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COTTON IN THE FAR EAST.

THE PROBFECTS OF VEITISK TRADE In the grost and growing prosperity of India, concerning which Mr. Brodrick had so much that was interesting to say in his rocent speech on the Indian Baiget, the xtile industries, play a considerable part. It has been aromod, father hastily by some, that India is destined to work serious haves in the welfare of Lancashire, and do must. in Eastern markets, tan products of our che cotton industry. That la not a probable contingoney, and the foots do not

THE HONGKONG PAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 8111, 1905.

On the other hand, the trade in piece goods | PROMOTION IN AMERICAN ARMY far exceeded the returns of 1902;--.

Bombay..... Madran ... Bengal ... Burmah..

1004. yards.

AND NAVY. 1902. Jardı.

IMPORTANT ORDER BY PRES'DENT ROOSEVELT. 918,260, 00 We are requested to publish the following- ...: 44,349,014)

118,164,200 141,675,900 An important order was issued on July 7th by 1770,083,900 1,215,607,200-President Roosevelt. anngumolog the polloy €3,360,700 20,773,100 hereafter to be followed by the Administration Straits Settlements Itt 414,300

100,255,900 | in making appointments or promotions. The only decline is in th Strails Bottlements, military brauch of the Government. but elsewhere the Indiskaze given an enoratous President orders that if any oficer of the Army impetus to the trade of Liesshire. Spraking or Nayy hereafter shall solicit influences saide

seema quite able hotë its own; and War Nary

for Department in order to eblain promotion or assignment, he should be dobrod thereby from the adsancement or detail-ich ho is seoling. The order says:

THE DEATH OF ADMIRAL YEH,

At present support the.argumont ihət India will | caabire 50 far'ns the East's concerned, Lan from the records of his sorrico on. file in the on Saturday that Vico-Adrical Yoh Chu-kuei, |

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a plan could be devised for riprocity and mutual advantage the continue expansior of a commerce so important to both peoples would be assured.--Glaba.

THE GERMAN TROOPS IN CHINA.

THE

"LONG HING"

$220.00 IN PRIZES...

ENTRIES FREE.

CALL OR WRITE FOR PARTICU

PARTICULARS.

The following bulogy is taken from the N-C PHOTO COMPETITION FOR AMATEURS Daily News of July 31st

The Chiness Empire to-day mourns the loss the oro man who was considered capable of

the Chloose- elciently re-organising

Nowy ility the great advantages to be derived from man who had demonstrated by his undoubted European training, a brave man of soveral fights a patriot of whom his suboreinate efficers speak with tears in their oyes. It was at noon Commander-in-biet of the Kwengtung, Nan Jang, ad feirang squadrons, passed away,

Kianguon Arsenal. after a few days' illness, at

At thirteen years of age Yel Chu-kuei The records of the departments will contain entered on his cadetship at the Fenchay Naval full and detailed information in respect to tuo School, under Mr. James Carroll, of Greenwich. character, military services, and general attain and for five years he studied the ridiments of menta of all officers composing the military ry, naval armaments, and the general establishments. Tho records so obtained the learweil manth, and with the prospect of s construction of mag-of-war. During this time forth the relative merits of all officers of all grades of rank in the several branches of the line and stall, and enable all vacancies which occur in the military service to be filled after careful comparison of the records of those tionlar assignments or details.

ever be Lancashire's ital or, indeed, nuything but her best customer. Of the Indian textile trades the only one which is seriously injuring a similar trade at home is the jato industry. The raw material in grow in India, and the large number of mills which have boon built on the apet are turning out an enormous quad ity of jute fabrics which are custing the products of Dandee in many of the world's markets. The native labour with the most modern machinery and effective supervision is minch cheapor and quite an effloreat as the white man's labour at home in the m unfacture of the coarser classes of the Far East, of India, China, and Japan, wouldt velle cotton milky established in those Countries to produce cotton-fabrics at much less cost thon than at which England can wake the the defendant not having confined himself to ability of all officers of the Navy, founded upon then Sub-Lieutenant Yoh, at he then was,

