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to be done direct with outporta instead of through the agency of the merchants established in the Colony. In short, that Hongkong is losing something of its former status as a distributing centre of foreign trade. Then we have such evid. ence as the Stock Exchange quotations affords of the declining value of local stocks, and finally we have the gradual suppression by legislation of the valuable trade in opium. The value of the opium imports from India into China amounts to something like sixty or seventy million dollars a year, and what this means

have been TELEGRAMS,

The quinqtonstal soms of the Colony be taken to-night. Baumerators busy distributing forms for the last four or five days

For breaking into a cigarette stall in Triangl," Strost s Chinese was yesterday sentenced to three wooks' imprisonment and four hours in the stocks.

Lady Lagard's last "At Home" before her departure for Japan was held at Government Boune yesterday, and was very largely attended. Her Excellency loaves to-day by the Empress of Japan.

It is interesting to note from the report of

the Captain Saparintendent of Polios that there are 1,100 richas licensed in Hongkong, 50 in Quarry Bay, and 345in Kowloon. In thecity 578

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CORRESPONDENCE,

THE CONDENSED MILK QUESTION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG

DAILY PRESS,"

Hongsong, 19th May, 1911. SIR-In your lasus of this morning there is published s roport of the proceedings the Legislative Connoil, in the course of which a BI was introduced to amend the Sale of Food and Drags Ordinarios, 1896 by providing that every tin, or other receptacle, containing con- densed skimmed milk shall bear a label with the words "not suitable for the feeding of infants under one year of age, printed in

English and in Chinese in Igo typo. It was proposed by the Attorney-General that this ill should be passed at once and immediately

in shipping freights, insurance, godown hiro, and wages paid to handle this cargo, we must leave the reader to form an idea of his own, for we are not aware that any official hairs were licensed and in the Hill district 60 ha beyond. the range of the wireless become law.

or authoritative calculation has been made.

According to las susund report of the Captain

Beyond this point the column will

more matritious for their older oläkärin than sorag-and of mution, it is diffoals to understand why we should consider it necessary to so warn the Chinese of this Colony,

It seems to me that the only effect of the proposed legislation, if it be made law, will be to seriously interfere with a legitimate trade in the Colony, and, in a slight degree, to increase infant mortality. The placing on ties of condensed shimmed milk the words, in coreplonous Chinese characters, 'not suitable for the feeding of infants" will almost necessarily oronto a belief in the minds of Chinese that the article is actually injurions, and they will reason that if it in bada for their childean it is likely to be worse for themselves. Thus, the trade in tlas of conde

ed skimmed milk will decline to practically nothing, And, as the fewnuweaned infants who cannot be nursed by their own mothers must be fed, they will probably be given a pap of rice and water, which is far less likely to keep them slive

A very large part of that trade is centred Superintendent of Police 9,789 cases were report. installation, and no news is expected that similar legislation had not been enacted than condensed skimmed milk would be.

HAVE BEEN APPOINTED WE SUB-AGENTS IN HONGKONG AND Hongkong, and while there is no indication that any other branch of foreign trade with Chine is likely to annually increase in a degree correspond

CANTON FOR

CHAMPAGNE ing to the reduction in the opium trade, it

is not surprising that this legislative in terference with trade has darkened the

ed to the police in 1910 as compared with 9,819 the previous year. Serious offences during the year showed an increase of 255, of which 10 were murder. Etreet and highway robberies were more numerous last your than in 1909.

The estimated value of property stolon in Hongkong during the year 1910 was 269,154.06 as against $210,169.42 in 1909, n

for several days.

NEW BATTLESHIPS FOR RUSSIA.

LONDON, May 19th. The Budget Committee of the

The Hon Mr. Pollock very properly pointed

in England, where they are very striot in their tests and ideas in these matters, and he submitted that "no sufficient cause has been shown at present why we should go ahead of the Home legislation."

