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SANITARY BOARD.

A madting of the Sanitary Board was held yesterday at the Board Room. Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe presided, and there were present-Hon Mr. P. N. Jones (Vice President), Hon. Mr. E. A. Hewett, Mr. A. Shelton Hooper, Colonel Bedford, Dr. G. L. Fitzwilliams, Mr. Ng Hon The, Dr. F. Clark (Medical Officer of Health), Dr. Pearke' (A.M.O.H.) and Mr. Bowon Rowlands (Secretary),

THE CEMETERY QUESTION AGAIN.

this subject he wished to register his entire dissent to what the hou. member had said. He had complained that it would be a disgrace to remove the bones after they had reposed there for so many years, but surely with his know ledge of what was done on the Costinent, in France and Spaka, for instance

Hon. Mr. HEWETTIt is a disgrace to those countries.

CANTON.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.].......

January 3rd.

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SPECIALISTS IN

ROBEEBIES WITH VIOLENOL Now that the Chinese New Year is drawing near the number of armed robberies is daily craving. The local officials seem to be able to do little to restrain the efforts of marauders, and as many of the country districts are without HIGH

police force the robbers have it very much their own way. Many of these robberies are carried out under circumstances of extreme brutality. The following is one of the worst 80s. At a place called in Tong in the Nam Hoi dintriot a son was born to a wealthy man named Chan. According to custom a grand

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5TH, 1910, the whole systom was wrong, and he did not | He could not conceive any reason whatsoever approve of disinterment. His recollection weak why this particular question should be treated back a few years longer than the last speaker, confidently. He did not know what rules and he remembered the old cemetery. Only a governed the working of the department in to few remaine were removed and the rest certain papers being treated confidentially and remained in the soil, and the site was others publicly, bat be knew that this was sold by the Government, who made a lakh or an old question that had been before the two of profit. He maintained that the system Board before. He brought it up at one of the was wrong. Once a burial ground was set aside first meetings he had the honour of attending COLONEL BEDFORD thought those countries for the burial of the deed he thought it was an slime seven or eight years ago. The question prided themselves on their religious principles act of sacrilege to remove the remains unless was as to the insanitary condition which ab especially with regard to the dead. What there were very good grounds. He objected tained in particular part of the town. He English community ever kept All Souls' Day again and protested most strongly against any brought it forward in what he believed to be the as it was kept in France and Spain? In the proposal to dig up the unnamed dead, who true interests of the health of a considerable cemetory of Pera la chaise, which was the largest probably in their time had boon as good section of His Majesty's garrison of the Colony, men are in the Colony at the present but he regretted to say that the F. M. O. of in Paris, the graves of ordinary people who did not pay in perpetuity were dug up and the moment, Just because there was not a big those days did not support hiro, bat denied remains were re-interred with all dua decorom solid monament over them to perpetuate their "altogether that there was any danger and backed foast was made in honour of the event, This

was perfectly well Aware

up his statement by argument which seemed to 3. Residents of more than twenty year in another portion of the cometery. Also in memory. He

of the castoms which obtained in Catholic the speaker extremely foolish. He told him became known to a gang of robbers in the standing.

Spain, after a lapse of years, graves were

district and they went in force to the man's more than soven years { reverently, dug up and remains ware Interrod in eountries, and knew it was the custom of the so afterwards The question was an important house for the purpose of ralding it. Mr. Chan another portion which took up, comparatively / Catholic Church to bury temporarily, but here one, and not only related to His Majesty's became aware of their movementa and the house speaking, considerably less room. Here he took it they were arbitrarily laying down a rule that forces but also to a considerable saution of the was harricaded. The robbers tried to break down The committes stated that they wore of we were more or less passing membered thecom- because people had not a certain amount of white civil population of the Colony; and why

their efforts. The miscreants then procured they must be dug up. He maintained that the dentially he could not possibly conceive. combustibles and burned down the place, Six opinion that as far as possible sections 1 and 2munity and we were faced with the difficulty of money expanded over their graves in monaments such a question should be treated conf. the great gate of the house, but it resisted all should be sub-divided in futuro, a separate having a very limited burial area within a reason-

women were burned to danth and the poor definite and concrete reason why he wished little baby in whose honour the feast was portion being allotted to naval officers only, to /sble distance of the contre of the city, and the principle was wrong and that it would be thought the President should give some

The PRESIDENT endorsed the remarks made the matter treated confidently. The speaker saw held suffered the same fate. The village military officers only, and to sivil servants only, question to be solved was how we could make disgrace to the Colony to uphold it. With regard to section 6 the portion of land use of that ares without extending it beyond a

