HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, AUGUST 20г, 1996.
is also responsible in no small degree for the present depression; the untural result being a serious curtailment in the purchasing power of The ordinary half yearly meeting of sharn these coins. 11 in satisfactory, however, to note holders in the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank that the Central Government is now alire to the danger involved, so far as the miating of ing Corporation was held at the City Hall on
copper cash is concerned, and that stops have A Mr. Haupt, chairman of Saturday.
Better crops ben taken to restrict the output. directors, presided, and there were present-
insy temporarily reduce the discount silver Messrs. G. H. Mesilast, E. Goetz, Hon. Mr. W. J. Greson, Myksin. C. R. Lenzman supidiary coins in the South, but the only cure D. M. Nissin, A. J. Rayım, N. A Siebe, is the proper regulation and control of the Notwithstanding the advarer H. A. W. Shade and I E. Tomkins (directors: Craten Mint. Mr. H. E. R. Hunter tartig chief manager.ciremust dies 1 an ghul to be in a position to stale that during the past six.weuks an in- Mounts, F. C. Hay. H. N. Moly, A. Hancork.
prosiment in frade has been apparent, and E. Chory, C. W. May, A. Peter, R. R. P. Warreck, C. J. Hynd, D. Ferbek, A. tromites, . 12. Gazlar. Ty Chung-shia.although business continues dull at the moment, still, we may reasonably hop for a revival after Stutt
the full and unhampered opening of Manchuria Ito Kom-tou. Chung fai-kai, A
J. Laire,
to foreign commerce. This has been officially P. G. Schrother. A. 15, Wood, J
noted in take effect from 1st Septimber not, G. I. Tomlin, W. 11. Ray, W. II. Potte. E.
We have to deplore the serious earthquake ni J. Harrett. S. Hancock, W. H. T Bavis.
Murray San Francisco which called forth the syrapalhy A. Newell, Messrs. Hon. Mr. E Stewed. It Pores Sinith, W. 1. Wickhun, of the whole world. Our sympathy is now coupled with admiration for the high-spirited) B. Leyton, 1. A Jupp, and 0. Von der
mymer in which the calamity has been mat and Ifayde.
for the splomiid determination since displayed in Although naturally put to inesexonienee, I sai tenturing this grout centre of Pacific trade.
baton carried on without interruption, thanks led to say we in fored no loss, and oar basisons to the energy of our agent (applause). It wns with gred, engret we heard of the death of Mr. II. M. Bevis in May. During his long service of 31 years, latterly in Shanghai, Mr. Hevis was deservedly popuine both in and out of the Bank By is death we lose a loyal servant, an able and rust successful manage. Our
Mr. HUNTER having crud, the notice cousi vering the meeting.
Tho CHAIRMAN rond the report, after which be said: Colleen. It is my pleasing duty to address you on a veport which I think you will all agren is a meat satisfetory one, and I hope you will appri co të our recctalemiation to dis tribute the profits in paying a dividend of 21. 15 for slater, placing 27ansas To Silver Reservo Fund, anel carrying forward the balance of $1,712,17237. Comparing the lalanes the Rist December with thu cheat
usual in fla 18! tha". fant We
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A VENGEFUL BROTHER.
STRANGE STORT OF MONGOLIA The San Francisco Call of July 10th says:- G. W. Morley, who arrived Festerday on the liner China, left here four months ago la search of his brother in the Far East. He ham retarded
to prepare for anuller search, this time for the man who killed his brothar in the wilds of Mengolia and then robbed the dead,
of wealthy hardware mer- Morley is the conn chant of Saginaw, Michigan. His brother, R. H. Morky, was a journalist, and disappeared about a year ago in Asia, where he was gathering material for a series of magazine articles.
THE OPIUM FARM.
