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the opportunity of hearing such tidings? Is he some new variety of American humourist, perahacco, and too subtle for us? If it be a joke we confess we have not yet discerned it. Or is the gentleman a CO., little-er-intellectually dizzy? Thus and thua do we wonder, and then, studying the enligraphy, we seize upon the idea that perhaps Mr. CEABLES NEVERS HOLMES is just young enough to have freshly discover ed the facts which he so kindly passes on DINNER GIVEN BY THE PRESIDENT to us at a cost of half a dozen conta guld, Our interest in him waxes greater, anıl with it, our sympathetic esteer. These E-biggest-of-big things have burst upon

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TRE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, APRIL 18TH, 1988. The next Criminal Sonsious of the Supreme (TELEGRAMS. Court will be held on Wednesday, April 22

at 10 o'clock.

Mr. T. K. Daly will not as beadenmater of Queen's College during the absence on leave of Dr. G. H. Bateson Wright, or until farther notice.

(BRUTER'S SARVION) INTERNATIONAL COURTESIES,

LURDON, April 9th. President Fallieres will be accompanied The Police Magistrates Department is ex-on his visit to London by M. Pichon and cluded from the operation of the Public Holi M. Clemenceau, practically the whole days Ordigane 1875, on Monday, the 20th

Cabinet, constituting a visit of a ruling inst.

Power to a foreign country altogether unparalleled. The Paris Council is coming to Inaugurate their Pavilion bodily Exhibition.

The third steel steam-Launch, the'"' Wheeler,"

built to the order of the Philippine Govern ment by the Hongkong and Whampoa Dook Co., left for Manila on Saturday,

GATHERING WILD FLOWERS,

rate quantities of flowers being taken, krat Chinese went out regularly and took away large quandties. One or two shrubs would be destroyed a consequenos of the flowers produced being pulled.

INTEREGTING PROSECUTION AT THE MAGISTRACY, " Acas of more than ordinary interest and Importance, affecting as it does the ouston of

Cross-examined-No notice has been sent gathering wild flowers from the hillsides, me round to the European residents informing bafora. Mr. Wood at the Magistrasyon

them of this No, there are notices put up in Saturday. A wook egy a gardener in the Chinese, service of Mr. DR Law of Mose. Battera id and wire was convicted of having been in the unlawful possession of a quantity of aralins, and fined five dollars. Two or three days later Mr. Jackson, from the office of Meara Johnson, Stokes and. Minster, appeared and asked that the can be robeard. His Worship consented and Saturday was fixed for the rehearing. Sargt. Floyd prosecuted and

I suppose you know that the Europea residents are not aware that this is an offence? fined for the offence and that is common -O), yes, they know. Their coolies have been

knowledge.

The Government have only recently pross- cuted in these osses -Oh, no. There havO bees prosecutions ever sings I came to the Colony in 1933.

Witness added that it wala peculiar-practice~~ which obtained horo of sending out servants to pick Howers from the hillside. Es did not know whether this mau had been eant out but he presumed that bo had.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleared THE STRIKE OF TELEGRAPHISTS Mr. Jackson defended. his understanding, we supposs, and altoto appoint Mr. W. H. Williams to be a 2nd gether eclipsed the bignem, for him, of Lieutenant in the Cadet Compasy attached to the Hongkong Volunteer Corps with offest After the United States and its wonders.

from this date. all, those. figures are not really so stale s we might at first soppose. They were freshn once, and they and of a sort warranted to keep fresh in any climate. The wisest saving. F. daily. The vacation commendos on April who remain attend to: urgent and press hillside and defendant indicated the direction of brought under the Metropolitan Polios Acts of...‚'

During the Baster vacation the offices of the Supreme Court will be open from 10 to 1

17 and concludes on April 23. On the public holidays the ofloss will be entirely closed.

An inquiry was conducted by Mr. Kemp at the Magistracy on Saturday morning, toushing the death of Cheung Kam Tun who died the previous afternoon in Victoria Gaol where ho was confined for debt. Deuth was das to natural cateŃ.

