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THE WARD COMEDY COMPANY. SUCCESSFUL OPENING."

HOME AND CHINA AFFAIRS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT).

London, March 16th. EXHIMTION OF FAI EASTERN FICTURES. At the galleries of the Fine Art Society in Now Boul Street this wook there has been a vary attactive exhibition of the Far Eastern pictures by Mr. T. Hodgson Liddell, There are eighty-four of theso pictures in water colours, varying in size, but all possess months hard work in the East, and the artist every reason to be proud of the quality of this arge outpat in that time.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, APRIL 18TH, 1909.

“I must consider rayself exceptionally favour- el in obtaining admission to this place, which in its beauty is almost Fairylike, especially now that for probably a space of fifteen years, during the minority of the young Emperor, the Palace will be closed."

The exhibition has been visited by numbers of old Chinn hunds and those who are or are to be concerned in British interests officially in the Far East.

LOAD URDWA'S FROMT EN TO HONGKONG.

in the loan contract, that material for construc- The announcement that Lord Crewo will ask. tion should be purchased by tender, with a Parliament for a substantial contribution to preference to British goods, had been violated; and whether, in view of the fact that the reduce the deficit caused in Hongkong by the construction and control of this railway ware to opium restrictions, is not mooting with apani-be entirely vested in the Imperial Chinese mous approval, as you may have anticipated. Government, he intended to take any action to secure that British money lent to China should It is another thorn in the boot of the Chat be employed for the furtherance of British traile. celler of the Exchequer, who this year seems to liave to find money for all sorts of odd things. most of them for long reasonable than this While I was there I noticed the ex-Councillor But Hongkong is a long way off, and you are of the British Legation in Pekin, Mr. Luck, not electors of any M.P. in the House of Com

The Globe, in a not altogether un Miller, M.V.O., who is shortly to go East after of girding at the contribution.

period as Soarotary of the British Legation in Christiani. Mia Millor was also of the friendly editorial, says: In other

the British taxpayer is to he mulcted beanso party.

It is well to know that many of the picture virtue, or what we call virtue, is enforced on the were labelled "sold," several of them being of Chinese. We are in some doubt whether the Hongkong. There was a choice view of Hong-Chancellor of the Exchequer will welcome the kong frora Kowloon that was so marked, as well prospect of still further increasing his deficit by es "Chow-time, Hongkong," & view of Lotus souding solid cash to make up the deficiency of Island, West Lake, Hangehow, the Old Hongkong; and he may quite possibly be pro- Tea House in the native oity of Shanghai, a pared to let the question of paying in England riew of the British Church at Canton, another for stopping the opium traffe abrouil, wait for a of the a Lakin station at Canton, and a very year or so, especially in such an unobtrusive pretty view of Hongkong on a smaller scale, pisce as the Chinese quarter of our most easterly more delicats and clearer in atmosphere. In all possession.” there were twdve views of Hongkong.

wart's

Mr. MCKINNON Woon (Glasgow, St. Rollox, Min.)-The reply to the first part of the question is in the amative. As regards the second part of the question, I ana not aware that any purchases have yet boon made of loan furuls. bat it seems clear that in other respecte railway materials out of the

the of these funds are not being observed;" and his Majesty's Minister at Peking has therofon been authorized to make a formal representation to the Chinese Goverment in regard to the construction of this milway. In auswer to the last part of the question, I must point out that whether money should be lont to China, and, if so, on what ferias, is primarily a those who have the money to lend; but we are when money has once been lent, the conditions anxious to do all in our power to scoure that, on which it is lent shodil be observed. I would point ont that for money to be borrowed and still logs so in that of China herself, whose credit pasted is not in the interest of the louders, and will

certainly suffer thereby,

The historie utterance "I came, I saw, I con- querad" might uptly be paraphrased by the Ward Comedy Company. They came, they played, they charmed." The company arrived here yes terday from Shanghai and opened their son with a performance of "The Bachelor's Honeymoon." This is perhaps one of the best pieces intheir reporteiro, aufse brilliantly, was it produced that the whole body of artists have won their way into the good gnges of the ing remarkable merit. They represent twelve accompanied by his successor Mr. W. G. Max- - mons; so there is likely to be heard a good deal terms of the contract as to the disposal popalace and proved that the compliments passed on their performaatos elsewhere we thorough ly deserved. It is not too much to my that