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of goods. It won assumed that the chops inbour | accusing the German contingent on astive officers who are eligible under the law for par- and he was ordered to the Chaimel Squadron,

The Berlin correspondant of The Times sends some additional partours of the trial of the Socialistic Dopaty Here Kunert, who wa sentenced at Halle to three months am- prisonment for libelling the Grian army by service in Chins in 19 of devastating the country, of plundering and spelling property. and of violatine women. The Court held that

fibel against the German army generally, or at particular allegations, but having attered a lust against the German contingent sont to China, evidence in support of his allegations was immaterial."

duty

"The records of the Navy Department farnish eridance of the character, servies and

it is to make them. The reports are sufficiently the official reports of those officers whose specific to rolls the Dupartment to determine the particular unty which coch offcor is titled to perform without the intervention of requests, claims or influences frein soureas outside the Navy

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UNCONSIDERED TRIFLES IN THE TRADE OF CHINA.

By H. B. Mokar, Esq., I, M. Customs. The few who'nes interested in such studies

and Great Britain enjoy her share of the prodges in Court only a tithe of the evidence | publication of this order an officer of the Aither the water-line with two shells and the Ching such like appliances, mads of bright tin or

bright curver he was transferred to the training LAHMEYER ship Kienwei, thoa in cliarge of Captain, Admiral Sir Richard Tracy, R. N. When faventy-one years of age the future Admira 1891 sant to England to join the British vary, which was under the command of Sir Michael Seymour. Four years were sport in the British Navy, years full-of ardupils work, and

where ho was at onen given the command of the resigned and returned to his native country. Mosquito ganboat, Chenpei, built at the riswick class cruiser Chonging, of the Peiyang Squid- Works. He was quickly posted to the third To trial was originally fixed for October,

ron, as Captain, and his next step was to take oror the comman of the second class cruiser 1903, and the defondant submitted the names of

It is therefore announced that in future poranna, including thos) of various military and diplomatic personages, and of the corres appointments, details, transfers and nisign-Chinguren, which took part in the nas 1 bat le of the Yalt, 17th September 1804, in the China mauts in the Army and Navy the Executive poniloats of foreign as well as Gornian pets. papers thou in China, whom he proposed to call will be guided by the official records of the Japan w In this campaign the Chaguo consult the published statistics of this trade of

War and Navy Departments, respectively, to

was thost conspicuous in the fighting of Wei-Chinx to ase-rtain the extent of the demand for 2 witnesses in support of his allegations. The Court at Hulla intimated that it would admit

haiwei. On the 8th of February, 1595 before the article with which they are concerned. the exclusion of other sources of infidence or the whole of the above evidence, but the case, information, but in case an officer has performed dawa, the Chinese made an unsuccessful torpedo They find figures to show the quantities affor being post psized owing to the Eeichstag any special act of bravary or courage, or attack on the Japanese, and on the onstern forts imported commercially, but for there are who being in session, was ultimat ly barriad on for renders specially offcient service of which theroposing fire out of the shells struck the Ching-unilor that, in Chine, nothing goes to waste, hearing so that the defendant was not allow dino scoord or only a partial record in the killing and wounding for you. On the and that in gauging quantities it is necessary to include, or to make allowance for, much to to summon all his witnesses or to propare the War or Naty Department, the testimony of any oth the Japanese made another combined attack whole of his evidence. In consequence of person who was sa eye-witness of the site by land and sea, the Chingynen having steamed which no attention is paid in other countries.

out to skell, the fonts, Captain Nurata of the judicial objections above referred to ond of may be sabunit ed for con-ideration.

