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any more by the exclusive civilians. They shoot too well, are "professional” marks- men, and they come between the wind and the nobility of their amateur brethren, and therefore they must be prohibited from joining a Society, formed under the generic name of the "Hongkong" Rifle Association, and from shooting at their own. canges. Small wonder if the heads of the two forces. resent the insult by depriving such an exclusive body of the privileges they enjoy by the use of the range. It is not long since the third range, the Naval one, narrowly escaped being thus dealt with. That range, now disused by the Navy, is fitted up with the Association

was a tremendous fuas made because some

MR. C. P. CHATER was elected a fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute at a meeting of the council held on New Year's day.

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THE new Shire" line steamer Flintshire attained a speed of close upon 14 knots in her trial trip on the Clyde on December zich. Wa note that our new Commodore, Capt. Church, R.N., is announced to have left London on the roth ults. by the F. & O. S. N. Co's steamer

Coromandel.

FROM home papers it would appear that Sir John Pender, the eminent telegraph director, Posad Mr. Wilson, the successful Separatist candidate, for the representation of Govan, vacant owing to the death of Sir William Pearce,

Clan Macpherson, having six brides on board

THE Indian Daily News says:-The steamer

A TREASURY minute has been issued to the Civil Service in which it is stated that no person bolding a permanent post in the Civil Service shall be permitted to accept a directorship of a public company pending the publication of the decision of the Government on the subject.

IT is stated that H.M.S. Conquest will be transferred from the Pacific to the China Station, where she will he recommissioned, Captain Oxley having hoisted the pennant on board her in April, 1885. Her crew will probably have been four years away from home before they reach home.

CAPTAIN ATWELL LUKE, who served in the China was, has been appointed captain of the Greenwich Royal Naval College.

THE returns of the number of visitors to the City Hall Museum for the week ending Feb. 3rd, are: -Europeans 157, Chinese 3.570; total, 2,727... THE U.S.S. Omaha left Shanghai on the 29th ultimo for Chemulpo, via Nagasaki. She was piloted by Captain O'Brien of the Shanghai Pitot Service.

THE ogents (Messrs. Adamson, Bell & Co.) inform us that the "Shire" Line steamship INSPECTOR Quincey made another valuable haul Cardiganshire, from Landen, &c., lolt Singapore

on the and inst. for this port. yesterday. Two hardened ruffians for whose arrest the Chinese Government offered $1,500 reward, concealed themselves in a house in Taipingshan, THE N. C. Daily News hears from a good and some kind friend "split." Quincey went with authority that orders have gone from the Throne tuming a hair." a couple of men, and took the man without to stop the proposed extension of the Taku-

There were a few swords, Tientsin railway to Tungchow.

MELLIN'S FOOD is not "farinaceous and is targets, and only a few months ago there for Madras, made the voyage from Liverpool to daggers, revolvers, &c., with a lot of ammunition, PRICE THREE DOLLARS. MELLIN'S FOOD does not contain cane sugar. Naval men were firing at it-the Governor ines worked to the good old tune of "Haste

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was, written to, the Commodore was blankly told he had no title to the range, and they had the narrowest shave of being turned out. The honorary secretary, Mr. SHELTON HOOPER, seemed to make the superior markmanship of these undesirable members a reason for their exclusion. As a matter of fact the percentage of good shots in each class is about equal-in fact the first two or three marksmen in the Association are civilians, Besides, do not the records of-good shots, whether military, police, or

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The superiority of a few "crack"" shots may be a disadvantage in important com- petitions, but this is met by handicapping indeed it is stated that at the last Rifle Meeting the handicapping was so well done that in at least one instance favored competitors made actually more than the "possible" through the generous allowance of points made them. Another argument in favor of the motion, for exclusion was that too many prizes fell to non-civilians, contrary to the desires of the donors. That is very poor argument. The patrons who want their cups to grace

the sideboards of civilian residents can very easily make it a condition that no others shall compete. As to the THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY, HANKOW percentage of prizes taken by civilians

THE DISPENSARY, FOOCHOW. THE CANTON DISPENSARY, CANTON. Hongkong. 18th January, 1899

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

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It is requested that all cornmunications relating to Subscriptions,

being smaller than it should be, the reason is very evident. Many civilians who are members of the Association never think of shooting, but they count just as many in Mr. Shelton Hooper's calculations as the most ardent pot-hunter. If each

Advertisements, &re, be addressed to the "Manager, class competed proportionately the results Telegraph" and not to the Editor,

that port in 27 days, including stoppages. The

to the Wedding."

