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HAMBURG.

LYDOM OUR CORRESPONDENT.}

21st March,

BANKERS' REPORTS.

The annual reports of the Deutsche Bank and the Disconto Commandit Gesellschaft, il two most important financial institutions in Berlin, have appeared almost on the saine duy, The introductory remarks clowly roomble

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, APRIL 24TH, 1905)

↑had not rondorod the formation of such bodies for the protection of the mous' interest necessary. for the straggle bad been force'i upon them and their rofusal to treat with the self-constituted strike committon was fully justified by the foot of its not being a re- presentatire one at all; and that but for the interference of government an earlier termina. tion of the strike might have been arrived at; that the question of the forfeiture of mining rights he left to general meeting to decide

HONGKONG PRODUCE AND THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE.

Correspondence concerning the re-organisa- tion and walargement of the Hongkong Couri at the Imperial Tustituto is published in the Hongkong Gazerament Onzette. His Excellency the Governor has placed a collection of articles of Hongkong and Senth Chins production and monfacture in the hands of the Registrar Gonoral. Mr. Tateher has twien visited tho Imperial Institute and has carefully inspected arch other. Trade in wateil to have basend that in the meantime a potition be widressed ths Hongksug and other Courts at the steadily improving during the period under Imperial Instituta which bo shown. | review and, although the Russo-Japanese wor by the Superintendent, Mr, W. 4. Freeman,rested the movement. The short time, it who gave him much information respecting the subsequently, on the conviction gaining ground details of arrangement, etc. The desirability that it would be contigel to the Far East, had of somos hat extending the area of the present a st'mulating effort by creating a tremendous span allotted to the Hongkong Court, which demand for war tonterial and all sorts of other should be at least doubled in order to inchule geods. the additional exhibits and to show those beltor.

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" Copra ntration movement" in the than is possible in the present cramped space) fixancial and industrial world is reported to is suggested. The Colony contributes a total have made further progress; amo'gamations amual suga of £34 17. 6d. to the general anal associations of lonks and wanafacturing expense the Imperial Instituto and the as:ablishments have besti minerons, particularly upkeep of the Court, and it is suggested that in the iron and chemical trades, producing most favourable results. This tendancy to flāžs contribution be correspondingly increased.

The work of the Imperial Institute is to join forers is viewed with antisfaction, as it display and illustrate the natural resources enables a greater number of people to parti- and industries of the Colonies and India, to cipate in the profits of an expanding trade, the promote by scientide and focksical invostign. [object net being, to place the control of the tion the commureisi ntification of the raw basin in fow bands as in rome other materials of the Empire, and to supply full countries. information concerning the Colonies and

The camineris treaties do not met with Dependencias and their resources. Tu 1900 the approval of either of the two barks; on the Imperial Institute was transferred by Act

account of increase in the itaport duties; ragrot of Parliament to the control of the Board of

is also expressed that the draft of the new Trade. It in put forward that

"Eozengesetz", although removing some of the Hongkong Court affords as opportunity of the worst features of the old one, should still bringing to the notice of commercial men, acontiu provisions detrimental to the fron others, a reparerentative collection, ust only of developuunt of the banking business of the

#mpire. the predicts and manufactures of the Colony itself, but also of the products of China. This idoa is already attained to a cortain extent, as the attached caninlogue of exhibits indicates. Much, however, remsius to be done. To this and the acestupanying notes on the presvut

condition and requirements of the Court are

intended as suggestions, which, if carried out,

would render the Court more representative of the products and resources of Hongkong and of its great importance as an entre-pót of Chinese trade,

His Freelluncy the Governor think that the question of extending the area of the spare allotted to the Hongkong Court and of corres pondingly increasing the contribution from thi# Government had best be considered when the now collection is received in London.

HONGKONG'S REVENUE.

