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HONGKONG JOTTINGS.

I saw the statement in a home paper recently that Sir John Anderson, who has just taken the ath as frovernor of the Straits Settlements, is

the youngest Governor in the Colonial Servien As he is 4 years of age, our own Governor. designate must run him very close in that con. nection, for Sir Matthew Nathan was also born in 1962. In looking over the fow biographical uoles in the Colonial Offee List and other works of reference. I came to the conclusion that Sir Matthew's luck must run on nines, and I wondered whether the coincidences here under nots have aver been remarked by His Excellency himself. It appears that he was twice nine years of age when he entered the Royal Engineers; he was three times uiue when he obtained his captaincy and distinguished himself in the Lushei auspaign; he was four times nine when promoted to the rank of Major, und five times nine when choson to be Governor of Hongkong

The public are beginning to get a little apprehensive ou more about the water supply of the Colony, the advent of the rainy season being later this year than lust, and the levels in the storage reservoirs much lower. On the Ist May there was almost exactly half the

THE GREAT SHEKWAN FESTIVAL.

A A USHEQOM CITY.

Away back in days that are dimmed by antiquity the fisher people of Deep Bay and Canton River built a temple to their Goddess, Tien Han Tan, and called it Shekwan. It may be that at a less remote period a city sprang up around the sacred building as cities have grown about our English cathedrals, but to-day the environments of Shekwaa are devoid of the evidenes of gregarious human life; barren hills above and flooded paddy-fields beneath fill up the scene. At ordinary times the only signs of habitation are a curl of blue smoke rising from the temple buildings, a fishing boat in the bay, or a sulitury gare among the rice. But what a vast change comes with the annual festival! For be it known that each year, in the Third Moon, and on the twenty-third of Tien Han day, the devout, votarios journey in their thousands from all parts of the southernu provinces to worship at the ancient shrine and supplicate for good joss in the coming months. The festival indeed is our of the most famous in China, yet thongh its celebration takes place at our very door it is but little known to Europeans here.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MAY 9TH, 1904.

On the road back to the seashore wo had more leisure to notice the sights of the fair. Every now and again we came across patrolling braves with burnished rifles on their shoulders. They cut a Gue figure when employed in pacifio pursuits. There are others, too, whose duty it is to provent the organised crushes got up by the pickpockets and catpurses. They aro armed with only a cattan-cans, but for their purpose it provos to be much more efficacious than the rifle. It is part of their duty also to keep the legion of beggare in order. If one should yield

CANTON.

[FROM A CORRESPONDANT.]

Canton, 7th May. TELEPHONE IN FAVOUR. The introduction of the telephone, following

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KODAKS! KODAKS!! KODAKS!!!

AND

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

DEVELOPING AND PRINTING closely the dvout of the railway hore, is proof that Canton does not intend to lag behind her or Amateurs, where we turn out work of the best description and with great promptness,

orthorn rivals in adopting Western dess. The Viceroy, the Governor, and all the principal faciale are now on the telephone list, together with many of the foreign mercantile frins.

PIRACY DECREASING

The active measures taken by H.E. the Vice- roy for the suppression of river piracy have beon eminently successful, only two or three cases having been reported during the last four months. When it is remembered that before this Viceroy's arrival piratical attacks were of almost daily occurrence, great praise le dao to H.E. for his prompt and vigorous action,

to the supplicatory Cumsha, taipan," of a single member of this vagrant brotherhood, puo is immediately pestered with a small army of them at his heels. Great was our relief when a cane-wielding regulator of the traffic appeared on the scene and dispersed one such tail with a for sharp cuts of bis cano about the shoulders of the most clamant of the beggars. We smiled our thanks, but apparently he wanted a more substantial acknowledgment of his services, for with the greatest sang.froïd in the world ho We bear on very good authority that plans bebi out his hand for the cumsha" that we are being matured to pat a stop to the Sui Wai had denied to eur tormentors. Typically Shing" lotteries, a form of gambling carried Chinesa, truly!

on by the poorest class, and which causes a great deal of the poverty, with its attendunt evils, existing among the small shopkeeper and coolie fass. The abolition will be of inestimable

At various parts of the roadside oue seen examples of loathsome humanity suck as put one in mind of the Biblical description of the

SUPPRESSION OF LOTTERIES.