MODIFICATIONS THAT MAY BE NEEDED. -la a Government Gazello Extraordinary issued on Saturday it is notified that His Excellency the Governor-in-Council has hoon pleased to amond the form of grant of the Hongkong Government Opium
Farm, pablished in Notification No. 439 of the 23rd May, 1908), by adding the following provisus
"Provided always that in the event of the exportation of raw opium from India king so restricted during the term hereby granted, as
R. H. Morley left his home nearly two YARTH in the spinion of the Governor-in-Council seriously to affect the business of the granten,ngo, well supplied with funds in the form of
honv land. He wrote with Governor-in-Council, upon the application of the propect of an intresting trip in a little-kucson Kroat regularity, the onus of print whereof shall rest on the letters of erelit and full of enthusiast at th grantes, shall reduce the rent payable under His last letters told of a Frenchman, La Vergar this grant to such an extent or may modify the by name, with whom holul established a tenvel- ing partnership. The last 1ster was from Prking. Morley and Les Verger were to lesso terman of this grant in such other manner us to the Governor-in-Council may seem equitable.
for Maneliuria with a camel train which was "Provided also that in the event of the taking supplies to the Russian army. Then exportation of raw opiam from Tudia being silence. prohibited during the terta heroby granted and the granten und being able to procur, sufficient opium for boiling the granen may give notice to the fiovernor-in-Council of his design to surrender this grant, and, if, is the opinion of the Governor-in-Council rack prohibition seriously affects the business of this grantee, the onus of proof whereof shall rest on the grantee, the Governor-in-Council shall thereupon, or so soon thereafter as he may deem desirable, cancel the same.
Nothing in the two preceding provisos is to be taken to mean that an alteration in the quantity of opian exported from ludiais to be accepted as prima four evidence that the
Juno ball year, our Votes in Circulation an. Chri Manghe, Mr. J. It. M. Sinith, left í farmer is entitled to a reduction of root cơ to u Jess, There is a retion of 847 lars. Gohti for Europe on furlough in the 3 May modification of the terms of this grant' und. Silter current accountsshow comparatively expers him back early next your. During little change. Fized Deposits in Gold show a kis four purs' rangement Mr. Smith has
fupplavery. repiels small increws: these in Silver are lower by Senabled us to place before you a succession of
spel-lik
[berrazed
tacs. These rednetjons are relictod on the other returns to shareholders and the strong position
Our Cush at Sill 1sts isar Bank is in to-lag, testify muro cloquently site of the acengant. Su lacn less, but, as seenrity for an excuss Note than I can to his usuring devotion to sur Circulation of 843 lges, we have in addition 883 | interests, and your Directors are glad of this taes of coin deposited with the Hongkong 1 opportunity in record their high appreciation
Payable show
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of his services and also of those of the
Buiter
Wanager in
Government. Bilk
Sa lars, due to the fart Managers, Agents and Staff generally, without these remmits rednion, i
shown icing co-operation Less Risk- we had we (all
have been achieved (applause). 4222 cently it. It suited us to take silvaalage of a favour-wald not alle discount market. la this connection you Mr. will aberra That Bills of Exchange red soul Shanghai, who is well known to you all, and in tooling on *30th June, amounted to whom your Directors have every confidance, has hon eriuts Acting Chin Manager CLATANTT. 8. 10 This is an increase 241 1 2 comparai with 31st December daring Mr. Smith's absence (applause). Before Fieving the mloption of the report anul accounts I shall be pleased to answer any questions.
There being a questions, the CHAMAR proposed the wingtion of the report and accounts as presented.
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CHINESE STUDENTS CROWD TOKYO.
THEIR POWER FOR GOOD DE EVIL..
An observant visitor to Tokyo writes a lour better to the Japan Ale, from which we take the following
ago.
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After waiting in vain for a lotter Morles's folks belhought them of the letter of crodiť, Inquiry at the bank ruraled the fact that drafts from Shanghai and ('elambe, Ceylon, upgrus gating S2000, and date saveral weeks later. 肆 than the last letter from Murley had been by the bank at Saginaw. Young Morty had ut bon in the habit of dissing such large amounts. An expart to win the signatarer attached to the druits were submitted pro nounced them both forgeries.
brother then start for the Orient. Morley's From the Chinese Government, he said yester. day, but receised said. American Consals id what they could for him and he was enabled Le Verger as far as this little town of Wa Tan after several months to trace his brother and E province of Parim, on the Changin Mongolian border and atent 500 miles north As far as Morley could learn, he was the sixth white man that lind over enters that town is brother and La Verger had been there. They Ead haft together, La Verger retorted alone. His compani's pack pony wandered into
·later. town same days
While searching about the town Morley
of Peking.
