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We take the following extracts from papers for the present position of which British ship. arrived by last mail

WOLKE IN THE CANOPY.

Mr. Mitchill Thomson (Lanark, N.W.Joskod the Secretary, for foreigu Affairs whether the Chinees Gorerament undertook meet the works on the expenses of the conservancy river Huangpu and the bar at Woosung by annual grant of 10,000 taels, for the provi. sion of which the entire opiam revenues of Tanchnau and Sachow were esmarked; what provision, if any, had been made since the isano of the edict prohibiting the opius traffic. for the continuance of the graut; and whether the the completion of the work was regarded by his Majesty's Gorarament as assured.

Sir E. Grop. The reply to the first part is in the afirmativa. The Chinese Government have not, since the promulgation of the opium Raditio at decree, proposed to farnish say

for the purpose med, but it must Bacurity be borne in mind that ten years have been allowed for the extinction of the traffic, and

that meanwhile the revenue is being collected. Moreover, in the agreement between Chius and the Powers on the subject it is stipulat that if the security mentioned by the hon. member comes insuffi tient she must provide the balance from other sONEID, The latest report-namely, that for the September quartat of 19that has been received shows that a The Latest GRAMOPHONES & RECORDS satisfactory beginning has been made with the work, and I hate, so far, no reason to always in stock.

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INSURANCES

THE GLORUS INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG.

Undersigned, having been appointed AGENTS for the above Company, ars prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Rates.

CARLOWITZ & Co. Hongkong, 13th August 1906.

AACHEN AND MUNICH FIRE IN-

BURANCE CO.

OF AIX LA-CHAPELLE.

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Undersigned, having been appointed AGENTS for the above Company, ara prepared to ACCEPT RISES against HIRE

at Current Rates.

REUTER, BROCKELMANN & CO.

Agenta. Hongkong. 21st April, 1897.

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THE BUTZ CANAL FOLL TAX

In reply to Mr. Henniker Heston, who asked what number of passengers passed through the Surz Caus in the years 1876, 1884, 1896, and 1905, respectively; what was the tell or taxpsid by each person during those years; and what would be charges (caual dues) for a British steamer of 18,000 tons, and eat ying passengers, through to Australie, Sir E Grey Bays:The statistics for which the hon. membar asks are coutalued in the auzul returas pre saated to Parliament; the toll ortex paid by the shipowner for each passenger is luf. per head; assuming a toonage register of tous for the purpose of Suez Canal certificate, the charge for transit on the present basis would be at 7.750, per tou, 93,000f., er at par £3,720 and for passengers at 10f 3,000fat par £120; total, £3,810. The average bat ounaga per vossal passing through the canal in 1900 was, however, 3,383 tons.

THE WOLD STANDARD BESERVE.

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THE BRITISH NAVY.

BER. MAXSE ON THE OUTLOOK, Mr. L. J. Maxis addressed a Uaionist moot. owners complained. If shipowner's only offered

ing at Holmwood last month. He pointed out propar inducements to fads of the right surt do

that politicians ware not gontant to run atɔk. in the British Army. They were also playing enter on a sea life, they need never fear not having so adequate supply of efflcars in the ducks and draken with the Bitish Navy, which future, The Merchant Service Guild informed him tha there was no real lack of officers, was an indiaitely more serious basinges than the and that for any position where from £3 to country bad yet fully realised, though there were

welcome signs of number of

an Awakening to the peril of L9 per month were offered any suitable officers could be had. He trusted that our present position. Lord Twoodmuth, the First Lord of the Admiralty, one of the many the Board of Trade would oppose any proflies in amber" in the prassut Cabinst, had posals which would tend to tamper with the safety and efficiency of merchant shipping.

