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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS› NOTICE.

HOUSES TO LET.

TO LET

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUKSDAY, MARCH 9r¤, 1915.

DOOMS on First Floor of European House, No. 176, Queen's Road East, Wanchai, from lut April, 1816.

I

HEREBY NOTIFY all whom it may concern that I, the Undersigned, have

with Severed All Connections

Messrs.

Ro

INTIMATION

MAGEWEN, FRIoker & Co. Hongkong and WOBBY LARGE and SPACE DUA. S. WATSON

Canton, from March 2nd, 1915.

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Hongkong, 9th March, 1915,

VACANCY..

8SISTANT in Mercantile and Shipping A Firm. British parentage essential

Apply stating education and previous experience, to

Box X.Y.Z.,

Care of "Daily Pross" Office. Hongkong, 0th March, 1915,

G.

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TECHNICAL INSTITUTE.

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GODOWNS, Marine Lot No. 42. Prays Immediate possession.

Apply

N. MODY & Co., No. 34, Queen's Road Central Hongkong, 8th March, 1915,

TO LET

15, PEAK.

QUAENDON, 15, 17

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& CO., LTD.

FURNISHED, from 1st April. Moderate Rental 2 minutes from Tram,

Apply to

G. TISDALL

at above address.

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Hongkong, 6th March, 1915.

TO LET

THE Institute will RE-OPEN on MON-DOWN, No. 94, Prays Eart T DAY 16th of March, Bindents

should attend at QUEEN'S COLLEGS at U on that date, for enrolment

Apply P.M.

Copies of prospectus and entry forms may be obtained on application to the Director of the Institute at the Education Department.

Hongkong, 8th March, 1915.

NOTICE.

B

Administration into deserting the policies defined in Mr. BRYAN'S Jester to Mr. Srosz. It could hardly be otherwise in view of the notoriously close relationship of the chief German shipping interests with Horr DERNBURG and bis friends, whose expensive pamphlets and publicity work are flooding the country. Once again Teutonic carelessness is helping the British cause. Under the auspices of Mr. BARTHOLDT, a German-Amer[can Congress-

M. Thomas, Agent of the Messagorice Maritimes in Hongkong, informs us that according to a telegrans receivad, from Marseilles the departure of the French mail steamer which was scheduled to depart from there on the 7th instant for, Chine and Japan has been cancelled.

A valuable pony belonging to Captain Heath has had to be shot owing to boing run into by a tram-car. The pony was being ridden by a mafco from the direc man, a number of his leading copatriotstion of East Point to Murray Barracks,

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS, mot yesterday to devise ways and means

BRANDY.

Per Case of l dos.

•A. SUPERIOR PALE1,880.40.

Per Bot. $2,65

* B. SUPERIOR

OLD

·COGNAC

$3.70

2.00

KHONG SANG HONG, LỊC

No. 248, Des Your Road Central.

1305 Hongkong, 10th February, 1915.

WATSON'S

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COGNACE

$4.80

TO LET.

WATSON'S

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THE

NY EUROPEAN desiring to lose the

Colony should apply in writing for por mission to do so to the PROVOST MARSHAL Head Quarters. Offices, at least 48 hours before the intended hour of departure, giving name, nationality, age, so, height, complexion and occupation of the applicant, and stating the name of the steamer or other vessel or the hour of the train by which the applicant wishes to leave. Applicants should apply in person for their passes to the PROVOST MARSHAL at Head

HE GROUND FLOOR of No. 6. DES

VŒUK ROAD CENTRAL, occupied. by Madame Gains, etc.

Apply to

DAVID BASSOON & Co., LTD. Hongkong, 10th February, 1915. [272

TO LET AT THE PEAK.

Furnished and newly done up- TO. 2, STEWART TERRACE,

HE POLLOCK, Apply

Prinos's Building Hongkong, 20th January, 1915.

HOUSE

Apply

Quarters Office between the hours of 10AA Sowlcon. and 4 M.

Hongkong 26th January, 1915,

THE

NOTICE.

1207

HE Partnership between MESSES J. R. BRAGA and M. FUJII having been This Day Dissolved, the Firm known as BRAGA

& Form CEASES to exist.

The Butizoss heretofore will be carried on by the Undersigned, but they will not accept any liability for any debt contracted by the above- named firm or persons.

·BATALHA & Co. Hongkong, 4th March, 1016,

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PUBLIC COMPANIES THE HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE

COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

FORTY-SIXTH - ORDINARY MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

will be held at the Oloss of the Undersigned

TO LET

Knutsford Terrace,

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- MENT & AGENCY Co., Ltd, Hongkong, 1st March, 1915.

