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SANITARY BOARD,

A meeting of the Sanitary Board was held yesterday at the Board Room. Mr. E, D. C. Wolle prosided, and thers were present - Hon. Mr. A. W. Brewin (Registrar-General), Mr. A Shelton Hooper, Colonel Bedford, Dr. G. L. Fitzwillams, Mr. Lau Chu Pak, Mr. Ng Hon Twa, Dr. Fontes (A.M.O.H.) and Mr. W. Bowen Rowlands (Secretary).

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2KD, 1910.

It

Increase in tas réserve of mosquito nets. was only by constant and unremitting care that the insidious enemy could be kept at bay.

The letter was laid on the table

BAT-CATCHING IN KOWLOON.

During the month of January, secording to the reported the Medical Offloor of Health, 1,482 rats were taken in old Kowloon, giving a daily average of 47.8, and 97 were taken in Kowloon City, giring a daily average of 3.1, which figure showed a great improvement on preceding returns.

Hon. Raftaar-Guneral —The roofing of this reservoir was rescuamended by Mr. Chadwick, I think The water seems worst, below the pumping station. How is this?

The PAESIDENT-The minute of the Director of Public Works speaks for itself and settles the ZaRtter. Mr.

•Ho Yea

The REGISTRAR GENERAL-Is it s fact tha

the water is dirty when it comes out!

The PERSIDENT-YO

come from?

The REGISTRAR-GENERAL-Where does it The PRESIDENT Something must have got

into the reservoir, «M

PARIS LETTER.

CINE SPRCIALLY YŐR TAN “HONGKONG

DAILY" "PENSH;"]·

MAGAD.

paralysing Parls have necessitated a fresh portponement. How many more timas are wo to be disappointed over this play? In the The Government is again advertising for prosant ensa M. Rosband's motive is so human tenders for the two principal monopolice the that one does not care to say munch, All Opium Farm and the Macso Lottery. When January 28th. being wall, the curtain ise on the oplum farm was put up to tender on the THE FLOOD DIBANTER. “Chantecler" at the Theatro de la Porto last occasion at offer of 8141,700 was made for The river Seine the cause of so much appall. St. Martin either next Monday or Tuesday. it, but the Government declined to accept any ing disaster since nearly a fortnight--has not What is to be the fate of Chantealer"? It has offer below $150,000. Three times tenders have subelded a minato too soon. Had the awful so often been postponed that some lock upon been invited for the lottery, but none have been would have become an island. Never bare hard to say, and it is to be hoped will not be the alouds continued, it is quite certain that Paris the now play as doomed in advance. This is forthcoming. such dissatrons floods been witnessed in this case. Nine years have come and gons since it Board define the whole of Aberdeen, Quarry submitted from various parts of the city. Public Works if he can give us further informa-lessoned by the offcial report that the oris of unknown play has been fostered by an extra

A zumber of applications for W‚0's, were

The PRESIDENT-I will sak the Director of ofty. Though car fears have been slightly was first heard of, and pubile interest in the Bay, and Shaukiwan, Sai Wan Ho and

tion on the subject t Hou, Mr. HEWETT insisted that no such

the flood is apparently over, the situation is still ordinary series of postponements in its produc- the adjoining yillages as districte within which

application be granted unless thero was A letter from the Government granting motoritical Apart from the enormour tion officers of the Sanitary Department shall make an independent water supply. One application leave to Dr. Clark to attend the Medical Con-amount of damage done everywhere botia in

TO BEAUTIFY PARIS. e house to boose visitation for the purpose of was with respect to the Horss Repository atress at Manila, was laid on the table,

Out of the £36,000,000 which the Munioi- eleansing the houses contained therein in Canneway Bay

Mr. HOOPEE minted that the Governor'sxis and the suburbs and one must be on the approval was noted.. accordance with No. 1 of the bye-lawa governing

spot in order to realise the foll extent of its pality has been authorised to borrow for bring- the Prevention. and Mitigation of Epidemic, | sewage boats are forbidden to dunip refuse in he understood applications for leave were to disaster in the form of famine and fever. The something loss this a third of that sum is to be Mr. Hoorne said he pat "noted" because are now threatened with a fresh ustional ing Paris up-to-date £17,500,000 is to be spent

