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the conduct of the Tran hibiself, then under | soil, and the density of popalusion, even in the influence of the dangerous adventurer the central provinces, is to-day less than BESORASOFF, was directly toading. The half that of Germany. But the peasant in war, van then imponding, however att cess the Centre is steadily degenerating. The ful it night be in its inmediato effects,uunal recruiting for the army shows that could have but one eventual result; and that was the still further disintegration Lopf an empire, whese solidarity was already dangerously affected by the cutgrowth of urassimilated accretions on every side, t

How this system is acted the well- being of Russia we may julge from some The reason of this is not far to seck, and a) roiggides with the recent inania for territorial: statistics given before the re-war by not unfriendly critic, Wour von STER expansiu, but territorial expansion BEAND. "Speaking of the advancing im-even by Russia, costa mmey, and the

Hongkong imported from America, in 1905, TELEGRAMS. cotton cloths value $52.968 (gold) mineral oil value $657 416, and whost four. value $1,570,416. Te respective figures in 1904 wore, 824, 137, $1,182,339 und $2,817,811...

A self-levelling bank for the provention of plainly. The number of new found unftson-sickness, which has been experimented with for military service is large, and constantly for some time: past on the Dorer-Calais sorvjue, increasing. Both in deficient width of has been found so successful that it is proposed chest and in lesser height, be forins à strik. ing contrast with the Russian fiving under more prepitious conditions."

WHISKY. poverishment of the fertile lands in money has to be mised by foreign los

CELEBRATED

BLEND

OF

THE FINEST

WHISKIES

DISTILLED

IN SCOTLAND

IS CHARACTERISED BY ITS FINE FLAVOUR

-to instal it on all the steamiers; -

The Irish drams, Tas Shanghraun," agfin' attracted many playgoers to St. Patrick's Club last evening, and judging by their reception of the play this audience had nothing bat sacom- imms to pass ya the V. A. D. C.

At Kmi Fong yesterday afternoon, sight

["DAILY PRESS" EXCLUSIVE SERVICE} SHIPPING COMBINE.

LONDON, 11th December. The fusion is aanomiced of the Hamburg-America and North Ger- man Lloyd Steamship. Companies. Herr Ballin, dictator, expected.

OBITUARY.

Losnos, 11th December. Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb is

Farman Russia, he says:-- Thres nmin So long as the advance goes on, the officials Public auction by Mr. L. C. Roos, Government dsad:

Laxes

AND MELLOWNESSH

AITAINED ONIS BY

GENUINE

QUALITY"

AND

GREAT AGE.

PER DOZEN

$16.50

As

ou

of Crown land were offeral for sale by

Sus-for-Although-ý Jarge number of Chinese (probably intending purchasers) wore present, un bibs were offered, the general

pinion ring that prices were too high.

Return of visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum for the week ending the both December. 1995;---

Library Museum Vm-}liu6t! «x-? ; 276

!

Chinese

120

Total 100

117 2167

2,984

A message received from Houolala early this morning Japan Advertiser Novitabor 28) says that the asian concerted cruiser Leun, which Joft San Francisco on October 31 direct for Vladivostock, had put iets Honolulu with half its crow in iron because of an attempted mutiny on board shortly after leaving San. Francisco According to the report of the captain, who inmediately upon anchoring, his men imbibed came ashore to get aid of Honelaki authorities

their spirit of disloyalty from Russian Socialists in San Francizce during the vessel's internment at that port. Hardly had the Lone cleared for Viadivostock" when evidences of mutiny appeared. Without waiting for open resolt the captain clapped all suspected matincers in irons and kept this rest of the crew subdued by a display of fores..

The following note from the Naniangpuo

THE EWO COTTON SPINNING AND WEAVING CO., LD.

The report for presentation at the tenth ordinary meeting of shareholders to be held December 16th, is as follows:-

The general managers have now the pleasuro to submit to the shareholders the andited state- ments of accounts to the 31st of October, 19 5, showing the result of twelve months' working.

to that date.