The report of the Select Committee appointed to select suitable sites for the special section of the Colonial Cemetery to be laid out under bye

law 11 was submitted. The sections were

1. Naval and Military commissioned officers. 2. Civil Servante.

4. Residents of standing.

5. Children.

6. Dostitutes..

which it was suggested to clear of terraces reasonable distance and with due regard to the by the other members of the committee, but took no reason unless it was to save the feelings of weich ran away and hid themselves on. would suit very well, If necessary the public parsa. In the report of the committes / exception to the Haù. Mr Hewett's remarks, one particular person in the Colony.

old

dostitute section might bo mado available after exhuming the present remains and re-barying them in another portion torrace, The committee

even those made afterwards in explanation.

it was never contemplated that a grave with, a anonument should be interfered with. What they meant, if be might use the expression, was the-grases of the anbmerged tenth. A `reported that in order to make more space onornious number of people were buried who be dead whom it was necessary to exhume ho wished to treat it confidentially. Therefore, it

of the

fartkor

edge and under the acarest adjoining bank, and

one living in the place.

in the Shar Tak District. They looted_no

The PRESIDENT said there was one obvious the approach of the robbers, and so there was no Mr. Hewett seemed to consider that sentiment-reason. The sole reason fur briliging and one to disturb their operations. No arrests al reasons prevailed in differentiating the burial the motion was that he was not aware of the have been made. The next day a gang of. fourteen years, and in the case of the the mattor discussed publicly, while others tess than eleven of the better class houses. The places of those who had lived here for seven or feelings of members of the Beard. Some wished armed men attacked a village called Sai Kow

and looted the premissa of a coal-dealer who was reported to have much money stored up. This proving not be the one they sacked mine. villagers offered some resistance and two rob-

All the committee

would involve charges being brought against

tom houses near the coal store. This time the

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MANILA RAILWAY OUTLOOK.

Mr. C. J. Cater Scott presided at the annual

available for interment the stone slabs in various longed to a very low stratum of the community- became sentimental · and said their bones was only fair to nak those members who wished next night the gang again came to the village portions of the cemetery which were not crer There were rows and rows of unnamed grove should not be removed. It was obvious that to treat it confidentially to give their views. graves, and which were not in the space set with no reference as to date, and the people the members of committee were not going to

Hon. Mr. HEWETT-Then ask them to give apart for monuments should be moved to the interred there were absolutely unknown to pay advDeste anything of such a serious nature that their view..

The PRESIDENT-Until the matter comes up thore roplaced in position. The spaco. thus eat suggested was that there should be carefully them. They merely intended to point out that confidentially it cannot be discussed without bars were badly hart; the villagers, however, general meeting of the Manila Railway Company free would then booome available for intermente dug up and reverently reinterred in some other there must be an end to burials in the Colonial being made public, so that the only fair course ultimately got the worst of it and bad to retire. (1906) held east month. At the outset lo In consequence, the committee were strongly of Place. He really did not see how anybody could Cametery, and as Colonel Bedfordssid it would be is to take a vote to see who is in the majority: It is said that not less than ten thousand taels apologised for the great delay in presenting the reverence for the dead from an economic point of necessary to move further afield unless some whether members are in agreement with Colonel worth of property was stolen by this gang from 80counts. The ratio of expenses in Manils was expense, ho made available for future interview, and from & Churchman's point of view he thing was done. It was obvious that some Bedford and myself or with Messrs. Hewett and the village. The villages near Fatsban are than in the previous year, because they had e

the opinion that the numerous terracos in the eastern portion of the cemetery could, at small- ments in lieu of the expensive hillside terrace with retaining walls if a judicions process of exhumation were undertaken. In many of them there were only a very fow monuments. These could all be put together in one of the terraces, and the remains which could not be identified could be put in the separate re-

construe such an act into one of want of

thing of this kind was necessary, and if a

failed to see that any harm could come to apy judicious form of exhumation was adoptad ke

one.

3

Hooper.

Mr. HooFEE-And the Hon. Mr. Brewis, In his absence I may state that..

The PELSIDENT-I fail to see what objection there is to finding out the wishes of members.

