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INTIMATION

WATSON & CO.,

LIMITED,

ESTABLISHED A.D, 1841

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

BRANDY:

A-SUPERIOR

Capsalo

Per esse of 1 dez.

PALE, Red

820

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(Marie Brisard & Roger's) ... 100.00

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MARCH 11TMn, 1911,

while the direct loss on the opium farm contract is only $268,800 a year-o can view the Imperial Government's "substantial contribution as fairly satisfactory, but so far as we can read the signs and portents of the future, it looks very much as if the Colony will have to press the Imperial Government for an annually increasing revenues of the grant-in-nid of the Colony if Hongkong is to fully ninintain the position it has acquired as the distributing centre of foreign trade for Bonth Chim. We cannot fax the people to the extent of driving theut from the Colony, or to the extent of driving trade away by reason of the comparatively ligh cost of labour and commodities which will result from increased taxation H.E. the Governor has already thrown out a hint that further taxation may be needed very soon, and it may confidently ba predicted that in future Budget state- menta this will be a constantly recurring

nota,

A Chinone who stole a jacket from the Indian military lines at Kowloon was yesterday sentene.

od te soron days imprisonment.

For stealing a bird's nest from a shop a boy was at the Magistracy yesterday ordered to receive six strokes with the birch and to bo detained for forty-eight hourg,

We learn that the 13th Rajputs, commanded by Colonel Camilleri, are under ozleri (3 attend the Durbar to be held by H. M. the King, in India, and will be leaving Hongkong next month

Captain A. E. Hodgins, of the aa. Hanyang gave an interesting lecture on Thursday before the members of the YMCA. (Chinese sections) on "Typhoons in the China Boa

The dead body of a Chinese about 15 years of ago was yesterday found floating of the Channel Rocke in Kowloon Bay. It is believed that the body was placed in the water to avoid the ex- penes of burial,

Catholic cattedral at 8 am, tomorrow, and at High mass will be sung at the Roman

5 p.m. the annual Procession of then ross takes

place, followed by a sermon in Portuguero by the Rev. Fr. Versiglia,

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BRUTER'S SAHVIČE TO THE " HONGKONG

DAILY PERSB,”]

THE DISTURBANCES IN MEXICO.

MOVEMENTS,

COMPANY MEETING

HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE. CO, LTD.

The forty-second ordinary meeting of share holders in this Company was held it the offee of the General Managers Mossrs. Jardino, Matheson & Co, at goop yesterday. The Hop Mr. H, Kaswick presided, others prosent, being Sir Paul Chater, Messrs. H. P. White and Subbay (consulting committed). Mr. L. N. Leefe (secretary), Messrs. W. E. Clarke,

working. I should say that this p plication has already received the unani mone approval of the Consulting Com mittee, but in order that the legality of the Payment should be beyond question it was thought desirable to amend the Artioles, in the manner new proposed. This is the explanation of the alteration to Article 10 ((z) in the Notice). The slange in Article 13 (. (b) in the "Notice) fixes the remuneration of the Consulting Committee at the amount determined at a General Meeting and removes the necessity of

UNITED STATES NAVAL AND MILITARY 3, M. E. Machado, A. Denison, J, Barton, Ha periodical revision. The change in Astiolo Fook, A. Hr M. da Silva, A. Forbes and E. 0.143 | (c) in the Notice) reduces the time during Emmett

which the Transfer. Books have to be closed The Secretary read the notion convening from fourteen days to seven days, and brings the meeting.

that Article into line with Artiglo 64, with

LONDON, March 10th, The United States Navy Depart- ment has ordered the scout cruiser

Chester

to Tampico, The War Department has ordered three seroplanes to be sent to Texas to be used in scouting.

The "New York" and the cruisers Tenessee,

‚"" Montana'' and "North Carolina, have sailed for the Gulf of Mexico.

We have received from the American Consul BRITISH NAVAL ESTIMATES. of some $9,000, and the income from may not be any legal necessity for this change

ate General at Hongkong a copy of the follow- ing typhoon warning despatched by the Manila Observatory at 12.15 pm. yesterday-Crelone or typhoon E. of the Visayas Islands; direction unknown.