The account of the Colony resante Al expenditure from the at to 31st January, 1905, abowing ths incruise or decreio under the various heads for the same period of last year is published in the Hongkong Government Gazelle. † The

-26508,635.84 WAR

against 8492,137.34 for the same period of last sour and the expenditure $566,568.38 ua ngwinst $475,548.03.

revenus

AN

Both establishments report favourably as to the results obtained by the head offices and the

morous branch establishments, which include those of an older date as well as those recently

up, and smillor concerns taken over in the course of the year.

The following figures will givo. insight inte the working of this two banks and the magnitude of their affairs :

DEUTCHE BANK. MEBLIN

11.

41+

13.

Share rapitul... 31. 180 millionai M. 16 million Reserve keetands 7663,000 ,,39,4,500 Tumwore...

80.807 lions, 59,30 Ton Not profit... 14,924,011

1 per cent. 17.034 2,912

Dividend

12 per vant. 129.718

3,174

No. of euaneta. No. of employés These gares include those of the numerous branch offices at home and abroad, the results of which have been very satisfactory. DISCONTO COMMANDIT GEBELLSCHAFT BERLIN, share capital. M. 170 milliora Reerres eponnta Turnover Nets refte

ivilost...

to the chambers against the passing of the bill The united Chambers of Commores of the Lower Rhine have come to the sing decision and are about to lodge a protest with the authorities against the moneurs.

ODE TO THE CANTON-HANKOW

RAILWAY.

The following lines are printed because of their subject rather than of their merit. They by the following count appeared in the Manila Sunday Sun, profesi

Boulay and Runyon's farewell to the other employees, when they were "fired" from the Company for opposing the "Chink officials. The Company beginning work recalls the

above to mind

Apalit, Pampanga, April 5th. Parswall farewell, Oh! Canton-Hankow Rail,

way.

The Engineers will sit leave you at last.. For we are going back to God's fair country

Whors all our trials and troubles will be past; Black amid the rosoe and the lilaes,

Back where a chap can got a decent mcal: Far away from the almond-eyed Mongolian,

Far from the land where the people lie salateat, No more we'll have to wade the muddy paddies, No more we'll work beneath your burning sun. We are tired of building Oriental Railroads,

For it looks as if it never can be, doun;

the

MINES IN THE GULF.

and

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SIGNIFICANT OMENS IN RUSSIA.,

Hongkong, 27th Desorbar, 1904,

A PRINCE'S DEMAND FOR IMMEDIA TE PRACE

TRADE

When the prescues of mines in the Gulf began to be reportal almost daily we expresied, saya tim Tientsin Times, the opinion that it was duty of the Chinese Government if possible those dangerous weapons of destruction, and of to send out gunbonts to search for sul destroy other Powers having war vessels the vicinity to aid her in this Becessary

atically no vessels of her own available

work. Having

have appealed to the two Towers with men-of- might have boun

ou supposed that China would war elore at hand toassist her; hat she does not appear to have done so, The British Shipping their Adairal in the waters to deal with the Corapanion consequently collectively applied to disalty, which instead of legsoning as tha gas on sees to to positively in is threatening the safety of international shipping more and more. For reasons which are not made at all approut in the correspond. ence which has passed between the Companies and tho aaral authorities, the Admiral is

The Pall Mall Gazelle on March 24th mys: apparently disinclined to prosecute a search the mines except in the immediate vicinity of that the war party is rapidly on the decrease in

ter

--Farther special information to hand shows Weini, which for practical purposes amounts official grarters. Prince Meschtecheraki, other

very little. That the refusel arises from sher afference is not to be contemplated, is an out-and-out reactionist, says in the und we can only fall back for consolation on the Grashdanin Knowing that it is my duty somewhat popotonens rofleetin that in some

to oppose even thoso whom I look upon as the mysterions and inexplicab'o way it will endanger I call out loudly now that only one thing can noat sacred representatives of facing patriotism, inperin! interests and international relations raise up and sare Russin, and that is the if it. B.M. Tassels of war are seen scouring the immediato conclusion of peace, never mied what fail, and prosincbig cunt adrilt, by one or beti I said that the comitions of punce would be cean highway