COLONEL BEDvoso said this was a highly-j

technical matter and his only object in propos. ing that it should be taken confidentially was

did not see any objection to this prosedure, and as ho aid in committee ho was prepared to defend it. With regard to the splitting up of the naval and military sections he took the

The VICE-PRESIDENT entirely agreed with question as one of minor importance. A cor- tain part of the cometory was allocated to the what Colonel Bedford said. There had been naval and military services, and the committee to exhumations in the Colonial Cemetery thought it might be convenient to sub-divide since 1867, and everything was done in proper Notics was published in the Gazelle it, as it rendered it very much easier for order. people who caine here years afterwards and the bones were transferred with all precan The REGISTRAR-GENERAL minuted – I disap-to find at once what part of the cemetery a

He could see no objection to what the prove of exhumation. It must be a money aral or military officer was buried in, and it sub-committee had suggested and moved the grabbing, community that cannot spare the

made it very much easier for the funds to be adoption of the report. land to bury its dead and leave them in peace. administered. The separating of the naval and If anyone thinks his remains will tako military forces was morely-o qucation of wha agreed to, Hon. Mr. Hewett being the only wiser course,

administration of the funds.

captacles with suitable alabe to indicato the place of re-interment.

ground that could be better employed he can arrange for cremation or burial at 800,

Hon Mr. HEWITT-I entirely agree with

Mr. HOOPER said he would like first of all, as a number of the committee, associated with the

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tion,

Dr. FITZWILLIAMa seconded, and the motion

dissentioat.

PUBLIC OR CONFIDENTIAL, The PRESIDENT moved that "strangers with-

because he thought it would be better pollsy, as it would obviate any chance of raising s fictitious alarm in the community ever this

question.

Tho VICE-PRESIDENT thought the object should be treated in publia. It would be a

COLONEL BEDFORD said it was rather ou account of the Works Department that he had

Mr. Browiu. Is there any reason for dividing President and Colonel Bedford, to dissociata draw" while the minutes of the last confidential been inclined to treat the matter in camera.

was laid down that certain sections were to be

The PRESIDENT said that in the circum

in a state of terror owing to the depredations of an organised gang of bandits in the district, On fear successive nights these men attacked certain villages and each night made off with

$1,040 worth of plunder. At

over

place called Lok Cheung a gambling you

42.25, which was very low. This was larger failure in the rice crop, which caused a con- siderable shrinkage in the revenue, and there- fore the ratio working expenses wore satisfas- tory. What the shrinkage in receipts from the failure of the rico crop amounted to a could be gathered from the fact that in 1908 they carried 37,198 tons of rice,

on to an extant astonishing even for China. A a consequenvo all kinds of bad oberocters are attracted to the place. Two nights age these evil men attacked a cargo-bost and made off with the whole of the cargo consisting mostly of cloth. They made off about the third watch and nothing since has been heard of them.

WIDENING THE STREETS,

Mr. HOOPER-I think you might leave the stance he would withdraw his motion, and the orders that when these buildings are re-erested were estimated to pro-lace £122,000, which w

meeting were confirmed. confirmation of the minutes until we get into confidential meeting. If there is anything to be considered confidentially I should like to know what it is.

himself from the remarks made by the Hoa. Mr. Howett. Speaking for himself as well as on behalf of his colleagues ho denied that they had been notated with any ides of snobbery. The law set aside for the naval and military, and it was only to give effect to that law that the com- mittee was appointed to say in what part of the ates over. There was a paper put down on cemetery the section should be. With regard to the confidential agenda which from the minutes Mr. Hewett's remarks concerning naval and on the subject showed that there seemed

master could be dealt with publicly either now

or at the next meeting of the Board. It was not on the agenda,

against 137,519 in the previous year, or 60,000 tous less; whilst the total goods carried amounted to 175,307 tons, against 229,556, or off in the revƏR.KE 54,000 less, so that the alling rico orop. What he thought would intercat was entirely attributable to the shrinkage in the them most was a forecast as to the future. For this purpose he had got out special estimates, which might be taken as accurate, as to a largo extent they were based on actual figures. He The officials are taking opportunity from the calculated that the amount required for interest on Debentures during 1909 would be £143,950. recent fires in the city to make the streets Then on the 360 miles of milway which they wider than they were before. Recently several had been operating during the year 1909 be Lenses were burned down near the Tartor estimated that the net earnings would be General's gamen and the authorities have given of what he might wall the old road, and they £135,000. That 360 miles included 210 miles

they are to be put back 24 feet to widen the edontat about £680 per mile net. The other 150 street. Several other cases have been miles during 1909, much of it. having boom only similpely dealt with, and in one