The Attorney-General stated that the object of the Bill was to preventinfant mortality. He must necessarily haza meant mortality amongst Chiasse infanta, for there are practically no

Some beneft may prasibly averns to the manufacturers of, and dealers in, whole condens- od milk only, bat such benefit would probably not smeunt to much, for at the present time all those who can afford to get whole milk prosura is in preference to the cheaper and inferior article, Those who cannot afford to purahiase whole milk will not find their poouniary condition improved by a farther depression in the trade-

HEIDSIECK & Co.. horizon. A catalogue such as this certainly increase of 858,993.64. The average for the Duma has adopted a Bill granting European infants in the Colony whose parents of the Colony,

makes the outlook appear lugubrious; but our faith in the future of the Colony has

"MONOPOLE"en-vehusk on. Whunever no lauvo, you

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tured to comment on these pessimistic forebodings wa have shown that there is another and a brighter view. We have drawn attention to the fact that a belief in the arrested prosperity and decline of the Colony has not been justified examina to the present by an tion of the three main considerations by which alone an opinion on

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subject may be tested--the population statistics, the shipping returns, and the volume of business done by the Banks. WINES. Judging the question by these tests there is absolutely no justification for péssimism, so far as the general position of the Colony in concerned, and the explanation of the prevailing pessimistic ideas on the subject

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must therefore be due to increased competition in all branches of trade and the changed and ever-changing conditions under which that trade is carrion on, making in. dividuals feel the pinel" no doubt, but

A.S. WATSON & CO., not arresting the general progress of the

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HONGKONG, MAT 2лTH, 1911.

UNGU NATIONABLY there has been much in the general business coaditions in the Colony during the last few years to cause the public to take a pessimistic view of the future of Hongkong, and those who have

Colony. In other words, prolita are not as large as they were when there was less

last five years in 8188,689.87. Te value of Property recovered and restored to ownere was $19,846.06, or 22.2 per cent, as against 821,953.31 in 1909. The average for the last five years is 18 per cent.

money to build four battleships in the Baltic.

are unable to afford to give their children a better article of food than skimmed milk, The proposed legislation is therefore os tensibly intended to prevent, the purchase by THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION.iuere parents of condensad skinned a lk for the purpose of feeding their invesned babies amongst whom it is suggested that there is much mortality consequent upon their being so fod. Not a single instance, however, has been pat

The case was continued at the Magistracy

LONDON, May 19th. · yesterday in which a Chinese was charged with infringing the privileges of the Postmaster-

The Mexican Government Las General by bringing letters into the Colony and also with using a dollar stamp which had been submitted peace proposals to the previously used but from which the postal marios had bean erased. My, G. Piens, from Messrs, rebels which include the resignation Biemasen & Company, was called. He stated of President Dinz. Whon Diaz that an attempt had been made to erase the resigns General Madero, the leader of marks but that they were quite visible. The the insurgents, will act as chief adviser hearing was adjourned.

forth where the decease of a Chinese infant is suspected to have been caused by its being fed that any andasvour as beeu male to ascertain whether any unwashed Chin se infants actually are, or have been, led on that a lon

uch an endeavour made it would doubtless be

on condensed skimmed milk: nor does it appear

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It is, perhaps, only fair to state that I have beea consulted on this matter on behalf of the manufacturers of, and dealers in, tins of condenasd skimmed milk, and may therefore bo considered to be blasted in their favour.—I am, ate.

C. D. WILKINSON.

LOCAL SPORT.

LEAGUE TABLE.

The Inwa Toanis League table now rends

P. W. L. Pts.

Y.M.U.A. Kowloon C. C.

́Chinese Y.M.0.A....

Club de Recreio Craigongower

Watson's Wigwam Civil Service

A form of thieving from which the Wharf and to Senor Barras, who will be the found that in overy instance where it in possible Quoon's College

interim president.

Godown Company suffer not a little was related to the Magistrate yesterday when Mr. E. Packham appeared to prosecute a coolie for stealing bark. It appears that the coolies are accustomed to strip the bark from the timbat stored in the godown, with the result that when the wood is taken out it does not correspond to the measurements of that taken in and the company have to make good the difference.

A thief's escapade was related to the

agistrate yesterday, when a Chinese who had formerly been in the employ of Fenwick Co, was charged with the theft-of-a-brass-tap. The prisoner, who had been dismissed some ten

UNIVERSAL ARBITRATION.

AN AMERICAN INNOVATION,·

LONDON, May 10th.