Endemic or Contagions Disease' made under the harbour the Board should allow swago to come before the Board before going to theater epidemio was inevitable after what happen devoted to the improvement of the water supply incrossed confidenos in the future of the islands

on street widening and now thoroughfares,

HOUSE CLEANSING IN THE VILLAGËS. The PRESIDENT moved the following resolution standing in his name "That the

noction 16 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinanse, 1903-1909." He added that the resolution was brought forward to enable the Department to carry out a systemastle house cleansing, chiefly in Quarry Bay and Shaukiwan as well as Aberdeen. Now that Shaukiwa was growing as it was, it was essential that the Department should carry out house cleansing, and he proposed that it be undertaken by the inspectora of Districts Noa, 1 and 2, in which districts the houses were usually of one storey, and the inspectors got over their work more quickly than those in the other districts They could easily take in Bhaukiwao.

Mr. LAU CHU PAR-Is the system to be the game as in the city of Victoria?

so severe as to auiences.

was agreed to.

APPLICATIONS FOR 1,0′5.

Dr. FITZWILLIAMS-I don't think that while

be discharged into Cansoway Bay, where the tide is even less efficient to sweep it out to sea

discharged into Causeway Bay.

Mr. Hoor-The dust is blown about.

GRANT OF LEAVE TO. M.0.H.

COMPANY REPORTS.

COLONEL BEDFORD thought it was straining, at a goat and swallowing a camel. There word thousands of sampan dwellers in Causeway Bay, THE HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE and yet this question only involved half a dozen

COMPANY, LIMITED. people.

The PRESIDENT pointed out that the sampaus were only there during typhoon time,

COLOREI, BEDFORD said whenever he passed her nummerens sampons. He often amused himself while waiting for the tram by watching the people.

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wireless telegram installation, and that the cont It is reported that Mocno in shortly to have a

raised a few years ago for the reconstruction of is to be defrayed out of the funds, which were the church of St. Paulo. The amount raised- fell far short of the sum required.— -

CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE OF THE PHILIPPINES.

The Manila Cábléniéica says:--

We are having gratifying evidence of

neres by the Poole Syndicate in Mindoro, to be American capital in unimproved agricultural

followed, as announced in the Cableness. lands. First, we recorded the purchase of 50,000

American yesterday, by the purchase of an western syndicate represented by Judge D. R. estate of 11,000 hectares in Nueva Ecija by n

along the same lines equal to that of the Poole Williams, and the promise of an investment Syndicate by Messrs. H. F: Dillingham Co., Ltd., of Honolulu.

Governor for approval."

The Pansibar-It was not in order. I ed. For a solid wook nothing but scenes of terror regret the oversight, but this was a Hon. Mr. KWETT--Nightsoil should not be short loave, and was put through tion of and despair hayo bean witnessed in this other of the city. The enoriaons expenditure is to be day by day in the form of large investments of:

in rather wise gay capital. Firemen, watermen, sailors 000 year. A large portion of the new loan spread over sighteen yours at the rate of £2,000. hurry.

and soldiers, including the police, worked like (£3,640,000) in to be devoted to the construction heroes day and night resening people from their of new schools and the improvement of the old, pended, business is at a standstill and thous regards sanitation and air space. This expendi inundated homes. All traffic is notually sas bringing them up to modern requiremonta as ands are out of work and starving. Bailway tare is rendered necessary by the suppression stations, factories, hotels, Government offices, of a number of Church The report for the past year reads :---

schools. Over The general managers and consulting comand deserted. Several of the sowers have burst, Central Markets. The sum of £1,600,000 is and endless private dwellings are under water £2,000,000 is to go in brisks and mertar at the mittee have pleasars in submitting to the while in several of the cemeteries coflax have to be expended on re-building the slaughter chase of landa represents over two millions in It must be remembered that while the par- shareholders the forty-first annual report of the bean washiedent of their gravesand are floating houses of the City-another very important probably szceed ten millions within the next poscs, the development of these properties will company.

about down the torrent in company with drowned reform. Two millions go to new hospitals. The few years. There can be no doubt that the 1908 Account-This sosount shows a profit cattle, barrels of wine, tons of furniture, barges care of the sick has not been scientific in the Payke Bill is responsible for the interest excited The PRESIDENT-Yo, Only we will not be think it advisable to increase the discharge

Mr. HoorEE said in this instance he did not of $318,979.30.

