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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1715, 1917.

COMPAÑIA GENERAL DE

TABACOS

DE FILIPINAS

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Cable Address:

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AUKSTS.

HONGKONG'S IMPORTS AND

EXPORTS.

SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORTS FOR

1918.

The report of the Superintendent Imports and Exports (Mr. R. Hutchison) for the year 1010 states :—

LIQUORS CONSOLIDATION GRDINANCE.

The revenue collected from liquor duties and licensed warehousen for 191

8798,702.24, AS compared with 8026,574,97 in 1915. The general details are as follows.

wus

1916.

Duties, European Liquors...$208,595,84 Duties, Chinese Liquors ......

Licensed Warehouse Fees...... Licensed Warehouse Overtime

Fecs

COMPANY REPORT. HONGKONG HOTEL CO., LTD.

year ending 20th June, 1917 (including the sum of $42,493,32 brought forward), amounted 4 $143,334.98, which it is pre- posed to apportion as follows:- To pay a dividend of $3 per share on 20,000 shares. To transfer to repairs and re:

newals account i

60,000.00

**ON THE DEFENSIVE,

(BY

AN ENGLISIMAŃ-"']

TH

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PRIVATES AT 18,

NOT TO BE OVERWORKED.

COMPULSORY GAMES,

Throughout England special battalions

Three years ago the German arrogance. The Directors' report to be presented at the half ycurly meeting of the Hong- seemed invincible. It stood out in all of kong Hotel Company, Ltd., on September its crudity as a hideous thing that neither of young men, all under the age of n 0.1at, states that the profit for the half-time nor change could affect. We must years and 8 months, are now in training In order that these win," said a German pastor, because for the Army the downfall of Germaniam would mean splendid lads may not be broken in train- Germanism ing, a special syllabus has been prepared the downfall of humanity tetters to the brink of destruction, and and issued to the commanding officers of humanity will be the more firmly set upon these young battalions, It is intended its feet when Germanism has disappeared...that this should indicate the maximum of And then there were obedient profes- work required to be done by the young sors who attempted to enwarp, their FaClass A reoruit. Commanding officera We may, if the weather is trying or the lads thorland in a cloak of mystery. 20,000.00 understand all foreign nations," said are not equal to the course, modify the 1,000.00 Professor Sombart; none of them un training, and many, it is understood, do

can this at their own discretion. 62,334.98derstand us, and hong of them

By comparison with the syllabus issued understand us." The simplicity of this utterance is beyond the scope of any save for the training of full-grown recruita Hun. Almost daily since the war be the 18-year-olds course is moderate. It gan the Germans have betrayed their allows time for a graduated instruction misunderstanding of foreign nations.in physical drill and preliminary harden- ing of muscles. It recognises the fact None of their prophecies has come true.

The vast mass of information gathered that the boys require organised games, and docketed in Borlin has proved use lectures, and education in many misttera less, because its collectors did not know besides the right way to use a bayonet or the proper meaning of their facts when dig a trench. they had got them. And wo Allies under- stand the Germans as easily as we under stand words of one syllable. Their childish couning hides neither their character or their purpose from our oyes: They are revealed to us ns nakedly as pride. folly, and ambition can reveal thein.

579,376.40 6,750.00

$7.00

KAWAI,

Total

8793,769.21

No. 20, 4-chome

1915,

Duties, Haropean Liquors...$173,001.24 Duties, Chinese Liquors. Licensed Warehouse Fees...... Licensed Warehouse Overtime

Fecs

"KAWAIKITA,"Metal Import & Export Merchant. Andoji-mneki,

itss always in Stock Large Quantities of

GALVANISED FLAT AND CORRUGATED SHEETS

(Both Americau and Japanese Make) :

Thickness 21, 28, 29 and 30 Gautres.

OSAKA.

