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questions of finance.

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A CUSTOMS PROSECUTION.

Before Mr. E. R. Hallifax at the Magistracy. on Saturday Mr. T. H. King, the acting Sapor- intendent of Importa and Exports, proceeded against a Chinese woman for selling liquor without a licence, and against two mon for saulting an exoise offcor.

BANDOM REFLECTIONS,

What weather for colds! The varying tem poritares make it diffoult to know what to wear and the result is that few are immune from rheum somewhere.

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Straits as in Hongkong, and the Bill did not go beyond its second reading. Meanwhile the Acting Chief Justice of Hongkong had been making representations to the Governor that a system of limited partnerships in commandite would be of great use here and

The past week has been remarkable for show- Complainant informed the Court that sonie ing the great number of people in our maldat would readily be adopted, but after hearing from the Btraits Government, the Governor,

Chinese revenue officers, acting under instruc- who are at loggerheads with ssch ether. The tions from Berentie: Offloare Wildsa and Mas- members of the Sanitary Board are still divided on the advice of the Attorney General (Mr.

kennie, hoarded the Siberia and had conversation over the cemetery question, the Legislativo POLLOCK at that time), decided that nothing

LONDON, December 11th, with the female dofendant. One of the officers Council is not unanimous with regard to giving further should be done" for the present.". An enthusiastic Liberal demonstra- asked for a bottle of beer and the defondantsent a greater facilties for litigants obtaining special once more the Chamber of Commerce rotion has been held in the Albert Hall, small boy down to the fremen's quarters to when aikad, ons of the magistrates and procure one. The European revenue officers solicitor had a serious difference of oplaton the opened the question in 1900, and a Committes

saw the boor produced, and the money paid for prosecutor in a certain case, and then we have other day as to whose name should appear as of Inquiry was appointed. This Committee London.

Mr. Asquith bad a tremendous re-it, and thereupon placed the woman in charge the cass against the oxcisemien for assault in unanimously decided, "though for different reasons," that it would be inadvisable to ception. He asked the electorate for woman from the chief officer, a gang of coolies which some sharp divisions of opinion have

of a Chinesa offlor. While inquiring about the introduce the suggested legislation. This authority to place on the Statute Booksaulted the excise offloor and released his pris already been made apparent. And Christmas is oner, who was subsequently re-arrested. The coming too, when we want to be at peace with was thoug.t to be the last word on the

all men. draft Ordinance was published, and though subject for a goneration to come, but an explicit recognition that the House two mals defendants were the ringleaders.

After hearing the evidence his Worship fined the Chinese community appeared to be successive Judges have not ceased to of Lords had no right to meddle with each of the defendants 850, the alternative being

two months' imprisonment with hard isbour. unanimous in their desire that the comment on the need of some system of Bill

should become law in so far as registration, and now we have the Chinese it related to the registration of Chinese mercantile community and apparently the partnerships, the Government declined Hongkong Law Society re-opening the to submit blev draft Ordinance to the question. There has never been much consideration of the Legislative Council on difference of opinion as to the desirability the following grounds :—(1) Because it was of registration; the problem has been, as doubtful whether the measure would have wo have said, to evolve a practical "scheme carried out the objects at which it aimed (2) because to follow capitaliste who lived out of the Colony, and whose property was out of the Colony was impracticable; (3) because it would be legislating for a for whose aim was virtually the destruction of competition; (4) because the exceptional registration of Chinese merchants would be injust; (5) any such espionage would have the effect of checking those combinations. amongst the Chinese residing at Canton, Amoy and elsewhere, which are calculated to stimulate and strengthen their trade at Hongkong; and, finally, that any inter.

to overcome the difficulties arising from the difference between English and Chinese law without prejudicing the flow of capital from China into the business life of the Colony

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The United States oruisers Pennsylvania and

West Virginia, each of 14,500 tons, reached Hongkong yesterday from Manila,

Mr. T. H. King has been appointed to dis- charge the duties of Superintendent of Imports and Exports during the absence on leave of Lient. C. W. Backwith, R.N.

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He declared that the abolition of the absolute veto of the House of Lords must be accompanied by a shortening of the life of the House of Commons to five or even to four years. The only solution of the Irish prob- lem purely Irish affairs, with safeguards was full self-government in

for the supremacy of the Imperial

Parliament.

