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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRES, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27TH. 1908.

worth of subsidiary coins a month is shown

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to have been broken. There was, they say, demand for these coise and they met it, despite the promise given to the British Minister; and now, in regard to Sir JOHN JORDAN'S second request the Canton CO., Sinancial authorities dispute His Excellency's

Malaria is again prevalent on the Balire

Works experidly at Taipo. No fawe TELEGRAMS. than ten European cases are at present unde treatment in the Government Civil Hospital.

(REUTER'S SERVICE.]

THE RUSSIAN NAVY,

LONDON, August: 24th.

In the Marine Magistrate's Court yesterday Harbour Master, Captain . L. M. Willough before the Hon. Commander Basil Taylor, B., master of the Government stewide Stanley The Russian Gossament have adapted

plane of a-Hamburg firm for the construction to be thrown from his ship st 11 am. on Tresdeuf new battleships of twenty thousand tons Defendant denied the charge, which was awa- displacement, 21 knots speed, and armed tally proved, and a fine of $80 was imposed | with twelve inch KUDA

premises in the matter and stand out against charged-Rudolf Hatje, master of the Germa Compliance with the request. It is perfectly ss "Hilary," with unlawfully allowing rubia clear, therefore, that if the subsidiary coinage evil is to be corrected in Hongkong the Government must go the length of restricting the importation of Chinese coins, and abso- Jutely forbidding the circulation of Chinese coine in the Colony. Merely to warn the

MERCHANTS public that Chinese coins are worth so much

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less than Bongkong coins is obviously insuff. cient while the subsidiary boinage in eircula- tion in the Colony appears to be four-fifths Chinese. Past experience bas proved how futile it would be to recommence minting with a view to providing the Colony with an adequate supply. Of the 40 million

PIPES dollars worth of these cains, put into circa-

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The report of the Tangkas Medical Misich- ary Hospital and Polyclinic for the year 197 afforda interesting reading. In April last year

the work with out-patients was commonood. An many as 18,158 visits were rogistered giving an consultation days. In September the whole sverige of 104-patienter for each of the 128 building was opoued, 395 patients have been trested in the wards. They were under the cate of Dr. Eich and Dr. Baumann Dr. Kakse. reports on the Polyclinic and Rev. K. Kiake on the evangelistic work.

WIRELESS TELEPHONY.

LONDON, August 24th. Mr. De Forrest who has engaged the Eiffel Tower has now secured the use of a tower in terminal for wireless telephony, net telegra- New York, 680 feet high, se the American

phy as at first reported.

HOLLAND AND VENEZUELA.

LONDON, August 24th. Bolland, replying to Venezuela, insists on Venezuela rescinding various decrees harm-

lation by the Government, euough, presun Tari Revision Investigation Committee is ful to trade at Curacos.

ably, remains somewhere to cover the need" of the Colony ten times over. Agfast as they were issued they disappeared out the Colony when the output of the Canton mint was insufficient to meet the demand for subsidiary coinage in Kwangtung previuce | and if the Hongkong Government were still to go on minting we would not retain the coins in the Colony so long de peuple were left se free to utter Chinese coins de They are now.

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In the Japanese Department-of-Finnge the

Customs tariff which is to be revised in 1911 now much occupied in drifting the now

The Yomiuri has a paragraph stating that socording to a member of the committee, tha Treasury has no intention of raising the tariff rates in any remarkable degree. In fact, the new tariff rates will be fixed on the basin of the tariff which was put in force in October, 1905, and which was compiled in anticipation of the forthcoming revision of the tariff in 1911. There will, therefore, bé no remarkable change between the new tariff and that in foros,

weather:

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MOROCCO.

LONDON, August 24th, Mulai Haid has been proclained Sultan at Tangier amid popular rejoicing..

continue her policy in Morocco regardless of While it is expected that France will

the change of Sultans, the French Govern mental organa agree that Molai Hafid cannot be recognized until a new European conference has met and consented to conclude an agreement with him.

MACEDONIA

LONDON, August 24th. Creat Britain has taken wo steps to

Macedonis,preferring to await the conclusion recall the British gendarmerie officers in

of a unssimous international agreement.

