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SUPREME COURT.

Thursday, July 11th.

IN CRIMINAL JURISDICTION.

BEFORE FR FRANCIS EGGOtt (Chie JUSTICE)

The Criminal Sessions for July wore opened Lefore the Chief Justice, The calendar con- tained four charges, incriminating nine porsans CARMMA: TUMMAHIT.

CHINESE EMIGRATION AND THE

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BALANCE OF TRADE.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JULY 20ra, 1906.

only. Macaulay's schoolboy would say that the figures could not belance, and yet China is not bankrupt.

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BRITISH TRADE TOUR.

FLOATING EXHIBITION TO visit world'e

CHIRE PORTS.

Definite shape is now being given to the iden. of a floating exhibition, of British menuftsturës which is to visit about forty different ports of comineroial importance in various parts of the world.

Six Chinese named Lam Eze, Lam Lau. | by famine, or by rebellion; and withinseners-anlar some tends the last that can hut. South Africa, podered the time inopportune... Cur Blog, Lam Yoi, Lam Shea (a), and |tion a stream of viagrabe directed an it to fede a conjecines". The total

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Lam Shun (b) wore indietal on, charges of robbery zammilled at Kowloon oily. There chaugs against. Ching, but the Attorney-funeral ratused to indict him.

The Atterung-O-gerai ir Henry Berkeley. K.0 prosented. but prisoners, who pindes

nol gailly, were undafuzuled,

The following jury were on panelled: Messrs K. N. Mody florewan. 1. Tollan. Robert Stevenson, B. &: Simos, lucpherson, Jedi

Wells ans! T. Blair.

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EXIGRANTO AND "INVISIBLE SIPORTS," For centuries China bas exported her surplus

A pamphlet jasusel by the Statistical Depart labour. The increasing density of populationment of the Chinese. Castoma towards the and and resulting intensification of the struggle for of 1961 countdored the question of the balance existence which drove the peoples of Europe of indebted now between China and foreign first of the British Telos, then of (termasny, and sountries. In a country in which absolutely

of the region lyin

lying north, east, and south the only statistics obtainable are those of the of the German Empiro-to stram away to filmovement of merchandise, it is obvionaly more the wasta paits of the globe, hara produced the difficult than in other more advanced countries but was temporarily laid selds owing mainly to Vsebɛwo was mnoted about two yuúrs ago, sas rosali, first on ene part, then on other parts to arrive at any satisfactory estimate of invisible the feeling amongst grent insnufacturing Louse of the Chinese Empire. The old provinces of ansels which liare not even a shadowy serablence that the unsettled condition of affaire in the Far

found their ontlet in adjoining of visibility. An attempt was, however, bado,

ant, and the unsatisfactory trado prospects in provinces devastated from time to time by flords, although, to quite the words of the

Now that intentiond commerce is recovering to adopt a reusable working hypothons and from the evil effects of the Boor and Japanes tung. the home of Confucius, hasi

wars, these objections no longer hold good; and nor payable by

by China in the year taken for come. the exhibiting arms and the board of directors to the fertile fields of Manchuris, until it is now ost muted that close on ten millions of the sideration (1985). including the val

of coutelling

ting the exhibition by rod active population of that provine see made up of morehandise and trossare, imported, payrats work on the project, which has een vernlelled immigrants and their descendants, the autoch, for ins and diad-mnities, and curtain calitated t

reconstructed, It is hoped to bring it to Chronous Marchus now constitating less than invisible libilities was put at £60000; to successful issue in two the mothe, and that

fifth of the population. Long beforo bism however, from the rich and crowded southern cash provide the following assets

this liability the inquiry found that China the exhibition atomer will store is her aw dye mouths cruise, from whic such bruel to our provinces a stream of migration flowed to southern was, to the lands of the Indian dise and essure exported £35,000 export trade and manufactures is expected, Arhipelago and the Malay Pensula, si places frittances from and money within the radius of navigation in days when the elamay junk, the object of admiration by Marc Pale, was the sole moons of conveyance, There migrants come from the fertile denie region asound Canten, which, with the firfields in the Empire, to-day imports annually some half million tons of ries to feel its industrial popra tion; and from the rock

rock-il Const. of Fabkian. with a superabundant propa ation depending on ris, but with an infertile anel its rieb sun fish1

the

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Other invisible assets

brought in by Chiness emigrants abroad

And

10%

Ju 50,000

the autumn of this year.

