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ing off to the enormous extent of ninety-nine millions sterling-a reduction in the imports equal to 9.07 per cent and in the oxports to 11.60 per cent for the eleven months of the year. The articles contributing to the Customs revenue, however, are few, the abief being tobacco and snuff, eugar &c., tea, wine, and exported coal, but these are ait of

A. S. WATSON & CO., them axtisles for which there is likely to be

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a diminished demand in times of economic depression. An abstract of the import and

New Year's Day was the cocasión of a recoption by the Japanese Conan

Hongkong joins in the universal week of prayer, the meetings beginning to-day and con- tinning till Saturday.

The captain and offers of the U.8.9. Helena were at home on New Year's Day to a large number of American residents.

The directors of the Eastern Extension, Aus-

tralasia, and Chins Telegraph Company, have declared an interim dividend for the quarter

ended September 30 last at 2s. 6d, per share, free of income-tax, payable on the 15th prox. audience at the German lub last night on Mr Heinrich. Hoiland lectured to a good Motoring and Hunting. Mr. Heinrich, who spoke in English, gave an interesting account of his travels. As he is an elephant huitor of no mean reputation and bag taken his motor through some of the wildest places on the earth he had many adventures to relate. Illustrations added to the value of the lecture.

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THE GREAT CALAMITY IN ITALY,

LONDON, January 1st. It is reported that Lipari Island, the principal island of the group of

the loss of 300,000 inhabitants. that name, has disappeared, involving

Stromboli and Vulcano are both exhibiting signs of activity.

[LEUTER'S SERVICE TO THE "HONGKONG DAILY FIBER"]

1903-5, has been promoted to the rank of Admiral.

Admiral.

FANCY DRESS BALL AT KINGSCLERE.

Stately Kingsclere never looked mors impo- Rear-Admiral F. W. Egerton has sing or grandicas than it did on New Year's Eve when its magnificent proportions were illumina- been promoted to the rank of Vice-ted in floods of light or dimly 'ontlined in the evening shade. Outside the scene was impres sive, but inside was one of surpassing brilliance. Most elaborate preparations had been made for the fancy dress ball, with which. the guests and their friends decided to welcome the New Year, and not the least important of these was the scheme of decoration which was

THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TEAM.

LONDON, January 2nd. The Australian Board of Control has cabled that the Marylebone pro- gramme has been accepted and that the am will leave for England March 17th

on

THE 8.3. "FATSHAN" BOYCOTTED.

HOSTILE DEMONSTRATION ÄT CANTON.

The long-arpected orisis was reached on New

effectively introduced. With its noble propor- tions and handsome appointments, the interior of Kingsclere always looks beautiful, and to attempt to improve it seems like trying to "gild the lily or paint the rose," but those who undertook the task of giving the interior an

·appearanes beitting the joyous occasion wers guided by an excellent taste and artistic per ception which enabled them to make the embellishment a distinguished success.”

export returns for those eleven months shows, for instance, that there has been a decline of £1,222,597 under the heading of Other food and drink" which does not include grain and flour or meat but cover all the articles paying import duty. Tobacco, it is interesting to note, in one of the few items in the statement showing an increase. Besides this items, ships, grain and flour, and textile materials (other than wool and cotton) are the only items in the whole summary which do not exhibit a decline when compared with the returns for the from the leading London, Parisian and responding period of 1907. The shriek

oge in the exports has been almost general, the chief decline being in manufactured asticles, which fall below the previous year's returns to the extent of £41,806,196. The previons treaties, especially in emphasizing the of Wales have each contributed £250. movement since its inception, many hostile ments made by the committee and Mrs. Sachse

HIGH-CLASS CONFECTIONERY.

our

We have just unpacked

NEW SEASON'S CONFECTIONERY imported

Amurioan Houses.

CADBURY'S CHOCOLATES.

IN FANCY BOXES: CHOCOLATE. ALMONDS.

LATE

returns for the last month of the year, we

fear, are not likely to show, any material CHOCO improvement in this respect, for in the WALNUTS, CHOCOLATE month of November alone there was a E LA REINE, VIENNA CHOCOLATE decline of £4,740,322 in the impors of raw

and others, in Great Varioty.

materials, of which cotton accounts for £2,528,319, this being doubtless attribut- able to the recent labour dispute in FULLER'S CONFECTIONERY. the cotton trado. For the same month

COCOANUT TAFFY,

MINT

LUMPS,

ALMOND

Sweden, the Times Peking correspondent states, will not ratify the treaty of friendship and commerce with China, signed in Peking on

July 2, on the ground that the text as signed diverges too widely from the Swedish draft first prosented for negotiation. As aunonuced at the time, the terms of the treaty were more favourable to his than the stipulations of

reciprocal nature of the agreement and the

in returning thanks, said he was glad to hear

quality of the two high contracting parties.