AMERICAN TIN ILATES 14in. x 20in. in 100, 20, 85 ancì. 80 lb. cases,

On account of the English sund Aurerican suppliers having bren unable to ship regularly the above articles for some time past, I am continually receiving large orders from buyers in the following ports:

MANILA, SHANGHAI, HONGKONG, TIENTSIN, PENANG. SIN- GAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR, BANOKOK, SAIGON, HAIPHONG,

CALCUTTA, BOMBAY, HANOI, RANGOON,

SEMARANG, HARRIN, VLADIVOSTOCK.

SOERAPAYA,

Merenants dealing at or with the above ports will be supplied with C.LF. quotations immediately on receipt of inquiry.

Correspondence Solicited.

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Grown on British owned plantations

s the British West Indian Island

of Montserrat,

Stipped in British vessels.

Montserrat

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The finest health beverage.

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Known as the

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Total

447,533.73 6,000.00

40.00 8626,574.97

On 1st Mardi, 1916, a general increase fwas made in the duty on all varieties of intoxicating liquor. The increase made varied for the different kinds of liquore but can be taken, roughly, as an average increase of 25 per cent.

the receipts from The increase in European liquors does not equal the amount of the crease in the duty, but the decrease in the consumption thus shown is due to the general conditions off the trade

To write off steam launch To carry forward to new afc:

Total

$143,331.98

SHIPPING NEWS. JAPAN, AND THE ALLIED FREIGHT AGREEMENT.

18

The training course is divided into twelve fortnightly periods. During the first fortnight 64 hours of work are ex pected. Twelve hours of this time aro given to organised games and education, in subsequent periods 14 hours are set aside for the same purpose.

VALUE OF BOXING,

of boxing, football, and cricket as a aid to the training of the young recruit. All must take part in them, and coromand. the temptation to form one or two high- ing officers are specially required to avoid class teams at the expense of the rest of the battalion.

Attached to the party of Viscount Ishii, Japan's special envoy to the United States, who sailed from Yokohama for the United States on July 28th, are fears, Miyazaki and Inauye, of the Department of Communications, who will explain to the United States the reasons why Japan does not wish to enter the proposed agree

And nevertheless their arrogance The value of manly games in training ment which the Allied Powers contem plate making with a view to restricting worn threadbare by the war. The brave has for some years been recognised in the of victory upon victory," training manuals, and it is a welenme sign

lie the soaring tendency of vegan freight | days rates. The reasons have already been when Europe sermed

proof the times that the Army Council so made public in Japaut and are to the effect strate at Germany's font, are over emphasises the moral and physical value past. The army did not go home victori that while in Great Britain, France. and America legislation has been made to control ous, as the Kaiser promised it should, ocean freight rates in the hands of the before the leaves of 1914 were off the trees. And the vaunting soul William II. government, in Japan the government

He who once had not been given such a power, the must perforce content itself with more

modes: hopes and wishes. The trade in Chinese liquors is in a Japanese shipping companies remaining shouted aloud that he was the immortal very Bourishing slate. The increase in the quite independent of the government in

how congratulates his army that it stands duty on Chinese liquors is more than fully the point of their services and freightag. conqueror, the Alexander of our days, on the defensive. No longer Dobly shown in the increase of revenue, and except in the case of the subsidized ser- at the same time the export of Chinese vices and under such circumstances there does he brag of the punishment that he winea and spirits from the Colony shows is great difficulty in the way of Japan will indiet upon those who dare to oppose his will. He has lost all desire to attack. a satisfactory increase as compared with joining in the agreement,

Hindenburg, he pretends, stands firin 1915. The local distilleries continue to

and that is enough for him. There was do well and have limefited considerably

a time when he prayed that the English the general improvement in the trade

troops might meet his Bavarians--only in Chinese wines and spirits for which The output for the Colony is a mucket,

In our issue of the 13th inst., we punce. He is proud now if the Bavarians 19:6 was 1,31,460 gallons.

lished, under the heading "Freight and bear the onslaught of the contemptible little army without flinching. And in OPIUM MONOPOLY.