At lume the hard ware dealer sapplies you judi

Should it be discovered that since the Japanese Navy succeeded in hitting her near with clust us, our scope, hearth trays, and insuficient time. the defondant was able to accumulated by him Despite this curtailment, however, and despite the fact that a large part of the evidenco wes heard 22 camera, the published testimony of the fow witnesses who were able to appear is generally rogarded as confirming the widespread opinion that the Germans iu China in 1900 acted as though they wore entrusted with a mision of rougeance. The speech of the counsel for the defaues furnishes the clearest summary of the sworn evidence adduced by eye-witnesses of the proceedings of Gorman soldiers who were also units of the contingent, but the evidence itself is for the most part totally unit for publication.

but though the cotton industry is growing in the East, the demend of the East for cloth made in the West is growing wit oven greator rapidity. It must be remembered that we are helping to equip the mills of the East in any rivary Gur they may be able to exert against va exports of textile meclinery wire valued at 24,510,645 in 1902, but last year they had risen to £5,064,572. It is curious, by the way, that Germany should be ons of the chief buyers of our machinery, but the essential point is that a large quantity of it goes to the East Last year Japan bought textile machinery frong us worth £315,630, or nearly double her parehas in 1902, while the East India spaut with as over a million of money on machinery for spinning and wouving, as compared with 1770,000 in 1902. These countries are build ing up their him, and endeavouring to supply their own neods, but ill be demand for yarn or cloth from other centres of production grows, incromout. India has, bow about 5,000,000 spindios, or nearly au many as France; Japan has nearly 2,000,000 spindies, or quite as many na Switzerland, and China has about the quarters of a million spindles. And yet car own exports to India and China continue to increase, and Japan is the only country in the East which seems to be able to diminish its demands on our assistance. The cotton industry in China is quite in its infancy. It was only 1891 that the first will in the Shanghai region was built in 1895 there were only 120,000 spmals, and 350 homes. Now there are about It was epindles and 2,500 in ms, thought, not unnaturally, that the cheap

With regard to the evidence itself, counsel labour and adaptability of the Chinese would

nable the industry to flourish thoro, and to claimed that even by the fractional testimony become a considerable sival, to English trads. which had been allowed it had been established tlist, besides specified nots of wantan vandalism, But the anticipations of great financia) fits and a large output have not been realised, members of the German expeditionary corps and it is found that the raw material, enats had committed brutal and bestial, assaults, not more in China than had been calculated and only upon women and girls, whom they had that the labour is at least 9 per cent. dearer ravished before the eyes of husbands and than that in Ludis. The notire hard-woren parents, but also upou children of tender years, cloth is exellent, and hopes rested chiedy on In one case a witness hal testified to seeing a the spinning of yarn which might be need in nativo girl lying unconscious in a courtyard. native looms. Bat Chias continnad to import and in this condition she was violated by several more and tuore jaru. In 188: sho took from soldiers in succession. According tothe accounts other countries 200,000,000 lbs, of which of bystanders, twenty mot had already 186,500,000). He came from India: in. 1003 he assaulted the girl before the witness's imported 8565,00,000 1 of garn, of which Children of sover an eight yours of age were forcibly held town. in spite of their cries, and then violated. En aldition women were subjected to nameless indiguities, From one village all the females del at the German approach, but were purned and hauls 1 frote their hiding places. Severe sentences, in some instances of ponal servitude, bad an- doubtedly been imposed by Courts-martial upon some delinquents who had been discoverod. but of cases which had gone there were a namb unpunished. The reports of this Courts martial bad not been rendered fally accessiks to the defence, although application had boon inide for them to the authorities. To view of the facts he pleaded justification, and appealed to the Court to acquit the defendant.

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and Navy has sought recommendation or up-gen immediately sark. Captuio Yeh and some port from sources outside of those named above, of his officers and men were rescued and lived this fact will dobar him from obtaining the to fight again. At the conclusion of the Chino particular advancement, assignment, or dofail Japanese War Yeh Chu-kue returned to his which he has by such means attempted to me are native city (Foochow) anal took a rest for about and the fact that such officer has sought such a year. At the end of this lime the Viceroy influence will be noted on his official racord." of Chilli pointed hire Rear Admiral of the now Peiyang feat of eight vessels, and during the Boxer troubles his ship was the Honjung. a 2nd-class ernisor. In the fight Taku the Haiyung was captured at the Bar and Admiral You and his officers were ourried off prisoners to Weihaiwei by the British Bect After the trouble was over, Adanieat Yol canto down to Kiungyin and resume command of the Peigang Sautron.