Roughly the plan is to char'or a large mail P571,000 steamer, fi hor out with samples of good, manufactured by the beat industrial Brins, and send her on a voyage round the principal ports of the Empir, China, Japan, South Amories, and van or two olher ostries

important. arkets of British produce. The exhibits will bu displayed on stalls serangel on the lower deeks, exactly as in the he is of ordinary and exhibitious and a ratative of mary on ry firm exhibiting will accompany tha

rompetent- staff to assist the exhibitors at mch" puri, while specially qualifiat ussistaste will attend the stain of those firms who have not seat re-llers. No restrictions are laid down aa to spares which will be sold by the square foot will be aliettai to firios in the order of receipt of their contracts. The passage money of presentatives will work out practically at the actual cst of maintaining such a passenger, though the rates for tuurists who accompany the steamer will be bigher.

steamer, which will also exrry a east to localize it we say my from the

them were fond articles for the postninjash their thousandle, agd returning with the their earnings go to repay the contractors what firma er trades may be presented, and

the east of trousert and adv

The Mtorney-General said the prisoners were

Total

40,00,000 charged with being members of a gang of armsð

Regarding the amount taken for romittances from emigrants the official who made the inquiry rebbers who broke into two houses use Kowloos

writes :- eity at nigid must after theatering and terrify

This figure I take as probably the nearest to ing the inhabitants committed the robbari

the truth that we can get with our present strating lätting ant waney to the amount of

information, and as pretty certainly a winien $15 All the prisoners were arrested within and on this arestiants. Nothing is included for the large b dy of Chinese ha, sten prior to but were *ker: time after lo recarretes and upon all of hress por s. Castor, Swatow, and Amoy the ins South Afries. Further, contract banners -pe ding before the north-east muko have no savings for the first year or two, as which they cust not given try auth-west mouseon in summer brought back

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for These article were subsequearly identifival the of the writers

Ivanres, and only not who did not remain to tinge of the hearts are included; but the the people whose let me as have brega bæelten into colonize. Steam has made some changes. It

payments to the contractors must be returned that night. Two of the prices were recognis has increased the number at these contayed to China fa a constantly recurring stream to ed as being with the gang of elevon men who shed in they sour, but, he pickering sud provide advances and transport for a fresh committed the suressive robberies of the thing the transit, bus made it asior for supply of labourer.

(hea to turn used has encouraged the emigra

Te this we hace now to add the money tion of the eatmet labourer indentured for a Lome or brought back by indentured labourers term of three, or at the most five years.

in the Transvaal, which, on the, buris of the i all the emigɔunts an lalieneres, 54 those who

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of Is, a day, will not be kwa know the wealthy Chitrad The Best witos, who crit ut regiuniti a of Singape and Rangeon can testify the ostimate of the inquiry is explicitly ted cantis can then 2000, your, and considering that any of the defendants, ale to bring awaken-but on the basis of an estimate made in 1941 it to be a ramme estimate, it will be fair to

night about Mix works may be stated that. in the Straits Settlemen's me that the arunt anually contribut There were rulers in the henso. They tied and the lang ninsula, in the Darsh Forties by the earnings of Chinese emigrants abroad kin up, beat him, pied a lot of elting in and I rope, in Siam is Indo-China, and in the toward the balancing of their native country's i

Philippines, there HTH 450,00 Chinese internationel original emigrant falencers and their descend..500.00 ants. In this estimule in a tinchlad the pepulation of Formuose, colonized from China during the eighteenth e ndary, and now peopled by three million people of Chinese descent.

bon The second count on which they wer ebarget was being in possession of property well kowowing it to have been at slep."

