plating appeared wom and was hammer tested, On the port side a hole was driven through with the hammer; two other holes were therefore drilled in this plate and gauged and found in each case to be 1/4 bore, the centre of this plate being 6 feet above load water line. We are of
1889.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 188
2134 Ormonde beat Altels and Mikado for a mile and a quarter in 32, 65, 139 217 and 250, finishing in better form than i have yet seen him display.
Arcounts for the half-year ending 31st December inst.
The to al receipts for, the six months are $495,348.89, and the net profit, after paying interest due and all charges, amounts to $50,117.31, 10. which has to be added the balance
are satisfied, from valuations made by the Hong. kong and Shanghai Surveyors, that the Securities held by the Company form an 'ample guarantee for the advances made.
CONSULTING COMMITTEE,
CANTON,
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
Canton, 15th February, 1889. staff, leave this for Laug-chow, vid the West The French Consul and Vice Consul, with their
'country'
opinion that the frames and plating above the Incrtite-tailed off, in a mile "pow "-times 33, brought forward from last account. 1.138.50 | Colony, Mr. J. F. Holliday has been nominated river and Nänningfit, by boats on Sunday next. Equator, and is distant from the mouth of the
main deck are efficient and seaworthy for river service,
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11. The keel plates are, *scarphed' and out- side butt straps double rivetted have been fitted; these buit straps were closely inspected and found in fairly good condition and quite service. able..
12-The plating in the wind and water line was drilled, 13 holes on starboard side and 15 hole on port side, and, with one exception aft on"|| the port side, was found in excellent condition.
15. The cement under the boiler space has been thickened by placing new cement over the old, and where the cement was removed for the inspection of bottom plating and frame angles, it was found to be properly laid. We are of opinion that if the cement removed is found in
Violent very cleverly beat Vanguard, with Vis
66, 1.391 and 2.12, good form for a subscription griffin with weight up. Honesty had much the
best of Exeter in a mile gallop-times for last
400,00
$51,255-71
---4,900.00
and from this have to be deducted— three quarters, 33, 66), and 1.40. Daphne Directors' fees...........................................$4,500.00 (owner up) was too good for Dunkeld "(Mr. | Auditors' fees ........... Ruttonjee) for a mile and a quarter, the Hankow pony winning by about four lengths. Rosy Morn (Mr. Greaves) and Glencairn (Mr. Maclean) | covered a mile and a quarter in 35, 113, 1481, 4.351 and 2.57). Over the same course Venger and Valiant registered 33, 66, 1.38, 2.15 and 248.
leaving available for appropriation...$46,355-73.
The Directors recommend that a dividend for the half-year of z per cent., or $31,250.be paid to the Shareholders, and a Bonus, of $100 to Con- tributing Sharchoklers; that $14,000 be written from the value of the new dock at Kowloon, and the balance of $1,005.71 added to the new accoupt.
The Hon, A. F. McEwen having left the for the approval of the Shareholders to, the vacant scat, and his appolniment now.requires to be confirmed. The present Members, the Hon. C. P. Chater, Messrs. C. D. Bottomley, F. T. P. Foster and J. S. Moses offer themselves for re-election...
AUDITORS.
The General Managers and Consulting Com- mittee appointed Mr Fullarton Henderson as Auditor on the retirement of Mr. A. Veitch, and the Accounts now present have been audited by bin in conjunction with Mr. G. S. Coxon,
The election of Mr. Henderson and re-election of Mr. Coxon as Auditors of the Company are recommended.
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.,
General Managers,
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The Viceroy has courteously placed a gunboat at their disposal to tow their boats as far as Wu-chau-fu, so they expect to reach their destination in about thirty-five days.
how far the Aruwimi is from the Bongala Most of the place or country names on the Upper Congo begin with Bo.
It may interest such readers as are unac
Portugueso possession) lics exactly under the quainted with the geography of West Africa to know that the Island of São Thomé (a flourishing
Congo some 450 miles. São Paulo de Loanda, the capital of the Portuguese possessions, is the nearest telegraphic station to the Congo, being only some 150 miles distant; but messages are usually sent from São Thonic (which is connected with the Congo by direct fortnightly Portuguese mail steamers) in preference, because of the cheaper rates.