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GO

TO LET.

From 1st March.

LODOWN, No. 6, Duddell Street.

Apply-

A. B. AVASIA,

Care of B. PABANEX,

No. 1 Daddell Street. Hongkong, 2nd February, 1915. [244 TO LET.

NO. 169, TẤN PHAY, "THE KENNELS,

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154

COGNAC Half boštion: 2 doz.

#$$$7.00

+4

when a tram-car came up behind and collided with the animal, fracturing one of its legs.

CORRESPONDENCE.

OUR SHIPPING COMPANIES.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS."']

Hongkong, 8th March, 1915. DEAR SIR,This is the ora of boom froights. It is therefore instructive to glanco down our shipping share list. Putting on one side the Canton and Macao Steamboat Co. and Star Ferry Co., which have no ocean-going steamers, and the Shell Transport Co, which is more bil than shipping, one finds the following:-

Manila Steamship Co shares, 75 por

cont. discount Douglas Steamship Co. shares, 42 per

cent, discount.

Indo-China Steamship Co. shares. 30

per cent discount,

When it is borno in mind that freighte

of prising the Administration loose from England's dare, to quote the Staats- seitung, whose Washington correspondent has obligingly given the meeting the The local Cigarette and Tobacco Fund necessary publicity. One of the chief for the Allied Forces at the Front amounts things upon which the meeting insisted to 83,27447. Of this sam 83,229.16 has was the immediate formation of an boom expended, leaving in hand a balance American mercantile marine. Though of $45.31. A total of 105,000 cigarettes the statement of the object of the meeting by boon sent to date (including the ends here, we can safely conclude that the present of 6,000 Egyptian Cigarettes pre method contemplated for the "immediate sented by Messra. Dodeoglou Bros.) and 8.00 formation of an American mercantile 1,848lbs, of plug tobacco. Mr. Geo. J. B. marine" was the wholesale purchase of Sayer, Hon. Socretary and Treasurer of German ships which are lying in Amerithe Fund, writes: "It will be seen that can ports in order to ovade capture. We the balance in hand is very small and have seen it stated, however, that Fresi- further subscriptions are much needed to dent WILSON had no intention of buying keep the supplies going. ** German ships, and, indeed, we cannot see how it was possible for him to contemplate forming his American Mercantile Marine in this way without laying himself open at once to the charge of unneutral behaviour which he has so emphatically condemnod in others. In the Declaration per day this year is estimated as 18.2 months. Yours truly,

1.60

* C. SUPERIOR OLD

LIQUEUR COGNAC, Gold Capsule

FINE OLD

.. 40.30

3.45

**D. VERY

PALE · LIQUEUR

PR 46.20 COGNAC

BOUTELLEAU'S

CHAMPAGNE K LIQUEUR... 02.40

* E, FINEST OLD BROWN BRANDY...

*.*$3,50

MARIE BRIZARD and ROGER'S FINE PALE COGNAC 21.60

B. V. F., V. O. COGNAC 19,70

V.O. L., 60 Years Old.119.30

UNITED VINEYARD

PROPRIETORS, 75 DE Years Old

...157.50

4.00

4.55 of London, which

6.05

was signed on behalf of the United States Government, it is 4.55 expressly provided that the transfer of an enemy ship to a neutral fing after the outbreak of hostilities shall be void unless 2.65 it is proved that such transfer was not made in order to evade the consequences to which an enemy vessel, as such, is 9.95 exposed. It may be possible to argue that it does not necessarily follow from the sale of the German ships in American ports that the object is to evade the consequences to which an enemy vessel, ss such, is exposed. It may be plausibly

13:15 * These Brandios bottled by ourselves are guaranteed Grape Spirit and of Pot Still Distillation,

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST. A S. WATSON & CO.. CEMENT & AGENCY Co., Izv. Hongkong, 1st March, 1916.

LIMITED,

HONGKONG AND CHINA.

TO LET-FURNISHED.

6 12.30 F.L. on THURSDAY, the 18th March, BISHOP'S LONGE NORTH, No. 12, THE

1915"

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 4th to the 18th, March, 191, both days inclusive, **

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LTD.,

Goueral Managers.

HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE Co., Lt,

[353 Hongkong, 1st March; 10: 5.N

CHINA SUGAR REFINING CO., LIMITED.

THE

NOTICE.

THE THIRTY-SEVENTH ORDINARY

ANNUAL MEETING of the SHARE HOLDERS of the above Company will be held at the Offices of the General Agents, Fodder's Stret, on WEDNESDAY, the 24th March, at Noor, for the pa pose, of receiving the Report and Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1914

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 11th to 24th Msrob, both days inclusivo.