Hongkong, 10th March, 190k

SHIPPING NOTES.

WEATHER,

LONG, HING & CO.,

17A, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL

(Few Doors East of Hongkong Hotel*

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THE SANGHAI RACES

The M.-G. Daily News gives the following account of the race for the Shaugiai Gold Challenge Cup on the 3rd inst. This raco looked practically was in the start, Nightingala making the pace in the first quarter mile for

The Kwangtan, Whampoa, and other vessels from Shanghai reporte moderate N E. gale with dull overcast and rain. The Shawmut, from Japan, reports strong winds to fresh N.E. galo as for as Formess; thence to pori strong winds, rain and fog. The Quang Nam, from Iloilo Asthelwulf, the Puddock and Khalbs, with with sugar for Messrs. Bradley & Co., reports Nithsdale and Alverstone full of go, but shut very strong weather and rough sea. The Ho Shing from Bangkok reports moderate N.E. to. When the field widened in the distanco, S.W. winds and sea to 9.30 N., 112.40 E.; however, it was seen that there were other Rich- thence enword strong N.E. gals and high soa monde in the field. The bunch showed as many with dull rainy weather. The Feockers, from changes as a kaleidoscope, and after the. Monu- Wubu and Chinking, reports strong N, E. ment the best mado room for themselves. Friendship and Nithsdale scomed to take the front rank with case, and made it a dual between

monsoon,

A 4-MASTED BARQUE, The 88. Petchaburi, with the rice from

Shekwan Hay is famous for the quality of its gutes of the temple at Jerusalom. The maime, benefit to these people, and is a roolly sulightened Bangkok for the N. D. L. Co., arrived from them the whole length of the home stretch. quantity of water in the reservoirs that they oysters and its crabs. During the past few days the halt, and the blind are all here, as well as stroke of policy for a Chineso official, consider- Swatow yesterday. She reports that at 70. Alverstone, who had to wait his chance, was too

contained on the same date last year. The it has presented the appourauce more of an Return published by Mr. Jones, the Acting important shipping port than of an unsequester Water Authority, shows that on the 1st inst. od light under whose placid surfers ie the there were in the reservoirs only 59,681,000 silently growing beds of shell-fialį, Janks by gallons of water, which represents little more the hundreds filled the bay-junks of strange than a month's consumption with the inter-shapes and rig; from the covered-in house-bont 'mittent systour of supply in force. Fortunately peculiar to the inland rivers to the lungs coaster to all appearances, we have not long now to of a hundred tous or more with massivo cannon wait for the replenishing of the reservoirs, frowning over the bulwarks; the war-vessel Last year the dry season practically ended on with flags and braves in gay attire, and the rapid April 27th, and the boon of a constant supply, sampun ditting in and out among the shipping. was restored on May 7th. The Water Returns More than a score of steamers, big and small, clearly demonstrate the necessity for pushing from the old "converted wooden hulk to the on the scheme which was referred last your to latest typo from the shores of France, lent the Secretary of State for the Colonies of pro- diversity to the scene. viding for the construction of a dom at Tytam. tuk to impound 14 million gallons of water. I have noticed no announcement that this scheme has yet been definitely sanctioned by the Colonial Office, but it is quite time that this work was put in banil

In Mr. Basil Taylor's report on the Harbour in 1903, under geural remarks, may be found the following paragraph -" The building of the much-needed new Harbour Office has now boen commenced, and it is to be hoped that the work will be pushed on quickly as possible, as the work of the Department is seriously huma pered by the restricted view of the Harbour from the Office. But it is scarcely probabla that the now Office can be opened much befors another two years have passed." It is always thus in Hongkong with Government work. What department, I wonder, can be pointeil to as not having suffered from inadequate present accom modation and delay in the provision of new P

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and dried, crabs or Chinese sweetmeats; and it is a light-hearted, morry (if tired) crowd that regates the steamer us she sets ont for Capeni- mud.

