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CORRESPONDENCE.

SCAVENGING, DRAINS AND CANALS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS."

Hongkong, 26th April. 8,-The sickening season has just set in, and so far we do not see much activity on the jart of the militia vanitatis coming forward to quench the horrible smells omobating from the scavenging. choked drains and filthy canals in various districts of the Colony. A walk in the morning will give an exhibition of a variety of putrid matters lying at the foot of several terraces nud corners of streets, with innumer- able flies and small insects disputing the proy the dining exhale a poculiar odour that, if one happens to inhale it with an empty stomach, may suddenly make one fail in a fit. Now, the open exuals are being the dumping place of all kinds of dirt that can be imagined, hence the canse of the dreadfnl stonch that prevails in the vicinity of those places; forfitance, the enanl at West Point is one that calls for immediate disinferting and flushing to provout the ont- break of a frosh epidemic. The trumpet of the said militia ought to have been sounded a couple of months ago, in which caso perhaps this state of things would be less apparent to the public. Thanking you, Mr. Editor, for the insertion of these few lines. Yours, etc.,

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PREVENTION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY FRESS," BAND PERFORMANCES.

Kowloon, 25th April.

Sin. With reference to the letters in your paper on the argument as to whether the bands of Regiments should or should not giro free entertainments two letters seem to me to contain much commonsense, namely those of "Semibreve" and of "Gold Lace" in the paper of the 25th. Everyone knows that all soldiers are paid by and are servants of the tax-payers and should give their services free for all entertainments such as King's Birthday parades and band entertainments for nurse-girls and babies. As Gold Lace" however says, theinstru- monts are the property of the officers of the Regiment. Why not tarn out all the hand and let thom

their natural instruments and sing and whistle? The same seems to me to apply to the Navy with 5 battleships and several eraisers in the harbour-why not turn out all the

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men to join in the chorus? To be logical and carry the argument further, why not make all members of the Government serviceaid? I am sure His Excellency the Governor would, if asked politely, le only too delighted to conduct the music, and I am sure that an entertainment of

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27TH, 1904.

HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE

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COUNCIL.

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HIS EXCELLENCY THE OFFICER MINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT, F. H. MAY, C.M.G.

THE KOWLOON LAND AND BUILDING Co., LD.

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CONFIRMATORY MEETING.

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THE CIVIL SERVICE ESTIMATES.

CHINA, JAPAN, AND THE FAR EAST.

KODAKS! KODAKS!! KODAKS!!!

AND

PHOTO GOODS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. We have an Establishment Safely devoted to

DEVELOPING

AND PRINTING or Amateus, where we turn out work of the best description and with great promptness.

LONG, HING & 00.,

Hongkong, 10th March, 1904.

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The Civil Service Estimates for the year eading March 31, 1905, were issued last month. A meeting of the Legislative Conucil was

An extraordinary general meeting of We give some details concerning the votes relat held yesterday afternoon in the Council Cham-shareholders of the above Company was held ating specially to China, Japan, and the far East. The figures enclosed in parentheses are last the office of the Company at noon yesterday. year's votes, and are given for purposes of com- prison. Where no comparisons are made the for the purpose of confirming the special reso Intions which were passed at the extraordinaryBgures are the same as last year.

DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR 'BUILDINGS. Under the heading of Now Works, Altera- general meeting of shareholders on the 9th instant. There were present Messrs. T. Htions, Additions, ad Purchases (including Reid (chairman), A. Redger, T. F. Hough, E. Furniture in connection therewith)," are the following rates--Siam, Bangkok: Alterations B. Shepherd, W. H. Gaskell, S. J. Michael. M.

to boundary wall. Ko, £522; additional servants quarters for Vice-Consul, £118; total. L640. S. Northcote, and A. S. Hooper (secretary).

The SECRETARY having read the notice Chnu. Japan. and Cores: Erection of now is a vote of €1,000 allowances for passages for baildings, alterations and additions to existing Consular ofleurs, student interpretors, and convening the meeting.

baildings, and acquisition of sites, £10250 others. The remaining votes ATS: Kont | (£6,000), China Paking: Completion of erection allowances, £25 (£1,000); postage, £150 (£100); of Students' quartors." £3,750 (£4,000). The incidontal expenses, £6X) (£6999); incidental Indian Government contributes a sum annually expenses of mission and Consulates not included towards the cost of Diplosantic and Consular in fixed office allowances, £120, medical Services in China, Persia, and Siam, the routs attendance, 2836, and relief of distressed payable for buildings, &c., in China forming a British muhjects, 121,

art of such Services. The vote in this section of £10 for the maintenance and repair of comotorion in China. Jupan. Corea and Siam is included in u general vote for the maintenance of cemeteries in foreign countries.