I had little chat with Mr. Hodgson Liddell Hongkong expected great things of the excellent in the galleries and asked him whether he combination which Mr. Hugh J. Ward has proposed to return to the East. He was not drawn from the nahm of comedy, and it is satquite deided on that point, but spoke with isfactory to be able to say that these expecta pleasure of his tour of the main points of interest Link have been realised. This one performance in Chins, and the friends he met in Hongkong, which Hongkong theatregoers has witnessed

Shanghd, Peking and elsewhore.. ut-once stamps the Ward Comedy Company as occupying a very high position, and one not vasily rivalled. Undoubted it rises above the ordinary travelling company, as is evidant by the fact that loading artiste from the London stugo take the principal parts.

"A. Bachelor's Honeymoon" cannot be des

common parlance "it is too It has the most

word,"

cribed. In fanny for amusing complications, most ludicrous scenes, and most mirth-provoking aitnations. The beholder 'cannot help but laagh, and if he or she should have been suffering from depres sion he or she will find the outlook on life vastly improved after seeing this company at work,

or rather at play, for although it is a serious business the performors seem quite happy in it..

The cast last night was:-- Benjamin Bachelor... Mr. H. J. Ward. Minerva Amarylis Charylis... Marianne Joe...

Stephen Houston. Dr. Schwartz............. Anthony Gumbug.. Miss Arbuckle....

......Miss Celia Ghiloni. Miss Alice Elmhirst. Miss Ruby Bazter

Miss Ross Musgrove,

Mr. H, H. Wallace. Mr. H. Wykehan Mr. Arthur Eldred. ......Mr. Robt. Greig, ...Miss Grace Palotta.

In dewribing his exhibition he speaks of the atmosplatic and climatic variations in the enormom territory of China. The prevailing skies in Southern China are what I might call mackeni, bat with a very strong white light; while in Northern China, in the Gulf of Pochili, and around Feking thero is much intense blug and clear, sharp atmosphere. The landscape near the Treaty Ports, best known to foreigners, is usually fat and monotonove, but inland it is very beatiful. In my choice of subjects I was guided by desire to convey, if possible, to those at home a pictorial idea of the most notable places is China; and therefore I was obliged to be somerhat topographical. I could with greater sasu have found many artistically beautiful subjects, but they would not, to my misl, in a first exhibition at any rate hero ficiently conveyed a trae sense of pioterid China.

"The Chinese, though an insensely artistic nation, are not accustomed to artista working among them from nature, and therefore I could not be surprised that when I arrived at a place and preceded to fix my casel, I was viewed with some suspicion as well as with wonder, but their There was a verre about last night's producgood sese quickly showed them what I was tion which was highly delightful, not the trying w do, and they then assisted me as far as lightest hitch mtrring the perfomance. The they understood how; nevertheless, I had often fan was kept going from, the start, and the to work under very diffoult circumstances and I frequent roars of laughter were eloquent am afraid that my picture, in some cases, enfler testimony not only to the work of the authored in consequence. but to the skill of the artists. Mix Palotta in "In Hongkong the outstanding feature, and the part of Miss Arbuckle, and Mr. Ward as that which affected me most, was the grandeur Benjamin Bachelor, were responsible for most of of the wwering Feak and the lovely Harbour. the comedy, and were well supported by the

"En Shanghai, I restricted myalf to the other members of the company.

nativo City, full of dirt and artistic beauty, and, though within three minutes of the greatest as Chinese as sny foreign ettlement in China, place Thave seen.

To-night they play "When Knights were bold." It is one of the funniest places seen on the stage and local theatregoors should not miss it.

