low as 16.6 per 1,000, while the Chinese death-rate was
The flow of trippers on their way to the S. reduced from 21.93 to 19.1 per 1,000. Yet Louis Exlibition continues to pass through the 1902 figures were au improvement on Hongkong.
Mr. Ferguson, of the Manila those of 1901, and the latter, as far as the Government, and 63 prominent l'ilipino gentle Chinese were concerned, an improvement men are due by the China Manila steamer Babi on the figures of 1900. A table of the on the 25th inst. They put up at the Hong- relative mortality in the different seasons of kong and other hotels, kaving for San Francisco 1903 gives the following results for the four by the Siberia on the 30th inst. quarters of the year :-
It is notified in the Gazette that the following appointments have been made to the Committee for the Wongneichoug and Queen's Recroation Grounds-Capt. G. R. H. Nugent as Polo Cinb
Iut 2nd 3rd 4th Non-Chinese 13.1 24.5 13.9 14.8 per Chinese - 17.46 25.32 17.88 16.8 1,000 But it appears that, apart from the ravages representative, vice Ht.E. Mr. F. H. May; Mr. of plague and small-pes, the months of R. Hancock as Cricket Club representative, vice April, May, and June, so far from being Mr. E. A. Ram; and Mr. E. J. Grist as Golf the unhealthiest, have actually the lowest Club representative, vice Mr. W. J. Saunders.
REUTERS SERVICE.
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LONDON, 14th April.
The Pope has institated an Apostólic pro- fecture on the island of Shikoku, Japan. The
BRITISH DESTROYER ON SHORE.
LONDON, 14th April. The destroyer Teazer grounded during sight attack on Portsmouth and broutons to break up.
JAPANESE OFFICIAL ACCOUNT.
Yesterday morning we received from the now prefestare will be the abode of the Domi- Japanese Consul a copy of the following nicau monks who were expelled from the Phi ollicial telegram which he had received lippings.
from Tokyo
Tokyo, 17th Ap., 12.50 a.. Admiral Togo reports that our combined fleet commenced the eighth attack on Port Arthur on the 11th inst., as previously planned. The Fourth and Fifth torpedo. boat-destroyer flotillas, the 14th torpedo fictilla, and the Kirgo Mura reached the mouth of Port Arthur at midnight on the 12th inst., and effected the laying of mines The British destroyer Teaser has been re-at arvoral points outside the Port, defying fosted.
the enemy's search lights.
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THE TEAZER" REFLOATED,
Lusson, 14th April.
GREAT BRITAIN AND JAPAN.
LONDON, 15th April. The Japanese Naval Affachḍiu London bas forwarded to the fand for the widows and orphans of those who were lost in the submarine boat recently the sum of £3, subscribed by Japanese naval officers in England, together with a message of profound sympathy..
RACING. THE CRAVEN STAKES. LONDON, 15th April:
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MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S RETURN.
LONDON, 15th April.
At dawn on the 13th inst. the Second torpedo-destroyer flotilla descried & Russian destroyer trying to enter Port Arthur Harbour and, after an attack lasting ten minutes, sank her:
Another Russian destroyer was discovered coming from the direction of Laotishau and our ships attacked her; she managed to flee. bowever, into the harbour.
On our side during these engagements we suffered no casualties with the exception
that two scamen on the destroyer Ikadouchi were slightly wounded,
We had no time to rescue the crow from the sinking Russian vessel, as the enemy's cruiser Bayan approached the vicinity at that time.
The Third fleet arrived off Port Arthur at
Mr. Chamberlain has returned from Egypt eight o'clock that morning when the Rus
FILIPINO MOTINEERS
SENTENCED.
STERN PUNISHMENT.
Bian cruiser Bayon came out of Port Arthur harbour and attacked
The Russian cruisers Novik, Askold, and Diana, and the battleships Petropavlovska, Pobiedu, and Poltava immediately came out and commenced an offensive attack.
Our Third fleet, fardily answering the Russian guns, and gradually rotiring, enticed the enemy 15 miles south-east of Port Arthur, when our First fleet, receiving information from the Third by means of wireless telegraphy, suddenly appeared before the enemy and opencil fire,
While the enemy was endeavou ring to regain Port Arthur a battleship of the Petropavlovsk type struck the mines we had laid on the previous evening, and sank at 10.32 ..
