CANTON.
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.]
April 4th. KWANGTUNG'S GOOD EXAMPLE.
UNOFFICIAL MUTHONG..
SINGAPORE LAW UNSATIS. FACTORY.
PROPOSITION TO REGULATE STREET HAWKING.
bawkora is
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, APRIL 6TM¤, 1906.
FUTURE OF VLADIVOSTOK.
NORTHERN MANCHURIA AND AMERICAN ENTREPRISE
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CANCER IN HONGKONG.
We have procured copy of the further porrespondence relating to the Cancer Resourch (Colonies; Schams, prosented to both Houses of Bussia's renowed attempt to establish a At the meeting of the Singapore Tegislative permanent foothold in Northern Manchuria laims a considerable space. H.F., in a istior to Parliament. Therein wa notios that Hongkong Council on March 29, the following report of
by making Vladivostok the port of entry, there Mr. Lyttleton, atates that the wishes of the The gentry and merelants of the Chisking the Committee appointed to consider the ques
by off-setting the loss of Dalny and Port Imperial Cancer Research Fund have been Provinces have sent a petition some time ago to tion of the regulation of street bawking was
Arthur, is described in an offoial report rade expressed to all the medical practitioners in The Cahmittee are of the Paking Bourd of Commorce requesting laid on the table.
This lettor them to memoristize the Throne to grant thom pinion that the present law concerning streat. Publin at the State Department in Washington Hongkong all the medical pr
on the 4th inst., which report recently reached a is unsatisfactory.
This law incontained
Civil Medical Offer with regard to the relative the privilege of exustracting and controlling in Section 9 of "The Summary Criminal Washington from one of the Department's rapid a report by the Acting Principai
agents in China
iusilence of the disease upon different recES, which CU, the railways in their provines. An Imperial Juri diotion XIII. of 1872"
The report expressed the belief that this will Dr. Clark's interesting report showed that radound to the development of American trade, during the decids beginning 1895, the ediet was issued granting them their applica: Whoever exposes for sale or ants out in or
and wul resuit in a great curtailment of the total deaths from cancer and sarcoma wan tion, and a large scrapany has now been formed any stall, boo, showheart, ensk. or basket, or otherwise any ment, Hah, ragefalko, to promote industrial enterprises. Canvassers Fruit, groceries or any other thing whatso-face of Shanghai as a distributing point: 119, equal to a death-rate of 4.45 per 1-4003 of The extract unde public at the Dapartment the population, which compared very favourably for shares have born sunt everywhere, and the or, was to cause olistraction in any public as to make those of
Since the conclusion of peace between Russia 1891-95 was 71.0 per 100,000. He slided:--I quite with the rate in Eug-und, which for the period company has advised Viceroy Shom that thoroughfare, or so
any public thorough fare le convenient shall he Expetunt Tactai Li Chit-tsun has been ads to a penalty not oneseding twenty-fiestan there has been much sproulation in cagnien, however, that the facilities for a cor
foreign community of Shanghai as to the
rect diagnosis of the cause of death ave. far future opportunity for trado and dovolopment greater in England than among the Chiusso in appointed us agent of the company in Canton.
in Monchuria, and therefore the negotiations Hongkong, aut that one figures may possibly between Japan and Chinx on the one hand, and understate the case, but it is not probable that putic ures of Rursis at Peking has been the dissise is as prevalent leare as it is in Eng
and, and this is borns out by the mortuary returer, which I will prasently
quote dissa, contours-The most striking gurus. After giving the statistics relative to the
of the Publio Mertuary. During the past 10 however, are those obtajuable from the reards
tions have been ade do the bodies of Chinese years no las the 15,565 post-mortem oxamina dying in the Colony, and out of this total unaligasut disuse. These bodies cannot be said auber only tea ace returned as having died of to be specially selected, though a small
propor tion of them are bodies removed to the mortuary during an epidemic of plague, noder auspicion that they have succumbed to this disease. The balk of them represent merely those Chinese persons whose deatha hare occurred outside the public hospitals, and have not been certified by a registeret
Inedical
practitioner. The figures, 0.65 par 1,004 death, whereas, I believe, iu as they stand, represent a proportion of only gland about 38 per 1,000 of all deals are due
watched with the closest attention.