THE LATE COLONEL MARTIN.

SUPREME COURT.

Wednesday, August 26th.

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IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION,

BEFOEN MR. H. H. J. GomeERTZ (ACTIxe PUNNE JUDOB).

CONSENTED TO JEDOMENT, to recover $600 due on a premissory note,

The Kang Yan Song firm sao Trung King

Mr. E. J. Grist (of Mears. Wilkinson and Grist) appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. A Holborow (of Mesra Deacon, Locker and Deacon) for the defendant.

not appear Mr. Grist said-I think he

When the case was called and plaintiff be in the other Court, or perhaps has gone the Police Court

to

His Lordabip-Why should he go there? Mr. Gris They are so ridiculous, these people. They always go to the wrong place. I would ask your Lordship to adjourn the case. until this afternoon.

CANTON

(FROM QUE CORANAPONDENT]

August 25th. SUFTRESSION OF ILLEGAL BOCIETIES.. The local Anthorities have received" ́the following Imporial Ediot by able --**T'kiz Imperial Edict is issued to inform you that I (Emperor) have recently heard that there

numerous societies established in both the Northern and Southern Provinces, bordering the Sos Coast under the general name of Political Information Societies. Amongst these Societies there are many members who are prominent seditious criminals who under shelter stage some of money and form factions under did of those societies get the people to subscribe the pretext of investigating the political and commercial affairs of the country, but in reality. they are secretly soheming and inciting insur rections and creating trouble and generally design to disturb the posse of the public. If stern measures are not immediately taken to investigate and suppress these sogisties it is feared that they will corrupt and rain the people, I have ordered the Board-of- Census, Viceroys' and Governors of all the Provicces, Generals is command of the armies, and the Prefect of Shun Tien to make rigid and minate Inquiries and adopt stringent measures to soppress these societies. All officials are instrasted to armat and severely punish the members of these associations and not Mr. Holborow-I am quite prepared. The to look upon this as an unimportant matter an weeks' time to pay. In other cases where being the State in serious palamity. Rospect this defendant seks if my friend, will grant him two negligence on your part may result la involy was oncerned, Tong King bad always kept (diot). his promise.

Mr. Holbarow I think I am entitled to coats for coming here this morning,

Mr. Grist--I will ask your Lordship to adjourn that question.

Mr. Halberow-I was hoping the plaintiff would be here. I am willing to consent to judgment, but on terms.

His Lurdship Why cannot you'ge into that

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Mr. Geist I cannot agree. There is a balance due from a caso a few weeks ago.

Mr. Holborow That was paid on Saturday. - His Lordship will give judgment, with s stay of execution for a fortnight

Mr. Grist-I cannot consent that This writ was lasted on August 15th, and there is no reason why my client should act be entitled to interest. If the defendant will content to arsontion of the writ I am prepared to consent pay interest at-thevegal rate from the date of

to a stay of execution for a fortnight, with liberty to apply. Otherwise all sorts of things might happen: somebody else might put in

kong, and formerly of Bandgate, Kent, of the ship gave judgment for the plaintiff, execution

Lionteraut Colonel Heary Martin, of Hongxecution, or be might run away.

Dafendant's soliciter consented, and his Lord. Royal Army Medical Corp, principal medical to be stayed for a fortnight. offer at Hongkong, who aw service in the South African War, and who died in Japan. whilst fishing, elder son of the late Von, Henry John Martin, Archdeacon of Lindisfarne, of: Beadnel, Northumberland, loft ostate of the groes value of £10,302, with net personalty of £9,072.

LOCAL SPORT.

TEAM RACE."

The team race held at the VBC yesterday afternoon attracted considerable attention: The following four teams entered:

No, 2-C. J.-Cooke (Capt.), E. C. Bayer, J. 1. M. Lopes, M. A. Figueiredo, C. Banj, F. da Roza, and U. Gallars.

E. Humphreys, J. M. Roza Pareira, C. A. Rod. No. 3.-C. Humphreys (Capti), A E. Aires,

riguez, J. Forbes, and R. Galimas

Tag atore edict refers to the Self-Govern- mont Society, Association for Protection of Chinese Rights, Investigation Society, and so forth, all of which only sprung np last year. They express freely their opinions on governmobial matters and very often hamper the notions of the local authorities. Trouhla was bound to crop up, for while nothing like representative government is

as yol establlebed, these so-called soole ties arrogate to themselves power to interfere in and every matter, and they undoubtedly.