THE Peking Gazette of January 7th says that on the 30th and 31st December the head eunuch received instructions from the Empress that she desired to have some pastime on the ice at the South Lake, or "Nan Hai." She directed that moned to accompany her, and certain eunuchs the various princesses of the palace be sum

were to go and push the ice coach" on which she was to recline. A party of palace maidens was also ordered to wait upon Her Majesty.

A STATUR of "Her Gracious," to be set up in Singapore, is expected in that port this week by the steamship Cardiganshire. The Shorter Catechism says something about not retting up and worshipping graven images, but we assume that Victoria, by the grace etc. Queen and Empress, is specially exempted. By the way, when is our Jubilee monstrosity, the product of one of the meanest tuft-hunting jobs this jobbing colony has yet known, to be erected for public worship?

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We regret to have to record the death, at Belfast; on December 23rd, of Colonel Andrew David Geddes, of the 83rd Regimental district and late commander of the Royal Inniskilling, Fusiliers In this colony. Colonel Geddes entered the (the 27th Regiment), who will be well remembered Army as ensign in 1854, and received his com- mission as, lieutenant the following year. For services on the north-west frontier during the Indian Matiny in 1857 and 1959 he received a medal; he was made ciplain in 1866, major in 1873, lieutenant-colonel in 1879, and colonel in

1883-

THE followi'g appointments have been made at the Admiralty :-Lieut. A. F. Vans Agnew; to the Myrmidon, to date Jan..r, and to the Rambler when commissioned, undated Lieut. P. 1. Hodges, to the Cockchafer; Lieut, Allen T. Hunt and Lieut. Philip D. A de Saumarez to the Imprieuse, additional; and Sub-Lieut. Crawford Maclachlan to the Firebrand, to date Jan. 2; Captain Edmund J. Church, to the Victor Emanuel, to date Dec. 37; George W.

Willier, assistant paymaster to be secretary to Commodore Church, Hongkong, to date Dec.

27, 1888.

in the room. We ought to be all very much

obliged to Mr. Quincey.

QN Sunday, January 20th) about noon, says the Pinang Gazette, the "blue funnel" steamer Dardanus arrived here from England with the German steamer Hassia in tow.” It seems that Singapore with a cargo of coals, broke her crank the Hassia, which was bound from Cardiff for

shaft on Wednesday, in the Bay of Bengal. The following day she was picked up by the Dardanus, and towed to Penang-a distance of more than 400 miles. From what we hear, it is fortunate that the Dardanus came up when

of the track of ocean steamers. she did, as the Hassin was rapidly drifting out

Says the, L. & C. Express-Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton has gone to the Admiralty as Second Sea Lord, and when Sir Arthur Hood retires, as he must do soon, will probably more up a step higher. No more popular appointment could have been made. Whether as captain afloat in the Sphinx and Achilles, captain ashore at Devonport nad Pembroke, or, finally, as Commander-in-Chief on the China Station, and courtesy, and respected him for his ability. everybody liked Sir Richard for his kindness

and straightforwardness. To interview their chief at Whitehall will no longer be such a terror to some officers as it has been now for a long time.

Netherlands Government contemplated abans WITH reference to the recent report that the doning Acheen, the officials at that place ridicule, the idea of evacuation, and discredit the rumours that any such step is in contemplation. The Dutch Government intends to keep its grip on the foothold gained after so many years of war- fare, and to enter into negociations with the Achinese chiefs with a view to end the war. Success may attend this move from dissensions having risen among thems. The war, party hold in their hands. Tuanku Daud, the titular Sultan. He is said to be anxious to get out of their grasp, and open negociations with the

Dutch.