A late car was run to the Peak at night, bat ewing to a misderstanding the service was not advertised.

A THIEF AND A TRESPASSER.

On Sunday the natives walked into a piece goods shop in Fortis Street and asked to be shown various goods. Articles they wished to oxamine were placed on the counter and is the course of the inspection is of the men departed with a ll of silk, the other to taking to their hasta before he was well clear of the shop and before! the shopmen wowaware of their less. An arrest

Fenton.

Chiuso. In the charge room while the accused

and stood beside him near the prisoners' bar.

"Who is the second man ?" askel Inspector "I don't know," auswered the constable," but ke's been annoying me all the way to the station "Put him out," was the Inspetor's order. returned almost immediately to the bar. The

From an artistic point of view I believe the experts fixed upon the hrge and brightly coloured representation of the Sacrificial Altar of the Temple of Heaven, Peking, as the chef Toeuvre, but the exhibition afforded examples of many different offects of shade and light and colouring, and for a delicate treatment of a subject. I was greatly attracted to a small picture showing the West Lake, Hangchow, with Dr. Main's pagoda in the distance.

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The pictures of the Pai Lan in the Lama Temple, the Pavilion of the late Empress Grad Dowager in the Summer Palace, the sir worship at the Lama Temple, Peking, the marble junk on the lake of the Summer Palace and the Grant Pai Lan, of the Summer Palace, are och admirable in their several ways, and parties visiting the ar- hibition usually spent considerable time in front of the excellent picture of the Summer Palace on a duplicate of which Mr. Hodgson Liddell was engaged for the Empress Grand Dowager when she died. Some of the works dealt with the more unpunt subjects of Chiness life, as widow's monament at Bingoo, a chcies study in greens and yellows, an itinerant blacksmith st work under a willow tree, an hotel sign at Shanhaikwar, pearl fishing boats near Canton, and cormorant fishing at Wong Dong. All these exhibits were most interesting and instructive to the visitor ignorant of China, and as for those who have answered the call of the East, they could be heard recalling with infinite satisfaction their experiences as they wore In my landscapes of the West Láka, Hang.brought to mind by this extremely comprehensive ehow, I have anderenred to show the purely and admirable collection of pictures.

SYR ROBERT HARTS "LIFE." sylvan beauty of the country, as also in the picture of the Taba and places north of Soochow

The Life of Sir Hart is An old Chiness proverb says: There is Heavened to offer Roberts are in shortly to above, and Soochow and Hangchow below. At entitled "Sir Robert Hart, the Romance of Hanghow, in the mouth of June, I suffered, perhaps, most from the extreme heat, and the tempenture averaging 95 in the shade it can be imagised that spending ten or eleven hours daily with only the shelter of a sketching umbria, was trying.

*I Northern China my work was to a large extent restricted to Peking and the immediate

XLLE. MURKENS.

Mlle. Henriette Markens, having returned from a tour of India and the Far East, is giving a fashionable matinée musicale next week in the West End. She is backed by a powerful social combination including even Royalty:

BABY BORN WITH

TERRIBLE ECZEMA

Which Spread Over Body, Head and Limbs No Rest or Sleep for Mother or Child -Doctor Would Not Let Him bo Bathed-Tiny Sufferer Grow Worse Every Day.

FOUND A PERFECT

CURE IN CUTICURA

It. He gave me question for

OPIUM AND THE TRAITS SETTLEMENTS. Mr. REES asked the Under-Segretary for the Colonias whather the opium farm of the Straits Settlements provided

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wvenus; and was last year acarly half of the to provide $4,505,000 out of a total of 69,616,832 in the current year; whether the action of the Government would extent us to make the continuance of its affect the revenues of the colony to such mu tribution to the War Office of 20 per cent. of its CANADIAN GRAIN EXPORTS TO EUROPE.

