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Settlements, the same system, which besides - saved tüuch trouble and expense, and was really popular amongst the people, was naturally adopted, and in ordinary cases when applied to the usual criminal popula tion of China was found fairly affective, an no cruelties were permitted, and the prisoner was well fed and in other respects kindly treated: In 1905 Reform was enthusiasti. cally taken up in Faking and everythig from the Imperial Court to the smallest police station in the Empire, was to be turned over, rejointed and refurnished up to

sentation of the people, parliamentary government, reform of the currency, respons ibility of government, &,-all to the latest

petty culprit has ever been accustomed to. Work at this season of the year is always hard to obtain, and wages for unskilled labour are low, and house accommodation for the loafer is wretched in the extreme. On overy side then, it is a distinct advantage to the unskilled loafer to be in the municipal gaol, rather than trust to the benevolence of his countrymen. He is, it is true, made to work on the roads, but he soon learns to

ant not over much. do ne little as possible, is exacted of him; and besides, a little wholesome exercise in the fresh air to a

gether disagreeable. At all events the gang who are frequently to be met at outdoor work on the roads do not present the iden of

WINH AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. the very latest European model. RepreChinaman of the lower orders is not alto

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FAILURE OF A SHIPBUILDING ...FIRM...

From the Hon. Secretary of Pitman's Speed TELEGRA MIS Committee for Hongkong we learn that the following students have gained certifi onton ne the result of the recent examination-Masters Filomeno Goa Ozatio and Carlos Sequeira, 80 words per-minute, and Master Evaristo Mar. quas, 60 words.. Both students in the eighty words" test lave been 'awarded Full Certificatos of Proficiency. All the students are members of St. Joseph's Collage.

LONDON, February 10th... Sir James Laing & Sons, shipbuilders at Sunderland and Deptford, have suspended payment. The firm employed 5,000 men,

GREAT BRITAIN AND THE

UNITED STATES,

LONDON, February 10th- Great Britain and the United States have agreed to a Treaty, settling the use

navigation rights and boundaries of the River and the Lake fisheries. Mr Bryce is going to Ottawa to obtain the assent of

Three picturo postcarde by the hand of the Emperor bars just been published in ▲ serie) planned by the late Queen Carols of Barony, in aid of the consumptive poor. One in a xe. production of a pie neo of a sea battis painted in 1895. Then there are two monuis designs for the Barggraf of Nuremburg tower, in romance style signed. Wilkolta . architect, 4-7 prizes, All bear autographic desriptions by healthy fresh looking faces us if the air ware doing them bodily gool, and the absence of said to hart boom received from England, one his Majesty. Large orders for thess cards arp

any trouble or worry for their future male frm eleae basing asked for 30,000 of them were removing as loud from their minds. The next of the series, which is to consist ex-Canada. This is evidently, too, the way in which the clusively of the artistic work of members of ordinary criminal looks on the affair? healing hones, will be executed by Prinesis rather like a sentence of imprisonment, and Leopold of Hohenzollern. Another proof of the

BACHELOR WAR MINISTER'S PHILOSOPHY.

To Mr. Haldane, the philosophis bachelor of the Cabinet, the Government has relegated thes interesting task of coquetting with the suffragists. He failed dismally to aspire their animpressionable hearts one night last month..

The War Secretary, in his fifty-two year bus. learned everything, and has studied femininity as Mr. Sutro's hero Mollentrare, as arefully wete a careful, complete investigation on soientide principles of the balling, perplexing arenture known to be as womba,'

Some of this knowledge he unfolded at: Glasgow when he declared that we are coming tpantate of things in which it will be in- Fonsible to withhold the suffrage from women... He refused to receive a deputation of unifia gists in the morning, but in the afternoon he addressed some of the "nice" women Liberals. who form the Women's Liberal Social Council, beginning with the statement that women are

pattern, were to be the rule throughout; unhappiness, but have generally clean 1893," and a couple of designs for regatta of the waters of the Niagara Falls, the becoming more like men than they were. ·

Per Dos. Por Bouls. And above all the criminal law was to be amended, and punishments, curiously in the Chinese mind always looked upon, as