PRADO, who was guillotined at Paris the other day, is now stated to have been a natural'son of General Prado, President of Peru from 1876 to 1879. He once stayed for some time in Hong- kong. We wonder if any resident recollects a man who wasone of the most atrocious murderers of any agel

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WE (N. C. Daily News) learn from Kuhlow's that it has been definitely decided to establish German bank in China, which will have its head office in Tientsin. At the present time the German banking-houses obtain a 'marked preference from the Chinese Government as regards the settlement of its financial relations with Europe.

We note the arrival from Singapore of Madams Korff and Mdlle. Maillard, two accomplished musicians who have just concluded a most successful season in Java. These two ladies have arranged to give a concert in the City Hall, on which occasion they will be assisted by Herr von Wille and other leading local amateurs.. Further particulars will shortly be announced.

We read in a London paper of the 24th Dec. that the Sultan of Zanzibar has issued a decree pro-

viding that murderers shall lose their lives and thieves the left hand. In virtue of this decision, people who committed murders in some cases fifteen years ago, have been publicly executed are not allowed in the streets after nine o'clock by fours with horrible brutality. The Suatielis at night.

REAR-ADMIRAL TEIXEIRA DA SILVA, the new, Governor of Macao, Senhora Teixeira da Silva, Miss da Silva, a negro maid, Lieut. and Mrs. Vieira, arrived from Lisbon via Gibraltar, on Saturday, by the P. & O. steamer Shannon, and proceeded to Macao this afternoon. Senhor da Siiva, who was lately Governor of Portuguese Guiné, on the west coast of Africa, is 63 years of age and unfortunately does not enjoy the best of health.

Letter on Editorial matters to be sent to "The Editor and would not be very much on either side. We read that Captain W. H. Hall, who has had them in the spaces that would have otherwise Emperor, will retdṛn to his post shortly with

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But these are. subsidiary points. The question is-Have the Military and Police a right to claim membership if so minded? We think, and all unbiassed, broad-minded people will think, that they have, from their timely help at the beginning, from the great privileges they have conceded to the Association, from their usefulness now, and, as strongly as anything, from their equality as Britons and brothers. In our opinion they have been excluded by a narrow-souled clique who desired to keep the prizes among themselves, and Sulmeribers in The Hangtone Telegraph a respectfully who, by specious 'argument, and conciliat

ing the officers in the two branches of the service, managed to influence the small percentage of members who decided the matter into seeing it through their own jaundiced eyes. It hurts us to write this about a flourishing local Association, but it is the way we look at it.

TO SUBSCRIBERS.

reminded that all Subscriptiēna arrjayāčié in advancsi

The Honcheng Telegraph

HONGKONG, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1889,

THE decision, which the majority of the members of the Rifle Association came to at their, adjourned meeting on Friday evening has caused considerable comment amongst those interested on either side, Its effect is to exclude all members of the Police force below the grade of an Inspector, and soldiers under commissioned rank, from joining the Association in future,

TELEGRAMS

GERMANY AND SAMOA.

LONDON, January 25th. The German Government has disavowed any

intention of annexing Samoa or of interfering

with the rights of Treaty Powars.

THE INDIAN FRONTIER,

a long innings at the Admiralty as head of the Intelligence Department, is going through a short course of gunnery, preparatory to commis- sioning the second-class cruiser Severn for the China Station. Captain Hall's appointment was originally dated Jan. 1, but we hear that the Severn will not holst the pennant until Feb. 1. Capt. Hall, when he went down to Portsmouth, wanted to get the Dockyard to scrape off all the black paint, preparatory to painting her while for the China Station; but the Dockyard autho- titles. not authorising the expenditure, Captain Hail got labour from the blue-jackets of the Duke of Wellington to scrape his ship. She is a useful ship, 300 ft. long, and with a speed of 18 knots.

