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HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,

COVERNMENT CONSENT TO INCREASE OF

CAPITAL

L. 8. RANCIS HENRY MAY. Offeer Administering the Government,

TO PREVENT DUMPING.

Was wase

once,

the

THE HONGKONG DAILY PREES, MONDAY, JUNE 24TH 1907.

FUNNELS AND FLAGS.

NEGLENTINO TO REGISTER.

not renewed for a period of two years and six↑ months."

"TANSAN"

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The only genuine TANSAN bears the name of J. CLIFFORD-WILKINSON on the labe "Herd water bardens the artorios; Soft Water helps to keep them slastic and pulse-responsive TANSAN is the Softast of all Drinking Waters, TANSAN is entirely free from the obnoxions taste peculiar to salted or other fabricatod

Marine men of Seattle, says the local Times, Deware of Bogns Imitations! are emphatic in their defence of Captain Before Commander Basil F. Taylor, Francke, and say that if the ease be taken before RN

Marine Magistrate, at the Marine Pecretary Streams of the Department of Com Magistrato's

Court

Saturday, Mr. merce and Labour, Francks' would without a A. C. Botelho, chief olerk in the Harbour doubt be vindicated and would be able to secre Department, proceeded pgalust Ko Fuk, master

a license as master upon taking the examination of the steams inunch Thum Woo, and Shik to show that he was a capable navigator. Tai-shing, coxswain of the steam launch Lloyd

Captain

Whitney stated that should by any for failing to produce their certificates to the possible chance Captain Francks apply for s Harbour Blaster for the purpose of registration. master's licence before the thirty months is up fined $10 apiece, the alternative being eas nothing i

The defendants, who had nothing to say, wors

it would be refused him, although there is in the statutes which says that a United mouth's imprisoumeat.

States inspector can refuse to issue a license to a man who can show by regular examination that he is a skittal navigator.

and

WITHOUT LIGHTS.

The oxswains of the steam launches Lloyd Morning Pait wors summond before Commander timil H. Tayler, R.N., Marine Magistrate, for failing to exbibit a bright light on the early morning of the 20th instant, Defendants made the excuse that their lights were blown out by the wind, but, as it was

were fixed 310 apiece. proved there was no wind on the occasion, thor

SUNDAY CARGO WORK.

Should Captain Francke appeal from the present recommendation he would have to go to the supervising inspo for of the Proffic Cont Failing there, he could go to the supervising inspector-general of the United States, and finally to the Secretary of Commerce and

when Labaar. Friends of Captain Francke say that he heart of the "decision rendered by Supervising Inspecter Birmingham he will fight the case to a finish.

"It is rumoured about marine circles" that Captain Francke is backed by a large steamship company, which is very suxious to have him in command of one of ita vessels and that it will do everything in its power to get him.

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to expand their respectivo natural flavors.

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THE

NATURE AND MAN.

(WRITTEN FOR THR Japan Chronicle wy 8. AKIMOTO.J

ROBINSON PIANO

CO., LTD.

I dreamed a dream last night, such as I bad; mover dreamed before, nor do I wish to again. I saw in my dream a hoary old man of loug, pale, haggard visago and with shaggy board. He was of terrible, won-boga e aspect, and was stated at a worm-ratan desk, poring over aA sient volumes of mysterions lore, Thea I bebeld standing by his side a fair auge of TALKING

beauty charming and Lowering height, whogo

ground.

In one of her snow-white hands-I could not tell whether the left

the right- she carried a golden wand on which was the

the consoal of a generel (extraordinary) mooting kings" because of their ballying attitude, did Spaday Labour Ordinance, 1892, Amendment machine would be in irath the heat engine word "Creation" and in or other hand sho

PREVENTING ACCESS TO A WHARE. At the Harbour Offo on Saturday before Commander Basil H. Taylor, R.N., Marine Magia nuts, the ongewain of the launch Shum we was charged with unlawfully allowing bis craft to lie off the Pottinger Street wharf in such a manner as to prevent the from Socess of other boats thereto. His Worship fonad defendant guilty and inflicted a fine of $1 or in default of payment, one month's imprisonment.