dollars; " and under it hawkers are in many ́bases arrostat and punished although the obstruc tion which is caused by then is toimportues. The German Consul here has sent a despatch We are of opinion that bowlers are agrost to Vieng Shum stating that on the 20th day yuionce to the poorer class in the towns and of the 2nd woon he read a notice in the Yeung thut, speaking Femorally, it is only when they Shi Po alleging that a Protestant missionary, attempt to ply in or blow to the main thorong! there zurued a rash of steamors from Shanghui, a Gurmann subject named Kwok Yu-kin, had fare that they cause mich abstention to tradio sent plans of ground reclaimed in front of his church which did not correspond in area to the
Nowho actual ground reclaimed to the magistrata for registration as church propert
cal plates Lint he know nothing about the mattor until he read the shove news in the
that action should be taken against them.
As soon as the way to Vladivostok was opon. Tsington, Cherloo, Tientsin, Nagasaki, Kobe, and Yokoham, and as a consequuns the im We believe that the majority of the poor mediato demand for merchanding was sor families in the towns who keep no servants the satisfied. Thou came the riots both at Fludi can be sent to market, buy their vegetvostok and Harbin, followed by the ics closing tiny port Tas discouraging factors their doors and that the majority of th
drova mumny the traders coolie class buy at least one mal a day at market, which, whils wall supplied with such away and loft a cooked food from harkers in the sterols.
luxuries as are indicated for the Russians, is
ablon and ranet from hawkers who come to
which hawkera should ne shenbl not be allowed
KULEY
"Such
practically the sitention to-day, end period three months from this date will soo Northern Manchuria eager for that which in Bow believed to be the beginning of a mawr, which will last a few years at tho least.
nowspor and requests the Vienroy to informaronider that the Municipalities aro tus proper still demanding staples for the antiven, and is his subordinates that he has instructed the anthorities tu droide thu -streets and places in offering a great chance for development.. Gerson missionaries net to del direct with the cfficials in futuro, and that shoul: ony comuniention be sent hereafter direct to the authorities to take no antice of then and to return them to the sender. Viceroy Stun las consequently given instractions to all the officials that no letters addressed to them direct should be received in fatura, so as to avoid complications.
[We understand that such documents, who forwarded through the proper consular channels, often do not relara from the Chinese for six mouths or were. When the applicant sonds a Chinaan direct, and pays a “aquezs," they are stamped and registered instantor.-Ed.
BOYCOTT TILL IN KORCE.
To scholars of the difforsat schools and colegea of Canton have decided to use materials other thau of American make for their sumaer salers and outfitters who shall be uniform. found to use American drills shall be boycotted "CHINA MERCHANTS"" ENTERPRISE. Amongst the many proporties seized belong- ing to Chau Tung-ang there is a fine pan godown situated on the foreshore of Four Chen. The depth of the river at that place ancient to permit lange steamers to come alongside. It is said that the Chian Merchants Steamship Co. bave applied to the Viceroy i rent the godown and to build a wharf there for
to trade. We soo no oljuetion to the erection of stalls at night-timan in cotain strocks la Chinatown, but wo consider taxta fists should be payable for permission to so ocenpy any part of a public place if only to cover cust of Aging We think it desirable that saveral of the vacant spacos in the town near
Government property)
main thoroughfares (some of which ara should be prepared for occupation by hawkers. Sudha urs would be of great convorines to the public. It would should be roofed over.
say that part at least of such spaces
"No one knows what Japan intends to do in Southern Mancharis, either in the way of trade or in development in connection with her par tien of the Chinesa Eastern Railway and the now is that is to be built thereto to connect with Coroa. portion of the Chiaoss Eastern Railway, for her Russia, for the benefit of her wn political affairs in the Far East, and per- bap for the sake of affording a contrast is letting everybody know what her aim and subitig is. It may be well to point out what is the field for the development now being advertised by Russian agents.