HIB EXCELLENCY MAJOR-GENERAL VI. LIERS HATTON, C.R. (Commanding the Troops). Hon. A M. Tnouson (Acting Colonial Sceretury).

Hou. Sir H. S. BERKELEY (Attorney General,”

Hon. L. A. M. JOHNSTON Treasurer).

Hon, A. W. BERWIN (Registrar-General). Hon. Captain L.. A. W. BARNES LAWRENCE R.N. (Harbour Master).

(Colonial

Hon. F. N. H. JONES (Acting Director of Public Works)..

Hon. Sir C. P. CHATER. C.M.G. Hon. Dr. Ho KAI, C.M.G.

Hon. WEL A YUK.

Mr. R. F. JOHNSTON (Clerk of Councils). FINANCIAL..

The ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY laid on the table Financial Minutes (Nox. 24 to 26) and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee.

The CHAIRMAN said that the meeting had been called to confirm the special resolutions which were used at the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders on the 9th instant.

Mr. 9. J. MICHAEL. proposed that resolution confirmed, viz, in Article B1 the words "Five Hundred Dollars" shall be substituted for the words "Ous Hundred and Fifty Dollars." Mr. M. 8. NORTHCOTE seconded and it was agreed.

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Mr. 8. J. MICHAEL proposed that resolution B be confirmed. In Article 102 the words "An Auditor shall be substituted for the words

Twe Auditors."

The ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY SECONded, agreed. and the motion was agreed to.

The ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY laid on the table the Report of the Finance Committee (No. 5) and moved its adoption,

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THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE.

China-partly repayable from Indian re venues)-Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, £5,000; Secretary of Legation, £200; Comurcial Attache £1,000 and £167 £300; Chinos Secretary, £1200; Chaplain. for rent. Japan-Euvoy Extraordinary and Mr E. B. SHEPHERD seconded, and it was Minister Plenipotentiary, £4,000; Secretary of, Legation, £300 Japanes Secretary. £1,000 (£900), CoreMinister Resident, £1,500 Siam.-The only vote under this houd is £15 for the Minister Resident and Consul-General, which is the same as previous years. From the statemout showing the distribution of Second and Third Secretaties in His Majesty's Em- bassies and Legatious abroad on December 1st 1903, we auta Quero is one Second and one Third Secretary at China, ono Second Secretary, n Japan, and one Second Secretary at Siam, the

Mr. S. J. MICHAEL proposed that resolation beconfirmed. In Article 108 the word "Aylitor" shall be substituted for the word "Auditors."

Mr. M. S. NORTHCOTE seconded and it was

The ACTING COLONIAL TREASURER second-greol. od, and the motion was agreed to.

PEAK RESERVATION,

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the third reading of the Bill entitled an Ordinance for the Reservation of a Residential Area in the Hill District.

The ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY second- cd, and the motion was agreed to and the Bill passed.

The Council adjourned ning die.

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FINANCE COMMITTEE.

A meeting of the Finance Committee was held after the Council, the Acting Colonial Secretary (Hou. A. M. Thomson) prodding.

The following votes were approved :-

PUBLIC CONVENIENCE.

The Officer Administering the Governmecut recommended the Council to vote a sum of $2,000 in aid of the vote, Public Works, Extra ordinary, to meet cost of erecting & public urinal on the northern side of the hill close to the upper trum station at the Peak,

TREASURY EXPENSES.

The Officer Administering the Government

$3.280 in aid of the vote, Treasury, for the following Staff required from 1st May to 3st December, 1904, to collect Crown Rent, etc., in

That was all the business.

POLIOR COURT,

Tuesday, 26th April.

BEFORE. Mr. H. H. J. GOMPERTZ (ACTING POLICE MAGISTRATE).