This contiras our guess that in out London correspondent's telegram of the 14th inst, the By the latest exchanges from the Philippines words "reached Gyaitse opposed" were intend-we learn that twelve of the Vigan mutineers ed to read reached Cyants ampposed," were sentenced to 40 pents' imprisonment and There was, however, considerable opposition, to pay fines of $10,000 each, two were sentenced to death. and 31 were sentenced to imprisonment the effect of which was disastrous to the Tibetana.—Ev, D.P.]
for 30, 25 or 10 years. In the beginning of February, as our Manila correspondent notified us at the time, part of the constabulary garrison of Vigun. Luzon Island, seized the barracks und arms, armed a party of malcontents who came in from an adjoining barrio, and began shooting about the town. Some of the censta. bulary who were not disaffected stood by their officers, and one, sentinel at the barrack door. was shot down for resisting the mutineers. Others, being out off from their armus, siattoreil Although another ship was observed to sud hid. The rioters after making a demon-have lost her freedom of movement, the stration to impress the townspeople. left town, confusion of the enemy's ships prevented us carrying away about forty-five stands of from identifying her. arms, several thousand rounds of ammunition, a
The enemy finally managed to regain Port considuraliu com af money.......kerstal cartloads of
Arthur. commissaries and other supplies, and taking
Our Third fleet suffered no damage, and with them the prisoners from the provincial jail. Colonel Scott, acting chief of constabulary, damage sustained by the enemy, excepting left Mouila at once for the scene. Major what has been mentioned above, was pro Garwood. fourth district chief, with head.bably slight also. quarters in Vigan. handed an expedition from there, and the 11th Cavalry was ordered out from San Fernando de la Union by General Wade, division commander. In less than two weeks practically the whole mob was rounded up and the trials were begun
LONDON, 14th April. The Tear and Tsarita of Russia attarded the Admiralty Church at & Memorial Service. The Tsarits wopt throughout the serpica S. Petersburg is a city of mourning, amusemente are cancelled, and cafés closed.
THE RUSSIAN SQUADRONS.
LONDON, 14th April, Admiral Wirezius's squadron bas entered
the Baltic.
Admiral Alexieff tukes, temporarily, the command of the Rassian naval quadron in the Far East.
THE FIGHT OFF PORT ARTHUR.
LONDON, 14th April.
A S. Petersburg official confirms the report that the Russian destroyer Bestiahni was sur- rounded and souk by the Japaues, and adds that the battleship Pobieda strack amint amid-
ships but was able to regain the harious
ADMIRAL MAKAROFF'S SUCESSOR
LONDON, 5th April. Vice-Admiral ¿Skrydloff, conminding the Black Sea Best, has been appoint to succoed the late Admiral Makaroff.
REPORTED RUSSIAN TREAT AGAINST WAR CORREPON-
DENTS.
LONDON, th April. ` Washington nere states the hussian Go- vernment has given notice thi newspaper correspondents asing wireloss telephy will be treated as spies and shot.
BALE OF SHIPS IN WA-TIME.
LAWN TENNIS.
Our First fleet did not arrive within firing distance..
Our fleets retired at 1 pm, and prepared for another attack.
Our ships again made an approach to Port Arthur on the 14th inst.
The Second, Fourth, and Fifth destroyer flotillas, and the Ninth torpedo flotilla also joined our larger ships at 3 a.m., and the Third fleet at 7 a.m.
None of the enemy's ships were outside Port Arthur at that time.
Our First fleet arrived at 9 a.m., discover-
The new cruisers Kasega and Nisshin were despatched to the west of Laoti shan and made an indirect bombard ment for two hours, this being the first action of these ships. -
H.K. C. C. TOURNAMENT. The above lawn tennis tournament is being played out on the Cricket Gronad where numerous courts are marked ont. Various sets are contested each evening. There are ed three mincs laid by the enemy, and des. in all five classes-Double Handicap, troyed them. Single Handicap (Class A). Championship, Single Handicap (Class B), and Professional Pairs. The position up to date Is as follows
DOUBLE HANDICAP-7 lies have been decided. Beattie and Manning -(owe 1/6)` best Gittins and Dixon (owe 3/6), 6–2, 0–2; Gray | and Dartnell (owe 3/6) beat Thorae and Lawson fowe 3/6), 6-3, 6-1; Atkinson and Smith (owe 30) beat Hallifax and Newland (owe 15.4), 6-3, 5-6, 6-2: Martin and Strickland (ows 30) beat Whyte--and Bashe (owe 15), 6-), fl; Boggan and King have scratched to Pinckney and Grist; G. H. Potts and E. Deacon (owe 15) beat Pye and Bell (owe 1/6). 7-5, 7-ő: Wood and Gale have scratched to E. and
H. Hancock.
(owes (owes
The new forts at feotishan were finally silenced.