According to the officiel returas, Japan's total rics crop last your aggrogated 49,048,802 on, showing an increase of 5,0 per cout, as ompared with the previous year. The returns also show an increase of 1.8 per coal, over the average crops for the pist.seven goara,

Despa'akes from the Scratary of State to the Offer Administering the Government of Hoogkeng ontaining the report of the Brussels Sugar Consention and the protgool for the admission of Bassin to the convention are published in the Gaelis.

of SOLOMON must have been platitudes before he set them down in writing, or enused them to be written, and the chauce is that he shared saine of the pleasurable feeling of the author, just like Mr. CHARLES NEVERS' HOLMES This preference of ours for originality is after all based on a dream. There is no such thing in reality. It is no possible. The philosopher who said "there is no new thing under the sun was saying nothing now when he said a What we cali originality is a tatter of defective education, or else of defective memory. NEWTON did not really discover the law of gravitation. Every mother's so before him found it out, just sa every one has beau NEWTON gets the discovering it since. credit for originality, because he forgot, or didn't know, that the thing was as old as the bills, or older. It is an original discovery, beyond a doubt, when young man first sees the Light of the World in a maiden's eye. He thinks no one else ever found it in just the same way, an ? he carries on about it, getting quite as winch

It is notified in the Gazette" that a copy of a excited as our Massachusetta benefactor

pamphlet entitied an Abstract of Legal Fre Leems to have done about the waist measure-

liminaries to Marriage in the United Kingdom, To sɔm of us ment of our planet."

in india, au in British Dominions beyond the bored know-it-alls, this sedne ridiculous; Beas," which has been reprinted from the we say there is nothing more novel in that Appendix to the 69th Annual Report of the than in a baby's first tooth. Well, Mr.Registrar General for Bagland and Walor, CHARLES NEYERS HOLMES of Brookline." may be seen on application at the Registrar

General's Office in this Colony,

A. S. WATSON & CO.. Mass, has shown us the foolishness of the

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The private yachi Nirvana," which is owned by Madame la Comtesse do Ban, arrived in jort

on Saturday morning from the Straits Bettioments. The party on board evnsist of. the Comtesse and a party of six, Bhortly after arrival visits were paid by Admiral Sir Hed-. worth Lamblon and others, 'g

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A dispute between the Cantonese and Hakkas

About fifty man on each side armed with bam- beos belaboured each other for some time, A Hakka lad was injured and had to be taken to the hospital by P. C. Perkins of Yaumati Two of his assailants appeared before Mr. J. R. Wood at the Magistracy on Saturday and were fined £10 each or 16 days in prison.

Saturday, the 18 is ant, to be observed as à public holiday throughout the Government dapartments, except the Police Magistrates Department.

point of view. It is possible will to bo COLUMBUS. Let those of us who ned thetook place at Kowloon-chai the other day- reminder take heart of grace, and thank our correspondent m all humbleness, resolving to profit by his exampla. For is it no NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. ONLY communications relating to the nous colum stupid to be always rying to give eral it to Corresponicus must forward thar names and ad-whom en lit is not due? It is quite certam Areases with communications addressed toitie Editor, not for publication but as evidence of good that SHERIDAN, say, never uttered all the bright things attributed to him. Ay for JOB MILLER, erhaps there never was "no sich persou." This is a mere chuff, plens. it is pro bono publico, for the satisfaction of Society. In dining out, who is the insley the Governor has been pleased to appoint popular pe són ? - Not sasuredly, the pin folly honest person who prefaces some appropiate remark with the formula, "Ag DAN LENO says," or as the learned GROTIUS remarks. That sort of misguided honesty cas's a damper over any decent dinner party. It sounds so pedantic. The popular conversationalist koows how useless it is to quote and cite. He boldly uttere and personally accepts responsibility for, some remaïk of TACITUS or TWAIN, and for his moral courage is "Tewarded with a reputation for wisdom or for wit. There is no unfairness, for he is only doing what TACITUS and TWAIN did before him. Their originalities were about as original as a new blade of grass.

DEATH.

On Sunday A¡ vil 6th, at 315. Abbeydale Boad Shefeld, in hir 20th yw.r, ind fortified by the instres F the Church, Fussen Boy, of Cool Badge,ounty Wicklow, I eland, EI P.

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The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, APRIL 18TH, 1908"

INro the editorial mail bag come tumbling all sorts of communications, and it is very often the case, no doubt, that these which fue public subsequently see, are less in teresting that the once with-held

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IN INDIA,

LONDON, April 9th, The bulk of the Indian telegraphists have struck, and the accumulation of messages is enormous; the few operators

work.