While touching on the subject of the opium trade we would draw attention to the criminal apathy of the Imperial Government in regard to the enormous losses with which British opium merchants in Hongkong and the Treaty Forts of China are threatened as a result of the strangulation of their trade by the prohibitive taxation to which the Chinese Provincial authorities are now subjecting imported opium, in flagrant defiance of Treaty stipulations. When the Imperial Government was persuaded to "fall into line with China" on the opium question, a promise was given that the export from India to China would be reduced by a certain number of chests annually, covering a period of ten years, and ending with the final extinction of the trade, providing that correspond ing progress is made in the suppression of opium cultivation in China. India has fulfilled her promise to the letter, and there is every reason to believe that the report of Sir ALEXANDER HOSIE, who is now on a tour of investigation in the opium gambling at West Point on Thursday, and we

were valued at 221, to the Nippon for, and as he lay alongside the steamer four boats surround ed him and dispossessed him of the bottles,

NEW CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME.

LONDON, March 10th. The Naval Estimates amount They have been informed that a Chinese hired£3,788,800.

A curious report has been made to the police. to £44,302,500, an increase of New construction is a sampan to convey 962 empty bottles, which

set down at £15,063,877, an increase of £1,784,074, which includes five large armoured ships. The personnel shows an increase of 3,000 men.

Of the cost of new construction, 1,738,645 is for beginning work on the new programme, comprising, besides the five large armoured ships, three protected cruisers, one unar moured cruiser, twenty destroyers, six submarines, two river gunboats, one destroyer depot ship, and one hospital

Considerable discussion took place at a meat ing of the Haukow Chamber of Commerce with regard to obtaining a legal status by registration under the Hongkong Ordinances. It was decided that nothing should be done loss it could be ascertained that the Charaber would gain any advantages through such registration.

amooman arrested two men for rest ho was taking them to the Folies Station, a boy a friend of theirs, offered him ribe of 17 ship. Yesterday he was brought before Mr. Halifax

Fiole-For Hongkong the stove Prices will growing provinces, will show that China hus be increased by the amount of daty payable more than carried out her part of the bargain conts to lot them go. The boy was also arrested

$7.20 For Dozen.

So far so good; and so long as China and India adhered to the letter and spirit of the ten years arrangement there coul1 bono

A. S. WATSON & CO. cause for complaint. But China has broken

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the contract in another way, and seems to have half persuaded the British Covera-

mant to condone the offence to fall

into line* once more: China, as we bave said, is endeavouring to strangle the foreign trade at once by clapping on anor mous taxation; or it may be that the cone sideration uppermost in the minds of the authorities is to cover by the increased taxa- tion of foreign opium the loss of revenue incurred by the suppression of the native product. Anyhow, the effect on the foreign opiuin trade is the same. Within the phat twelve months we understand the taxation on

at the Magistracy and was fined $20 for offering a bribe, the other defendants going fined $3 each.

Two men were brought befora Mr. B. R. Lallifax at the Magistracy Fosterday charged

with distributing seditious ifterature of a usture

ADMIRAL MOORE PROMOTED.

LONDON, March 10th. Admiral Sir Arthur Moore, who was Comander-in-Chief of the China

The CHAIRMAN said Gentlemen, The which it has been inconsistent. The change Report and Accounts having been in your in Attie li to wrable Annual Mast hands for some time I will, with your pormisings being held on or before Marek 31st sion, take them as road. The period which the in futurd years, instead of March 10th, figures cover is not one which has boon marked now. The earlier date balog often difficult by any exceptional features--outbreaks of fire to attain on account of the delay in the arrival of the returns from distant agencies. The have been quite up to the average, and some serious. In these we have, of course, shared graph 3 of the Notice) is to permit the parent of the losses occasioned thereby have been change in Article 95 (clause (e) and para

but our losses bear a ratio to premium which to Masers, Jardino, Matheson & Co,'s branch cannot be regarded as other than satisfactory.s, and to legalise payments already made The premium income, after the slight of commission to them as agents when they are dealing of the last three years, shows an in. or have been appointed as such, There may or

but the proposal is designed to remove interest rise of some 25,000. Daring the year the Japanese Government converted the any possibility of doubt or room for difference of 5 per cent. bunds in which the Company's opinion as to the construction which the deposit in that country was invested into 4 pe Article may bear. The change in Article III. cent bonds, and the opportunity was then taken (lause() in the Notice) is the removal of the by us to redeoto in cush an amonat which we words which restricted the Reserve Fund to a held in excess of Government requirements, million and a half dollars, and which was drafted The deposit is now ¥100,00, redeemable eronat a time when that figure must have appeared tually at par, standing in the books at $82,400, which is considerably below the market value, This amount of 818,461.54, teken in conjuna. tion with the proff on Working Account of $290,379.54, gives a sum of $308,841.08. to be dealt with. We recommend paying a dividend of 227 per share, absorbing $216,000, and placing $40,000 to Reserve, which will bring that fund no to a million and a half. The Reinsurance Fand, which was inaugurated a year ago, and has in that time, as you will sos, fully justified its creation, will require building up for some time, show you exactly what the ratio between the and it is proposed to place this balance, $52,841.08, expenses and prenia would be. It has not been to the credit of that fund. In view of the paid over to the General Managers, but stands satisfactory results that have again been un both sides of the books. It was put on both attrined the Consulting Committee have sides in order that when wo es before you recommended a bonus to the Staff of 10 per with this proposal you might sen the effect it out on their stories, of which I hope you would have in actual workiner