recently opened and being largely incomplete, case would not earn so large on amount. These 150 the owner of a small tenement of which miles bad only produced this year £13,000, and the upper story overhung the road was what he wanted them specially to notice was ordered to pull down the structure and re-erect that in this estimate of £135,000 practically it it. It is, however, practically impossible to Inds all earnings from the old roads-the 210 miles. They had hardly begun to experience prove Canton in this respect, for any effective the benefit of the 150 miles, which Mr. Higgins effectively carried out by destroying hundreds ly as good as the 210 miles. Thus they Ind £135,000 against Debentare interest of £145,000. of buildings. Moreover, the people seem to In addition to that they had £500,000, repro- love the narrowness of the streets and the un-renting proceeds of A and B Bonds, which had youry smells and unsightly objects therein, been invested in the construction of the and the above-mentioned action of the officials southeru lines. That monoy was expended on

property. has been much resented by the owners of the the southern liues before the new arrangement was made with the Philippine Commission. That money had to come back to the Nor thern line, and until it came

back they interest од

the two services? I must again make a pro test against this absurd custom of dividing civil servants, ordinary residenta according to the Ingy, of children.

hh residence and child at this was the report of the committee which the Board had appointed to select suitable aites for the special sections, and hohd to take a resolution ns to whether members agreed that the report should be adopted either with or without the inclusion of paragraph 7, which referred to numerous military commissioned officers he did not know some divergenes of opinion as to whether stran meeting,. We may be well'say what it is, "Corres- scheme of widening the atrasts could only be and all who knew believed would become equal.

terraces in the eastern portion, which to a small whether that gentleman objected to the word extent might be made available for fataro intermente.

COLONEL BEDFORD-Thero is no objection. 16 paragraph seven?

ed of axhumations.

commissioned. If so he would say strike it out and use the words, the naval and military He had no wish to dissociate the commissioned

let them all be together there." With regard officers from the rank and file, and would say to the remarks made about digging up and xning the remains of persons interred who had no representative here the committee wore charged almost with an act of acrilege in sug gesting such thing he wished to remind

The FEESIDENT said he would hold the min-

gers should withdraw or not before the matter was considered In order to ascertain the views of mombers he thought it would be best to take a vote. Personally he thought the.

proposed that strangers should withdraw dur- matter should be considered in private and

ng ita consideration. Before doing so he wished the personal views of members as to whether the matter should be considered in camera or in public.

Mr. Hoorne did not think it was fair to any

Mr. HOOTER-Is it a matter of urgency? The PRESIDENT-I can hardly say, Mr. HOOPER-Then I think it would be well that it should stand over, that the papers should be recirculated, and that it be dealt with at rozt

pondence relative to the discharge of dirty water from the mallah at Mount Austin into the Pokfulum reservoir.”

KOWLOON BAT-CATCHING SYSTEM. The ASSISTANT MEDICAL OFFICER OF

relative to the rat-catching system in Kow HEALTH submitted the following further report

loon--I beg to forward a further report on the rat-catching in Kowloon During November and December to date the total number of rats collected has been 2,755, of which 99 came from Kowloon City. This gives a daily average of

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were entitled to 4 per cent. it. There was thus in addition to the

Speaking of this matter calls to mind that the Teotai of Constabulary is taking steps to have the drains or sewers which ran under the £135,000 a sum of £20,000 to come back, streets repaired. Many of these are stuffed making the total of £155,000 available against of refuse, and afford the increased demanda on the Debentures of up with all kinds

The PRESIDENT replied that there was, as the Registrar General had stated that he disapprov Hon. Mr. Hewery did not think that old graves should be dag up simply because there ware no relatives here to protect the intersets of those who were baried. The population here members of what took place hore in 1887. The member to ask him to state lais views when they sh1 for Old Kowloon and LE6 for Kor. breeding grounds for innumerable disease £143,000, so that he thought they might look was a factuating one and very few if any first British cemetery was opened in 1848 in St. were strictly laid down in the standing orders, loon City, as compared with 40.3 and 20 germa. The Tactai has given orders that these upon it. that they would be able to meet the had their homes in Hongkong, and he Francis Street, and when it became filled up and He wished to call the President's attention to for the two months September and October. drains are to be repaired at least once a year, of revenue and have a reasonable margin left to thought it would be an absolute scandal were the Colonial Cemetery to be used for much sanitary a committes reported on the advis standing order 14, which stated that unless a Although this shows an improvement sinee my sud has ordered the various Kaifongs to see carry forward. Looking at the position of the purpose, and that the bones of people who had ability of another site being chosen, and that motion was made to exclude strangers and last report the figures are very low. From July that these necessary repairs are carried out. In company and the prospects of a good crop for been buried here and whose nabies were forent Bite was the present Colonial Cemetery. The carried by a majority of the members present 9th, 1909, to August 31st, 1909, the average take very poor localities, where the people are too

the strangers could not be asked to withdraw. The PRASIDENT-I propose that motion. COLONEL BEDFORD seconded......