Subject to the approval of shareholders it is thought the end of the world was near: what dirty, and meat inadequate to the purposes for here. It may also be said that most of this and boate Last Tuesday Parisians really past; the buildings are abominably old and and that capital has only commenced to realize the possibilities for well directed investment Mr.LAU CHU PAK seconded, and the motion close to that road. If it were possible to carry proposed to appropriate, $81,153.76 for the with the Seine ring higher and higher every which they are intended,

it out beyond the wall he would have no objection. purpeas of inaugurating a reinsurance fund, to minnte, its torrent sweeping everything before constructed on modern bygienic lines, model that soon tobacco growing will receive atten They are to be re- land had been secured for sugar. This means The application was referred back to the add $21,825.54 to the reserve fund, which will it and invading practically every orcok and workmen's dwellings will absorb £1,200,000; tion and more millions be attracted to the islands A minute by the Head of the Department applicant to inquire whether he would carry it then stand at $1,460,000, and with the balance of corner of the city, a blinding snowstorm, than new street paving will take £1,760,000. Finel-

to develop that industry. 9216,000 to pay a dividend of 827 per share.

It is most gratifying to the pioneers in dor and lighting, and the whole city in darkly £1,000,000 is to be given to local muni the Philippines, after more than a decade of 1909 Account--The balance at credit of this news, it was enough to frighten anyone. The cipal architecture, the building of mayoral islands are being substantially recognized. The The report submitted by the committeo sp.nocount is $426,217.63.--- pointed to inquire into and deal with com

waiting and hoping, that their claices for the Mortgages-From the reports and valuations quickly as possible, and thanks to the heroism outline of the great scheme which, in throughout the world regarding the islands people were conveyed to places of safety as offices in the arrondissements. This is the ugly misrepresentations spread broadcast plaints mode against the sanitary department made by the company's surveyors, the general displayed, and the smart work of engineers in dozen or twenty years, is to make Faria more bave not been dissipated, but now that we contractors stated that on February 1st the managers and consulting committee are satialed constructing pentoons and boats, very low lives than ever beautiful. No fresh bardens will fall have substantial interests on the ground, we Against the city conservancy contractor, (2) satisfactory security for the advances made.

Churches were turned into shelters. The enterprise. It is to be covered by a ban which, The told hers is open to capital desiring

hearing for our claims. Consulting Committes-In socordance with against the Shaukiwau „conservancy and

does not appear to be exaggerated considering Paris. the ruins staring one in the face everywhere.

industry. Few if any of the small native in- Of course France is a wealthy country: should

dustries are organized. It will take money and brains to accomplish this, but the reward, "Coming events cast their shadows before will surely astonish the successful organizer she need fuszcial help she has only to ask for it them." It is rumoured in diplomatic circles, There is not a product of the islands that is not when it will at once be furtheoming, as all counsays Le Gil Elae, that a letter bearing Min demand in the United States. We can tries will be only too willing to help her in her Fallières soal was recently conveyed to the glance through our exports will show that almost grow any tropical product successfully, yet a present trouble, which has begun so soon this German Emperor, through the medium of the every opportunity to moot the demand has been Provided it oenses to rain and snow, farth French Ambassador in Berlin. In this letter ht export it wore the cultivation of this neglected. We even import rice, while wo danger to life and property is not anticipated that, personally, he would be greatly pleased to/Product given the attention it deserves. There

IMPROVEMENTS AT ABERDEEN,

relative to the construction of a small market -and-slaughter-house at Aberdeen was submitted. The BrGISTRAR-GENERAL agreed as to the advicability of the slaughter-house, but expressed the opinion that Shaukiwau should have the preference for a market.

further out to me.

COMPLAINTS. AGAINST CONTRACTORS.