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They have the same sort of learning," he said. "They amok igerettes, and I believe. thay ride with what called the 'divided skirt. They ara soming more and more into the professions, and have made some occupations Fery largely their own.

identical with law, put on a different footing. Although judicial torture has always, pominally at least, been deprecated by the existing codes in China, it has been usually, ¦ judging from the rapid inorte in potty any aided activity will shortly be Jaid before It is understood that the Indian Govern. Mr. Haldane tarned to the suffrage, and

German publio

the form of:

photographs of Corfe Castle, takon by big Majesty during his recent residence in Eng land. They are to be shown on a screen at a lecture by the arahitect Bodo Ebhardt on English and German castles.

of the Westphalian industrialists, is greatly The thea sh Westphalian Onzette, an orgau dissatisfied with the statement published in the North Verma Gee to the offact that with the Emperor's concurrence Prince Henry of Prussis will cesse to be a Protector of the Nay League if Genera Keim sentinnes in office, It save: Willian II. has described his Kruger telegram at nufortunato, and we fear that the

LONDON, February 10th --

mont has decided to despatch a punitive expedition under Willcocku ngalet the Zakkakhels. The expedition will possibly

start within the week.

CORRESPONDENCF. LEGISLATIVE CUNCIL VACANCY

orinther invariably made use of in misdemeanors, int amounting to absolute every court in the empire; crime, this is evidently the minner in which FANG, well skilled in foreign law, and the prisoner himself regarde it.He-suffers was, there is no reaso, to doubt, sincerely

no loss of social rank, as his countrymin desirous of seeing this gross Lulut on Chius's does not consider it in any way degrading to reputation removed, commented to more offend a mere foreign law, and his friouds, the Imperial Court on the subject; au1. an if he have any, will receive his just as gladly Imperial Rescript approving generally the after as before his sente. Like crime in tortue of a report by the Law Revision Ireland, if directed against the Government,

Hongkong, 12 February, 1908, Commissioners on a memorial by the Nan-crime in Shanghai, if only directed against

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY PRESS king Viceroy, was issued in April 15. the Council, leads to no social degradation;

SIR-Amongst the names suggested to all The Report referred to the abolition of and as the prisoner is batter fed and better

the vacancy which will shortly be caused in the torture, and contained a suggestion for the cared for than if he remained free, he not

Legislative Council by the departure of Ir, substitution of fines generally for blows. It unnaturally prefers occupying comfortable

Osborne, I would place that of Mr. H. E was notorious that torture and cruelties of quarters in the Municipal lock-up.-. .

day will come when he will apply the same term Tomkins. This gentleman is in touch with such to his present decision. General Kein-and-kis- bodies as the Chamber of Commerce and the the most abominable nature were in ordinary

supporters-may, however, fake comfort. Thay- China Association, and has in the ordinary suap in every yamon in the Empire; and The Textile World's Record return of textile have done their duty to their Fatherland, and routine of his business to face just those raany of the best officials would have hailed mills constructed in America last year shows for this, like many other patriots in all times difficulties and problems which give rise to dis- their suppression by strong measures if total of 962 mills, which is made up of 64 and among all peoples, they earn the ingraticussion at the Council Board, and provide food

cotton, 25 wollen, 83 knitting, 51 silk, and 39tude of princes. If the Emperor lets them for legislation necessary. The movement, however, was

miscellaneous wills. The cotton, woollen, and fall into disfavour the people will alwaysMr Tomkins represents a ne of the leading unfortunately preuare, and came into knitting mille ahow a decrease, but this slacken Lonour and recogojse. their marita Ouve merchant firms in the Far East, and his prede- the world still-bora. To be effective, it was ing in explained to be das to the dearth of again the breach is opening between the messors have served on the Legislative Council soon seen, Peking would have to take the skilled labour, not only for the mills themselves, peror and his people which first appeared well and faithfully in the past. Yours &o., lead and Peking, thong it would wil-but also for the shops of the machißory mann after the dismissal of Prince Bismarck, and

facturers. lingly see the others reformned, which it had

only those persons who can rejoics at this are the enemies of the Monarch and of the un idea would be profitable to itself finan cially, was by no means disposed to reform

Empire, Just as the man who incited the A S. WATSON & CO.. itself, and the entire movement for the

Emperor against his most faithful servant time being collapsed, and affairs fell back into their old groove, and all talk of Reform became a punishable offence.