With regard to "peripatetic" hawkers men who travel with baskets en (like park hutcher) with a table which they put down from time to time while condusting sales-wo recogui a didiculty is that the hawkers and the police sppear unable to arrive at an understanding the old and original survey of the Trans-Siberian Tuo Chinesa Mustera Railway, which bravos similar to that arrived at in London between Railway at Nartohiask, eros-e-l the Manchuris
A London border at the station since oalled Manoharia Pavement-sellers and constabice roustable only moves on a pavement-gellar when he geasingly obstrupts ratio and them by a euth-eastorn course runs through one of the most fertily runs on the continent to soller when
"moved on" always lores. Harbin, and from these on to Poyranitauania the whole we recommand that tha Municipality (border), this reaching Siberia again and join ing the Usuri Railway part of the original empowered to entirely forbid hawking in places where absolutely nec sary to do so, and Trans-Siberian ronte and now running to that elsewhere the der be left alone unless Chabarovek, on the Amur River) goes to causing gemains and material obstruction.
Vladivostok Through this Manchurian section W.
there are vast stretches of rolling and levol lande, great foresta of finy wood of a merchant- able kind and rich mineralised areas.
recommend there fore the repeal of Seatin of "The Summary Criminal Jurisdiction Ordinance X11 of 1873 and the addition the Municipal Ordinence of Sections (3) forbidding the prection in any stroof or public place of ary stail for selling food or goods, or the 1 occupation of any portion of any street, or mblic place for such purpose without a lieuce so tu do; (ii) authorizing the Municipalities to isse Beences for the erection of stalls for the asle of food and goods and the occupation of
spooled from time to time in bye-law at had ennealled a loasa bold by Fang Wa-chuss houre se specified and to charge fees for such
their steamerH.
A CHINESE CEMENT WORKS.
1
"Even while Vladivostok sud Harbia wars
burning, plans wors hastening for the coming epsigo at development. advertised contemplated the establishment of a
The
sclista
Lo malignant disease,
Our hospital statistics show that during the new growth were admitted to the (native) Tung past five years 42 Chinore cases of malignant Wah Hospital, and 31 Chiose carosS WOR! admitted to the Government Civil Hospital, making a total of 73 cases. It must may have boon admitted to hospital more thau remembered, however, that some of these cases
once, or may have transferred themselves· from ...e of three hospitals to the other.
deaths, it is necessary to bear in mind that, in Moreover, in considering both cases and addition to the population given in Table 1. the following number of Chinese persons-- who are clas-ed as immigrants, t, persons arriving in Hongkong by ocean-going stas mors on their way back be China-may furnish
1900
1901
1902 152 184
121,322 129,030 129812 14651 149,195
Those parsons all land in Hongkong and meanwhile in registered emigration houses, and romsin horo pending trans-shipment, staying
such of them is we suffering from disease
steamship service which would make Vladivost kosta si sir way to one or other of the
the home port, the welcoming and the protaction of invested capital, the invitation to use the railway as the mess of transportation to
hospitals, while some un doubt die bere.
With regard to the question of the age inaidence of the disenso, if will be seen from Table I. that 70 of the deaths occurred in
I reported some time ago that Viceroy Shinta rose for such purpose in streets and piace Earopa for the prodneis of China, and especially persons over the age of 45 years, and 46 bolween
of ton. Those, in a gouarsi way, are sat to ba the plans, and the foreign agent bas been giron
fros huud to put them into effect as far a outside world is concerned. It is thus evident that the Government and the Russian owners of this railway property ato preparing to do great deal towards making Vladivostok the port of entry and thereby making up for the less of
a
KODAKS AT HOME PRICES.
No. FOLDING POCKET KODAK (23-13-683 $38.00
19
OUR SPECIAL
BLEND OF
FINEST OLD
4 CARTRIDGE
(£5-15-02) $00.00
LONG. HING & CO..
SCOTCH WHISKIES.
No. 17, QUEEN'S ROAD..
135
PUREST
LIGHTEST
SCOTCH WHISKY
AND
"CLUB"
$14.00
PER DOZEN.
H. PRICE & CO.
THOROUGHLY
MATURED
IN WOOD.
12, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.
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peppore and hot chillies are not used by them THE BRITISH NAVY ESTIMATES. to any appreciable extent. The Chinese "soy" or sauce, of which very little is used at a time, is a very wild nromatic liquid, boving a alightly vinegary taste,
THE "SILVIA" AND THE MINE EXPLOSION.
CAPTAIN'S XARRATIVA.