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LID..

Goal Agenta,

Hongkong, 4th March, 1915.

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LUZON SUGAR REFINING CO.,

THE

LIMITED.

NOTICE..

THE THIRTY-THIRD ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING of the SHARE-

From let May next

For further particulars, apply tomi

PALMER & TURNER, Alexandra Buildings, 3rd Floor. Hongkong, 80th January, 1916. 1000

QUEEN'S BUILDING,

10 LET, the South-West portion of the THIRST FLOOR, including Trosary on Ground Floor, lately in pooupailon" of the German Bank.

GODOWN, No. 9, Toe House Street, Apply to ke

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST. MENT & AGENCY Co., LTD.

·136 Hongkong, lai March, 1916.

TO LET

LATE in Nathan Road, Kowloon, “PENYRHEW," Minden Row, Kowloon,

6-Roomed House with Tennis Court

1 and 2, MINDEN VILLAS, Kowloon, 5-Koomed House with Tennis Court,

FOUR-ROOMED HOUSES in Hamphrey Avenue, Gordon Terrace and Salisbury Avenue, Kowloon,

Apply toimi

HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE

Co., LTD., Alexandra Buildinga. Hongkong, 4th March, 1915,

TO "LET.

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HOLONIS of thoubare Company will be held IVAL

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGB.

at the Offices of the clonaril Agents, Poddor's Street, on WEDNESDAY, the 24th March, at 12.16 P.M. for the purpose of receiving the Report and Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st D/cember, 1914.'

THE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 11th to 24th March, both days inclu«iv Arki

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.; L-D.,

*General Agents.

Hongkong, 4th March, 1916.

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THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED.

THE FORTY-JXCH MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in the Camp ny will be held at the Compiny's Office, No. 5, Queen's Road Central, Victoris, on THURS

DAY, 25th March, 1918, at 12 oel ek Noost for the purpose of recaiving a Statement of Accounts and the Report of the Directors for the year ending 31st December, 1914,

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 19th to the 25th

March, both days inclusiva.

By Order of the Board of Directors.

C PEMBERTON, Secretary Songkong, 4th March, 1915

1986.

TO LET.

OUSES in CLIFTON GARDENS,

HCondult Road,

OFFICES, facing the Harbour between the Hongkong Club and Post Offlow

24, WONG-NEL-CHONG ROAD.

1. HILL SIDE, tu, Tun PEAK GODOWNS. Now Fanya Kennedy Town. GODOWNS, ni Wanchal Road. Apply, etc.,

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST. MENT & AGENCY Co, La».

138 Hongkong, 1st March, 1815

CONVENIENT OFFICES. and ROOMS. Including a Fine Commodious Saita

Apply

SECRETART, A. S. WATSON & Co., LTD. Hongkong, 23rd October, 1914.

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BIRTH. HARPUR-On March 1st, at Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. C. HARPUR, & daughter.

MARRIAGES.

NYE-HEBITCH-On January 16th, at Stoke sub-Hamdon, Bomerset, PER- CIVAL HERBERT NYE, of Shanghai, to MARY EMILY HEDDITCH of Castle Close, Stoke-sub-Hamdon KELD REVY. On February 26th, et RUSSELL Hankow, FRANK CARDEN KEED, to LYDIA MABEL REVY, of Rio de Janeiro as to that • Med. MOUSLEY-GUNNER-On March Sud, at Shanghai, HARRY MOUSLEY, to ADA FLORENCE GUNNER.

DEATH, KERMANI-On March 1st, at Shanghai, KAIKOO R. 8 KERMANI, aged 8 years. Honosona Orion:104, Dra Vaux Road O. LONDON OFFICE: 181, FLEET STREET, E.C.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, MAren 9ru, 1916,

THE U. S. SHIP PURCHASE BILL

It occasions no surprise to learn that the Ship Purchase Bill, of which we have been hearing so much of late from ΤΟ LET

America, has been withdrawn from the FFICES in ST. GROBGE'S BUILDING,

Senate. The Republicans have been Second Floor, Overlooking Harbour, strongly opposed to the Fill from the Immediate possession,

moment of its introcaction, and the out- 24 Apply ko--

BHEWAN, TOMES & Co. break of a little revolt

olt among the Hongkong, 3rd December, 1914.

TO LET.

199

NO. 1. NATHAN ROAD, Kowloon (No. 1,

Fairview), from 1st February, Furnished or Unfurnished. From 1st April,

No: 1, GOUGH HILL ROAD THE PEAK,

1915.

