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INSURANCES

AACHEN AND MUNICH PIRE IN. BURANCE CO.

OF AIX LA-CHAPELLE.

THE Underagnail, having been appofi ted Tu

AGENTS for the shove Company ar prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Rates,

RECTER, BROCKELMANN A 29-

Agents. Hongkong, at April, 1897,

ATORTH BRITISH AND MERCAN.

TILE INSURANCE COMPANY TOTAL FUNDS AT 31ar DмR, 1945 €17.827,119,

1. AUTHORtEn Capital... E ÇIRANO

SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL... 2750,048 PAI-OP CAPITAL.......... 687,500 II, FIRE FUNDS....... 3,386,720 19 $

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The Undersigned, AGENTS for the above Company are propared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Estes.

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SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

Hongkong, 27th April, 1407.

THE GLOBUS INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG.

THE Undersigned, having boon oppointed AGENTS for the above Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE

CARLOWITZ & CO. Hongkong, 13th August 1906,

Current Ratey,

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Ali Debts dus to, and awing by, tho into firm will be recoical and paid, by MnSARA. PRICE & Co, LTU.

1. PRICE & CO., LTD. 11, PRIJE & CO.

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NO MAN'S LAND,

Mix where

The New York Sun has referred to the anomaly that the large Arctic archipelago of Spitzbergen, which yielded test yoar more than $500,000 worth of site, fars and eider down, where 200 men wire engage holing mining!

Norwegiau expolitione, aggr gating 420 mon, mais their stations in 19 6, and to which excursion steamers are now carrying some hundreds of tourists every year, is possessed by no country and is subject to no laws or regulations. The resulting evils are now attracting attention in Europe. Gams such as coinder, polar bears, ptarmigan, geese, ducks and other birds, in fairly pleatiful, ba' is being wantedly extorm ituated A party of tourists last squamer killed more than

bundred reindeer, leaving the so where they fell nr>t taking with them only a few of the dust heads and antlers. Eiderduck nests arer bbd of eggs, which Norway on her northern coasts and Don

law.

mark in Greenland protect 3.

fan latost Norwegian newspapers say that perfect lawlessness reigns and give a now and Asprout illustration of the fict. In 1873 Dr. Nordeusk'd, the ronoward Swedish explorer, erected winter quarters, including a house for Blenfila olmarvation, a

a Cip Thorsan in Len

Fiord. The buildings were repairs and enlarged

by the Swedish Government in 1992 when it participatol in the work of the international stations. The structures were left as a rofage for whslers, who are occasionally wrecked and compelled to winter on the islands. A lot of Norvegian hunters, who worked hair swat silia Spitaborgu last sumar, decided that they needad tamber on their real and so tore then buildings. Shipwrecked whalers will hare to shift as they may the provision made for their comfort has boon apprope dal by nimrats who went to the Arctic irresponsible merely for a good time.

The Fast is that both Swalea and Norway wish to annex the archipelago, and this is the reason why it is still subject to no law. For some months the Norwegian nuwapspare har heon arguity that the islands should belong to ՐԳԱՆ Norway because its fishing interests in thos waters are paramount, because of its neness to the arabigolago and for other reavors. O the other hand Dr. Nathore, the Nestor of Swedish Arabic exploration, writes in the Stock, Bolin Dogblue that of right the islands should belong to, Sweden, beans that country has

exponte shant two million erowus is the exploration of Spitzborgon and has burno by far the larger part of the toil and expanse of making the islands known, while Norway bas done practically nothing for scientific investiga tion there, though she has benefited our monsly by reckless exploitation of the land and the neighbouring waters.

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BEGGARS IN CHINA,

In China, baggare at one attract a stranger's attaption. Around every corner, along canals and creeka, in market plans, at the sity gates, both outside nad inside, and especially in-the thore, and beggars everywhere, and a more Tample yards, there are loggans here, beggars pitiable sight ons cannot rest. Many of them ara crippled or afflicted with leprosy, and uli are drsal literaly in rags, in the course of an article in the Gentleman's Magride on this extensive section of this populice i à China