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A retired civil servant unfolds in a con temposer magazine an interesting scheme for! the creation of an Tudion Militia to sippleant ROBINSON PIANO the defension strength of the Anglo-Iulian army, le argue that to meet the half-a million) met whom fussin-as the experience of the recent war hur shown--could bring against we have only 100,000 Anglo-Indian troops plus 34,900 mill-trained and uncertain Afghas be necessary for We could not avail ourselves of Fecuguazt a pair of his brother's riding | Forces Lungause garrisons would our Iodinn breeches covering the nother limbs of a young the large cities of India and in some distric Colestial. As far as he could fear they hat And the volunteers could not ba e lled out › employed either in service พะ canaot on foul outside the sh. He beard of get-cally, for the majority are ent
articles that had formed part of his Government or railway they
count pon any larger winfore-ment from home tmother's outfit.
than Sity thousand mea, and Lord Roberts When he left Wo Thu Chang he was The first two Chinese students officially sust
Recently pointed out the in the continge ey to Japan came here a little or sight yours afifid that He brather had been
The anmber live years later was 501.
we should be able to put half a million in the Te had been killed by L. Varger, Town de tie and of the year 1904 it andered on or alust September 5, 1905, and that contemplated it would to imperative that He found that Le Verger was in adventare fighting line. It therefore follow-if we to 2106. Early in November. 19. it was
writer does that the required wi-rint for aboul 10,000 roughly. The huge numbers in different hotels be bad proclaimed himself a
he submitte ocially computed at 8420 and at present whose urteeslents nothing was known. At or our agreement with Japan, as which China has rest hes young men to Japan Frenchman of wash and prominences, but no Ludin's defaune must be drawn from her own 01 the sabject to the military for the pursuit of knowledge during the last year French Corsal in the Orient has may record of population. The writer Kays
fifteen years age and was they in of Asiatic nations. The attempt to find another in that name, or so is a wonderful phenomena in the bitters the same Le Verger and no passport was isot
-1 do not care to tell just new of something told his ideas were impracticable, as instruco in the history of the work where an With the increase in these figures we spa
Asian nation foit the impulse to learn and adopt mere that I learned." aid Morley yesterday solved a departure from the established pra diers. To justify this departure be points ont the methods of a first class lower, with such a1 believe I know wher. To Verger en portion between the British and Indian sel-
going home now, but reduction of $129 lacs in Bills Receivable,
to son over six thound of ita
bus found. passion as Against S laes of Bolliant in Itand and i
young men in loss than a year across the fourt out again soon and if Le Vergor that the march of girisation and education
warne is alive
during the past half century has given all a thouretics sol Transit on 31st Deceinter we now slow
or whatever is real sister country to pain
I will fod him and there will intelligant Indisus a sense of the solul aksi $ck During the six mearths under review
-An. Mr. E. A. Hewett seconded. He said
practical knowledge of various arts of peace and wer, ix Cutile.
accounting. I have another brother who will ages derived from belonging to the British After the very lucid explanation given by the Chine bns required to import little or no silver.
That the young men on their return to Chion also join in the hunt for that rrenchman who Fampire and even the masses know that their Mills Discounud Loans and Credits bare in-vens -
Chairiau very little remains for me to say? Indian Government upon paper a view of the manner in which the meeting will wield enormous influenes on their national won my brothers condence and then murdered daily bread is more secure under British thua il nd & Ines.
affaire is evident. Their number is stupendons. bit for few serable dars if Morley would be under Russian or Home Rule, Conselsalather securitiessstamil at $90g 1,7 HIST
bas received the statement with regard to the
They are representative in the best ses of the did sell this story, he has embroidered a good The official enquiries as agaius: $11, 137gs in the previous balaze building up of the reserve fund it is quite word. They come from all the different pro-dial, and foolsity.
