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superfluous wealth in the exploitat the mineral resources of the com their enterprise sufficiently rewarded they may, perhaps, estation be induced to consider the affores

The proposition. But we doubt it article serves to remind us that all the Asiatic countries have suffered from the denudation of forests, in the same way that Koren has suffered, but Japan and Siam took measures in time to arrest the evil. The Chinese Government is now giring some attention to the subject in Manchuria, The

RESS SATURDAY, JANUARY 29Tu, 1910.

great service if he would dar encouraging the powers that be if the vinces to emulate the exampl sad at the same time urge upon the Govers ment at Peking the need of a general affore not for the whole empire of China. But we shall doubtless be told that China, like Koren, has no money available for the pur- pose in the government coffers.

MJ. M. Macedo, Conai for Peru in Hongkong, who hưu boon tranferred by his Governcient from Glasgow, han arrived in Hongkong, and is in residence at "Kingsalero," Kennedy Road

The German Mail of the 29th December TIMO first Chinese forest school was established at delivered in Londen on the 27t3 inst. Mukden two years ago, and a recent report. says that over aix hundred acres have been set apart for cultivation, while 24,710 acres are to be purchased for afforestation. It was the success achieved by the German Goremment at Kochow that enlisted the interest of the Chinese authorities. When Tsingtan was occupied by the Germans about eleven years ago, remarks the British Consul, in his last report, the hills were

found bare and barren, with only a sporadic growth of scrub pine and wesds. Plane for reforestation were at once made, and about 2,265 nores have already been planted. About half of this is planted in acacias, the balance in pine, larch, walnut, oak, aah, maples, and alders. So successful, has this planting been that the point has already been reached where the sale of timber can be made. It is particularly remarkable that this work should have been so success- ful, in view of the difficulties to which the

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DAILY PER88/

THE GENERAL ELECTION.

LATEST RESULTS.

LONDON January 28th.

UNIONISTS LIBERALS

LABOURITES

NATIONALISTS

Total elected. To be elected

268

262

40

75

640

30

670

124

UNIONIST GAINS LIBERAL GAINS

Teaterday being Aliwal Day the Rajpata bold their anndal sports at Kowloon. Large numbers of competitors participated in the LABOURITES various athletic events, and the band of the regiment played selections during the afternoon,

HMS Monmouth returned to the Colony yesterday morning, and went into the drydock in the Naval Dockyard. As was anticipated, the ship had not reached Alanils when it was decided to return for repaire, and the Bervice men who were going there to compete at the Carnival will now have to make other arrangements.

General Baron Oshima, Governor-General of the Kvantung Leased Territory, tendered his resignation on the 12th init. Japaness papers state that his action is consequànt upon the Government's refusal to approre recomiends. ticns made by him with reference to the

administration of the territory and Japan's policy in Manchuria.

An interesting point hes just heem Tecided in the Magistracy Two junk-masters pere charged with a breach of the Sanday Working (Cergo) Ordinance by loading sand for ballast,

UNIONIST GAINS:

Dartford Chertsey Devizes

East Grinstead

Oundle Watford Guildford

LIBERAL GAINS.

Durbam S. E. Gainsborough

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counts as a Liberal gnin, as the late member (Major Renton) seceded from the Party.

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plantation was subjected. The rainfall is light, and the lack of moisture considerably retarded the development of the trees. By fur the worst enemies, however, were insects. During 1908 over seven million caterpillars were gathered by hand, smashed, covered

UNIONISTS. with lime, and afterwards used as a fortiliser.

The opinions of several authorities had been

Devizes In spite of these and other drawbacks, how consulted between taking out the summons and

Cherkaay ever, the work has been so successful that the appearance of the defendants before Mr.