The PRESIDENT stated, with reference to the committeo doalt with two este of charges: (3) that the properties held by the company form were last. The Pantheon and several other upon the people as a result of this gigantic may rely upon sucpring a more substantial Board was unanimous that a market was requir~ avenging contractor. With referencs to No. Section 13 of the Articles of Association, the damage is estimated at £40,000,000, and this under the lottery system, is always taken up in Jorge returns on investment in almost every

Aberdeen market, that resolutions had been before the Bonyl before, and be thought the

ed at Aberdeen, however small it might be Regarding Shankiwan, there were two markets there, and in the market to which he prosumed the Registrar-General referred, there were certain ställs stili uzlet. Thero were also some matsheds which had been there for a long time but he agreed that it would be much better if those matsheds could be taken down and the

market extended " mld it be advisable,” asked the President, to appoint a small committee to consider which plan has the prior claim?”

The REGISTRAR-General-Oh, no, I am quite content with drawing attention to it.

The PRESIDENT-I might bring forward

some scheme for the enlargement of the

Bhaukiwan market at the next year's estimates, also for the mercat at Aberdeen. I propose that a small market and slaughter-house be constructed as soon as possible at Aberdeen,

Mr. HOOPER seconded, and the motion was agreed to.

MALARIA AMONG THE TROOPS, COLONEL BEDFORD wrote a letter to the Board relative to malaria among the troops, and

1 they found the charges proved and food the continctor a total of 325. With regard to No. they found these charges also proved an im posed fines asonating to $20.

The report was laid on the table.

CLOSING OF A WELL. Correspondence was submitted relativo to a well on Kowloon Inland Lot No. 50.

Mr.SHELTON HOOFEEminated Iamagainst permanently closing. I think the better course would be to ask the owner to show cause why it should not be closed. *-

Hon. Mr. E.A. Hzwerk. The well should be filed in, and at the east of those cesponsible. Kr. Lau CHU PAK-1 g with Mr. Hooper. The well may be used for the same purpose at a future date.

The Pasar quite agreed that it would be advisable to keep wells open provided they were not used for champing rubbish in. But in this case it appeared that the owner

er had untirely given up all clairs, to the well, and it was simply | used as a dumping place for all kinds of filth.

The ASSISTANT MEDICAL OFFICER or HEALTH stated that the well in question was

Hon. Sir Paul Chater, C.M.G., Messrs White, Maitland and Gabbay retire, but being eligible Auditors. The accounts have been audited by Messrs. W. Hatton Potts and H. Foroy Smith, T.C.A.”

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LD,

General Managers, Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Ltd

BALANCE SHEET, 31st DECEMBER, 1909. Capital 8,000 shares of $250 each

$2,000,000.00, of which $50 per shara has been paid up Reserve fund. Uncollected dividends Accounts payable

offer themselves for re-election.

*LIABILITIES.

Working account, 1908-Net Working account, 1909–

brought forward from bela

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ASSETS.

year.

However, there is the question of famine hover- ing over Paris, as it is impossible to reach the city either by rail or road or water. Pre

KAISEE AND PRESIDENT,

President Fallicres is said to have explained

have a meeting with His Imperial Majesty, but that circumstances were not yet of encha

are

e large dividends awaiting the successful rice farmer in the Philippines. Then there is coffee. cacao, pineapples, lemons, oranges, bananas, and a hundred other products that might be men-

** $400,000:00 mident Fallières was one of the first on the nature as to favour a project for an interview?tioned indigenous to the islands, the growing of

1,438.174.46

16,3320 63,2437

8979.30

426,217.67

$2,662,995.81

Cash, in current account with Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation di Cash in hands of general managers Fixed Deposits —

Hongkong & Shanghai Banking

at the same time forwarded a moniorandum more like a soak than a well at present, or Corporation $50,000.00

tho reults were most encouraging. With re-

bish was dumped and blown into it.

The PRESIDENT said they could only bas served notics on them for having a filthy well

concerning maloris in the garrison which he had circulated to commanding ouers. He took the opportunity of expressing his thanks to the Bosed for the valuable help offorded in

but it was for the Board to decide whether it was improving the condition of affairs at Shaukiwaz, He thought they would agree with him that the wall cloned out, or to have it filled in, worth while serving noties on the owner to have

ference to the Sanitarium, he was of (opinion Apparently, it was not a well at all, but a cose.

pool. that malaria would still be rife there were it occupied during the summer and gatum entil the whole condition of the large and extensive nullah which runs down from Magazine Gap towards Aberdown which passed under the Sanitaring Barracks had been taken in hand and remedied, but that of course was a big undertaking.