EUROPEAN RUNS AMOK,

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A merine, William Thompson, of H.M.S. "liquoring-op Hepiegle, after

at various grog-shops, ran amok at Praya East on the sight of the 25th. Police-Constable Dovengy promptly tackled the madurai, a furious struggle ensuing. Both men bad muscle, and both, too, could use their fists, honours for some time being fairly even. A Chinese Lukong rushing up to P. C. Duraney's assistance planted hard smack on the rudcent's jaw, sending the man reeling to one side. It took three of the Force to take 'ihompson to the Police Station, and when he arrived there he smashed an ink.

salaries and allowances of which are not statel, Houses are provided in all the plove casos ex- cept for Chaplain at Peking and Commercial Attache, and are taken into account in another vote for runts and taxes,

TRADE

TELEPHONE No. 135.

MARK.

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Siam-There are the following votes:-- Julge: Bangkok, £1,000, Consul; Bangkok. £800 (£600), Chiengmai. £600 and £30 local allowance. Vice-Comenis: Bangkok, £50; First Assistant, 1-100; Two Assistants Sveond, £700; Medical Altendant, £200 (£360); allowanes to HAVE YOU TRIED Assistant as Registrar, £50; allowance to assistant stations at Nan, 256, two Student provide allowances to make up students"

to salarios

£300 interpreters at a year each. £100, to your while serv→ assistants, ing s

£200; extra clerical assistance. £100: writers, teachers, gaolers, constables, &c., £489 (£485). There is a further vote for similar expenses at Chiangmai and Nan, amounting to £379 (£519). The recuaining votes are:-Outfit and travelling, £500; ro allowances, 925 (210), postage, £75 (£50); incidental expenses, £350 prison expenses, £456).

Netherlands-India. - Tho only votes are, Cenal at Batavia, £300 for office expeR86S : Vice-Consul at Samarang, £54 (£25) fee allow- anees; ditto Scuralaya, E88 fon allowances: ditto Balok Puppan, £ fee allowances.

Home (North Borneo, Braugi, and Sarawak). -Consul-Gonerul, is also High Commissionerl, salary provided from Colonial Funds oies ox- pensex, CRO; Consul, £407 (E400), with £900 for office expoUSEA, Consular Agent at Sanda kan, to fee idlowances,

Philippine Islands. The votes are-Con- x11) at Manile, £1,150 .- (£1.100), with P100 office

£600 expenses: Vice.Consul,

EXHORES.

THE CONSULAR SERVICE. Chao-The total estimates for the Services in China are £65,042 (£65,991). The votes are as follows:- Salaries, allowances, and wages, £32.768. (£52.147); Legution Guards, 50, entits and travelling. (£5,000) 16,400; rent (400); Vice-Consul at Cebu, £15 fee allow- allowances £1,200 (12,000) postuge, 1500; Vice-Consul at Iloilo, £100 for office (575); incidental expenses, £1753 (£1,536); prison expenses, witnesses, deportations E165; medical attendance, £1.135 (£1,170): relief of distressed British subjects £25. Jupa Corra, d Siam The total for Services in Japan and Siam is £27,835 (426319). The vofus are as follows-Salaries, allowances, and wages. £21,671 (£20,333); Legation Guards, 2935; outfits and travelling. £1,600 rent allowances, £1,200 (£1,260), pestage, £250

Cochin China. There is a vote of £600 for the Consul at Saigon. with a local allowance (ot pensionable) of £100, and office expenses,

150.

APPROPRIATIONS IN AID.

Under the above head are the following items Contribution from Indian revenues'in respect of the Diplomatic and Consular Services in China, Persia, and Siam, £1,046 (£1,087). Fees, fines. &c., conuscted with the Services in

Siam, £4.50 (£4,450).

(£175): incidental expenses. (1965) £1.019; China. £13,300 (£10.475); ditto, Japan and prison expenses, witnesses, deportations, &c. 2450; medical attendance, £1,115 (£1,215); and radiof of distressed British subjects, 25.

this kind would, especially if helped by this recommended the Council to vote & sum of stand. He had, also, broken a constable's wat ob. Justice. £1,890; Consul-General and Registrar | Magistrates, modicul officers, members of the Educational Department and Lunatic Asylums, be a source of for greater pleasure an mirth than would be caused by the jhying of a mere military band.Yours, ete.

LOGICAL.

TO THE EDITOD OF THE DAILY PRESS."