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and of the bor and set fire to it, smiled the crockery usul epoking atsusike, and devamped with money to die aument of $150 and soms of

his lothing.

A cousin of the prosions witness said the -robbiran stadsboil Jin in the back.

TWU KINES OF EMIGRANTS

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indebtedness is upeords of

It is oomwon charge against Chiaure omigrants that they are unduly thrifty spend little or nothing beyond the inry cost of subsiateurs on the coolie role of living, and remit or take with them the mujor part of their earnings, contributing nothing to tho prosperity

ion habit of gambling does not aurich the country of their sojourn ; avea their

KODAKS AT HOME PRICES.

No. 3 FOLDING POCKET KOLAK (2412-81) $58.00

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4 CARTRIDGE

(£5-15-01) (60.00

LONG. HING & CO..

No. 17, QUEEN'S ROAD.

SAINT

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WINE.

OLTOR DUSSAUD: The Composition of the ineens Wing of SAINT LEHON Do

imposes confidense nad draws attention of Dretors upon its ass, I have ordered it to several of my patients who nero overcoming an illness and have noticed the recovery of their sirength and the rapid renewal of Good Hirulth through its use.

The new product toast takes its place in now therapeuties and render service to ge Doctors.

PER DOZEN.

SOLE AGENTS:

$22.00

H. PRICE & CO..

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THE NATAL TROUBLE.

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WINE MERCHANTS,,

12, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

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AND

The Indian Daily Neves of June 19h anid :---- Thers is, we fear, every iuliation that lol ROBINSON PIANO Mackouzin took a somewhat too 10-nata vie of the situation when he asserted, after the Insi

CO., LTD. engagement with the Zulu rebels, that the back. boog of the rebellion was broken. Bambaata was slated to have been killad, Sigananda and At each port visited there will be a formal his sons to have surrendered, but experience epening of the exhibition by a prominent in the post has taught us that unless the diraot- steamer will work in closest touch with the captmod. things cannot be reckoned us settled. local officiul and officals accompanying the ing centre of the trouble in either stain or rious chambers of esame, lealing to ders, It is now very fairly manifest that Bimbunt and Consuls at different ports, who wil be was only the figure-head of a deeper chemo visited by special agents and acquainted with and there is smail difenity in arriving at the the of the exhibition in advance of the identity of the arch conspirator. Dinizala, aleamura arrival The general public at such despite his protestations, has been ses #fs place will be invited to

to visit the Bhough the root t The trouble tbrenglust certain hours daily will be rented exclusisely the

place,

reports that bu. for local traders and buyers. Mooy

opy Canadian,

bow t donturing for war" in variouo. Australion, and Afric.musicies will, it districts are now quite sufficiently confirmet expected, la represented on the s'eemer, as wel

na to leave no doubt whatever in thã mind no to as genie of the houses of Bombay und l'afcutta. his complicity. The irrogulars of Colonel Mag- The ady of of steun tallic to the ports

To British firms this floating exhibition will Renzio bure done splendid service on every China created anether" says of omigration, Thero being no stolen properly found out applying the inferior along required by the

a view to increasing their export tenda at a offer an excellent means of co-operating with occasion upon which they have been engag d. and wors handled with great skill, and live red and serung defenalants, they were discharged. { white man enga ed in developing the waste their hoste, since they are the most clannish substantial savitg of expobRA, since athibiting come out of all their actions with very l Photkir defendant, called a woman to give pieces of the earth. To California this erigia of peoples, and the gambling loss of one firms will make a tour of the world at about a ¦ Joss. But the arduous un'ure of the unreling evidence his bebitif. He crested some mase.ion at ones assumed large proportions, so large Chiasan is the gain of another China quarter of the cost of an iceps ndent effort and campaigning is said to have told upon anent wlasi he asked, this inforpretier to advisa to dismay organized labour, and restrictions

$51.271.