receipts impossible; whether the present con- The movement to commence again the sending tribution was more than sufficient to most the of grain from the Canadian North West to cost of the detences of the port of Bingapore

a preventive service was to be established to

CAITY Europe by way of Vancouver and Hongkong is and of the garrison and military works, whether apparently receiving considerable backing. The out the new policy whether such service would advantage seems to lie mainly in steadying the cover the Federated Malay States as well as the what sums would be required to recoup the markot by securing a constant all-the-year-round Straits Settlements: and whether he could state supply of grain, whereas now by the St. Law-colony'e loss, to provide for its defence, and for renes route the passage is ice-bound for part of the prorentive service, and how this necessary

fands were to be raised. the year. The route by the East also shows a saving of six cents a bushel in fraight olmarges. There are certain legislativo changas needed in Manitoba before this Eastern route can be utilised to the full, but for cartain grades of grain there is every probability the Pacific will bo preforred before long to the Atlantic route.

THE CHINA BOCIETY.

The bad weather was mainly responsible for

somewhat diminished attendance at the last meeting of the Chins Society, whon Colonel Couder RE, LLD., M.R.A.S., gave a paper on the relation of the early Chinese to the Turanians of West Asia. General Sir Charles Warren was in the clair and those present were rewarded by hearing a very learned discourse on remote history.

COLONEL SEELY (Liverpool Abercromby, COLU figures given by my hon. friend are not quite sccurate, as he has taken the revenue, for last year, but the propertion between the opium receipts and the total revoque is not figures supplied by the War Office, the cost of materially affected thereby. According to the the garrison largely exceeds the amount of the colonial contribution. His Majesty's Govorn ment have come to no final conclusion as regards the opium question in the Malay Foninsula, nor ation with the Governor and consideration of will they attempt to do so until after coumit- the report of the Shanghai Commission. In these circumstances my hon friend will under-

faller answer to his question. stand that it is impossible for me to give any

WHAT SPORT COSTS THE ENGLISH. £46,000,000 INVESTED IN GAMES.

AN AMERICAN VIEW,

م اليوم

My little boy was born with his legs and the lower part of his body covered. with eczema. I told the doctor about

lotion for it and told. me not to wash the little one I car- ried out my orders until his head, faco and shoulders were covered with the humour. Then I informed thu doctor Ile that the lotion was doing no good. gave me a different lotion and an oint ment, but still insisted on saying not ko batho the baby. I used the romoilies but he got no better. There was na rest, au sleep for baby or myself and I was worn out, Baby was very thin and seemed to be getting weree every

1 resolrod day.

to give the Caticara Soup and Cutiaura Ointment a trial. I A thankful today that I did for one not cured him. He is as fat Bow and sleeps as well as any child of fifteen months and I still use Cutierra Soap for his bath. Mr. Gauld, Oliboghead, Rothienorman, Aberdeenshire, Beet land, Jan. 15, 1908."

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Send to nearest depot for free Cuti- curaBookon Treatment of Skin Diseases.

SANATIVE

Antiseptic Cleansing. Is Best Accomplished by Cuticura. Women, especially mothers, find Cuti- curs Soup, Ointment and Pills the par-

est, sweetest and most effective comedien, for preserving, purifying and beautifying the skin, sealp, hair and baade, for the treat- ment of inflammatory and ulcentive condi tions, as well as for restoring to health, strength and beauty pale, weak, nervous, premataroly faded, ran-down women.

Cutiesra Remedies are sold throughout the world. A Single Set oftan Cares Depela: London, 17. Charterhouse 8q Part, 5, Hos de In Falk; Australia, B. Towns & Co, Sydney South Africa, Leanon, T., Cape Town, eta, Polter Drug & Chom. Corp., Bole Props, Boston.