Sir Henry Blake was presented at the London Chamber of Commerce, last month, with a large

scription:- Fresented to Sir Henry A. Blake, heavy silver waiter, bearing the following in

G.C.M.G., by a number of those interested, in recognition of his valuable services as president of the. First International Rubber Exhibition held in London, Olympia, in September 1909. the import of wool was more than half Sir Henry, on behalf of Lady Blake, also TAFFY, CREME APRICOTS, SUCRE a million sterling below the figures for recepted a silver jewel casket. Bir Henry Blake, DE LA CREME CARAMELS, PEPPER November 1907, and other textile materials that the exhibition world not be a dead one, and MARSHMALLOW were less by over two hundred thousand spanking as a rabber grower he felt sure it had BALLS, &., &c., &o.

pounds. The month of November showed been very useful, The exhibition had, he a reduction in the export of manufactured thought, laid the bogey of over-production, and knocked the bottom out of synthetic rubber articles amounting to £5,628,502, of which When he had spoken of paring the streets with £8,288,446 appears under the heading of rubber, he was speaking on the authority of a cotton fabrics, and 4572,179 under woollen large manufacturer, who had assured him that fabrics. The greatly restricted import of with rubber at 28. 68. per lb. they would favoar raw material will naturally affect the exportably compete with the quarry. He left them to returns of December, so that it is fairly safe judge of that time when, whether due to scrup rubber or some of the compounds which to conclude that the decline in the country's Northern Nigeria was producing, the brain- foreign trade for the whole year will not be jarring noise would cease to exist and London less than $110,000,000 or about 10 per would have mudless and noiseless streets. cent. There is no difficulty in realising

PASCALL'S FRENCH

CONFECTIONERY. NOUGAT, NATTONA, WALNUT TOFFEE,

FONDANTS, CARAMELS

ko., &c. &c.

TOM SMITH'S CRACKERS.

A. S. WATSON & CO.] that this great elump in the trade of the

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country bas materially diminished the national revenue from the property and ncome tax, as well as from customs, and the present Government has made matters worse by its Old Age Pensions and other measures which commit the country to increased expenditure. The returns from Excise also bere probably declined in view of the Government's confiscatory proposals in the Dow defunct Licensing Bill. In all pro- bability the deficit to be faced when the Chancellor of the Exchequer comes to balance accounts at the end of the financial year will far exceed the amount of the dea.ine in the revenue.

The King's exequatur empowering Mr. L. C. Herrera to be Consul-General for Panama at Hongkong has received his Majesty's signataro. Receipts into the Treasury from January 1st to 31st October, 1908, totalled $16,297.846.87, while payments out amounted to $16.503,835.88. The excess of payments over receipts is therefore

$205,989.01.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to recognise Mr. W. Kien as being in chargé of the Consulate General of the Netherlande-India in Hongkong during the absence on leave of Dr. A. van de Saude Balthuysen.

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The Colonial Treasurer's statement of the sats and liabilities of the Colony on Octobor 31st shows a balance of assata over liabilities of $1,130,530,31. The total assets are 84,343,427.31 and the total liabilities $3,212,896.78.

BEITER trade and commerce, in common with that of nearly every manufacturing country, bas suffered during the past twelve montlu to an extent which may he said to be unprecedented. To the United Kingdom being practically a free-trade country

His Excellency the Governor-in-Council has must be ascribed the fact that the national revenue has not been affected to a corres. be pleased to appoint, under Section 6 of Ordinance Fo. 15 of 1908, the Hon. Mr. A. M.

WORLD-WIDE GENEROSITY.

LONDON, January 1st. King Edward has subscribed 500 guineas to the Mansion House Fund being raised to alleviate the distress in Italy, and the Queen and Prince

Year's Day. Placards had done their work and by 11 am, crowds were gathering in the neigh. bourhood of the Canton-Macao Steamboa Company's Wharf.

The grunt hallway was appropriately adorned with festoons of groomery, bat the greatest effect was noticeable in the dining room, which was converted for the nonse into a beautiful. dancing hall, while the drawing rooni waS At the last moeting held on the 31st Decem- utilised as a supper room. When dancing was ber, presided over by Kong Sew Chewn, the commenced to the music supplied by the anti-foreign agitator of Ho Nam who has Calontin String Band, the company must have prominently identified himself with the whole numbered close on 300, but the adequate arrange-

dancers were fancy dresses, and when dancing pleasure and comfort of all. A large number of the

was at its height the scene presented rare colour offects. The programme consisted of sixteen danes and this was gone through with amifest enjoyment. The ball was one of the most successful held in Kingsclere. Mr. Berington.