THE SLEEPING SICKNESS.

LONDON, April 9th. The Governor of Uganda has issued a warm appent for funds to alleviate the sufferings of those afflicted with the sleeping sickness. It is estimated that there are. over 20,000 under treatment.

ANARCHISM.

LONDON, April 9th.” President Roosevelt has sent a special Message to Congress, asking for legislation for the suppression of anarchism

THE FRENCH IN MOROCCO,

LONDON, April 10th. General D'Aminde telegraphs that the Hafid's Mahalla attacked the French camp at Setia at 3 am, on the 8th inet, and was repulsed with great loss. The district WAG afterwards cleared.

THE ANGLO-AMERICAN TREATY,

London, April 10th. The Arglo-American Arbitration Treaty contains a clause, by which the Imperial Government reserves the right, bofure con clading arbitration agreements affecting the self-government colonies, to obtain the con. currence of the latter.

SIR HENRY CAMPBELL-BANNER-

MAN.

LONDON. April 10th.

Sir Henry Campbell-Brunerman passed a restless night and is somewhat weaker.

ALL INDIA FAMINE FUND.

HMK NG ĖMREKOS PATSON

OF THE EJND....

Friday, the 17th-instant, being a piblio-holi-

The Times of I dux commenting on the day, in Monday, the 20th instant, bing a Bank holiday under the Public Holidays Or lequent and sympathetic speech of H. E. the dinner, 1875, will be observed as Government Viceroy s'alos, The United Provinces are It is also notifid that His Excel-chiefly cancerned, with some of the Proteeled holidays

Native Sater in Central Indio, the Panjab, Bengal, the Central Provino», and to a small extent Bombay. The drought-stricken area is a hundred and fifty thousand square miles, and the suffering population numbers dity millions. Yet it is only by comparison with "the awful disasters of the past that the present faming is minimised. It has overwhelmed an area larger than Great Britain, Ireland, Holland and Belgium combined, and one-twelfth of British India, In one district of the Panjab the losses to the agricultural community are put down at two hundred lakhs. In the United Provincas the withering of the rics and maize crops

a sacrifics of ten millions sterting These figures help us to realise something of the calamity which formed the ground work of the Viceroy's appeal, and which has already rendered a million and a half persons dependent State relief. Nor is it certain that we have realised the worst. Hopes were entertained that copious winter rains would break the shock of the monston failure. They have not been inl.

It is notified in the Batetto that, in accordancs with the terms of The Rating Ordinance, No. 6 of 1901, owners and occupiers of tenements are reminded that rates for the moond quarter of 1908 ara payable in advance on or before the 30th April, 1908 If any person shall fail to pay such rates on or before the 30 May, 1908. proceedings will be taken in the Supreme Court for their recovery without further notice. No refund of rales ou vacant tonements will be granted aulose such rates have been paid during and within the westh of April, ver unless application is made for anch refund within fifteen days from the expiration of the quarter Metempsychosis is true,

but originality isn't Ouly the other day at dinner a man quoted "an awfully smart.

CORRESPONDENCE.

A CONFUSION OF MAHOMEDS.

saying " from the Overicus Daily Mail. If [TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY PRESS," suitable for the crowded columns of a daily he had been sensibly dishonest, and given

B-As I receivel many enquiries whether newspaper, they might be the brightest it as his own, (which he could have done, I had gone bankrupt owing apparently to & features of a "notes and queries" magazine.us te misquoted, anyway) we should have paragraph in your issue of this morning to the Sometimes it is difficult to know how to enjoyed it and been satisfied. Under the effect that one A. Mahomed of 18. d'Aguilar St. regard them. What, for example, is to be circumstances, it was imperative to point was involved in some Bankruptcy proceeding; said of the following salve cominquication, fout that the late JoHN HAY wrote it before I shall thank you to inser; a paragraph to the ever the Daily Mail was heard of. Even off of that the party is not to b. mixed with coming to us, fully stamped, just as we reproduce it, all the way from Masssthen, JOHN HAY merely adapted MARCUS H. Mahomed of 16 d'Aguilar St.

chusetts

March 9, 1908, TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY PRESS,“ Bin-It is interesting at times to recur to our own plazet, our Home the Earth.