a Beck writes ;-

the

I made a trip is a bonseboat to Souchow, moving through the mumorous en valin theity and stopping when I wished to tako a vier landed by a clean, Tresh minted, large Yaman, spotless'y white, with blue black tiles on the roof and placed my camera apilast the wall to photgraph a big Pageda on other side of the canal. The usual C aese crowd corn ese rond one, and not for beggars. I asked an intelligeat young. Cainauun, through my interpreter, who fired in this fix, big mansion so usually well kept for a Chinese honan T was not a little astonished when I was told: the B ggar Chief of Soochow This led me to make inquiry about the system of bogging in China, which is wonderfully well organised under a

a schem› that works admirably, and is, of conus, very sa int, like all other institutions in the Mkids King- dom. The chief s

fine resiluce, ca 100 bias by the half-dog

, and very fine

elathing aut he is sen is the best of society--but only where he is not known. Asmirk of his diguis, het inhuth with a long stick, which is all wed him by than city anꞌhorities. II • ada has the power of life and death nor his begg by subjects, and punishes all offences committed bự thêu.

The Boggar Chief is a regular attendant at the marriage car unnies and funeral pron yetis of privale tam lins, in order to'g at his pay for Leaping away bis hungry ored of bargudi who otherwise would hide the fodied ar pr seassion in a disagreeable noir way. I WAS fold that the Boger Chief of Borow has su jao.ms of absat 10 dollars a year. The billet of the ous in Shanghai city is worth ab 5,900 dollars agent with the Boggar Chief to licu Vis Crepes have an

staff a Pia By shut one dallar a search, nie ratura for this teil uza the Chief gira printel rateip

Tos 'wak

Ly h store's sper," whier the latter parts on his dear, to the offer that he has paid his tat And in sap from sands of big gara.

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There diff sent kinds of beggars Copeial beggars, or Las sen ting etha weds and man's button are probably no parallel in tas world, as some of them ara descontents of the auchent. Ming dynasty, or distantly related to the present raging Imperial His The

te stiltere i

the country, mey said to 1 pari E 39,00, and are sprintly Buyros in Peking. Imperial begs Ar easily recognised bonuss they are allowed to wear garsouls of the Imporis yallow, of different shad's Characters sea painel in black ou the back and front of this robs to denote their profession. They wer either a straw hat or a vetest en ornamented with a brasa button. When first I saw them, I took them to be old degraded officials, for there are hundreds of them in Sochow. They carry a wag en bell in their hinds to annie thir

Authoritative writers in both antist say that the present situation demands a remedy without, úgůívam delay, Itecoot reports of fresh lawlessness are attracting wide attention. Tha Gorman periodical Petermann's Mit teilungen, commenting on the destruction the refuge for whalers, says that the long continnunes of present conditions is inson cairable; and Mr. Bordewith, our Cousul STAMPS General in Norway, writes that either the

island should by anexed to one Power or combination of the Powers should make arrangements whereby law and ordar may be usiz ained, game and fishing lawa mado and enforced, and mining claims pro-arrival. As a rule they are over sixty years of

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On a small scale it is the case of Microcoo over again.

oh of two nations desires to rule the roost exclusively, with the result that a group of islands which are playing a small part in human interests are at the mercy of any prowler or pirate who comes near them.

STUDY OF TROPICAL DISEASES.

NEW MEDICAL SOCIETY INAČGURATED IN LONDON,

age, and have no family to support thors, nad they are all allowed to beg for me money thin the ordinary craft,

an:1 aro farnish with a licence from the wagistra'. They are, of course, too aristocratic to be under the rabe of the ordinary Beggar Chief. In Naning there is quite a alect company of them, the order having boen instituled as far back as the Ming dynasty. Hasz Wa, the founder of the Ming dynasty, was once a baggar himself. The rise from br gar to Emperor probably beats the record of any dynasty in Europe. Is pinus remembranes of his former profession, Ilang Wa instituted this At a meeting of medical men, biologists, order. At present they live in e rrisin eaves or and others interested in tropical diseases, which recesses that are made in city walls. The largest was hold in London, the Sosisly of Tropioal of these recess is 40 long by ft. wide: the Medicine und Hygiene was daly constituted.

jamstes are very comfortably lodged, and arə Laws for the government and administrstion decently dress, but are addicted to opiam- of the Society were, at the sun time, casidered smoking. Besides senking, la, these imporial and passed, and the first Council was elected. beggars go aboz the cenutry and obtain