A Washington message states that the State Department announces that President Taft has approved of the draft of a general arbitration treaty.

for a Chinona mother of the poorer classes to, qursa her infant at her own breast, she dog 80; and in the few instances when it is not possible, if she or the infant's father cannot afford to procure oven condensed skimmed milk, the child will be fed on a pap made of riss and water-a mixture far less nutritions than con- donned skimmed milk.

On the question whether or not the use of condensed skimmed milk as food for infants is injurious, the opinions of the medical advisers of the Governmont differ from those of some of the leading medical practitionam in the Clony, of

tong experience. The Isttur, of course,

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INTERPORT ORICKET PRACTICE” An interport practice castoh, An Eleven v. Another Eleven, will take place this aftor- noon at 2.00 p.m.

The following have been selected to play for Au Bieron -U. T. Hosa, G. A. Cooko, B..N., W. Waterkosse, Carply-Dompsoy, K.O.Y.L.L Lt. Wiltshire, B.A, R. P. Thursfeld, M. M ̧

Maas, D. E. Donnolly, Lt. N. J. Williams, 4.8.C., R. J. Bauudore, and A. A. Claxton.

competition, but the volume of trade and days bef re, was obserred by the watchman on The draft, which is not the result of free that the absence of a suficient percentage Another Elevon: A 0, E. Elborough, T.

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Thursday unsorowing a brass tap, Whon he found that he was seen he made off, but the watchman gave chase. The hunt lasted for half an hour, during which time they dodged all round the yard. Eventually thethief made his escape on to the roof of a house in Ship Street, and remove

commerce done in the Colony has not decreased. HE. THE GOVERNOR on Thurs day mentioned that the shipping tonnage of the port in 1910 was the highest ever attained in the history of the Colony: that the yield of the light dues showed an increasing the tiles from a smoke hule dropped into the of seven per cent., that the rateable value of kitchen of the house. Inthe kitchen were anun- property in the Colony was higher than it ber of coolies waiting for their meal which was bat ever been, and that the increase being prepared, and their alarm can be under. Lad been universal except in few stood when a man suddenly dropped into the villages in Kowloon; that internal revenue midst of the crockery and the food. They hold him and sont for the police. His Worship son had increased in nearly every direction tenced the defendant to two months' imprison. that affords an index to the state of business ment and four hours in the stocks. in the Colony. Finally, His EXCELLENOY said he had received private information that the demand for property has been increasing rapidly in the Colony quite recently. It may be questioned whether such items as increased fees of Court, increased emigra tion fees, and the increased revenue from atamp duties may be counted as evidence of growing prosperity. The increase in stamp. F. Ancott duties is presumably largely attributable A. Roger to the amoudments made in the Stamp RS, Piercy... Ordinance which came into force in 1910; G. H. Bowker Goggin while as to Court fees, we have heard it T. L. C. Tennent said that the Courts are never so busy na

W B. Rigden T. Hunter. when business is depressed. But in al' other respects-the additional Post Office revenue, the increased receipts in respect of

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The following have been selected to play for

E. Poaros, Corp. Taverner, F. J. do Rome, Capt negotiations with particular it less suitable for infants tasu whole milk, but D. Clapham, R.A., H. R. Makin, H. Gria, they also agree that it is by no means lajurious Capt. G. E. Garnett, R.A., Lt. H. G. Bagnall, and is far more suitable than the rice paP; ** | R.A., Rev. S. W. Payne, and R. Pastonjí. other staff, which would be used in its stead by The draft represents what the parents who are unable to afford to bus whole United States Government believes to

In this connection it may be as well to refer

country, will be submitted to France and Great Britain.

milk.

INTER-CLUB BOWLING.

The first monthly handicap competition, which

be a sound basis of negotiations for the to the opinions of two eminent men in England is rulled once sèross the alleys of the Hongkong

extension of the scope of its arbitration treaties..

LATER.

Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, the ex- President, criticises. President Taft's draft Arbitration proposals and says the American nation would not listen to arbitration if, for instance, some 100 nation insisted on forcing upon them

10 unwelcome immigrants.