The Straits Times of June 15th says :-At a time when the supremacy of the ports of Singapore and Panang is challenged, if not

neighbouring Dutch Colorios, it was appro priste that Mr. Fort should raise the question of Sunday labour on the second reading of the Bil, which applies the local Ordinance to While the majority of the European Cahan residents of the Colong may be assumed to bo opposed to Saaday labour, and that not merely on religions grounds, there is no nee attempting to get away farm hard facts, and one of these is that while the Straite Settlements rest our Dutch neighbours work, with the result that trade is likely to be

attracted away from porta and the commercial importance of Siuga- pore and Fonang menaced. The laws prohibiting Sunday labour is the Far Eastern Colonies were introduced in one of those periodic fits of righteousness which attack a certain class of British politicians. It is impossiblo, apparent ly to make the people of England understand that the conditions of life and trade abroad are not the same as pressil at Home. Ships at sas sunnot fis up on Sundaya to let the row gole church, and it is equally absurd to expect the current of the world's commerce to atop at the all of any religious sect. At torminal porte, it is possible, of labour or bag, to enforce the cessation bat in ports like Pg and Singapore, standing on the world's high way, it is merely imposing restrictions on rigid obser range of the Sabbath. As a matter British shipping and British trade to enforce a

our

B

Her name,

In the course of his presidential address at the thirty-eighth annant mesting of the Iron and Stool Institute, Sir Hugh Bell said that bayond doubt we, who stood on the threshold of the twentieth century, might look forward to great and far-reaching changes before the next handrel years were run out. New formes were

well be the steam engine would be as obsolete as he horse-gin before the twentieth gate place to the twenty-first contury, and that the new towards which the Brat experimenters worked. Even the slentric telegraph appeared to be absolescent. If he to-day looked forward, what form might his gueen of the fature take? How in a hundred years would the groat, swiftly With gliding ship of those days be propelled? little ar, maghap, with no machinery on board. with barely any crew, she would speed on her way drawn by the electrio force generated at

Nature: Wherefore, thon mortal man, Niagara, and transmitted over the Atlantic hydeat thou remain eo mournful and wretched wireless telegraphy. She would cross to New upon this delightful day surrounded by all the soothing beauties and blessings of the earth York, like her cargo, and return as she came.

which I confer upon thee?" Strange as this forecast might seem, it was ne more ficredible than that which had happened since 1867. The things which to us were commonpisees would have been deemed im possibilities by our forefathers,

had long unsheathed sword of terror-inspiring sharpness, upon the cold blade of which was carved the sword of destruction." se I became aware, was Nature, whose laws and dictates all men and things must submit, Nature slowly bent herself over the silent man and addressed him in her sweet, melting tone. Then the following conversation took place bo- tween the two-

MACHINES

AND

RECORDS.

NEW STOCK JUST ARRIVED.

LARGE AND VARIED ASSORTMENT

The second of the series of looturen promoted by the gentlemen who measge the Chinese public dispensaries with the object of preventing the spread of dumping, was delivered by Mr. Lau Chu-pak at the Ko Shing thostre on Saturday afternoon. In the course of bis The recent resolutions confirmed by share-

remarks the speaker said that in 1904 the late holders of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank-Governor, Sir Matthew Nathan, saked the ing Corporation at an extraordinary mealing Banitary Board why the Chinese dumped their for the increase of the Bank's capital from fon dead, and how the practics could be successfully to fifteen million dollars, have been approved by stopped. Dr. Clark, Medical Oficer of Health, Government, and in the current Gazette the attributed the cause of dumping to the saving of consent of His Excellency the Officer Adminis the cost of burial, while the Chinese members tering the Government has been proclaimed. attributed it to the fear caused by drastis plague The proclamati » reads as follow~

procedure in former years. Alter His Excol lancy's inquiries the public dispensaries wer started by the Registrar-General, Mr. Fang By His Excellency Francis Henry May, Wa-chun and the speaker, for the benefit of the Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Chinese, and to avoid postmortem examinations Saint Michael and Saint George, Ofcer which all Chinese in the Colony ware so much Administering the Government and Commander afraid of. After explaining the objeals of these in Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and ite dispensaries, the speaker told of the Fabio Dependencies and Vice Admiral of the same. Health measures in existence prior to, and Whoress by section 2 of the Hougkengrand after, 1904. Previous to 1904, when a plague Board Shanghai Banking Corporation Ordinanco