WAY

warned the public against accepting newspiper stai mentras to the state of our squadron, and The Earl of Granard said the Board of Tra e were inclined to agree that there was as shortage had publicly pledged his word of bour that

There might be a light at

at this moment the British Flest of officers,

Atrong as *

if not stronger than, it shortage in the coasting tende, in regard to

it evar and been, Sach an assovaration which they had received complaints, especially from such an authority would have considerable as to the rate of pay and Sunday work, int the Board did not think that condition was vary flance, but for the lamentable fact that there hid never been a maomat daring the last 23 give prevalent in the foreign trade. He could A very simple answer to the noble lord's inquiry ears at which the First Lord of the Admiralty Es to the intention of the Board of Trade with for the time being, no matter what party he rogard to the examination for cand msts belonged to, was aut propared to pledg's his then it over had been nader any of his certificates. The Beard had no intention honor that the British lust was stronger whatever of departing from the precut rule na

predecessors. And yet, tims after time, those to saa service bofore a mun was able to like out

samo Ministers and baon subsequently compelli his certificate. Hear, hear.) Ale would still

et ses before he emid to confess that our Navy was so inadejte to lova to karto four go up for his second mate's certificate, though the danger the afety of the State, and they rule was somewhat modified in the ease of boyscoutly opposted to Parliament to vote further

battleships. Bod

The immediate danger dil not lie so much in serving in the training ships way

каспий-зе The Bumber of Worcester.

the lack of ships as in certain lamentable and certificates taken out bad greatly increased of

i explicable changǝr which had been recently lato years. In 1905, 616 sach certificates ware

introdased into our Nary, with the effect of issued, while last year this number had increased

the Navy as a whole to 759. With regard to the training of boys reducing our seagoing for the British marcantile misrins, a committe

was now Ritting at the Board of Trade witli war, with the goldrons and of making.

the object of, if possible, eveling some plan by which boys of British nationality might be more attracted to the ss. It seemed to him that the only way to get bays for this purposes was to make the following of the attractive.

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Led Ellenborough agreed that there was no shortage officers. There was, however, among many shipowners a shortage of inducements both to enter and to remais in the servir, and that ought not to be met by any radusion of the standard of examination.

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of

The Marquis Lansdowne regarded the answer of the noble earl as misfactory. and expressed his hope that the Board of Trade would adhere to their altitude and be extremely careful not in any way to relax their requirements in regard to the efficiency and competency these officers. (Hear, hear.) The matter was nat one to be considered morely from the point of view either of officer or abipowners. It was

this Concerned question which

errying trade of the country, and the lives of all who served in these ships. It was, there fore, of

He great Imperial moment. understood that the shipowners alleged a shortage of officers,, and were putting pressure on the Board of Trade to obtain a relaxation of the conditions on which the Board of Trade had insisted. On the other side, it was urged that this shortage did not exist, or was not so serious as had been represented, and that the inducemputs offered to young men to join the service had not improved in the same degree as those in other professions, Figures which had been shown to him seemed to support the b done to diminish thefency of the mercantile service. Bear, hear.)

The subject then dropped.

waranty for Bo far as coul by ascertained, of scoping up a suspins

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under amung bis political friends, Past ex- stolon from the Navy would cost the country at porisacs taught them that every pouul now least £10 doxing the next paaie, and if the politicians wanted to enginer a panic, thep were cortainly going the right way to work. Опт Channel Fleet, ander Lord Charles Beresford, which was the greatest of our A01- going squadrons, and the one upon which the scurity of these islands depended, had been 07 reduced during the last few months from Veicis 10 21. In other words, it was less than be-third of what it had been in numbers ander Admiral. Wilson. Moshile, if they looked across the North Sea, they would age that the rival to the Channel Flest, and the only seri sug

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AUCTIONEER,

Bir E. Soon (ythe) asked the Secretary of State for India what was the present position of the gold standard resorte, and whether he intended continue indefinitely the practice of sdding to it the whole of the profit on coinage,

Mr. Morley-Up to March 31, 1907, £12518,513 derived from the profit, oa colunge and from interest had been invaated in British Covernmeal securities on behalf of the gold standard reserve, and £5,000,00) was hold fo rupees in India. The profit to be realized on en nage in 1907 8 will, it is anticipated, be considerable, though the exact com cannot, of course, he stated at present. In view of the amount of the reserve and of the large stock of gold (about £10,500,000) held by the Government of India and the Secretary of State in Council in the paper currency de- the present practice of adding to the reserve the whole of the profit on coinage and of the intorest on xocurities already purchased may be modified. From the

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WEATHER REPORT,

The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued the following report

On the 7th at 900 p.m.--Orders issued to make No. 1 Night Bigual (indiestes a typhoon distant from Colony more than 306). 监证 On the 8th at 5.15 am, Oclara issued to

hoist Rel Cone point derawards and Drum (indica es a typhoon 3.4. of Clony distsat more than 3 miles).