The Gorman slaamer “Silvis,” which meantly Diesen with troops, arrived at Nagasaki ou struck a mine when leaving Vladivostok for
March 21st for repairs. The telegraphic accounts of the occurrence published wor- by and that joareal has been favoured with the na mesas ercurate, says the Nagaarki Press, following particulars by the captain:-
"The "Bilvis' left Vladivostok on January 20th about moon with 52 offiours and 2,027 soldiers for Odesso. The crew of the ste zner mbered . At 2 26 pra, the vessel atrack a
mine which was submerged to a depth of shout 17 fast. The mine exploded and made a hole on the starboard side, under the fat bottom. 20 faxt by 12 fret. The sokliers became panic- stricken and rushed for the boats. Ons finall beat was swung out without orders from the captain, and four men fell in the water and word to save them. The temperature was 28 degrees drowned, it being impossible to make any effort Centigrade. The ship was turned back to Vladivostok at once, steaming at full spend, but
The following is an abstract showing the in- oroases and decreases as compared with the corresponding votes for last year—
I.-Numbers,
A Total number of off- cers, soaman, boys, Coastguard,
Royal Marines
Net. Estimates.
1906-1907. 1905-1998.
Total Total Numbers. Numbers.
แ
199,000 $29,600
£
II. Effectivu Servicos. £ 1 Wagos, Co., of oficers,
searmen, and Coastguard, Royal Marines
boys.
IK?
2 Violualling and cloth
ing for the Navy... 3 Medical establishments
and services
4 Martial Juw
Educational services
6 Scientific services... 7 Royal Naval Reserves 3 Shipbuilding, Bepairs,
Maintenance, &c.-
6,810,700 6,672,000 2,033,200. 2,256,490
175,500
2,500
14,700 1-4000
185.000
101.900
65.100 126,6:00
69,390
420,600
ection I-Personnel 2,407,600 2,768,900 Section II-Matériał: 2,827,20) 4,816,900 Section III-Gor
tract, Work
9 Naval armaments 10 Works; buildings, ani repairs at home and abroad
11 Miscellaneous effee.
tive services
12 Admiralty Office
was unable to enter the harbour as several steamers blocked the entrance. The Bris was laid alongside the ice at 6 p.m., the troops were given their upper and then disembarked the ice, aching the shors without accident. Five mca who were Wounded
carried to by ths explosion weTE
the hospital, which was abreast of the ship The The disembarkation was completed at 11 p. Water up to four feet below the 'tween-dioks and entered the second hold, which was oocopied by 338 men; the other helds worn dry. When the water was pumped out seven dead bodies wore funud, all boaring wonude caused by the
the hold and were in danger of drowning wore Tescued by the crew. The 'Silvia proved to be a very strongly-built whip, as the ice-breaker culy broke up 13 feet of ice, which was 315
8,788,400 7,827,800
2,966,000 2,986,000
1,954,500 1905 200
482,200 64.000
351,500 33%,400
Total effective services 29, 168,800 30,966,500 III. Non-Effective Services.
to quarry tones from Fi-Sia-Ngan in tas Fa-Hieces, (ii) albarizing the Munisipalition to Yuen district on the ples that it was Govern. schedule by bys-law places and streets ar mont property. The store is used to make portions of places and strouts in which all
hawking is forbidden. cement and the Viceroy has decided to establish a coment factory in Pong-chnen and has appointed directors and assistant directors to the Chief Police Officer, will be able to frame Dalny and Port Arthur. sportiva thn installation of the factory. The bawkers who cause no real incoursuiones to any godowne but are to be enlurged, thay siy; taken in 191, the age distribution of the explosion. Saven soldiers who had fallen into 14 Naval and
Prefect Chan Mong-tmag and Tootai Wen Teung-yso are-among those appointed by the Viceroy. A site has already been selected bobind Chau Tung-Bang's godown (Yow Kee). BIG BECLAMATION SCHEME Viceray Shum proposes to reclaim the fore- shore from Chai Tan Tsai to Pak-Hin-Hok (near B. & S. gedowns in Honim).
ENTERTAINING MEN OF THE FRENCH AND JAPANESE FLEETS.
Me. J. R. M. Smith, the Iton. Treasurer of the Frovisional Committee, acknowledgow rooipt of the following subscriptions:--
W. A. Dowley
J. Ornog
Veroon & Smyth.
C. E. Anton
A. Bronke Smith.
H. T. Butterworth'
T. . Forrect...
$50
50
50
25
25
25
W..
A.