notifiest the Sanitary 1907, it was provided among other things funt detached a policeman to mant guard oot. it should be awful for the Company notwith-side the patient's Lous to prevent standing anything onstained in section 22 of occupiers of any of the flora from masing the Principal Ordinanes (bolug thu Hongkong but their things, or helding communication The patient was taken and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ordinance with their friends. 1866), or in the Deed of Settien at hersin men away to the "glass works" in Kennedytown, tioned from time to titass to extend or increases but the benso was not always disinfected at positively threatened, by competitors in the † again being placed within our reach. It might gorgeous wings swept gracefully down upon the.

the inspector with the Sometimes its capital for the time being by the creation and Hole of new shares so ne the same was made with cloansing gang, whom the Chiome called "rat of the abareholders of the Company to be special not turn up till the following day, and mean. ly called for that purpose and with the consout while the occupiers were not allowed to go out. previously obtained of the Governor and under Daring the disinfection the cocopiers worn such conditions and provisions as he might required to wear a convict like garment, and think fit, such consent being evidenced by a

were either sent to the cheervation block rented notification or proclamation to that effect under by the Government for the segregation of the hand of the Governor and published in the plague contacts or turned out to make the bem Ciniette, and so is the total amount of the capital shift they could whers no observation beases of the company should not exceed the sum of were provided. There was no compensation twenty millions of dollars. Provided that for articles damaged or destroyed. The ir "whenever and so often as any further capital fected houses had to in limewashed before they was raised then a notification or proclamation to were allowed to he neempied again, sud eftes that affect under the band of the Governor those who could not find a brass clawbore at should be published in the Gozelle and the once had to sleep under the verandah or on present capital of ten millions of dollars together the footpaths with their furniture and be with auch farther capital should thenceforth belongings piled up beside them. Neither takon to be the fixed capital of the company, but the sick nor the dead were allowed to be removed

The American Trading Company have taken with power nevertheles further to increase such from the Colony without a special permit,

in Yokohama a step which should at least anlist Nature: Why dost thou fret and pina so onpital from time to time as was therein Police cordens surronuded different districts to

the interest of the foreign public by their like a wayward little obild. I have ocme to provided.

provent the inhabitants of one distrist. from

attempt to introduce into this country the use of soothe thy sorrow and relieve thy struggle. removing into another. Soldiers wore engaged

calcium chlorite as a preventive of dust. This But baat tuon not ample reason to be perpetually in visiting house after house in search of the

Buzzer, Mond & Co, Ld., of Northwich, of breathing, of living in this lazariant world product was brought out last your by Mosera joyous and thankful for this glorious privilege

lime There could he no

doubt that goob In that spirit so dear to English hearts, assured from the first. The distinctive charas Man: On the contrary, I have simple reason the mortal's imperfoo! eyes real pleasures would mesaares alarmed bia hearers, but since 1904. à compromise has been effected. Mail sten. ter of the material, according to the malers, to be discontented and miserably. The world sometimes appear illusionary, as imaginary

and discharged, so is that it pot on the strong representation of the Registrar- mere may be ladon

road surface tears and weeping. No longer can I bear to

Man: "Let a pleasure appear a pain or a General, Mr. Fung Wa-chun, the apnake, and that mail services may be maintained with together and so hardens the dust particles than mallest Inzariant is full of ills, sorrows, mains real.

some degree of regularity, and permite to but it also continuously absorbs moisture witness all there miseries, bid the either pain a pleasure, what docs il signify since all other gentlemen having the wolfam of the load and unload on Sunday may be obtained from the atmosphere, especially at night time sweep them away from the world or me frem it," nome to naught and destruction in the end. Chinese at Isart, the messures have been so under merlain conditions—one of which in the and thus reomperates itself, so that the effects Nature: O, thou poor, irritating, hard-to- What is thine object, pray tell me, in creating.

of a substantial fee. Thus in the of a single treatment will last for sororal wieka.

eka, plouse oventure! Cheer up thy clouded heart, all things to bring them to decay at last. modified as to cause the least alarm and payment