-arching for mines originally in

muy cost. When Port Arthur was still of the belligerent Powers: Fat in the mean- tins there is the trade route, and there are light onos, Now that Vladivostok and Sakhali

there still matoushol, the conditions would yet be Thines. By whom cast adrift on their dastardly errand of death win can say ? But if the agier than after their less." British Admial cannot or will not go and look for them and levi erchant exptains a land in disposing of them, why not "sppeal to

to the Juput ess They, after all, aro at least a party of the of the hears of the General PER CASE OF 100 Spletn

which misleads the people. It is this which the Army and Navy Administration, of our corrupt officials, and of the Intellivence

as kos rained. Kassia: Anil as we have recogaie d one true victor, we can coulade pocs with the Jes

to

to the

are there, and that is safe and prent all important fact that the miness trustworthy routs bas Leon ran-formed

Russia obyjuly canne in the lenting up, and if it is

into a deathtrap.

mall

is not the Japanese who have yauquisted the Prince Mesolitscherski then declares that it Russian Army, but we ourselves have done it in the person

And when at last we're back in our hemo country.icipate.for British vessel it would tu Japonese, A continuation of the war is ex-

We'll sit beneath a spreading chestnut tree. And wonder if you're still among the living.

And wonder will the Railroad ever be.

EUROPEAN BOOKS IN JAPAN.

The Eclair reproduces the following statistics resulting from an inquiry recently made by the French Minister to Japan, M. Has mand, ak to the importation of foreign books into that country during the last three years. The figures are given in you:-

ISHN

Bolgium

China

France

Germany

1992.

3903,

2,648

1,930

14313

3915

15,705 11,496

19,529 1525 15,191 96,394 94,217 03,990 Great Britain 87,608 103181 315,518 Rossia

334 123 1,139 United States 17,340 72.704 55,836 Franco, it will be seen, does not take a big novels. place. It sells to Japan mainly law books and

The aciontific works

one from Germany, England, and the United States.

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lusively tu. The advantage of the worst sou

TELEPHONE No. 135.

139

MARK.

TANSAN

PER CASE OF 43 PINTS...

TANSAN

presumably equally so for the German. Et i water of great congratulation that so far only the way is a punishment by Gol, which thou of the country. Kaow thou, Russia, that one vessel has had her bows smasher in by didst merit! Find the energy, at last, for the SOLE AGENTS— contact with the mines, but more serions accidents may occur ny zooment, and God has to be thanked for not granting victory regeneration of the country in peaceful labour ! the loss of junk and juukien is not to be con

We zoticn our

to nu; but against a foreign for and enemies at templated with eqantity. Shanglini contemporary blames the new dispeaine, nebody can struggle at one and the same

tima."

tion of British naval forces for Admiral Noel's

surely going to extremos, and we prefer to think there are "orber TeBSONS,

decision to sit tight and do nothin, but this is

nut

This; from nu absolutist politician, who hates the intellectual classes whore movement makes for representative institutions, is significant enough. There are tota for sinister voices in the tundente progressive Press.

A confidential understanding las ben como to between the Tiberal Conservative Polish, miss DOE to insist on the restoration of a Jewish. Borl Raasi n

groupe The Pelos pro- National Stats of theirs, hut to concentrate all efforts on the acquisition of a Constitution fo the Empire. If the war is not so brought o an end, and a Parliament cunvoked, Tv-1-1- be expected in May,

ti

according 10 provating a Dion,

In St. Petersborg a large cesting of authors and journalists was on the point of being hald Gorerner Trepoff suddenly forbed, its tak ng on the subject of the Press laws, whe the

ulure:

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H. PRICE & CO.

12, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL

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THE

PREMIER

PIANO FIRM AND THE

JAPANESE FINANCES,

ACity Correspond-ut of the Standard wrote: As regards the financing of the war in the Far East, it would seem that interet for the ment is shifting from the borrowing operations of Russia to tluso of Japan. With the arrival in Londos of Mr. Korekiyo Tekshashi, who so skilfully conducted the negotiations for the last twe Japanese loss as to ocension the minimum of disturbance to the London money market - wbile big services t. Jagan were considered THE TRANSVAAL'S INDUSTRIALufficiently important to demand special recog:

nition at the hands of the Mikado-it improbable that we shall hear something are Daring the year ended June 30 last, the long with gunstige to feel seculated to the Bassinus in Stuttgart, an Appeal of a Group ONLY PIANO SPECIALISTS

with

Dewbauch denje published by regard to a new A favourable opinion is entertained by both Transvaal, according to an official report, pro-furt that Japan is likely to obtain a conside of Officers at Kieff to their Courador" is establishments as to the prospects of trade induce miscellaneous products to the value of a over representing great

able amount in Berlin; and if the report be published, the text of which is before mo the present your, more especially in the event of trace and the parques par when the correct, the fact is a distinctly interesting our, calls upon the boss to join the poplar and

IN HONGKONG: cebed in the most paa-ionate language, stud catput was valued at £173,817. The Govern. bearing in mind the

pr.

nounced armpathy in At prosent the chosees of peaco being restored mont Moving Engineer gives the following seen!", at any rate, lo be this amount of Truth cause with a movement which now has the

that country on behalf of Russia. There revelatiousry parties. Let us make

MERE DEALERS, BUY- details of the output sm

support of the best men of Russia. To their arguments, to their aspirations fura transforma tion of the form of Goverum at lot us add that luat argument, which certainly is the most effective."

nn early peace,

29,122

17

17,100,000

8 per cer

Millions

50,220,00 21,573 mlions

91 par coat.

in the Far East seeni remote and the Faria Hauts finance has marked its sense of the situa

The usats and liabilities on the 21st faurary,tion by declining to assist in raising a fresh 1903, wore as follows :--

Bank balance

ASSETS.

Crown agents' balanca

Do.

advance

Advancer, &e....

Subsidiary Coins Suspenso Honso Servico

Total...

LIABILITIES.

$645.490.04

28,676,55

99.$80.64 113,925 68 $50,000.0 1,48483

$1,429,158.64.

Deposits not available 3601,620.68 Crown agents' drafts .. ... 120,094,0) Money order remittances... 19,857.08 Officers' remittances...

354,32

Total Liabilities... 824,32.28 Balance

507,326,36

...

'Total... .. $1,422,156.61 The Bancial returns for the year 1904 show tatal payments 8:9.071,412.21. leaving nett balance on the 91st Decombur of $314,257.69.

MORE CHINESE LABOUR WANTED

Russian loan; whether Borlia bankora will come to the resque remains to be seen, at any rate the rarions courses have been somewhat depressed by the news last week.

THE EAST-AMATIC DINNEE

The annual dinner of the East Asiatic Society was bold at the Hamburger Hof in this city Saturday last the 18th inst; amongst the members present was Prins Heinrich, who seldom fails to attend. Tito usual toasts were proposed and duly honoured after which the Prince and his suite withdrew, the other guesta remaining considerably longer.

TRE ZECENT STRIKES.

Although the several consmissions appointed by the Prussian government to inquire into

PRODUCTS.

Maoline-made bricke

(fice)

1904. 1903. £114,608 £59,741 8,726 7,061 24,955 9,880 16,629 41,129 56.486 12,727 15,500 6,0 The value of hand-made bricks is probably more than equal to that of the machine-made

Coment Lime (blue) Lime (white) ... Slats

bricks. Since the close of the year 1903-1004 experiments have been made na to the suitability of local clay for potiory purposes, and there is asid to be every reason to suppose that this industry will assume considerable proportions.