The French Government has open-peeches were made, and it was decided to take were such as to minister very materially to the ed a national subscription, to which notion" against these who dared to

patronize the Fatshan. President Fallieres has contributed The Police officers, who attended avery one £1,000 and the Bank of France of these meetings, never interfered.

The crowds gradually increased and by 1.30 £4,000.

p.m. the mob became riotous and started to The Canadian Government has relt stones at the passengers who were going on granted the sum of $100,000.

Captain Lloyd found it prudent to leave the wharf and made for the middle of gunbeata. the stream rear the British Meanwhile the British Consul was communi-

board.

Millions of dollars are being raised in the United States and President Roosevelt is asking Congress for Acated wiki and a company of bluejackotu liberal appropriation.

having boarded the Fatehan, the steamer mado her way

book to the wharf and no further in- cident occurred.

are

British warships

conveying im- mense quantities of food, blankets, tents, etc., from Malta, while America is sending a shipload of navy rations.

UNEARTHING THE VICTIMS.

LONDON, January 2nd. The roll of victims in the recent catastrophe appears to be growing. It is ruining incessantly and the stench from the unburied becomes hourly worse.

The soldiers are unflagging in their zeal in unearthing the victims, and

distributed. bread and water are being widely

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The supply of water, however, limited owing to the destruction of the aqueducts.

RELIEF

MEASURES.

HERGISH OF BRITISH AND RUSSIAN BLUEJACKETS.

M. de Lanessan, the ex-Goveror-General of Indo-Chins, whose authority on all matters concerning the Far East is recognized both in France and abroad, gives in the Siècle his opinion on the agreement just signed between the United States and Japan. He appears to at last protected to a large extent against the be chiefly struck by the fact that Chinn is now graping tendencies of the Powers. She has only to reorganize her finances so to procure the necessary resources for the maintenance of the powerful army which she can easily raise in order to become completely secure against Western

The Argentine Government has aggression. As for Japan herself, her Agree- excellent position before the world. In the first ments with the Western Powers place her in an voted the sum of £8,800 towards place, they show that she is a sincere friend of the relief of the sufferers. peace, since she renounces all ambition to eneroack upon the territories or colonies of her neighbours. econdly, they make it possible. for her to develop her tndustries, her commerce, and her mercantile marine, sinca “within merely the Hmits of the Far Eastern was she has at hand some hundreds of millions of consumers

LONDON, January 2nd. whose soonomic development has only just begun." M. de Lanessan refers not merely to

The Italian warships have now Korea and Manchuria, but to the impense organised relief measures, and stores population of China. He concludes thus are being conveyed by the warships "This intelligent and wise policy shows into points along the coast. of those Europeans who, in their ignorance of striking manner the baselessness of the opinion

the character of the peoples of the Far East regarded Japan, after her victory over Bassia, se a danger to the ponco of the world. It likewise illustrates the seriousness of the mistake committed by the Russian Government and certain of its advisers in launoking Russia upon the fatile naval war which has made Japan one for the heroism shown by the British. of the great military and naval Powers of the and Russian bluejackets. world, one of those with whom a country is glad to come to terms because they are strong and can give goarantees of fidelity to the friendships of alliances."

NEW YEAR MEETING.

A New Year meeting, held under the auspices

These measures, however, are still quite inadequate.

The Chinese Authorities meanwhile were also requested to maintain order, and a body of braves were detailed for duty at the wharf. They did not, however, even attempt to disperse the crowd which remained till the Fatehan left for Hongkong. The steamer left with hardly any hiness passengers.

None of the placards were removed till, late at night,

The incident is by no means closed, and there will be further developments unless the Viceroy

takes prompt action in the matter.

On Saturday the Viceroy had placards posted up all over the city counselling the people to

refrain from demonstrations against the British ship. It is pointed out in the placard. that the allegation (of fatally dicking à Chinese passenger) was not against a British subject,

but against a Portuguese,

hoats Fame and Handy are at Canton in addition to the small gunboate usually stationed

The British cruiser Alacrity and the torpedo

on the river.

All was quiet on Saturday, and the Canton Macao Steamboat Co's steamer Honam left in the evening with a full cargo and the aual

crowd of Chinese passengers.

HEALTH OF THE KAISER.

CANARDS REFUTED.

was the secretary of the committee which made

the necessary arrangements, and, needless to say, Mrs. Sachse herself contributed largely to make the evening so agreeable as it was,

HIS EXCELLENCY'S PRIVATE SECRETARY.