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CORONATION CELEBRATIONS. FURTHER LIST OF SUBSCRIPTIONS. Henry Keswick C. H. ROBS T. S. Forrest... B. Sutherland A. Sinclair E. E. Emmett L. D. Tabb

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been half convinced against their will that the Colony is rapidly “going to the dogs" will be relieved to learn from the brief review of the Colonial balance sheet in so of vitality in the trade and commerce of the John McCuig "

H. H., L. Warrener H. W. Moon... D. J. Donne .... B. B. Clarke the registration of companies; the increased J. H. Bone

U. B. Mackenzie.... revenue from land sales and from Crown. G. M. Bernard leases all go to prove that there is plenty A. Mardoch..

H, Hupe de far as it is an index to the Colony's Colony. Though His EXCELLENCY Was B. D. F. Boith trade and commerce, made by H.E. Tax.

unable to declare any remission of taxation, C. C. F. Cunningha

J. Rodger Gora vos at the mesting of the Lagisia the community will take comfort in the A. Baia tive Council on Thursday, that in every direction gratifying progress is shown, and feeling that we are probably at the end of W. Taylor no grounds for taking a pesimistic view of our financial dificulties, and that the the immediate future are apparent, revenue and prosperity of the Colony has been placed on a satisfactory footing which inets and the Before dealing with

will not demand of us any further sacrifice, by Hxe EXCELLENCY, figures quoted

A. B. Forbes

J. Stewart

T. Blair 3.D. Kinnari

Wells...

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however, it may be useful to glance at in the form of new taxation." His McCorquedate

the main

H. C. Carmietinel... EXCELLANCY's statement shou d do much H. Underwood to restore that confidence, in the Colony A. A. dos Remedios which has undoubtedly been weakened by E. Hoidos the pessimism which has been so prevalent in recent years.

For being found preparing opium at Quarry Bay a Chiness was yesterday fined $100 or six wooks' imprisonment.

B. E. da Luz

0. Bavard Remedios

J. M. P. de Graca. F. X. Vieira Ribeiro A. M. da Silva T. Brawn P. Plage James D. Osinnad...

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factors which have created the opinion that the prosperity of the Colony has been arrosted and is steadily be contrasted declining, so that they may with the deductions which Hrs EXCELLENCY' has made from the Colony's balance sheet. These causes have been both local and general the almost universal note of depression, in trade; the decreased demand for Chinese business promises; Japanese competition, The report of the land officer (Mr. G. Wake. North and South of Hongkong, with detriman) for the year 1910 was laid on the table of mental effects on the Colony's transhipment the Legislative Council on Thuradny. trade; the further loss of transhipment trade

The scound Gymkhann of the season of Happy A. F. Osmund resulting from the tendency to make direct Valley takes place this afternoon. Additional. L. Kailton shipments to consuming centres, and also interest is lent to the meeting by the fact that from the American shipping legislation two or three ponies which have been favorably affecting trade with the Philippines; and, is known at Shanghai are entered for some of the cidentally, the growing tendency for business events.

L. A. Leite...

J. Baptistas

J. M. G. Pereira...

F. J. V. Ribeiro...

J. 4. dos Remedios

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"THE FOLLIES."

on the subject of condensed skimmed milk, One of them, Dr. Band, has et sted:--

Club put the Club Germania, torminated on Tuesday as follows:

Not Scoro. H'unɲ.. Gross Shore

C. Koenig

In answer to the enquiry as to my opinion of the value of condensed separated milk as a food, I have no hesitation in stating that it is. Warnston very valuable as a flesh-forming and musole.Th. Christiani and bone-making food, in consequence of the *0. Meyer larze proportion of nitrogenous material which it contains... I consider the autory and opposition which has been raised against it to be absolutely unreasonable

nearly 20 years Dating my experience of surgeon to the out-patients at Westminister Hospital I tested thousands of children saf- fering from eczema, rickets, and other diseases of mainatrition...

Many of those Livor shildren would no doubt have grown up healthy and strong hal the mothers been able to obtain a shoap and officient adjunct to the bread-and-butter diet in the shape of con- densed seperated milk,"

Another, Sir C. A Cameron C.B., MD. FRUPI, FE.CS.I, D.P.IL,. &o., kas

There was a fair attendance at the Theatre Boyal last evening to witness the third pro gramine presoated by Mr. Henry Dallas' Com-stated: pauy, "The Follies" The individual contribu. tions were favourably received and severa encores wera conseiled.

