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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

IN THE MATTER OF THE ALIEN ENEMIES (WINDING UP) ORDINANCE 1914,

AND

PUBLIC COMPANIES

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

T IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JULY 16TH, 1915,

AUCTIONS

BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEES,

PUBLIC AUCTION.

IN THE MATTER OF BEIN MEYER an INTERIM DIVIDEND £2.3.0.EUSES, HUGHES & HOUGH have

& COMPANY. LIMITED. AN ENEMY COMPANY WITHIN THE MEANING

OF THE SAID ORDINANCE.:

NOTICE OF SALE

OF

FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD LANDS AND BOUSES.

Sirvar AT.

Collyer Quay, De Bours Street, Frince Street, Robertson Quay, Kanisah Mariean Road, Mohamed Sultan Road and Grange Road. Singapore.

TO BE SOLD.

FY

PRIVATE TENDER..

The 31st August, 1915, has been fixed as the last day for the acceptance of tenders.

Coples of the Particulars and Conditions of Sale and form of Tender can be obtained on and after the 25th Juzo, from the Liquidafor st No. 4, Collyer Qmy, Singapore, of from the Undersigned.

SISSON & DELAY, 180. CHANGE ALLEY, Singapore, Solleiters for the Liquidator. Singapore, tot July, 1915.

{786

TO LET.

FROM 1st September next, desirable SIX

EIGHT ROOMED Residouces in

Broadwood and Wong Nei Chong Roads, the lattor commanding a Fine View of the Base

Course.

For farms and particulas, apply to-

THE BONGKONG LAND INVEST. MENT & AGENCY Co, L.

Hongkong, 16th July, 1915.

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CHINA -TRADERS" INSURANCE-

COMPANY, LTD.

NOTICE.

TAROM this date or until further Notice

during my Temporary Abenzos from the Colony, Mr. C. M. G. BURNIE will Act as Soerstary of the Company,

By Order of the Board,

C. MONTAGUE EDE

Secretary,

Ifongkong, 12th July, 1915.

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UNION INSURANCE: SO0IETY: OF CANTON, LIMITED.

NOTICE,

FROM this date or until further Notice. during my Temporary Absence from the Colony, Mn. C. M. G. BURNIE will Act us Secretary of the Society

By Order of the Board,

10. MONTAGUE EDE,

Beerstary.

Hongkong, 12th July, 1915.

WANTED.

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per Share, subject to deduction of Income Tax,

has been declared for the Half-Year ending | Aactjou, 30th June, 1915, at rate of 1/3, 5/16 per dollar.

recolved fastructions to sell by Public

ON MONDAY,

The Dividend will be Payablo on and after the 10th day of July, 1915, st three o'clock P.M., MONDAY, the 18th August, 1015, at the

at their "Amotion Room, No. 8, Des Voor Offices

Road Central, of the Corporation, where Shareholders are requested to apply for Warrants,

The REGISTER of SHARES of the Corporation will be CLOSED from MONDAY, the 2nd August. to SATURDAY, the 14th August, 1916 (both days inclusive), during which period no Transfer of Bhares can be Registered.

By Order of the Court of Directors,

N. J. STABB.

Chief Manager.

· Hongkong, 13th July, 1915,

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THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- MENT AND AGENOY CO., LIMITED.

'N INTERIM DIVIDEND of Three sad

A Half Dollars per Share for the six months ending 30th June, 1816, will be Payable on THURSDAY, the 2916 July, on which date Dividend Warrants may be obtained on applica tion at the Company's Ofos.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from TUESDAY, the 20th July, to THURSDAY, the 29th July (both days Shares can be Registered inclusive), during which period no Transfer of

By Order of the Board of Directors,

MOWBRAY & NORTHCOTE,

Acting Secretary. Hongkong, 13th July, 1815,

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THE WEST FOINT BUILDING CO., LIMITED.

от

N INTERIM DIVIDEND of Two Dollars per Share for the ix months ending 30th June, 1916, will be Payable on THURSDAY, 28th July, on which date Dividend Warrants

may be obtained application at the Company's Offen.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be OLOSED from TUESDAY, the 20th July, to THURSDAY, the 20th July (both days inefasive), during which period so Transfer of Shares can be Registered.