Mr. Lau Chu pak the public conscience salved! In another Colony-Calsina chloride is also said to be free from all and open thine eyes to the green meadows, the cannot but compare thee to a selfish and fickle irritation pessitie

we do not know that the same conitions exist ingredients d-laterions to roadways, horees lofty Lille and the blooming flowers, Орна child who takes delight in heaping up toys nad spoke with regard to the requirements of the here, while it is prohibited to work earge hoofs and biopels and antor tyres, and is also thine osrs to the merry songs of the birds of palling them to pieces just as fancy dictates law with reference to plague at the present on Sundays, banker coal may be taken free from groans and tarry matter, being quite the air and tinkling melodies of constant him. I ask then again, what is thy jurpose in

board: vessels may be repaired odourless, clean and easily dissolved. It is strooms, Are they not all tokens of gladness creating all things and mon? time, and urged his bearers to co-operate with OD.

gratitude? They all

Natare: "It is not thy business to question sing and dance with render a road moddy or sticky ; on the contrary joy, whilst did not, no further concessions could be gives

the surface becomes vinvoth and dustless and is {

Stay, deceitful Nat are! They are all the conclusion of all conclusious. Thou art them, seither could the Chinese members of the

kept in a clean and sanitary condition.

signs of sorrows and terrore in which the only to obey my laws and not ask me why thou Board ask for any more. Though te sposker

A list is given of some of the public authori. world abounda The rivers moan over the art to live the life I have alloto thee, and work was desirous of doing his best for bis countrymon

ties that have up to the present used calcinete:nal monotony thon imposest upon them, and are just as I firect, and they duty will chlorile for dust-prevention on roade, from The birds of the air are bewailing their hard be doun and my object socomplished."

Mon: which we gather that some soventy distie and fates; it is the lost cry of sadness and agony.

What then hast thou given cano ciber councils in England have tried it with Mountains and hills stand as reminders of thy brains and reason for? What is man's duty saccess.

destructivo ravages."

and what is thine object ?" Nature: "Thou art wrong, mortal man. I Naturs: Oh, pour, self-torneosing creature. orsate them all for men's good. If thou en What then desirest in religion, any religion- joyest them not the fault is thine."

to seek resignation and comfort therefrom Man: "I acknowledge it is thy hand that bre The ore thou thinkost, the more torture must erested them, but it is also thy hand which than feel."

Afan: Thou porishest thy

"I distrust and hata religion. It is destroyeth thera all." creations by blown terrible and sudden or the nothing but the retreat of age, the refuge of cruel process of deadly slowness. Now tell me cowards. The work and superstitious

may rely why thou hast the wand in one hand and the upon ite delusive doctrines, but I, a sober and thinking philosopher, how can I be duped by word in the other."

Nataro: "I create and destroy according to such a paltry refuge? Religion is a delusion nothing but the my will and it is not thy portion to ask me why) and a snare into which The work is given to this and it is thine until blind and superstitions fall. thou art withdraws from it. Try and enjoy it

Natura."

Man lives by religion its hopes while thou livert and ask me no questions boat and trusts. Since thou hast neither love for my will and the fu ure."

the beauties around thea nor religion I may as Maa:

well give thee thy proper due-death.”.

DUST PREVENTION,

The Japon Mail saya :--

Man: "Whenes didst thon cools and who art thon, that thon as rudely interruptest my study and thought?"

Nators: "My name is Nature, thy creator, MUSIC:

thy guardian ad th ford.

Man: "Art thou the nature I bave heard of so often. But thou art mot man's creator and guardian, though thou mayat be bis lord. Thou art his tormentor and destroyer."

And whereas it having been duly intimated to the fleer Administering the Government of Hongkong and its Dependencies that the sick, and the dead were buried in èblorida of \ of fact, the observance here is not rigid. England, and its success seems to bays been of beauty and bounty

desire of the barebolders of the mid company was further to increase the capital of the said company to the total amount of fifteen millions of dollars by the creation and sale of new shores subject to the provisions of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ordinauce 1947, | and to have the previous consent of the Officer Administering the Government thereto, the said Oloer Administering the Government cu the 15th, day of June, 1967, in writing did signify his consent to the proposed areation of

LATEST COMIC OPERA SCORESĮ

AND

DANCE MUSIC

JUST ARRIVED.