Kowloon, 26th April. SIR, A correspondence as began by Semibreve," who is not open to conviction, and who apparently wishes to got something for anthing, is waste of time. Anyone who wishes to get at the facts of the caso can' de so with a little trouble.

At the same time, has it effected anything in the public interest? If the public desire to bearmore music," Semibrovo" las gone the worst way about asking for the concussion. If it is not a concession, let him order a band down without delay!

LEX.

the New Territories ---

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-$100

PERSONAL EMOLUMENTS. Clerk at $600 per annum 2 clerks at $480 per annum each 640 For Taipo 2 clerks at $600 por

annum each...

=800 For Taipo † 2 clerks at $480 per

annum cach...

......

OTHER CHARGES.

640

Conveyance Allowance-Collector:-$240 7 clerks

Total

82,480

... 500

-S 800

$3,280

Temporary Shroff (180) and Assistance ($114) ander vote Treasury not now required.

+ Sbroff ($540) under voto Colonial Secre- tury's Offies not now required.

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CLEANSING TANKS.

Yesterday morning he was fined $3 for being disorderly, St for damaging property. $3 com- pensation for the goods he had broken, and 310 for assaulting the constable. Inspector Collett conducted the case.

GAMBLING.

Seventeen cooks, house-boys, etc., mostly in the employ of Europeans, were charged with gambling at No. 24, Mosque Street, ground door. The first two defendants, accused with sondueling the game, pleaded not guilty," bat the remainder admitted participation. The

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ebarge was proven, the two men being sentenc- ed to pay $20 each or one month's imprison ment; $3 or seven days' gaal apiece for the remainder.

Twenty-two Chinamen, mostly rice-poundere, wers charged with gambling at No. 305, Des Your Road West. The first defendant, who was also charged with keeping a common gambling-house, was sentenced to pay $10 or go to prison for 14 days, the rest $ or six days.

The Officer Administering the Government recommended the Council' to vote a sum of $5.100 in aid of the vote Public Works. Extra- ordinary, to meet the cost of supplying and BerоRE MB J. H. KEMP (SECOND POLICE Shanghai, 200; ditto to assistant in Ship- Brooting sixteen tanks in No. 9 and 10 Healtir Districts. Victoria.

This was all the business.

THE AMERICAN STAGE, Mr. William Winter, who is known as "the Clement Scott of America," has wonde extraordinary attack upon the condition now prevailing on the American stage.

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MAGISTRATE).

ALLEGED WORTHLESS LUKONG.

GRANTS IN AID OF LOCAL REVENUE. Under the above head there is a vote for £6.000 (£9,000) for Weihaiwei, but there is no sam taken as estimated contribution from revenue of the dependency,

PENSIONS.

SHIPPING NOTES.

POG AND DRIZZLE.

The China Navigation ss. Tumsa and the China Merchants ss. Chiyuon arrived from Shanghai yesterday with passengers, mail and freight. They are on the Shanghai-Canton ran, Captains Eedy and Stewart report fog and drizzle, but the passage was smooth. The Douglass, Thales, Capt. Robson. from Swatow. reports light variable winds,

THE CATHERINE APGAR

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The Catherine Apeur (Musses. David Sassoon & Co.. Lal arrived from Calcutta yesterday with 14 European passengers and 315 Chiness. She had between 1.500 and 2,000 tons of cargo and 12 packages of mail. Capt A Stewart reports light winds and smooth sea between Singapore and Hongkong. The Apcar Line are doing well.

THE FAMOUS BEER OF JAPAN.

THIS IS A

PURE

PLEASING

POPULAR

PALATABLE

PRODUCTION

$16.00 PER CASE OF 8 DOZEN PINTS.

SOLE'AGENTS

H. PRICE & CO.

12, QUEEN'S POAD CENTRAL.