*5411 THE INDIAN BUDGET. THE MEDICAL MISSIONARY MOVEMENT. IN CHINA.

a sutiniary of the Financial The following The Lord Mayor has culled an important

England, according to an American writer in Statement presented by Sir Fleetwood Wilson meeting for the promotion of the missionary Scribner Magazine, is a nation of sportsmen, at the Legislative Council at Calentta on the

Sport here, he says,

is not a dissipation for 22nd uit,In verdance with the practice of scheme for medical training and other educa tional work in Chian on Christian lines. The idlers: it is a philosophy of life," and he goes. recent years I propose ta lay on the table the on to state that though England may be fight Financial Statement for 1909-1910, and to now coming to a close hay be Mansion House will be the scene of it and

The year which playing somewhere all the same. the Lord Mayor will be in the Chair. Mrs. ing somewhere in her vast dominions, she is also explain in a few sentences its salient features.

Writing of the relative importance of

been an unfortunate one. It began with the The first thing famine in the United Provinces and the adjoin Archibald, Little and others are hard at work

to attract My attention on this, my latest

ing areas of the Punjab, Central India, and the Centrul Provinces, as well as in zaaitared in the papers stirring up interest and there is sport, the writer states:

England's Big

and Madras. of Bombay. Bengal parte

on the to be a most influential platform. Mr. R. 8. visit to England, was the announcement oa Gundry meanwhile is busy too, urging the men all the newspaper bulletins:

happened to know that thus Prime Although switch their enthusiasm in the dirsection of the Minister was noriously ill that there was fierce whole sufficient, distryes hugored to places

become

again debating in the House of Commons upon the and has recently of light and leading behind this movement to Task. Hongkong University scheme.

new estimates for the Navy, and upon the new

in Bohar. The harvests fell short of expect The Chinese Ministor is down among those Licensing Bill just brought in by Mr. Asquith tion and the people in Northern India

exceptionally violent epidemic of malarial fever. 1 But England's

l's big task bad nothing to do Trade did as badly as agriculture. Exports of India with a certain tribe of natives.

Great Career and is written by the famous Commissioner-General's niece, Juliet Bredon There is certain to be a large demand for the work, for Sir Robert has captured the public intarost to a remarkable degres,

CHINESE TURKESTAN.

Mr. George Macartney, C.I.E., for twenty

I

an unexpectedly big score, and England's big task was to beat that score!" tralian eleven in their second inning had made The following table estimating the cost of sport is interesting:-

On

acute

'nad

which were already gintied. The balance of trade set sharply against India and exchange and imports continued to your into markets

dropped to gold point at which it was maintain- ed only by Government selling sterling sills Spent

London for five months continuously Invested. annually.. to the extent of over sight million pounds. £15,607,000 £8,638,000 The combined effects of femme, high prices and 4,067 00 ... 8,128,000 bad trade affected our foumes very adversely.

569,000 10,593,000 3,032,00

317,400

was subsequently made by a Eurepent constable, neighbourhood. In the time at my disposal I years British representative in Kashgar, whopporting the Mansion House meeting, but and that there was fighting upon the frontier severely during the latter half of 1908 from an

felt that there I could get more of interest to lesture to the China Society I recently sent that may, of course, merely be for diplomatic, who was followed to the station by an inqn isitive to general public than by cutting up my time you, lectured this wook to the Central Asian reasons. I have my doubts about the real with these trivial matters. Au English cricket fell off very seriously in sgapathy with the man was being charged the unknown man went in visiting many places. My first intention was Society at their rooms in Albemarle Street desire of Chinone officialdam in Europe for eleven was playing in Australia. The Aus shortage in the harvest. Prices remained high

to proceed to Jehol with a view of painting the with Lord Ronaldshay in the chair. As *The guiding Imperial Palace, which was visited by Lord in the previous lecture he found much to Mucartney's mission; I therefore applied praise in the Chinese officials.

principles of the Chinese administrators are through our Legation for a passport and a special permit to allow me to work within the thuse of tolerance; control of the mass by win- pasciacts of the Palace; The passport was ning over the gentry personal responsibility on on the preservation in its fulness of Chinese in- wonll not therefore undertake this long journey. Peace in their jurisdiction, and prestige founded

dividually in an alien environment." Chinese rolo at present satisfied the natives of Turkestan, but there were already vague rum blings of an awakening movement among them that would have to be reckoned with in the fatare. Dr.