This is, of course, a parochial viom while a large crop of orders and a striking the troops very heavily, and their casualties in were imposed in new immigration, but thoan bin What questions is pat to, the witness already in the country and rotarting to their

It is true they do not spend their money advertisment may resonably be looked for from sick are by no means light. However woll whore they earn it; but the comparatively so porela menus of reaching new customers. organised the Colonial forces may be, they' Afterwania la tell the woman ta toll his Lord- uative land air peracted to re-satar, It woubl musli

they bring back in coin, Aming that the steamer sails in the early one possa either the organisation or the ship southing in his favour. She said she appearing by the time that hos elastinated at about fouth of the whole, ure autowe, the first cali

inen the restriction was first inapesud, that largely spent of this was have visible evidence

would

prolably be made training of regular troops, and as we bave con- knew he was a grand muni and find a wife nud a

Ahose thus re-utering to-day must be approseh,

at Caundian posts. Fring Canals the vessel toodel in these notes from the outset, it bas 2011. When the witness Faldil to identify the

in increased purchases of luxuries, to a great will sail to Cuba, through the West. Inilan buen a risky thing to delay arailing of the aid the allotted

of the Imperial forces. A mi-civilised on my jacket which is said was his defendant burst Australia coached the of life and mud xtent of foreign providing: while the farge Islands, along the shore of South Amarien

same result by a poll tax mum mulaily remitied by them is fabk bills Australasia, und from the Antipodes will pro- believes only in the eng argunnat: hit him out What an old fiol you até, That fa mis jau krury as 16 bo prohibitivo to matiual workers. Jacket The weans then said 21 believe it is In the thres enses, ferall tacited, there of California, the sugar planters of Surged it Japan, Chine, the St aits hettlements, hard and you will not have tu hit him very often. and Banna to India, then, by way of Afrion Delay or a failure to follow up an advantage wran 1700 Chinese rosid nty in 1960. In

the mine owners of the Transvaal pay on their his jacket" planghterį.

this cles must also be put Japan and Siberia illas in mages to Clines who, in the hott

is invariably misunderstood. And othland The with 5, Chinese, the forner cours of their birth, transmute thus millions into shipping and commercial, who will have fighting men in his hold, and though they becum there the Chinese fill only the lucrative

the advice of roll authorities and oflorals; hora last a good deal of their old warlike spirit pests of merch. ut, compradore, frademus, sud

chambers of commerce. Consula, and correspon and may not be well armed, or at any ate the the like, and the latter becans the Ru-sian coloniste, though doubtfully entitled to the

the company are at B, Victoria-street, Weat-ad our own modern senos is greater today dents in all parts of the world. The offres of dirapancy between suck rides as they possens designation of

of white m mut" are there in

d Here.

minster.derd. The jury for the third prisoner aot guilty Chinese emigration of two sorts; the labourer.

the southern so and reincaid a verdict of guilty against theft or indenture), to where he supplies tha

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wanting to the langemis ative, and the lead who perineates very corner of the globe, even those parts where his pres ne is regnited with the greatest dis like. Of the latonicera 11 may be said, asking geraly, that all are amber contrade. Chinese in the lower walks of life, possessed of antfleient in aus to pay his own passage and te primitai bim wid, finding imply ant

Defendant »gain ex- ekujured Whad pu chỉ silly woman you are. Why don't you tell his Lordship that i am not

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The Attorney General did not press the charge squirt the sixth defendant, who was also dischargril,

other two,

„His Lordship passed senteure of five years

impriment with bord inbour.

ALLEGED SINNALAUGUTFE. ·

Yeong Sun was arraigned on a charge of malaughter.

