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PARIS.

February-2nd.

melée or fighting. Soolalists are waiting their chance at Belleville, whoso parish church is shortly to be visited for the saine purpose; and as everyone knows nothing would give the Socialists greater delight than to pick quarrol with the clerical party, whom they have always hated liko poison. Frazen's Indy prophet was about right when at the close of last year she prophesied a great deal of trouble for France during 1906. The year has Logan badly, and will end with trouble.

CHURCH AND STATE. THE BATTLE AT STE CLOTILDE, Nothing was more likely to happen soozer or later than grave disorders over the Separation Faw. All that was wanted was, as in the case of the Russian Revolution, for someone to make a start: An opportunity was afforded yesterday alterion when the Director of Municipal Allaire, M. Meursau, came to the Church of St.

The church of Ste. Clotilde, which is not far Clotilde for the purpose of giving noties that from the War Office, and he spene of fast an inventory of the church chattels was to be Thursday's riots is known by Parisians as the takon in accordance with the new Bill recently chapel of easy to St. Thomas d'Aguin. This Fanxed. The appearance of this official was the disce, commened in 1846, after the designs signal for a general attack on the part of the of M. Gair, is constructed in the pointed style, infuriated crowd, which immediately attacked M10 metres in length by 39 in breadth; the

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, MARCH 9r, 1906.

THE COPPER COINAGE,

The following illuminating contribution appears in the latest commercial supplement of the London Times. It was written by a correa- pondent at Shanghai :--

KODAKS AT HOME PRICE.

No. 3 FOLDING POCKET KODAK (23-12-64,) | $98.00

4 CARTRIDGE

(25-15-0) $60,00

LONG. HING & CO.

No.17, QUEEN'S ROAD.

JUST LANDED,

the most uncomfortable in the world, those in f CURRENCY PROBLEMS IN CHINA. Paris especially, this drawback is on the eve of being remedied, thanks to the new theatrical frust which intends to astonish everybody. The new "Trust" has taken the English theatre as its model. Thus, in the Paris theatre of the future

Ono of the most serious of the internal prob. we are promises to be well seated, and to be ablo

out of the depreciation of the copper coinage, to see the stage--not a more part of it as-former-Jews before the Chinese Government areas From time ly--from every Rection of the theatre, while the the currency of the people.

aud by audiones will no longer breatho an anpolluted immemorial China has had a atmisphere. During the en ire acts on will the year 680 BC. it was well regulated in have at your disposal comfortable reading ant gut and shape. The earliest round cries diate from the fifth century R.C., and since that cenicspondence rooms, the telephone will Lotine China has never be without her round within reach, while those who wish to smoko cepper coin with a sure hiele-a respectabl will be able to do so in roomy promenoirs. Fira life of twenty-fiva reatarios. At various times there have been temporary changes of size and in the theatre will carry no risks with it, for woght, but on the whole the coins have boun separato staircase will be provided for vor unaltered in bola respects for many couturies. GUICHARD POTHERET & FILS. floor. The new theatres promised to us will to The

melting down begku, overcome the enormous expense ontnited by circulation numerous specimens of the time of among strings of common cash" in daily building on the boulevards the lower part of the Queen Elizabeth, many of Plantagenet times, playhouse will be äub-Tot to fushionable restau? not as fow dating back to the Norman Conquest, and some oven as early as the time of Alfred--- ants, shops, etc. Money will be no object; za

all, in this pocketless land where coins are soon as the Soricté des Auteurs Drumatiques strung in rols, in perfectly serviceable condition. is prepared to go abuad with its grandiose sebome it can command all the money it wants. In order to show its appreciation of the confidence roposed in there, the Society had dovided that before anything else is done a reserve fund will bo established to guarantee agaiust loss those financing the affair. We are at the parting of the ways in Freuch dramatic ari, and the next ten years may be expected to be fruitful in charges.

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Meursan and without the least cor-mony brutalig | height of the nave is 26 metres. The front situated in the centre of Paris, and in order to before the writer between 1870 and 1890

fang bit down the steps of the Church. See ing how serious thenfiery was, sexoral pelicemen

The roof is all of iron. Inside, the oburch ia

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THE BUDGET.