HENLEY REGATTA.

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prettily lacquered and decorated fumboyantly in gold; companies even are incorporated for making some one such article. Importers know well that they would find no market for the thousand autood articles of tinware, or the many patented artiotes of nickel, which fill the stores and add so much to the corifort, and even dignity of life at home; some of them we do. for most of the others that we cannot do with without, some few we can bay ready madą, bat | CRjLAKOSK out we sent our orvant to order them made by Our (the foreigner's) the nearest titsmith,

unts are fg, but the Chinese demand is CALIFORNIA great; and while there is a large call for the

5.75 About four years age, ported finished product, the raw materit: ZINFANDEL Viceroy Kuan Shit-k'ai appointed the deceased must come is sufficient supply. adviser on Military and Naval Affairs at Tien- tami, a position be occupied for three years before being promoted Admiral of Kungtung Pro. vince, After a few months Almsical Yeh caine to changhai with the intention of reorganising the Nanyang Squadres, receiving his instrac tions from Faking In 1904 he took supreme command the Kaangtung, Nanyang, and Peiyang Sudirons, and made his headquart.ri Christ at the Kiangnan Arenal, as ho was also, 19

Henley Regatta was favoured with delightful weather. On 4th July, the Grand heats gave Leander, the Belgiens, and the Americans very much the same times for halt the course, but all three of them only rowed hard for about two minutes after which nothing but paddling was required The Americans row short, are no body swing and no finish, but for a short distance, as has been seen at Henley before, this faulty style can take a boat along at a great pace The Belgian rowing is must pecatur. Their stroke is a short-arm dig, like the stroke or a was four-pered ring gaily, finishing with a tory sharp tarn of the wet In the trial heats for the Grand, Vester

against had the hardest task

Was

Tinplate, which the Chinese du noi, make, was imported in 194 to the extent of 18,52,000-lbs., more than double the figuros for 1983. This tigare ne abown in the statistics is not, however, the total quantity of tinplaf which was afilised in the industrios of China. Hote, nothing goes to waste, and we must add to the reported in a double duty

the quantity which, us Gokismith says

pay, s

250,000,000 lbs, came from India.

The prospect of native competition is not very bri.ht. The British Commercial Attache in China says experience has demonstrated that the majority of cases have, from finan ial point of view, far from fulfiled expesta. tjuns, and there is small likelihood of additional capital boing intrated therein until some means of making thom pay shail have been discovered; It is in the unfacture of coarse garns that the Eastern people find their meet profitable employment. There has to a big dolins in the export of British yarn to China. In 1902 we sent there 6,339,400 lbs. of yarn, and last ven only 2,447,200 lb. On the other hand, Lbe demand for imported piece goals in

Herr Kunert then addressed the Court China lucrois 8. List your, China took from Grext Britain 49,073,900 yards of cavon his own behalf bat when ho eat, do it with cloth, 71,000,000 gards more than in 1908,cases of brutal raaltreatment of Chinamon by though the total was still below the very bigh German soldi-te be was repeatedly called to purchase in 1902. There is little resou to order by the Court upon the ground that I is doubt that Lanotehire will do able to hold its subject did not arise ont of the terms of the to-day to the offects of the phenomenal heat in taken ill. and an American-educated Chinese over two yards. Bales come into Shanghai with

indictment and in the face of these repeated admonitione ho waived his farther right of reply. From individual instances cited in evidence, however, it was sufficiently plain that Chinamen as well as Chinese women had been tormented sud ill-used in the grossest and most inhuman fashion.

