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Intimations.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1889.

„LOCAL AND GENERAL.

THE share list of the Peak Residences, Limited, closes to-morrow at 1 p.m.

THE report of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation will be found in another

column.

EMELIE MELVILLE, Verdi, and Vemon Reid are members of Senrelle's Opera Company, lately performing at Cape Town,

TERMS TO LARGE BUYERS. WE are informed by the agents (Messrs. Russell & Co.) that the "Union" Line steamer Narther, from Antwerp and Hamburg, left Singapore for this port to-day, and may be expected to arrive on the 15th inst.

COAST ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.

No Extra Charge for Packing.

DAKIN BROS. OF CHINA, LIMITED,

CHEMISTS, HONGKONG.

(Telephone. No. 60.)

Hongkong, 23rd July, 1889.

CHINESE papers Mate that the country around Tunpchow, in Shantung, which is within measurable distance from Chefod is so thickly infested with wolves that it amounts almost to a plague of these savage pests.

The

THE barometer is falling, particularly at Luzon, according to to-day's weather report. weather looked a little that way, to-day, but until the miscreant who inveigled the office rochuck away is caught we'don't like to venture any opinion about typhoons,

A FIRE broke out at Hongkow on the night of [13

the 3rd inst, and partially destroyed four houses. Captain' Superintendent McEuen met with an

was gallantly rescued by Sergt. O'Flaherty, who pulled him, half stunned, from under a mass of

In Melbourne the other week, at the unveiling | of "* ́statute” in memory of Chinese Gordon, nine tenths of the people present kept their hats on when the band played "God save the Queen." The disloyalty of Young Australia to Her Gracious Majesty is becoming quite serious, and

işt does not look encouraging for the prospects of Imperial Federation.

the City Hall, Hongkong, on Saturday, the 24th August, at noon -- To the Proprietors of the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation. Gentlemen,-The Directors bave now to sub- the Bank, and balance sheet for the ball-year mit to you a general statement of the affairs of

ending joth June, 1889.

The net profits for that period, including $59,874.67 balance brought forward from inst account, after paying all charges, deducting interest paid and due, and making provision for bad and doubtful accounts, amount to $772,088,14 of which, after taking out remuneration to Directors, there remains for appropriation $762,08.14.

JUNK thieves are pretty daring. The other night one of the fraternity stole a boat belonging to a leper and paddied off to a junk laden with pigs, which was anchored near the Prays. He got even little piglets worth $5 altogether into the boat, and then one squealed, and set the rest going, and the grew were roused. The thief rowed off, but they pulled faster, so to get away he dumped the poor little porkers, and payment of a dividend of one pound and ten From this sum, the Directors recommend the they were drowned. But he was caught- Sikh was waiting to welcome him on the jetty-shillings per share, which will absorb $400,000, and he began his three months to day. The the rate at which the Dividend is declared, The difference in Exchange between 45. 6d, unoffending leper was ordered to be sent to the

and 35% ofd, the' rate of the day, amounts to leper village at Canton.

$101,780.82.

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They recommend transferring $100,000 to the $4,400,000, Credit of Reserve Fund, which will then stand The Balance of $70,307.32 to be carried to New Profit and Loss Account.

DIRECTORS.

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The Hon. J. Bell-Irving having resigned on leaving the colony, the Directors invited the Hon. J. J. Keswick to join the Board: the Directors also invited Mr. T. E. Davies to fill the seat | vacated by Mr. C. D. Bottomley. Both thesi

ing.

Twenty-one persons were injured. Twelve natives and one European, who were only alightly Burt, had their wounds dressed, and proceeded. Eight were seriously injured, but had to be removed to hospital at Shengaus. five of these were sent to their homes. Three

GNATONO, July 19th, Mr. Hait has anived, and will proceed on his Journey to-morrow.

THE STEAMER " FUNGSHUN"

ASHORE.

the salaries which she is obliged to pay for the services of foreign engineers will be a trifling item. The various foreign dicates in their "earnest" endeavours to Induce Cafna" to build railways, are actuated by motives of private gain, and not by any covert intentions of aggression.

The railway and the telegraph are really inventions of practical utility, and not extrava- gant notions.

...