Dartford the Chinese Government is now undertaking Halifax yesterday, who held that loading and forestry schemes in a number of places, under for ballast was not a breach of the Ordinance, East Grinstead. A.S. WATSON & CO.. advice from German experts. This work and the defendants were accordingly discharged. Watford

about Mukden, Manchuria, where A kidnapper was yesterday sentenced to Derbyshire (W.) succes has already been obtained with three months' imprisonment, this light penalty | Guildford acacias, and experiments are now being being in recognition of the fact that he had The boy made with other trees. It will be hoped assisted the police to resorer the boy. that the Chinese Government's interest was stolan on the 7th December from a house in Second Street, Victoris, and information was in afforestation will not be confined to the province of Manchuria. The Taiping, Rebellion was responsible for extensive denudation of the foreats in the southern provinces, but much ruthless destructio still takes place in various parts of the An Italian named Nicholas Zanini was plwood country, even so far away from the in the dock yesterday on a charge of being out Beaupport. He was again, ordered to the House coastline as Yunnan. The lake region of of employment and having no visible, mesas of Yunnan, & consular report tells us would of Detention. He had been discharged, socord- become a terrestrial paradise if only the

opted ravages of the Chinese peasant could be checked for twenty years. There has always been a big timber trade at Foochow, and a Customs report of a few years ago con- tained the following reference to it: It HONGKONG OFFICE: 101, DES VEUX ROAD C seened at one time as if the supply of tim LONDON OFFICH: 131, FLEET STREET. Eber were inexhaustible; but no afforestation

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received that he had been sold and taken to Bab Nan, usar Samahun. Steps word taken to reooter the boy and his recovery led to the acrest of the prisoner.

ing to his story, from the House some litile time ago, and was sent by the Italian Consul to Pakkei, where he could get nothing to do, Two of the Consula there assisted him back to Hong- kong, where the same fate awaited him. He vishen to rotura to his native land.

An extensive series of thefts has just bean brought to light by the Binukiwan polles By some means the key of the godown (inwhiqk copper and bronze are stored at the Tulkoo Dockyard came into the possession of some of the ench employees, and by this messs they obtained access to the godown during the hight and removed considerable quantities of the metal. However, they were discovered in the

at the other night, and two neb were arteriel and brought before the Magistrate yesterday and remanded.

The circumstances attending the death of a Chinese prisoner in Victoria Gaul formed the subject of an inquiry at the Meg day before Mr. E. E. Hallifax and the following jury; Williams II, 6 Beran, and appeared that the docorsed, who

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act is in force, and the consequence is that timber is now comparatively marce and the price abnormally high. It might be inferred from the number of rafts which come down but THE newspaper of the Korean capital has the river that timber is in abundance; been drawing the sttention of its readers to such is by no means the case. The deforests the denuded mountains of the country, and tuon which is going on will have a very pleading for a scheme of re-forestation, serious effect on the future prosperity of The Yangtse region has Our contemporary thinks it might almost be the port." said that the treeless condition of the the same tale to tell. The lower ports mountains, which in general throughout on the Yangtse have been derided at Korea has done more than long years of their own natural forests and are now corrupt administration to make Korea one supplied exclusively from Hunan, of the poorest and weakest of nations on the large supplies of lumber come to Shanghai face of the earth. "Physically," we are told, from the Pacific coast of America. Mr. Korea is dying because her people have ARCHIBALD LITTLE in "The Far East denuded her mountains and have not taken when mentioning the timber rafts as a the trouble to replant them with seedlings." feature of the Lower Yangtse writes: The In recent years a little has been done in that lumber is derived from the forests, rammanta direction, but the total area of the ground of which are still found in the higher which has been redressed in green is lose mountains remote from water carriage; but than six-hundred acres, while there are up as the Hunanese are cutting into these from wards of forty million acres in Kurea which the north and the Cantonese are nitting into need afforestation. The work has not been thein from the South, not many years Nagasaki on the 9th inst. A warrant has been done on a more extensive scale because it in will pass before these, too, are exhausted, ised for his arrest and the pohoo are betively volves a large outlay and there is no money after which time Chins will be entirely engaged in attempting to discover his where available for the purpose. Observing that dependent upon Puget Sound for her abouts Nothing is known denn someone has recently been advertising in the lumber supply, as Tientsin and the ecast extant of the defalcations and the Bank's losses, ports are to-day- Mr BICKMORE, abat the agual wild rumours are being circulated, Time with the object of commg mão con tact with a kindly-disposed multi-millionaire Bogolist who travelled extensively in Bays the Nagasaki Pres who would be prepared to entrust him with a million of his superfluous wealth to inaugurata a scheme, which he has evolved for the benefit of mankind, the Seoul Press makes a bid for the Interest of multi-the climate, for wherever the pines are lionaires in its own particular scheme which guffered to rise they show B -vigorous Is recommended as superior to all other ways

growth.