The four boilers for the new Paper Mill, situated about mid-way between this and Fatshan, passed through by cargo boats from your port on Tuesday last. This Company is fortunate in having secured the services of Mr. Andrew From the mouth of the Aruwimi it would take Johnston as engineer-in-chief of the undertaking,bout two weeks (barring accidents) to send news and there is but little doubt that this enterprise by, canoe to the Bangola Station of the Congo is one which will meet a great want and prove Free State; from Bangola to Léopoldville an equally great success. As far as I can (Stanley pool) by steamer, say a week from ascertain the Company will devote itself first to Léopoldville overland and by river to Boms, the manufacture of the coarser kinds of paper, perhaps eighteen days; and one day more to such as that most in popular demand for wrap the mouth of the Congo, thence in two days by steamer to Sãɔ Thome. So that, with the utmost despatch and without accidents and delays, news from the Aruwimi might reach London in a little over six weeks.
good condition, as also the bottom plating thus 35,68), 1.42), 2.'16) and 2.491. Ganges, going than they have been. for some years, and the Hongkong Fire Insurance Company, Limited, pers, joss piper, &c., K., and the straw and
exposed, an expert can readily infer the condi- tion of oth the cement and plating not specially inspected.
On the evidence that has been brought before the Court and the inspection made of the vessel, the Court has formed its opinion That the steamship Pasig is not unseaworthy, that she is not unfit to proceed to sea without danger to human life, and that she is fit for the service for which she is intended, namely, to ply until the 8th November, 1889, as a river steamer from Hongkong to any Ports in the Canton River or Macao.
The Court having given this decision does now issue ils order in due form for the release of the steamship Pasig,
And whereas, it appears that there was not reasonable and probable cause by reason of the condition of the ship for her provisional detention-We find under subsection 2 of section IX of Ordinance 8 of 1879 that the Governor is liable to pay to the Owner of the ship his costs of and incidental to the detention- and survey of the ship, and also compensation for loss or damage sustained by him by reason of the detention of survey.
Given under our hands at Victoria, Hongkong, this sixteenth day of February, 1889.
R. M. RUMSEY.
Stipendiary Magistrate,
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President of the Court.
W. M. JAMES,
Constructor of H. M. Naval
Yard, Hongkang.
E. T. LAIRD
Chief Engineer, R.N. The President.—With reference to the award of compensation or damage, if you are in a position tosay what they are the Court will consider about making the award now.
Mr. Robinson said he was not in that position "yet, and would not be until she was on her berth, ready for active service again. The owners were paying wages, wharf dues, agents' fees, besides loss of profit, and all that would have to be estimated.
Mr. Wilson mentioned, with reference to these claims, that his clients would require particulars, of these, with ample time-for examination."
The President said in that case the Court could not deal with that matter at all.
Mr. Robinson was of opinion that under the Act the Court had power to determine the question of liability.
The President:-The Governor is the man who is liable, and will have to pay it; he should be consulted.
Mr. Wilson :-He will be assisted by competent persons. I don't care who fixes it as long as we have an opportunity of taxing the bill before you, Mr. Robinson suggested that the Court be adjourned sine dir, pending the preparation of the bill. Then it could sit again.
Mr. Johnson concurred.
After some little discussion about a trivial point in the judgment the Court adjourned sine die, Mr. Robinson facetiously remarking that since his speech had been dispensed with he would send it to the newpapers,
TRAINING NOTES.
The space at my disposal to-day is so limited that I can only briefly detail the various per- formances made at the race-course this morning. The course afforded capital "going" and was fairly fast. Jura (Mr. Ruegg) and Mont Brèvent galloped a mile and a half in 33, 65, 1.38) (once found a min.) 2. 138, 2.30 and 3.36. The griffin Ian well for a mile and a quarter and but for Mr. Ruegg's ludicrous exhibition of whipping the pony the whole length of the straight would probably have got well inside 3.33. "If pany will not respond to a couple of smart strokes of the whip, that very much abused instrument of torture can only do a great deal of harm. This is a kindly meant word of advice to "tinkers" generally.