But the region between Tientsin and Tung. chow is adjacent to our expital, and must be separately considered with regard to rail. ways. According to what the memorialist has heard, the capitals of European countrics, Telegraphic information wasreceived in Shang- such as Russia, Germany, and France, hai on the 4th instant by the China Merchants are strongly safeguarded by defensive works, 5. N. Co. to the effect that the steamship and ise not in connection with the railways of a Fungshun, Capt. Tisdall, had struck a sunken possible hostile neighbor. The reason why the rock close to the North East Promontory at submarine tunnel across the English Channel between 8 and 9 o'clock on Friday night and had which was intended to connect, England with since been beached in a sandy place some four the Continent by a railway was given up, was not or five miles from the Lighthouse. It appears so much on account of the arduousness of the that only the steamer's forehold is damaged, the undertaking, as the fear lest England right be main hold and the engine room being clear of in too close proximity to France, and expose water. There are eight feet of water in the fore herself more openly to invasion. Thus it will be hold. As soon as the telegram mached Shang-seen, even foreign nations take every precaution hai, orders were given to the Yungching, which to safeguard their capitals from danger. If the had only arrived on Saturday night, to discharge Tientsin-Taku railway should be extended to her cargo as quickly as possible and proceed with Tungchow, the approaches to the Capital ought powerful pumps and appliances to the steamer.. to be rendered so strong as to be impregnable to A telegram from Captain Tisdall gives the attack-but such defensive works would cost position where the Fungshum is beached as lat. coormous outlays which China at present is 37.15 N. and long, 123.39 E. The vessel struck hardly prepared to afford. close to where the same Company's steamer Pautah was lost on the 21st July, 1887.

The Fungshin's cargo consisted almost Mercury says, is insured in the Yun-chi-bo, (the China Merchants' Co.'s own insurance office), but the Yangtze Insurance Co. bad one line of $18,000,

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Mr. T. Jackson assumed charge of the London Office on 1st June in place of Mr. David McLean, who resigned Mr. John Walter assumed charge ofthe Shanghai Branch on 1st May in place of Mr. E. Cameron, who will be associated with Mr. Jackson in the management in London. The accounts have been audited by the Hon. Phineas Ryrie and Mr. Fallartan Henderson.

W. H. FORBES, Chairman.

AFTER several attempts to tow the steamer the 31st uit. She left Amoy on the rat inst., in at Kaifong off the reef at Arroy, she came off on

company with the Woosung, and went into dock at Shanghai on the sth. I was there found that the keel, from the outer to the main bulkheads, had set up to a considerable extent and token the plates with it, but none of them had been broken, and it was only owing to the giving way of several rivets that the water entered the fore hold. The keel will have to be renewed for

is expected to take about three weeks. After the truck, the carga was jettisoned in order to try and get her off again, but not succeeding in this by the time the Hoosung went to her THE Sydney Bulletin says that "Amy Sherwin's assistance arrangements were made with some company was badly slated by the Hongkong fishermen to tranship the cargo, which was done.

It was quite the other way. The Pancis." "slating" Miss Sherwin and her three supporWs observe from the N. C. Daily News that ters received from the local press was in the the steamship Kaifong, convoyed by the Woo share of jam to an extent that, almost became sang, arrived in Shanghai on the morning of the 4th inst, and was docked that night. The extent nauseous..

of her injuries did not extend beyond the fore- part of the ship. No cargo was jettisoned from the Kaifong after the arrival of the Woosung at Genimle.-Dur editor thanks, the editor of the Tire for his the scene of the disaster, as arrangements were kindness in reminding him of the relationship that exists between made with the fishermen to carry cargo from them, and náhis similarity to an klist Without doubt one of the two editors is "similar" the one ship to the other, the Woosung having to an idiot, but the par is slightly mixed, and taken coolies for the purpose of lightening the there is little to be grateful for anyway. The vessel. Several attempts had been made to unkind editar af the Timer in a late issue stigerentually she came off herself by using her low the Kaifengr off, but without success and matises the Chronicle man as a "hunk of

own engines on the early morning tide. There mediocrity"

was no difficulty or danger in bringing the ship from Amoy to Shanghai.. It is stated that the Tienisin, which is giving her some trouble, as Kaifong has a lot of dynamite on board for there are objections to its being transhipped in Shanghai,

THE following appears in the Normanton

Chronicle of the 24th ultimo :---

THE second case of alleged robbery at a Chinese Police Court this morning, Mr. E. Robinson club was again before Mr. Wodehouse at the

appeared for the prosecutor, Tong Man, manager of the Ming Lee Chü club, Mr. J. F. Webber represented the third and Mr. Caldwell the first, second and fourth defendants, who are members of the Kue Wan Club. The case occupied the whole morning and part of the afternoon, and his Worship adjourned the further hearing of the

case.