and iudicate that both men were killed by Hang. sheet. Back Premises Account as itenseduseressary for me to say that I feel cosideat vince of China, North, South, East, West a
-hulze daring the war From $1,107,11954 to $127. As you are the very sound policy adopted by the Bank for Central China. They are from all the gree ufl aware our bailding hero in Hongkong is ne
Naval, Military jects. Some of them are in the longer large enough for our requirements. Inthe many years past will meet with the satire society, rich, poor, high and low. In addition. meantime we are asking structural alterations approval of the shareholders (applause). With thy are cogaged in the study of all siad of sub- to give us intuediate relief and, to, profile for regard to the purchase of properly the Bank and Police Schools and Institutes. Others are bas foilowed a very sound principle. 11 is in commercial industrial and technical institu tions. Same are engaged in the study of Law, most of a further demonstration, if one is required, Polities, Economics That the studies of the future, your Directors deemed it advisable
This criticism which appears in the Call will are of the most elementary nature is hard. to acquire the Mick immediately to the west of
The press of Great Britas has never lag our present bailing and to the north of the of the increasing needs of the Bank owing to them
It is to trusted that ly to be doubt, But there are at least two or be ran with some interest. We have also the increasing basin
Government have at length three thousand of them whose studies are pretty mortuuity to picture the horrors of the
tha training in the Chines!
Ivanicid. They are promises of the Chartered Bank.
faradvater
raceising
american graft systems" and to hold before acquired a suitable site for an office of car own
awakened to the danger of the reckless issus
various fecal Universities, High Schools, College
Some of the world or political wrongdoings us an The building
Some under private instructors. H ότι in - Sourabaya.
of subsidiary coinage. Many representations and some
10 read in sehools or exemple of the utter hollowness of the American now Compe of erection. Wi
that Government of the Chinese have been Ця the Sterling Reserve Fund whieb.
designed for them. Others study in the ordic-pubic siltations. If we stile ou reading Couses and late seas on the subject both by the departments of schools which are specially political gyal in unt the unseendass er at you know, in invented
revelatious in the Ceylon posat fisheries, or other first class securities. It is one duty to diplomatic and commercial buties in Chine, ary schools and classes, strictly meant for the the report by Bishop Piter of the unsavory keep these securities up to what we consider and it is to be hoped that these representations Japanese only. But the safe realizable value of £1,099 sterling, and will take effect very shortly. I am sure wo alling their elementary studies by themselves with revert to the saying that misery loves company,
very large, though the exact ares at the forgive us. outure the remarks of the Chairman as to the the beel help they can possibly get, is probably our brother across the ocean will surely Bishop Potter explains that the Ceylon fish- we are therefore sie you will agginové of our
present moment are and available.
It is ao exaggeration to say that the problemeries, worth millions of pounds were furn having augmented them by the purchase of regret wa felt at the death of Mr. Bevis, who €28,400 24 per veul. Consola cut, of current; had been for so long cannected with the Brok
and complicated. What to do with these to trade there, and, of conre, controls the price profits. At market prices cu 30th Jund these! and bad renderol faith ful service to it. He hadi of the Chinese students in Japan is very knotty orer to a trust, tant has the rxelusive right to securities were worth £1,065,015, equivalent to bron associated with the Bank for a very long hausal Celestial students is still a riddle to of years the world over. The Bishop declares $10021,92254 at current rate of exchange
the educator and sociologists of Japan. Their that the cuneesion was obtained by a barefaced
as ever disgraced a Cupressional lobby. As regards the Silver Reserve Fund if you
number and its unusually rapid increase buffles tricky manipulation of the vulgar apprnce of the proposed addition, it will stand
all effort at systematic work. The students craving to parse studies of any and safly tight have been worse Unit a pari menopoly, diflicult. If they ara put in the sans classes at 810,25 yeners lees more than our cepital.
different antero make the work all the more but it is only a step between an oyster she Gerilor, the batulsome dividends distribut
with the Japanese, they being not up to the ed for many years, increasel only when i
rove a drag to the Japanese students Directors and mausgement were convines that
proper mark, and being ignorant of the Japanese
Course
iu
to
period and to many of us he was a warms persons friend. The only other point to which I wish to refer is that regarding the Chief Manager, This very satisfactory to find that Mr. Smith. the Chief Mazager has been able to produce so I satisfactory reports, and that the law-iness eased him to give increasingly satisfactory reports
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AS OTHERS SEE US.