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of rats in Kowloon was 56.12 per dien.

OUR WATER SUPPLY.

interest on the Debenture Bonds entirely out

old cemetery was closed and headstones remained ten and whose tombstones were falling away there until after the speaks: como to the Colony should bo disturbed and that their graves in 1897, in which year the Government of should be dug up and used for later burials. the Colony, not the Sanitary Board, decided Buch a thing would not be tolerated for a mom-

that for economical reasons it would be advisable ent at Home, and he thought it was a disgrace to remove the remains and devote the land to

the Colony if each a thing were allowed to ser here. He also objected to the extreme building purposes. The land was put up for public auction, the remains of these interred bobbery which divided the dead in Hongkong there were ordered to be re-interred in the to various asetions simply because they happen- Colonial Cemetery, and the Government went thenght the end would be better attained of December 11th, based on a death rate per 1,000 of a monk call Kow Ching. This fellow let off great dependency, revives an old controversy

to have held slightly different soolal grades ring their lives.

Mr. HOOPER-No, no, not social grades.

so far as to advertise in the Gazette and

in the local papers the names of all the people

MORTALITY STATISTICS.

A "HOLY PLACE.

WHITEHALL AND INDIA,

The complint urged by the Times of India A temple called Tust Wong was in charge against the present methods of governing the

the current year he was more and more satisfied aa to the future of the company. He believed poor to contribute to the cost, the work that in the near future the company would is to be done by prisoners. Another innovation instify everything that had been said in its favour and would realise the expectations of. Mr. Frank Browne, Government Analyst, is to ask merchants to fender for the removal everyone who had invested in its securities. The Mr. HOOPER said he would like to know reported having examined samples of water of urine (which is a saleable commodity resolution for the adoption of the report was what the matter was they proposed to discuss taken from the Pokfulam service, the Tytam here) from the public latrines. The money carried unanimously. He was not going to give away what the matter service and the Kowloon service. The results derived from this source is to be used in repair- was, but he thought it was not in the public of his tests showed that the water was of jug the sewers. interest or in the interest of the Government excellent quality, that it should be discussed in confidence, and he

The mortality statistics for the wook onding there was a pablis discussion on it.

per annum, showed that the death rate of the whole Colony for the week ended 4th nitimo 203, as against 23.8 for the corresponding week of the previous year. LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. The C.N. Co.'s str. Chinhua left Shanghai on the 2nd inst., and is due here to day.

The Apear str. Gregory Apear from Toko- morning, and may be expected here on or about The N.G.I str. Cupz left Singapore for this port on the 3rd inst, and may be expected here

The Bank Line str. Suveric arrived at Mauila on or about the 9th inst.

on the 2nd inst

The PRESIDENT said he was referring to a Bedford, and circnisted to all members.

Hon, Mr. HaWITT-Can you give me a better who were buried thers so far as they conld | latter dated 16th September, 1909, from Colonel was 26.0, and for the week ended 13th ultimo might practice their vices in secret. This came to India to Whitehall; the Viceroy, who need to word that social ? Social is not a happy word. ascertain from the headstones and from the records existing in the archives of the Gov.

Mr. HOOPER replied that now he know what i

ment. They also advertised in the London it was he might say that the subject was a Gazette calling upon people who had relatives matter which should be thoroughly and publicly or were connected with the buried here to re-ventilated, and he appealed to the other members move them to another place if they wished to of the Board who had read the paper for

the 8th instant

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a portion of the building as a kind of private which is unfortunately ever now. The Indian club in which gamblers and opium smokers journal complains that the government of the country has been practically transferred from the ears of the Anti-Opium Bureau, the director, hold the effective power subject to the general of which sent a number of police to 'raid the control of Parliament, is now little more Bay grades dominated by Aune Domini, Fro. ecoding, he said the whole thing contemplated

place. They discovered ten persons in the not than a figurehead, while Lord Morley demands the control, not only of Indian of smoking opium and these were arrested. policy, but also of the pettiest details was a piece of mobbery which ought to be