The Alfomez-General prosecuted and

oner was airie-foran +4.

The Allowing jury wors empanelled - Mears F. A. Maskintosh Haremini. W D. Haft, James Hay, W. F., Bussford, P. N. Hankey, Charles trispsa and Jamus. Lex.

deront numbers.

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cotton fabrics from Mauchester, cotton yarn

be

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from Houlay kerone ait from Pennsylvania, China to face with equanimity the loss of her or hostory from Chemnitz, and thereby enable table if only she can substituts her surplas its product. When the day comes that the yellow peril" shall be so manifest that the barriers will be put ap on all sides, forvigu countries must expect to see Chian's purchasing power diminished and foreign trade with her reduced in proportion.

ANGLO-GERMANENTENTE“.

GERMAN EDITORS' VISITA

Forty-six Garana nowspaper editors were due 10'arriva at Southampton on June 20th ou A pine days visit to England at the invitation of the Angio German Friendship Committee.

Among the vietose were the liters of snel well-known papers as the Zobel Arteiger, the Palable, and the Neueste Nachrichten, and fifteen other Beciu journals, in Kortnische Zeitung, anal a score of other provincial news. paper were to sty at the Hotel Moʻropeo as

They the guests of the Anglo-German Friendship

would think of expatriating himsdf without som solid gnarakteo of a future trove brilliant then he likely to attain. It matters nol if the contract into which to enters is open, as in The case of the recent emigration to south Abica, or eurost, thevin act is-there, Sume- forigen rhiness, must provide the This Attorney-Chateral opened the cave remigrant with passage money; someona must the pros ration. He said that the charge ar advare bim funds to leave behind with his cut of an alleged set of carelessness on the part fetuity, seront must genre him employment ad the teams of renting money to these of the prisoner which caused the death of aquant oa bine, and see a must and named Yan Shun, who was one of the eras of sponone for his repatrintion. There may be no a thing out at ancher off the customb of compounds in täielill, but anywhere the Combites.

by which those who inva

The master Win kauals en this emigrant until such time as their

WHY NOT A TOBACCO TAX,

The Ciril and Military Ga-He writes:-11 China pronunts against the importation of

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than it was in. 87, when we had the Martini, and the Zum had Martini's in fair supply and quantity of Sniders--large wussts of even badly armed men are apt to take great deal of panis ment befoon they can be persaud-d of the futility of resistance. Thie

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EVERY

· DESCRIPTION

or

MUSICAL

INSTRUMENT.

OPPOSITE KING EDWARD WITEL

HONGKONG,

Hongkong. 20th July, 1908,

"THE GEISHA" REVIVED.

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Ehe Goiaba · was revived at Daly's Thenien

Mora sarapluously staged than oran, with its

most successful of ull tinasieað erindios returned Desig melody and its incessant foo, the triomphent. Apparendy it might ran fo

another year.

The song ramoin, but all the rest is new.. It is a frash company. In place of Miss Marie Tempast we had Mist Da Spass for the part of O. Mimosa 8. She sang sery

wedly noted tenderly aut gaily in theu,

Indian pium or for its much more restricted

weincrued more enthusiastic Hy. importation, the sale of opium, and consequently sufficiently heavy measure, and it would thoren 1st June, and no new pices could have sou the yield of any taxa ion on it must

for appear to be now more than ever necessary Those who rentenbord cheered for ta mary' fall off fco, anit ties efore the Fincrcial Member to send a strong flying column of regulars into make these to whom it was nes thought that

some the preliminary, lessan bag still to find a partial kulatiute for the Zululand to press oping revenue he will lose. Caput that bewhich Colour Mackenzie's gallant li le bandit was the best musical play ever lord at Daly's Esel song, as its opening bars were rerup. i tobacco tax. In this absence of has given the every. The Imparial garrison nisl, was greetel dacronsly, and wady Satistics it is not possible to say what the yield in South Africa cou iste, rongly spanking, of nores had to be give of such a duty, Loh eus on aut reise, Roald 20,000 men of all anos. This forea is