Writing naturally leads the thoughts to Boribes, and their usefulness in supplying us with THE COLONY'S FINANCES:

the day's pabulum. At the Supreme Court the other day a barrister askedja witnessif he had secu The financial statement issued by the Colonial

a letter beforo it was written, and when the Tresenter for the month of September shows a balance of resets and Babilities on 31st August absurdity of his question dawned upon him he of $481,083.73, and this, plus the revenue for blushed and wis heard to remark that it was a September, $389,699.10, gives : a total of merciful dispensation of Providence that no 3870,782.33, Deducting the expenditure for September, $193,157.25, the credit rates reporters were present to note his ball. There might not have been any newspaperman, as they liabilities places the total assets at 3078,812.81 was not allowed to go unreported. The omni- stands at 9677,616.58.

The statement of the Colony's, assets and are called in America, present, but the incident

and the total liabilities at $301,197.23. The reimbursement due by railway constrnetion present, omnipotent, ubiquitous reporter learned Bocount on December 31st, 1908, is $1,356,136.50, the story and the barrister's thankfulness WAS and with the credit balance for 1909 deducted it perhape a little premature. stands at $1,004,567.39. Adding the previously mentioned credit balance of $677,615,58 the balts (General Account) now stands at $1,682,182.97.

INDIA'S OPIUM REVENUE,

Training of the griffins has already com

menced at the Happy Valley and not a few folks come back to breakfast with healthy appetites. It is too early yet however to spot - any winner.

Woare besoning quite Boottish in our publia honse reform. The new liquor bill contains a prevision which has apparently bien unnoticed. It eartainly evoked no comment. Barmaids are to be abolished., and the public house losen one of its chief attractions. Many men liks chaff with their beer and beer with their chat, But doubtless the counter attractions to be provided will be found more valuable than

MR BALFOUR'S MANIFESTO. Mr. Balfour's manifesto declares The Hongkong Race Meeting has been fixed that the attack on the House of Lords for the 15th, 16th and 17th February..

is the culmination of a long-drawn conspiracy on the part of the Liberl Government for a Single-Chamber consequsuos of the restriction under the A curious state of things has arisen in Legislature similar to that of Greece, Soretary of State's orders of the exporte of Malwa opium from Bombay. The limit The conspirators wish to be independ-allowed to be exported in 1910 was booked, ent not only of the Peers, but

it will be remembered, several months ago, and the during the past few weeks there has been an people, and Mr. Balfour declares that extraordinary rush to get priority of shipment ference whatever with the freedom of trade

for 1911, for which year the limit of the number Yesterday large congregations attended St.

no advance in the solution of the of chests to be exported has not yet boon fixed. would be at variance with the general policy John's Cathedral to hear the special cermons

In the first thirteen days of November in Malwa of the Government. Only three years later, preached on behalf of the Charch Missionary problems of the Empire will be pos- 17,000 chests passed, the scales, the duty of Ra. namely, in 1878, the Chamber of Commerce Socisty. Bishop Ingham, Bretary of the sible until a Party is returned to power crore of rapees has reached the Government. 600 being paid on each chest so that in all over i represented to the Government that "the CMS, was the preacher in the morning and prepared to press Tariff Reform to the money market allround and at the same time to the publichouse system which places it in the

Treasury. This

gigantic speculation has tighton- Bishop Lander in the evening.

has replenished the Government exchequer for the time being, though it represents, of

control of a private company whose profits shall only the forestalling of what would ordinarily } not exceed a certain figure. Disinterested have been the revenue of the year after next. management sounds all right but it has to be Its result is to bring the opium receipts for this year which in October were fifty lakhs behind the estimatas up to fifty lakhs ahead. It also makes it probable that should cotton now begin to move as the excellence of the harvest of this staple renders probable the Government of India's year will close with a small surplus instead of with the deficit that has hitherts

publication and registration of the members of Chinese hongs in this Colony is much An extract of meteorological observations called for. " "The members composing made at Hongkong Observatory during the foreign firms," wrote the Hon. Mr. W.month of November shows the average maxi- KESWICK, as Chairman of the Chamber of mam temperature for that month to have been 75.5 and the average minimum temperture 65.4

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be requiring too much of the Chinese mercantile community in this Colony to conform

to a rule which is voluntarily followed by other nations, but which they decline to observe." As we have shown, the Chinese mercantile community had actually patitioned for such an ordinance four years previously, The Government sent to the Chamber of Commerce a statement of the objections recorded in 1875 by the local

degrees. The rainfall was 965 of an inch, and

there were 187.1 hours of sunshine.