Hongkong, 29th November, 1906.

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additional capital of the said Company subject the Government to prevent dumping. If they and painted; and, in other ways, plenty of farther c'uinued that this products does not and is thon are slove, wretched and angry." these things, mer is it my will to satisfy it till

to the provisions of the said Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ordinance

1907 to the extent of five millions of dollars.

And whereas it baving been represented to

me that par stent to the said consent a further capital of Eve millions of dollars divided into

wharon of $125 etch has been created.

Now therefore I in pursuance of section of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Cerpe ration Ordinanco 1967 de hereby proclaim that the said further capital of five millions of dollars has beau created and that the said sum of five

millions of dollars, together with the said sum of ten millions of dollars making in at a total of Aton willions of dollars shall henceforth be taken to be the fixed capital of the said Compan y.

Given under my hand and the Public Seal of "the Colony, at Victoria, Hongkong, this 20th

day of June, 1907-By Usmanid,

A. K. THOMSON,

Colonial Secretary. God Save the King. CONSENT.

L.S. FRANCH HENRY MAY,

Officer Administering the Government To the Court of Dirauters of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.

I, Francis Henry May, Companion of the Most. Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George. Officer Administering the Govern" mont and Commander-in-Chief of the Cotony of Horgkung and its Deprodorcies and Vice Admiral of the same, do hereby signify my equent to the proposed increase of the capital of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation from ten millions of dollars to fifteen millions of dollars subject to the provi. sions of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ordinance 1967.

Dated this 15th day of June, 197.

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The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals soknowledges, with thanks, the following donations to the funds of the Hospitals:--- Ho Tai Shang

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work is found for the overs and crew, and so the Sunday abour Ordinance is, to all intanta and purpose, a dead letter so far as they are concerned, 1f it were left to the European firms here to regulate their be could not sympathise with this means of ovador without legislative interforence, doubtless every effort would be made to avoid unnecessary ing the law. It was revolting alike to European labour and to give their employes afloat and and Chiness citizens, and to use a familiar ashore an opportunity to rest on Sunday. Of

the uative shipowners we cannot write a native expresion "The song of the dead confidently, and perhaps it is as well that loral would some day settle their account with shipping is regulated by Ordinance. But it the perpetrators before the king of Purgatory." is obvious that there cannot be any half In conclusion, the speaker said he could measures. Either Sunday Inbour ought to be Lot help saying that all the harshness, friction enforced afloat and ashore in its entirety in spite of the danger of destroying the ports, or thers and hostile feeling they had experienced could should be po restriction whatsoever. It would Lave been avoided if those who had the not ba

fair, for instance, to allow the authority and intelligence had pitied. those through steamer, tramp or regalar liner, to cargo on Sunday while the couting who End net, rather than aggravating the work severity of the law by their inconsiderate teamers were compelled to enforced idleness. If the neighbouring ports were under the same and unsympathetic action. The Government conditions, there would be less reason to grumble was always well intentioned in making laws at the local Ordinance; bot since every effort and impartial in administering them, bot is being made to establieb successful rivals to without the assistanee of its officers and mea, whether the present policy should

Parang and -ingapore, it is well to consider be motioned who wore for the most part Chiasse, it could The question is certainly arguable, and we are not carry out any law successfully. He might glad that Mr. Fort's request that the subject therefore he perdonail for saying that the should be coopond was agreed to by His English section of officialdom stould not Exellonoy, the Coveroor, with a view to representations to the Imperial Goverument, be held entirely responsible for the grievances should that be considered desirable. of this Chinese, who had been foolish enough to foar the coloured foremen, and the conlies

in uniform, and to tolerate their ill-treatment.

THE LOSS OF THE DAKOTA.**

Calcium chloride arrives in 5 ert. drums which before being opened are pounded with large lammers to loosen and reduce the size of the erys'als, and the nenal method when it used on an extensive scale is to prepare a basic solution of great strength, from which the pre paration for watering roads is componnded with out loss of tias in the proportion of 1 evt. to 100 gallons of water, 300 gallons being suficient for 800 square yards or about 100 yards length of Main Street opposite and adjacent to No. 28 The cost is about 60 yen per ton or about you por owl, the total being swelled by a 20 por cout, duty and froigst of over 30 shillings For reads that have not previously been treated two applicatious on successive days are reum wooded and it is thought that so last ingura the effects of the chemical that not more than four in the course of the summer will be required. Much of course depends on the nature of the roads and the weather ex- perienced.

per tok.