THE RUSSIAN LOAN.

LORD ROTHSCHILD ON ITS PROGPACTS.

Lord Rothschild afsted to a newspaper rapro-

the

lean. Fur

in the report, viz., that a powerful financial syndicate has been formed to take up the loan bjest to the approval of "efficis!" quarters in Berlin. This approval seemed some few weeks ago likely to be withheld; bat, from the tonour of Count Buelow's recent spooch, it is resumed that these objections have inclined to credit the reports that the whole bean withdrawa; and although we are dia-

is, of course, quite possible that just as Japan of

Japanese lean will ge the next

to Berlin, it has been inclined to seek an International market for her stocks is New York and London, sho may also not

loth to

to take advantage of a

It

since the beginning of the war the

for

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I:

COM FION

THE PHILIPPINES INTERNAL

REVENUE LAW.

The following letter, which issolf.explanatory. was sent to the Sun Sen from one of the great tobacco institutions in the islands.

NOT

ING AT ONE PRICE AND

SELLING AF ANOTHER,

BUT

PRACTICAL EXPERTS

AND

MANUFACTURERS /

DEVOTED

ΤΟ

EXCLUSIVELY.

THE MUSICAL

INSTRUMENT TRADE.

These are

FIRST IMPORTANCE

third competitor in the abopo of Germany for

The Interual Revenue is pressing too hard Any new loan about bo brought naut. One on the basiness, and we cannot make soy profita thing, however, can be safely stated at a time at vlt now. About P15,000 are always paid by us when rumours of the size of the loan, the date

for taxes in advance, whlob money is ontsland. of imus, and the terms, &c., are being freely in, as trade only can be done on a credit basis circulated,

that nothing up to the and piicos are ent down an account of the bosvý namely,

tax, it being about 80 per cant on o'garettes. sentative that the postponement of negotiations Present moment fins boos definitely arranged. by the French Syndicate of Bauks and Credit perhaps, be of interest to recali thot We, as other factories of any

only two Establishments came as no surprise to the inuer loans raised by Jops: hare been for £10,000, despite the statemen

not sell more than half of the fore, do r output, the alleged griovaures of the miners in the financial circle in London, Rohr district have repealed no real cause of

published be

by Tho "I think," continued Lord Rothschild, "that for £10,000,000, was floated on May 12 of last might

sad £12,000,000 respostively. The first issue, authorities. This is the truth, and complaint against the musters, the new bill to postponement singdisis in this cam tantamount year, the loan being in the shape of

m around and take information to a refusal to treat

ix per at any factory.

The workmen are thrown be laid before the Chambers makes important for fo matter for more. After all it dan Conts, with a first chargo on the Customs, the out of

Con FACTS OF THE for suprise. It is force of price of issue boing. The last loan,

employment, 158, concessions to the men.. It provides that under vircumstance, and not, I think, the result of £12,000,000, was featud as recently as November oties, about a hundred women, whilst at present for instance, employed before, on hand-made cigar- certain conditions mining concessions shall pressure on the part of the Frouch Government 14 last, when the price of issue was 904, the loan only twenty are occupied. This means not

in the interests 8 of pence. Bo ween £500,0 0,000

constituting a second charge on the Customs, protection of the Filipinos by the says an attempt is about to be made to introduce where work is suspended beyond a costuin time.

