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BANKING IN CHINA.

TRAGIC AFFAIR AT KALGAN }

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An interesting outline of the history of AMERICAN MERCHANT SHOT BY banking in Clina was given récently at Shanghai bị bắt. Sung Hanshing, Ger aral Manager of the Bank of China. The address was given at one of the affairs held in honour of Mr. Alfred Sre, Chinem Minister to Washington.

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CS.C.C. 2ND XI. p. KOWLOON, M. Charles Opitan, an" American, who was shot by a Chinens sentry whils

The following will represent the driving out in a moter car from the gate 0.8.0.C. and XI. at Kowloon next Satur- THE CHINA INDUSTRIES of Kaigan in the company of the American day-Hill, Sara, Savage, Tacchi," Gar- DEVELOPMENT BANKING → The address follows:-

Consul, and Mrs. Celkman on December diner, Haynes, Sanford, Cullip, Cowen,

Oswick and Watson. "Banking in China is traceable to those 11th died at Peking on the 15th inst...

Reserve: C. Fin- CORPORATION, LIMITED good old days when economio ware were Reuter's correspondent at Peking gives įcher. altogether unknown on this planet of oura, he following account of the circum Our first bankers were possibly the Shane and Mr. Wooden, of Messrs. S., L stances of the tragedy:-Mr. Coltman merchanta who were far-sighted enough in Wooden & Co. of Kalgan, intended pro In this league match on Saturday at playing the part of pioneers in conduct ceeding to Urgn with $10,000 for the 2.15 p.m. at Happy Valley, the following ing the financial transactions of our purchase of goods. Mr. Sokobin, the will represent the Indians-A el domestic exchange. They were the authors American Consul; travelled in Mr. Colt Arculli (capt.), A. H. Rungahn, J. S of the Piao Ho system, and it was they man's car with the object. of expediting Carreem, A. H. Madar, E A Moosdeen, who were responsible for the making their egress from the city. Mr. Wooden N. B. Kitchell, S. H. Ismail, S. A Ismail the syees in the shape of a horseshoe.occupied a can-in the rear. Arriving at S. A. R. Ismail, and S. A. Rumjahn.

syceo in shoes,"

the inner gate, Mr. Coltman' presented a Next to Plan Fo came the native pass for the two cars, then going on to INDIAN R.C. ». ROYAL ENGINEERS. banks. They formed guilds of their own the "puter gate, accompunted by the and as their methods of doing business guard, according to the ordinary pro day at 2.15 p.m. at Sookunpoo Valley In this junior league match on Satur

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were much more popular than those of the dure. Piso Ro the latter was gradually eli- On arrival as the outer gate, the officer the following will represent the Indians' minated from the banking held in China, commanding the guard demanded and E Moosdeen (capt.), To-day the guilds of native banks are search of the cars. Mr. Sokobin asked Nazarin, D. Rumjahn, O. Rumjahr, H. still exercising a strong influence on the way and the officer replied that exportD. Rumjahn, F. M. Arculli, A. K. Minnu. Enancial market of China During the of certain commodities was forbidden. A. Wahub, I. Hassan, A. Kitchell and latter years of the Taing Dynasty banks toned several, including specie.

Asked to enumerate these, the officer men. J. Ackbar, conducted on modern lines came tato Sokobin stated that the car contained being. The number of such banks has Tls. 10,000, the export of which was not much increased since the Republican Reprohibited. The officer stated that a volution of 1911. These modern banks, mandate had been issued prohibiting the have, I am glad to say, a record of export of upwards of s'hunderd dollars. achievement, of which: China may well bo Mr. Sokohin then visited the Foreign proud...

Commissioner, pointing out that foreign The modernised banks are indeed offers, were entitled to take out money for international significance because they the furtherance of business, as had fre- have correspondents in the various large quently been done in the past. Mr cities of the world, and in some of the Sokobin intimated that the cars would leading cities abroad they are represented certainly proceed with the money and by branches of their own,"

requested the Commissioner, imediately their departure. to notify the guard not to interfere with turned and re-entered Mr. Coltman's car

Mr. Sokobin then re which started off.

"Gentlemen, you will no doubt agree with me when I say that China is under going a period of ananciai reorganisation which at the same time brings with it a number of financial problems that must be faced and solved.