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Quadruped (Mr. Hough up), accompanied by Gone Away, went the German Cup distance in 34, 67, 1.411, 2.30 and 2.561, finishing in poor form. Forerunner covered a mile and a quarter in, 2.48-last mils 2.14). White Pasha (Mr. Von Tanner) and Melapi were sent a mileland a quarter in 37, 1.11, 1.471, 2.20 and 2.538. Defiance, sidden by Mr. Ker, went a mile and a half at a steady pace-tiraes, 38, 1.10, 1.431, 231, 2.56|;| and 3.30. Zara beat Persimmon in a six furlongs spin, but I did not obtain the time. Orlando came right away from Bradaman in a mile and a half gallop, and finished in brilliant style-times 351, 69, 1.42, 2.15, 3.488 and 3.20.
Bigyle and Senegal went a mile and a half in 3.21, last half mile 68 seconds. Vendetta had the best of Pacolet for a mile and a quarter in
oll. (Mr. Ruegg) beat Lord Chancellor and alone, covered à mile in.324, 65), 1.38) and 2.12. Talisman over a mile-times, 34, 68, 1.42, and 16. For a mile and a quarter Victoy beat Vanquisher in 314, 64, 1373, 2.12 and 2.47. In a u ile "pow" Vespasian pulled over Value all the way, Viking being beaten half a dozen lengths at the finish-times-331, 66, 1,40 and
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AN OLD SPORTSMAN.
Hongkong, 16th February, 1889.
· THE PRAPA RECLAMATION.
TO THE EDITOR or vi "forexona TelagĦAJU.",
SIR,-I shall be glad ifyou willjkindly publish for the information of the Marine (bi-ho'ders and the community generally, the following letter from the Colonial Secretary, conveying the decision of the Government, on the question of the Praya Reclamation.
Yours faithfully,
C, P. CHATER. Hongkong, 16th February, 1889.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE,
15th February, 1889. Sir-Referring to my letter of 7th July, 188, and to previous correspondence on the subject of the proposed scheme initiated by you for reclamation in front of the Central and Western portions of the Praya, I am directed by the Governor to inform you that there having been submitted to the Secretary of State for the Colonics the following questions:--
(1). Whether the scheme should be carried out. on the terms, and in the manner set forth in the correspondence above ret ned to:
(2. Whether in view of the unexpectedly large profit which the actual survey showed as likely to be obtained by the frontage lot-owners, the temos originally proposed should not be modified by the requirement of considerable premium in respect of the land reclaimed ; and-
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The earnings for the last six months are less
large amount paid for interest, by lost on the net profit has been greatly diminished by the
Allie Rowe, and for repairs to the caisson of the Cosmopolitan Dock,
The Filipinas case has again been delayed by the Supreme Court granting a further extension of time to the Defendants. However, as the Commission must be returned to Hongkong by the 31st March, the Directors trust that an early day will be fixed for the trial.
The New Dock is now complete, with the exception of trimming off the granite projections on the hill face and levelling down part of the 1oadway. The new pumps have given most satisfactory results, having emptied the dock from the 29 feet water line in three hours and twenty-five minutes on a consumption of four tong two cwi, of coal.
DIRECTORS
Messrs. Boitomley and Hoppius having left the colony, Messrs. T. E. Davies and N. A. Siebs were invited to the vacant seats, and as resolved at the meeting of Shareholders held on the 27th February last, Messrs. II. Layton and F. Dodwell were asked to join the Board; these appointments have to be confirmed at this meeting.
In accordance with Clause 60 of the Articler of Association, Messra. Wm. H. Forbes and St. C. Michaelsen retire by rotation, but being eligible offer themselves for re-election.
Mr. I. Foesnecket has been appointed Chair- inan for the year 1889.
AUDITORS..
The accounts have been audited by Messrs. Thos. Arnold and. F. T. P. Foster. The Directors recommend these gentlemen, for re-election,
~JBELL-IRVING,
Chairman.
July la, December, 1878, CAPITAL-ACCOUNT. AKITS.
Aberdeen,
To Value of Aberdeen Docks, as per last
later.col.
Kowloon,
(3) Whether the reclamation should not be done on Government responsibility and for its direct benefit, after payment of the compensation To Value of Kowloon Dicks per last (if any) found to be due to the owners of frantage lots-
His lordship bas, aller full consideration, decided to give a provisionali sarction to the first of these alternatives.