THE CURRENCY OF THE PEOPLE. Many people have said it, but it must be repeated until it is fully understood, that this is the currency of the people, in which the daily tranctions of four bundred millions uro, carried

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lar-which is also situated in the same arrondise Ameary-Duval, and Jourdy. The baptismelly interesting report, or War Budget, which is found sterling. This infant value of one imposed, not because the need does not exist,THE ROBINSON.

cousists of three entrances, separated by buttresses and sucursanteil by two gallerias nad at once drew their sabres with the intention

a wheel-window, crowned by a gable between The If possible to reseno the injured gentleman, two spired stomplex, 10 metres in height. After considerable trouble, and not until many gable is surmounted by a statue of Ste. Clotilde. policomon and several demonstrators wers Three bas-reliefs ndorn the ogives of the inber rouudad, did the authorities succeed in remov-dours, the central one representing the Craoi. ag M. Menrsan, who had been severely bruised, Exion, by Teusaint, that to the left, the to the fairic or magoralty of the seventh Baptisun of Cloris, and that to the right, tho errondissement, in which ward or district the Maryrdom of St. Valeria, both by Quiliad. church is situated. Meanwhile, fighting con tinued both inside and outside the sacred edifica cruciform, and consists of a havo and two the crowd in the building included the Sonoter aisles; there is a chapel on each side on M. Lamurz-le and several Deputies, as well as entering, and there are five more arcand M. de la Forroundys, the Comte de Pomern, the apsis of the choir. The chief feature of and M. M. Cochin and Leralle. The latter were interest is the excellent stained glass in the speedily joined by their colleagues in the Cham windows after the designs of Galimard.

ment 11. M. Pion de Ravel and Melchior de chapel, to the left on entering, contains frescos Voguo, who urged the crowd not to hesitate to by Delaburds, representing the Baptism of offer the most energetic resistance as become Christ and that of St. Aguen, St. Roing, and all true Catholics. As the demonstrators lastly, 80 Francis Xavior baptizingthe" were all armed with sticks and other Indians. The other chapels contain legendary weapons, they were fully prepared for fight-subjects by Pile, Bezard, and other eminent ing of the worst description in cuss it artists. The pins of the choir are connected came to that. Suddenly a counter domons by dwarf walls, cariched towards the aisles with

over The organ-left in Iration sprung up with still disastrous effects: bas-reliefs. hisses and cries of “ Abas la Celotte," or "Down with the priests," were heard. These gave rise to renowed fighting between the rival factions, when more arrests were made. As the rituation had resumed alarming proportions by this time the Profeet of Police, M. Lépine, was telephoned to come at once; he did so in a very short 13m with a company of the Garde Republicaine on font. The demonstrators anly becaive mere excited, and received M. Lépine with hostile eries; as the Prafeut-who has not recovered

approached the stops of the church which were

troops waiting vatside to "rush" the Church.

the

ostrance. This lurch, which has sust 8,00 4,000 francs, was inaugurated in 1857, and hos reaived a set of boils forming a complete octave, so that the peals rang from the belfries of Ste. Clotilde are the most musical in Paris.

THE MORROCO QUESTION. Things aro gotting rather ugly at Algeciras, whero the Conference on Morosco is being held, and watched by the world with

The French already the keenest interest.

reconciliation between the two speak of

malter.

the upper hand at the Conferorre, sinco all the Powers except those bound by special agreement to support France have adopted the German standpoint. It was part of the representatives of Germany to quash if necessary the preliminary negotiations, and so rednon the Conference to a state of fiusco, would appear so far that Francs has only

are expected shortly, so are surprises,

France

uporter and the exporter have an exchange question ever present; the wholesale dealer buya and sells with onures ftaels) of silver bullion; but the artisan and the farmer sull the products of their labour for a sum in cupper coin, and in the same coin buy what will suffice for their daily needs. And this coin is not the sturdy penny, but one of which it would take M. Klotz deserves great praise for his extreme-one apon 10,000 to equal, the

of a coin, frail as has satisfied the need of the Chines it appears,

25 centuries. now before the Chamber. The fact that the people for, as we have seen,

fearful state of The coinage itself is in new recruiting law comes into force this year degeneration, but the system has stood he certainly enhances the aspect of the decumeus test of time and is good; it only needs regu in question. Republican France," observes lations that there may be recognized and £xel connection with other currencies, those The copper coins, which in the past 30 years of the talesale dealer and of the outer world. have depreciated in quality fully 30 per cent.. have in the same period appreciated 30 per cent, in their relation to the taef of silver; yours ago the taal of silver exchanged for 1,800 copper coins weighing about 15lb., and now for 1,200 such coins weighing not over 6.