By Order of the Board of Directors.

* MOWERAY S. NORTHCOTE,

Acting Secretary to the HONGKOND LAND INVESTMENT & AGENOT Co., LTD. Gendral Agents for the WEST POINT BUILDING Co., LTD.. Hoogkong, 13th July, 1915,

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NOTICE.

A SHIFT ENGINEER (Marine Englasur WE bag to say that our late father,

THE VALUABLE LEASEHOLD PROPERTIES,

Situato at Shaukiwan in the Colony of Hong- kong and known 88 SHAUKIWAN LOIS Nos, 58, 129, 378 and 291 in Four Lots. LOT 1-Comprises 2 well-built Dwelling Houses known as 13 and 15, Shankciwan Main Rond sad 4 single-roomed Chinese Dwelling- Houses.

LOT -Comprises all those well-buili

INTIMATION

EY APPOINTMENT.

WATSON'S

DRY

GINGER-ALE.

Dwelling Houses known id Nos. 15, 17 and 19, FRAGRANT, Main Street and Noa, 18, 20, 22. 23 and 24, Praya Shonkiwan West

LOT 3-Comprises a Piece or Parcel of Ground and Foreshore containing an Área of 2.970 square foot, a well appointed site for Buildings or Ship Building Yard.

Ground and Foreshore containing an Ares of LOT 4-Comprises a Piece or Parsel of 3.700 square feet now used as a Ship Building Yard and Slip.:

Particulars and conditions of sale "may be obtained from Messrs, DEACON, LOOKER, DEACON &

HARSTON,

Solicitors,

1. De Voeux Road Central, and also from -MESSES. HUGHES & HOUGE,

The AuctionVOTE. Hongkong, 13th July, 1915.

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IMPORTANT AUCTION OF LAND IN SWATOW.

of

L. MOORE & CO., LTD.

(Established 1874), “

AVING been favoured, with instructions

from The FBTOTRE

the estate of FRANK HARRY HYDE (in Bankruptcy), will sell by Public Avation within their Salesrooms,

Os TUESDAY, the 10th August, 1915, at. 4 F., precisely. THAT VALUABLE AND VERY DESIRABLE PARCEL OF LAND, situato in the Foreign Settlement of Swatow and kaown as the site of the Sestow Hotel (which Hotel was recently destroyed by fire),

PARTICULAR The Land I held under one Foreign sud two Chinese title deeds.

The Area of the Land in

3,120 SUPERFICIAL FEET.

AROMATIC.

DRY.

Its

Dryness is a feature

which has helped to give this drink the popularity it so deserves.

well

PINTS $1.00 Per Doz. SPLITA 60 Crs.

TEADE

MARK

Major-General Ventria, who sucoeds Major-General Kelly in command of the Troops in China, arrived in the Colony

have on many previous occasions nobly

Mr. Cecil Holliday, of Shanghai, has Baswered the call of distress from the taken over the position of Acting Cou West River region, and in this they havo mandant of the Legion of Frontiersten, always been most gonerously supported C. Division, the substantive appointment by the European community. The Tung being subject to confirmation by bend Wah Hospital Committee and the Chinese quarters. This position was rendered General Chamber of Commerce two of vacant by the absence of Captain J. W. T. the most important Chiness organisations Douglas, now serving with the British in the Colony-were prompt to tela Expeditionary Force in. Flanders. nction, as umal," when the extent of the

News has been received in Yokohama of damage caused by the floods up the river became known. The relief of this distress of Mr. W. B. Walter, elder brother of the the death, at Mentone, on the 4th miting, was in itself a task sufficiently appalling Inte Mr. Jas, Walter, but with the great city of Canton now

The fate Mr. W. overwhelmed by floods, and sad two B. Walter was a well-known resident of thousand houses destroyed by fire, the