Itatement anti 640,783,11
Nullah Drain fom Hung Ham Village" s Amountpaid Government for New Dock Road..
'New Dock.
$ 150,00:1.00
4
Hongkong, 14th February, 1889.
BALANCE SHEET, 31ST DECEMBER, 1888. Dr. To Capital Account :--
Paid-up Capital on 8,000 Shares
at $10 per Share........................... To Accounts payable-
Sundry Accounts unpaid......... To Uncollected Dividend Actxun! :- Balance of this Account......... To Reserve Fund:-
Amount reserved from the Profits
of 1869 to 1886 A. To Working Account, 1887 :--
Balance from last
Account ..........$252,243.30 Add Sundry Premia,
&c., since collected 11,857.48
$164,100,78
Less-Losses
and other Payments. $90,075-8 Remuneration
to. Consult-
ing Commit.
tee and. Ag- ditors
5.500.00
95.575-78
Nit Profit for 1887.... To Working Account, 1888:-
Balance of this Account..
Cr.
400,000.00
37:79 6,343.22
1,031,486.00
fibrous material from which this is made has already been satisfactorily reported upon frem Europe and America. The buildings of the Paper Mill will form a noticeable land-mark for travellers between-this and Fatshan via the Fah- ti creek.
The Viceroy received a telegram on Mon- day night announcing the serious illness of Li Hung-chang. Evidently this last attack is viewed gravely,for Tseng Kwo Chuan,the Viceroy of Nanking, is talked of as Li's successor, while the Viceroy of the two Hu. Provinces is stated to have been promoted to Nanking.
STANLEY AND EMIN PASHA,
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Mr. H H. Johnston writes to the Daily Telegraph on December 23rd:-
Co-day's Advertisements.
NOTICE
CUSTOM HOUSE, Kowloon, 16th February, 1889. OTICE is hereby given that on the oth
21st and 22nd instants, being. RACE DAYS, this office will be Opened at 9AM and Closed at NOON: but work at the Optim Examination Hulk and the Customs Stations will proceed as usual.
At last, after some sixteen months of War: 215] anxious walling, Stanley's friends have received definite circumstantial news as to his existence and his movements; and if the reports concern- ing the welfare of Emin Pasha are less con-
1
F. A. MORGAN, Commissioner of Customs,
for Kowloon and District.
FOR SALE.
clusively satisfactory, there is still some ground A BROADWOOD GRAND PIANO
for hope which hardly seemed to exist in that dark hour of despair a week ago, when we had reason to believe that this really heroic man was a prisoner in the hands of the Khalifa at Khar- toum, and a hostage on whose valuable person 163,525.00 might be avenged our sharp punishment of the Dervishes besieging Suakin. The friends of
: 336,787,88 | Stanley and the admirers of Emin-by whom I mean fimost all the British and Americans, $1,956,879.89| Frenchmen. Belgians, and Germans who can read-will feel their Christmas festivities dis- tinctly brightened by the tidings which we have
By Bank Accounts, Government Fonds, Mort. received almost simultaneously from Zanzibar.
Pages, &c.:-
Hongkong & S'hai
Banking Corpo-
ration, Current
Account $ 56,601.30
Hongkong & Shi
Banking Corpo-
ration, Deposit
• Account ******** Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, De- posit Account... Loans under dead of
54350
2.931-45
839,110.4
* Foochow
To Amunt expended in centruction of New Dock is dasa, inchellag cost of Pump House, and new dwelling for Superintendent, Ima amanis writion, off.................
3. Lord Knutsford is, however, of opinion—(1), that there should be a recurrence to the original ides of a 75 foot Praya, (which is estimated to involve, as compared with the 65 foot Praya, an additional cost of only $40,000) and (2) that compensation should, to some extent, be given to the present owners of piers, who, though legally bound to remove such piers when called upon to do so by the Government, are morally entitled to consideration in respect of that part To of the scheme which principally benefits private. persons.