Reciprocity," an extract from a Cantonspite of himself he has suffered a change Arrangements were made to purchase Silk Circular containing a criticism of of heart: no longer does he dream of raw opin diect from the Indian Govthe French Mail's attitude. Since then, victory; he would be happy after Mes erate from the beginning of the year; the following correction, which we gladly sines it he may escape defeat, and regular montily supplies are now reproduce, has appeared in the Canton shipped by the Indian Government. The Silk Circular arrangement has proved very atisfuctory In our Circular No. 5 we are inform. The total quantity of raw opiam boileded that our remarks were incorrect con daring the year, including confiscatel raw cerning the reservation of space in French opiam, was 566 chests as compared with boats being kept exclusively for Franch friis. The space eventually available in the Porth was circulated to all, vrres patice of nationality."

345 chests in 1913.

The gross revrnur derived from the sale of opium was $5,811,110.13-as compares

The price of with $4,763,028.59 1915. prepaved opium was raised twice during the year: on February oth it was raised. to $11.50 per tart and again im April 20th id $12 per tack,

"FREIGHT AND RECIPROCITY”

THE GREAT CRIMINAL..

On the defensive" By the use of this phrase he entesses his withered hopes. We all remember the Prussian adige that the only defence possible is offence.

The old horses of the Kaiser were Barbarossa, Frederick,

urek,

who

the hard, men fotke, Bis-

In the fourth fortnight of training, when the troubles of inoculation, vaccina tion, and dentistry have been overcome, the battalion falls into a settled routine involving 84 hours' work per fortnight for the recruit, the youngest of whom is then over 18 years and 2 mouths old. Ho now divides his time as follows:

Hours-

Physion Training

10

Henning Training

10

Bayonet Training

Sound Drill .....

15

Musketry and Mininture Range

"Fructice

18

Interior Economy

Night Work

Guards

Anti-gas

Bombing

Ronte Marching (without packs)... Special, Lectures

84

Tatérias economy" includes such es did not wait to be attacked. It is to satial matters as kit inspection, care of them,

"who wrote a professor in 19912 offered up thousands of fives, that the equipment, and fitting of clothes. IMPORTATION AND EXPORTATION ORDINANCE. Soul of the people goes out with tenderest Lectures include plain talks on discipline, Behygiene, sanitation, exprit de corpe, first. As mentioned in last year's report affection, with adoring gratitude, legislation was introduced in December, onse they did what now we ought to do aid and casualties, and, later on, Erench 1915, to enable the department to deal holiest raptures of homage are paid warfare, contaimont, co-operation with

to these Titans of the Blood-Deed," The artillery, and aircraft.

splendid, sound in the Blood Deed hat

is days of peace. But three years of hard war have intervened, and the Kaiser overjoyed that his trops, the sons of use hard men of blood who fought under

should stand

on the defensive.?

stoall

It may surely feel a legitimate years ago our army was contemptible and greatest machine of miltarism that ever was built up by hard work and ingenuity to defend itself.

| duction would appear to be largely due portation and Exportation Ordinance, baressa and Frederick and who had not benefited by their school

IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF LAW DESIM

79

A large number of seizures were again and during the year (97,176 tnels of ra optum: 21,588,7 tacs of prepared with importation and exportation

EDUCATION COURSES. pm and 758.6 thefs of dross opium), of goods to and from the Colony with the

Education hours provide not only for bus the amount of the seizures of raw object of controlling the movement of opitin shows a large reduction is co-prohibited goods and of preventing priced with the figures for 1016. Thin re trading with the enemy. Under the Im

the teaching of the 3 R's to those lady days, but in addition gives for all the better educated interesting institution to steps taken in the United Kingdom to with a few very minor exceptions, no- prevent the export of raw opium. There goods can be exported from the Colony

from military and imperial, point of is a slight increase in the seizure of without an export permit. The same rule

in subjects which are likely to be of value prepared uphum. As mentioned in pre-applies to imported goods with the pride today that it has forced the view. vions reports the tinfic in smuggled opium ception of goods from river ports and

A wise provision of the course for the is a traffe through the Colony and paiyarts are allowed to land their cargo

young recruit requires that there shall be no route marching with packs during only be visfactory dealt with at the with permit, manifest only of such

And the Kaiser has en rush enough the first 14 weeks; this prevents the risk various sources of eupply. a cargo being furnished to the departaient.