A RETURN from the Registrar General, published In Saturday's Gazette, shows, that during the three months ended the 31st December, 1888, 70 births and 39 deaths is the British and foreign community and 441 births and 120 deaths amongst the Chinese were duly registered--a grand total of 511 births and 1247 deaths. The deaths amongst Europeans. (exclusive of Portu- Iguese) numbered 12, Portuguese 11, Indians, etc. 7, and non-residents 9. In the Italian convent 180 deaths were recorded; in the Asile de la Ste. Enfance 133, and in the Tang Wa hospital 191. The estimated foreign population is 10,697, showing for the quarter an annual birth-rate of 26,18 and a death-rate of 14.59 per thousand; the Chinese are set down at 179.530, with a birth-rate of 9 81 to a death-rate of 26.91. For the whole population of 190,00o the annual death-rate per thousand for the quarter was 10.74 and the birth-rate 26.22.

THE London correspondent of the Mascheiter

Guardian, doubtless at the instance of the

to

THE following appears in a home paper: -It is A ST. PETERSBURG. telegram dated December and says:-Prince Dolgorouki will be main- related of the Chinese defenders of a certain tained as Russian Minister to Persia, notwith town that, not having sufficient guns to difend the whole extent of their ramparts, they made a standing what is regard-d here as the defeat sustained by Russian diplomacy at Teheran. number of wooden dummy guas and placed His Excellency, who dined recently with the been left vacant, According to a high authority instructions to make energetic efforts on the subject of volunteer artillery, Mr. Stanhope obtain from the Persian Government compenses." appears to be emulating the Chinese generations equivalent to the advantages secured by There is, indeed, a distinction between the two

England. cases, Mr. Stanhope having leamed from the Intelli ence Department that the British Army using the term in what is now its only correct application,, that is, to include both the regular and auxiliary forces-is short of field guns, and to fill up this great gap has issued to volunteer. artillery corps a number of old guns from the War Office lumber-room. These weapons no douts are real guns and will shoot. The objection to them is that they are not field guns.

SUPREME COURT.

IN APPELLATE JURISDICTION.

(Before the Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Leach.)

LEUNG, NG v.. THE QUEEN. This was an appeal against the decision of Mr. Pollock, under which the plaintiff, an opium trader, was fined room for dealing in raw opium in quantities less than one chest, he having been found in possession of 84 tins, containing 1160 faels of partially prepared opium-Mr. Francis,

C., Instructed by Mr. Caldwell, appeared for the appellant; the Attorney-General, instructed by Mr. Johnson, represented the Crown.

THE Gaselle announces that the Queen has been pleased to issue a commission under Her Majesty's Royal Sign Manual for the purpose of carrying out a scheme for the colonisation in the Dominion of Canada of crofters and costars from the Western Islands and islands of Scotland, and that the Marquis of Lothian (Secretary for Scot land), Sir Charles Tupper, Sir James King (Lord Provost of Glasgow), and Mr. Thomas Skinner Mr. Frands, after reviewing, the facts of the (one of the directors of the North-West Land case, which have been already given, submitted. Company of Canada), have been nominated that the Ordinance of 1894, which gave the as a board of commissioners for the pro- Opium Farmer the sole privilege of dealing in motion of the scheme. The commissioners raw opium, distinguished between the raw drug are empowered to proceed in the selection and that which was partially prepared, as did of families from the said district, and their also the later Ordinance of 1887. In this case settlement in the Dominion of Canada to the opluro, he submitted, was neither raw nor provide from the funds at disposal such advancés: crude. Crude meant uncooked. to the settlers as may be necessary, and to The Chief Justice asked what was the deriva» undertake the collection of instalments of capital tion of crude and interest in repayment of the same; and to: take and hold mortgages on the lands, and lens on the chattels of the said settlers," and to

proceed in the recovery of debts, and generally to take all such proceedings as may be requisite and necessary to carry out the purposes of the commission.