During the year under roview there has b au smple supply of geol cotton and an active" demand for our yarus, conditions which hava resulted in the industry of spinning gonerally being a much more prosperous ene than we have baen in a position to review in pròrious reports.. account is Tha 253,995.14, to which is to bu The balance at credit of profit and loss

added Ts. 12,844.76, carried from last year,

as follow:-

To pay a dividend of Tls. 8.00 per TIN

*aliaro on 15,000 shares

4.

To oarry forward to new account a

credit, of... To triasfor to renewals and repairs

120,0:0,00

100,000.00

45,939.90

Sir Richard Claverhouse Jabb D.C.UILL.Dmoking aitable a sew of Tik. 245,NAUD6, Lutt. D., was created a knight in 190. He which it is recommended should be dealt with" won Regins Professor of Greek sincs 1889: M.P. (conservative: Cambridge University since 18; Hon. Professor ancient history Royal British Museum since 19. He was born in Academy sinos 1899; and a trustee of the Dandoo on the 27th August 1941, and educated at St. Colunaba's college, Rathfarnham, Island, und Cambridge. He was a member of the Royal Commission on Secondary Education, 1994; Royal Commission on Irish University Education, 1901; Momber of Consultative Com mittee of Board of Education, 1900; President of London Hellenic Society; Follow of London | University, 1897; nud a member of the London

University Commission of 1998.

THE RUSSIAN STRIKES,

LONDON, 11th December. Count de Witte has gone over to

stress.^= the Reactionaries, probably under

A general armed strike is expected' to occur early in January.

BRAZIL DEMANDS AN EXPLANATION.

LONDON, 11th December. Brazil has demanded an explana tion of the territorial violation by

The United States is ready to intervene.

Teasons for it are it: the lack of all in the East care little for the buolous of earnings save by agricultural Labour; the the romitry, and the feeble avaricions enforced idleness Laring one half of the year; | Government in Europe dare not, even if it and the excessive ratu of taxation, taking | wished, oxercise any control or restrain its away from this district in taxes mheli more eastern Satraps. So St. Petersburg has to than given lack by the state in one form | find the coin, and the ditheulty has heau orative. This last point is undeniable . | gradually, year by year, increasing. En- In the Central district an annual average of fortunately Russia has few resources, and 106.4 roubles is takou from the peasantry the wretched peasant in the oneg productive taxes, and only 42.8 millions is returned Black: oil belt finds all the burden

his already i improvements, &c. For the East the thrown

swerweighted. were "S0 millions, and the returns shoulders, while his more fortunate fallow 1942 millions.. Bút in the South we find in Siberia, where wasteful agriculture bas similar tigures, namely, 122.6 millions taken not as yet destroyed the productivonnes of out, and only 64.5 millions returned."the land, is womentarily caressed, till he

the political landscape assumes ana turn has to pay toll for some new al entirely different aspect as seen from the vanee. A few statistics will show how real Wess of the East of the Uraly is curiously is the day. This rests a questionable 'shown in a recently published book by an authority. The. Moznw. Fgedomosti in Englishamn who visited the Altus, putly | 1898 contained a full report, based entirely o business, partly to enjoy the mountain upon official sources, of the rapidly pro- climbing, in the winter of 1993. What voxceeding exhaustion of the soil in the huge SenERBRAND, looking from Central Russia, Volga district, a couple of dan les previously considered one of the potent reasons of the virgin soil, but already, under the "robler of the Russian farmer, become decay of Rossin, Mr. TURNER, the English system"

fiter referred to, looked upon as an deficient in nutritive elements. From 1883 example of political wisdou. He tells us 1892 the average yield of winter wheat shows the stiff-necked attitude of China: Out — The impartial reader will purgeive that had fallen from 31 pood per desspatine to

of consideration of the great sacrifies on the German gunboats. the paternal Russian Government, at whose 26.6; spring wheat from 31.7 to 25.5; rye part of Japan in the late war, the Chinese. A.S WATSON & CO. methods in our insular complacency we are from 41.7 to 30.4, and all others in propar-Government has consuted to the transference