THE AMERICAN POINT OF VIEW.
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The writer refers to the growing confidesen in the loyalty of native troops. Finally he quo's expert opinion to show that the best Judian troops Most of them come from the are as good fighting men as any
in the Punjab and it is in this Province that he would raise his militis. The great bulk of these people Jats, Rajputs, Punjabi Muselmen, ari eccupied in husbandry for nine months of the year, but for the rest-the winter months. In
these
mouths be says they would be proud and when soldiers are busiest, they are idle.
Government in any hon. happy to serve arable. remunerative congenial and noi too distant occupation. A milili would fulfil all the provisos
farmer
OPPOSITE KING EDWARD HOTEL,
HONGKONG.
Hongkong, 20th July, 1906.
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GINSENG IN CHINA
The soldier is the most hon- cared of men among them. The writer sis
Mr Thornw Wayner United States reveano as a prize for eficiency every be at least 1 500, and once "effectives" four Cousal, writing from Nanking, says.it has often would voluntour. The sumber available would suggests that if given muafi or remittance of
or fio weeks' traming & your woukl kop them been surfed that, next to ten, ginseng is the bs one-fifth that of Indian regulors. The may well be termed the reall, as the Chinese greatest difficulty would be the supply of have a wonderful faith in its carative and strengthening propertis, for which reagon il ply the mark. And the vast per mon would most celebratel plaat in all the Origat. It
has been styled the "einnhom of China." It is ensider d to be a cure for fevers and most costly medicine." The Consul ventunes: The plant
is found wild ie the mountain forests of It eastern Asia, from Nepal to Manchuria.
British officers.
STARTLING FIGURES.
enormous amount of scrap metal were to
It is estimated that there are 600,000 tons of formerly grew in Fukin. Kiangnan, and The root is carefully hunted consists mainly of copper, brass, iron and steel for by the Mannhus, who burst that the jak, axolasive of the brick. lying in the debris Shansi, but was supplanted by the Manchurian which when markete, will not the junk dosiers woods of their country are the choice drags be known to resins their weight in gold, while the the devastated district of San Francisco. It will root.
of the w rld, it would require a fleet of between upwards, Japan sends to Chins the cheapest many millions of dollars. If, says the Cali, this of the Chinese. Some wild roots have been
1 and 2 great steamishis. If transported ginseng, a great deal of which is used to in aniling vessels it would need a fent of adulterate the batter Korean. The value and them down until their quality of the root of the four principal produe- fino sails and
countries ranks as follows: Manchuria,
and Japan. Prices after
Fury
the earning power of the Bank warranted it, topplause). beg to Round the adoption of nord their progress. In addition to this of mining privilegs in the Trenseral at the shipped to Hongkong, the great junk warket cultivated is purchased for from 50 cents pound
Before passing
like
the report al recounts.
The adoption of the report and accounts was carried unanimously.
Wag
(the last instance of this being que your ago), bear solid testimony to the wisdom of building up our reserves tapplaare). It is ble policy
Mr. STEWART proposed the confirmation of steadily pursued, which has enabled us to prosper continuously in the fare of keen and increasing the appointment of Mr. H. E. Tomkins and
I feel content it has the Bon. Mr. W. J. Gressin us directors. Mr. DAYS seconded, and the motion competition, aut
unanimously married, your apprasai (applause).