Yokohama for many 7 years, being the head. magnitude of their task is immeasureably of the local office of Messrs Jardine, increased. It is only too apparent that Matheson & Co, for a considerable perind thousands of sufferers far up the river, until he retired and left for Enginud who, had Canton renvained, as in former about twelve years ago. years, unaffected by the flood, might have confidently relied on curly relief from the pangs of hunger at least, must be left very largely to their terribly faté, Flood, fire and famine in the important region yesterday. Formal farewell was taken of South China will claim ni toll from the

the Legistative Council yenter population this year greater than hae day of Major General Kelly, C., even beou known before. Though, owing who has been in command of the to circumstances which are perfectly well Troops for the past two years. Tho understood, the Colonial Government is sentiments expressed both by H.E. tho not on the present occasion making an Governor and by the Hon. Mr. Hewett are appeal to the community for subscriptions, shared, wo aro sure, by the entire the of the European community who Colony Major-General and Mrs Kelly are desirous of subscribing towards the and Miss Kelly embark from Murray Pier relief of this widespread distress and wo at 11.30 pm on Saturday.. are sure there are many to whom this

It is stated that the P. and O. stonmer applies--can send donations to the Sobre Nubia, wrecked near Colombo, had an tary for Chinese Affairs, or to the Chairman of the Directors of the Tung-

board the following approximate cario: Wah Hospital, who makes an appeal in For Hongkong 1,530 bales cotton, for our columns to-day for donations, large Shanghai 1,200 bales corton, and for China or small Hongkong has on many 12,534 bales twist and general. cocasions given substantial proof of its pires that there was no pilot aboard the doon sympathy with the people of Chinu Nubia when she grounded. It is stated when calamities of this character have a pilot was on his way out to meet her, produced widespread suffering, and when owing to the rough seas the smali though the special demands which the war bost conveying him broke adrift from the unhappily continue to make steam-tender and cumpiled his return to must have first claim on the bone harbour. The Nubia was coming in at volence of the British community, we her own risk.

Trust

have no doubt whatever that the appeal

in

It trans

which Mr. Lo CHEUNG-SHI makes in our POLICEMEN FOR THE FRONT. columns to-day will evoke response

FAREWELL CONCERT IN POLICE COMPUND..

THE Nourn boundary measurer 52 FRET and A. S. WATSON which will leave no doubt na to the deep

The Sour

THE EAST

is bounded by property of the Estate of Diroke & Co. boundary measures 52 FEET and is bounded by a 15. Foot Road. boundary measures 60 FEET and bounded by the Maritime Customs property. THE WEST boundary measures 60 FZIT and he i bounded by a 18 Foot Road.

The property is in the heart of the Foreign Bottlement and comprises one of the best business sitas in the port.

STU HAR MING, alias IV TAX SIND, Preferred) is required of the Elsetrie | alias LU TSUN SHAU, a native of Ping Yuen Company's Generating Station Ne objection district, Kwong Tong, who was poor, when to married man,

young, and who proceeded to Ipoh, Perak, and First application, in writing, accompanied by Seremban, in the Straits Settlements, to work details of experience and ating, to Station minus for many years, succeded in obtaining a Superintendent, Generating Station, Wanch L. large sum of money, which was sent back to his Hongkong, 13th July, 1918, de 17749 dative country and invested fu real estate, ze over Sists Houses for Shops in Swatow sad Mat Yoon district, and over Twenty Houses, Stops and Sable, together with over Three

of The will, as advertised, be | Thousand

FOR IMMEDIATE SALE.

CONDITIONS OF SALE may be obtained on application to the Office of this paper or direct from THE AUCTIONEERS,

SEALED BIDS.

RAN Pony Idasi Dahili, winter and place. These properties wars algistared in the Shanghai, ti won ou seriod, he had in

should win in

Re

Apply

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L2-COM WYNDHAM-QUEN, Hongkong, 10th July, 1918.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF

HONGKONG.

PROBATE JURISDICTION. MARIA RUPINA CONCEIÇÃO

LUBIO, desemed,

N°

VOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Court has, by virtue of Section 58 of Ordinance No. 9 of 1897 made an Order limiting Claims against the above Delate to the link hair the time for Cred tarsa! others to send in their

of July, 1915.