but there at some pointsworth consideration cularly strong in artillery, having all to d 84 f is a my gears stuce such a tax ans first guns, Sir Hindyard is in chief command. suggested the Gover meat of India, and tas and be has under his most effigien: baders in Trastas against it lave diminished greatly in Generals Book, Stephenson Bura-Murdock, foreu with the increase in the use of several Broadwood, Kauzon. Innay, and Blombeid. Pro- forms of tobaco by to fuis peoples and rhetoria, Middelburg, Poichefstroom, and Slander. ricotalism-ut of the industy of tobacco ton are the military centres in the Transvaal,

in which colony there is a garrison of three monfactio in tiris ceanty, Theus of tobacco

avalry Regiments, two regimens Mouated expanding do ruidly and steadily in man different quarters that if care were takru not to Infantry, two batteries (12)

(12 gaas) R. H.

Inatoad of Miss Julietto Nariile as Julietta check it be too heavy taxation at the art, a dive batteries R.. F. A., and raven battalions a there was a newcomer from Paris, Mias Mariotte buerature jevenue might in itne be dr wa from Infantry, besides Eustines, Arav Service Sully, who wop her way at once; she has

Ha de sof sillie s of e gare toop, Army Medical Corps and Ordan captivating voico, and sings in a delightfully Stonecutter's isand ou Brd Jans. There is practibility may keep their arranged for the visitors, as follows-

In the Orango River Colony Corps details.

She will be a very great Artistic ver Thursday. Drive round City and West. mad. biond are paring into ludian per there are one Cavaley Regiment, one regiment fatourite indoud.

Mounted Infantry, long batteries R. F. A., Mr. George Graves, in Mr. Ratland Barriug- puoles, we may fit it in Tarkey and wbies have long dons the mme with excu. o her necessary details; while in Caps Colony

have bann funnier. sults. It will badly be contended that the thoro are one Cavalry Regiment, three batteries new reading in his own fashion, and could hard [lian adwinis rate cannot devise a workable R. F. A., two compania Garrison. Artillery, of to acco taxation it these two can, and and two Infantry battalions. It is presumablo its out all oupling to create a masorely in the that a flying winman has been orgeniound Bunaincture. To so like the popp, is a fidd is more or less ready to move at short notice.

India erop, and the whole system of evente in is sed upon serutity and in-p elan of the lead and the crops, if the opo mpaly Dioner

stituted, and if a tubeco tax were

ween three men in the best,

While

imeuried this

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voasbility provided for. CRAMERCE L EMPORTANC

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OF EMIGRANTS,

A crowded eight days programme was

This softer.

subundly. Aimot every civilised State ina

Recedion by Lord cobar or, and if we waut example from Enter fire battalions of Infratry, besides the tor's old part of the Marquis, guve an entirely

faster, with visit to the Abbey and bunch at Hons of Commer Chancellor sul ton on terrare. Banet at ¦ Whitehall Rooms.

Council st Dulwich, Dinner at Earl'souri, by the London Press. Reception at Daily Telegraph offies.

Saturday, Richmond, Buskey Terk, Hump ton Court, and Windler.

Sunday Natural History Munte with Mr. Tree at His Majesty's Theatre.

Monday. tratford-on-Avon.

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NEXT INDIAN G. O, U.

NO CHANGE EXPECTED YET.