The effect of the trial upon the palmind has been to create a feeling of uncomfor:able wonder as to what would have boon revealed if the whole of the evidence had been ailored to come out. As it is there is a widespread do sand for a seatcblog investigation-into the whole matter.

➡. The subject is treated in today's leading urticle.

JAPANESE ART EXHIBITION IN LONDON

-THE HEAT IN EUROPE.

Ma English papers arriving yester day had the following:

Whole pages are devoted by the newspapers

Rome.

Iron hoops were foportad in 1904 to the extent of 5,429,000 lbs. This again takes no account of the hoops which encirclë piece-goods coming in balos, und whicb. olyat the ends are being fastened

raible for use in servicealdo lengths of

to the treasury, but in first serving is a packago The Yankens dit the best time, but then organise the dock there on a comercial and then as the raw material of au industry. they were pushed right home, which neither basis. His work of bringing the Chingo fleet Kerosene oil was imported in 1964 to the Leander nor Belgisus were. The Diamond to date the commençod, but he

ortent of 16,600.16) cases. Taking the proper. os 5th is Leander bont the one-cal, the perel by lack of funds nad support from tion of casp to bulle oil prevailing as Shanghai, Qa 5th July. the Vesper Clubs the Government. It was felt by the then 12,500,000 cases came in tiu caus. Two sach cans in caso weigh 4-lbs, and from this sopres (Philadelphia) in the Grand Challenge Cup officers in the Chinese Navy that if that brang contest, and the Ghent sight defeated Lion. of the service was to become an effective one is of supply we have 60,00,90-le of tinplats Cotton Eton bout Morton (Oxford), and Christ's the future, Admiral Yel was the only man who imported for Chine industrial ase. (Cambridge) best Jesus (Cambridge for tlie could make it. The lata Admiral devoted piece-goods of the finer kinds are imported in Ladies' Cup. For the Thames Cup. Kingston his whole time and energy to a study of the casos protected by a lin lining, the weight of beat London, and Thames bout Twickenham. problem, but as stated he had litt o sapperi which may be put at 124lbs. per case, and the Third Trinity (Cambs.) beat Thames for the from thows who should have given overy total at not less than 3,000,000 lbs. For other Stewards' Cup: London beat New (Oxford) for encouragement; and now he is dead, Cina goods-in tin-lized casus we may safely assume a lainimum of 2,000,000-lbs. To our total import the Goblets; Blackstaffs beat Guy Rizon and begins to resline what a valuable moun he was,

Admiral Ye Chu-kuei received the Manchy of 18 milion The. in the legitimate tinglate Kelly bast &. A. Stuart for the Diamond Sculls, and for tatt Visitors' Cup, Trinity Hall military decoration of Batura" (229 trade we have therefore to add t5 million Rs. introduced indirectly. this mising the total or Brave", a distinction something uk the supply for the Chiness tomad four and (Cambs.) beat Ballid (Oxford) and Third Trinity

Frouch Légion d'Honneur, and the Empress-half times the figures giron in the statistics. bent Merton (Oxford).

Dowager presented him with specimens of hér enligraphy in the shape of two scrolls, bearing one the character Fu" (Prosperity), and the other Shou" (Longevity).

The cause of the death of Admicel Yeh is unknown at present. About a week ago he was

doctor attended hím. Doemaker had pains in the stomach and violent vomiting. A Chinase doctor was also called in later in the work, and on Saturday at 10 am, Dr. Paulan was tole phoned for, but was oat, and the Admiral became underscions at 11 am and died shortly before Several passengers on the Rome-Mikko Rail-

noon. It was not thought that the Admiral way, rendered frantic by the intense heat,

was seriously ill. and his Chinese metlicat attempted to throw themselves from the train.

Three American Judios had a terrible ox-advises said he would recover in about three

weeks.