At 10.49 a.m.-Orders issued to brist the Com-Bleck Cone point downwards (indicates a ty

phoon South of Cokay within 300 miles).

At 11,55 a..-The baromətər has fallen mo- derately to slightly over the S. coast of China and Formous respectively.

Lord Muskerry called attention to the alleged shortage of officers engaged in the merchant service; to the conditions urder which those officers laboured to a resolution adopted at the last annual meeting of the Chamber of Shipping, calling upon the Board of Trade ta ramove any obstacles and give greater facili

to min desiring to obtain certificates of competency as second officers, to a proposal of the Liverpool Steamship Owners Association that the pslifying time for a second officer's certificato in reduced from four to three your and asked what attitude the Board of T ado propose to adopt on there several matters. Het 10a.m. to-day, 6,01 inches. said if they assouled to schemes for making it more easy le obtain certificate of competency the standard of efficiency and mfety at ses would" be reduced. He hoped the Board of Trade would not outerlain for a single moment a proposal to reduce the qualifying period for a second ufficer's certificats f.om four to three years. Shipowners would never do any good to their Interests by promoting a large supply of im mature fears. By their unfair treatment of officers they had themselves discredited the calling of the sea, Niggardly pay, inferior

The depression has probably became deeper. It appears to he stated to the S.8.E. of Hongkong in about 18 Tat, and to be moving towards W.N, W.

Pressure has given way over Japan. but remains high over the Pacific to the E. of the Loochoos

Fresh E. sud S. E. winds are likely to prevail in the Formosa Channel, and strong cy lonic winds to gales over the N part of the Chius Se

Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours anding

to day is as follows:-

The forecset for the 24 hours ending at noon

Hongkong & Neighbourhood (*)

E. to S.E Formosa Channel.....

winds, fresh. South coast of Chins between

Sam as No.1. Hongkong and Lawocks

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Englishmen were entitled to expect much from their sailors, who had never disappointed them, but they had no right to expel miracles, and in the event of a erprise--and most disas tors were due to the surprise of an unready nation by a ready nation-our Flest would our Channel nadren might have to fall back and await reinforcemats fairly humi- liating position for the leading aan Power, and a dangerous proceeding, because, with s few days' command of the see, the Germans could semble and laud an army of 100,000 mon in this country,

The speaker concluded " England is in danger at the presed tins, because she is placing a framendous templation before an ambitious and aggresive neighbour, who has made it abrious to the whole world except British statesmen that she intends to challenge our narel supremacy on the first favourable opportunity:

CHINESE POSTS AND TELEGRAPHS.

QUESTIONS WITH JAPÁN,

The Poking correspondent of the Toms wrote on June 28th-No recent dev lopment in Chine shows more wonderful expansion than that of the Imperial Post Of, which, cranto by Sir Robert Hart in obedience to an Ímpərial decres of March 29th. 1896, provides a cheap and effective servics throughout the Emira At the International Postal Congr386 in Rome last year Chin Bateaused her intention to enter Uo International Postal Ligion on a date to be fired hereafter. the fias protocol signed on May 26th by all the other Powers being left open for her adhesion provided she notified to the Talian Government her intenti n be- fore next Monday, July 1st. But Chips is not yet prepared to enter the union, though abo is aware that isolation places her at a caricin disadvantage. Without China's knowledge or consent, Japan has notified the International Postal Burian at Berne that she has opored parcel post offices in 41 towns in Manchuria. She carries Japanese mails at nominal rates or fron on hor South Manchurian Railway she refuses to carry Chinese mails ou the same railway except by slow trains; she charge union rates for serving Chinese domestic malls through Chinese territory.

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