I mentione

its a standing danger both to the r the danger of the existence of these societiesire countrymen and to foreigners, year when they interfered with the West Kizer Patrol question,

QUESIDIARY_COINS.. Recently the Board of Revenus at Peking sent a despatch to Vloeroy Chang stating that the British Minister had requested them to order the Kwangiang Mint to cease for a time to coin anbeidiary coins. On receipt of the despatch the Viceroy instructed the Provinofal Treasures, the Bureau of Local Affairs, and the official In charge of the Mint to consider the matter the gist of the report sent to the Viceroy: and report their opinions. The following is

If we use to mint these, then we have to look been accustomed to the use of the 27 gant colns. The merchants and the people have long

to foreign sources for a supply, "The British Minister on the pretext of the interests of

previously reported on this subji giving commerce has requested that the sining of thom-be-stopped. Your predeostiors bare fall particulars and substratia! proofs, Tais apa. Jou and discussed it with the Wai- year the British Ministar has again takva up

wap was reluctantly compelled to comply wapo. On the last occasion, with a view to provent international complicating, the Wai-

AUSTRALIA AND THE CHINESE

The Prime Minister of Austraila has approvdios, F. K. Tata, Mackie, H Marthasy. A. J. No. 1-A. A. Claxton (Cspt.), P. M. Reme ed of a regulation under the Immigration squeezed into the Commonwealth on the plea

V. Ribeiro, mud C. Cardoiro. Restriction. Act to prevent Chinese from being that they are returned immigrants. Safeguards will be observed. Four mounted photographs, signed by Chinese going broad with the be supplied, and the following cortificate must be two of the profile and two full face, will have to

intention of returning-"I undertake and intend not to bring with me, or to introduce not possessed of an unexpired of ustavoked into the Commonwalth, any relative who is oortificate exempting him or her from the provisions of paragraph A of section 3 of the above Acts; and I also undertake and intend not to be directly or indirectly privy to the between Witobell and Claxton's teams, The with the request of the Minister and ordered the bringing to or introduction into the Com. monwealth of any such relative.”

-It is clear that We cannot look for much amelioration as a result of The police are still in difficulties over the any effort on the part of the Canton uumber of undesirables who are at present Mint authorities. Their reply to Sir Jons being handed on to them. Yesterday 7 from | Jordan's request is a naive and instructive Saigon, shut on by the Indo-Chins authorities for non-payment of poil tax and other police comment on the whole question, The Controllers of the Mint take no account of on the Station Compound in addition to 27 reasons, and four from Singapors were encamped the fact that the Hongkong Government remaining of, the big batch whose arrival we has not only censed to mint any more obronioled two days ago. It was a càrious |:37 subsidiary com, but is retaining and melting Seoteh palloemen, whistling a Gaelic air, went

aight to see them being fed yesterday, down what is being paid into the Treasury amongst the crowd distributing chop stinks in order to rehabilitate its subsidiary coin-while the chow was brought along in baskets e. What the Cauten authorities say is and dispensed by the men in charge Savers Our coins are demanded by the public women and children were among the number and if we restrict the output they will draw but like the men, they seeded practically supplies from Hongkong." Even now when Impervious to the inconveniences of the the discount on subsidiary coin is as high is it is, the minting at Canton is apparently An interesting etery of how a drunken mas profitable, and the controllers of the Mint was responsible for the discovery of a theft was are evidently strongly disinclined to told at the Folies Court yesterday. Coming sacrifice the profits in the general interests down Lassar Road one night this week in no of trade, They profess: not to

latexiasted condition ha espiad & man carrying 59, the a depreciated coinage is a tax où trade and knowing what he was doing the deaukon man a parcel which contained underclothing. Not commerce, and they do not even recognise stopped the other and demanded "halves that depreciation is the result of over. Naturally the other declined and a distriot production. So long as such abysmal watchman hearing the demand for halvas ignorance prevails in regard to clementary fallen out and he promptly arrested both and thought that it was a case of thievon having facts like thees and while the controllers of took them to the Police Station. There it was the Mint are permitted to disregard a promise when it is given, to a Foreign Minister, it must be confessed there is little. to be hoped for by the Hongkong Govern ment in the way of co-operation. We can hardly believe, however, that the Board of