Whether the Standard's announcement that

the Hip, amordites 129 in the waist at past advances are repaid and their frites deceased we shuding at this boy. engaged in heuling up the net, they saw a

it may be asked, why should article large three-sted junk sailing towards flare.

emigration find 1s place in the enlumars of a Friday Guldhall, Hauk, and St. Pants, Prisoner was steering the junk. There was £uneid nad commercid paper? : Tines sup. Lunch with caimaa of London County a man standing on the how, whether on the plmut The auswer is that geration lookout or Lut was net know, and after the auditales an eseutid out in the e-

nærcial solvency of Chius. Brown and hercise| collision he disappeared. The people on the are China's most important article of bent shouted to those ou tlie jask to kep ja grater anuni ram in her internati of, but an netjes was taken, although the balaures than her expects of silk and tra, a

with them she for the ruten fabrics of witnesers would my they heard the nom a Macher and Loweit, and for the yarns of the bow call to the prisoner, Tie Boner sud Oaks. 1 is west only that the

Warin.'s and huch with Lord might be fossible to reconstitute the Op Lieutenaut General Sir John French in tol

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aplin arenay for tabue Junk kept on its course and struck the retueus migraats introdue among the Mayor. Mr. Bil's picture gallery. Dinner and spinus. But that is a matter of administre Baking bat, toppling the deased in the millions of the spice a taste, for adies of with Mr. C. Achu Pearson at the Rambags titull whier ou not affect the unit

favoign water. The jank was towing a small boat and abread and the fards they bring kick with them Wednesday.'ntabridge, and ovening weap argumen, viz, that the time has con for the the rope getting fouled the fishing host would *surve fi adjust the halstice of indebtedarse in have been swargest had the compants not easternational xchunge

ties by Dachets of Sutherland at Stafford the pirm 1280le to the extent of abandoning allow of p the rope. Manwhile the us who had falien consumption of a producis considerably Thursday.Stenger trip to Greenwish, with its monopoly levying duties on wauafactured Inson, at invitation of the fly Ners. Dinner opium and license the growth of the poppy into the water was drowning. After some time in excess of the coresponding valus of the the junk ratared to the reeus of the collision ports of Chines produce is return for the with Mr. Alind de Rothsedd at Seymour and that this taxacían should also be extended

lean of sine of her superabundant millious place. and the men koked for the dewased. His body China recgiven free of natioust cost a large was resorted the day afterwards. The whole golume of foreign products, for which the question was whether the prisoner was guilty foreign producer is paid by the labour of the of suck degligence as to render him responsible value of the net inport of foreign goods and of coigrants. During the past throw years the

for the death of that mon.

After hearing evidence, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty, and the prisoner was acquitted

Scars.

AN UNNATURAL FATHER.

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manufsciare 5 their stances while Chal

to

- the gxport of Chine e produce, and the peccsal.

were as follows:

Socerament of India to descale itself fr

Miss Maria Stadholuo makes a pretty und

graceful Mollie-Miss Letty Linde originat

character M Robart Evoth eang the musie of Reggis Fairuz almirably, Me. Presl Wright,jun, as Wan Hii which his brothar Hatley Dude the bit of his career, san vary amusig, and Mr. Irmis Bradfield, Miss Thelmi Ray, and the others were all good.

THE MANCHURIAN RAILWAY. be Lord Kitchen Recesor in the Indian

The improver at of the permanent way and command en expiry of the Commander-in-Chief's five years' te ni of office next your is inspired rolling stock of the Manchurian Railway is or merely the pudication of the popular rumour, to ho commenced this your and the necessary there is no question that Sir John French's materials will be purchased and engineers on appointment would meet with very general usged very shortly. It has been arranged thei approval. He has proved himself on scrive about 5 of this year's graduates from the service to be a good organiser and a dashing College of Engineering in the Tokyo Imperial lend in the field, and faw better choices cald University will be engaged for work on the probably be made of an officer well-fitted at all South Manchuria Railway

The shipment of coal at Tairen from the pier points to carry on the work which Lond Kitchener has commenced, and to bring to complexion and seriously interfere with the loading of other the many excellent schemes, the cargo, and a large warehouse is also required for foundations of which bare beni so weli and the storage of cual. The dorerament has s securely laid by the protat bead of the Array schema ander consideration to make Liusatam At the Criminal Sessions of the Bombay High in India. Sir John French is 54 years of age, the coal port of the Fuchuu au Yeutar Lord Elgin, in opening the Congress of the Court on June 27th Private Lynch was tried two years younger than Lord Kitchner that cordially welcomed the two hundred ilelegatos

H+60

CONGRESS OF CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.

to tobacco.