The Pierrot Company gave a concert at the above Hall on Saturday, commencing at 8p. Thore was an exhibition of ventriloquism by Prof. Scully which was excellent, a recitation and a club performance, both of which were very good, and a number of songs all woll sung. The audienes was a fairly good ors and a very miny able avening was posted Corporal E. Morris acted as pianist during the entertainment and exeunted all the parts well.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? In the following telegram, which we take from the N.-C. Daily News, to be interpreted as the herald of another change of Government plans at Weiluiwei:-

lopers in every stage of emaciation brought ening the opposition likely to ousue in view of by that fonl disease. While they cry aloud for the fact that it will outuil a diminution of charity and lay bare their ghastly sores, the revenue to the extent of some $1,200,000. pilgrimes laugh and shaff in the contiguous eating-houses or barter merrily with the broth- CONCERT AT S PATRICK'S HALL. keepers for a Shekwan cock. It is well to get away from such a place. It is a respite even to stumble across a butcher at work bleeding pige and handing them over to his fokis to be dressad | and roasted whole in an extemporised oven built of clay on the beach. Great houps of oysters lie on the foreshore, numerous men and women being employed in forcing the reluctant shells to disgorge the delicacy that they guard so carefully. Everyono on the return journey On shore the view was even more wonderful. carries "jos" of some sort, and toothsome Where only a week ago the nye could see co-lain ties for the family at home-oysters, freel thing but paddy fields and find nothing more interesting than the old dismantled ført on the hill (a dragon with his fangs ent out), a veritabla city now appeared, a city of bamboo and palm- leaf. Numberless gangways had been built out into the sun for landing pilgrims from the boats. A great broad wooden street hud boon built on piles from the whurres to the temple across the watory fields, and all throughout its half-mile length it was flanked with booths where could be Lought joss-sticks, josa-papor. and crackers by the cart-load. The great joss for which Shokwan is famous are coloured paper cocks. Thousands upon thousands are bought and carried away into the remotest parts of Kwangtung and Kwangsi: These are carefully preserved among the household gods until next festival comes round, and happy is to man or woman who out of the myriad sold chances upon the chanticleer who evinces an ability to crow, for everlasting prosperity follows in the footsteps of its happy possessor and his or her

kin.

But the purchase of ecoks and souvenirs is a matter of after consideration. Our first devoirs must be paid to the temple and its goddess. It is not "the thing" to dara to enter the sacred precincts of the temple without bringing a votive offering, so we arm ourselves with an abundance of crackers and set off. What a crash! At one part of the way so great is the press that the narrow thoroughfare is incapable of accommodating all who would pass temple. To make matter worse, there is a wards, sudden rush of people coming from the opposite

by the patrol of braves. The stream of people becomes compressed. the strain increases, and at

The suggestion which has been made to the Chamber of Commerce by Mr. S. T. Dunn, the Superintendent of the Botanical and Afforesta- tina Department, to the effect that an experi. ment should be made in the cultivation of cotton in the New Territory, is one which tho Chamber might well press upon the attention of the Government, and it may be hoped that the Government will be found only too willing to appropriate a sinall sun in the next Budget for the purpose of making the experiment. Since the formation of an Association at home having for its object the development of cotton cultidirection. It is the crowd being driven forward. vation in the Colonies, the Colonial Office has shown a very praiseworthy interest in the outerprise, and I suppose Mr. investigation of the agricultural aspects of the New Territory was prompted by the lively in terest the subject of coloniul cotton-growing lius voked. France has its "Association Cot enniere Coloniale," established less than two years ago, and it seems to have amply justified its existence, thougli it has had to depend entire ly on private support. Indo-China is one of the French Colonies now growing cotton, and there is not a grout difference in the climate of Ludo- China and Kwangtung. There is very little- doubt thatthe small farmers in the New Territory would take to cotton-growing if the Government experiment proved a success.