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China is, howezer, at all tinos ready and willing to make terms with the old leaven of unrighteousness, especially if it can be done at the expense of someone else, so the bright idim struck someone in power, that if it were not feasible to incur the odium of purifying a single Chinese court of law, the same end, with all the telat of having in troduced a 'righteous reform, could be at tained by deputy. The project had been to Abolish torture, but there was no need to exact consistency when the experiment was, to be tried on the corpus vile of the Shang hai Municipal Council True, "no charge of torture had ever been alleged, though of course torture was the proper thing in a Chinese court, but they could shine to the outer world as a nation fex lted sensi bility, and at the same time inc venience

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The Right Ber. Dr. G. F. Hose, Bishop of Singapore, Labuan, and Sarawak, is about to retireoing to failing health and has trendy oral for Singapore, prior to conus to England. His Lordship has been connected with the Colonial Diocese of Singapore for for years, having proceeded to the East in 1888 a Chaplain at Malacca. From 1875 and 1881 he has been Archdeacon of Singapore, and in the after year became Bishop of the dioosse from which he is now retiring,

A table compiled from a regous blue book by contributor to the Manchester Chamber of Commeres "Monthly Record" shows that the exports of cotton mauufratures (excluding cotton yarns) from the United King. dom between 1895-97 aud 1904-5 inorezaad 40 per cent, the ingrense from foreign countries in the aggregate, was 100 per cent. proportion of the gross exports has changed from 69 per cent. British and 31 per cent, foreign to 61

par cent. British And 39 por eat. foreign. Germany, Russia, pad the United States doubled their exports within the period, and France nearly so but Italy takes first place in proportionate

Increase:

were cursed by the German people and by world history, so the mark of Cain will be indelibly stamped on the foreheads of the present intriguers,

DEATH OF MR. WILLIAM DANBY, We regret to appone that Mr William Dunby aled at the Government Ciril Hospital at 2.15. yesterday afternoon from injuries sustained by fulling down the granite stairway of the Hongkong Club on Monday evening.

CIVIS

A CANADIAN LAWSUIT,

£3,000,000 DAMAGES.

..

ment was given in the suit of the Dominion Trec aud Steel Company versus the Dominion Coal Company.

In the Supreme Cours of Nova Scotia.jadg.

There will always be sat by nature a gulf. between man and woman so wide that they are prevented from shaking political hands over it."

Having delivered himself of these generalities, diclzred that the time is coming very ologe

when it will have to be given to women.

the sky is one at large and extensite," he continded, that it cannot be taken sales the

Voida of the nation demands it,

Membira of the Government have been bullied and hoppecked by the saffragists. They do not like to have their meetings broken up,

show a sallen resistance, and I am afraid at this They do not like to have pinpricks at every tarn. Men are likely under such circamaluces to.

mcment some not very tactful women are mak ing things very difficult."

their cause. My advice to them is: Do not do The women say they want to advertise it with bodkins; you will only irritate people. androvoke them.

Breaking up meetings is not really the cause any good. lathe out only doing the women enquot get the suffrage, discussed, because they have so irritated members that they talk out every proposal."

the Government Inst session bad given women Mr. Haldane then reminded his audience that the right to sit on local bodies. He did this, be said, to remind them that there was no slackening in, their convictions because curtain

people had been foolish,

but they attended his evening meeting at There were no suffragists at this meeting Ratherglen in foros. He had just begun ben the suffragist slogan, Votes for women. !? reverberated. The interrupter was ejected. When the second interruption occurred Mr. Haldane said angrily, "Bither I or the inter- ruptor will have to leave the building. The. interrupter left-with the assistance of four stewards,

Five minutes later the third suffragist was ejected.

WATER RETURN,

Level and storage of water in reservoirs ou

The Court found for the Dominion Iron and Steel Company, affirming the decision of the judge who tried the case in the first instance, pid dismissing the appeal. The Dominion Iron the 1st February. and Steel Company s'aime fifteen million dollars (£3,000,0) damages for breach of a contract for the supply of coal to its works.