The carious visitor, was put outside, bat granted but the permit absolutely, rofused; the part of the officials for all breaches of the Joseph Dimsdale, Rev, J. Campbeli Morgan Fishing

constable was again about to put him out, bat Inspector Fenton decided to let him stand where he wished, and placed him on the charge sheet for trespasing.

Both defendants were charged before Mr. F. A. Hazoland at the Magistracy yesterday. The native charged with larceny was found guilty and sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment with hari labour and six hour stocks. The trespasser was ordered to pay a ine of 25.

A SMART CAPTURE.

A coolie from Canton appeared before Mr. F A. Hazeland at the Magistracy yesterday on a charge of robbery. Between two and five o'clock on Sunday morning the defendant gained ad- mittance to the residence of a student at 399, Queen's Road West, by climbing up a rainwater pipe. He departed with clothing and money to the value of $24, and the student must have reported his low shortly afterwirls, for by six o'clock the defendant was arrested at Yaumati with most of the stolen property lu his posses sion. His capture was probably brought about by his appreciation of fine clothes, for his ap- pearance in a silk jacket and minus boots aroused the suspicions of a Yanmati detective, and the man was arrested. His Worship sen tenced him to six weeks' imprisonment and six

"Peking, is perhaps, more familiar now.a-days te fesigners generally than any other part of China, and justly so, for it is not only essentially Chinese and fall of historic interest, but er trenely beautiful. The Temple of Heaven is planned and laid out on a large and generous scale situated within a beautiful Park, where are trad the black eattle used for sacrifices. Here I was again governed by the desire to conver

so

notion of the buildings and methods of worship and in the Lama Temple I tried to suggest the gorgeous reds and yellows one soen then,

The

F

550, 00.... 8,320,000

5,600,--00

520, 290,23

87,000 -525,000 284,000 10,763,000

educational institutions ran by Western bodies, Among those who will speak or signify their to the meeting will be Bir support such se the one behind this plan.

Robert Hart (the chairman of the Committee)

Canadian fame) the Bishop of Ripon, Alderman Shooting the Bishop of London, Mr. Whitelaw Beid American Ambassador) Lord Strathcona (of Fox-hunting

Rev. J. Scott Lidgest, (President of the Yachting Lord Alver Coursing Weslayan Methodist Conferenes),

President of the Shanghai Conference, 1907), Rasing

the Lord Mayor of Polo. stone (Lord Chief Justice), Lord Armitetead. Coaching

Kinusird, Lord Lord

Reay,

Golf Bristol, Sir John Kennaway, Sir Thomas Jackson, Sir Robert Perks, Sir John Found, Sir Lowing.... Alberics-Chancellor Warren of Oxford Football and cricket

Vice Chanceller Mason of Com There are some 750 golf linka in Great for the Mohmand Expedition, 41 lakhs in extra University Vice-Chancellor We may conclude," says this writer, that Lord Romer's Committee, and 11 lakhs for the Sir Donald Macalister of Glasgow University, como £46,61 250 is invested permanently and Dr. Alexander Maclaren of Manchester, Mr. £44,775,545 is spent annually on sport,

There is, in short, an investment in sport of E. A. Yerburgh, Mr. C. 8. Addia (Hongkong and Shanghai Bank), Sir Percy Banting, Sir about 25s. for each man, woman, and child in Hanson, Rev. the United Kingdom, and a slightly smaller Robert Douglas, Rev. Dr. George Owen, Rev, Dr. Horton, Canon Mas sum spent each year for sport." terman, Rer. F. B. Meyer, Canon Bobinson, Sir Alexander Simpson, Rev. F. 8. Webster, Marshall Broomball, A. Fewell Buxton, George Sir Mackworth Young, Messrs Byron Brenan, John Cory (Cardiff) W. McAdam Bodes, M.8. F.R.C.S., E. W. Essex, M.F., Eccles. T.R. Ferens, M.P., J. B. Fry, George Jamis- sun, William Keswick, M.P., Robert Laidlaw, M.P., Samuel Hope Morley, E. R. P. Moon, and Colonel Robert Williams, M.P.