LAWN TENNIS,

H.K.C.C. TOURNAMENT. The position up to date i

Weihaiwoi, 3rd May The British Ad- miralty has wired orders to stop the work on the Naval Hospital at Woihaiwei.”

Fortify or quit!" was Admiral Penrose Fitzgerald's advice. Weihainoi has not been Third Round:-Martin and Strickland beat fortified. Are we now to be told that Admiral

DOUBLES HANDICAP.

Gray and Dartnell; Atkinson and Smith beat Beavis and Rouse; Beattie and Manning beat G. H. Potts and E. Dearon; Pinckney and Grist beat Scotland Gillingham; R. and H. Hanenck beat Boyd and Smith, R. A.; Parr and Slads beat Edwards and Ward: Craig and Holyoak beat Tozer and Grimble.

Fourth Round-Martin and Strickland beat Atkinson and Smith, 7-5, 6-1.

Fitzgerald's other alternative has recommended itself to the sages at home?

A NEW INVENTION.

The smokeless boiler of Sir Jola Primrose, of Glasgow, is claimed to be revolutionary in several ways It depends upon a separate water-jacketed chamber, in which combustion takes place, and only the gaseous products of SINGLES HANDICAP (CLASS A). combustion impinge on the fire or water-tube Third Round:-L. Murphy beat W. J. New.steam.raising surfaces. The air and fuel are land; A. Boyd beat P. R. Wolff; E. Humphreys fed together. no unconsumed gases escaping beat E. Deacon; F. R. Hallifax beat W. L. from the furnace, while no smoke or carbouie Great Martin: A. Humphreys best G. H. Edwards; acil comes from the chimney or funnel.

economy in fuel and efficiency in steam are A. C. Butt beat E. J. Grist.

Fourth Round:-E. Humphreys beat A. effected, and experiments on a marine boiler Boyd.

CHAMPIONSHIP.

Second Round-A. Humphroys beat H. Humphreys; P. R. Wolff scratched to R Hancock; W. L. Martin beat Ü, A. Parker. P. Strickland beat A. C. Butt.

Semi-Final A. Humphreys beat W. L. Martin.

RINGLES HANDICAP (CLA88). Second Round:-R. B. Beattie beat W. E.

Chater beat P. K. Knyvott,

PROFESSIONAL PAIRS.

indicate that the new system will give a ship its prosent power with half the present builer-room spaco and boiler-room weight.

CHINESE-MADE COUNTERFEIT

CO.NS.

According to an American exchange, coun- terfeit half and quarter dollars are being manu- factured in China and shipped through Seattle into the United States. The imitation is very The coin is of the standard

them cannot be detected without the aid of a

on the 4th inst., in Lat. 15,55 N., Lon. 119,10

MISCELLANEOUS,

following aigua's: T.K.R.L."

third, barely a length behind Nithsdale, who she siguiled a t-masted barque flying the late in getting clear, bat romped in an excellent was beaten by Friendship in the last spirt by Tho Norwegian 88. Oscar II arrived from

the Mitai Bassan-Kaisha,

Four seconds longer than record time. Time about two lengths. Comanche a good fourth.

2ra. 40 2/5a. Dividend on $10.00-86,80, $5.20, $0.30,

Katchinotzu yesterday with a cargo of coal for

The oa Shing and Rain base arrived from Bangkok with cargoes of rice for Mears. Jardins, Matheson & Co., and Kin Ty Long respectively.

SHARE REPORT.