SHORNCLIFFE," Garden Road, to leb farnished 16 Boors),

"ROGATE," Austin Road, Kowloon, from 1st Febrasry, 191500 V

EILANDONAN" No. 64, Mount Kellett Road. & Borms, unfurnished, from 1st March,

No. 2, DES VIEUX YILLAS,

PRAX (Unfurnished).

ROOMS, suitable for Ollos, on the First Floor of No. 8, Duddell Street

The economic

in Europe and between Europe and America are five and six times higher than the normal, that the owner of a tenth share in a tramp steamer is able to have. droams of a motor car and a residence in Park Lane, it is puzzling, not to блу disconcerting, that all our shipping shares should in quoted at heary discounts. Is there anything peculiarly mimical to

The Water Return for March lat shows that 450.67 million gallons of water were in the storage reservoirs on that date as shipping in these latitudes? If so, why compared with 306.55 millions on tus same not send some of the steamers to places date last year. The consumption per head where they could pay for themselves in siz

gallons as against 16.7 gallons last year. We notice that the population this year in the month of February was estimated at 260,110-3,000 more than in the corres ponding month last year. It is doubtful if that estimate would be confirmed by a census. The water in storage at Kowloon is shown to be 317.85 million gallons as compared with 292.19 million gallons on the corresponding date last year,

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LONGSHOREMAN.

FRENCH CONSUL SUED.

AN UNFORTUNATE MISUNDER--

STANDING.

At the Summary Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Gompertz, the case in which Tang Ping Woon sued, M. Gaston Liebert Information has been received at Yoko (Consul-General for France) for $1,000, hama of the gallant death of Mr. Robert for assault committed upon him at Loonen, formerly well-known as a business Alexandra Buildings on the 28th Decem man in Japan. On the outbreak of war,ber, came on for hearing.

Mr. Loonen, who had won distinction in Mr. P. W. Goldring was for plaintiff, Algiers during his three years military and Mr. D. J. Lewis (Messrs. Johnson, service, joined the colours and was attach Stokes & Master) was for: M. Liebert. ed as a non-commissioned officer to an In answer to his lordship, Mr. Goldring Artillery Battery. He was made a 2nd affirmed that he had considered Rule Lieutenant on the battlefield, after being Order 2, in regard to payment of costs. mentioned in despatches 'for courage He thought it was perfectly clear that and bravery without limit." On January where money was paid into Court, with oth he was killed at the front. Mr. Loonen,

adenial of liability, he could either take remarks the Japan Gazette, will have been it out with costs up to that date and there remembered by some in connection with still remained a denial of liability, or if regrettable mistakes in the conduct of his he went on, and the Court found that life, but such memories will be obscured there was liability, then he would get his by his patriotic end It will only be costs, including that and the $100 or what- remembered that he died gallantly for his over the amount was that was paid into

Court, in any ovent.

country.

A MIDNIGHT HAUL.

HOW ALLEGED OPIUM SMUGGLERS WERE SURPRISED.

His lordship-If you get less than the amount claimed you do not get the costa of this issue.

Mr. Goldring differed, because defen- He had been dart had denied liability. put to the expense and trouble of proving that the defendant was liable. Mr. Gold- ring added that the whole object in this

argued that German owners, whose ships are safe in American harbours realise that one certain result of the war, even if it were to end to-morrow, would be a great restriction of Cormau commerce for many years to come, and that there will be no "profitable employment for even half the ships which are under the German flag; that, therefore, owners: would be justified in disposing of their ships to the American Government, and it would be for that Government itself to guard against "unnentral behaviour" by with holding payment until the end of the war, so as to avoid the charge of providing Germany with "sinews of war," What ever may be said of the legality of such procedure, its impropriety is manifest. But the defeat of the Ship Purchase Bill is not entirely due to considerations of international politics. objection seems to have been by far the

eightiest factor in the decision to with At the Magistracy yesterday, before draw the Bill. We End this aspect of the Mr. F. A. Hazeland, even Chinese question very concisely stated in a San men and one woman were charged with case was not so much to get damagey as to Francisco paper in these terms The PRESIDENT'S ship-buying proposition con- templates the investment of 330,000,000 of the taxpayers' money in The purchase of from fifteen to thirty second-hand ships, which the Secretary of the Treasury saya that foreigners are just crazy to sell to us. If the ships are operated at the old rates, or anywhere near them, they will run at a loss and drive the ships now engaged in carrying our commerce to other coun tries, where the demand is equally great, The ships cannot be operated under the American flag after peace is declared, and will have to be sold for whatever they will bring. And, even if the ships now engaged in the trade are not driven away, the addition to the flect which can be made by $80,000,000 will afford no relief which justifies the outlay." Evidently business men in America regard the creation of an American mercantile marine es e pious aspiration which can only he attained by Government support in the form of heavy