On the Emperor's birthday he hoped to perience at Venice

of Forcello, but gondola to visit the villas They hired a before they had gone far one of the goudeliers, entertain some guests to tillin, and the doctor 50 Deceased was 54 (Chinose ) yexes of age. umeil Sinder, collapsad with sanstroke, the gave his permission, but he became too ill to do shade temperature at Venics being 101 deg. The ladies bastened to aky at him, but all three and he leaves six sous and five dungbters. His The second oldest son is an expectuat Civilaudari at in their turn sustained sunstroke. gondolier named Zarchi shouted for help but Peking, and his second son is studying at the no one heard his cries, and at last the heat Peking University. claimed him also, and he dropped dead in the gonddal, which drifted on the stream towards forth.. Forgallo. Eventually assistance coming. The gondolier Binder shared the fate of his comrade, hut the three ladies recovered consciousness, althongh their condition at provent is serions--Central News.

The temperature registered in the shade yesterday before St. Peter's was over 109, and there was an enormons number of cases of suustroke.

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own in the cloth trade against the competition of China for tuny years to come.

Japan presents greater dangers to foraira manufacturers oltlongh the prognostications of these who have had the opporinaity of "making a study of the conditions on the spot are condoting. Tho United States Minister in Sium, who has presented a report on this matter, saya.noither China ner Japan will be able to apply forsign markets for a long tamo." He adds: The advaree in cost of labour in Japan is marked. The last twelve months have witnessed a greater rise than that of the last twelve years, and wages hid fair to go 50 to 100 per mont. higher in the next two years. The war, the solargement of both army and navy, and the general demand for all classes of labour growing out of the country's speedy development are chiefly re sparsible. The work in both Chinese and Japanese mills is far from eficient and

An exhibition which has both an antiquarian suitable only for the inferior kinds of product, and an artistic interest of a very special kind and as the trade in came yarn has long passed has just been arranged by the Japan Society in out of the hands of Lancashire, which is covet the galleries of the Royal Society of Painters in ing itself more and more to the fluer and

Water Colours. It has for its subject The rerativu branches of production, tho success Arms and Armour of Old Japan," and it Plus-

this direction the East in

matters trates megaiboeally the various developsauta- little. On the other hand, it must not be of the craft of the armourer which have been forgotten that our export of yarn and cloth carried out through a costo ventaries

The N. U. Daily Nour has a telegram dated to Japan is falling away very rapidly. An by a people famed justly for their great achieve- expart of 2,365,000 lbs of yarn in 1903 fell menta in this class of work. The historical Tokyo, 30th July, which says: The Tokyu Press, last year, and a trade of value of the collection is especially great, fur it while sympathising with the national motive of of the production of many of the boycott, argues that it is probably a case includes examples

withdrawal in the future interest of both

of

to 680,700. lbs. 42,347,000 yards last year.

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THE JAPANESE PRESS ON THE BOYCOTT

fa honour of the lato, Asliniral, the fog at the Customs House, and on the wen-of-war in harbour, and the P. CO.S. Coromandel, and other vessels, were half-masted yesterday.

THE * BENNINGTON -

CATASTROPHE,

109116,400 yarile of sloth in 1902 fell to the west celebrated workers, and it has been of misunderstanding, and orges a gracefulsion was caused by a defective crown-sheet, that

selected with very sound judgment. Among the coliccters who have allowed their treasures to be drawn upon is the King, and many other well-known collections have been laid umier

-contribution.

countries, '

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from four to six snel hoops around them, but. why over saw them tears the importer's godown with more than one, or at the most two? ln China they are not packing material, they are iron, and surre to supplement the quantities published in the tables of statisties; and to the

million-lbs. given there, must be added at least another 2 million Its from this soure

Of soft-wood planks there were in 1904 imported 52 million square feet, valued at 1 million lusts. Te this also must be added th we all know, is used as ordinary plankiug for wood that comes in packages, much of which. planking ordinary purposes. Of quarter-inch kerosene oil cuses provide 874 million square feet, and other small cases (scan, milk, jams, etc. etc.) may be counted on to give 123 million feet, giving 25 million feet of standard inch stuff, piece-goods cases and other large cases will give close up 20 million feet of three quarter inch and upwards, waking 15 million fest of one inch

To staU. our 62 million feet regularly in- ported must be add-d fully 40 million feat importel in the lap of packing, much of which is used for purposes for whích, new plinking would be used in other countries.