Messrs. Erich Georg & Co., say in their Wookly Shure List dated Honghong, 7th Many

TRADE

Pari-mutuel:

TELEPHONE No. 135.

During the week under review a fiúr general business has been transacted, and a good many stocks, Unions, Cantons, Indos, Shells, China Sugars, Hongkong. Lands, West Points. Cements. Watsons, Electrics, Waterboats, Dairy Farins. Powells and Langkats have improved, white Steamboats, Douglases and Docks are a HAVE YOU TRIED trifle casior. The sterling demand rate o London closes at 15, 9,2,d., while the rates on Shanghai are Tls, 72 for a TT, and T. 72 to T. 723 for a three days' sight privato draft. Bar silvor in London is quoted 25,d., and Cosols 189

BANK SHARES-Hongkong and Shanghais have remained neglected, and there are sellers at $655; the London rate is 464. 5s. Od.. Nationals contimus in demand at $38.

MARISE INSURANCE SHAKEA.-Unions have

Traders are still offering at 800. North Chinas advanced to bayers at 8510, while China soll in the north at Tis. 671⁄2 en dividend, and are quoted now Tls. 634 ex the interim dividend for 1908 of 10 shillings per new slave, st exchange of 28. 54d., Tls. 4.10 per share, paid- on 2nd instant. Cantons sold at S195 to $200, and are said to be in demand at latter guro. Tangtazes have buyers at $125.

FILE INSURANCE SHARES.-Without any business. Hongkongs are wanted at $205. but

Chinas are on offer at $83. -

SHIPPING SHARES. Hongkong. Canton and Macao Steamboat Shares are weaker with sellers and no buyers at 8284; a slightly lower after might bring out shares. Indo-Chinas, which in theearly part of the week were freely imported im the north at 895 to 897, got much stronger quite suddenly, and a rather consider able business has been done locally and from Shanghai at rates ranging between $09 to 8102 cash, pul corresponding rates on time, as high as 8110 having been paid for 31st December, the market closing with cash buyers at $102; the Shanghai rato is said to be Tis. 73. China sad Ma nilas found purchasers at 8201, while Douglases are rather weak at $36. Old Star Ferries have buyers at $32, but at $321 there are sellers; tho new shares are in demand at $214. In Shell Transports a very extensive business has been transacted at 22s. 6d. tó 27s. 6d.. and there are farther buyers at the higher rate, preference shares in Lonilon have advanced to £8. 10s. 01.

REFINERIES-China Sugas have continned in demand, and up to $142 cash and $148 for 31st August has been paid, the market closing quiet, but steady at S142 cash. Luzons are unchanged. MINING SHARES.-Without business. Pun- joms, ordinaries, for sale at 50 cents. Baubs have sellers at $; telegraphic advices from the yielding 700 annicos of gold, mine reports erusling of 3,300 tons of stone,

Dunn's last the human throng bulges ont at the sidos Craig, L. E. Dartuell beat W. King; R. Bog nearly ezset.

gan beat T. C. Gray; W. S. Allen beat R; grade of fineness, the weight is from one to ten invades adjacent stails, and even betakes

Birbeek; R. Manning beat S. A. Seth; P. Krains short and the design is almost-perfoot. itself to the paddy fields at the risk of going Knyvett beat A. G. Ward; C. P. Clater beat The irregularities are so slight that some of wet-shod for the rest of the day. After much crushing and good-natured interchange H. M. Buin; G. Grimble beat F. P. Musso,