Cruickshank
C. W. May ...
1. C. Moxon...
J. 1. Puter
25
25
We believe that if our proposals are adopted the Municipalities, Reling in conjunction with bye-laws which will legalize the position of these
The donks are
and carge landing facilitated. on and who are of great service to a large This means competition with the Japauses, and an into eating osadition will result. The section of the public, and that the duties of the police in this respect will be lighted by the Japanese merchant marine has apparently re- abolition of a provision of law which it is impose raised this, and while Japane affairs are sible and very undesirable to vigidly enforce,
Sir C. Cloud Srith, Sir Henry Bulwor,
being adjusted in the former war zone, its steamers are getting ready to enter the Vladi- vortok trade also. If, therefore, the ports of Southern Manchuris should be forsaken and there shou'd be a revarsion to Vladivostok, it would seem that there should be a much
better future for a practically discarded port. it is also argued by them who are interested in Vladivostok that it is asturally the port for Ameriin Mauchurian commerce, being closer and oasier of access in svery way.
the ages use figures and also from the consue
of 15 and 15 years. From return, which I quotes below, it will be seen that the hypothesis suggested in paragraph 1 of the circular of November 15ch, 1994, that alignant disease is rare in those races, beaut such a very small percentage of them attain ages exceding 4 years, does not apply to the Chinos in Hongkong, for at the last cousus,
Chinese population was as follows:-
(-15 years...
17 per cent. 15-45 years...
9 45 years and upwards..... 14 The corresponding figures for England (1991fches thick, and the Silvia' is 5 feet in census) in the urbau districts were as follows:
-15 years.
35 per cent. 47 15-15 years 45 years
++
18" apwards The difference born 14 per cent, and 18 por cont. in the proportion of persons over t years of age would not be sufficient to account for the very great differance in the jucidences of malignant diseas
It may be interesting to add that out of 5,882 deaths of Chinese recorded in Hongkong last years of age. your no less than 712 were of persons ofex 00
Heretofore Shanghai has benefitted largely by the Manchurian carrying trado, but if there is the outcome indicated in the foregoing, China's greatest port will suffer. American the age distribution of the population may To anyone nascquainted with the Colony cargo will be lauded at Yokohama, Kote, Moji
appear remarkable, nudd would explain, thera or Nagasaki, or it will go direct. And therefore, that Hongkong in peculiar is two regrets, will be a great curtailment of the cargo at
-ly (F), in having a high infant mortality, Staeghot which is landed there for trans- shipment. That from Europe, via the Suez
increases result of the immigration of stults from the mainland of China. Thus it is that our percentage of children is low while our percentage of young adults (15-45 yours) is very high.
can also, with less expense, go to the north direct rather than trans-ship.
It is already annuanced that the Chinese Fastern Bailway will institute a sy low by which all charges at fixed rates can be paid in America for shipments to any point in Man. churis reached by the line.
Aud
Lained and juurested almost wholly as the grout
breadth, but sho managed to push her way through The Silvía" was not bunched, but taken lute shallow water for temporary repaire.”
THE GERMANS AT KIAOCHAU.
Marina
13 Half-pay. reserved and retired pay
pensions, gratuition, compassionato allows0098 Civil pensions au
grataities
and
Total
Bon-affective
T
820,708 800.500
1.256,300 1,233,900 387,710 388,200
2,400,700 2,423,000
serrio-
Grand total 31,909.500 3,389,550
Net decrease £1,520,900,
...
In the Budget Committee of the Reichstag
An undeserved success is in reality one of the on Feb. 28 there was a discussion on the
greatest misfortunea That is why bolting and subject of certain Government proposals for the fortification of Tsingtan, the port of Kiso gambling are so ruinously injurious in their chau, sud for the placing of submarine mines effects. The winner wins with mut effort in the harbour. The object of the landward merit, and just in proportion to his want of fortifications was the defence of the place merit, bis fuck, so called, his character anffars.. against attacks by hostile Chinese bands like the principle of getting or expecting ano- the Bozora. Admiral von Tirpitz, Secretary thing for nothing is fatal, inasmuch as it in of Stato for the Imperial Marine, explained against all law, natural and divins. that there was no intention of turning Taing- tiu into a frat-class fortress. The scale ut the estimates which had hitherto been
proposed would not admit of any suel project. THE ROBINSON The situation had undoubtedly undergone a of the 18-Japanese war. The constracted were absolutely indispensabla for
eutrality.