The four judges who constitated the Court were unanimous in their finding.

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HELIGOLAND TO BE FORTIFIED.

YOW GERMAN BASE TO COST £1,500,000, -

A residenca of thirty-five years in the Colony, his professional standing as a civil engineer, and his social qualities combined to wake Mr. Dau- by a familiar and greatly esteemed figure in the

C The life of the Clony. It is superous therefers

to dweil "apon the painful impression created. by the sad accident resulting in injuries to thy head which were so severe as to preclude any hope of recovery........... Mr. Danby remained unconscious after the accident fill the end. The deepest sympathy is expressed for the widow and family in their sad bereavement.

A Copenhagen Correspandent reports - the

Mr. Danby, who was nearly sixty-six years of aga, came out to Hongkong in 1813. He was a Yorkshire man, and it was at Luode that he

LATEL 1997.

-1909. Below overdow. Below overflow. Tytam

19 ft. 4 in. 17 ft 9 Tylam Byowash 25 ft. 9 in. 25 ft 9 in. Tytam Intermediate ail.

ft 2 in. Pukfalum

20 ft. 6 in. 13 ft 8 in. Wongnaios ang... 36 ft. 1 in. 38 ft._4__iu. STORAGE GALLỞNG.

1097

· 1908. ·

7951,060,000

497,000

197,103,000 36,648,000 2,554,000

The Budget Committee of the Reichetegtime 287,845,003 has voted £1,500,00) for the areation of new

Tytam Byewash.. 497,000 fortifications in Heigeland.

Tytam Intermediate nil Pokfalem... Herr Tirpitz, the Minister of the Navy,

23,425,000 Woagusichung demanded the grant on the ground of urgency.

3,763,00 involved in a delicate subject, but there were CONSUMPTION OF WATER IN THE CITY AND

The debate was secret, owing to the interests

Total 313,470,000 487,354,000 frequent references to the important part Heligoland would play in any naval war in the North Sea.

HILL DISTRICT DURING THE MONTE OF JANUARY, The fortification of Heligoland is part of.

1946.

1907 Germany's vlaborate scheme for readjusting Estimated popu

Consumption. 108,589,000 130,211,000 gallons balance of navel power in the North Sas.

lation The Kaiser has been anxious to fortify the

236,1; 7206,160° island-over since it was nedod by England Consumption per--- nearly eighteen years ago in exchange for Intermittent uppply by Rider mains during

bead per day 14.8

21.4 gallons

Gardens, at 9 pelock, this (Thursday), morging, the foreigner, by giving out that they were death, at the age of 62, after a long and paint served his articles 85, civil engineer, Ho Zanzibar. It will be necessary to build a large January 1967, Constant supply in all districts

maid will pass thus Monument at 10 clock. (352.

HONGKONG OFFICE: 10A, DES VED ROAD C

HNSON OFFICH: 131. PEERT STREST. E.

The Daily Press.

iness, of Holger Drachmaun, the greatest lyric

prot of Denmark, and, perhaps, of the whole of rose to become hisf resident engineer of sha" granite breakwater, costing £100,000, to prevent during January 19 8 The return of consump

Northern Europe. Drachmans was as intimsts friend of King Oscar, and was well known

in England and America. Ife was an honorary member of various literary societies, and during a visit to Loudon two years ago was entertained

the rapid crumbling to the cliffs.

According to a recent Gorman official tion is subject to orror, owing to the difficulty. not involve the abolition of the present popular works at Albauer Filter Bads are in progress. statement, the fortification of Heligolarid will of eccurate measurement whilst the extension

KOWLOON WATER", WORKS. watering plice. Prince Buelow, the imperial Chaneller, spends part of-

there.

LEVEL

T.

1907.