The Russian Government, it is announced,

has banded the Chinese Government 600,000 ronties as compensation for the losses which the Chinese merchants in Vladivostock suffered during the Russo-Japanoss War. It is said that the Chinese will get back about 20 per cent of their low

the utmost.

THE GERMAN LOAN,

LONDON, December 11th. In the Reichstag the Treasurer an- nounced that a loan of 28 millions sterling, due to previous deficits, would be raised gradually to prevent any disturbing of the money market,

ANGLO-GERMAN RELATIONS.

LONDON, December 11th. The Imperial Chancellor, Herr

seemed inevitable.

course,

A TONG WAR IN SAN FRANCISCO.

▲ KIND OF CLASSIC TELGEDY.

The tong war now being waged, sayes Ben Francisco paper, is a Chinese version of the old tale of the Montagues and Capulets. Two olane in our Oriental quarter, "both alike in dignity" the Yees and the On Ticks, had

what they have replaced."

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The Government seem to be favorably disposed

one in mind that disinterested management is not always disinterested. I have read criticisms of the systems in Sweden and Norway in which it was pointed out that the members of the company, having profits to distribute to local charitable and other institutions, soquired an

undue social and political importance. Should the experiment be tried here it is proposed that the profits should go to the improvement of the public house itself. It certainly seems a sensible proposition that those who make the profits possible should reap the advantage.

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From what I know locally I should say that Hongkong was smulating the Homeland in

The On Lee, owned by the Sze Yap steam- pleasure trip to Macao. She is a new vessel: ship Company. yesterday made her third Government to such an Ordinance, and capable of accommodating over 1000 passengers Bethman-Hollweg, in the course of a treated each other with something of high dis another respect. I refer to the decrease in

and runs on week days to Kongmoon, making the trip to Mauso every Sunday. The On Lee, does the journey to the Portugues settlement in three a half hours and is well equipped for the convenienes of European ably low, boing $1.20 first class rach way. and Chinese passengers. The fare is remark-

the matter appears to have been allowed to drop for a time. But it was revived in 1881 by the Governor of the day (Sir Jour POPE HENNESSY) in a speech in which he mentioned the proposal and said he declined to accede to it because some of the leading Chinese bankers and others to whom, acting on his “ usual principle," he HONGKONG OFFICE: 10a, DES VEUX ROAD Chad mentioned it, pointed out that the

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Chinese system of trading would be completely upset by it--that there is an

extraordinary net work of investments in this Colony, as in any other community of Chinese, and that it would interfere seriously with Chinese

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Forty-five tins of prepared opium, were seized last week at Manila on board the Gor man mail stanmer Prins Sigismund, which bad arrived in the port from Australia. The drug was found in the possession of a Filipino bourer, who attempted to smuggle the contin band goods ashors. Captain Lens, of the Prinz Sigmund, it is stated, got to krew of the illegal transaction and aided the customs authorities in the seizure of the stuff by notifying the members of the inspector's division on duty on board the vessel, who made the arrest. This is the first time a seizure of opium has been made by the customs on board a vessel coming from ports other than Hongkong.

Nor many weeks ago we drew attention to some observations made by the Judges of the trade, and, in fact, tend to prevent the in- International Court at Bangkok pointing to flux of Chinese into the Colony." Tet in the need of some system of registration of the very next year we find the Chinesa com- Chinese partnerships. The Court had beenmunity presenting a petition signed by 68 called upon to determine who wers the well-known Chinese and chopped by 104

His Excellency the Governor has given his partners it a Chinese firm which had become hongs calling attention to the evils" arising bankrupt. "It is a matter of great difficulty" from the want of a system of registration of assert, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty Chinese partners," and submitting certain the King, to the following Ordinances passed said the Court, "to find out who the ros propositions which they prayed might by the Legislative Council :-Ordinance No. 40 ponsible partners in the firm really are— men of straw are put in as managers and receive legislative sanction. The Registrar of 1900-An Ordinance to amend the Law General WILS of opinion that both relating to Trade Marks; Ordinance No. 41 of 1909-An Ordinance to exempt Crown Loasis petitions in favour

lands in the New Territories from a certain of registration granted in respect of Foreshore and submerged. condition imposed under the Foreshores and

notable speech in the Reichstag, ex pressed a sincere desire for good Anglo-German relations. The more freely and loyally this attitude was expressed, he said, the better would

be for both countries.