In the cone of the memorandum Colonel Bedford said he was now happy to state that the Agures for the year 1909 showed a most grati- fying comparison with those of the year previous, -The number of admissions for malarial disease fell from 515 in 1908 to 263 last year, or a dimination of practically half. These Bgures comparod most favourably with those of the year which hitherto carried the palm for the smallest malarial admission rate in the whole history of the Garrison, vis, 1997 The admission rate for that year was 195 per 1,000 of the strength, whereas the rate for lust your was only 138.4 per 1,000; or, laken at the present strength of

Chartered Bank of

Australia &

Tedia, Ching

50,000.00 Mercantile Bank of

Inden, Limited.. 50.000.00 International Bank

ing Corporation .... 25,000.00

Mortgagea

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1,180,549.99 737,312,79

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In flangkong.. In Shanghai Mr. Hodrez said it was misused as a well at present. Personally, he was very much in Lonsehold property

Japanese fovernment Deposit favour of keeping welle open, as they were

Consolidation bouds... $19,277.51 useful in cases of fire when there was an

Imperial bondy

45,376.28 useful for cleansing purposes. He thought the intermittent water supply, and were also War bonds,

17.794.62 best thing would be to write a letter to the owner calling his attention to the insanit condition of the well, and asking him if he was prepared to put it in a sanitary condition and to keep it covered. Otherwise, the Board would have to close i

love it

27,586.20

-26,666.67

Chinese Imperial Gov- /erament Пода Shanghai Land Invist-

1886

******* $17,871.62

mont Company, Limited, deben tures.... Shanghai.

Cinb deben- The PRESIDENT thought it was good tutes ggestion to give the owner a chance Best of Hongkong Hotel Com patting it right. If this was not done the

pany, Limited, de. Hoard could exercise its power and close the well.

bentures...

The matter was postponed nutil the owner Accounts receivabl had been written to.

THE WATER SUPPLY The Government bactericlogist, in his analysis of the public water supplied for the

52,000,0

895,282.11 34140

adding that for the present one must be cone which is only carried on to suck a limited eat cart entisfactory, leaving the future to do the roste should be exporting. tented that France-German relations remind that the local demand is not fully supplied, when It would not surprise anybody if King Edward which the islands will have the benefit of plenty We believe we are entering on a new in "the Peace Maker" succeeded in arranging an of capital well directed. carly meeting..

ALIENS IN PARIS..

72,000 Swiss, 37,000 English, 22,000 Tam bourgeois, 16,000 Russians, 16,000 Americans, and 12,000 Austriana and Hungarians,

THE MANILA CARNIVAL BALANCE SHEET.

bus les coidadanila toate pear.

It has been decided by the stockholders to

as follows: May 14, when Mr. Ne p265.75 and

Fosse and to make a tour of the flooded ares in an iron barge, For a whole week this city has been at there of its insidious: while the fealing of terror which pervaded all hearts was greater than at any time since the dark days of the Rovolution. The authori ties in spite of their willingness were

It is an exaggeration for people to persist in as holpless a the crowds of numbed saying that there are more foreigners resident and gloomy spostators who kept watching in Paris than provinciale. The Intest statistics the raging yellow torrent. The Municipal show that this is entirely a mistake, for the Connell in doing all it can to facilitato foreign element all told does not much exceed the entrance of foot supplies. There is still a one million. Of the nationalities represented, "grester danger to be combatted, namely, the pre- we find that there are 330,000 Italians, 223,000 verting of an outbreak of faver. The serious Belgians, 90,000 Germans, 80,000 Spaniards, problem of the disposal of the dead is engaging the immediate attention of the sanitary authori- ties. There are actually many bodies remaining unburjed, and these it is feared. will contribute to su epidemio.It is impossible to either get near the cemeteries or to bury the bodies, as front on the Home Rule question, Le Temps Commenting on Mr. Asquith's change of the cellus would only be washed out of their expresses some surprise and asks why Ireland 1,917,862.78 graves the next minute. Paris actually re should be given such a cold shower bath in the