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Just as it moved off, four soldiers fired," wounding Mr. Coltman and narrowly missing Mr. Sokobin. Each soldier fired The most important of these pro-more than one shot. Mr. Coltman was blems is, I maintain, the unification of then takea home, afterwards journeying Chinese currency. Here in Shanghai we to Peking by special train. The bullet had zuar do our own part in this big scheme. entered and passed out of his shoulders, Let us continue to advocate the abolition | injuring the spinal vertebra. of sycee. At present practically in every part of the interior the Republican dollar has been the main currency. Formerly during the period known as the cocoon Beuson the proportion": between" "Afexican dollars and Dragon dollars that were placed in circulation, in si city like Wusih aud, for this matter, in other cities, was 8 to 2. Now there is hardly a single Mexican dollar in every hundred.

THE EARTHQUAKE AT

UNZEN...

THE PANIC AT NAGASAKİ

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Japan the Nagasaki Press of December With reference to the earthquakes in 10th saysThe inhabitants of Nagasaki "The next point I wish to mention is appear to have escaped pas of life or the imaginary Haikwan Tael which has serious injury, although the margin of been adopted by the Maritime Customs safety was very narrow, judging by the for the purpose of the collection of duty. damage sustained by some of the build. There is no reason why Government in-ings in the old foreign settlement. The come should not be collected in dollars, last really violent shock was that ex in view of the fact that other government perienced at 9.30 on Friday afternoon, revenues are collected in dollars.

but minor shocks occurred at intervals up to one o'clock yesterday afternoon. Friday night was dreaded by large num bers of people and many spent it on school grounds and other open spaces. The Chinese residents, or a great number of them, took to sampans and lighters Is there any room for doubt that China and spent the night in the harbour. The ia in great demand of silver dollars Cercaptain of the British str. Gleniffer very tainly not when we have before has the tion of his vessel at the disposal of the kindly placed the passenger accommoda indisputable fact that the importation of foreign community and 14 residents took, silver bars has steadily increased in recens advantage of the offer. times. Every one of these bara, Gentle mon, has gone into the furnace of some Government mint where it is coined into, dollars.

"In giving quotations of foreign cur rencies, the local banks have been accus- tomed to make such quotations on the basis of Taels. It will be an all-round gain if these quotations are entirely fur. nished on the dollar basis.

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YOKOHAMA.

I am of the opinion that the FOREIGNER MURDERED abolition of the sycee will become a move- ment worthy of wide and enthusiastic support because there exists already à con- sensus of opinion that the sycee has loog ago cutlived its usefulness.'

CHINESE CAUSE CELEBRE

A CALLOUS CRIME, "

The Emergency Committee of the Hongkong Football Association have decided that, in the case of misconduct during the match ambrose v. Titania, on Nov. 9th, Walsh, of HM.S. Ambrose, be suspended for one month" from Nov. 20th, and Batterham, of H.M.S. Titawa, be suspended sixe die.

A QUESTION OF COPYRIGHT.

CHINESE BOOKSELLERS IN COURT.

A Chinese firm of booksellers was summoned before Mr. J. R. Wood at the. Magistracy, yesterday, for selling books registered in Hongkong and therefore copyright:

Mr. Russ, who appeared to prosecute, informed his Worship that as the result of a meeting held in his, office since the issuing of the summons between the parties concerned an agreement had been

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There was another disastrous fire at Canton on the night of the 18th inst, in the Wongsha district, near the Canton- Hankow Railway Station.. The fro originated in a house in which the cus tomary paper offerings to the dead were being burnt, and the flame ignited other: infammable articles. The fire spread with great rapidity and very soon the neighbouring houses were involved. Fire engines came upon the scene from various owing to the very low pressure at the directions, but they were of very little uso hydrants and also to the fact that DAIRY FARM NEWS..

northerly wind was blowing with some strength. Over forty houses were destroy. ed before the fire was got under control. IN The extent of the damage is not yet known, but it must be very considerable. A big rice firm will suffer heavy loss for the stock of unpolished rice alone is stated to have cost more than $100,000... Another:

Mr. William Pepper, aged 56, employ. ed by the Canadian Pacifo Steamship Company in Yokohama," was stabbed and killed on the 14th by a Japanese.

FRESH STOCK OF

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shop sustained the loss of 80 pigs which FILLETS were burnt to death.

PACIFIC ISLAND DISAPPEARS.