I theeld the accounts frem
The CHAIKHAN--That is all the business of to take the opportunity of resaluding you that fluctuations in balances are apt to buy the mealing plemen. Thank you for your misleading. Our silver figures ineinde quis attendance Dividend wariants will be ready
un Monday. Jents at current rates of large manuts in pro- tected and fixed carrenvies, in addition to tiská Current Acconuts and Pixel, Deposits which alone amount to nearly £bumin starling; therefore our totals in silvar inust go up or down according as exchange fluctuates and quite independently of other causes. The trun guide to our progress or otherwise is our turnover and javfits. You will be glad to hear that the former continues to grow and despite daller trade during the six months under review we are able to record a large increasi of business,
and
uf
waxed
mes.
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BRITONS WANT TO GIVE BACK MEAT.
DR
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sad a can of erotsked bef after all.
England is nothing if not entirely hourst- hour sisation in South Africa, the distribution according to our British centerparies. The
scandals in the commissary departments of the government ad private schools in Japna are crowded to their utmost limit of capacity. Such navy were, as Hishop Patter says, cleansed in is the dilemma from a
gunwales were awash. If all this wealth of America, and rom a political point of view, prints and no diety He wok founted in c export of her offenders against the causy
junk were sont East by rail, allowing an array according to the, manner of ciarity. Some From the social standpoint the outlook in more public. The inference is that America makos
of 30 pounds to the car, it could to curried The students como fvera rich and public t poor families and from different ranks soiety of the prople and Great Britain does not..
This Japan are
is an age of expand graft because we The social conditions in Chius and
cars would s rotch along the rails for about 800 reddish, and still others a yellowish tings. The
Korean Foot
is retkisk, due, it is said, to the gloomy still. Very diffrent from each other. lu Chins the have better raethods of exposing it than we did by a train of 10,000 este, and a train of 40.000 Chinese provinces prefor it white, othora
badred thousand tons are 1344 00 00 forraginous soil, others arting it to be due to Jased
Six men with seclusion of women, especially of the higher in the days when Morgan and his men
the carpe read and
merebati rich the p
Li i perangal
vernon) poonde. Estimating that the average man can the peculiar process of clarifying. Most of the classes, bas always been suforedr liberty of women has always been associated the partial conant of
there is a grafter has a deal to work upon in the United ft 10 pounds, it would take 18.445,00 men to Korean product goes to Southern Chins with suspicious charseter. In Japantevidonee States, but we roul him out and pillory lines lift the junk of San Francisco. Que horse entoring by way of Hongkong, where the red.
Молад is in
A spec es cf
power is 550 pounds per second, so that it dish finge is much preferred.
Wild ginseng, from whatever country, always in the bourding house, street cir, soon as he is located j orer and temple.
wuld take more than 2,000,000 horses to move! Thon. there
naouviable notoriety," to le aura, but is on is the sectasion of wenen. park.
this mountain of junk for one second, though commands a better price than the cultivated, mostly because of Chiness superstition, which Mr. E. C. Rai—I am sure you will all jou of the boarding house effective system, and Engbed would do well to
€50,000 koters euld readily bant i
prefers roots rumbling man, or some grotesqu keepers, of which there are a great number in follow our example and stop scolding.
being rather than the regular permal roots, ulzest
Country
who bring these every
which cultivation uaturally tends to produce. the Directors, the Chief Manager, and the staff with me in passing a hearty vote of thanks to
when LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.
It has been stated the Chinedurggists, wi generally for the very fall account they have sophisticated youths into temptation to make out of it. Again, a town like Tokyo, bounds in ferco temptation, which not only
the Manchurian wild and tin American The .31. str. Polynesien with the next rendered to us to-day. (applause).
wreck the mural tires of the Celestial students
Francisco Chronide states that British grocers, cultivated root, admit that such difference is A special dispatel from London to the Sur questioned closely as to the real diferance but of the Japanese students and others as well. Freach mails left Saigon on the 18th inst., at
43.m., for this Viewed from a political point of view,
with uusaleable alcoke of American meals oord
of the roots, but in the appearance di Berence evening, situation, has its own difficulties. That there about stand port, and is expected here on or
The 1.G.31. str. Franz Hemrich, carrying the baud, are said to have asked the Americanmily imaginary, although there is a rost are many hot-beads among the students is true.