Chian-Peking: Surgeon, E800 (£675) The votes under the heading Shanghai Court und Consulate Genery!" are as follows:- Chief of Shipping. £1.500; Assistant Judge, £1200

Under the details of increase and diminution (£1,16; Vice-Cousul, £700; Crown Advocato,

in the superannuation and retired allowances, we note the following changes rolating to the 400, Chief Clerk, £520 (£51), including £100 for services as Registrar, aul £50 Sheriff and Coroner's allowance: Clark, £210 (2200): Usher, Far East. Renrin allowances through ill- health, J. I. Longford. Japan Consular £200. Totul, £6,500 (£8,476), Then come the Service. £700). Through age, Six E. L. votos for the Consul as follows Amoy O'Malley, formerly Attorney General Hong- £1,000; Aatung, £800; Canton, £1,200; Chefo, kong, 50; Captain S. H. Hurford, Consul, 2800; Chongta (Consul General), £900; Chin Manila, £250 13s. 4d. The following ponsione kiang. £800; Chungking (Vice-Conmil), 600; have ceased through death-Sir G. T. M. Fochow, £1000; Hangchow, 1800, Hankow, O'Brien, K.C.JG., formerly Colonial Snore- £1,100: Toling. £800, Kiuochow, £800; Kin- kiang, 4800, Kinnelow and Pakhoi, £800;tary of Hongkong, 500; P. J. Hughes, China Consular Service, £1,244 84. 10. W. S. Kongmoon. £800; Macao (Vice-Consul, 1200:- Mukden, 4800; Nanking, £800: Newchuang. Ayrton, China Consular Servies, £622 4s. 50. £800; Ningpo, 480); Swatew, 1300; Tengyuch £800, Tientsin (Consul General), £1,100; ditto (Vice-Consul), £600, Wuchow, £900; Wuku. £900. Total, £22,000 800: Yunnanfu, (£22.800). There are also votes for Assistants and Students as follows:-Thirteen first-class at £400 a year each. £5,200; thirteen soul- cins nå £350 : year each, £4,550; allowance to assistants employed in Chinese Secretary's office, £200. Interpreters allowances to assistants- nino at £100 and six at £50 a year cach, £1,200; ditto as accountant at Peking, £200; ditto to assistants as Vico-Consuls at Canton, £200, al Hankew and Foochow £100 each-total, £100 (£600); litto to assistant in Mixed Court, ping Office, Shanghai, £150; allowance to assis tant employed in Corea, 9; nineteen student interpreters at £200 a year cach. £3,800; prizes for ditto. £150; and to provide allowances to make up

students' salaries to £30 a year each whilst serving as assistants, £130). There are

THE GERMAN MAIL. the usual votes for teachers, writers, or linguists, constables, loutmen, porters, coolies, and others

The Norddeutscher Lloyd Prim Heinrich. employed on public service at the different Con- salates. The total amount for salaries, allowances Capt. R. Heintze, arrived from Yokolnoga and and wagon is £4,018 (£3.397), but from this a Shanghai yesterday. She is on her way wost deduction of £1.250 is mute on account of with the mail. On arrival here she had 130 savings by vacancies, & leaving at the final cabin passengers and 84 Chinese. Besides a total. 152768 (152,147) The rote for the sinal quantity of freight for this port there is

sems 2,000 tons of cargo aboard. Legation Guards at Peking is ); outfit and traveling, including allowance for passage for. Consular officers, student interpreters and

for English goal. Yesterday the Norwegian (£2,000); and postage. £500 (£575). In this others, £3,000 (18,400), rent allowancos, £1,900 west, but there seems to be & particular demand 8.3. Orange, 1,001 tons, 150 hp., arriseil from section there is also, under the heading of

Tote of £1,253 Newport for orders with 1,680 tons of ccal, and Incidental Expenses," a (£1,036) for allowances assigned to the different the Coufedon, a British froighter of 2,779 tons, Consulutes for office contingencies, including 40 hp, arrived from Berry Dock South extra boat hire, boatmen coolie hire, &c. There Wales, with 6.500 tons consigned to Messes. is, in addition, a vote of £550 (£400) for Dodwell & Co. Capt. Henry reports a fino pas- incidental expenses of missions and Consulates sage from Salang. the vessel's immediate de- not included in fixed office allowances, making parture port. The Orange, also, reporteil fine a total for incidental expouses of £2,203 (£1,936) From this £450 is deducted for printing.

No less than four vessels arrived with cargoes stationery, postage, and prison expenses, prid from fixed allowances, but chargeable under of rice yesterday. The German 8. Machew, other sections, leaving £1.758 (1,536). The Norwegian ss. Borg, and Norwegian as. Pro- metheus were from Bangkok, and the German remaining votes are: Prison expenses, wit-

8.8. Emma Iyken from Saigon. The consigues nesses, deportations, &c.. £165: modical attend- ance, £1.43) (1,170); relief of distressed Bri-in each instance are different. The Mache Da.

brought 1990 tons for Messrs. Butterfield and tish subjects. £25.