Our forces retired at 1,80 p.m.
THE TROUBADOURS.
The Troubadours gave their last performance Saturday, before a much improved house. The subject who had slept for 24 hours, in spite of his being removed from the Connaught House to the City Hall on Saturday morning, by Police instructions, was awakened in view of
The company leave for Manila to-day..
RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR FUND.
(1). Providing additional comforts in Hospital treating sick and woanded from the war,
(2) In aid of the families of Japanese killed": in the war.
Mr. J. R. M. Smith, the Hou. Treasurer, koknowledges with thanks the following sub- scriptions:
Butterfold and Swiro David Sassoon Co., Ld.... E. D. Sassoon & Co... Chater & Mody...
$1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
H'kong & Won Dock Co., La. 1,00 Chartered Bank of I., A. and C. 1,000
J. R. Michael
Hongkong and Shanghai Bank 1,000 Jardine, Matheson & Co...
500
Douglas, Lapraik & Co....
500
S. J. David & Co...
·500
John D. Humphreys & Son.
500
Edmund Davis...
500
C. A. Tomes
.500
300
J. R. M. Smith...
500
Banque de l'Indo Chine
600
Bradley & Co.
250
Stewart Bros
250
Gibb, Livingston & Co.
200
Gilman & Co.
200
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A. H. Rennic
200
150
160
-Alex. Ross & Co.
100
Lane, Crawford & Co.
100
B. Tayton
100
Ellis Kadoorie
100
E. W. Mitchell...
tou
100
100
100
50
Victor H. Deacon
E. A. Hewett
C. R. Scoft
H. E. Tomkins
C. B. Wheallor...
G. W. F. Playfair
H. M. S. H. Esmail...
$13,800
The Committee will devole this money to either (or both) of the above objects in accord- ance with the wishes expressed by subscription
Biste
Further subscriptions are invited and will be duly acknowledged.
Lista will be found at:-
The Hongkong Club
The Hongkong and Shanghai Bank,
The Hongkong Hotel.
The Hongkong Disponenty. Messrs. Lane, Crawford & Co.
HONGKONG'S ASSETS AND
LIABILITIES.
The following statement of Hongkong'sassets and liabilities on the 31st January, 1904, is published in the Gazette:--
ASSETS.
Bank balance Crown agents' balance Crown agents' advanes... Advancos, &c. Subsidiary coin
$394,748.70 26,281.97
244,005.50
64,723,91
110,000.00
Tetal
$839,760.08
LIABILITIES.
$452,804.56
200,000,00
12,730.00
Total liabilities
665,534.62
Balance
174,175.46
Total...
$839,760.08
Deposits not availablə Crown agents' draft Money order remittances,
KOWLOON BOWLING GREEN CLUB,
The match Kowloon Dock against the Best of the Club was conchaded on Saturday after- noon, the result being the same as the "previous. Saturday, a win for each side. Although the points were not so equal on this occasion, yet the games were just as keenly contested, the enthusiasm among players and spectators alike lasting to the finish. The match thus ending in u draw, a return will bo played at a future dato,
The following were the teams:-*-* KOWLOON DOCK
No. 3 Team
Wm. Devison J. Clelland J. C, Gow J. Parkes (Skip)
17 Points
No. 4 Tesm W. J. Russell
J. W. Graham
J. Ramsay
REST OF THE CLUB
No. 3 Team
A. N. Grant
J. Adamson
A. Gibson
Jas, Macdonakl (Skip)
21 Pointe
No. 4 Team
N. G. Major
B. Hoch
J. Walker
J. M. Henderson (Skip) T. W. Robertson (Skip)
el Points
14 Points
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THE "CHINA TIMES” · CASE.
The Bangkok Times writes:-The order of deportation passed against the Editor of the Ching Times in Tientsin does not seem to haya evoked any strong protest. Presumably it has.
LONEOxjäth April. SINGLE HANDICAP (Class A) ties have the audience none the worse for his dumber. bean felt that the article complained, of could;" Horr Babel in the Reichstag dw attention been dovided. W. J. Newland to the sale of German liners Russia us a 3/0 bent C. E. H Beavis breach of neutrality, County Bülow said 2/0), 4-6, 6-1, 6-3; R. Hancock (owes such sales were permissible acciding to inter" 303 best J. R. Wood (ser), 6-1, 6333; national law, as hitherte undesoul, but the T. E. Pearce (owes 4G) beat C. A. Parker question was a doubtful vae.