LIMITED,

so apt to smile, has already effected much tion; or an average decrease in the produc of the lesse of the Liaotung Peninsula, Int Prines Ching, wad his colleagues reface the tious of the suit of no less than 30 per cent demand of Japan to extend the Chinese for the peasantry, and will effect more.

and the annual decrease is still continuous. a mere målter of fact it line done more for

Falero Railway. With regard to the Fasbin: Siberia than our own enlightened Governor, and herein lies, perhaps, the most, dis coal mines, sines they are Japan's spoils of war, ment bas done for the sister island, with heartening portion of thus decrease, is it to be the Chinoso decide to allow her to retain them, her glorious agricultural possibilities." | altogether attributed to the defects of the Baren Komura promises to evaeuste Manoharis

Kussia has wisely selected a practical and feasant himself: the mistaken policy of the beneficial method of education and one Government which, in order to stimulate admirably suited to the necessities of the the host readily saleable export wheat CAN She ix gradually introducing has practically compelled the farmer to the Siberian peasant to the means of confiue bimself to the production of this oht ning a better livelihood, und,sɔ achiev-one crop, year in year out. The Russiau dresses with communications addressed to the Editor, fill and more than our western methods is by no means so great a foul as many of have accomplished in the case, say, of the Eis most fervid admirers would make out, baif-lucate, intellectually misdirected He does not, ut all events, present his pro nets of our Board School system. inquisitive visitors with KOENTGEN The e subsidised co-operative dairies manu- apparatus to view the skeleton within; and facture an artide of very nuiform quality, the tax who only sees nae side of the while the quantity fluctuates between 15 and country is in no position to judge of the 2673. per week, representing the amount conditions prevailing in the great entre of cream supplied by from five to ten skin- but seldom visited by the stranger. This is, ting stations." We do not belong to that of course, the reason why no two secounts extreme wing of the free-trade faldists of the present position of the land can be MARSARY, only daughter of the N., P. Scut, would scent a crime in thus fostering found to agree; but a pulley of scillation Staff Inspector, Board of Education.........

an infant industry and the picture drawn tempered by outbursts of aavage represion is a very pretty and instructive unc. It, bas never got in history saved a nation On 7th December, nt Shanghai General Hospital, Lever, has a reverse; VON SCHIERBRAND from extinction,

all be our guide again. Describing the HONGKONG OFFICE: Ha, DE VEUX ROAD C. LOSTON Orrick 131, FLEET STREET, EC. adition of the peasantry, in Central Russia he draws a fearful pistare. Encouraged by the general management of the liquor monopoly in the hands of his Goverment, almost the whole of the miserable earnings.

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.

ESTABLISHED A.D. Ì841.

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On 29th October, at Remingtod, LASCELAT GEE, H. B. M.'s Chin Tenslar Service to

On zwi Devender, J. J. WooonUFY ENTE MrrentLL (Skangimi).

DEATH,

HERMANN TRAUTMANN,

The Daily Press.

THONGKONG, DECEMBER 12TH, 1905.

gradually, but says the question of the railway guards must be considered later. The Japanese plenipotentiaries stand firm in their demand for permission to establish telegraphs and post-offlegs in Manchuria, their plen being that Chim permits the existeres of such institution within her boundaries anyway.

THE LIBERAL CABINET.

LONDON, 10th December.' H. M. the King signified to-day (Sunday) his approval of the new Cabinet, which is formed as Lord High Chancellor First Lord of Treasury Sir H. Campbell

Lord Privy Seal

follows:

Sir R. T. Reid,

Bannerman,

Ford President of Council..... Earl of Crewe. Earl of Ripon. Homs Secretary....Rt. Hon. H. J. Gladstone, Foreign Secretary..