On Wednesday Maic Street, from a point opposite the Chartered Bank to another op posite Lane Crawford and Co's was treated, the engine employed being an ordinary water ing cart dragged over the roadway at big speed which probably prevented the thorough saturation of the surface that is desiderated, Another application will be givon to-day and perhaps a third may be necessary unless the men dragging the cart can be persuaded to frget that they are not harnessed in an ordinary water eurt.

THE ONE-WHEEL RAILWAY CAR.

|

"How can I with sense und rerson

The

Thon whom

enjoy a thing which is uncertain and unreliable? Man: Ah, death is welcome; give mo It is just as giving a porcupine to an ignorant death. I am tired of living in a world where child to play with. How is he to know whether one sere only delusion, and darkness. it is his friend or foe? How can he in his whole universe is a vacant zerg

the blind adors and worabip I distrust and certainly enjoy its company Nature, then augrateful and distrustful cra9," wretch! Caust thou not learn to believe, trust, five and admire? It is good that every mortal is not like thee, a distrustful cynic Thy name what is it, and what can it be that has stuffed thy small brain with these foolish, tormenting notions?"

Nature: Well, I give thon death as thou desirest, but ore I end thy life, then shalt have any revenge for abusing my nume."

With these words nature ilted her double- adged sword and gave the slightest touch upon the phi opher's head. Immediately his brain Man: My name is Philospher and it is became distracted; he was raving mad and my thinking which has aronsed my soused amidst the pitous groane of Sory mental to the vanity of all vanities which has filled anguish, the philosopher died a horrible and the world form top to botton,"

agonising death. Nature: "I have heard of thee.

What au Then I awoke, and realised that it was a unaccountable fool them art to torment and dreara.

ANTI-OPIUM MEMORIAT

BEVERE CENSURE UPON CAPTAIN FRANCK. The report of the "Dakota" investigation TRADE IN SOURABAYA,

was made publie on the 19th May. As uiroudy briefly reported, Captain Francka is severely According to a report of the Camber of conured, and ree mwendation mads that his Commerce in Souratays the sapectations of a licence, which has expired, is not to be renewad a period of two and one-half years. The poor coffee crop for the year 1906 are realised, for a

report, which alle several typewritten pages, which was not the cans with the sale of coffee,

The quality of the Liberin coffee was good, was forwarded to Supervising Tuspector Die far as Yokohama is concerned the trial is of the Java coffer only passablé, A few mingham in San Francisca, on May 18th and almost entirely au experiment; indeed the puzzle thy small head with themes so great d unsolvable, when thou hast plenty to do, plantations excepted, a total mis-crop for the the following day word was received that the American Irading Co. are ready to practically ser, and to enjoy. Lean to look upon the year 1907 is expected, caused by the permanent results could be made public at once.

make a prezent of the results to the city in order brightest side like the past, thy fellow-man, H. E. Wen Hai, Chancellor of the Grand rsins. The estimated production for 3907 of 5

The t coffee districts in East Java amounted to by the inspectors dotailing cloarly the conditions country. It will be at once seen that the first darkest part of life. Is not the post happy Throne censuring the taxity to which the opium testimony of Captain Francke is rasiewed to introducs the system in other parts of the and think like the post no more of the Secretariat, bas submitted a memorial to the 107,890 pies for Java and 30,166 for Liberian nader which the mammotu liner was wrecked on

cost may not bear comparison with that of and contented, ever ready to admire and sing, probibition has been carried out in that although, coffee. The sugar crop of 1906, though less March 3rd ou a reef about one mile from Shira- water, but the labour involved in three or four be the subject as trifling as a leaf. Yet he opium dens in the capital have all been closed, than in the two preceding years, was however hama. Dealing with Captain Francke, the daily sprinklings will, it would seem, more than is but mortal as thou art.

prepared opium is being freely sold. The varse mack higher than the average of the last ten report says:-

make up the difference. Residents will watch Man: The poet in childish; he locks at the of opium, says b, is familiar tu every puson in The Board cannot understand why a man The export to British India and Japan years.