Government subsidies.

prove that the defendant was wrong in acting as he did.

unlawful possession of 1,000 taels of pre pared opium,

num, Worth

$10,000. According to the evidence of Revenus His lordship-In law all injuries are Officer Wilden, he and a party of Chinese returnable by damages. There is no revenue officers at about midnight on the chance of the matter being sattled, I sup- 2nd inst. rowed to a junk lying in the pose? Breakwater at Mongkok, and as silently The parties consulted, and ultimately na possible bourded the vessel. A large Mr. Lewis said that if his lordship would Ecreen of canvas had been put up in the allow him to explain the position he forward part of the boat, which prevented thought the matter would be closed. On anyone from seeing into the well of the the day in question the Consul had boat. There were 44 cases of cargo on changed his offices, and on this, the first board, nine of which contained a dried day in these new offices, he went to the All the lavatory attached thereto, and found vegetable, called kumchoi defendants, with the exception of the plaintiff there. He believed at the time woman, were working at two cases which that the place was for the oxclusive use were open. The kunicho had been of Europeans, and was annoyed to see a extracted, and four large tins had been Chinese there. He requested the Chinese placed inside one of the cases. Each of to eave, but the letter refused, saying the tins contained 20 hvetel tins of he had as much right there as anybody opium. Two tins had been placed in the else. There was anno slight bother, and other case, and on the dock, beside two the Cansul, resenting the attitude of the empty cases, were four other tins contain Chinese, assaulted him. He was instruct ing opium. The sides and bottom of the ed to withdraw the legal denial of cases were being packed with the dried liability. Of course legally there was

liability vegetable, Inspector Wilden asked gen- erally who was the owner of the boat, and

Mr Goldring said that as his friend

A mail for Europe via Siberia, closca the woman said that she was. She also had taken up this attitude he had no

affirmed that all the men were her fokis, objection. The majority of the facts as and were employed on the boat. The set forth by him were correct. defendants were arrested, and on the way to the station the woman said that the first defendant was the man who engaged her

said they had sineo discovered that the In reply to his lordship, Mr. Lewis

th plaintiff did in fact have a right to bo

Democrats in the Senato a month ago. helped to seal its fate. While full credit must be given to President WILSON for a determination to avoid complications and all suspicions of unneutral tehaviour, the activities of the German propagandists must have convinced him of the hopeless-to-day at noon ness of his aints. The Washington Correspondent of The Times, cabling on. Mr. L Sandercock, Acting Deputy January 31st on this subject, remarked, Commissioner of Customs at Kowloon, inter alin-" It is clear, at any rate, that has been transferred to Peking and leaves various members of the Administration Hongkong to-morrow with the good wishes Bre exercised by the discovery that the of the many friends whom he has made

Mr WB Hind represented all tho sale of German ships will help, and prob- during his residence in Hongkong.

defendants, and said that the first defenlished later after enquiries.

Mr. Goldring said that was eo Of ably is already helping, German pro- Three fatal (Chinese) cases of small-pox dant was the man who shipped the opium, "KIRKENDOA" Furnished, No 128, pagandists in the campaign which tho

were reported in the Colony last week and would plead guilty. The woman course, he did not think it justified an "BEACONSFIELD," Hittery Paib, PRESIDENT, at the beginning of the war, and four cases of enteric fever, of which would say that the knew nothing at all assault by a walking stick. All his client

officially stigmatized as unneutral, three proved fatal. Three of the four about the opium

wanted was an admission of liability, The first defendant was fined $100,000, and that it is going to support the cases of enteric ware Chinese, the other or, in the alternative sentence of 12 and to bo vindicated. political movement which has been British. A fatal case of diphtheria was months imprisonment, and the rest of the His lordship gave judgment for plain- news defendants were discharged, their defence tiff for the amount paid into Court, with launched by German Americans for the also reported No plague cases were

being that they knew nothing about the costs. professed purpose of hounding the | notified.

No. C Tax PRAX C. 2. CAMERON VILLAS.) Formshed.

Plantation Bosd, Post

No.58, THE FRAX (5 CAMERÓN VILLAR), Small Bungalow adjoining "GLENSHIEL," Barker Rond; Peak yata nika Apply to LINSTEAD & DAVIS,

·Srl Floor, Alexandra Buildings. Hongkong, 13th Febranty, 1815,

boat.

opium

in the lavatory. The Consul was unaware of this at the time, but the fact was estab