in German quils with lates From Berlin of the packe to relive them of these goods, or at that since the Manchurian ginseng comes from A little knowledge is a dangerous thing
words of
of the poet, and the contact of the Sist Jus, left Colomba on Friday, the 17th in-t.. bast to bear part of the ions. Reprontations in the Emperor's mother outry, and from the may be expected here on or about Lansion of the packers regard the suggestion as sans soil from which sprang the Son of Heaven, the Chiness regard it as infinitely more inadmissible. On the 18th at 11.35 am--The barometer Chinese students with the Japanese people, p.,
"We are sorry for the logore," said we officacious as a gourishing and life-giving The 1.G.M. str. Sachison, students reckless. A shallow and hasty intro-
the 15th inst, arrived at Shanghai on Friday, them, but why should we want back the meat panacea than any other ginseng could possibly When we met you six months ago there was wurde hanghai.
The lowest pressure is over N. China, sud duction to the Western freedom of press and the Lighest over the N. part of the China Sea, pech is sure to fill the beads of these students the 17th inst., at 10 p.tâ.. general confidence that on the opening of the
It is normal over the Phiippines, alight y above with hazy notione. There are besides yomo Northern ports in the spring we should see an improved demand for foreign manufactares. over ile S. rosst of hina and Formosa, and ultra-radical Chinese patriots in Japan, whose
about 1 inch in defect over the E. eset of influence is far from sobering This, however, has not been the case and, as a
Cuina.
Gradients are light, and light to moderate S. Lequence, Mocks in the North have ae-
HOW TO BE BEAUTIFUL Keep your com cumulated. Owing to a shortage in the rice end S. W. winds are indicated along the China'
Charmant and Special Skin Tonic and Poudre crop in the two Kwang provinces and the coast and light saviablo winds over the Chineplexion, Mrs. Ellen's Creme Charmant. Lait Her diminished Cuuten silk crep we are also passing Se Returns from N. China sud Japan are lacking Charinant will enable you to do it.
Specialities for the Skin are the study of a through dull times in the South. The reckloss this morning.
Honghong rainfall for the 24 hours seding Betime. A. S. Watson & Co., Ltd., Sole Agents.
713 wirting of copper cash and silver subsidiary vine by the provincial governments in Claus at 10 am, to-day, 9.00 inches.
The CHAUAN-On behalf of the Directos and the members of the staf 1 thank you for your kind words (applause)
WEATHER REPORT.
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the 20th just.
The resulting protits speak for themselves. has fallen slightly at all stations to the South-unless it be not superflein), is apt to make these | Motive, the 27th inat, pich left here on
The Ben Line str. Benclench, from London,
here on the ud inst. &c. left Singapore on the 16th iust, and is due The E. & A. str. Empire arrived at Sydney
22nd
on the 17th inst.
The Great Northern str. Minnesota, from 16th inst., at 10 pm, and is expected to arrive Seattle, sailed from Kobe vie Shanglui on the here on the 23rd': inst.
The N.Y.K. 8. Wakasa Mare (European Line) left Shanghai for this port on the 17th August, and is expected here on the 20th iuxt,
sold in good faith and against which charges of be.
Many usert that the future demand for unsoundness conrot be established? Even if the dealers it would be bad policy for us to doing will be a decreasing oue, from the fact that ife imaginary properties of ouring every we deemed it expoliant in this case to relieve so, because in the future we should be asked to disesse on earth will be dissipated in proportion Lich the dealers for any to the advance of medical science. There can take back everything
be no doubt, however, but that ginseng bas reason feand undesirable.
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'At this late day the British trade discovers curatiro properties. Whatever its medicinal that it has talked freely when ailenes would properties, it can safely be asserted that it will have been its wisest course. Its only hope now take many generatious, perhaps an eternity, lo of escaping loss amounting to millions of dollars shake the Chineman's implicit faith in bis is in letting the west sensation die se quickly as mysterious, time-honoured cure-all. possible and working off the present stock.”
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