The Cablenews publishes the followi, g- San-Francisco August 3. Tho, official These are the important items, but there are investigation into the causes and cireuvistances many others. Bottles eone in containing wine, of the disastrous oplosion aboard the gunkat beer and spirits, drags, confectionery, sto., but Beanington has been completed and theingairy nono leave the country; they are all absorbed for board has rendered its report the navy daily use, and will be found in story village in the

Empire. The common fin cab after having |-- department.

From the report it is learned that the explod'sprorged its contents of milk or pelits

will serve as a receptacle for Auids. Turpaulin from bales of piece, gonda never gous to waste, There is however, no quel cause for anxiety

portion of the baiter immediately over the fro and which thus draws a greater heat-than but verven many uses from clothing down. The as to our textile trade in the Far East, and

any other part of the boiler, which burned out truth is that this is the form of importation certainly none as to our relations with India

and caused the water to fall into the funnest that China calls for the very cheapest the Though the great dependency is developing her

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS..

The blame is place upon the high officials. faished product is not wanted outside the frings ora cotton industry considerably she is also becouting every year a better customer of Lanca Artistics ly the slow is most fasoldating,

The P. & 0 stx. Bengal left Singspies for an interviu with a prominent marine around the treaty ports which has taken on shire. In 14 her aggregate imports of cot because it is full of objects which have the

ho said that there were two ways to account for half is taken in the least finished skapi, ward English mails, and is dus here on the 10th the accident which caused the tos of to my yarn areollaus are now no mora ton goods and yata were valued at £20,674,410, highest possible claim to attention as technical this port on the 5th inst. at noon, with the out- or in the sertion of the government Kece, artificial tastes. Of cotton amaufacturas a foll than the and her export was & 4.755635 besides a large achievements, and as instances of exquisite ap-

lives vither no water in the boilar or two value forty · Joark" zgo

-iron output of raw ptton. The importation of rotten plication of materiale. A wesith of ingenuity just about &am

The IG.M.str. Prezaar, carrying the German

aobh eat. He said that thickness of salt over and anild

steel imparted three-soverhe yarn and cloth constituted per cont, of the and artistic fancy has been lavished upon these

are made up of plate cuttings, cobbles and total import Trade, and Laveshire's share in things by the craftsmen who have, during all unit with dates from Borbu of the 18 the combustion chamber would cause the crown this trade far exceeded that of the rest of the the periods illustrated, occupied themselves with left Colors, en aday pin on shartlebura, the same as would the lack of water, wire shorts, and old iron-the ditcards of World. The year before last was a bal year what may be called the arts of war. The expected here on Wednesday the 16th install engine rooms, said our informant, thers Western markets; and are the window glass

The I.G31. str. Darhaftedt, which left have i Enstorm trails, sal it just be remembered

water column (gauge glass), of the of beauty design, the exquisite perfection

them every two" | cases

cases stencilled Chine quali

American quality low count yarns in the East. The increases in introduction of doorative accessories, and the at fam

and record the result in the log. It is four should, if anything, make its Why on its The C.P.I. str. Empress of China arrived at the duty of the chief engineer do inspect, this merits, and yet the import is less than 2) million remarkable intelligence chaplayed in the use of executive devices, which can be discerned in all Shanghai at 7am of Saturday, the 5th Aug log and see that the instructions are carried out. bags of 50 lbs. each; North Chins profers sections of the shibition, make the whole and left again at 10 p.m. tamsay for Nagasaki; If the water column is not blown regularly own flavourless flour, and the only large demand to excite the keenest where she was due to arrive at a stay there are no means of telling whether there is comes from South China where returned emi something Kather It can be oomimended to the notice