Sir Edward (troy. Earl of Elgin

A revised paltorn of postal order which has been devised with a view to greater convenience and with the object of affording increased Colonial Secretary. Security against fraud is to be issued at an | Secretary for War...Bt. Hon. R. B. Haldano. early dato in England, and they will presam- Secretary for India......Rt. Hon. John Morley, ably in due course be obtainable in Hongkong. Chancellor of Exchequer Rt. Hon. H. Asquith" These new orders will be for avery sixpace First Lord of Admiralty...Lord Twoodmonth. provided in which postage stamps used to President Board of Trade... Mr. Lloyd-George. from 3 to 205, auð also for la. Spaces will Searetary for Scotland......... Capt. J. Sinclair. make up broken amounts (not exceeding d.)

must be affixed; and no credit will be allowed

for stumps affixed on other parts of the order. These spaces will be three in number, and it will be arranged for the counter clerks selling postal orders to koop a stock of the requisite stamps. The orders will be printed on paper having a somewhat batter writing surface, and orders of 403. and upwards will be printed in.

The historic Board of Rites uns been red justéad of blue. abolished

The F-U. Daily News says, of the Bwo Cotton Co's report that it is "splendid."

The Chinese Commission (to stay foreign be can call his own after paying his taxes governments) is to leave Sturthi on the s. are spent on volka. "To get an idea of this | Siberia on the 18th inst. it is but necessary to remark that the cost

FRENCH CONVENT BAZAAR.

The annual bazaar and sale of work in con noction with the French Coureat opened at that institution yesterday, who the many beautiful specimens of skilful needlework by the children of

thecouvent were exhibited. Those comprised om-

Mr. R. W. Pulloo, who success the late Mr.broideries, enshions and rarions other knicknacks Ward as organist at the Shanghai Cathedral, has arrived at his post,

attractive to womankind. Besides, there wore numerous Japanese articles and a collection of French dolls. The modest price attached to ach article ought to warrant the success of so deserving an object. U. E. the Governor has promised to visit the bazaar, auil will be in Fattengiance this afternoon.

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Local Govt Board...Mr. Jabu Barna. Bd. of Agriculture...Earl Carrington. Board of Education...Mr. A. Birrell

Postmaster General Mr. S. C. Buxtov. Chancellor. Duchy of Lancastor...Sir H. Fowler, Secretary for Ireland......Rt. Hon. Jas, Bryce.

TWO TYPICAL DECREES.

The NC. Daily News thus translates two typical Chinese Imperial Decrees, dated Dec.

(1) Decreo refusing request of the Board of Punishments to lighten the sentenes of a female prisoner condamned the strangled for murder, and handing the officials of that Bosed, con- cerned in proferring the request, over to the Board of Civil Appointments for the deter mination of adequate penalties for breach of 'etiquette.

(2) Derres commanding that fifteen large sticks of Tibetan incense be sout to Liu Ching. yung, Commander-in-Chief of the Kingysh

region, to be offered in the name of the Emperor before the altars of the Dragon river guda, as o SHIPPING COMPANIES AND ARMY token of Imperial gratitude for the peaneful state of the lakes and rivers in that region

ines the fall of frost,

TRANSPORT.;

The Japon Daily Mail anys In the Rokkin Shimbun wa find some interesting facts as to the transport service during the war. It appears that the number of steamers over 1,600) tous employed -bitually by the Military Authorities was 118, with an aggregato fonunge

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

The P. & O. str. Delia loft Singapore for this

Account

Tls. 265,9439.90

Consulting Committee-In accordance with Article XVII., the members of the Consulting Committee retire but all aro aligible, and offer themselves for re-election:

Auditor.--Mr. Wingrove has audited the accounts of the company, and bis re-election to the position requires the confionation of thes shareholders.

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.

General Managers

Shanghai, 1st December, 1905.

2TATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS. For year ending 31st October, 105. Liabilities, Capital Authorised 20,000 shares at Tls, 50-Tle, 1,00,000: sub-

ribed 15,000 nf Tie. 50 Jardino Matheson & Co. Aonounts payable Uncollected dividende Suudry creditors Profit and lows

Property Buildings Plant...

Water apply

Furniture Mill storce Cotton stock

Yurn alock

TIB.

750,000.00

43.000.00

51,58943

2,144.00

2,330.75

265 939.90

Tis. 1,115,004.03

Asecta.