AURELIUE, OF KONALETH, OF KUNG FU-TIZE, or somebody similarly remote. We admit we are inconsistent in giving Mr. CHAXLE Nuvens HoLes cedit for statements we Girounforence, about 24,999 miles (equa- might bave presented as our own, but there torial); diameter, 7926, (equatorja)); preu, some 197,000,000 square miles, volame, 260,000,000,000 is no mention of inconsistency in the onbiç miles,

Cuiopasisons. (1) Our Sau has 1,310,000 our Decalogue. To condense an Emer-onian volum, and 331,000 times our weight, (2) Our casty into a phrase like that is as near au Mogu bas 1/19 our volume, and 181 our weight approach to ciginality as we ever hope to (8) Jupiter, 139 times as large, and weighs 316

Some arms with whom I am in business relatious sent their representative to my stores to verify whether I had gone bankrupt and as frs were led astray, my customers may lika wise be led astray. thanking you in anticipationYours faithfally. Trasting you will acquiesco to my request, and

R. H. MAHOMED,

involves

apoo

fillel. Should no rain fall within the next few days the situation will be materially aggravated, and whatever happens there must be a long interval before the distress in districta mainly. dependent upon sütama cereals comes to an end. So although this famine is concentrated to material extent on the United Provinces, there Is every warrant for the opening of the All India Fand which his Excellency inangarated. His Majly the King Emperor has graciously consented to become Patron of the Fund, and example should serve as a powerful stimulus to Indian charity, which ban never been appealed to for a worthy obj et in vain.

P.9. Floyd, of Monat Gaagh Folio Station, said he saw the defendant on 4th inst. in Plantation Road carrying a basket of asia branches and forus. He asked him in Chinese where he came from and defend sat replied from the hillside. He further asked where on the

Victoria Hospital, Witness had zinco vaited the place and found considerable damiga dens to other non-flowering shrubs, Tao nz slis tenes bad the appearance of being plaated by the Government.

Mr. Jackson-That is not evidenca

Witnesa added that he arrested defendant: took hier to the Police Station, and defendant- was fined $5.

Crosz-azumined.He had been in charge at Mount Gough Police Station for about thres, weeks. He received no special instructions bat the Ordinator gave them the powers under which he soled.

How long have you been in Hongkong About sight and a half years,

CASER

How many proventions have you seen for unlawful possession of Rowers? Three or four What was the last case?-The case of Mr. No,

Parr

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That was at the instause of the King

Mr. May.

Mr. May reported the matter ?--You Was he complainant? No, the defendant pleaded guilty

This concluded the case for the prosecution. Mr. Jackson argued that the chargs was

bowe and consequently he would stond that his Worship haino jurisdiction. He submitted that wild &swers were not goods and could not be the subject of 'n larowny at common law,

His Worship reaffirmed the conviction. Mr. Jackeon, asked his Worship to state a

CONCERT AT THE THEATRE ROYAL.

Fun and jolity were the order of the evening on Saturday, at the Naval Concert in aid of the Sailors and Soldiers one. There was IR

excellent and appreciative audiences though the attendance upstairs might have been larger considering the worthy object of the court. The band of the H.M.S. "King Alfred" arder the able direction of A. V. Sparrow, gave a excellent account of itselt during the evening, especially in Brahma "Hungaring Dance" and heen expected, most of the items had the true the Homoreska" of Dvorak. As might have

nautical tonob, and not one of the fopibal jokes Uared Services among the audiance.. H. J. was missed by the rusuy representatives of the

Coker, E.R.A., of H.M.8, "Bedford" brought, down the house with his comic songs, giving the humorous recitation "Driske an encore, while H. B. Hartley uphold the honour of

They usually plead guilty ?—Yes, You said the defendant pointed to the bill eide when you stopped himYes.

Do you know whether it is a habit of these.M.S., Kent," his songs being eathnaiaatio- gardeners and ocolies to go out on to the bill aids to plank flowers?—I don't.

Do you know they go out every day?-If I saw them. I would streat them.

Do you know it is a regular occurrence ?-I have been trid. so

Did you believe the coolie when be told yon that be took the fwers from Wanchai Gap? You don't allege he took them out of a garden ? You agree that he took them from the hillside?- He said so and leads guilty in this court.