This exception is necessary to prevent to admit that he best chance of victory of lads being knocked up by carrying an indu hindrance to this short-distance lies in the dim prospect of his enemies accustomed weight before they are fit An agreement was made in Octanga |

He, de Hindenburg, heto do so. 1916, under which the Commissioner for traffic. In the case of certain classes of exhaustion. the suppression of opium for the province gouds export is only allowed under bonhopes, will stand iron the defen In the fearth fortnight running train

until the ardour and the courage ing begins and three hours of the fortnight of the English wear themselves out are given to route marching. Bombing with NOTHING IS MORE EMBAH-of Kwangtung undertook to purchase the that a satisfactory landing certificats: sive,"

remaining stock of certified opium held will be returned from the devins “ OLD

RASSING THAN EXTREME in Hongkong from the opitum merchants destination. In more important is not thus that Alexander put the East dummy bombs is alau practised. In the of Hongkong. The disturbances in the cases, exportation is only allowed after beneath his heel; it is not thus that Casa fifth, the first part of the general THINNESS.

Kwangtung province appear to have in reference to the Secretary of State for created an Empire; it is not thus that musketry course is fired, fill engineering: It is the plump, well-developed man

erfered with the carrying out of this the Colonies. In addition to controlling Napoleon imused his laws and his bro

a useful soldier. Cere he is becoming SQUARE" cats the melons" and has the fun agreement, and after the first two months the class of goods exported, the permit thers upon the nations of Europe. But begins, and the young recruit feels that of the year the export of opium to the system ale enables the department tu is satisfies, the Kaiser, who once counted racial drill does not form part of the socially.

check the shippers and cansignees of goods himself among the great captains, the training, until the tenth fortnight.

irresistible conquerors. He cannot any Seraway,

skinny people are seldom Kwangtung province practically peased.

Commanding officers are asked to pay popular. We all admire fine figures. The total amount of certified opiam imunter the White and Black List eysten." No dressmaker can hide a bony, skinnyported into the Kwangtung province. The work involved in the issue, of perlonger hope to wrest the vitory from special attention to the men who sim

foes. And he prays that time and Hin during the year only amounted to nuts, and the checking of such permits denbarg's resistance may weary them, aptitude for command with a view to

trajuing theni

non-emissiotied You ought to test the one guaranteed chests, To Shanghai 180 chests were ex against ships' manifests, has been very

Nor is it only on the battlefield that thus officers.

He reliable Treatment which has made ported. Persian opium continued to be considerable,

Transhipment Portits issued

6.218 Kaiser Stands on the defensive."

The above syllabus is drawn up for the good" for years in England, which has imported into the Colony, practically the

97,031 defends himself also in the dock. He is Class A man. For mea of the lower taken Americs by storm and which has whole imports going forward to Formosa Import Permits issued Export Portaits, issued

3,701 the great criminal, called to answer at been awarded a gold medal and diplozia Uncertified opium was imparted for the of honour at Brussels, Belgium.

Juper Monifest, received Government Monopoly and the acto

Export Manifests received Nothing in history has ever approached Opium Farmer. One lot of 170 chests

Certificates of Interest received the marvellous success of this new treat uncertified opium which was being ship.

Certificazes of Origin received ment, which, according to report, hasped nominally for Mexico was returned

Landing Certificates issued made more thin folks plump than all the

tonics and ineffective medicines for to Calcutta owing to the suspicious nature

Number of applications for special postexport licence afty years reason. Plus, win of the shipment,

There's a reason. Plump, wall formed

Miscellaneous Certificates issued Number of bonds signed for the production of Landing Certi- fentes

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the bar of civilisation for his high crimes categories modified instructions are issued, 7,065 7,678 and misdemeanours. And here the pre- and a system is now in force which gives cess of defence will be yet more arduous youths and men of poor physique a six than in the trenches: He will have no weeks trial of simple exercises before. Hindenburg to support him, no Pan their future as soldiers is finally decide

He 501 Germans to argue his losing vase.