the results of the experiment very closely.

surface and takes it for grasted that everything the Empire and when the Eliet prohibiting mercased ecormously. The export to British of Captain Francke's intelligence, experionco

is good, He treads upon the volcanic land and opium smoking was promulgated it was receive.l Indis amounted during the period May Devem and wide ability, knowing himself to be

thinks himself f upon the pecceful meadows. He with universal acclamation and joy, and even ber 1906, to 1,841,828 pics, or 471,300 more than responsible for the safety of his passengers and

takes the murderous elements for beautiful the Foreign Ministers pledged their best help. in 1900 during the same period. to Japan in 1906 crew as well as a ship and carge representing a

phenomena. For my part I am loth to erjog The time for putting the prohibition in

oper what is not intended for enjoyment. I oantiotation has been due and yet nothing has bee 2,646,905 pics more than in 1995. The export, vast amount of money, should fail, then to Itongkong decreased, to Australia and know the courses he was steering were taking

take poison Singapore increased. The tobacco orop was, in extremely close to a hidden tenf, to

I persuade myself to he ascending to owing to the wat season satisfactory, the the ship's position, but instead depend entirely boing 10--20 per cent higher than in 1905. to estimate the distance from land by merely miles an hour possible, Sir Hiram Marim is debeuren, to route red to that had in 1966-looking shoreward, und repceially in a plaor among those who are geoptical on this point in hours features, 60 is what looks like beauty severely regulating

as compared of 1905, cans d where the sel current is so strong.

he doubts whether the syrin everything alee. What is there under the

is adaptable to railway travelling at

son, after all, which is really beautiful, and s little afterwards, but not mack. Cambrics of navigation, and would folit its duty to sercke all. "If, be said, "Mr. Brennan will lay a inferior quality being les much imported in Captain Francke's licence us master of egen perfectly rigid track and mount it a carriage profitable to men*

Nature: "If the earth is filled with evils, as which resists being moved from a ties of the article were taken. Though prin. It would proceed under authority conferred position with the track sul fixa gyrosupe thru sayest, what possiblu excaso can there be and order them to ourry dat fail vidus, ters' supplies were less in 1900 than in 1905 upon it by section 445) B. 8. only for the fact rigidly to the carriage, he will find," Sir-Hiram for man's constantly adding more therela by his prohibition, without delas,

tive fretfulness, and unloveliness? More than half- said to an Evening Standard representative, the market we still well provided and prices that Captain Francke's licens expired by that he plane of rotation does not resist of man's misaries are of his own making..

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Kuowst then not that thou art at this moment! the local Board at Now York May 3, 1902, for a

plexion, Mrs. Ellen's Crème Charmante. Lait Books should be taken in dose no bigger term of five years, sad not having been renewed not prevout the car fipping eidoways. When hurling upon thing own head tho cures that you Charmant and Special Skin Tonic and Poudre

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Charmante will enable you to do it. Her "We therefore recommend that Captain carrisge are not free to move either to the left! given to mitigate and heal the pain of the world. Specialities for the Skin am the study of a ness in a book than in all the vineyards of Francke's license as master of aleam vessela be or riga aitation on the same axis do not resist thing assumes the hns of pleasure or pain. Tol lifetime. A. S. Watson & Co., Ltd., Sole Agente,

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BIR HIRAM MAXIM'S CRITICISM,

It is assorted that Mr. Brendan's invention

uropean market opened aleady, the prices upon the courses and distances and his ability would wako railway trarslling at the rate of 300 Leave and believe it is the elixir of life. i done in the matter in soms of the southern

by the slower demand: the situations changed

"The Boord is bonad to bold this urskilfal

1905, the first has year of 1904, small quanti, stavo vessels, were he now in pas ession of ope.

woro low.

than music or pictures. There is more dranken-

France.

opposited

having their axis changed.

a parallel

when I am being dragged down to bel Prince, Ho would, therefore, request thist another Erict be issued, commanding that the No I look a little deeper little farther below probibition be carried out with assiduity and punishments for von.

so

A Resript was issued ordering the Depart ment of Administrative Affairs to virculate cop'es of the memorial for the information of Viceroys and Governors in all the provinces,

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