approve, The prospects for the year 1910 sro, I am glad to ssy, good. The premium income

shows a further increase, whilst the credit

balapos carried forward is the largest we have ever experienced. Before moving the adoption of the Report and Accounts I shall be pleased to reply to any questions winch sharehoklirs may wish to ask.

very long way off. The progress of the Com pany cortainly calls for its remors). If you wish any farther information with regard to these questions I am prepared to give it.

Mr, DENISON-Do I understand that 10 por cont has already been included in the 1909 Recounts?

The CHAIRMAN-It has been included, bu not as actually paid. It has been put on both piles of the account, but it does not appear in the working account. It has been put in to as- to

To further questions were neked, and the CHAIRMAN proposed that the Articles of

Association be altered in the manner set forth

in the notice. ⠀⠀⠀

Sir PAUL CHATER seconded, and the motion was carried,

The CHAIRMANA second extraordinary meeting will be convened at an early date, when the resolutions just passed will be submitted for

likely to provoke a tamnit in the Empire Squadron from 1900 to 1908, has proposed the adoption of the report and confirmation. That is all the bassiness just now,

China. They were remanded, bail being fixed in the case of the first defendant at $500 and surety for a like smont, and in the esso of the second defendant at $500.

Messrs Lowo, Bingham & Matthews, e- countants and anditore, of London, Hongkong and Shanghai, bave opened a branch office at Charles C. Dugan, A.C.A. It is mentioned Kuala Lumpur, under the management of Mr.

in the Singapore papers that Mr. Charles C. Danman has no connection with any other

a chest of opium going into China has grown person or firm of the same name in the Malay from about 3200 to $700, and all protesta | Peninsula.

from the British merchants to their Imperial Government so far have been without result The subject was “under consideration"

HONGKONG OFFIJE: 101, Des Vœur ROAD C¿welve months ago when the protest against LONDON OFFICE: 131. FLEET STREET. EC the first attempt at squeezing was made,

und it is under consideration" still. Mean while the taxation has been more than treblød. ⠀⠀ British merchants who have pur chased opium from the Indian Government

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, MARCH 11TH, 1911;

been appointed to succeed Admiral Curzon Howe as Commander-in-Chief at Portsmonth.

FROM THE WOBUNG NUOI BAN PO

RUSSIA AND CHINA.

WAR OR PEACE 7"

PEKING, March 10th.. The Governor of Turkestan has

There were no questions, and the CHAIRMAN accounts as presented. N

Mr. CLARKEI have much pleasure in seconding the motion. I fool sure that I voice- the feelings of the ahureholders present when I say that we appreciate the successful worlding of this Company by the General Managers, the Consulting Committee and the staff, and I am eure shareholders will approve of the voting ofa bonus of 10 per cent, to the staff.

gentleman. I thank you for your attendance,

FAR EASTERN ASSOCIATION OF TROPICAL MEDICINE.

SECOND BIENNIAL CONGRESS AT HONGKONG-

The Second Biennial Congress of this As- scelation is to be held in Hongkong next year from January 20th to the 27th The Associa tion inn

international one formed to promote the science and art of tropical medicine in the Far East.

The motion was carried unanimously. It was proposed by Mr. DENISON, deconded by Mr. Baator, and agreed, that Sir Paul Chster Messrs. H. P. White, Maitland and U. 8, Gubboy should be re-elected to the consulting the roseption of official delegatos and visitors, Saturday, January 20th, will be devoted to sent a despatch to the Throne stating-committe.

leaving the whole of the following week for the Messre, W. Hutton Potts sad H. Feroy Smithsoientifle work of the Congress. A. Scientiffe that the Russians in Yili have now wore reappointed auditors, on the metion of Mr. Committee has been appointed consisting of

advanced as far as Wan Suk Prefec. ture, and asking whether the intention of the Chinese Government is war or

WORLD-WIDE SUNDAY SCHOO

MOVEMENT

The Hongkong Surday School Union is at the present time planning a series of mastings School Moveme who are now about to pass peace. to welcome some of the leaders of the Sunday

through Hongkong. In this company is the

meeting service. In the evening of the same

GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

Forses, Seconded by Mr. MACHADO.