The only fallacy attaching to the death change in consertoos which had already been
returns, which I Lare quoted, lies in the possibility that Chiness suffering from malignant disease may return to their own
the maintenaude of German at
Tho
ROYAL COLONIAL INSTITUTË.
The annual general meeting of the Fellow, of this iaitute was held last month in the Jibrary of tuo iustitute. Mr. Froderick Dutton presided, and then present included Sir Frederick Young, Sir J. West Ridgeway, Sir George S. Mackenzie, Sir Albert Hine, Major Govoral Sir Henry Green, Sir Nevile Lubbock, Admiral the Hon. Sir E. Fremantle, Bir Roper Parkington, General Sir R. Harrison, Sir Non-Walker, the fan. J. G. Janking Agent-General for South Australie), and Mr. J. B. O'Halloran, secretary. The ouairman, in moving the adoption of the report, referred to the Princes of Wales (the President the visit ik Ludin, nitala) and the insens of Wales to
expressed the opinion that it weald be prodantive of the most beneficial cial results.
At the end of the year there were 4,491 Follows on the books--a record umber. The fioane a wers in good condition. The balance of the loan of £35,000 raised in 1986 for the arquirement of the freebald of the institute premises would be paid off in July next, thus freeing the institets from all debt. originally complate, and the consequence would ou a caring to the last date of about £15,000 interest,
The Duke of Connaught, who presided at the last anual dinner, had consented to become our of the vice-presidents, Alluding to
to the subject of emigration, on which
fact that there are surly 600 deaths of Chines ago, the chairman td that in this country unemployment must be regarded in a
coat of these deaths are attributable either greater or less degree us a purtanout condition of things. Emigration, properly and systema
to phthisis, to beri-bori, or to old age--the inter Tirpits stated that there was at present no tically conducteel, was a mothed of alleviation
being persons well over 60 and not a few intention of extending the plans for the fortifiention of Tsingtau, although it which possessed his strong sympathy. By
approximately to 9 years of age. All of these mesos of it a bridge might be constructed bo ▲ Times belogram dated Berlin, March 1, diseases, with the exception of a few of the was impossible to forecast what might be tween the mother country and the different
says: The Gorman Empress, accompanied by more acute types of beri-beri, are such as would required in the future. The nasal administra
tion had always taken a moderate view of the of the Empire and the quemployed be provided many members of the Frassian. Royal family, enable the patients to get back to their own witli romanerative oncupation in the various Col. wore present to day at the opening of a country, for which there are so many facilities, commercial possibilities of the place, but its ouies. But to pusure the succurs of the achame
institution in Berlin for the higher soientific and at a cost of a few cents only, had they any development Iad been favourable, and there As a matter of was no reason for pessimism with regard to its it was necessary that it should be systematized practical education of members of the medical overwhelming desire to do so,
With reference to the German naval forcos and that proper arrangements should be mate at profession. The institution owe its inception fact, the sick persons who are hurried backspects. home and in the Celonies. The matter might to a project initiated by the late Empress to their own country are, I should say in Chinos waters, the Secretary of State Frederick during the hat months of her life, those who are suspected by their friends to be The steamer Aker left Singapore on Walzes he thought, form a fitting subject for discussion and the new building in which it is housed will developing on attack of plague or of smallpox; grutted that it had recently boon DeceяKATT
at the naze Colonial Conferenca. The progrbear Eer Majesty's name. of the library had been well maintained, and amongst the recent additions to it had been a
C. H. Ross
A. Tillett
A. Turner
Colin C. Seutt
J. Barton
A. Fallerlon
W. Armstrong
W. C. Burratt
E. Burus Pya
J. W. Crouth
W. Nicholson
If half of the optimistic views of those who talk from the Russia standpoint concerning Railway como tras, the world will speedily sen
experience with regard to other lingering for the maritime fortifications, meney for which bad been voted last year. The commercial illesses is that the Chinaman whose home is that as a matter of fast Russia has suffered here will remain here as long as possibla, and interests of Tsingtau required that the place very little by the cutcome of the war as fur will continue to do sneh odd jobs the anture
should possess a certain degree of security from me it relates to her developin at projects in the wide suund, joka as the tatur the military point of view. Towards the sea it Far East. In any event, in the immediate by his relatives and friends, until he ultimately must be strong enough tamaintain its neutrality, "General" Booth and adress'd the Fellows & to the programme indicated, a good felt for dies of the disease. This is borne out by this and on the laudward side it must be prepared to
This was 20 years in advance of the time Northern Manchuris and the Chiaoce Eastern country before they die, but our general present estimates were only the tiual instalment
weak
10
10.