government. in Russis, There is nothing Chinose labour into some of the mines of the

more natural That the shifts sbull for the present be than, at the present time, with che affairs of placed in New York, and it is interesting which offers such a poor margin. Our cubears province. It has been found impossible," limited to 8 hours froin pits mouth to pits Raasis in the state they are, both at home ani ties with those current at the date of the flotation find it either hese or abroad, as long as our to compare the present price of Japaneso securi- is in need of it, but we believe that we will not writes the Consul, to successfully work hydraulic mines in many portions of British mouth for adults where the temperature does abroad, that it should become difficult at last to of the last louer

balance sheets show only losses. If you will Columbia at the prices paid for white labour, not exceed 2 deg. centigrades and to 6 hours That is all, I think, fores of circumstance, and find subscribers in France to Russian Lose

plenas make a kiek you will obligo, but please and in consequence en effort is to be made where the heat is greator; a further reduction

don't mention our name. again next season to introduce Chinese labour to take plans at the end of another three years. in the hyraule minus at Atlin, in the northern section of this

file provines. A fom yours ago a

That the annulling" of tenoks shall number of Japanese were taken into the district illegal. for this purpose,

bat in consequence of the determined opposition

of the

local abione tize

owners were

conditions STA

The United States Consul at Victoria, B.C. lapse and the property be forfeited to the are and £600,000,000 if French money is invested On both occasiona que-half of the loon was Besides no canital will be in rested in a country

minora'

That mera' committees shall be elected by

abandon their intention in theiled to ballot, as mentioned in my last, &o., &c.

the

than

that it is mo

not possible to profitably operate

there

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the

Four Five

Six

19

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no pressure which shall tend to pesee on Japanese Fire per Cents. The French know that to continue the war part of the Fresch Government. means revolution in Russia, and that to asse now, under present eon itione, means revolu tion.” It was difficult to ray where Rustin would find money to continue the war.

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

Nagasaki for Manila on Friday, the 21st inst. The P M. str. China, with maile, &c., left

Price Present Nov. 14. price. ..... 874

......100 1899... 75 .....86 1902 .. 85

971 19:495.... 105

THE WORD'S COTTON TRADE. ·

Wo think we can sponk in the name of all the manufacturers.

Still one thing: What is the os of having s Large staff of employees of the luternal Ravenne, who have to go around to all for invoices; why Bot put

tstamps on the packages or boxes, and thus simplify the systom P

Even in, Egypt, where the natives are a bad lot, they have a stamp system, as they have in Brazil and in all other countrice where there is

a tax.

mployment of Chiness Inbour, particularly land and Westphalia" and of the North Stanghai, Ko., arrived at her destination on the cold within her borders, and none at all not good. It all depends on the Internal

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it is proposed to increase the wages of white western division of the Iron and Steel works," minors now in the district, who will be employed was held at Dusseldorf last wook, whon the bill as fotomen or eversora. In other cases the labour problem is being solved in a different as disused and unanimously condemnad. A maunor by the adoption of a method of pincer resolution was passed to the following effect: mining by means of dredging, a practice which That whereas the government inquiry into has given excellent rosalts in California. the administration of the mines in Rhineland and Westphalia had disclosed no serious evils, and sirailar investigations in other parts of the country would no doubt have the same result the adoption of measures calculated to increase the cost of the production of corl could not bat

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IN CHINA and gives the muat

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mattor. Sinco No wonder the strike is an longer co sidered considerably changed. there by the men to have ended in a defeat, but is by being far fewer white miners in the district them extolled as a triumph! The masters on

Our position in the cotton trade of the world formerly, while it has been clearly shown the other hand express great dissatisfav'in

in comparison with other countries, mast inevitable statistics, raresling where we stand occasions little wonder among us now, but the

The Internal Revenue system ought to be masy of the Atlin bydraulic proporties without with the proposed susastre. A mesting of the at 10a.m., and is due there on Tuesday, the 25th occasion strongly corntous thoughts is the reformed, and the tax on cigarettes reduced largely reducing the west of labour. Under repective committees of the Ass:oiation for inst. at daylight. these circumstaners it is probable that the promotion of industrial interests ia ithino-left hepca March 24th for Sau Francisso via reflects that nearly three-fourths of all

minds of our competitors. Ar

America especially cons.derably. If you think it right we are at The P.M. str. Kores, with mails, &c., which might grudge us our sapremiey, when she your disposal with more information. will bo lasu opposition to the contemplated

the P. S.--We dors say we are one of the most 20th fest.