The CHATEMAN Thatconcludes the basmess

will be ready to dorrow morning I thank you of this meeting, gentlemen. Dividend warrants

for your attendance, and I must ask you now to wait for the next meeting

EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING..

An extraordinary general meeting of the Company was subsequently hold, the same sbare holders being present us attended the annual meeting. This meeting was called to submit solutions regarding the payment of a com mission of ten per cent to the General Managers ↑ and to make other alterations in the Articles of

Association.

The Secretary read the notice calling the meeting.

The CHAIRMAN il-Gentlemen-The

Col. W. G. Bedford, CM.G, MB., PMO... Chairman; Deputy Inspector General J. L. Barrington, RN, Charles Forsyth, M.D., FB.C.S. (Edin) Oskar Muller, M.D. (Munich), F. Osmand Stedman, M. D (Lond.); to classify the papers which are offered, so as to give, as far as possible, a day to each of five groupe of subjects, Invitations are now being issued for the congress to medical men in all parts: of Asie. Hon. Dr. J. M. Atkinson is president of the Far Eastern Associations of Tropical Medicine, and Dr. Francis Clark Secretary and Treasurer-General.

STEAMERS BOLD.

The Grand Council has wired to Right Reverend Bishop McDowell, Chairman this official instructing him not to act in the fancied security of a solemn promise of the Sunday School Board of the Methodist Tun telegram from the Secretary of State that the trade with China would continue Episcopal Church, F. L. Brown, & member in a hasty manner. He is to keep a for the Colonies which His Excellency the for ten years, find that trade already of the Executive Committee of the World's strict watch over the movements of Governor read at the meeting of the practically killed by the enormous und ever Sanday School Association and the Rer the Russians, and to learn their Legislative Council on Thursday, intimating increasing taxation which the Chinese E. G. Tewksbury, General Secretary of ke

Chira Sanday School Usion,

intentions. that in each of the next two years a sum of authorities have beca allowed to impose on

The first meeting in connection with the wol £12,000 will be included in the Imperial inported opinnr in defiance of the treaty come which is being planned by the Hongkong Estimates as a contribution towards the Stocks of opium valued at many million Sunday School Union of which the Bishop of loss of opium revenue which has resulted dollara are consequently lying in the Victoria is Chairman, will be held on Monday His Excellency Bear-Admiral von Krosigk

The tonnage maintained by the Norddeutscher from the closing of the opium divans in godowns of Hongkong and Shanghai, while, afternoon March 13th at 5.30 p.m. in Rathford and Mrs. von Krosigk arrived by German mail

reduced by the sale of three of the company's Hongkong, must be regarded as answering as the Indian Government continues to sell Hall of St. Stephen's College. This meeting and epout the day at Government House, pro alterations in the Articles referred to in the Lloyd in the Singapore-Stam trads has been more nearly to general expectation than the opium, the merchants trading with China mesto ombined with the regular Union Pmyer coding northwards in the same ship at midnight. notios which has just been read are to permit steamors. The Tringganu, the Banglokas Hon'ble. Mrs. George Keppel, Count Lutsow, the parmont to the General Managers of Com Korat have all been parahased by Japanese grant of £9,000 made last year $12,000 are obliged to buy, in order to protet day there will be a meeting of the Excutive Baroniese de Brignan, and Sir Archibald and mission on business introduced by them to the owners, and the two first-mentioned ships keve already been transferred to Japanese waters, themselves against new competitors who Committee of the Hongkong Sunday School Lady Edmonstone sles arrived by German and Company in Hongkong. It may vary naturally where they will be followed shortly by the Korat represents about one-half the direct annus] loss which the Colony at present suffers on the may be induced by a depressed market to Union at the Chinese YMCA at and are staying at Government Hense, Vice-appear to you as peculiar at such a late data in The Norddeutscher Lloyd have sell o

mit at prices which would enable them, to

Admiral Sir Alfred Winsloo is also a guest of our history that this should never have been tonnage in the East to meet all the requirements o'clock. The Bishop of Victoria will His Excellency and Lady Lagard. contract for the opium farm following upon undersell and ruin the older merchants preside, & public mass meeting will be held on he was an official dinner at Government paid by the "Hongkong" to the General