SHORTAGE OF COTTON.

GREAT EXCITEMENT IN THE COTTON

MARKETS.

it

LONDON, December 11th. The Report of the United States Bureau shows the cotton crop to be 200,000 bales below the most sanguine expectation of the bulla.

This report has caused record ex- citement in the New York and Liver- pool markets and prices are soaring.

NEW ITALIAN CABINET,

LONDON, December 12th. Signor. Sonnino has formed

found to be possessed of no means when judgment is obtained against them--and as had been prepared in panic, the latest soon as the premises are attached, people arising from heavy losses in house specula against whom there is no judgment come on and ho suggested that it might be well Sea Bed Ordinance, 1901; Ordinance No. 42 of 1 Liberal ooalition Cabinet.

1909.-An Ordinance, to amend the Wireless Telegraphy Ordinance, 1903, sad the Wireless Telegraphy Ordinance, 19; and Ordinance No. 43 of 1909.-An Ordinance to amend the Order and Cleanliness Ordinance, 1857.

forward and lay claim to the property and

to let the over-speculation cure itself repudiate all liability for the personal debis

Accordingly nothing more was, heard of the of the judgment debtor." Hongkong, Shanghai, and Singapore, as we said at the subject till 1891, when it was once more time, are familiar with these things. On in the form of a recommendation in connec brought up by the Chamber of Commerce, many occasions the advisability of insisting tion with a Bill to amend the law relating papers in Seoul to the effect that three Koreans on the registration of Chinese partnerships

to Bankruptcy. They expressed the opinion of unprepossessing appearance prosented them. has been discussed in this Colony, but no

timt to render this Bill more completely selves at the Residency and stated that they | practant scheme hage) to over

A remarkable story is related by Jupatione

tion with twenty others for many years and

MOROCCO AND THE CONGO.

VIEWS OF GERMANY'S FOREIGN

MINISTER,

LONDON, December 12th. Herr von Schoen, Minister for

dain; but in the heart of a maiden of the Year drinking. The Chancellor of the Exchequer there was a tender sentiment for a young has admitted that the effect of the whisky tax reciprocal, the two fled together, while the that may had dropped it altogether. In some elanaman of the On Yicks, and this being was not only that people were drinking loss bat families stayed behind to shed each other's blood. All the yellow Tybalts and Mercution, districts in Ireland the drinking hind gous down Benvolios and Parises are out of their by 70 per cent. and in Scotland it had gone dark alleys and, as in old Verona, there down by 50 per cent. It was unaccountable, ke are wounds given and received which, though said, that people had not been driven from on0

or deep as

Prolis,"

not sa "vido a church doors"

are indeed enough" To-day the kind of liquor to another bat had been driven Yees aro falling; tomorrow the On Yicks are out of liquor altogether. Mr. Lloyd George gathered to their fathers. Will the slant-eyed did not attempt to take any credit to himself Romeo and the little-footed Juliet continue the tragedy to the accepted and and bring a

for the improvement, from the social point of This improvement family reconciliation over their common tomb view, which had ensued, Or will the war not cesse until all the long was something gignatio... It is yet too soon to quand ontagues and Capulets are passed

nature to eternity or held in durance vile post of the effects of the liquor duties in the It is sa nacient tale that is being enacted Colony, but it is well known that the consump here, as in the Verons of the play. Its plot tion of liquer has decreased, a fact which is ex- may have been old to the Romans; it may have been familiar to the Phoenicians and its skeins plained not only by moderation among drinkera may have been entangled with the romaness of but to several having taken the resolution to the Nile. The fond of rival families, the loves 'go on the water waggon." eissb and the catastrophe these have been the that should have softened it, the anger and the setting of tragedies as old as the human race itali.

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS, Tho C. & M. str. Zafiro loft Manila on the

11th instant, and is due here to-day at 4 p.m.

The I.G.M. str. Pring Ludwig oft Blanche on the 11th inst., at 6 p.m., and may be expected

here to-morrow at 7 am.