Pike Pesa, M.P., A. Rolland Bainy, M.P.,

A. M. Stein, the well known DHIMENTO, Sir William Turner, Principal Britain,

traveller, also spoke in praise of the Chinese ralo,

THE CANTON-HANKOW BAILWAY LOAN.

The news of negociations for a German loan for the Hankow Canton Railway has caused. considerable amount of irritation here and in Paris, and in America there is great interest over this international struggle for financial influence in Chinese undertakings.

PARLIAMENT AND THE FAR EAST.

The following paragraphs are extracted from the reports of proceedings in Pulist in the London papers received by yesterday's mail:

THE ANGLO-JAPANÉSE EXHIBITION. Sir G. PABKER asked the President of the

With the failure to receive permission to go to jahol, I was given to understand that any further attempt on my part to get within the

The excellent message sent home during the Imperial Palaces would be practically hopeless, but my first failure did not deter me from week by the Times correspondent in Feking a further efforts in that direction and after many to the methods of Chinese construction have wear of waiting, trying, and arguing, I was vastly amased the general reader, but they have ultimately successful owing to the generous help not given mush fan to the investor'n Chinese of the British Minister and other members of railway securities. Market is extremely chary the Legation, sud the kindly aid of a Chiness of handling Chinese stock nowadays, and gentleman who was instrumental in placing several men hitherto interested in such en specimens of my work before the Grand Council, terprises have assured me they will operate and thereby enabling them to approach the no more in that quarter till something more Throne with a complete knowledge of what substantial than the exaggerated claims of I mished to do. By virtue of an Edict, the Chinose promoters are offered as security. dated 24th October, 1908, issued by the Nothing less than efficient financial control the Empress Grand Dowager, I was given and the nomination of European engineers to Bosed of Trade whether an Anglo-Japanese perzission to enter the Summer Palace, where superintend the work, with real authority, will Exhibition had been arranged, with the approval of the British Government, to be held in London romas, attendants, food and all I could wish for satisfy British investors for the future. Still, next year; and, if so, whether the Government were found for me, and I received the greatest there is a feeling among some of the shrewdest intended to make any grant for the purpose or Third Pacific Squadron were tendered a recep-kinliness from the Mandarins and other officials ten of business here that these set-backs to had offered may particular facilities to the pro Mr. TENKANT (Berwickshire), Parliamentary tion by the American Consul General at who were delegated to attend on mo during my British atorgrims are but temporary, and the moters of the exhibition.

Chinese will be, compelled by circumstances ene Secretary, replying, said-His Majesty's Shanghai The short stay of the ships in the stay there. northern part made it impossible to arrange "But it was very late in the year, the cold long to abandon their self-sufficient attitude, and Government have been informed that it is anything elaborate for the entertainment of the weather had began, as it does there, very sud-again call for European help in engineering and proposed to hokt an exhibition of the nature denly, and although I had, brilliant sunshine financial control. The ultimate issue of the referred to, which cannot fall to evoke the sympathetic interest of this country. (Cheers) there was a lifter wind, and at times I had present dual of inanaial syndicates is being The answer to the last part of the question is in

watched with remarkable interest, but Germany the negative. HOW TO BE BEAUTIFUL-Keep your com.gratiffenity in keeping my brush at work. plexion, Mra Ellen's Crême Charmante, Lait

With the finish of my drawings at the is so extremely anxious just now to get foreign Charmant and Special Skin Tonio and Pondre

Her Palace it only remained for me to complete a footing in all branches of enterprise that it is Charmant ill enable you to do it. lifetime. A. Watson & Co. Ltd. Bole Agents. Empress Grand. Dowager, upon which I was of previous official Chinese pledges to British Specialition for the Skin are the study of a replica of my main picture of the Palace for the probable the loan will be carried through in spite

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engaged at the time of her death.

hours' exposure in the stocks.