THE TIBET. MESÉLOI.
LONDON, th April;
(owes 2/6), 6-1, 2-6, 6-4; B. Daneon iser) beat A. B. Rouse (rec 2/6), 7-5, 6-3; E. R.
ACCIDENT AT THE HONGKONG HOTEL,
CHINESE AMAH BOYBBELY BURNT.
Hallifax (ower 15) beat R. E. O. Bird (ser), At about a quarter to eleven on Saturday
6-3, 6-4, 6-2; W. L. Martin (owes 15.1)morning a serious burning accident occurred at
not be justified in a place like Tientsin. But is may be of interest to point out that the Siam Order in Council contains exactly the same provision on this point as the Chinn and Japan Order in Council, and that it applies to all British subjecta,, not only to journalists. If | anyone satistisa a British Court that a British ♣ subject in these countries is about to commit
a brosch of the paste, or that his conduct is
An amal in the employ likely to excite to a breach of the peace,
In a debate on the Tibet cipation in the beat A. G, M. Fletcher (owes 3/6); H. Pinckney the Hongkong Hotel. House of Commons, Mr. St. Jn Brodrick (owes 30.1) bant H. W. Slade (owes 15); E. of Mre. J. Hooper was on the verandah blowing then the British subject is enmmoned before defended Lord Curzon against no allegation Humphreys (ser) boat H. Hancock (ower 313); glowing charcoal in a patent ironing-machine the Court and required to give security Humphreys has scratched, to A. warring up the affair to smooth down some for his future good behaviour. There is that he was showing a desire for peditions or H.
linen. Not finding the metal heating as quickly no trial, no opportunity for the British subject. an undue assertion of British nterests. Ho Humphreys.
CHAMPIONSHIP.-H. Humphreys and P. Ras she would have liked, she went into the bed to justify himself. The first ho hoars of room and secured a bottle of spirits-of-wine, it is the announcement that the Court is satis. said there had only been three exeditions since
kept for feeding a kettle-lamp. Returning to fied of his guilt, and if he refuses to give scouri- Lord Curzon's Viceroyally, whit uumber had Wolf hare scratched, A. Humphreys beat
SING HANDICAP (Class B).-C. T. Kew the reiaudal she withdrew the cork from the ty he is deported. The China Times makes no been greatly exceeded by his precessor,
as scratched. C. P. Chater (owes 30) beat E. Bbottle and applied its mouth to the red charcoal, complaint against the Copsal-General, but con."
LON, 14th April.
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... The Tibetans have again opped the advance of the Mission at the Red IdlGorge. Three hundred Tibetans were killed and ten British woanded.
GUN EXPLOSIÓN ON U.S.S. "MISSOTRI."
Loxos, 14th April.
Pinckney
H.
fre (scr), 7-5, 6-4; R. Manning (owes 4/6) at C. B. Buyers (ner), 6-1, 6-2; E. Birbock (ves 15) beat A. Loureiro(owes 4/6), 6-4, 6-2; 6. Gray (ser) beat G. Gitting (owes 15); 6-1, 4: 1. E. Dartnell (ewes 30) bant P. W. ildring (rec 3/6). PROFESSIONAL PAIRS-Grist and Beavis at Wodehouse and Orme, 6-2, 6-3; [Boyd
While practising at Fonscola a 12-inch gund Smith beat Murphy and Boyd, 6-2, 6-1; in the turret of the U.S. httleship Missouri artin and Strickland beat Newland and
llifax; Gittins and Bell have scratched. exploded, killing 5 officers and 21 mAN.
Almost immediately the spirits took fire, blue tends that the Order in Council is a breach of dame entering the bottle and causing an the constitutional right of a British subject to explosion. The foolish woman was soon litera fair trial, in which the judge hears the defence ally ablaze from head to foot. Her screams before prononnoing sertence. The Siam Order attracted Mrs. Hooper, who taking in the in Conneil castains a section specially dealing situation in an instant, fotebod a blanket with such offences as the Editor of the China and wrapped it about the woman. The ash was Times is said to have committed, and that ap
severely burnt that it was found necessary parently provides for a trial. But at the same to remove her to the (overnment Civil Hospital. time the Tientsin precedent would seem to Though she will probably recover in time, the make a trial unnecessary, as it would all depend scars received will most likely remain.
ander which section action was taken.
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