Amount previously reknowledged 1,380
81,905
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. The steamer Hongkong for will sail from Yokohama on the 7th April, and may be expected at this port co the 18th inst.
day, the 4th inst., and may be expected here on or about Wednesday, the 11th inst.
The steamer Arratoon Apear from Caleutia lart Singapore on the 4th inst.; and may be expected bere on or about the Hb inst.
FAILS
of inquiry.
future Northern Manchuris gestas, according
American enterprise."
OPENING OF THE EMPRESS FREDERICK INSTITUTE.
IL58terious
meet the consequences of any disturbances
yearly in Hongkong, and that nearly 29 paramoug the Chines
~ In reply to various questions, Admiral von
the rosen in such case being the rooted objee.to withdraw the larger ships. It was to be tion of the friends to the disturbance and dis hoped that it would become possible to station a greater number of large vessels in East comfort attending disinfection of the premis Asiatic waters in the near future. or perhaps the objection of the patio. himself to removal to hospital.
In the course of an impressiva speech at the set of Colonial Law Reports. The council had opening ceremony, the Emperor said that he again bean in communication with the Govern. regarded boreficent institutions of this kind The P. M. S. Co,'s strawer Manchuria sailed zant as to the levy of deable income-tax, and rich were intended to fulfil the dying wishes
With regard to predisposing causes I am in- from Shanghai on Wednesday at 5 p.m., and is had submitted that the whole question of and to perpetuate the memory of his inuented
ng some explanation of the clined to think that in the case of a disans, in due to arrive at this port on Friday, about 7 pm duplication of taxation within the Empire could mother Boss of that Providence which the mean anual death-rate is only 445)
The C.P.R. str. Empress of China arrived with advantage form the subject at Kebe at 10am, on Wednesday, the 4th April, The Lords Commisvinners of the Treasury had, which had prematurely removed her from their per 100,000, personal idiosyncrasies sie of more midst He trusted that the memory of the moment than the babits of the community, but and left again at 3 p.m. same day for Yokohama, however, intimated their inability to reconstr Empress, Frederick's death and the inspiration of theas former I have no information. where she was due to arrive at 3 p.m. yesterday, their previous decision on the question. Sir
of her words would have the effect of opening however, the kabits of the community may Roper Parkington recorded the motion. The
up
streams
of blowing for the German people, throw some light on the fact that the Chinese Prince of Wales was rn-elao ed presidont
and that her remembranes would be cherished in Hongkong enjoy a marked immunity trous for centuries to come,
malignant disease, I may say that they smoke Six Felix Season, who was present in accord- but little, comparison with the European, ance with the commands of King Edward,, they practically do not chow at ail, and their referred in the course of some remarks to the diet consists in the main of rice with small King's personal interest in the new institution. quantities of tisk pr of pork, and that spices,
the 5th inst.
The Silk ex C.P.R. str.Empress of Japan which left Hongkong on the 7th March, and Yoko- lams on the 16th March, arrived at New York on Tuesday, the 3rd April, thus making a transit of 27 days from Hongkong, and 18 days from
Yokohama.
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WEATHER REPORT.
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued the following report
On the 5th at 1295 at-The barometer has risen generally
Pressure is highest over the Yellow Sea, and the depression is still shown over the Pacifle to tho N.E. of Japan.
Gradiente sostinus slight, and moderato E
winds are indicated in the Formosa Channel, and the. N. part of the China Sea.
Forconst-Moderste B. winds; fair.
PIANO
CO..
LD.
NEW
PIANOS. $70 Cash and 18 payments of $20 each
or $385 Cush.
Great strength and Superior to anything in the Colony.
STEINWAY,
BECHSTEIN,
KRAUSS, HAAKE,
HOPKINSON,
WINKELMAN,
ON
CORRESPONDING TERMS,
ALBO
`BABY GRANDS
AND
PIANOLAS, Hongkong, 5th April, 1998,
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