swimmers in the former were slightly better, Finance in Peking will be impressed by HONGKONG OFFICN: 10A, DES Vaux BoAD Cthe views advanced against the adoption of of the Tangkon Medical Missionary Hospital. An interesting point is raised in the report

however, and on points Tats lost the race te LONDOR OFFICE: 131. FLEET STREET. EU Sir JoHN JORDAN's suggestion, but, should Dr. Kuhas remarks "it is much to be desired

the latter team. The best swim of the day was between Witobell and Remedios, and on this the Board decide to temporarily stop the that we medical missionaries know more than

oontest the race depended. Remedion got The Grat of the competitors in the raund-slight start, a start scarcely worth mentioning minting of subsidiary coins at Canton, it we usually do about the Chinese art of healing." Matin" reached Paris on the 26th at best swimmers, and after an exilent race he the-world automobile race promoted by the but Witchell, as is known is one of the Colony's is to be hoped that the promise will be If we cannot lose much time car their complitat 3 p.m. It was the German Protos 06, 20deeded in beating Remedios in. the last lap, several thousand dollars' worth of ton cente

onted and groundless theories, let us at least with Lieutenant von Koppen, of the German know the names and the action of the drags Army, who left Berlin two days previously and the final ending in a win for Witchell's tom, they have used for thousands of year. A

and an uneventful run to Paris. said that the atter neglet

with Claxton's second and Humphreys third. wall-educated Chinese pondering over this, a fisco, and little enthusiasm was shown on The contest has long sinco degenerated into of their the arrival of the German competitor, Flying drugs was a great obstacle to their accepting the German 11g, the Protos car halted first in ours. I know the reply which will to the Place de la Concorde, opposite the head- given me,-How can # 18 drugs the went to the offices of the "Matin." Here Ton quarters of the Automobile Clab. Thence he action of which we ignore f Could not Kopper's arrival seemed to be unexpected, for the Medical Missionary Association fu

none of the members of the committee which Shanghai undertake the systematic study of the opald not the association, as such, send an most important drugs? If nobody be found,

appeal to any scientifle body at home or in America trying to find some pharmacologiat ready to spend some years doing rosearch work If nobody comes we can at least send plante and specimens home asking for communications P

All letters for publication should be 'written ou one nde of the paper only.

No anonymously signed communications that have already appeared in other papers will be inserted.

Orders for extra rogies of MAILZ PEARS should be thefore 11 am, on day of publication. After that hour the supply in limited." "Only supplied for Cask

Telegraphic Address: Pukee. Çedés; 2,3,0, 6th Ed. Lieber.

P. O. Box Telephone No. 12.

The Daily Press.

"HONGKONG, AUdvar 271x, 1908

honourably fulfilled.

Two rinks of the police bowlers visit the bowling greed at Cosmopolitan Dook ou Saturday afternoon and play the home men.

The young man, MoBride and Wilson, who awam from Kowloon Dook to Status Wharf on Monday did the distanesi ose hour and eight

minutes.

Ir is rather more than twelve months since the Government issued its notice that all Hongkong subsidiary coinage received in aucordance with law by Government. Departments would be melted down and aald, so as to reduce the amount in cuculs tion to that required by the necessities of business in the Colony. This polier las

Dr. Kuhne, in the report of the Tangkan had some small effect on the subsidiary to the abuse of ginger and cliu in South Medical Missionary Hospital, draws attention oinage evil, for the rate of discount on China. They are used as "antie pasmedios by the Hongkong coins has been dropping, nearly every woman. though the fall cannot be regarded as a heavy one,