Thoir evidence was very unsatisfactory and they of the administration." It is univerzally ended at ones. To`calmly snggoat for tho

were severely punished. The magistrate then recognised that there is too much founda sake of saving a few hundred or thousand do so. That was no set of sacrilege, and they their support in defeating this motion that it hama and Kobe, left Moji on the 4th instant ordered the temple to be closed up, but the tion for the complaint, which implies a slight on dollars that graves should be disturbed to

the whole Indian Civil Service--a service which, owner thereof petitioned to be allowed to pat in has never shown itself lacking in statcomanabip make room for later cowpants in the come- simply wished to carry out those principles to should be treats confidentially. If members tory would be a scandal and a disgrace today. If it was good argument in those days-it

a respectable mouk to keep the place as it should and sympathy with the needs of India. the Colony. He trusted that the recommenda was a fortiori greater now when the population Carefully looked through the paper they would had increased and land was more valuable. He that there was not a thing there that

be kept. The magistrate then reversed his believe that a feeling of protonhd distrast is decision and the templò still remains open.

growing up at these methods both at home and tion would not be adopted, Another now

on the spot. Experience has always shown that was sure that the whole Board would exonerate overy man in the street should not know. Why proposal was the suggestion of the sub-committee the committee of any set of anobbery.

distant dependencies can best be governed by therefore, should the Board, as the repre- that there should be separate sections for the Hon. Mr. HEWETT asked to be allowed to sentatives of the public, treat the matter con-

course, be prepared for the control of the nayi and military-commissioned officers,

Imperial Government in great questions of Jeff again at 6 am, on Tuesday for Shanghai, Hitherto one section has been set aside, and take a personal explanation. Ace-sewarkoda-fidentially, as though they had something hidden at Nagasaki at 3.30 p.m. on the 3rd iust., and

policy Jedly they must be left to use their own discretion in the less important but did not see why the union existing during life not refer to the setting aside of a section for the up thar blev that they were afraid should be where she is due to arrive at 5 p.m. to-day

The C.P.B. str. Empress of India, which left may- The only question he divulged! He thought it was against public

are compel them continually to refer to White- everyday matters which come under their notice. should not be continued in death unless there naval and military.

the United States Government's invitation to were very strong reasons and unless each raised was whether the two services should be policy, publlo interests and the interests of the here on the 4th alt, arrived in New York on section wanted sa

The Ban Line str. Benwirlich from Leith, take part in an International Opium Conference hail' not only causes delay in the process of dissosiatod. His remarks on snobbery referred Government that the matter should be considered the 31st ultimo. separate burial ground.

to the differences made between twenty year confidantially.

Antwerp and London, left Singapore on the to be held next year, but several of the Powers administration it deprives the officials of that Unless the novel and military authorities had residents, seven year residents, and destitates,

Hoa. Mr. HewerT mid he was glad to be 2nd inst., for this port

havo signifled their acceptance, and the State sense of responsibility which is necessary to asked for separate aeotions he thought they Personally, if he died in Hongkong, which i able to support what Mr. Hooper had said, as

The 0.8. str. Seattle Maru from Tacoma, Department feels confident that Great Britain good and efficient government. And it carries in its wake other and graver langers, which left Kobe for this port on the 5th instant, and will not decline. ought to go on the old lines and keep the two might happen, he should prefer to be they had differed on the last occasion. The is expected to arrive here on or about the 14th

The Government of the Notherlands has would become evident in a time of crisis when: services together. Of course, he was spearing buried among the destitute, for thers he question which would shortly be before them instant.

seked to be permitted to issue the invitations immediate action is necessary. It was not by as an outsider.

should be at all orante among his equals. If was a very important sanitary question, desling The CP. str. Empress of Japan arrived at for the Conference to be held at The Haguo, referring trivialities to Whiteball that our ber of the committee appointed to investigate himself in an uncongenial circle. To his mind there was

COLONEL BEDFORD remarked that as a mem¡ he were buried among the others lio.might find with a certain section of the town in which / Shanghai at 4 s.m: on the 4th inst.. and left To this roquest the United States Government | Indian Empire was built up; it is not by that again at 5 p.m. same day for Nagasaki, where sccodes. It is expected that the Conference policy that it will be maintained in the future.

will be held-next-June.

The Globe. "Targe white population. abe is due to arrive at 5.30 am. to-morrow,

The C.P.B. str. Empress of China arrived THE NEXT INTERNATIONAL OPIUM the authorities residing there. They must, of

CONFERENCE.

A Washington telegram dated the 10th alt The British Government has not yet accepted