5,000 00 sembles Venice, as boats are the only things one middle of the General Election.

est get about in. The Pont d'Alms, which at an explanation that as the Trisli fish have one time was so near being blown up by already been caught in the constituencies dynamite, has happily not had to suffer that polled, the bait may now be dispensed 82,448.41 fate; it is surprising how other beautiful with. If the Liberals really promeditated A project is on foot at Tsingtan, says the bridges stood the onslaught. The surface this maneuvre and should fail when the Dalay paper, to export. Henan beans from that ourront of the mad river Seine 18 54 running time comes to prove their good faith, Le Temps brought to the port of Langkon by the water- port to turope, The beans are first to be at a speed of 15 miles an hour, while the is of opinion that the Irish will make them pay way of the River Hoang and thence to Tsing water in

itself

is rushing dearly for this volle face, All prospects point tan by the Shantung railway. It is calculated along atú rate of 25 miles and more now to the Irish belug in a position to do 80, that, in order to placa. Teington as an export

WORKING ACCOUNT, 1908. Losses and claims Charges,

the Earopean Garrison (to which these figures month of January, said there was a possibility Tomnaeration to ecusulting com

only applied) they represent a decrease of more than 100 admissions for malarial disenser com pared with the former lowest record in the his- tory of this Command. Beferring to the impro vemont in the cantonment at Lyemun, Colonel Bedford stated that the admission rate had fallen to 330 per 1,000 from 760 in-1908. This improvement was as startling as it was gratify. ing, for it must be remembered that the great improvements effected at Shaukiwan and its envirous were not completed sutil six months how effectively the Albany Alice hots sparify

of contaminationis being washed down the hill-

mittee and auditors side into the open Albany reservoir. In Commissions England and on the Continent it was usual to Exchange roof in such reservoirs. The other small reser. Balance us above. Fairs in Hongkong were roofed in, and he strongly urged the advisability of this being

175,000.00

the

bod

the report and financial statement of Mr. Ata mesting of the stockholders last week.

Nolting, the secretary-treasurer of the socia tion, was presented. This may be summarized

cratory, there was in the treasury

became liabilities left over from last year amounting to debtedness carried over from last year has bean P56,019.73. At prezent all outstanding in- met and the expenses of this year's Carnival pald. The cash on hand amounts to P17,010.26;

of P36,684,90. Against the latter sum there are accounts receivable to P7,785.23, property on hand at low estimate, P11,889,41, making a total a few accounts payab'e for which bills have not yet been presented ammunting to P149.50. This It anggeata report was accapted and the directors thanked

by a unanimous voto,

FRENCH INTEREST IN BRITISH POLITICS,

3.1. hone with a devasting force that

as they are really the true missters of the orition is positively frightful, In the outlying districts situation. Those who will rule the next Parlia small hamlets and villages have been entirely ment will be neither the Liberais nor the swept away, rescuers sent to the spot have not Unionists, but the Irish Nationalists, Who 124.124.49 returned, and the gratest fears are entertained, would have ever thought it? The interest talen 217,887.62 It is gratifying to learn that it has been by the French in the British Elections shows $2,662,946.8 possible to avert a famine. The rise in prices at ne sigus of abating; as the end draws nearer, the central markets is pretty general, butscoms they become more deeply interested. It is the duo rather to speculation than to scarcity of prevailing opinion in Franco that Le new. ... $129.994.67 foods. The work of feeding Paris is evidently Parliament cannot possibly last long and that 54,854.97 less difficult than was feared. Moat has risen 4 another General Election is only a question of 4,850.00 s. common vegetables, such as oabhag os 50,006.23 al potatoes, 30 par cont; fruit, 30 per cent.

2.871.51 butter, five sous a pound; eggs, 50 francs a 318.979.30 thousand. The big gropary establishments have

had a great run on their resources, many one. £540,456.73

tomers giving orders of 500 and 600 Tranos. The Syndical Chamber of Bakers says there is $378,368.73 no danger of a bread famine; prices-hare gone

16-979 00

in a few cases. If only fover can be fought, - all will be well. The work of reconstraction $540,456.73 will begin as soon as possible.