During the six months since the conclusion Hongkong 20-cent pieces are of the immigration restriction agreement now quoted at $6-30 per cent discount as between Japan and America the number of against $7.78 per cent. on Chinese 20-cent Japanese emigrants to America decreased by ploces, and Hongkong 10-cent pieces are 2629 in comparison with that of the correspond. quoted 6·85 per cent discount against 8:40 ing period of the previous year. por cont for the Chinese coin. This gradual appreciation in value of the Hongkong subsidiary coins is certainly satisfactory but, until the Government is prepared to shut out the Chinese coin, it can benefit Lobody but the Government and perhaps the money changers. The futility of the hope of getting the Chinese authorities to

An interesting horse deal was before Mr. C. reduce the output of the Canto-Mint is last wook, when Mr. A. Frenzen sued the Hon. J. Saunders at the Singapore District Court, evidenced in the transla our Canton Mr. John Anderson for $350 for alleged brauch correspondent given tord ayer a communica" of warranty and misrepresentation in respect of tou made by the officials of the Finance a hores. Judgment was given for the defendant Department to the Viceroy. It appears with boats,

In the Philippines, according to the "Manila Times," a loss of pesos 616,554 must be faced by this represents last year's collections on opium, the Customs dating the present feest gost, as and at a venservative estimate this would have been the amount taken had the prohibition of the drug not been made lag.*

Escertained that the clothing had been obtained on a forged order and smother in was arrested The drunken man was charged with being drank end incapable and the other two have to set a charge of obtaining goods by false pretencos.

WEATHER REPORT.

ROUND THE WORLD BACE

organised the race were on the spot to receive

with the race and the finish of the German car. A psonliar situation has arisen in compaction it was carried nereas the Booky Mountains by tail, and from the Pacide was shipped dirsot petitors in the race have finished it will be iur to Vladivostok, so that until the remaining.com possible to decide whether the Protos car has obtained a place,

FIRE INSURANCE IN JAPAN.

roll, A. V. Berros, A. Ellis, A. R. Ellie, E. No. 4-R. C. Witchell (Capt.), A.H. Car. M. O. Remedios, . Bunji.

It was soon observeble that the case lay

WATER POLO.

Afriendly water polo match followed between

The home team won after an excellent game, the V.R.C. and a team of Royal Engineers and strange to say, registered the same number, of goals against their opponents as they did in two previous Shield mstahes namely 2 to 1.- WATER POLO SHIELD FINAL

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(monthly) production of subsidiary coins to be reduced by 8,000 tasis.

of subsidiary coins the balzess of the merchants "As it was said that by stopping the minting and the people would be facilitated we disregard- at the question of profits accrsing from the that it was occasionally necessary to stamp minting of the coins. We still found, however,

coins, to meet the public and private busines transactions of the Mint. As the peopis are so accustomed to the ass of subsidiary, cins we were compelled to mint a certain quantity abore the usual limit so as to facilitate cirqulution and meet the demands for change for dollar soins.

efor las again requested that the minting "On the present occasion the British Min- of the subsidiary coins be stopped and has supported his request by saying that the promion on foreign banknotes is daily increasing &c., &ö. But the faetuation of. It has been arranged that the final in the premium on foreign banknotes really depends Water Polo Bhield Competition will take place market, and has nothing to do with the on the cornering of sabablary coins in the on Weilagalay next at six o'clock. The finalists are the VRC. and the. Corinthian tomat of subsidiary coins minted. The Bri- Yacht Club, and as previously mentioned, a

tish Minister does not appreciate the resi good game is anticipated, the teams being rivals condition. of affairs, but simply pats the blante in last year's tournament. It is expected that on the Kwangtang anbaidiary coins His Excellency's statement is not based on a full review of the facts. Moreover, the amount minted above" the limit is only an additionsl 8m of coin? 1808ssary to meet the payment of Lealhries of oficials and soldiers and at times on account of insofoient subsidiary coins in the market required for the transaction of the business of the merchants,"

DEATH OF MR. SANKEY.

A New York. telegram announces that Ira David Sankey, the-notod svangelist and singer, died on the 15th instant.