Mr. Francis thought it came from the French" worders (laughter.) kete qe k

dictionary was sent for, which defined the word in other languages. asraw, natural" &c., with various definitions

His Lordship said he didn't know, and Webster's

THE HONGKONG This will not, of course, affect the present Mr. Colborne Baker to the Indian Government service, is busy in making ready for publication appears in our. Tientsin contemporary Upon would be seen that the Oplum Farmer was the

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members, but it means that in a few years the membership will practically be confined to civilians. Now, with all the arguments in favor of this course before us, let us see. what the claims of the Ineligible forces

are.

When the Association was first established, some three years ago;

the numbers of civilian members was so small. that the entire funds would not meet the expenses of markers, and had it not I een for the acquisition of men and money. from the Regiment and Police it must have died a natural death. Having been firmly established, with their assis-

wards to Bhamio.

THE KING OF THE NETHERLANDS. The King of Holland is again in a critical

state.

THE FRENCH MINISTRY.

February 1st, The Chamber of Deputies has passed a vote of confidence in the Ministry by a majority of sixty votes.

There is not, space in the compass of antance; the Association got the use of \ with 4,000 men, The American Senate bas G.C.M.G. Then he served the unprecedented Pearance and utterly uneducated. Vignorant should be defined as DETOWY I possible.

Ordinary Advertisement to detail all the inform tion introduced into the work, but it may be fairly

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THE SAMOAN DIFFICULTY. The German Naval Commander has declared war against Matanfa, who is strongly entrenched voted the bill authorising action in case of necessity.

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shallow mountebank who preceded Sir W. des Voeux in the government of Hongkong, favors

Mr. Francis continued that the two Opium- The Foreign Office has lent the services of us with the following :-" It is reported that Sir it is believed that Mr. Baker is to proceed to

George Bowen, the late Nestor of the Colonial THE following note from a Peking correspondent Ordinances should be read together, when it

sikkim to meet the Chinese Amban, and after period of public service, to which probably some the committed suicide on the coal bill, in the snough. The question really turned on the Inter a selection of bis despatches during his long the accession of the present Manchu dynasty, person in whom the privilege of dealing in raw the heir of the last Ming Empire, Ch'ung-chan, oplam was vested. If he was satisfied, that was of his speeches will be added, as he has a special gift, which is somewhat rare amongst Colonial Imperial city, was made a Marquis and known boiled or prepared oplum without the privileges of pretation of Section 12 of 1887, whether it was Governors, for speech-making, and devoted as the Ming Marquis During the reign of the Oplam Farmer. He submitted that the much care and elaboration to his public addresses. Hsien Fêng the then, holder of the title died Indeed, irreverent persons in one of the last without sons, and with no direct heir to succeed Magistrate was wrong in deciding that the Farmer could set Impart his power to prepare colonies he governed dubbed him Sir Jaw Bone, to the marquisate and estates., Reference to the on account of his 'fluency' and readiness in family records shewed that the rightful beir wak

or sell, or both, opium in any stage, funda making long speeches. His acquaintance an chacute personage, who had been cont The Attorney-General submitted that the with our Colonial empire and the questions pletely lost sight of, and search was made for Court could not extend the faterpretation of the relating to it is unrivalled, by any other him everywhere by the officials of the Binber statute, which protected not only the Farmer member of the Colonial service, except Sir under which the Marquis was enrolled. For å 1 but also the públic. Both Ordinances spoke of Hercules Robinson. He began In the lonian long time no trace could be found of the missing prepared and unprepared opium, which covered Islands as Chief Secretary about 35 years ago, nobleman, but he was at length discovered the whole ground, for, what was not fully where he made himself master of modern Greeic, standing with a harrow outside the Chi Hus | Prepared might reasonably be called "un- and where his success was so great that in five Gate, selling we kua, a species bi lár, porap prepared in the absence of "any specific years from the time, he entered the service.be kin. He proved to be a man of must rustic, description of what was prepared oplum it was made successively C.M.G., KCMG, and