Never mind about that. He is not pleating guilty to day. As you prepared to admit that ho tok the flowers from the Peak? Do you believe what he said P-It is not my duty to believe.

:

But he says he got them on the hillside? Had I seen him on Government property abould have charged him with trespassing,

ally rasized. A. Niles, A.B.. also of the

Kent" did some very clever conjuring trioks, causing great delight by producing the Union Jack apparently from nowhere. The per- forsace closed with a specially written farcical sketch entitled Aunt Matilda's Visit, *—

The full programme was as follows:-

PROGRAMME. FALT L

1-Grand Descriptive Naval Selection ‘A lifa

on the OosKAL

...Binding Orobes'. 2-Bong (descriptive) Ths Lily of Babara "

A. A. Smith, Cpl, RM.L.I. HALS Kent." 3-Song The Link Divine. Picoolomini

J. Cremer, C.S.B.S., H.M.S. "King Alfred," 4-Basoon Solo Lucy Long Godfrey Mr Hayda. 5-Coon Song Salestel I. Hartley, ERA., H.MS, "Kast.”

Under what section I bǝlieve it is section 8 Quite right. From what circumstances did you come to the conclusion that these Bowers had been stolen or unlawfully obtained?-I. suspected they were unlawfully obtained.

6-Two Piec18--

-Orebostra

(aḤamoreska' COMESSA...Dvorak (b) Hungarian Dance'

Orchestra. 7-Skit from Black Eyed Susan'

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Brahms

What were the circumstane? There were only two places from which they could have been taken, crown land er private land.

What are there flowers worth ?—I would not 10-Overture Men of Frometheus' Besthorən

Bay. ..

Teti coats P-I could not say.

Do you think you could buy all he got for ten conts?--I don't know.

W. W. Daris, Low-Cpl., RM, L., H.M.S. Marliu." 8-Song (Comic) The Solets Idol"

II. J. Coker, K.K.A., H.M.9. Bedford." 9-Chinose Illusionist · Mysfidostion'

A. Nilee, A, B., H.M.S. "Kent,"

Orchestra, Interval. PART IL 11-March of Triumph * Entry of the Gladia-

for!

.............Facek

Orchestra,

What price would you put them at in your "Wa mind P-Ten cents or so, but I really 12-Rong (Patriotis) Britannia's Boys in

could not say,

More than ton cente

coute.

than ten

Fifteen cents?—I am not a judge. You have bought flowers down the street, haven't you -Very seldom.

Blus..

.........Bennett Booth

J. H. Hamilton, Ldg. Stoker,

H.M.S. "Alaority." 13-Bong *An Evening Bong" Blumenthal W. Green, B.B.A., H.M.8, “King Alfred,” 14--Song (Topioal)

'Fuace, Fenos*

(A Country Girl) Monckton,

H. B. Hartley, E.R.A., H.M.S." Kent"

You have seen towers bought there?I 88, 15-Piccolo Solo Sliver Birds" Le Thiere

but I have not laxen much ustice.

Do

you know these cannot be stolen without a value being placed upon them? Do you know that a dairy cannot be stolen ?—No.

You cannot steal a dnicy ?--If I saw a person stealing a daisy and trespassing on crown land I would arrest him,

Why didn't you arrest the defendant for trespassing --Decause I did net suo him on the land

Chinese detectire 131 mid he was in company of the last witness and met the defendant carrying a basket of flowers. Witness asked him whers be picked them and defendant replied on the hith Asked whore he was employed defendant said" be was with the taipan in Batterfield and Sires. In reply to further questions defendant said he did not pick the flowers from the hillside daily but once a week. 2

Cross-examined-Hare you any experience in baying fowers ?—No,^--

How much would you get that basket for ? Thirty cents or thereabout.

me?I would have asked you where you got them from,

TOYO KISEŃ KAISHA.