Th

138,669.85

299,619.32

307,138,54

4,220 87

8.519.23

Cotton and yarn in process. Unexpected Fire Insurance premia

Rates and taxes........... Accounts receivable Advancos against seed cotton

To interest acconst

Fire InsuraTICO Bates and taxes

Repairs and renewals Director's fees

... Auditor's fees

13,603.00

77.350.11

35,921 29 148,066.07

5,022.59

422.19

18,545.12 2,901.86

TIs. 1,115,001.08

PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT. I

Dr.-

Tle.

18,200 86

-17,725.26

2,627.01

19,075.32

3; 00.00

250.00

28.121.68

265,434,90

356,54497

The

12,814.76

342,4.21

115.00

General managers' commission- on net profits, 10 per cent.on Tls. 281,216,82 Balanco...

Cr

To Behance from last year

Balance of Working account Transfer foes

++

355,544,97

E.&O.E. Shanghai, 3rd November, 1905,

JARDINE, MATHESON & CO.

General Managers.

THE GRIFFINS.

As they were landed from the e.s. Choy Sang on Saturday, the thirteen new griffins imported for next year's reces had not the appearance of being able to provide much sport for a Houg. kong gathering. They were a straggling looking mob, but a number of them had he liory eye which bespeaks determination. They had all passed the time test at Shanghai however, therefore they must be up to the usual standard; and within a month's time, says Mr. Gogg, they will be aurecognisable.

The drawing at the Horse Ropository resulted as follows:-

No. 1 (grey), Mr. Babington; No. 2 (Iron grey), Sir Paul Chater; No. 3 (grey), Mr. G. C. Moxon; No. 4 (chestnut), H.E., Sir Matthew Nathan; No 5 (grey), Mr. Bolles; No. 6 (gray), Mr. Jupp, No. 7 (chestnut), Mr. Haymer: No. S (duo), Mr.--Cruickshank; No. 9 (groy), Me, Craig; No. 10 (bay), Capt. Leslie; No. 11 (grey), Mr. C. W. Dickson; No. 12 (black), Mr. A. Durabjoo, No. 13 (black), Mr. Macdonakl.

SOME three years ago, speaking of the appointment of Admira ALEXIEFF to what was practically the Satrapy of Eastern

per heal to the peasant for the ligger that Siberin-le being free from accountability be consumes raus an annual outler of to the Government of Russia, and answef-three roubles sixty five kopeks, and that

The Manchuria negotiations between China able only to the TSAR in person we drew the Government takes of this sum, and Jupas are drawing to a close, and reports a eomparison with the decay of the ancient the form of taxes, two roubles twenty-indicate that they are mafialy satisfastory, Persian regimo owing in a great measure toįtive kopelts. Therefore while the pensantand that the rumours of excessive demands by tlas want of otheient go nirol over the disant spends over one tenth of the total carnings Japan uitst hare Ken baseless. saurapies, “aud ventured on the forecast of himself and family on liquor, the Govern-

The Chianse (Missionary) Recurter in its that the long line of empire, stretching, as ment makes him pay for it about 130 per elitorial comment on the Bienchou massacre it la, from the Baltic to the Japan Su, part, morethanit costs. Novinope's report, says: "We would refrain from comment on was already overweighted at the extremities, to which repeated refereuré has been made, the causes or details of the massacre until we “and that the new appointment of a practi- describes graphically the utter desolation learn the finding of the commission of enquiry." cally irresponsible, cnet over the easter and misery of the average peasant's family. The Palawan, one of the P. & G.intermediates, extremity would in time lead to the fracture Karding his pages it seems, indeed, a miracle which arrived from Europe vasterday had an of the slender connecting rul bubreon S. how one hundred millions of human beings, usually long list of passengers-30 adults and Petersburg and Vladivostock. We pointed living under a form of Christianity, and a children travelling second and third class; and 9 children in the first saloon : 330 adults and 9 to the glaring minuer in whigh the military Government which prides itself or the term