While the many friends he has made during his sojourn in Hongkong will rejoice to hear the news of the appointment of Mr. A. J. Brackenbury as Assistant Resident of Nyasaland, they will regret his departure from our island. During his stay in Hongkong Mr. Brackenbury, by his courtesy, has earned the respect of all classes of the community, and this announcement of his impending departare will be read with regret. However, we feel sure the public will cordially join with ne in extending, to Mr. Brackenbury best wishes for his welfare and success in his new sphere of isbour. Mr. Brackenbury leaves the Colony by the P. and O. ss. Delhi on the 23rd January,

"THE GEISHA"

Tho Portuguese Lilliputians gave their opening production of The Geisha" at the Club Lueitiano on Saturday night before an apprecia tive audience who loudly applaaded the tiny

artists for their excellent performance. The two scenes representing "The Tea House of

Ten Thousand Toys" and "A Chrysanthemum Fête in the Palzoo Gardens” were excellently arranged and the costumes worn by the per formers were tasteful and appropriate.

The leading characters of Mimosa San, Juliette Diamant, Lady Constance Wye, Mollie Beamere, wore interpreted with pleasing effect by Missas Camilla Castro, Evelina Lopes, Maria Rezario and Elfrida Osmund, and the A report in a Dresden paper that the Emperor parts of Reginald Fairfax, the Marquis Imari, was suffering from "religious melancholy has Wan Hi, and Tom Stanley were admirably been met by the following semi-official state- pourtrayed by Masters Rodolpho Baptista, ment:

Fera, Remedios, Henrique Lopes, and David The state of the Emperor's health affords Castro. The remaining charactors were well cause for no scrt of anxiety. On the contrary, the Emperor has completely recovered from filled and performed with acceptance. The his recent indisponition, which was the effect solos throughout were particularly ine and the of a chill, and now takes walks or rides daily. duets, choruses and dances were all that could it in untrue. that the Emperor is obliged to be desired spend hours of the day in bed, and it is also incorrect that an unusually strong religions inclination has made itself noticeable. The Emperor is well and in good spirits."

His Majesty this morning received Prince Balow in a lengthy audience at the Neues It is realized that it is necessary to Palais, Potsdam. It was the first time the Sovereign had conferred with the Chancellor deport all survivors.

The Italian papers are full of praise

THE DECLINE IN BRITISH REVENUE.

ponding extent. But severe economic Thomson, and Mesars E. D'Aquino, E. H.

LONDON, January 1st. depression naturally tells upon the sources Crofton, 8. B. C. Ross, and F. W. Clark to be

The revenue for the past quarter of revenue, whatever they may be. The directors of the Widows and Orphans' Peusions of the Hongkong bristian Union, took place shows a decrease of £610,821, and for financial year in the United Kingdom ends on the 31st March, and REUTER Mr. John M. Darrah, the American Postal at the Theatre Royal last night. There was the past nine months there has been informs us that for the nine months Agent at Shanghai, was on Christmas Eve the good attendance. Ear T. W. Pearce presided of the year that have elapsed the revenue which was presented to him as a token of Bishop of Victoria, Revs. X. Hickling, J. A.

recipient of a handsome silver cigar cabinet and there were also present His Lordship the a falling off of five millions sterling. has fallen off by fire million pounds ster-appreciation by a large number of the landing Baker, E. J. Barnett, Thornhill, A D ling. That gives a monthly average of American merchants of Shanghai as a mark of about £550,000; so that if this rate of their appreciation of the excellent work done by decline continues the returns for the twelve him as the American postal agent. months will show a loss of not less than

Stewart and F. J. Johnson. After devotional exercises the Victoria Quartetté randered “ Re- member me oh mighty One." Bishop Lander at the outset of his remarks referred to the

growing desire for the union of Christendom, and then went on to discourse upon the funda mental tratius of Christianity, taking the quesTM tion" What shall I do with Jesus" as his text.

Shanghai papers record the death of Captain seven millions sterling. When we bear in J. D. C. Arthur, a very popular member of the mind the fact that the total revenue of the Shanghai Licensed Pilots' Association, who United Kingdom for 19 7-8 was estimated was also well known slong the China, Australian at £142,467,000 the decline in itself, and Now Zealand coasts, where he traded for though sufficiently serious, does not many years while in command of one of the

Eastern and Australian Co.'s liners and one of the piano and led the praise. appear very alarming. The national income is derived mainly from excise, Messrs. Butterfield and Swire's steamers.