All Creditors and others arescceedingly hereby required to send particulars of their Claims in

to the Undezigned on or before that date.

Dated the 13th day of July, 1915.

DEACON, LOOKER, DEACON &

HARSTON, Solicitors for the Executor.

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HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.

NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY

Magistrate's Yame of Ching Hoi Mul-yuen and Ping yun, title deeds being held for them and tax regularly paid in respect of them.

Unfortunately, our late father died on the 23rd day of the Eleventh Moon last year in his native country, Ping-yum district. There are seventeen sons of the deceased and each of us in entitled to a share of the said property. The first son, named Ju Yank Hou, died sometime prerfomaly and left two sous named In Hin Wan and In Yan Wan; the second son was named In Yonk Leung aliae Iu Kot Pang: the thied In Youk Ko, alias In Fake Ngom; the fourth In Yeuk Ngo, alias In Ya Sam; the fifth In Youk Kai, alias Shing Chai, the sixth Tu Tenk Wah: the seventh In Your Fook, alias In Kal M the eighth In Yenk Chow

resident in Shanghai an opportunity to bid Sealed Off In SHANGRAI Tarla will be accepted, which Offers will be opened in the rostrum at the time of the assle and in the presence of the Trusted

L. MOORE & Co., Læv., 45, Klangse Road,

Shanghai Anotionsors.

81763

Shanghai, 6th July, 1915.

R.

NOTICE.

NY EUROPEAN, Non-Asiatic or Indian

In Chin Ping, the ninth in Yonk Sa, alias A desiring to leave the Colony should apply

& CO., LTD.

FRATED WATER MANUFACTURERS.

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Losson Orsions: 181, Frase Beatze, 2.C. Fomasa Dam 106. DI Tour Lon 3

The Baily Press.

HONGKONG, JULT 16TH, 1815.

THE APPALLING DISASTER, IT would be difficult to exaggerate the gravity of the position created by the floods which, besides devastating the en tire valley of the West River, have on this occasion wrought unparalleled disaster to the city of Cantor,

Three-fourths

and heartfelt sympathy of the Colony with the Chinese people of the mainland in the unprecedented calamity by which they have been so suddenly overwhelmed

The twelve members of the Hongkong Police Force who have volunteered for active service had a splendid public smid- off last evening, when a farewell enter- tainment was given in their honour in the

A pail for Europe vid Siberia closes compound of the Centra Police Station. to-morrow at 5 p.in.

A London wire, dated June 30th, men; tions that Rubber has reached 2/6 per

An enthusiastic Committee, with the Hon. Captain Superintendent of Police, Chairman, L. S. A. Clark as Hon. Serë-, os Hon. Président, Inspector Gordon, as

sometary, and L. S. Peplow as Hon. Tragaurer. the function, and they were backed by the worked very hard to ensure the success of willing help of practically every Euro- pean member of the Force.

Mar Mes Cheung sends us interesting photographs of the floods Canton.

Mr. A. V. Ward, late accountant with William C. Jack & Co. has joined the Sportmanen's Battalion Fusiliers.

The Yangtsze river is reported to have broken over its banks in several places and inundated the country behind and around Wuhu.

Reconstruction of the Fukien Road kay-

Among those present were the Colonial Hom Captain Superintendent of Folive, Secretary (Hon Mr. Claud Beveru), the the Crown Solicitor (Mr. P. M. Hodgson), the Deputy-Superintendent of Police (Mr. Superintendent (Mr. T. H. King), Mr. P. P. J. Wodehouse), the Assistant. E. H. Sharp. K.C., the Deputy-Superin- tendent of Police (Reserve), Mr. D. 0. Jenkin, Mr. C. D. Melbourne, and Inspector (Reserve) C. F Maro

The contributors to the programos in- cluded the Hon. Colonial Secretary, In- spector Allan (R. N. Yard Folico), Mesere.