Rear-Admiral Harber and the ofReers of the

visitors.

..

financiers,

BHANGHAI-HANGCHOW-NIKGED RAILWAN

Our net railway revenue fell short of the Badget by 551 lakhs. Land revenge brought in 40 lakhs less, and direct famine relief cost 30 lakhs more than had been provided Compensation to 237.795 low paid Government servants for the dearness 110,10)

of food cost us nearly 9) lakhs, and high prices 725,550 also enhanced the expenditure for food aud 574,300 forage in the Military estimates. Other unfore 11,712,0

seen charges which had to be met were 19 laklus payment to the War Office as the outcome of improved scale of pay for the Indian Army which was introduced on the 1st Janary last. The whole of these additional military. burdens, however, were met by economies in the We found unexpected Military departments. assistance also in heavy receipts from opinn which took the form chiefly of advance payments on shipment against the restriction of exportes the Malwa product in order to ensure prompt which we are now enforcing.. The net result of the year's fluance is a defeit of no less than £3,720,500. It is the first dafloit which oar Indian Budgets have shown since 1897-1893. It has imposed a great strain upon our cash against the more ambitions programme of capital expenditure which we had hoped to ablo to undertake next year.

Another interesting table shows the athletic games played daring the past twelve months in the parks and open spaces of London:-

Games.

Bowls.

Cricket

Croquet

Football

Hockey

Lacrosse

Lawn

tennis.

Games Grounds provided. played.

24,749 28,904

74

452

31

1.535

16,223 2,246 120

Let

any

102,649 476

For the coming year 1909-1910 the Estimates Quoits

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have been framed with the closest regard to Writing on the attendances at great. foothil

economy and disclose a small surplus of £230.900. ties, the writer says that he has calculated that This reait has been reached without adding in out of the male adult population of England and

way to the taxation of the country. It Wales on in every twenty-ren is in attendance aures a retura, though probably a slow return, game bring in a revenue of more than £185,000 and trade, and it has necesitated the rejection at a game of some sort. This licences to kill to moderate-prosperity bath in agriculture and

The vory speech of the Englishman savours of all expenditure which can reasonably be post

the of sport," saya this American. He did it off pored or disallowed. I will not weary his own bat. He put his money on the wrong Couns with the detailed figures which are horse. This is a painful game.

we had botter change the bowling't given at length in the statement. We propose to finance a capital programme of 15 erores think he can go the distance. It is an odds for railways and 1 crores for productive irri chance, about anything the Englishman gation works, It is our intention subject to is apt to express his feelings in the words the usual reservations to borrow 21 crores. It of the bookmaker and eny "Oh, I should call India, and the six millions sterling of India, bill it a three-to-one, or 'a five-to-one, or a six-to which mature during the year in England wil four chance. It isn't cricket, or 'It isn't play be renewed. The Secretary of State's drawing are taken at £16,200,000, but additional bills wi be sold so far as may be should trade requir the game' refers to any underhand or not quite straight cenduot. to express distinctions and differences even of them. It is to me a matter of genuine person budgets which any predecessors have unfolded: of a subtle kind. If you have huntert in Ireland regret that after the long series of proposit for a winter you come away convinced that most should fall to my lot to record a year of marke

These and countless other expressions worve

Mr. LONSDays (Arnagk. Mil., Opp.) asked of the stook phrases in conversation are invent financial depression and to prepare & Budg can only express a hope that t by the horses. The universal use of 'fit' to are constant reminders of that habitation, characteristic vitality of the Indian revenu dearest of all to the hearts of so many English will again, assert itself and prove our estims. express one's condition, and of feed for eat, tare. I

men, the stable,"

to err if anything on the ride of caution.

to the construction of the Shanghai-Hang-that- ther he had received any reports with reference Hug-po Railway; was he aware that stipulations