M. Klotz, can boast, when it looks round upon the work accomplished since 1870, of having boown how to reach a degros of military power which was aaknown to former regimes." One of the most interesting port- ions of his report is that dealing in great detail with the fighting strength of France and Germy from 1870 to 1905, and with the French and German outlay on their respective urmies during the last thirty-five years. Accord ing to M. Klotz's igures, the outlay mode by Germany on its army in 1904 was threefold that made by France in the same year, while last year Germany's outlay on its army was voted that made by France-a striking fast.

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CONVENTIONAL, AND INTRINSIC VALUE,"

It is true my principle that the coinage of any country is worth the value of the metal contained in it and no more, anbject to the exception that subsidiary coins are maintained at a conventional value by regulation. Now 1erulation is a thing repugnaut to the Chinese mind; regulations they can appreinte but the abstract idea of re

conventional arrangement can galating a be taken in only so far as the concrete

DEPRECIATING THE COFFEE COINAGE.

M. Thomson, the French Minister of Marino, is determined that the French Navy will be worthy of its name-irrospective of cost. Never has a Ministerdisplayed such basiness capacities. He has set himself the task of re-building the French flost, and so put it in a condition to rival foreign fleets, notably that of Germany, to conclude therefrom that the present ships of France are obsolete; far from it. According to M. Thompson, France could at the presentail the mints took steps to supply the demand

mament place in the first line such a fleet as

would certainly hold its own against, if not defeat, any other Boot which could be brenght against it by any Power in the world except Under the Minister of Marine, Great Britain. the great traditions of the French Nary will certainly be uphold.

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CONDITIONS NECESSARY FOR STABILITY. What are the conditions nere sary for stability of exchange value in a subsidiary coin? Of the vital conditions only three need be named--(1) That there shall not be over-issue; PIANOPLAYER either a sufficient reserve fund, or the guarantes (2) that behind the issue shall always stand of a solvent Government of good credit; and (3) that the Government which issues the coin shall always be ready to take it in at face value, with in the legal tender limits. Nous of these con

ditions are met in China. There has been De over-jesus as yet, but it is periliously near, not because the real news of the people have been satinel, thit because The other conditions have not been fulfilled. The soignoraga on this coinage may be pat at 50 per cout, and sa mat tere stand in China, with a Government of good eredit in Sinancial circles but not re-

urdful of its responsibilities, the whole of this seignorage, certainly the entire accumn lation of the past three years, should have been set usile to form a reserve fund, to maintain the value of the coin in the market, and to make good the loss to the Government

is at once absorbed. Then, for the third

roceira

the coins at the same rate as it paid them on!; but a mint issues and does not take in, aud in China no office is under much of an obligation to pay other office, and it is very certain that the coins will not be receivedl at face vatus in payment of taxes.

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INFORMATION has been received from the MILITARY AUTHORITIES that GUN PRACTICE will be carried out a ander:

from bis recent attack by female hooligans principal parties-France and Germany-as In the second part of his report, M. Klotz-who thronged by the mob for the purpose of impossible. However wollthese twonations may baa charge of the Wor Badget-examines the shall appear manifested. This mental limita in receiving it for taxes. Instead of this, the dispersing the rioters, ho was seized and dragged "groe on other points, it is certain that publie special War Budget for 1906, and points out tion hampers them in dealing with coins, for seignorage has been regarded as recurring changeable coins, of which at all times and in referring to the allocation of revenue from this

source for certain specified public purposes; ** MAXIMUM OF EXCELLENCE forcibly inside the building. Several policetum ; opinion as much in Franen as in Cherusuy is that the anticipated expenditure will uzcead the reason that they have niver had inter-income; we have seen memorials and odiets: and the front rank of the Gases quickly coming more and more sharply disided that of 1905 by nearly £1,360,000. On the all places so many of our kind shall exchutgo

other hand, there may not be any supplementary for so many of acother, as 12 ponco exchange have seen a viceroy commanded to restrict his

AND UPWARDS. followed; after some secera fighting our both specting the question of control in Morocco.

tho Chinese mints in the several provinces have in reply that his public commitments required sides, in which affray over one hundred persona Germany is as determined as ever that such gronts to be male later. As will be seen, this for one shilling. For the past score of years output to a million piecos a day, and pleading! control shall be international, while France report is more than an ordinary Parliamentary issued the dollar and its fractional parts. hita o exceed that amount, because he land were seriously injured, M. Lépine was rested by force. Though severely wounded bina ingiats that she shall be absolute master in the document, for based as it is on facts and figures Evou here, where they had a foreign medel counted on the reveane therefrom; and it is!