W.

are described as being flooded to a depth way Company's service of reilles cars. Cawgy, E. Relphs. 7. Oxberry, of that large and densely populated city ing been completed, the Shanghai Tram

Lou Chai; the tenth In Yeak Hing, alias In Uin writing for permission to do so to the Min; the eleventh In Youk Ching, alias In But Captain SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, at least Ting the twelfth Is Youk Taol; the thirteenth 48 hours before the intended hour of departure, of this calamity has followed a fire which with every prospect of success In Your Young; the fourteenth In Teak Kwai giving name, nationality, age, se height has destroyed upwards of two thousand

of from seven to ten feet, and on top along that road has been re-opened, and

the fifteenth In Tenk Wong; the sixteenth and occupation of the applicant, and stating the houses. Last year's flooding of the West News has been received in Shanghat Home were called on to the platform, and

HOPER,

DRINK

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In Yonk Cheang: the seventeenth Tu Toukame of the steamer or other vesicl or the hour Ming; and there are also six or seven grand- of the train by which the applicant wishes to As we have so many near relations, it is their passes at the CENTRAL POLIOR STATION leave. Applicants should apply in person for feared that among them there may be ono or between-the-hours of 9 am to 1 P.M. and two who might secretly contrast debts, ̈ All we brothers, therefore, had a meeting and decided

Hongkong, 10th July, 1915, that no one be allowed secretly to sell or mortgage the said property. We therefore beg to announce publicly, as we fear that our distant relative or Erlends are ignorans of the fact, that the said property cannot be mortgaged

played security for obtaining loans of money secretly, and if any of our brothers will be held at the Offices of the HoxoRONG should have secured any loan on such security Jocker CLUE, aitante on the Ground Floor of the creditors should demand the repayment of the HONGKONG CLUB ANNELE, Chater Fondit trom the one who is responsible for H, other. Hongkong, on TUESDAY, the 20th day ofwise wo will not be held responsible for any July, at Noos, when the subjoined debt contracted, Resolation will be proposed as an Extraordinary Resolation

MEETING. NOTIC

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Members of the above Club

1915.

That the Rules and Regulations of the KONGEONO JOCKEY CLUB be altered in the mmaner following-

"That the following Clause be inserted after Clause 38, viz, :--

SignedTu Yenk Ngo, In Youk Kai,

To Yeuk Chow, In Yeuk Fook,

or

In Yeak Leang, In Yoak Ko

In Youk Wah, In Yenk Su Tu Teuk Tsoi, In Youk Hing, In Yenk Ching, In Yenk Yeung, In Yenk Cheong, In Yenk Kyai, In Yeak Wong, In Yeak Ming, 4th June, sth Republican Year. Hongkong, 24th June, 1915,

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"33A-Any Member who is adjudicated

"Bankrupt, or who compounds with hig “ereditors under the provisions of any Act "relating to Bankruptcy, or whose name ***in ofimally published as an outlaw. **or who is the subject of a nation between which and Great Britain a state of war “exists, or who shall be imprisoned for a #grimio-l offence or shall be disinised. frain the Public Service with disgrass, **shall, ipso facto, cesse to be a Member *of the Club, and shall forfeli all right to the use of, or claim upon, any property “in the Club; 'but it shall be lawful for the

Stewards, on the written application of EN the Government Dredger "ST.

NOTIOR.

ENOOH" is working in the Harboré "aah Member, after enquiry, to restore she will fly by day & RED BURGES at the fore his name to the booke of the Club and sad by night carry 2 BED 2. Ligars One at each

All Craft are warned to pass Outside 100

the Member to re-admitted shall not be

Demasthead.

“called upon to pay soy Entrance Fee Meth

Should the above Bosolution be passed by the yards from bow or stern and steamers 175-10

ALLSOPP'S

BRITISH PILSENER

BEER.

SOLE AGENTS:

CALDBECK,

MACGREGOR&C

River left Caaton unaffected-though that Mr. W. J. O. Budd, of the Municipal that flood was the heaviest known in the Electricity Department, who obtained memory of the oldest inhabitant. But commission as Lieutenant in the South the damage done and the distress crented Wales Borderers, has been pilted in action by last year's flood, and the loss of life at the Dardanelles. it occasioned have been immensely exceeded by the present calamity.