asked for before. Hitherto the only commission of their trade,--Straits Times. the closing of the public smoking resorts who already have on hand heavy stocks Tuesday, 14th March, at 7 pm. in the Total House last night. Besides the honso party the Managers has been the General Managers and as a “substantial contribution towards bought at high prices at the Indian Govern- Chapel. The subject of the evening will be gaste included-Dr. and Mrs. Voretasoh, Mr. Commission of 5 per cent, upon the not premia the Colony's direct loss from opium ment Auctions. Now, if the Imperis The World Wide Sunday School Movement Friesland, Mr. C. R. Louzmann, Mr. R. Land, but for this, the business introduced by 212,000 must be regarded as at least as Government, in spite of its intimation that Mr. Au Fang Chi will preside. The speakers Timmsheidt, Captain Cayley and Mr. Noble, them in Hongkong has come to the Company free much as the Colony could have expected to the trade would be continued for ten will be Bishop MoDowell, Mr. Brown and the HM. Minstar Commodore and Mrs of commission. As you are probably all aware receive in the circumstances. The indirect years-an undertaking on which merchants

Rev. Tewksbury,

Eyres, Captain Lama, Portagnese oraser, the commission paid by Fice Insurance Com. The party will spend Wednesday in Canton Republica General losses sustained by the Colous have not have turally relied is now prepare and return to Hongkong on Thursday, 16th Captain Simonds, Colonel and Mrs. Hamilton: ness is very much more than 5 per cent, and

and Min. Anderson panies to Agonts for the introtnotion of busi been calculated, and it is by no means an to all China to declare sudden death to March, in time to hold a meeting for Sunday and Mrs. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Rovick, the General Managers now oak that they easy task to attempt. Both the direct and the trade by prohibitive and illegal taxation, School Workers and those interested, at the Totes Mrs. Lubbock, Captain Nicholas, HMB shall receive from the "Hongkong" **

direct losses are not only continuing but surely the obligation rests upon the two Chapel. The subject which will occupy the Fora and Mr. Marray Stewart.

agency ommision of 10 percent. og growing losses, for at the exports from India Governments concerned to indemnify the attention on this evening is "What part

busiuses they introduce, That you may are reduced, and as the price of opium merchants who inour enormous losses as a Hongkong shall take in the Sunday School, Movement." Bishop MoDowall and Mr. Brown

The Hankonn Haily News says We under appreciate what the effect of this may be on the to the consumer is increased, so result of this breach of faith.

Company's figures and results, I may say that will again speak, and a discusion will follow.

stand that the Hanyang needle fentory, the Farm becomes less valuable, and

The total number of deaths from plague at Mr. Ng Tim Po will interpret the addresses in government contern with a truly wonderfal the Working Account for 1909 has been debited the rental paid to the Government will grow Chefco to the 17th alt, was 422.

the last two meetings

history, is shortly to close down. The amounts with the amount which will be payable to Hongkong & Neighbourhood. (*) beautifully less, until the stage is reached

Mr. Otto Meyer of the Rhenish Mission who of publio money wasted in this great White Messrs Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., if this that the Government will have to get from The German Mail of the 8th February was is Secretary of the Hongkong Sunday School elephant are colossal. Corruption and gross resolution is passed the item, of course, also Union, in connection with the Executiv mismaasgement have pugotuated the doings being included under the heading "Accounts new taxation another million dollars a year,

of this place, and we learn that still another Receivable” in the Assets. So that you have, unless expenditure can be permanently re- Six Taumati shopkeepers more yesterday fined Committee is making arrangements for the

"above" meetings,

venture is to be made by a private party to in the gares presented, a correct basis for duced by that amount. For the time being 15 each for causing obstractions,

pat the concern on a paying basis"

bstimating the expenses of future

delivered in London on the 9th inst

WEATHER REPORT.

lying over N.E. Japan yesterday is moving On the 10th at 11:55 am. The depression away over the Pacific.

The barometer has risen considerably over the N. part of the Sea of Japan, and fallen moderately to lightly over S. China and at the stations in the South.

Au elongated depression lies over Tongking, the 3. coast of China and the 5 part of the

Eastern Boa

Pressure remains high over China: Unsettled squally weather may be expected over the Northern shores of the China Sea,

Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending sf 10 a.m. to day, 1.04 inches.

The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon to-day in as follows com

Formosa Channel

N.D. and variable twinde, squally

Hongkong sud Lamooks. I South coast of Chine between ]. Same as No. 1 South coast of China between |

Same No. 1. „Hongkong and Haman ↑ S. winds, modamate or fresh; squally, showery,