This is where the shoo pinches. which speak for themselves-it formas a com- and foreign names with a system already generally known that the whole of the seignor

established, they hare found it impossible in four places, he courageously ordered the According to Le Temps, which is the official plete and accurate sintemont of the military to think in terms of coins: and the very mint condition, it is probable that the issuing mint

stability of the coiungo has permitted itself to However, in this they were beaten by thegan of the Government, "France will not position of France with regard to foreign which is the ufficial guardian of the purity and would at ouco admit it own liability to

issao fractional currency at a discount limited crowd, whe drove the soldiers back. Another give way." Consequently the breach is widon-nations, and will Germany especially.

only by the relative intrinsic value of the coins, terrible eneonator ensued between the authori ing seriously: Germany claims to have gained

The Englishmon may fancy the Mint i Loudon giving out 35, for a sovereiga if ties and the public, but the latter proved again

thereby it might make 5a. seignorage. victorions, and finally the Republican Geards and police were driven out of the building, and the gates shut in their faces. As it became dangorane for the soldiers to attempt to make farther resistance, owing to their being threat. exed by the rotora to be set the latter point ing loaded revolvers at their bead-it was decided to send for more soldiers. Tho firef wasted ber time, since the preliminary negotia. for many years to come. It would be erroneous coin of the realm--and the fine full-weight gain was poured in more than antheisut for this Careful juspection of all work. company of guards were pelted with all sorts of tions share amounted to nothing, save to enable missiles while awaiting the arrival of their Germany to completely isolate France. How- comrades, including stores, oranges, slicks, med, ever, all is not over yet, very important events diri, etc. Galling on this was, they never for one moment lost their temper, nor did the officer in command give the order to fire. In a rory stort time more soldiers arrived this time they succeeded in taking forcible possession of the Charcle, and in dispersing the rioters. The force battle having lasted altogether foar bours. During that short time terrible barec har best wronght; in addition to a hundred men and women being more or less severely injured, and close upon three hundred arrests made, the maskivo doors of the church of Ste. Clotilde were backed to pieces by the axes of the agents or policemen, while the church gates were thrown down, and the inside of the sacred edifics ermpletely wrecked. The vicar bas been held responsible for the seriona disturbances. Chairs were used to form barricades and piled against the doors, but they were soon knocked down The aisles after the desperate fighting inside resembled a battlefeld; they wore strewn with hate, rage, sticks, revolvers, pieces of broken chairs, and torn garments. Valuable ornaments and pieces of broken statuary lay scattered on the feer, while blood stained the stones in severs places. As soon se order was restored, the inventory-awers formality-was procceded with; it was not a long affair in any case,

As anticipated the Bill separating Churah and State, which was passed finally on the 6th of December last, was certain to to followed by trouble of a serious nature. The Bill, it will be remembered, stipulated that all the Church property was to be handed over within a year to associations organised by Churchmen to Riots have only began, carry on the work. and will continue; París having set the example, the Provinces will-as a few have already done follow in the wake. Mad rioting similar to that which took place yesterday is not yet at an end in this capital; the majority of Parisisus quite expect to see other repetitions before long, As sure as other charab inventories aro made in accordance with the now law-and the Madeleine, St. Roch and other famous churches have yet to be officially visited-so sure will fresh disturbances occur. Deputies will be found as ready to leave in a body, as they did yesterday, for the scene of the conflict, and equally as eager to take part in the general

may yet in so uuerpected manner get out of the trap into which she has fallen, and which Germany so cleverly laid. The French do not take for granted everything that the Kaiser choose to say here, why is Majesty's Food intentions respecting the woainteosuce of pence are still doubled by not a few Frenchmen. Six months ago and more, Princa Bülow, they observe, said to France: "Come Conference and you will find wo will do every- thing to meet you," France bis done so, and the situation between the two countries ia atill trained; more than conrleons expressions are needed to convince Frenchmen of Germany's friendly intentions In spite of the Kaiser's repeated attempts at a reconciliation with France, a reconciliation for which neither country is yet raady, the French, it must be admitted, have ziways looked askance at the They do not desire Emperor's advances. anything more than his passive neutrality Whenever His Majesty has tried to force a commencement of closer relations oat woon the

two countries, the French have met his overtures with studied coolness. Thus, who William II. exclaims: "I do not want war," Frenchmen sie apt to shrug their shoulders and ask: "Why don't you give us proof of it, instead of quarrelling with us over M. André Móvil, who has Morocco

some

travelled in Germany, and knows the Germans, who has also adapted for France a book on the intimate life of the German Emperor which WaRRuppressed in the Vaterland, writing in the Echo de Paris n little while back says:-"It is more than over our duty to be on the qui vive! It in the more prudent conrzo.