Mr. Pepper was on the way to his office AT SHANGHAI.

along, the Bluff Road when he was at tacked, his assailant stabbing him in the It is reported from America that Dr. F. C. Tong, formerly managing neck with a knife, severing the carotid Easter Island has disappeared as a re director of the Shanghai Journal of Com arters. After seeing his victim die the suls of the recent earthquake. An attempt merce, was last week sentenced to three sin proceeded to the police station has been made to get in touch with the years' imprisonment by the Shanghai Dia where he gave himself up and confessed. island by wireless, but no reply has been trict Court. Some time ago a girl com murderer's confession of the reasons for lonely Pacific islet, in 27 deg. 8 min. S The police refused to give out the received to messages. Easter Island, a mitted suicide on the premises of the the crime, hut it is believed that it was latitude and 100 deg 14 min. W. longi- Journal of Commerce, and allegations because Mr. Pepper discharged him. Mr. tudo, was discovered by Roggeveen on were made that her suicide was in some Pepper was British and an old resident Easter Day, 1722, and visited in 1773 by manner connected with operations on stock exchange in which Dr. Torg had tug. His wife is Japanese.

in Japan. He was captain of a C.P. interested himself. Incidentally on the publication of statements in connection.. therewith Dr. Tong took proceedings

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against two newspapers for damages for ARREST OF AN AMERICAN libel. About midnight on November 11th, while on his way home from office, Dr. Tong-was-arrested on a charge caudected with the suicide by the Chinese City authorities. Sentence as stated above has now been pronounced, and Dr. Tong has given notice of appeal on the ground that the case has not received a fair hearing.

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ranging f.om 100 to 400 per 1,000 feet. The island was fertile but badly off for water. Sheep and cattle MODERN PORTRAITS, COFYZI grazing was started by a French firm in Tahiti, after the departure in 1678 of the missionaries with 300. natives (fair Polynesians) for the Gambian Archipel A message from Chita says:-

ago 500 having been shipping to Tahiti four years earlier and most of the adults Mrs. Margaret Harrison, an American kidnapped by the Peruvians in 1883 to journalist, arrived here recently. She work the guano deposits. Thus, the po- had previously been in prison in Moscow pulation had dwindled from 3,000 to 150.. and had written & book entitled Besides the 555 rude stone statuce for Marooned in Moscow." She came from which Easter Island was famous there THE SILVER MARKET.

Feking-where the Soviet representative were nearly a hundred stone houses with had given her a visa-vid Balgan and walls five feet thick, and interiors bear Urgs, reaching Chits about November ing paintings of birds and animals. In Messrs. Montagu's silver report, dated 18th. After a few days here she was ar September, 1888, Chili annexed Easter December 1st say that the depression rested by the Goa-Politokhran, the State Island for a convict settlement. now resting on the silver market has Political Defence Department (actually married-prices lower than any have the Counter-Espionage Department, which touched since spring time last year when functione much as the Cheka in Moscow). the prices dipped to below thirty-one Orders for her arrest had come straight ponce. The fall then was transitory and from Moscow and M Kobasef, chief of quick. A recovery ensued, but the factors the Revolutionary Committee, which at present at work do not appear to functions here ander Moscow, was

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meets, to Glasgow. Mr. J. Jeffroy CRAWFORD, LIZD. Hunter, & prominent Barngite, speaking

in Glasgow, said that Glasgow had inspir

favour a similar reaction. The fact that aware of the event and pointed out that Kilmarnock, where the Burda federationO LET Ons Large Offing & change from a market of practically all he had no authority over the actions of sellers on Tuesday to one of bayers op the Gos Politokhran. Mrs. Harrison was Wednesday only raised the quotation for a few days later sent to Moscow and is forward delivery one-sixteenth of at present detained there.-Reuter. pany, indicates a lack of stamina which does not, augur well for future strength. The sterling exchange with the United Btates brought oat silver with some freedom. During the week, India resold some. Previous purchases, being able to ages of canter, states that this fell disappeared on the roll, one third of these TO BE LET GODOWN. Spadons Two secure supplies cheaply from China and case is killing 500,000 people a year, were actually defunct, and about, another Australia China and the Continent also From 1008 to 1910 England had the highest third were practically content to confine new Bowrington Unnad" and ouplaining appro

storied Godown, aftuated on the Trays sold. The main support still comes from death rate from cancer, which averaged their efforts to the haggis and whisky busi Tet to the end of the your Apply 2 ollos of bear covering, Indian or otherwise.

rimstaly 8,000 sqmen fæet an each floor, ato l Dpir 100,000. persong.

nees on the poet'sTM anniversary,

ed minstenths of the successful Burns WANTED-To rent & Europeen House movements of the last twenty years, and Professor Tuffer, in a report to the the accenary funds As regards the

Furnished or Unfurnished, "with st had found about the same proportion of loset 6 Roonis. Reply addressed to P.O. Box 804 French Academy of Medicine on the Burns Federation, although 300 clube