3 There is also another consideration cognate to those which have elicited the views of the Secretary of State on the latter point, viz: with reference
to the wharves and
Amount written off last
--#44,981.10
six months........... 10,000.00 Free Grant from Admir sky #5.000 149,090.72
mmm, 179, B30.74,
Cormepollian, Value of Cosmopolitan Dock, as per
Just statement
665,1,0,38
345,425 07
New Timber Sheds 4.130.00 Now Ladies, Boot's Blower and Drylag
Stove for Foundry. 3,100.07
6,420.00
334343,97
"Tug, Launch, and Lighters,
#tatement... 25,806,00 To Value of "Faze," as par last staid
To Value of Steam Launches, Bloats.
ment ........manga, d,39110 Lighter, Cargo Lighter and Boats... 39,130.14 To Rundry Debtors..........
To Cost of Material on hand
AMILIES,
By Shareholders for paid-up Capitalremenes By Admiralty L£30,000 DA, od. Les Repayment...2,931 158, tá, By Sands Creditors
£8,164, on, 44. By Balance of Profis brought forward from
plers belonging to the public which will require To Value of "Pilot ish," per last to be removed in consequence of the proposed Reclamation. The constructions in question are: Pedder's Wharf, Murray Pier, Pottinger Street Pier, Nam Pak Hong Pier, and the Har bour Master's Pier; and it appears to the Governor that in respect of these, the case for compensation, which by inadvertence was not submitted to the Secretary of State, is even stronger than that in respect of the privately owned piers. Deducting from the total compensation to be given to private pier owners, the amount which represents the Government share of the Reclamation (which portion of the scheme is wholly, for the public benefit, and therefore to that extent excluding By Prefil the moral claim above referred to) the Governor understands that the maximum sum required for compensation in respect of piers, both public and private (it being impossible for some weeks to obtain more exact figures), will be $180,000; which, together with the $40,000 above referred to, makes up a total sum of $230,000 or 191 cents per foot of the lot-owners' portion of the Reclamation, or four per cent of the profit, which according to the lowest estimate will be derived from the project by the frontage lot-holders.
last accounts
Mortgage, &c
188,195.27
25,000,00
In Hongkong...... 1,000,592.00
In Amoy siis
In Shanghai ... dn. Yokohama...... Invested in Bonds:-
Chinese Imperial Government Loan, 1894 **** Chinese Imperial
Government Loan, 1886 Shares in the China Fire Insur. Co., Ld...................... Cash in bands of General Man, Ager.......
59.000.00
20,000.00 -321,405.04.
9,500.00
116,500.00
36,239-78
157.00
$1,35,300.0By Yokohama Steam Fire Engine;
$150, Cash.
· Apply to
B. Ch Office of this Paper. Hongkong, 16th February, 1889, [216
ST. JOHN
LODG
OF HONGKONG, No. 618, S.C.
A-N-EMERGENCY-MEETING of the above
named Lodge will be held in FREEMA+ SONS' HALL, Zetland Street, on MONDAY, the 18th instant, at 8.30 for 9 P.M. precisely. Visiting Brethren are cordially invited. Hongkong, 16th February, 1889.
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and the West Coast, But the especial friends of Stanley-men like Mr. Edward Marston and others who would never give him up, hut have continued sending him, by every mail, tobacco, letters, newspapers, books, with even greater persistency when hope was least-can, we not enter into their feelings this Chrismas Eve, and imagine them rejoicing, even in their sleep, and being unusually generous to their nephews, nieces, godchildren., and dependents? Event his Majesty the King of the Belgians must feel a keener zest for the festivities of the season imparted by the thought that after all H.E. Sir G. WILLIAM & Lady DES VŒUX. Stanley was not far wrong, and that the
Amusenrents.
UNDER THE PATRONAGE AND IN THE PRESENCE ot
Conach the present den of MADAME
approach to Wadelai in the present condition of Eastern, Equatorial Africa. For although it is incorrect to suppose that King Leopold, was in any way responsible for the selection of this route by the Emin Pasha Hellef Expedition, still, Stanley being in the employ of his Majesty at the time, popular oplaton not unnaturally identified. bis arguments in favour of approaching Wadelai from the Congo as in direct sympathy with his patron's views. And while Stanley's friends rejoice and African optimists now grow bald and say aloud, "I told you so," referring to the vague and dubious encouragement they had previously whispered, the pessimiste, who are always at band la any critical moment to predict til, retreat once more into their obscurity, like the baffled. things bf evil we shall see in the pantomimes; and there is really good cause to hope that we 1,845,374-78 || shall now get, first the most interesting despatches. Stanley ever sent from the Dark Continent; and next, Stanley himself.