512

138

must face the censure of the world alone,

13 as an Emperor, who did not scruple for when the moral defensive proves hopeless,

144 his own ambition's sake to make var like the martial defensive, then the days upon the world and who beats upon his of the Kaiser's reign and the Kaiser's Already imperial purple the full weight of res-reputation will be numbered. 2,925ponsibility

A beginning has been made under the permit to collect statistics of the trade

„ND WALL OF VICTORY.

Some twenty States have declared war against him, as against the enemy of the buman race, and he can stand against of the port of Hongkong, but the multi- Had he come forth victorious, the task them neither in war for in peace. And It is not e lash to jaded nerves, but a On July 7th an Ordinance was intro-fariolis demitado, mude by this Ordinance of justification would have been easy at the approaching day of retribution generous upbuilder.

duced imposed a duty an alt tobaccere and the war menentes on the depart For he would have been himself at once he will regret most bitterly that insane sumed in the Colony, and the collection ment, added to the great dificulty of hair-the crional and the judge, and he would spite of arrogance which he encouraged. of this duty was undertaken by this ing room for increase staff, have made it assured have sent himself from the in his own heart and in the hearts of his department. The procedure introduced impossible to keep full records for 1916 court chivalrous and unstained. But the people. Germany is the future of said "a braggart pastor a was similar to that already in operation REVENUE ANY EXPENDITURE Ains of a beater brigand are hard to bear humanity,*-.

The nets revenue collected by the door to excise. When the butcher of Bel few years ago, and he said it to a country in regard to intoxicating liquors, with the exception that duty was charged partment during the year was $6,826,324 26 gium again persuades a State-paid pro eager to believe him. The entry does stocks of tobacen in the Colony at the as against 85,396,535.50 collected in the fessur to say that we see everywhere not believe it to-day, and in the hour of how our Gernuae soldiers respect the defeat it will repudiate the falsehood in time of the passing of the Ordinance, previous year (1915); showing an increase

sacred defencelessness of woman and a whore such stocks, extrded 100 Th 1 of 81, 4:2,745.80. Details are as follows child he will be greeted with the laugh Already Kul

ultar, which Harnack weight. Some difficulty was experienced

his mission to guard, sinks ter of irons. If a profane pastor, inspir thought ed by his Kaiser, dares to proclaim aloud to the grave And with it sink all the in the earlier stages in checking the actual stocks of tobacco in the Colony or fretlen... 7LTER.DK

that whoeter cannot prevail upon him vain hopes and the vaunting boasts of self to approve from the bottom of his the Kaiser and his hirelings. Meanwhile but, once this difficulty was overcome and put poly 5,5

heart the sinking of the Jaetoriu, him it is not for us to relax our efforts or satisfactory list had been drawn up of Forterre

we judge to be no true German," he will to weaken our offence All the courage the various kinds of tobacco that come Bague Cerriontes na Pranite:W

be booted from his pulpit. No; the and strength that are ours must be on the market, the collection of dutyocial signatures

Kaiser will have no wall of vic thrown into the attack We shall take derived from tobacco from July 15th to

for tory, to protect him. He must come no success.

granted, we shall December 31st was 8211,000, being slightly

200 forth, like the sinner who has failed and for a moment upon the despair of the in excess of the amount estimated for,

been detected, to endure the proper enemy. But at least we shall fight with As in the case of intoxicating liquors,

sentence of an outraged world.

a more cheerful heart, a greater zeal no daty is payable on tobacco imported

As his army stands on the defensive, because we know at last, on the high or manufactured for export from the

The actual expenditure of the depart so be too must defend himself morally authority of the Kaiser, that the German Colony.

abas before the tribunal of history. And army stands, and is proud to stand, on, ment for the year was

(Continued at foot of nezt column.) the defensive Daily Mail. against $777,935.52 expended en 1917

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458170

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Total

ELUME, 324 76 1,36,438.8 3,498,1 *Including 836.388.00 opium fines

transferred.

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