We must not allow fine phrases to have too great an effect, hot must say to ourselves that the only way of preventing a conflict is to be strong and united, and to remain faithful to our friends." In this last phrase resides the secret of Franco's determination to be dignifled and fearless France has an alliance with Russis, and she has made friends with England, neither of whom will dooort her in her hour of need.

REFORM OF THE FRENCH THÈATRES. Everything comes to those who wait. If, as thousands of people alloge, Fronek theatres are

In

SERIOUS OBJECT LESSONS IN SHANGHAL When 30 years ago the depreciation in the valna of silver began, copper become relatively Shanghai bas bad an object lesson in this braved the terrors of the law-which decrees much of its funde in the new bronze coin, which appreciated; and malefactors of all conditions during the year. The arsenal was supplied with the death penalty to those who melt down the it used for the purpose of paying the workeden: coins of the 18th and previous centaries began purpose, and the Director-General announced to find their way to the melting pot. Twenty to the Mint that i weld in future receive it no reason why be should not have, at least, a years ago a deficiency in the circulating only at 1 per cent, diseouot; he probably saw modium was noticeable, and by Imperial order

fifth of the signorage. When this beesme this was done from pure patriotism or loyalty known, the exchange market at once responded and at a loss, sud since then the minting of and the coin was depreciated throughout Shang- single cash pieces hus not sufficed to make good hai, the rate for the silver dollar going in the wastage. Matters became critical, thero twenty-four hours from 83 to 96; the decline was a real stringency in the copper copper coin has gone steadily on, and the rato in now at 107 market, and discontent of the kind that leads or 108-within six months a coin which led Then an actual nad and which was popular, but to riot and rebellion became rife. the mainta discovered that there was a deband to which bad act before been put to the test, be supplied, and that in supplying that demand has depreciated 18 per cent. Here we have there was the prospect of considerable prolit;

Brent

gravity. Let us transfer quite naturally they stepped into the breach, the case to England. An exact counterpart is to suppose tho pany always to have a constant and in benefiting themself benefited also the nation clamouring for evin. To meet the value of one-two-hundred and fortieth of a pound domand for "cash" tiny issued takan coins of starling, and that the sbilling is a token in the face value of ten cash," and ander proper with a face value of 12 penes, but an intrinsic Last month 200 families whom Lord Roths- regulation these would have confined to meet value of less than sixpence. The farm labourer a real need of the people; but it is precisaly receives 18a, a weak from which to pay rent child generously offered to emigrata left England regulation which has been lacking.

and feed and clothe his family; six months ago Mach has been made of differences of design, he exchanged bis 18s. for 2160., but to-day only for Canada. The scheme is an experiment, the successful issue of which it is believed will form weight and composition in the evias issued by for 177d., and with depreciation once set in, the basis of an important plan to solve the on-the varions provincial mints, but in the main there is no natural reason why it should not go thess differences may be disregard. J. ou until his 18s. are worth only 1004. Pennies Rathschild's Committee have sot thom- general thi" teu cash" coins have been found are deficient in supply and payments must be employed question, selves to prore, among others, the following on assay to contain 7-25 grammes of pure made in shillings. Then transfer this English points: Thatan adult porson can be emigrated, copper, and at £58 a tou the copper in 100 of labourer to a land of abject poverty and given a complete outfit of clothes, and a small them has an intrinsic value of 12d.; in the chronic unrest, in which the ruling dynasty is regarded, as the Saxou serfs regarded at a cost of only £10. That by exchange equivalent the token coin has an carefully choosing the emigrant he will in time intrinsic value about half that of the standart, their Norman conquerors, from all parta refund the greater part of the money advanced since in 1,000 ordinary cash of to-day the of which come to day constant reports of to him, thus enabling others to be sent out. intrinsic value of the copper and spelter is riots and uprisings, of pillage and massacro, That work can be found for families before their about 250. The same thing is seen in England, and which is now showing a recrudescence of arrival, and that they can go straight into where the shilling, of an intrinio value of hi the never-dying hostility to foreign domination and privilege; how long would it by before he situations on their entry into Canada. There to Gd exchanges everywhere and at all times for

found his Jack Cade or Wat Tyler to bad him will thus be no danger of families being straudod 12d and is always worth one-twentieth of a

to redress his wrongs? The Chinese peasut is helpless on the other side. That by following these sovereign; and under the same conditions there lines on a large scale it will be possible to grastly is no reason why token ceios should not have a beginning to fight shy of the new coin but he reduce the poor rates in the various districts, steady exchange value in China as in England may not fully realise that to it chiefly his distross is due; none the less when the pinch of poverty and that, therefore, it must be advisable to con. In Cuins, however, the stream bas flowed in qua sider grants in aid of the emigration of suitable direction only. The mints have been pouring comes to add weight to the numerous other grievances which he feels, he has never been subjects, who would repay the money thus out their steady flow of the coins and a few