The P.M. str. Manchuria arrived at

The grants have brought with them tastes acquired gauge may becomp blocked end the water in' elsewhere. of the many people who are striving to extend on Saturday noon, Aug. 5th. She will bellicient water in the boilers or not. the scope of present-day art craftsmanship, fex despatched at noon on the St, and will the glas would remain there; but when blown This then, in the lesson which the home the lessons which ars to be learned from these expected here on the morning of the 10th

The H.A.L. str. Scandia, from Hamburg, left regularly blocking would be impossible. It is exporter must leara, that China is a ad of our informant's opinion that the engineer in primitive wants-Jourast of the Americnu Japanese examples. Tra apremely important.

was dareciation of China. Not often can gathering be seen in which Singapore for this port on the 8th Aug, 2 charge at the time of the explosion

and may be expected here on the 12th Aug, neglectful in his duty. architeology is so glorified by art. Globe.

that Bombar has virtually captured in trade in i motal inlaying and chasing the appropriate on the 6th July, effiyödät Genoa da Saturday and the rule ja to blow and test cocks, and condensed milk which come ers, spany

1994 over 1903 were very great, but a batter comparison is between 1902 and 1904. In these years we sent yarn to the East Indies shown in the following table

1904.

1902.

ba

Bombay...8349,700,"SÏ45,100. ⠀ Dadras

......0469,800 8,289,400 Bengal

*6,596,200. 5,237300 ...5,161,600

3,388,300 Burmahea

1337,400 Straits Settlements, 81,900

be

hours,

AMERICAN

84.75. $5.7 *9.75

6.75 9.75

SPANISH.

VALDEPENAS... $4.75 $5.75 1 $5.75

H. PRICE & CO.

B. QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL

40

BABY'S TERRIBLE

FACE HUMOUR

Would Scratch and Tear Away the Flesh -Neighbours Called it Worse Case Ever Seen-Grew Worse Under Doc- tors Suffering Terrible. CURED BY ONE SET

. OF CUTICURA REMEDIES

My baby's face was a mass of sores.. The doctor called it eczema, but his treat- meat did no good, as the child was getting worse, the disease eating the flesh away from his nose, and spreading to his body. Neighbours said it was the worst case they had ever seen. His suffering was terrible, and be would scratch and tear Away the flesh. We then used the Cuti- rara Remedies, one set curing him com-. pletely, and healing his face without sear or blemish.-W. Cridland, 35 Winches- ter St., Pentonville Rd., N. London. Eng."

BABY QUIRK'S CURE

Of Torturing, Raw, and Sealy Eczema By Cuticura

My baby was afflicted with a loathsome running eczema. Two doctors. treated him for three months, but grew WOTSE and bis face was a sickening sight. We then started to use Cuticura, and noticed an improveulent at once. In a fortnight the running had ceased, the scabs nearly- all dried off, and in a month his face was perfectly clear.-W. H. Quirk, No. 1 West End Coltages, 'Kuywood Road, N. Southampton."

CUTICURA A BLESSING

To Skin-Tortured Babies- The suffering which Cuticura Soup and Ointment have alleviated among the young, and the comfort they have afforded worn-out and worried parents, have led to their adoption in countless homes as priceless curatives for birth humours, milk crust, scalled tead, eczemas, rashes. and every form of itching, scaly, pimply skin, and scalp bumoura, with loss of hair, of infancy and

Catie Boup, Otalment, and Pitis are sold throughout the world: Depolar London, Casterman6q-s Pasts, Hiss s la Paix; Australia, H. & Co Sydney, Fuller Drog Chem Corp, Borlon, 1. & A. Role Fropt my-haled 290, "How to Care for Maly's Ekla, Beaip, kad

DR. NEWELL WILSON,

DENTIST

its

Latest, American Muthuter Beemable Peas

No skarge for ari minations.

Office hours 1 2,3, tưó r.3"

No. 2 PEDDER STREET (next to the

General Post Ofce and opposite to the side

strance to the Hongkong Dalal)

Hongkong, 5th 1905.

1376.