14 naval details. commanders in Central Asia hail openly"paternal" can have patiently born for so contravened the plainest orders of the many years such frightful conditions with-

· responsible Government at home and had out a murmur. In the Blackfearth belt in consequence plunged the Empire in a mortality has increased at a frightful rate, sories of costly and unproductive wars and the population figure remains atathon which had already seriously hampered, the ary." "It is not astonishing that the

for army transport fleet purposes are not large Settle on the 8th inst. for Hongkong via the shortly. Wills the exception of H.E. the The Roston Co. str. Shawmat sailed from time test, and will be en route for Hongkong hanccial stability of the State; and owing Russian peasantry in the Black earth

and fast passenger steamers, but on the

Gevorner's and Captain Arbuthnot Leslie's contrary, small vessels, with great beat, several usual ports.. to the extent of the new territory overrung band of Inte are emigrating both to Siberia The interrupt dl of the telegraphic sortion decks, numerous hatches and powerful winches. The C.P.E. str. Tartar eft Yokohama en ponies, the remainder have been left at the as well as to the practical dissolution of the and to the border provinces. By tens of owing to the revolution in Rusia is preventing: In fact old-fashioned ships from 25 to 30 years Saturday, the 9th inst., p.m., for Victoria and horse repository. The two in question ars.

of age proved eminently servicable. Our Vancouver. bonds of discipline, were threatening its thousands they annually leave their villages commoisation between the Russian Govern contemporery thinks that these facts should be The I.G.M. str. Prins Eitel Friedrich, which being looked after in his Excellency's stables.. very existence. Already the action of to settle ou virgin land in Western Siberiament and its representative at Peking just kapt carefully in view, and that, when subsidios laft here on Wednesday am, arrived at Shang-

when it is most desired to be in daily touch. It are granted hereafter to shipping companies, hai on Friday at 11 pm. Admiral ALEXIEFF was leading up to still and yet the provinces they leave were is hard on M. Pukotiloff, at the Japanese milt with a rieg to the requirements of loft here, on Wednesday at noon, arrived at

they should be required to have steamore

The I.G.. str. Prinz Regent Luitpold, which further encroachments, and towards this endowed by nature with extremely fertile cannot be expected to grieve at it.

military transport.”.

Singapore on Sunday at 1 p.m.

'

times-76

of the flock.

of 20,000 tons and in times of special atras port on the 10th inst. at 8 am, with the out-

The ponies will be atarted training this wook, the number rosu to 159 with a tonnigeot 120,000, ward English mails, and is due here on the 15th-

und will be in readiness shonid the rumoured vessels, displacing 290,000 tons, and at the total German Mails with dates from Berlin of the Prince Arthur of Connaught and suit. In Mr. As to the Navy, it employed regularly 61 ist, about noon.

The I.G.M. str. Garinenau, carrying the "Sky" cóting cons off during the stay here of vessels displacing 230.000 tons, figures are 179 steamers with a displacement of 21st Nov., lett Calorabo on Friday, p.m., and ¿The Russian tronja in northera Manchuria, displacing 620,000 tons in line of emergency.

490,000 tons in ordinary times. 234 steamorsay he expected here on Wednesday, the 2013 Gegg's opinion Mr. Jupp's grey is the fower. not having dough provisions, on account of the Stemmers of 10 tons and over constituted 80

The J.-C.-J. Lija str. Tjipunas left Macassar internal troubles of Russia, have become disper cent of the transport fleet. The Navy for this port on the lith inst., and may be er dimoulty in obtaining the requisite number of orderly and are plundering the Chinese at will took the best ships, many of slem being pected here on the 18th inst. A Peking telegram to the N.-C. Daily News employait as auxiliary craigs. Moreover this port on the 1th just. at 200n says the Chinese muthorities have protested to the Russians.

parience

cruisers.

It is still feared that there will be some

The P. & O. str. Malacos loft Singapore for | griffing but some seven more bavo passed the

Latest advices from Ceres say that the discontent with the Japanese overlordship is. not of an effective nature.