HOSTILITits between the Dutch and Achinese are recommercing. On the 26th ult, a sharp encounter took place between the invaders and the Achinese in the neighbourhood of Pohamab, about 5 miles from Kota Rajah, the Dutch head quarters. The Dutch were caught in'an ambush, but after hard fighting they drove the Achinese back and took the Achinese fort. It is reported that three Dutch officers and so men have been billed, and that five officers and go men have been wounded,

SME excise officers found a quantity of illicit 1, 2, or 3 tea spoonfuls every hour, or in urgent opium on a junk yesterday, and duly hauled up the man in charge before the magistrate this moming. The case was getting on very nicely, when suddenly a man in Court stood forward and said the opium belonged to him. As he succeeded in establishing his claim satisfactorily be was put in a line with the first defendant, and about twenty seconds later had the satisfaction of being fined $5 for his share in the transaction, And he didn't get his opiuni backs, either. FAST night two dirty, itchy, hungry, beach- combing Kanakas were friends. Now one is in hospital, and the other is in gaol. They had a difference about an egg-which one had begged and eaten all by himself contrary to the beauti "Bite bigger, Billy" theory of the story books, and when the gorged one lay down to sleep on his mat, daintily spread across Lascar Row his bngry compation avenged himself. He scized him by his luxuriant cars and pounded his head on the stones until he could see millions of hens, besides small chickens; then he ran away. He is on remand, pending the injured man's recovery.

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BIRTH. At Chinkiang, on the 2nd August, the wife of J. W. INNOCENT, Imperial Maritime Customs, ol' a daughter.

DEATHS.

At Margate, England, on the 30th ult, ALEXANDER MYBURGH, Late of the Inner Temple and Shanghai, Barrister-at-law, aged 42.

At Chinklang, on the and August, 1889, ET-EL, aged 7 years and 8 months, the beloved daughter of Henry and Lizzie Mciones, Imperial

Maritime Customs.

The Baughong Celegraph

hash of the Lemm-Hornblower arrest here, and

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The sword of Justice is a two-edged weapon-it balsam with the other. The cutting edge, smiteth with one side and plasters on friar's wielded by the Honorable H. E. Wodehouse, inflicted a very slight wound on a lot of Wong- pei-chong squatters the other day, their offence being that of not obeying the Government regulations by taking out licenses. Mr. Watton, who was their champion, said he would appeal, which apparently so scared the stipendiary that yesterday he intimated to Mr. Bowles, who had. been sent up to the Court for the purpose, that her pented of his decision (to impose a fine of only fifty cents each) and dismissed the case, And now the "no-rint" community engaged in the pig-wash industry are holding high revel over their victory, the other squatters scattered over the Colony are organising a blood thirsty Land League, and Mr. Alphabet King, the Surveyor of Squatters, is a-gonshing of his thirty. two teeth and using bad language.

MUAR, the Sultan of Johore's capital, has been

invaded by Dyaks, looking, not for heads, but for work Upwards of a hundred arrived by the Bengkalis, bag and baggage intending to go up the river to collect jungle produce, such as gutta- percha, dammar, &c. The local authorities deemed it prudent to deny them this liberty, as it might lead to many unpleasant di-putes with the people already engaged in this line of business. A both parties are rather familiar with the sumption, and can use the paraug to assert their claims, while the representatives of the Government are too few to keep order, this decision is perhaps the best for the Resident bere to take. Consequently some 65 of the new comers went by the Linggi to Malacca a day or two later, and the greater portion of the balance. were also to go there when the Linggi returned. Some few remained to get employment in the Settlement as coolics, &c. It is said there are upwards of a thousand Dyaks yet who mean to ̈reinforce this detachment,

AUDITORS."

Hongkong, 8th August, 1889.

ABSTRACT OF ASSets and liabilitIES, 30TH JUNE, 1889.. Liabilities.

The extent of damage done is not yet known,

but it is expected that after taking out the cargo difficulty, and be able, with temporary repairs, to proceed to Shanghai to be docked.

the steamer will be floated off without much

CHANG CHIH-TUNG ON RAILWAYS FOR CHINA"

The following is the full text of the memorial on the subject of railways for China forwarded to the Emperor by His Excellency the Viceroy .....$7,500,000.00 | of Canton, as translated from the Chinese paper

4.300,003.00 H Pao by the Chinese Times:

250,000.00

Paid-up' capital Reserve fund...... Marine insurance account ***** Notes in circulation$ 5.328,397.20 83,660,633.42 Deposits.....