Japan. The following are the votes for al- Swire, the Borg 1,800 tons for Messrs. Wing aries allowances, and wages Cousuis: Kobe, Chen, the Prometheus 1300 tons for Messrs £1,000 (£950); Nagasaki, £900; Shimonosesi, Sander, Weiler & Co., and the Emma Luyken's | 800(1700): Tainen. 1800; Tema. £900; and cargo of 1,000 tons is for another ccraigneo. Yokohama, £1,000 (2900). Vico-Consuls: The quartetto reported fine weather. Chemulpo, £700; Hakodate. £600, Hiego and

The North German Lloyd steamship line will Osala, £600: Yokoharan, £600. Assistants: Five first-class et £400 a year each, £2,000; five discontinua zmning to Manila. The line lad two ships between Manila and Singapore, mak- second-class at £350 a year such, £1.750; six interpreters allowances to assistants at 3100 aing trips erary fortnight. They connected at year bach, £000; allowance to assistant employ. Singapore with the vessels of the North Ger- ed in Japanese Secretary's office, £100; allow man Lloyd hound for Europe and passengers ance o assistant employed in Corea, 191; three and freight were carried from here to Singapore Tickets were sold through to student interpretors, one at £300 and two at or vice versa. 1250 each, £900; to provide allowances to make Europe and Manila, and through freight was A Sumatra paper on the occasion of the visit up students' salaries to £300 a year acl. accepted between Manila and Europe. of Mr. G. B. Stratton, of the Straits Civil Ser- while serving as assistants. £100. There is business of the line consisted in carrying this a farther vote under this head for writers, freight and in bringing here merchentise and vice, mistook him for a gunboat and spoke of linguists, servants, boatmes, &C.

Passengers were amount. passengers from Europe,

thus enabled to save the trip to Hongkong sed de engelsche kanonneerbout "Stration! The ing to £2,882 (£2.755). We then come to the mistake soba to have arisen from his initials

vole for the Legation Guards, which is to save considerable time. Hongkong in a being G. B.

£235, Under "Outfit and Travelling" there small measure may benefit.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY PRESS,"

Hongkong, 26th April. SIR-I have been at some pains to pick ng the thread of Gold Lace's" somewhat pointless

An Indian constablo, charged with assaulting arguments, but bare beca obliged to give the

a Chinese coustable, said that while complainant, task up in despair. Neither do I feel disposed

together with some other Chinamen, was sitting to gratify his unidable curiosity as to the sum I have to disburse in taxes annually. It will

ou a bridge at Aberdeen, smoking a cigarette, be sufficient, therefore, if I inform him that

he observed a Chinamau carrying firewood I do contribute along with several hundreds of

When this man saw him he ran, so defendant others in the Colony my little mite to the Veterans," says Mr. Winter, "who might gave clues, but the robber escaped. Returning, coffers of the Government, and therefors to the have played before Noah when he landed from defendant asked constable, "Why did you not. Military contribution. Whether the Military the ark, wander about the Bats and totter and stop the thief?" Complainant and friends authorities spend the money they receive in mumble. Persons who were 'supers' yesterday are thereupon set upon bins, beat him, and tore his building fortifications or purchasing military stars to-day. Three corpered girls, proclaimed clothes. Since defendant's last case, about boots is quite beside the question ut-issuo the as actresses, toap the welkin with voices that eight or ten days ago, when His Worship fined fact remains that the money is paid, and that rival the screech of the peacock. The slimy a man $15, the Chinese had a "down" on him. "Were you not dronk ?! asked the Ma- fact alone entitlas every taxpayer to air his mack of Mr. Itsen and the innsey of Mr. grievances and express his views, and this Masterlinck are made to trickle into the publis❘gistrate.

"No," said the Sikh, “did you ever see a man I certainly without fear or favour. It mind and turn the public stomach, Degenerates would be advisable for "Gold Laco" is inture to from foreign lands, provided with rancid plays drunk who wore this" pointing is an iron rauke gaite sure of the soundness of any about libertices and wantous, fix a steadfast bracelet, an Indian work of priesthood.