It

THE FLOOD-JAPAN'S CIFTS.

in afl of the food sufferera :——

is reported that the Japanese Goverment has sent the following articles, to the Viceroy

The warehousing companies of Tokyo, Yoko-is Excellency the Governor will attend to hama, Kobe and other places are now greatly Present the Shield. The Hougkong Observatory yesterday issued irritated, the Japan Gazelle says, at the attitude, the following report: 120, and Tissu considerably over the 3. Loc choos. have sunounced that the insurance rates will be has fallen moderately at the mouth of the Ying- Tokyo, the Yokohama and the Kyodo, which On the 28th at 1151 am The baromoter compaules, namely the Meiji, the Nippon, the of the dve great Japanese fire insurance

slight increase of pressure bie taken place raised on and after December 1st. For example, also over 8. Chips, Formosa and the Philippines. the new rate on fertilizere will be more than The typhoon is situated to the E... of double the present charge, that on cotton more Gutzlaff. It appears to be moving towards than three times and that on general mer- N.N.W. at

The deceased was born at Edinburgh, present.

cüändias from 10 to 33 remsiva ligb over the Pacific to the B. of Japan. able at a time like the present, when business became choir leader, Sunday school superit- the N.B. part of the Sea of Japan Pressure extraordinary high rates are not only unbear Episcopal Church at New Castle, where he A slight depression is moving Eastwards in botning companies are of opinion, the ward Lawrence County, L'ar, Augnist 23th, 1840, and opinion that sachet the age of fiftaon united with the Methodist

Forona Channel and mo crate variable winds but will also affect the development of commerce Indianapolis Y.M.C.A. International Conven- Moderate S. W. winds may be expected in the depression is prevailing all over the country, tendent and President of the Y.M.C.A. At the log the Northern hores of the Chius Sea and industry. Some of the warehoming com. tion in 1870, he first met Dwight L. Moody and Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending panies have gone so far sa to cancel their con- became stacciated with him as a solo singor in At 10 m. to-day, 1.14 inches.

tracts with the Japanese insurance concerns and evangelistic work in the United States and The forecast for the 24 hours ending at pris-baya thom renewed in the foreign insurance aurowland of late years did a good deal of Commissioner of Customs to pass these goods to-day is as follows:--

companies. On the other hand, the Japanese lecturing. He gave to New Castle ass frogs Hongkong & Neighbourhood. mod te; tkun er querce of the recent great fires in the country a building site to the Methodist Church there: fire insurance companies hold that is conse Y.M.CA. and public library building and also bave incurred great loss and that unless He was the compiler of numerous Gospel

game as-No. 1. housing companies in the above mentioned Inted into many languages, as we set ou

the present rates be raised they will be unable Hym, Sacred Songs and Solos, which were to ran their business properly. It is stated published in England and had a sireulation of that the insurance money paid by the ware Over lifty million copies, and have been trans.

that the British Minister in Peking has again Singaporo-papers-by yesterday's mall contain been urging on the Wai-wa-pu the necessity a report that the Eastern Extension Telegraph for temporarily stopping operations at Company's cable ship Patrol is astore nor the the Canton Mint, and the report of its of Pulse Lant. During the past few the financial authorities of Canton on pany have been engaged in cable work off the South coast of Chins between

weeks the Eastern Extension Telegraph Com- Formoss Channel ... the subject is absolutely opposed to the coast of Borneo, and, the Patrol leit Singapore proposal. The promise given last year that with cables and other material sheard. What South coast of China between Hongkong and Lamooks. he output should be reduced by 8,000 tela occasioned the mishap has not been disclosed. Hongkong and Hainan.

Variable winds,

showers.

.W, winds, moderate.

Same as No. 1. every month, including Y18,000 paid in Tokyo of the day including "The Ninety and Nine

4 places amounts to about 50,000 or Y60,000 poser of many of the most popular gospel aange

and Yokohama.

and When the Miste have Rölled Aaway.'

7,100 rolle of cotton piece goods, 25,000, bottles of medicine (?).

7,000 catties of four.

10,000 tins of preserved cabbage. The Vicero Kajustruction to the

free of duty. They arrived here by the as, "Kwong Sai" on the 24th instant.

The directors of the Grand Hotel des Wagons- Liu, Ltd, Peking, have been able to declare a dividend at the rate of per cant, and ostry byer Tle. 840 to working account; paying also small dividend on the Founders' Shares, The capital of the company is Tis. 242,950, with Tls. 100,000 in debentures at 7 per dart