2,083.79
104,519.04 15,308.00 ............. 039,212.9
$4,715,389
By Accounts Receivable:-
Balance of Premium and Interest,
to 31st December........
99,710.19
By Steam Fire Engine, No, I ¦---
Balance of this Account
3?
1,779.18
By Steam Fire Engine, No. 2 i-
Balance of this Account
E
Balance of this Account
124,044.96
By Hankow Fire Engine
077, 381.08
Bilance of this Account ......
་་
By Ningpo Fire Engine
1,125.go $0,1x7.02
11.55.71 -81,715,382,89
By Amoy Fire Engine :-.
Balance of this Account -....obaja By Swatow Fire Engine: -
Balance of this Account
- REVENUE ACCOUNT!
Cost of Labor Material and Working Expenses To Inarest m
at the Company's three Kablishin($91,01.61 Tonća zama
To Crown Ron
To Office xpenses, Galantes, Stationery, Rent, and
Fatty Cash at Head Office
To Drawing Office Expenses and Salaries To Telegrama Te Prost.
By Giess Earnings of the Company's three Establish By Towage, Nett Kemping 12 Transfer Fe
Karging antyggerinášaušana. To Bonus on premis and unclaimed
Jants.
14.932-54
Balance of this Account
43000
.80.00
But it is well, at the same time, that we should be free from too much exultation, and not halloa |
KOR F F
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MDLLE. MAILLARD
will give another
N
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ON
ST. ANDREW'S HALL, MONDAY EVENING,
the 18th Instant.":
PROGRAMME: FIRST PART.
Mrs. KORFF.
Mdile. MAILLARD.
Mrs. KORFF.
-Sonate, Op. 31..... -Air..... 3-Transcription
Noel
* Malle. MAILLARD, Carnival Jest....
Mrs. KORFF.
too loudly till both Emin and Stanley "are out. of the wood." Nor should we too hastily set-Musica Praibita
.. INTERVAL
-Polonaise....
.BRITHOVEN.
....LIBZT.
SCHUMANN.
GASTALDON.
..CHOPIN:
Mrs. KORFF. 1--Deux Romances...................MASSÉ..
Malle. MAILLARD.
Der Verbannte........... Elisabeth's Prayer
•Mrs. KORFF.
“KOEHLER. WAONER.
LISZT.
5.420.36 down Orman Digna's information as all a lie. Personally I do rot share the too commonly- 3,561.70 held belief that "niggers" (as the average bluff soldier, or sailor, or trader good-naturedly, rather than contemptuously, terms savage or uncivilised races) are good at composing claborate lies. Small falachoods they will easily and readily tell, but a realistic circumstantial lie they seldom have 167.68 imagination enough to originate. We are apt-Valse Caprice
bercin to credit them with our own advanced mental development or the subtle chicanery of the Asiatic East. I therefore hesitate to
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. believe that: Osman Digna's information is wholly false, although I do not for a moment
Tickets to be had at MessTS, LANE, CRAWFORD think that either Stanley or Emin is the & Co.-Price, $2, Khalifa's prisone. From the more detailed
Hongkong, 15th February, 1889.. Information which we received yesterday we learn that on Stanley's arrival at Wadelat he THEATRE found decided dienailsfaction prevailing among the Egyptian officers and not a few cases of deser-- 123,307.3ion among the native soldiers. He seems to have
450.00 $1,956,879.89
WORKING ACCOUNT, 1888. |
1,093.97
·08, 26.03
5.To Premium Actant:-
Balance of this Account......... To Interest Accounti
Balance of this Account,... To Transfer Fées Account $197,08180Fees collected during the year......
08097 To Exchange Accounti
Balance of this Account...
11.00
4. In view of the magnitude of this profit and of the exceedingly favourable conditions accorded to them, his Excellency cannot suppose that there will be any hesitation on the part of the lot-holders in accepting this small addition to their obligations For, great as are the advant. ages to be derived in any case by the public from this scheme, the Governor. has been, and is still of opinion that they might A very good performance was registered by tot-bolders being correspondingly less, by have been much greater,. the grin of the Scaletta and Muhlberg over the Derby course the adoption of the 2nd or 3rd alternatives the spotted one going much the stronger at the above indicated (from the fatter of which and certify that the above Statements see in scope there We have examined the Books and Vouchers of the Ommpany, end, as the following figures show-337, 66, 1.38 the Government is not even now entirely pre- (1:18 once round), 11), 2.48 and 3.211. Jorat.