SOLDIER'S MAD CRIME.

DEATH SENTENCE PISSED.

age by which the imports excerd d the Iports Chambors of Commores of the Empire yesterday for the murder in April of Labes-Corporal to B-y, but he has been a large sort of

Excess of

over exports.

effort

was

collieries.

WEATHER REPORT.

Imports. Exporti Imports

who had come from different parts of the world, Todd, both men belonging to the Connaught service, and in the Bosr.ompaign which found and whom, be said, this Mother Country was Rangers at Almoinagar No motive was out the failures very quickly he was roturand

305 ore of the brillant success. He

The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issue proud and gratified to see. His Lordship dwelt given for the crime, and the facts were not in as one Samuel Martin Payne, who described kimsall | 199 £1000g 31360000 A1 per kent.

first u on the arcessity for a steady and parsistent dispute. Lynch and Todd were good friends, eminently the one General who from

On the 19th at 12.10 p.m.-The barometer an a Portuguese, was charged with a criminal 1994 £49250000 1343000 43

1905 £67,250,000 £31,2004:09 97,

attain the ambition, common among and spent the evening together. They had no last in a war full of blunders "made the rucning" the following report

from start to finish and never put a foot wrong! has risen slightly in N. Chius, and fallen effence committed on his daughter, aged siz

amount of liquor he was by no means We understand, however, says the Indian Datymoderately in S. Chios, Foxmoss and Lars, surplus of imports in the later two years them all, of securing a united Empire. A altercation, and although Lynch had taken s has been covered by comitias res for war purposes Canadian 1-presentative proposed a resolution rate, yet during the night he secured a com News, on the highest authority that nothing is The depression which appears to bave and is therefore andaly awollen, but the surplus favouring preferential trade. of 1990,

Sir Ernest Cable, of Bengal, in opposing the rade's rill, went up to Todd, who was in bed, known at Simla regarding the statement that a year affected only by connuercial

in 197. Lord Kitchener's tenure will expire in influences, may be taken as urrmal. Here then resolution, said that the Indian interests were sad blow his brains out. He then told another Sir John French will acceed Lord Kitchener we see an import trade of £41,000,000, to which very different from there in Canada, as three soldier what he had done, and was handed over must be added 6 millions for interest on fourths of Tadia's export trade was done with to the guard. The only defence set up was that November of the same year, and It is any icipated foreign lusts and indemnities due to foreign foreign enantries. He would not object to the crime was one of instinctive and impulsive that His Excelle: oy will get an extension to The jury found the prisoner guilty, complete the many schemes of reform he has Powers, and this liability of 47 millions is to be Pp the countries where the preferential trade with a recommendation to mercy, The Judge already initiated.

supporting the revolution if India was excluded mania. met by an export trade valued at 31 millions

Bantereed the prisoner to death, saying he would would obtain. Straits Timet.

pass on the jury's recommendation,

'The Attorney-General prosecuted. The following jury mero siopanettod: Moears H. Ehmor (fereman), J. E. Grasson, C. T. B. tesloop, H. A. Setb. D. Tollun; F. W. Robertson and F. W. Warre.

After a lengthy hearing prisoner was found gality and sentenced to imprisonment for life.

hood of N. Luzon this morning. depened, is probably central in the neighbour-

The Japanese roturas ara, however, lacking. Fresh N.E winds are indicated in the

Formons Channel and over the N. part of the

China Soa.

Forecast:-Moderate N.E. winde; equally,

showery.