STOLACE GALONE,

1908.. below over flow 27. it, in

1908

borough. Mr. Darby esme oat to Hongkong s during the are years he remained in the assistant to the Colonial Surreyör-Osunrai, azd

servios of the Colanial Government he had

of—every summer charge of mans important publio works, and

Wilhelmshaven, on the North Sen, has Kowloon Gravitation a banquet by many people prominent in the surveys, including the surveys and boring of

Reservoir n as lyrics the Tytam waterworks. flaresigned in 1879 already been chosen as the headquarters of the English literary world. All posuis of great beauty, he wrote also many a vele to set up in private praction, and many old Germon battleship dest, instead of Kiel. The and plays. He delighted in describing the lives residents will be familiar with the important hauge will enable the German fleet to reach of the bardy Northern fishermen, and drow works with which he has been mooisted as much inspiration from the so, whose varying civil engineer ad architect, moods he loved to watch and interpret Drachmann had in his earlier years travelled a good deal, and had visited most of the European capitals. Twenty years ago, however, he settled dowu in Copenhagen, kis native city, and enjoyed a civil list peusion from the State.

A Copenhagen (Vorrespondent writer: ou January 6 that the project of the Danish rail- way sugleder Mr. H, Ohrt to construct a funuol under the Great Belt hus some chance of being.

Mr. Danby was an old volunteer' and was a prominent Manon, bug Fast D.G.W., of the Hongkong and South Chinas Lodge.

The funeral will pass the Monument this morning at 10 o'clock.

AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL

DEPRESSION.

STRIKING FIEL IN PRODUCTION OF IRON,

are don being constrasted, and they will be completed within a year.

England in eighteen hours. Extensive decks Kowloon Gravitalion 130,100,000

The port of Emden, at the mouth of the River

the nearest Gorman harbor to bite English coast, is to be the future, first-class torpedo base. In addition, now nasal port is to be created at Brausbittal, opposite Cax- haven, at the western end of the Haltic Canal, fortified. A dry dock costing £1,500,000 iế non ja course of construction.

12.7

Reservoir

njť CONSUMPTION OF WATER IN KOWLOON DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY,

1907.

1908. Consumption... 20,740,000 21,609,000 gallons

stimated popu

lation.

83,450. 81,300. Consumption per

8,1 head per day The Government Ansiyst water is of excellent quality.

Public Works Department.

8.5 gallons reports that the

W. CHATEA, Water Authority

ready to reform him; and all this wi bout in any way inconveniencing themselves.

The Mixed Court, it so happened, for minor discipliary offences bad been follow ing the old practice of administering blows from the bamboo as in consonance with Chinese custom; from, a foreign point of HONN FEBRUARY 13TH. 1908

view it was accompanied with no cruelty, As instructive instance of the difficulty of nor was the prisoner in any way incon tacking new methods on to old established verienced beyond the mere temporary institutions is being afforded in the

Spain; from the offender's point of view it called Mixed Court in Shanghai. The was much pleasnoter to have the strokes, institution was established to meet the and go free at once, than the detained, difficulty that arose in old days of obtaining or have to stup up coin, a thing that goes adequate punishment by the uative officials for harder with an ordinary Chinawar than of crimes committed in the Foreign Settley blows of the bamboo. No complaint mente, nud the difficulty arose in the begiu-had ever been made from even the most ning out so much from unwilli guess to punctilious of Chinamen, but someone punish us from failure to comprehend the smarter than his neighbours suggested that now fashioned Regulations, and the want the new Rescript, though it has not been of adequate appreciation of the relative taken the slightest notice of by any Chinese adopted by the Danish Governmet and Parlia It is possible now to appreciate how ssriously importance of the various misdemeanours official, would yet afford a glorious oppor ment. The team ferry between Nyborg and the iron std steel trades have been affected by sometimes for gross crim as the most nominal unity of turning the tables on the Korsor which connects Jutland and Füven the recent industrial depression. Iron is the a is the punishment being inflicted, while mere Municipal Council, so the tread course, as and Mr. Ourt proposes to supplement it by a Tron Age show that in loss than three months

with Zealand is often interrupted by bad weather, barometer of trade in America

The statistics published in the New York enchs of police regulations might be fun of addressing & letter to that by no tunnel which would run from a point 3 there has baon a drop in the production of cuted with the most extreu rigour, the beans acute, body, the Foreign Consuls; kilometres east of Honor to a point on the pig-iron of from 27,000, ti0 tons per annum to as ponceful, lawabiding citizens, holding pro- ruolá, more likely depending on the