“ CHANTEOLER.”

done in the case of the Albany Service reservoir, Net premin received, less returns

and reinsurances The PRINCIPAL CIVIL MEDICAL OFFICER. Interest- writing to the Head of the Sanitary Depart | Trans or fees mont on this matter, said-This roportsior-SETAL

of the your had passed. If they looked at the the Tytam water. I concur most strongly in

WORKING ACCOUNT, 1909,

ohurt appended they would see that there was a the recommendation that the Service reservoir. ¦ Losses and claims; rising in Singaporo. Ceylon, Ludia, Mauritius should be roofed in

and West Africa, whereas. Hongkong's cofuran

had abrak considerably. We were beginning

Charges Mr. SHELTON HOOran minated-I quit Commissions agree that the reservoir should be covered I Balance as above

Exchange. advocated this mouth ago,

to wipo ant the incubus so long attached to Hongkong of being one of the most unhealthy Hoa DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS -- The stations at which British troops could serve Colonel Bedford indicated in detail how the pro- ventive measures should be rigidly maintained, mentioning incidentally that s the result of earnest representations from this Command the War Office had now sanctioned a considerable

roofing in of this reservoir is naturally one of Net promin received, lea: return the impreyaments which the Government con-

vid reinsuranoda templates in regard to the water supply. The Interest" filter beds have now been extended and improved Tmosfer fees at a large cost, and plans, etc, are now in hand

for the roofing of the reservoir.

89.00 1

ap

The reason given by M. Edmond Rostand $33.34L61

34,475.42 for further postponing the first representation of 52,344.35Chantecler" from to-morrow until Tuesday 5.542.57 Bext is that he is unwilling that his new che 126.217.67 d'œuvre should make its sppearance at a mement $551,921.92 of national mourning, Everything had been prepared for the production of “Chanteclor's to-morrow, and the Première or Dress Rehearsal $384,084.05

167,735.87 promised to be a huge success, every seat

102,00 amounting to £25,000 has been booked long ago

the house, so to speak, had "een sold out for $551,921.92

fabulous priosa. Now the floods which aro

time.

WEATHER REPORT.

The Hongkong Clervatory yesterday issued the following report:

On the 1st at 11.55 a.m.-The barometer has fallen slightly on the N-coast of China, and risan elsewhere, particularly over Japan and S. Chian

Prossure is highest over the Yangtze valley. Eis st by over the Pacific to the NE of Japan, and in the neighbourhood of the Bonios, Fresh 100soon may be expected in the Formosa Channel and the N. part of the China Hoà,

1

TSINGTAU AS A BEAN PORT

port for boans, on a compating basis with about 15 per cent in the existing freight tariff Dairen aard Newchwang, a reduction of at least

of the Shantung railway will conte as the first. requisite.

NEW GERMAN NAVAL BASE.

It is stated that the German Admiralty bas decided to establish southwards of the western entrance to the Euiperor Willian Caual the new naval base on the estuary of the Elbe, which German Fleet. Work will be commenced us is to improve the strategio position of the

soon as possible with the basins for the reception of warships, the floating dock, the torpedo basin, and the repairing shops which it is proposed to build there.

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. The C.P.B. str. Empress of India arrived at Shanghai at 2.30 a.m. on the let inst, and loft again at 10 p.m. este day for Nagasaki, where aho is duo to arrive at 7 a.m. to-morrow-

The Dodwell New York Line str. Braemar arrived at New York on the 27th uitimo.

An organ recital by Mr. Deoman Fuller was giren at St. John's Cathedral yesterday after. Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending noon in presence of a good number of lovers of - at 10a.m. to-day, 0.00 inches

The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon to-day is as follows:

CNE winds, Hongkong & Neighbourhood / fresh; drizzling

Crain er mist, Formoen Channel....

Same 29 No. 1 South coast of China between Hongkong and Lamooks.

Same as No. 1. Bouth coast of China between 2

Same as No. 1 Hongkong and Hainan....

WEIGHT AND GREid's "PREMIER”

SCOTCH WAI8E7-just the same as you

got at home in Scotland --- Advt.

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