SIVÈMY MEETING OF CHAREHOLB918, < At the half-yearly general inceling of the Toyo Kison Kaisha, beld on the 20th March the shareholdere, after a stormy debate, adopted a motion to withdraw the whole reserve for the equalisation of dividend, amounting to Y100,000, and ya.dividend at the rate of 12

per cent. of directors was that aside sums for legal and per annum, Thoiginal proposal of the board other reserves from the net profit, amounting to with basket of flowers would you have stopped Eupposing you met me going along the road Y27,000, including 15,000 brought over from the proceeding half year, and to draw 150,000 from the reserve for the equalisation of dividend, this paying a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent per annum. The meating was not satisfied with motion ebave given. The meeting then pro- reason why the Government wished to stop this seeded to the business of a special general practice. It was because the lowering shrubs at meeting and discussed a proposal to increase the the Peak were getting source; in fant throughout capital of the company by Y8,500,000, bringing the Colony they were much less plentiful than the total ap to 19,000,000. This also caused a Motor tumultuous debate, sad, reaksing the dangerous they used to be. The Government at present position in which the preporal might place the was planting out arelist, hydrangeas, and other company, the board of directors withdrew it. It plants on crown lauds at the Peak. was finally agreed that a committee should be appointed by the shareholders who should ge into the matter in detail and, upon consultation with the boned of directors, should bring forward s now proposal,

M. ST. Dum, superintendent of affore"

Musician Harris, 16-Song Comic That is a Woman's way H, J. Coker, E.,A., HM.S." Bedford,"

Orchestra.

17-Grand Selection Lobongria Wagner 19 Recitation.

The Dash for the Colours

¡..F. G.. Webb Mr W. H. Embarley, 19-Ladies Items to be arranged. 20-Descriptive March d·· Bells?

Orchestra.

21-Sketch Farcical

*Coronation Partridge

· ́Aunt Matilda's Visit Company from Kent' (Specially written by H. B. Hartley, E.B.A. H.M.5.Kent").

·KULANGSU (AMOY) 'MUNICIPAL

COUNCIL.

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Minutes of a meeting of the Council held at the Board Room on the 21th March 1908.

Present-Moseurs, W. H. Wallace (Chair man), C. A. V. Bowra, A. F. Gardiner, Huang Tean-chew, N. Kruse, 9: Okayama W. Winon and the Secretary.

1 The minutes of the last mesting are, zoad, and confirmed

2. General roatino business is transected. 3. The Superintendent of 'Police reports the following cases have been dealt with it the Mixed Court since the Inst meeting :-

BOMMONSES. Attempting

ing to

Debt 3, Throwing rubbish into the public drains 1, Interfering with a right of way 1.

jime as much. (4) Mars has about 1/7 of get, even with the help of Mr. CHABLES animal report states that the following licences this arrangement, td ultimately adopted the station, said he had been asked to explain thee to stray 1, A1, Allowing pigw and

our volume, and 1:10 of our weight-Sincerely NAVERS HOLMES,

your!,

CHARLES NEVEES HOLMES.

Brookline, Mass., U.S.A.

Both F.MS, "Astra" End HM.S "Monmouth" arrived hers on Saturday. The former aims from Amoy and the latter from Singapore.

#4, Bledman St, Who and what is our friend Mr. ChazleS NEVERS HOLMES? Why does he remind

It is notified in the Garette that the Gover- us of these disconcerting facts, that we all nor-in-Council has decided to resume Lot 398 tacitly agree are best forgotten? Is it that in Burvey District No. 4, New Kowloon West, he thinks Hongkong so henighted a place for public purposes. The owners are at present that its inhabitants have perhaps never had unknown.

LICENCES IN HONGKONG,

The Captain Buperintendent of Police in bis

were issued during 1907-

1,175 Hongkong Jinrickshas,

50Quarry Bay Jiorickebas. 259 Kowton Jinziokshax

37 Private Vehicles (27 Carriages,

1,033 Track Licences,

644 Hongkong Chairs,

Go Hiu District Chairs.

7 Gharis.

Cara and 4 Horras).

14,097 Driver And Bearers. They are con« tinually coming and going, hence the large number.

Hle Worship Wild grown lands or enclosed orown laude?—On the hillside, P

Witness added that so far as his department was concerned there was no objection to mode. ↑

jog a

SUMMARY, ARRESTS.

Gambling 8, Illegally removing soll 1, Creat

disturbance 2, Theft 2, Being abroad after 12 midnight without a light 1, Committing a sulance 1, Resisting the polior 1, Obstructing the police in

of their duty. 3. W. E. WALLA

Chairman,

By order

„C., BERKELET MITCHELL,

Becretary.