S7 or 14 days. proposition he advances, as he has evidently guze upon the coast of Greenland, and whisper quite mistaken the purport and tenor of my to the scenery in the third grove, and are

A HIGHWAT NOUBÉRY.

On his way up Piuswood Battery to the New Forts, his mission being that of paying wages. Buddenly two villainous natives jumped from the brushwood, threw popper in his eyes, knocked kim senseless, and robbed him of $42.

former letters, which were more intended for the vaunted as prodigies of' genius' and 'juten On the 25th ult. a Chiness contractor, of No. purpose of protecting the interests and rights sity. Historical demireps of England and 133, D'Aguilar Street, was of the music-loving public than to study and France are theatrically celebrated for social petty grievances of officers. Yours delectation. Women whom scandalous diverse faithfully.

has made notorious diffuse apon the theatre the effluvis of their foul repute. Prize-fighters and unspeakable cranks are obtruded as actore.' There has not been a time in fifty years when the theatre was at so low a level us it bas The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued renched to-day-when the impulse is vanity, the

SEMIBREVE.

WEATHER REPORT.

the following report:--

On the 25th at 11.30 am. The barometer I risen in China and the Philippines, and falten greatly in the NE. of Japan, where there existsat present a well marked depression, which appears to here come from the north-east.

Gradients are moderate on the China Coast, but are increasing, and fresh N. to NE. winds may be expected in the Formosa Channel.

Over the northern part of the Chinu Fes they are slight and light variable winds may be ox pected there.

Forecast-Light N. to NE. winds, fire,

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motive is greed, the method is sordid engross. mont, the aim is exclusively “business,” and the result is a barren trafle and an arid waste."

The title of the Clement Scott of America is well deserved!

3.000 NEWSPAPERS. RECOMEND MACNIVEN & CAMERON'S PENS.

THE WAVERLEY PE, for Easy Writing. THE FLYING SCOTCHMAN IES, instead of a Quill, THE FLYING J. Wites.20 words per dip. Sold at all Stationers. WAVERLEY WOEKE, EDIVETEGA, (402-1

A hinaman was charged with the crime The yesterday, the case being remanded. Police hope to soon make another arrest.

The death is announced of Samuel Smiles, author of Self Help, a book whies unco had a great vogue. He was born at Haddington, Scotland, in 1812.

A FLEET OF COLLIERS. Colliers continue to arrive from both east and

weather from Singapore.

RICE.

THE N.D.L.

The

SKIN-TORTURED BABIES

And Tired, Fretted Mothers

Find Comfort in Cuticura Soap and Ointment

When All Other Remedies and Physicians Fail.

Instant relief and refreshing sleep for skin-tortured babies and rest for Üred, worried mothers in warm baths with Cutleurs Soap, and gentlə anoint- Ings with Culleurs Ointment, purest of emollient skin cares, to be followed in severe cases by mild doses of Cuticure Resolvent. This is the purest, sweet- est, most speedy, permanent and eco- nomical treatment for torturing, dis- 6guring, itching, borsing, bleeding, scaly, crusted and pimply skin and scalp bumours, with loss of hair, of lofants and children, as well as adults, and is cceed when all other remedies

sure test physicians fall.

and

the

The agonizing itching, and burning of the skin, as in eczema; the frightful.

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of hair

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scaling, as in scalp, 88 iu stalled

and cresting of the bead; the facial distgurement, sa in suffer-

scue and ringw the awful ringworm; ing of infants, and anxiety

of worn-out parents, as in milk

salt rhea, demon tetter and

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a remedy of

almost superhuman virtues to success- cope with them. That Ceticars intment and Resolvent are such stands proven

ven beyond all doubt. No made ing them that regarding them

statement is

is not justified by the strongest evk dence.

sweetness, the The parity and

to afford immediate relief, the certainty of speedy and permanent

care, the absolute safety and great economy have made them the standard akin cures and humour remedies of the civilized world,

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NRWELL WILSON. DR. WILLIAM DANEL

DENTISTS.

Latest American Mothods,

Reasonable Fros

No charge for examinations.

Office hours ? a.. to 1 P.M. and 2 to 5P.M.

31, QUEEN'S ROAD] CENTRAL

(First Floor Watkin's Building).

Hongkong, 18th February, 1904,