Third Bound-R. B. Boattio boat L. E-magnifying glass, and one of them can be of badinage we reach the temple. The jos Dartuell, R. Manring beat W. S. Allen: C. P. noticed unless a bogus coin is placed side by pidgin is soon over, and we are glad to escape

side with a genuine one. The counterfeits were into the courtyard and get away from the dia

first noticed about two months ago, when one of of crackers, the jostling and the cinders from

the Seattle banks sent a small amount of money the paper fires that, fill the throat and eyes. It is a fine old temple replete with old pictures,

to the Sub-Treasury at San Francisco and it was rare carvings, and resplendent idole. In the

declared to be spurions. The secret survive officials declare that there is no one on the courtyard one finds that it is a case of out of

const who is capable of making a coin as nearly the frying pan into the fire." There is scarcely

perfect as these, and that there is not the slight ruota to move. Gamos of chance are in full

ast doubt that they are made in China.. swing-fantan, kluk-kluk, dominoes, and the three-card trick all engaging attention. Chained up to a great stone, lion are two miserable creatures, who, we are told, are pirates waiting certain that the Talbot will go to Pensag. That LEVEL AND STORAGE OF WATER IN RENEE issued to shareholders at par (and not at a

sentence, put there as a warning to ovil-doers. They hide their faces in their folded arins and refuse to look up.

- Third Round:---Atkinson and Smith beat R. Hancock and Chater; Grist and Beavis best A. and E. Humphrays; R. Hancock and Blade beat Martin and Strickland.

NAVAL NOTES.

IN THU STRAITI,

A Bingapore paper says:-After all, it seems

means that it is the Vestal's trip to Bangkok that is off.

WATER RETURN.

VOINS OF THE INT MAX.

LEVEL. 1903,

1904. Below overflow. Below overflow, Triam

43 ft. 9 in. 59 ft. 8 in. 99 ft. 0 in.37 ft. 8 in. Pokfulam...... Wongaelcheong 28 ft. 94 in. 40 ft. 9 in.

STORAGE GALLONS.

1904. 57,8 0,000 1,300,000 $81,000

19,681,000

1903.

Tylam 104,124,000 Wongneicheong 4,634,000

A correspondent tells me that he witnessed a strange contest the other day on one of the higher-level roads between a bird of the magpie species and a snake. The reptile was ever two fut long and tho bird about the size of a

NEW ARMAMENT FOR COUNTY CLASS. pigeon. In the end the bird came off victorions,

Opposite the temple is the theatre. The killing the snake by pecking at it and by lifting

The Admiralty have, it is understand, decided it off the ground repeatedly and letting it drop play is just about to login as we see by the

upon an important charge in the armament of coming of an old man on to the stage with o from a height. Four other birds of the same.

the six armoured cruisers of the improved kind as the contestant were attracted to the pail of water which he forthwith sprinkles over scens and very ungallantly tried to rob the the matting that the dost may be kept down. county class which are now under construction, victor of his spoils, but lie contrived to boat Thure is a weary prologue, lightened only by at an anticipated total cost of £200,000 for all Pokfulam....... them all off and flew with his prize to the vagaries of a clown with white painted nose the ships. The armament as dosigned ori and lip which he contorts in such a manner as ginally was to be fourteen in. guns, but on neighbouring tree where no doubt he enjoyed a

to convulse the audience with suppressed Mr. Watte becoming Chief Constructor to the meal in peace and security,

laughter. Then comes the play. It is on the Nary two 7.5in, guns were substituted for four customary line of Chinese drama. The op- of the 6in. guns. Four more of the Sin, gans posing forces meet, terrible in their battle are now to go, and to be replaced with two array, and one side is put to flight. The King 7.5in. weapons. Thas four 7.5's and six die. rendives news of the disuster to his forces and guns will be carried. The 7.5's will be morated calls his counsellors in conclave to decide upon thus:-One will be placed forward in a turret The other two will be in the course of action to be taken--shall it bound another aft

A Camera Club ought to be popular in a picturesque place like Hongkong. At the third Anaud Photographic Exhibition of the Foochow three Camera Club on the 39th at rer hundred prints were hung from exhibitors in all parts of the world, a specially noteworthy collection having been sent by the Camora Club of San Francisco, California.