As

The

Gonzales orchestra also rendered selec tions of music.

The twelve policemen who are going

they would prove by their conduct a ere loudly cheered. Inspector Gordon hoped dit to the Empire and to the Celony and Sergeant Spillett, who briedy replied on behalf of the contingent, said they were going on.sericas business and they knew They would use their best endeavours to maintain the high reputation of this Hongkong Polles Force..

it

Count O'Kelly, of the Chinese Maritimo the Hon. Mr. Lau CHU PAR pointed out Customs, who went to the front come

LARGE OPIUM HAULS. in the brief interview with a represen months ago, has been appointed an inter.

EUROPEAN HOTEL PROPRIETOR tative of the Daily Press, the innundation preter with the British Forces.

IN CUSTODY. of Canton, has aggravated most seriously Count is of an old Irish family which emi- the difficulties of the relief organisations, gratedo France last century.

Before Mr. Wood, at the Magistracy Mr. Lo Man-kam, son of Mr. Lo Cheung-yesterday, L. Birot was charged with importing, and also with being in unlaw

because Conton has hitherto been the important one of relief distribution for

the West Rivor region But on this shin, Chairman of the Tang Wa Hospital,ful possession of, 83,842 taels of prepared

occasion Canton itself is suffering even

has passed bis final emmination as solici

worse than the villages along the Wetter with first-class honours, and is now on River, and the burden is cast on the his way out to Hongkong by the sty charitable organisations of feeding the Fasaka Maru, due as the 9th August

of the southern great population

The commercial wireless station at Cape metropolis. All the rice shops, with their stocks of the staple food Agmilar was opened for busincas yester

day. The station is connected with the fof the

people, are Blooded. What that means to a populous city like Canton

Post Office by means of the telegraph and can be better imagined than described telephone. In addition to the ordinary There are to reliable census returns in commercial messages, arrangements are China, and estimates of the population king made for exchanging weather re of the city of Canton vary considerably, ports with steamers at sea but if we accept an estimate made a few

years ago by the Maritime Customus

The Ching Times says:—It is rumour-

authorities that the population of Cantered that in order to uniform the Chinase

is approximately 2,500,000, it will enable finances the Central Government intends

opium valued at 835,000, No evidence was called and the defendant was remand- ed in custody until Saturday,

It appears that on Wednesday Inspec tors Wilden and McMillan boarded the Immun and visited Birot's cabin Hore they found the boxes. Defendant was asked for the keys, and when the boxes were opened they were found to contain 3,842 faels of opium,

In reply to Mr. Wood defendant said the boxes were given to him at Amoy and he was asked to forward them to Saigon : and for this purpose be intended placing them on the French mail.

ON THE FRENCH MAIL.

The Revenue Department made further big seizure of prepared opium yesterday on board the French mail

required majority it will be submitted for ease their engines to slow when passing within WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS to realize something of the magnitude to Balgamate Shui-woctu or the Cus Polynesien Particulare, and details are

Pensities to a Special Resolution to a Second 930 yards of this dredger when working. Extraordinary General Meating whink will ho

absequently convened.

By Order

T. F. HOUGH,

Clerk of the Course. Hongkong, 10th July, 1915.

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C. W. BECKWITHI, Commander, B.N

Harbour Master, &s, Harbour Department, Hongkong, 18th July, 1918.

15. Qur's Road Central.

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of the burden which his so suddenly had toms Directorate into the Ministry of Fin-not yet available, but is stated that a

to be undertaken by the charitable ance, and that as thie will concern the

en by t organizations. A great part of this foreign Powers, China will shortly nego burden must naturally fall upon the Clytiate with them, especially Great Britain, nese organisations in Hongkong, which about the same.”

Frenchman on board was arrested and that the selling value of the opium, if up

to Goverment standard, will probably be in the region of 2000,000. The opium was contained in a large number of packing trunks and cases,