The Company brings its season to a close. this evening, when there should be a good altendence,

SHIPPING ACCIDENTS.

The German steamship Aragonia, bound for Manila from New York, with 3,000 tons of general cargo for this port, has gone ashore on the southern coast of the Malay Peninsula, near Sweltenham, between Singapore and Farang. She was due to arrive at Manila to day,

The following dispatch from Quilinsae, dated April 10th, was sent to Lloyds last month re porting the stranding of the Innerenk, bound for Japan:-"The Tacerssk is valued at £50,000, and carried a general cargo from New York, Known to include steel worth over £50,000, which may easily represent £100,000," "Part of the cargo is consigned to the Japanese Govern- ment for railwaye.

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"I have been asked to SIPNES my EF. Eberius opinion as to the nutrimental value of F. A. Biden

805 400 100 separated milk, and I have no hesita. Jeffries

*Signifles also rolled for the Championship, tion in stating that I consider it very

I do not for a moment conditions of which are not aggregats of the valuable food

to whole pretend that separated milk is luble and first three rolls across on both alloys on the days milk, but it is, nevertheless, a easily digestible food.

The want of fat in separated milk can be made up for by using fat from other sources. For the poor, separat od milk and cheaper fatty substances such as *dripplur" and margarine form economical and nutritions aliments."

The following statement of Mr. R. Bannist FI.C., FCS., may also be referred to -

Interested persons have tried to raise a prejudice against the use of separated skin milk and have aven gone

appointed between May and October inclusive.

The following have also entered for the Championship

J. Hooper, Mellraith, J. H Komp, and B. O. Hutchison

PLAGUE AT THE OUTPORTS. Our Canton Correspondent writes:-Plague is very bad in the city just now and there have .ont of

their way to use ratepayers money for been a large number of deaths. One of the circulating statements which are not true. native newspapers strongly advisas the inhabit- To establish a plausible foundation ants to burn rhubarb in all the draing and for this attack on condensed skim milk it is gutters of the housse, as it is said that the acrid

necessary to assume that it in giren as so. entire food for infants and that to obtain the necessary quantity of fat for formal nutrition untold qusutities of this milk would have to be consumed. The writer of such nonsense overlooks the fact that a nurse is endowed with common sense, and that an infant can only take a certain quantity of liquid at a time."

odour arising from this burning herb is most effectual in stopping the course of the plague. A rod charm, wern on the right sile by men

is and on the left by women, also of inestimable service!

According to reports in the Manila papere plague also has made its appearazion in the island of Formosa. The American Consul at Tamsai reports a total of 44 casos during the three

deaths

There can be no doubt whatever that whole milk is better than skimmed; but there can be equally no doubt that the Chinese them Another highway robbery in Wanchal Gap selves are fully aware that an article for weeks ending April 22nd, with a result of 36 has been reported, making the second this week which they pay 20 cents is not a quarter

A quarantine of seven days on all passengers sa article for which A fishmonger was stopped on the road between as good in quality es Wanobai and Stanley by two man, one armed they are charged $1. In this respect the arriving from Amoy has been put into Zorce st with a chopper and the other with a dagger, poor olasses of Chinese are probably possessed Maulls. The last report received at Manila They threatened him with the dagger and he of more sense than the poor classes in Europe; from Amoy showe a death rate of six porscan s parted with all the money which he had then, and, as Mr. Follock put it, if the Home day from the plague: :: which amounted to only 79 centa. His friond Government has not considered it necessary to

The Committee regret that owing to an error the amount subscribed by the Afiatic came along later and he, too, was held up. He warn the English poor that skinned mills

that a portar house steak at least once a week is Fotro eum Co. to the shore fund was given a proved more lucrative to the robbers, who got not sufflelently autritions for their infants, o $100, whereas it should have been #1,000,

from him $9.55.

Only three cases have occurred in Hongkong

from an unnumbered boat; at Yqumati. This during the week: One reported yesterday was brought the year's total fy 35.