Backward iu enggesting, by the gentle methods of riot, brigandage or rebellion, that be expects advanced as circumstannes permitted. In short, months ago saw in one of the provinces the

eome redress. The authorities will then find sum expended will be repaid to the committee, Fakien the Tartar general, titular uphelder of stoped that practically the whole of the establishment of a second competing mint. In who will immediately assist 200 more families the Manela conquest, dissatisfied at seeing the that, in issning a depreciated coinage withent to emigrate. But it is strongly telt by the profits relling into the Viceroy's treasury, has making due provision for the fature, they have sown the wind and must expect to reap the whirlwind. committee that the emigrants met zet be set up his own mint to is us these coius.

There has been much talk, too, of over-issue, crippled in their new start in life by an undes- your to repay the money at once, and and it will but in fact there has been nonens yet. In 1903 be left to the wen's sense of honour to do their the output was less than in 1900, and in the utmost in this direction.

latter year it has been estimated at 1,75,000.000 A great proportion of the emigrants have pieces, 4 per capita, of about a penny a head expressed a keen desire to repay the fund, as it for the whole Empira of China; it is probable

The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued gives them a feeling of independence, and will that the total output to the end of 1905 will not

On the 8th at 12.10 p.m.-Changes of do away with the ides of their being subjects of exceed 5,000,000,000. The whole output was the following report :--

fund administered by o to raise a large fund.

central charity. If this experiment succeeds it is hoped readily absorbed, as it satne to supply sa aclusi

pressure are unimportant. committee. Sub-committees would then deficiency. At the end of 1903 the various provincial authorities were restricting the appointed in the different Lendon districts, who shipment of the soin outside their own jurisdic-Pas fic towards the Loochees. would choose the families to be assisted in tiou, and wore at the same time making every emigrating. There families would, in time, offort to encourage its introduction from other repay the money advanced to them, and the provinces, the reason for both measures being a work of omigration would thus proceed a statommanlike desire to relieve the money stringency pressing on the poorer classes. All infinitum.

sum

of money,

WEATHER REPORT.

The anticyclone still covers China and the

Gradienta are moderate to rather steep. The monsoon will decrease in the Formos Channel, but continue to blow strongly over tia China Sea.

Forecast-Fresh N.E. winds: fine.

From Kowloon (in conjunction with practice On FRIDAY, End March-

from Stonecutter's) in a Westerly direction, at ranges up to 14,000 yards, commencing at 10A.M., and finishing at 12 NOON. On FRIDAY, 9th March

From Lyoman on to land surrounding Junk Bay, at ranges up to 5.030 yards, com- mencing at 10 A.M.. and finiebød stir.M. On MONDAY, 12th Marok

the

From Boa Vista on to Mount Collison and Tytam Bay at ranges up to 8000 yarda, commencing at 10 A.M., and finisning af 1 P.M.

If the weather is unfavourable on either of

above dates, practice will take place on the following day.

All Ships, Janks and other vossols are to keep slear of the range,

Both practices will be concluded on first day

if pausible.

L. BARNES LAWRENCE, Capt., R.N., Harbour Master, &c.

551 Hongkong, 12th February, 1906.

MAGISTRACT,

IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that a Matt ing of His Majesty's Polios Magistrates and JUSTICES of the PEACE for the Colony will be held at the Magistracy, at 2.15 r.. on MONDAY, the 12th March, 1906. for the purpose of considering the following application under the Liquor Licenses Ordivance, 1888, riz: To pormit ode JOSEPH HENRY. NEW. BOLD to remove tko business now carried on by him under an Adjunct Licence on premises numbered 51, Des Voeux Road Central, under the sign of "THE OWL GRILL ROOM" to premises numbered 39, Des Voeux Road Central,

F. A. HAZELAND,

Police Magistrate.

Dongkong, 27th February, 1906,

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