THOR AFOLD) took part in the last seven furlongs of this cluded), and, as there can be no doubt that one
Fangar 15 P "pow" but was beaten off in the straight. Chaser (Mr. Maclean), Cherry Blossom (Mr. Sassoon), and Benhur (Mafoo) were tried over the Derby dis- tance; the first named made all the running and won from the game little blaze-faced chesnut
wick
of the principal considerations which welgbed-Hongkong, 14th February 1969. with the Secretary of State in giving his provį. sional sanction to the choice of the first alterna.
tire was the absence of delay, from litigation - THE HONGKONG FIRE INSUR and otherwise, in respect of a work of so greatANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. public importance, the Governor, trusts that you
by about six lengths, Benbur being "nowhere" will have no difficulty in at once obtaining the **times Vigour 05, 1.374, 2.134, 2.48, and 3.22. consent of the lot-bollers to the final terms now Ker) and Vengeance (Mr. Hart proposed, and thus enable the Ordinance autbo Ruck) went a mile and a ball at a steady paco-rising the scheme to be brought before the times 39, 1.15 1.491, 3.36, 3.0), and 3.31 For Legislature at an early day, the same distance Pao-shing (Mr. Machado) beat Busybody (who was pulled up by Mr. Fond I have the honour to be, Sir,
inside the distance) in 341, 671, 1.404, 2.15, 2.498
and 3.23.
Your most obedient servant,
FRIDERICK STEWART, Colonial Secretary.
Challenger (Mr. Reynell) had no dificulty in The Honourable C. F. Chater, Boci, &c., &c. - beating Leap Year (Mr. Hough) In mile and
a half pow," the bay griffin, finishing full of
な
The following is the report for presentation
to the shorebulders at the twentieth ordinary meeting to be held at the offices of the Company, Pedder Street, on Monday, the 25th February, 1889, at noon
By Charges Account
Salaries of Assistants, $8,000.00 Salaries of Surveyors in H'kong and Shangbaf2,233-33 Rent of Offices, 2,800.00 Solicitors' Retaining Fees, 083.33 Stationery, Printing, Advertising, WagesofShroffs, &c. 14,578,32
3,3Re-Insurance Account -
Paid for Re-Insurance during the
year
By
Account of Losses
Paid for, Losses and Claims,
By
Fire Brigade Account
4:
$308,294.24
stopped this approaching disintegration of Emin's"
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ROVAL
CITY HALL, HONGKONG.
344-00 forces by his arrival and his welcoms supplies; THE HONGKONG CHORAL SOCIETY
760.28
but whether be hastened up the Egyptian troops sufficiently to withstand the advancing forces of the Khalifa's Heutenant, Omar Salih (ascending $432,575.83 from Lado in April last), is questionable. Thes Egyptians and Soudanese, it must be remem- bered, bad hitherto not had occasion to combat with the fanatical Arabs of Khartoum, and it was quite another matter to keep in order the more or less placable Bari, Shull, Sur, and Makraka degroes of Emin's province, The contact of the Khalifa's troops--or the Imminent contact may have proved 'too severe a test for their fidelity. Moreover, during Stanley's return to the Aruwimi (not Aruwhimi) their defection may Abt have taken place, and Wadelal may have bee
just possibly occupied by Omar Salih's forces. in September last, the news of this event reaching #1750.83 | us in a garbled form, together with the Saider cartridges (taken from Emin's, not Stanley's, 19,436.13 soldiers) and the copy of the Khedive's Izer,
through. Osman Digua. Under these circum stances I rather fancy Emin managed 10 withdraw
The General Managers have pleasure in place or one half Share of Brigade 9 and retreat to the West with sugh of his followers
mg before the Shareholders, the Twentieth Annual Report of the Company, hea
expenses at Hongkong, and the Branches, viz., Shanghai and Yokohama,
For Commission on Premis col- By Commission Account
lected at Hongkong, and the Branches arisenusitrommen Balance transferred an aborg,