BANYAN,

BEWARE of the party

ponce or war? His daughter the Princess is casemates, fired ahead or on the broadside. present. She (or he rather) would pass for one of Thus three 7.5's will fire ahead and as many on the ugly sisters in Cinderella" pantomime. the broadside. The unwes of the ships affected Her face is painted white after the style of a are the Devonshire, Hampshire, Argyll, Noz- singing-girl, but the paint stops at her chin andburgh, Antrim, and Garnarson. The change lears exposer a struggy, yellow neck with will be a great improvement, markedly strong- bulging muscles. What was the result of the thening the battery, since the 2.5 tiros à 2001. conference we did not wait to hear, but the shall, as against the Gin. gun's 10016, skell, and audience appeared to be highly Interested in the will perforate a much greater thickness of [402-3 proceedings.

offering Imitations of Macuiven & Cameron's Pens

They come as a boon and a blessing to mer, The Fickwick, the Owl, and the Waverley Pen" MACNIVEN & CAMERON, LTD., Waverley Works

Edinburgh.

Sold at all Stationers.

artsour.

9,400,000

Total 118,154,000 CONSUMPTION OF WATER IN THE CITY OF VICTORIA AND HILL DISTRICT DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL.

1903.

1904.

Consumption... 67,960,000 72,962,000 gallons

lation

218,400

223,300 Estimated popu Consumption per

10.4 head per day

10.9 gallons Intermittent supply in force for whole month of Aprilia both years. CONSUMPTION OF WATER IN KOWLOON PEN-

INSULA DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL.

1903.

3904. Consumption 11,187,000 12,049,000 gallons Estimated popa.

lation

61,500 €7,350 Consumption per

6.1 head per day

6.0 gallons The Government Analyst reports that the water is of excellent quality,

P. L. H. JONES,

Water Authority.

DOCKS, WHARVES, AND GODOWNB.-Hoag- kong and Whampes Dock Company's Shares sold at $214, $215 $214 and $213, and luve further small sellors at $214. Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Shares changed hands and are wanted at S101. New

between Amoy Dock Shares are offering at $324. Farn- hame sold in Shanghai ofretes ranging Tls. 144 and Tls. 148, and close with local. buyers at Ths. 145, Shanghai and Hongkow Wharves are quoted Ts, 155 to Tle, 1572 ; ut the extraordinary meeting, held in Shanghai on 25th ultimo, the resolutions (vide our circular of 16th ultimc) were passed with the amendment that the new 12,000 shares be premium of Tls. 25 per share as proposed originally), and another extraordinary meeting has now been convened for the 9th instant to confirm these resolutions.

LANDS. HOTELS, AND BUILDINGS.-Hong- kong Land Investraent and Agoney Company's Shares have been imported from the north at 8152, while local business has been done at $153, aid there are buyers now at latter rate. Kow- loon Lands are quiet, but steady at 835, West Points have improved to buyers, ut $54, while Hongkong Hotels are still in demand at $133. Humphreys Estate and Finance Company's Shares sold at $11 to 81110 for old shares, and are wanted at $11; the new shares can be placed at $3. Shanghai Lands are quoted in Shanghai Tlx. 108.

COTTON MILLS-Unchanged and without sales

MISCELLANEOUS.-Green Island Cements) have buyers at $234, and China Bernecs at $10 (after sales at 89 and 894). Watsons sold and have sellers at $15. Old Electrics are wanted at $134, while the new issue sold at $74 and $7, closing with sellers at latter rate. Fenwicke

changed owners at $48, but more shares are on offer. Icos lave buyers at 82121. Hongkong Storm Waterbosta, in consegarce of the declaration of an interim dividend of 7 per cent. for the half-year ended 31st March, payable 10th instant, (transfer books being closed now till 10th instant), sold at advancing rates, up to S162 having been paid. Dairy Farms can be placed at $134. China Providents sold at $9. Watkins are wanted at $7 ani Powells at $10, while Phillipine Co.s have sellers at $10. Langkats are quoted Tls. 2921.

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