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Now that the Public Works Department has decided upon the experiment of laying wood par. ing in Toe House Street, the moment seems opportune to suggest that the local traffic vehicles in that Tually busy thoroughfare being Authority should impose requistions requiring

propelled at walking speed. Only the other day I saw a lady jostled in a group of riakshas and opium trucks, usually to be found ranged where the sidewalk should be, and the result

The P. M. S. S. Co.'s ... Manchuria sails from Yokohama December 11th, en route to Hongkong via Nagasaki and Manila, and is of the encounter was that her dress was entirely

a scheduled to arrive at this port December 23zd. destroyed by coming in contact with the greasy

The N.Y.K. steamer Bingo Maru (Bombay axles.

Liao) loft Kobe for this port via Moji and Shanghai on the 7th instant, and is expected here on the 16th inst.

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That is only one aspect of the state of affairs. The N.Y.K. str. Hirano Maru (European The danger to life and limb from the same Line) left Kobe for this port vis Moji and Shanghai on the 11th instant, and is expected venience suffered by pedestrians gonerally in source must not be overlooked, and the incon

here on the 20th just.

The NY.K... Kumano Mare (Australia that thoroughfare has only to be mentioned to Line) left Yokohams for this port via Kobo, be appreciated.

Moji and Nagasaki on the 11th instant, and

expected here on the 21st inst.

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The N.FR. str.· Yawada Maru (Australian

I have not yet heard of any enterprising Lina) left Thursdag Island for this port is capitalist providing Taipo with hotel accommod

hegation in view of the trafle which is vertín to on the 21st inst.

The N.T.K. str. Mishima Mary (Baropene was the date reckoned on for the opening law without prejudicing the flow of capital members of Chinese firms trading in the best way of disposing of the guld. Rather occo, and bore testimony to the Line) left Singapore for this port on the 8th the British section to the other within the next

compulsory the registration of individual 400,000 yen. They asked for advice, as the Franco-German co-operation in Mor-instant, and is expected here on the 15th insti

The N.T.K. str. Ceylon Mars (Bombay probable that trains will be run from one end of from China into the business life of the Colony. Nothing, however, appears to doubtful of the socursoy of the story an official disinterested action of France.

inst., and is expected here on the 15th lust. three months, and that though the line might not Colony. A paragraph in the Daily Press a

The Apcar str. Catherine dpcar from Calcutta for days ago mentioned that the Chinese have been done in this direction. The went to the place where they said the gold was

Herr Schoen also declared that the left Singapore on the 10th instant p.m., and the be open to general traffic it may be possibla Commercial Union of Hongkong has again subject, however, had been engaging the stored and was astonished to find the statement taken the subject into consideration. At traits Settlements, and in 1894 the Govern made varstal faquiry, and it was decided that forms for the Congo, if loyally carried

attention of the Government of the made quite true. Whereupon the authorities Belgian Government's scheme of re-ay be expected here on or about the 17th inst. to run a few passenger trains at the week end, It is time then for somebody to be thinking How zo Ex BBautiful--Keep your com- about catering for the wants of travelleze. A meeting held last week a resolution was

plexion, Mrs. Ellen's Crême Charmante, Lait costly caravanserai is not required, but a "honos unanimously passed in favour of the revient procured from the Straits & copy of the gold should be wat to the Oaks Mint. It out, would contribute to the welfare of Charmant and Special Skin Tenie and Poudre of refreshment" with a few tennis courts and

the Ordinance which had been drafted there, appears that these Korean collected the gold

Charmant will enable you to do it. Her bowling greens ought to be a remunerativs tration of partnerships, with the proviso together with copies of the printed papers dust from rivers having veins of the ore in their the natives and achieve free trade for Specialities for the Skin are the dady of enterprise. Here's chants for the new that the partners' liabilities should be in connected with the subject. Opinion wan | which ziems facut

Hfatims. A. 8. Watson & Co. Ltd. Sale Agents Licensing Board upper reachas and by digging ground overall nations in the Congo.

come the difficulties arising from the applicable to local requirements it should be and been engaged in milavin mining in co-opers Foreign Affairs, speaking in the Reich Manils on the 10th inst, and is evelop with the opening of the railway." difference between English and Chinese preceded or supplemented by a Bill make had counnlated gold dust to the value of about stag, emphasised the good results of Tino) left Singapore for this port on the of the railway, but I understand it is not im

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