The years 1867 and 1888 have been remarkable for the unusual oumber of fires which occurred within those periods; resulting in frequent and serious losses to the Company, and the balance at credit of $152.143-30 mentioned in the Report issued in February last; has been reduced By by subsequent payments attaching to 187 Policies, leaving an amount now available for
proposed to deal with as follows her VAN apportionment of $168,535 which - with the approval of the Consulting Committee His or to Shareholders on their contributions, busiocarpejo
running-times, 331, 651, 139, 34144 3.49 and HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK 3,13. For the same distance Victor (Mr. Ker) KARA, COMPANY, LIMITED, BENS ran away from Veteran, and finished splendidly in 34. 67, 141, 2.16, 2.53, and 3.aaf, Starry Nights finished long way in front of The following is the report of the Board of Kingcraft over the German Cup distance in 33ir Company, Limited, to the ordinary, yearly meet
Directors of the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock 69, 146, 232, and 2:57. Mr. Gubbay's popying of hareholders, to be held at the offices of running to most carries fashion. For the last six furlongs of a mile trial Hotspur led and beat the Company," No. 14, Praya, Hongkong on Fleet Foot in 331 67 and 140. The full time, I Monday, the agth: February, 1889) at 3-30 o'clock Dividend of $16.50 per Share
heard, was 2.11. Lochinvar and Methyen went a
mile and a quarter, McDuff joiningin at the threes
To the Bhareholders of the Fangkong and
quarter, post, in 33, 69, 145, 2.21 and 2:56. 1. 3: Whampoa Dock Company). ited.
· timed Bypläy, Skipjack and Bombshell foramile;
the first named winning cailly, 313, 64, 1-37, and
Gentleme
The Directors have now to With regard to investments ball to you their Repon," Bialement of the General Managers and Cons
YE! & O. E. Hongcong, tỉ
will Repeat
GILBERT & SULLIVAN'S OPERETTA
*IOLANTHE
„ON.
SATURDAY,
the 23rd February, 1889.
Doors open at 8.30 PM. Performances commence at 9 O'CLOCK.J.M.
Tickets may be obtained from Mesir, LAME; CRAWFORD & Co. on MONDAY, 18th instant, at'g A.M
had at the Door of the Theatre on the evening Tickets for Back Seats of the Stalls may be of the Performance-Price, $i. A
"Hon Sceretary." Hongkong, 11th February, 1889,
ST. GEORGE'S HALL
CON C.
will be given in the above Hall,
WEDNESDAY, ga February 27th, In Aid of OR THE HONGKONG BRANCH OF THEY SOLDIERS AND SAILORS, FAMILIES 1:
AID ASSOCIATION.
as, were faithful (no doubt Omar Salih would A 4,52966 favourbis flight as gelling tid of an embarrassing factor in the problem), and perhaps so rejoined Stanley returning from his August visit to the Aruwimi, and, together with him, made his way 20,19645) towards the Congo, in which region their joint 320.197.86.arrival has just been telegraphically reported from
SAO Thome with a certain amount of probability.. It is possible though I hope not the case that the gallant Captain Casaji may have been sent by Emin to effect the retreat on Wadelsh of the gerbern outposts in the province, and that his Capture by the Arabs may be
be the migle of Osman Digna's news,Bonaly the place of Stanley's reported rest after his visit to the Aruwimi, is
33,676.85
bruary, 1820 JARDINS MATUTION & E C General-Managers:~/ We have examined the Books and Vouchers
the Company and certify that the braid to be a confusion with Bangala, the country Statements are in accordance therewith. If
G. S. Coxor
WAFA HENDERSON,
Hongkong, 14th February, 1889,
of the Bi-ngals (the Bo or Ba prefix in the Bantu languages generally indicates, "a country" on Upper di-community in an abétract state) on the Congo, but do not think thêm is any connection between the two, and you can 169 on the map
Under the Distinguished Patronage of M. GORDON CAMERON “Mr. MAXWELL; "MIL-BELL-IRVING
Doors open at.... To commence atuniden Tickets
a sach, can be obtained KELLY & WAUB, LDS-55 A "Hongkong," 13th February, 1889
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