On December 1 last there who Dogbory-like at once fell into the trap. Feast of Funen, passing underneath the island 12,000,000 tons.

porty, and contributing to the general welfare ward 226 furnaces in blast, with a capacity of momentary condition of the Magistrate' But besides this the body of ratepayers of Sprogo. The totai, length would be 27 34,372 tons of sig-iron per week. On January strange emotions to pass over – ndia. It almost of having its own speola postlug at St.

of the community. Their sentences will cause kilometres of Thin 8 would be under the 1 there were only 149 furnaces in operation, recus se if colour and blood were obliterating sen. Mr. Obrt estimaton the total coast of this with a capacity of 282,652 tone which la Connel at 27000,000 kronon (£1,462,510), and practically at the rate of a million tons monthly. The race hostility which is excluding Europoons residents in Chinese ospital, via Siberia, will shallower political demarcations of Empire La f■ ure, letters addressed to' British believes that it would prove a profitable under: In Otober the steel companies produced from Kores and Japanese from Amerion has go direct, thus obristing the delay whios bais taking ven if it were to cost half as much 1,616,521 tons, in December their production broken through all the usual restraints of policy fatherto occurred.

fall to 659,459 tona.

ip South Afrion, where the repulsion against again. By sinking a shaft in the island of

"We were never able to find out the catine These figures are significant because they statics Chinese and Indian has overetepped to the constant delaya said Mr. Briggs, Sprogo the work could be attacked from four reflect closely the attitude and the notion of the all bounds. To an illuminating contribution to Ties Controller at the .P.O., to an "Evening pleted within a comparatively short time. Its points simultaneously, and cold thus be com whole industry" is the somment of the Iron one columns yesterday Mr. H. C. Hawkin put Nowe representative,

the Colonists side of the case. with great force, capacity for traffic would be ten times that of

We are now making up a special bag with He pointed out that Natal had introduced floods the Peking letters to go to Tientein, whence the Nyborg Koreör ferry. Barings which have HOW TO BE BEAUTIFUL-Keep your com. of Indian coolie labour without considering the they will be forwarded." been made at both ends of the tunne have Charmant and Special Skin Tonio and Poudre in the future. That is doubtless true enough, plexion, Mrs. Ellen's Crême Charmante, Laitseoial problem which would be certain to arise given favourable results, but borings in the Charmant will enable you to do it. Her but it does not detract from the gravity of the Great Belt italt will have to be made before Specialties for the Skin are the study of a presant position, which might have been avoided the gohome can be regarded as anyting but a letime. 4. &. Watson & Co., Ltd., Sole A gents if Laurd Elgin had shown firmer hand at, an provisional one.

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stomach than of any appreciation of a just with European idea of the sanctity of the proportionment af punishment to the crime body, would have been very glad or malicasnice. Owing to the general fant themelves to see all corporal punishment abolished, except for heinous crime, so of provision for any term of impriscument, as well as the national character, which against the advice of a few practical men affects the sudden and often capricious the abolition was agreed tớ.

Now it happens, that likewise imbued infliction of punishment, rather than doliberate weighing of the evidency, with ortaio Europe in ideas as to the duty imprisonment as a punishment can scarcely of looking after the health of those com- be said to exist in China; most cases being vitted to its charge, the Municipal council, met by corporal punishment or the infic not only feeds the prisonera well, but pro- tion of irregular fines, so that when the rides them with prison clothes, far warmer Mixed Court was first established within the and more comfortable that the ordinary

THE TWO EMPIRES.-

The contonces passed upon British Indian în the Transvaal - running in all seven cases to three months hard labour, with £nes imposed upon four of the prisoners obviously aggra vates what has become a singularly perplexing

before the new regulations, and then selvet Imperial problem. The men have committed. no crime, They were resident in the Colony By admission they have comported themselves

POST TO PEKING.

GROWTIE OF TU KAILS ALLOWS OF A

SPECIAL BA FACH LONDON.

Peking has just been promoted to the dignity Martin's - Brandt.

The number of letters for Peking and

Tientsin is ingrossing rapidly as are the mails for the Far East generally.

"So far as Peking is concerned, there ars now quite enough letters to justify putting them in a bag by themselves,"