used by the manufacturers of the world pushing firms in the insular tobacco trade,UINART PERE

therefore no blame is due to us if business in The I.G.M. str. Prinz Eitel Friedrich left in the countries that are her strongest rivals

is produced Shanghai on Saturday at 1 p.m., and may be in manufactured cotton good. The diligent the United States tolmoed trust, a chance for Rovenue. Seeing the tremendous opposition of expected here to-day at p.m.

officials at the Washington Bureau of Statistics The IG.M. str. Roon, carrying the German bare compiled lables that bring home some un

Iowering the tariff on Philippine tobaccos scoms mails with dates from Berlin of the 28th March, pleasant fucts for the States chief among impossible, and therefore our trade can hope for left Singapore on Friday at noon, and may be which, perhaps, is that the United Kingdom nothing from America. And of course the field

to-morrow, exported here:

exports over £71.645 000 worth of manufactured will be still more limited bye and bye, the The CPR str. Empress of Shanghai at 1 aru. on Saturday, to 29nd just. exporte last yest only reached the value of Philipping, tobacco on accomas of high import

India arrived at

commodities annuslly, while American neighboring countries bring already closed for and left again at where she is due to arrive at 8 a.m. to-day.

p.m. same day for Nagasaki, 4,180,000. At the same time while we import tariff, as for example, Japan and Chuius."

over 17,180,000 worth of cotton goods, the The Sunday us is bound to confess that it The 0.8.3. & C.. str. Katso left Shanghai United States imported last year £9.104.800 cannot but believe that the presvut system of on the 21stinst.

internal revenue in thest felonis is

is mst unfair at daylight.

thau twice as much as it

bit farther, go a Tho high pressure area is moving Eastwards

The str. Zafire loft Manila on the 22nd iust, United Kingdom exports tea

exports, while

that in some insta ives the law might as much as and and is now lying over the Yellow Sea.

That the creation of workmens' committees, at 10a.m., and is due here to-day at 3 p.m. it imports. Germany exported £15,904,800 have been made by a theoretic an. That Gradients are decreasing on the Chinn count such as gorernment contemplated, would Calciuas lete Singapore on the 21st inst., a.m., £5 $15,000, the exesss of exports being mule the main industry of the Philppines--tokseen.

The 0.8S.

C.M. stre. Moyune and of

cotton

manufactures,

and

imported present system of internal revenue is

is injuring but continue rather steep over the N. part of the only tend to strengthen their trade and may beexpected here on the 26th inst. China Sea.

from meatly

American organisations all along the line, and as the

ection. France goes without saying. Why collect a tax in Moderale E. winds may be expected in the election was to be by ballot, givethe discontented this port on the 13th instand may be expected £2,414,600

The J. C. I. str. Tjimahi left Macassar for exported 16,935,500, and imported only advance on goods already representing a large Formosa Channel, and strong E. winds over

Even Switzerland exported expenditure of capital? Why not adopt the the N. part of the China Ses

elements a great preponderanos; that the con

26,778,200 against the American 4,180,000, Americen stamp tax, if there must be an Forecast Fresh, E. winda; cloudy místy. duct of the masters during the recent strike

and the Netherlands £4,222,600.-Commercial internal revenue tax on tobacco? Why the Intelligence.

presont impracticable system?

WEATHER REPORT.

The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued the following report;→→

On the 3rd at 11.56 m. The barometer

p..

MOLO

has risen in Japan sad fallen ou be E. censt of seriously affect the entire industry of Germany here to-dat daylight, and may be expooted worth. In other words, Americs import the to merchants In fact, we will

China.

and must therefore be deposited.

here on the 27th inst.

this port on the 21st inst. at 5 p..

The P. & O. str. Socotra left Singapore for

Hongking, 18th May, 1992”

DE. NEWELL

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WILSON,

DENTIST,

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