́ol· bigh birth, he was gaining a precarious The popular meaning of the word crude, as period of nine years in the Governorship of livelihood, in the humble but honest pursuit defined by the chusice, was the trickling of Queensland, five in that of New Zealand, six in of a costermonger's calling. He was with blood (laugh) unripe *Immature," &c. Victoria (the Berry Constitutional crisis occur difficulty made to realise the sudden freak by Here the learned gentleman quoted Milton and ring during that period), four in Mauritius, and which fortune had mised, aim to be one of the a few others. With respect to Mr. Francis' argu- four in Hongkong. A selection of the despatches great nobles of the land: Hurried off to the ment that a piece of meat that had been cooked Mr. Blalae has been appointed. Secretary of and addresses on political subjects during thirty office of his Banner, he was washed, shaved, and for a short time could not be raw be argued that

five years of such varied and distinguished combed, and his rugs exchanged for costly gar it could be describedian cooked... service cannot fail to be interstiing and inzirugs | ments suited, to his new station in life. For; Mr. Francis having briefly replied, five. The italics are not ours they a

y are some days he was polished up generally and The Chief Justice said the case turned on the -the handiwork either of " Sir Gush ” himself, or taught the etiquette, andy Manchis

pondent. When the Right Honorable Bowen His succession was allowed, and he went of his satellite the Manchester Guardian cores necessary for his presentation to the Emperor torial experiences, it is to be hoped his guberna, to his palace and took possession. Repon

that he won't speaks well of him as an honest and kind. * farget to tell the world all his personal observa hearted man, he has done bla best, to tions in the tea-houses in Japan-and, by the educate himself and fulfil the duties of his high where near Government House, in which Sir age, and still retains his rustic appearance. The way; there was a little comedy' enacted some position.” He is now about filly-four years of

George played the hero azid a fligbiy American" - birth of sons has secured; the succession, and damsel the heroine-Colonel Mosby know all his early experience have doubtless taught him about this romance—which would cause a senss the value of thrift, so that the family is now is tion amongst the “funco guld" if the old man as strong a position, an ever.!! It le his duty to eloquent felt inclined to give himself away offer sacrifice each autumn at the Ming tombs Wen promiss to carefully review Sir George His palace is near the Tung) Hứa Gale of the Bowen concoction of self-laudation as soon as Imperial city, He la popularly known as the it reaches for Hongkong

Wo Kus Hou, or Pumpkin MarqulazuroHeal

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has been fixed at an exceptionally low rate.

Orders for COPIES, and for ADVERTISE MENTS may be sent to the Agents at the various Ports, or to the Office of

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

This seems to have given the desired The latest Shanghat papers report the receipt excuse to those gentlemen who, even in of 41,200 from London, $2,000 from Penang, friendly rivalry on the common platform and Tis: 3,000 from the British Consul, towards of sport, objected to rubbing shoulders pr

the Famine Fund..

Suggestions for the improvement of this work with men in uniform, to move the exclusion | The Palik Marseillais states that M. Vaissier, are respectfully solicited.

of I any more of the military or police, and of Nico, has submitted to the Minister of War a this somewhat narrow-minded, not to say. men in the space of ten minutes,

Dew mitrailleuse, estimated to shoot down 3,000 ungenerous spirit seems to have communt, cated itself to the majority of the members. MERSEK Butterfield & Swice Inform us that the Ocean Steamship Co.'s steamers Manslaus and at the recent meeting. The plain soldier Achilles from Liverpool, Left Singapore yester and common constable are not wanted | day for this port, and are due on tắc toti inat.-

"THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH”.

M PEDDER'S HILL, HONGKONG.

· Hongkong, 7th January 1RP9.

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deferred A meaning of the word, prepared, and time would be required for consideration. Judgment whe

PROPOSED NAVAL VOLUNTEER SERVICE,

The muggestion of organising a Naval Volunteer Defence-Service:has been recently under the ition of his Excellency the Governor, who recommends the following notice to public attentioncomme

The subject of keeping up a supp properly equipped" Chuard" boats to assist the defence of the colony," and "of rulala