China nearly fifty years ago, wrote of the makeiness of the hills in the great delta of

LIBERALA.

Leigh Notts (S.) Midlothian Suffolk (NL) Teovil

Gainsborough Aberdeen (E.) Wisbech

Cinckmannan

Camborne Norfolk (NW) Altrincham

cut off by the water and the members have to be carmed in and out on the shoulders of the attendants:

THE POLITICAL CRISIS IN GREECE.

THE VOLUNTEER BALL.

Tot" the lesst important of the many big social functions held in the Colony during the winter months is the annual ball given by the offloors, non-commissioned offloors and men of the Hongkong Volunteer Corps. Since its in- ception this event han always been an unqualified anoess, and last night'e ball proved noaresption to the reh The attendance was larger than usta, and the well-selected programme of twenty two dances afforded considerable pleasure to all on the floor

LONDON, January 28th,

The decorations, as usual, were, of military News from Athens states that the design, there being an abundance of steel glistan. the Military League has agreed to ing among the flag and greenery which adorned dissolve at the instance of M.M. the walls. The pillars at the entrance to the hall were entwined with loves, while the Inter-spaces Ralli and Theolokis, who made the wore occupied with foliage from which peeped the dissolution a condition of the congrim muzzles of two 2.95 guns. The mellowed vocation of the National Assembly to light of vari-coloured Japanese lanterns, which wore suspended from the ceiling, enhanced the revise the Constitution,

artistic effect of these discorations. The

The situation regarded as critical. balustrades of the lower stairway were hidden

THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.

LONDON, January 28th. Announced that "the proli minaries will probably prevent the King opening Parliament on February 15th. The date is more likely to be the 21st prox.

DEATH OF A CARDIFF MILLIONAIRE

by pot plants, while two flags hanging from the landing above and draped curtains Borved se an entrance to the balls of revelry. Fassing through these, a large eleviria reflector on the landing of the first flight of stops flashed rays of welcome on the guests On the wall above this bang the flag of the Volunteers, displaying their well known motto. On either side were large oil paintings, the one on the left- hand depicting a Boer, and the one on the right and, embowered in leaves, displaying a Boout in the greenery which stretched across the hand- ing word four Maxim guns, while the walls on all vides displayed aircles of bayonets

"Music was supplied by the band of The Buffs, and St. Andrew's and St. George's Halls were utilised by the dancers. The old Chamber of Commerce zoom was in readiness for these guesta who preferred a quiet game of cards to the LONDON, January 28th.

pleasures of the dance, while supper was served The death is announced of Mr.in the theatre. Dansing commenced at ning John Cory, the millionaire coal owner of Cardiff.

[The deceased was Chairman of the Directors of Cory Bros. & Co. Ltd, colliery proprietors, sad he was also Vice-Chairman of the Barry Docks and Ballway (of which he was one of the promoters). Mr. Cory was a well-known phil- athropist, having for many years been ex- tensively asociated with numerous forms of educational, charitable and evangelistio ea terprise.]

THE ALLANA CASE.

The onse in which B. E. Allans is charged with obtaining money by false prstances, as well as embezzlement and stealing a watch, came up before Mr. E. R. Halldar at the Magistracy Yesterday afternoon, when Mr. P. W. Goldring Houghton-le-spring sppeared to prosecute, and Mr. Hinds, from the office of Messrs. Bratton & Hett, defended. Mr. Goldring said he understood the cas was to stand adjourned until the com "pletion of the Loosa case at the Criminal Sessions, but in view of what had trans pired at the Bessions on the previous day hoaked that the bail should be increased, Defendant had admitted in Court that he had committed perjury, and he now might try to get away. Hd (Mr. Goldring) made the application in all seriousse, for it was now common knowledge that defendant had admitted having committed periary, His application was that defendant's personal bond should be increased from $150 to $500.