Customs, property and income tax, In connection with the letter which appeared estata duty and the Post Office. In the in our calumns on the 1st inst, with reference to absence of particulars wo

the suffering caused to chickens as they are may safely assume that the decline has been mainly onroyed by house cookies from the market, wo under the headings of property and income are asked to mention that light and suitable tax and customs. Down to the end of from Kwong Tai Loy, 16 Queen's Road Central November the foreign trade of the United (opposite the Hongkong Hotel), at twenty coats Kingdom for eleven months had shown a fall- {onck.

baskets for the transit of chickens are obtainablo

since. November 17, -

RUSSIA'S FAR EASTERN TERRITORIES. .

PROTECTION OF INDUSTRIES.

A NEW BARONET.

The senior partner of Mosera E. D. Bassoon. and Company, is among the recipiente of New Year honours, Mr. Jacob Sassoon having received a baronetoy, and congratulations have been addressed to Sir Jacob from all sources. It is interesting to remember that the new baronet was thirty years ago the representative in Hongkong of the firm which his father founded, and recently Sir Jacob gave a donation. of ten lakhs of rupees for the establishment of the Central Institute of Science in Bombay with the growth of which city the Sassoon family has long been identified.

The Duma discussed on the 9th. ult. the Go vernment Hill for the abolition of free importa- tion in the Far East with the exception of the regien north of the Amur. The argumente adlaced by the supporters of the Bill are that, in view of the construction of the Amur Rail- way and the ware of colonisation which is find the interests of the Empire, to protect the ing its way to the Far East it is necessary, 12

A daring robbery was reported to the police young industries which minst inevitably arise as having occurred at 236, Queen's Rood Cen- in those regiona. It is further urged that anch

ARMED ROBBERY IN THE CITY.

A messure is desirable in the interests of tral, early on Now Year's morning. Fix men, Russian colonisation, since the free importation armed with knives, gained access to this shop of foreign goods is certain to lead to the settle- and terrorised the inmates living on the ground, ment in the country of a large number of foor. "Taken by surprise the residents conld" Foreigners.

OLD AGE PENSIONS.

LONDON, January 2nd,

The opponents of the Bill, who include the offer no resistance, and submitted quietly to Siberina Deputies and practically the whole being bound and gagged. The robbers then The first payments under the Old Opposition, reply that the moment for the set to work to collect valuables. The noise they sholition of free importion is ill chicsen, made, however, alarmed the people on the door Age Pensions Act were made yeater-as in the early stages of colonisation the above. A police whistle was blown and the day.

colonists most urgently need cheap products. robbers, decamped. A suspect was arrested They urge that the establishment of a Customs There was a great rush of appli- bus be deferred and the colonists are out ther Hanson, and the more men lusve been arrested line until the railway has actually shortly afterwards hy hief Detective Inspector

and charged. One Siberian Deputy declared, and the state- ment was not contradicted by M. Shipon, the

The Victoria Quartette sang “Pass me not | cants, but not so great as had beenfeet.

gentle Saviour," and Mr. White presided at anticipated.

THE NOBEL PRIZES.

The Nobel Prize Committees have decided to award the prizes this year as follows:

hemistry-Professor Ernest Rutherford, of Manchester University.

Physica Professor Gabriel Lippmann, Paris. Medicine.-Prize divided between Professor

The Post Office organisation perfect and quite equal to

was

the

occasion.

NAVAL PROMOTIONS.

LONDON, January 2nd. Matchnikoff, of Paris, and Professor Paal

Vice-Admiral ir A. G. Curzon Chrlich, of Frankfurt-on-Main,

Literatura-Professor Rudolf Backen, of Howe, K.C.B., who was second in

Jens

the Bill was the outcome consultations LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS Minister of ommerce, who spoke to-day, that

between the Government and a group of Moscow merchants who desired by this means to secure this port on the let instant at 6 pm, with the The P. & O. str. Delhi left Singapore for

control of the market in Eastern Biberia,

It is certain that the Bill will be carried by a large majority.

outwari English Mails, and is due here on the 6th instant at about 5 p.m.

hai on 2nd inst. s.m., and raay be exported hers The H-A Linie str. Den of Ogil left Shang-

The country chiefly affected by its adoption will be Germany which last year exported to Eastern Siberia £2,000,000 worth of goods, on 6th inst. at daylight. £600,000, the United States £200,000, and while Japan exported £800,000 worth, China England only £60,000, as against £150,000 in the preceding your de

The J.-C.-J. Lijn str. Timah left Makasser for this port on the 3rd inst. at 6 a.m., may be expected here on or about the 11th inst., and will mail for Amoy and Shanghai on 16th inst.