The formation of a Socisty to promote the livelihood by gwencing false oaths in Court, study of the diseases of warm climates, and uered, so they are often mach sought after. Their ouths no oided us binding aud facilitate intercourse and discussion those who practise tropical modicine, has long because for a few tools ne cs got such a

among been desirable, but its inception, on a sufficiently beggar to swear au nath which always d broad basis, las caly recently, been found to be

to 3. The wagistrates are liable to pay the practicable. That end, however, has now been imperial beggars su aliowants every year, bat attained the success of the movement in at is said they often fargit, to do soy as they great measure, basing bean das to the approvat kuo well that thess beggars are not in wait. and co-operation which it has received from the Schools of Tropical Medioias in London 'und Liverpool, from the Universities and other fanching bodies, from the Naval and Military Medical Services, and from the large and rapidly make Mr. Louis Branuan a posuniary great in increasing number of physicans, who are en- gaged in Mission Work and in the practice of

order to help him to perfect his gyroscopic mono-rail, they have done a wies thing. The medicine sud hygiene in tropical countries.

An interesting aud connection with the Fortant feature in application of the gyroscopic principle to raono- is the active the railway administration of some of their rail carriages of a commercial six would relieve sapport which has been accorded

it by many eminent biologists, the value of whose assistance

most puzzling difficulties. One of the great in their own field of resoareh--by 10 means advantages claimed for the mono-rail is the least important department of Tropical Brannan's own

ronical economy in construction. At the toula in Mr. The acceptance of seats ou the first Council, carried on the de a ling a shown

Medicine-will not readily by over-estimated.

decitus

INDIA AND THE MONO-RAIL

If Tndian Gwernment hatá decided to

of & bil! on B row by representatives of these various Services, of piles and crossing a ravine on a steel Institutions, and iulerests, furnishes

cable. Another is the power of dealing with difficulty in climbing beary gradients. The model car fennd no gradient of one in live and " "rushed""

an ascent of one in two, Cheap construction and great hill climbing power-make those claims commercially practica

longer nigh

effective guarantee as to the extent of the sphere of activity, and the energetic and capable administration of the Society..

All registered medical mer, and others who are interested in sciences related to Tropicale, and the problem of Indian bill railways

Medicine, are eligible for loc ion as Fellows, and the Council are empowered, for a

a period o

of

annual

t Solved: Coorg Bet

is

от

vir montlas, to

to elect without ballot, on sppli- lacking which her planting industry lang for the impracticable railway connection cation being made, and on their being satisfied

wishes. A as to the eligibility of the candidate. a limited

Kangra Valley line would do number of original Fellows,

more to resuscitate & rained community thao Tho subscription is one gaines, and at present there

temporary grants and Humane Society's madals, is no entrance fee. The headqarters of the

Tho luscious fruits of Kalu might be brought to Society have been established &t 20, Hanover linked with Abbottabad without waiting for the the gaping markets of the plains, Srinagar 2quare, where ordinary meetings will be held at 8.30 pm. on the second Wednesday outh, except Angust and September.

of every

alow materialisation of a essly line, and the delights of Kodaikanal mude free to all instead

The first meeting of the Sciety was Üred of the privileged few of Madras Mussoorie

to take place on June 19, at 8.3, whru it was expected that the President, Sir Patrick K.C.M.G., F.R.S., would deliver an address, and objects of interest in Tropical Medioins were to exbibited.

The first Council of the Follows: Prezident:

is Society Sir Patrick Manseo, KCMG., F.R.S., Vice-President: Professor, R. Ross, C.B., F.R.S., F.RO.S., Treasurer: W. Hartigan, M.D., 5 Bond Court, Walbrook, FC, Secretaries: P.M., FRCP

Sandwith, M.D., 31, Cavendish Square, W. W

Street, Brown, M.D., M.R.C.P., 32 Harley

W.

Councillors: Ernest E. Austou. F2.8, Floot-Surgoon Bassett-Smith, BN

James Cautlie

M.B., F.R.C.S., C. W. Daniels, M.B., Lt. Col. G. M. Giles, M.B., F.F.C.S., I.M.S., W. f. Haffkine, C.LE., C. F. Harford, M.D, 0.1.8. T. 5. Kerr. M.B, G. C. Lew M.B. Professor B. A. Minchin, F.2.3, Lt. Col. C. H. Melville, R.A.M.C., Professor G. H. F. Nattsil, M.D., F.R.S., L. W. Sambor, M.D., Arthar E. Shipley, M.A., J. W. W. Stephens, M.D., Fred. V. Theobald, H.A.

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