Strand (Stroud ?) Tavistock Durham (SE) Caithness Tyrone (N.) Sutherlandabire Lanark (Mid) Lanark (NE) Poole Lanark (S.) Argyllshire Barnstaple Cornwall (W) Hexham

Worcester (N) Cardiganshire

LABOURITE Stafford (NW Derby (NE.)

NANOMALBTO Westmeath (N.) Waterford (W) Cork (N. E)

UNIONIST GAINS.

clock, and the Ball passed off with its

accustomed success,

The various committees to whose efforts the success of the bell was due were as under :-

Hon. Secretary-Captain A. B. Thompson AssistantBocestry-ArmourerStaff Sergeant

G. W. Avenell,

Supper and Wlas Committee Lieute. Andrew and Wolfe, Sergeant Major, Meach, Higby Logan, Bodger and Glogn, Bergeant Makirdy, and Corporal Crawford.

Mario and Dancing Committee-Captain Armstrong, Bergeant Wright, Corporal Bullock, Gunner Anderson and Private Pertly.

Decoration Committee Lieut. Russell,

Sergeants Crapnell and Witchell, Corporals Garrett and Biden, Bombadier Smith, Bappèra Carroll and Newbronner, and Ganner Follan

Cloak and Card Room Committee-Lients, Kennett and Rees, Corporal Gregory and Gunner Beattie,

Invitation Committee-Captain W. Arm strong, Major Macdonald and Colonel Chap

man

EXCISEMEN CHARGED WITH BRIBERY

A remarkable series of events at Choung Chau has led to three excise officers being charged with accepting bribes. One of the islanders was found by the polios with a small quality of opium in his possession, and inquiries as to where he obtained it led to the house of another man being visited. The excise officer, who sccompanied the police officer, though luvitent to search the house, returned with the answer that Mr. Hinds said there was no possibility at the he could see nothing. The oflcer, being dissatis- present time of defendant getting away. What od with this reply, called on one of his detectivos, might afterwards be brought against the man to watch the entrance while he himsel, made was quite snother matter. The bail should search. His efforts were not so fruitless certainly not be increased, as the presents the exciseman's, and he discovered some fire charges were frivolous.

tools, a quantity which would have made His Worship decided that the present ball the owner of the house Hable to a penalty must land, and remanded the case for 6 week. of something like $400 of 2500. But his die-

Mr. Goldring said he would make the applies-coveries did notend there. He was informed by tion again next week, when he would be in a he two men whom he had placed in arrest that position to give more serious rossoIA,

HOWLERS FROM INDIA.

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they had been accustomed to paying the excise officers $10 a month for their connivance, but when the excisemen wished to miss their price. to $30 the mungglers objected. Horover, negotiations were resumed and the latter agreed to pay the excisemen $20 a month. Books were produced showing the entries of payments against the name of the three excisamen. Yes terday Sergt. Gordon charged the three exciss- men with accepting bribes. Mr. Halblox re- manded the esso, and bail was fixed at £200.

Tato Member Last Maj,

In the December number of Indian Educa- Mr F. J. Marnhem(L)

tion, the Bombay educational magazine, some Mr, J. Bowlands (Lab.) 2,804 | new and enning examples are given of English ADMIRAL WINSLOE'S FLAGSHIP.

| D-N_Bogen... 614 * me u spoks" or rather, writ," By budding

orbett (L) 262 Indian students. The editor, in giving extests The armoured croiser Minotaur, late of the Lab, 715 from an essay on "The town in which I live First Cruiser Squadron, which will be the 1,476 set to matriculation studente, remarks that largest and most powerfully equipped warship present the average essay is much more creditablar sent from England to the Far East, WRE Cowan 1,200 to the author's powers of mental application and recommissioned at Chatham by Captain G. C. Cayley late Assistant Director of Naval retention than to his powers of creation, oun Mobilitation, for service as Bagship of the Com-

mander-in-Chief of the Chine station.

LIBERAL GLINE,

851 mtraction of the manipulation.”

age, had been committed to prison for six months for returning from banishment, The bearing the evidence that death had boca and to Guildford

Fiel cardian failure brought on by beri bari,

verdict in accordance with the evidence How Tok Ting, the curapradors of the Hong-Darbam (BE)... Hon. F. W. Lam

blom (unopp kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation's Nagasaki branch, has disappeared from * Gansborough is considered a Libani gain, Negaki, and it is reported that he is guilty of because the late member who was elected as embezzlement He is believed to bave Liberal crossed the floor of the House

as to the

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

THE PARIS FLOOD

LONDON, January 28th. The Scing rose all might andresch ed the German Embassy.

The waters began to subside

the West River na “a universal character- The Silk er O 8.K. str. (Incoma Mora, which

left Hongkong on the 17th ultrand Yokohama noon. ishic of mountam scenery in China, but, on the la, Inst. Maised in New Karkuk ikke er sama h be added it is not the fault of the soil or 21st inst.

How To HERBEAUTIFUL”-Khoj! gkongaffords abundant plexion, Mre. Ellen's Crème Charm of spending a great fortune, for besides evidence of the truth of this statement Charmant and Special Skin Tenie

|Charmant will enable you to giving work to a vast mumber of Koreans, But there is no need to come oren Spenalities for the Siin are the the work would save a country from death, to Hongkong for the proof, for, as Mr. latime A. 8. Watson & Co. Ltd and the money spent would oventually come BioKMOBE remarks, the old trees seen in

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Ons youth, for instance, commenced with a

The Minotaur is almost a new ship, having been completed at Devonport, where she was

Hnd paragraph from G. PE. James, bebell built and equipped at conterosed."

Towas the close of an satuma day, s caninped though small cavalcade might be seen

less than two years ago. She is equip Then follows a description from a cheap guide with four 92-inch and ten in winding down ele, to the boy's native village lag one million and a quarter sterling of the PipMahal by Moonlight applied to the breechloading guns, and sixteen smell quic village school, con

somewhat ustred by the coneind

ing cantance, and we bekcied the bale per ring gans, compared with the two 92. inch, mxteen 6-inch breechloading guns, and mament of heavens and stars and the Bebcol Afteen small quickfirer mounted in the shoking reflected apalds down in the pond armoured cruiser King Alfred, the present fler- erected by our worthy collector. The school ship which has completed four years' service in misster is described in the words of Addison the Far East and is to return to England to with applicable and appropriate quotations from pay off The Minotaur, has a displacement of Goldsmith and Cowper, but again the effect is 14.500 tons, and is fitted with engines marred by the concluding and originst pines of

500 hp propelling her at a spoed composition. He vas estar-faced peddlagog. knots per hour re at Some of the most amusing examples, however, Vice Admin Sir A. L. Winaloa, of the are from essays whose writers have striven to Board of Admiralty will hoist his flag on the be a little more original, such as the following Minotaur at the end of the month on taking My village blessing to India and all up his new appointment of Commander-in-Chief mankinds. The sight of my garden trans- on the China station in action to Vice- pulses all miseries of soles the site thunder Admiral Sir H. Lambton, who completed on Barikes the amazing eye of the at-looker; the New Year's Day two years form of servitude

este of Belgaum is congenially felictions to in that important appointment. Earope Peom the municipality is good at With the exception of the bouk bat very dirty this Mam if full of centers of the Indomita dead corpses and such other beautiful thing is one of the three

he is a well defined stout King and Many the white ensign, her sistar

sildings of Ahmedabad are never seen Shannon,/ darchip anywhere elsa

Fgmadron, and the Defence.

LATER Despite the fall in the upper odrenches, the Seine is rising in Paris,

and streets are collapsing.

The American Embassy 1 inun dated and has been abandoned.

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