............ 88,989,010,62

Bills payable, (including drafts pa Loudon Bankers and short sight drawings on London office against bill receivable bullion shipments).. Profit and loss account

Cash

Assets.

and

Investments, viz. zem.

100,000 27 per cent. Consols. Z150,000 3 per cent. Indian

Government sterling loan, The above lodged with the Bank of England as a special Lon- don reserve.......$1,540,540.54 Rs. 5,000,000, Indian

Perusing carefully the words of H. M. the Empress, as contained in the communication received from the Grand Council; the memorial- ist perceives with what assiduous attention the Court regards the people's interests, and what importance it attaches to the requirements of coast defence. ****

Railways have been in vogue in Westera countries for nearly a century, and they have -18,199.317-49

772,088.14 been the principal source of their wealth and

power. $120010445.25

At their initial stages, foreign nations only, constructed trunk-lincs, and it was not until traffic had been well developed and business $10,885,024.51 | firmly established that branch lines were

extended, connecting their capitals with pre fectural cities and towns. The outlays were at first enormous, but when they were completed, prince and peasant' alike enjoyed their untold benefits. China is now eagerly seeking alter methods by which she may preserve tranquillity within and repel invasion without. If she would. augment her power, it is inevitable that she must have the superior sciences of the west. The 2,195.945-94

Admiraly Board, in their memorial, bave clearly 3.736,486.48, explained the manifold uses of railways, which. Bills discounted, loans and credits 56,731,053:81 are as follows: Bills receivable

47.621.960 02 1. They facilitate the operations of caust

928,455.39 defence, 107,400.04 $120,010,446.25

4 per cent. Gort. loan

Bank premises

-Dead-stock-in

PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT, 30TH JUNE,, 1899. Dr. To amounts written of:-Remu-

neration to Directors..............$ To Divid nd account11's. per share on 60,000 shares= £90,000 45. 6d.

To Dividend Adjustment account:-

Difference in exchange between 41. 6d., the rate at which the dividend, was declared, and 35. old, the current rate of the day... To Reserve Fund ........ To balance carried forward to next

half-year....mus

Cri

10,000.00

400,000.00

The expenses-of-maintaining local armies will be curtailed.

3. Transportation of troops and military stores will be expedited.

4. Trade and commerce will flourish, 6. Mines will be opened and profitably developed.

6. Travelling will be facilitated.

7. A regular and expeditious mail service will be established.

8. The conveyance of famine reliëf be prompt and rapid.

According to the memorialist's humble opinion, the special point in the matter of railways which claims our attention is this: Since China has 191,780.82 opened herself to international trade, the com- 100,000.00 parative value of her imports and exports will determine the prosperity; or adversity of her 70,307.32 commerce, and establish the happiness or misery

of her people, $ 772,088.14

During recent years, the value of oplam and foreign goods annually imported and consumed in China exceeds the aggregate value of all her exports by about Tis. 20,000,000. Should this unequal trade continue, China will assuredly be drained. It being now impossible to stop the importation of opium and foreign goods, the only remedy left us is to devise measures for the 712,213.47 increased production of native, goods and their

greater consumption at home and abroad. 772,088.14

By balance of undivided profits,

31st December, 1788359,874.67 By amount of net profits for the six months ending 30th June, 1889, after deducting all expenses and interest paid and due.........

RESERVE FUND.

YESTERDAY morning a good little Chinese school-boy was going along Garden Road, near of the verb "to be," when five men came up, Government House, thinking over the difficulties. took his copy-book, cut away his purse, which contained $5, and stole some extra clothes that boxed his ears, told him it was wicked to play he was carrying, in case he got wet. Then they truant, and disappeared. Instead of doing like To balance on 30th June, 1883 $4.400,000.00 sea coast is 10 enormous that transportation will a European school boy, and slouching home to sab out his sorrows to his mother, the young beggar went down to the Central Station, got a detective, went in the direction the men took, and identified one by collaring hold of him. The man bad pawn-tickets for some of concerted in the theft, but he offered to let the the clothing in his pocket, and admitted being

pector cut his head off if there were more before Mt. Pollock this morning, along with an than four cash in the purse. He was brought up accomplice who had been subsequently arrested, and the two were remanded.

The following Imperial Decree was published on the 30th July with reference to the recent breach in the Yellow River embankment at Chang-kiu Hien in the Tai-nan Prefecture, Shantung :-Chang Yao has bas informed us of the bursting of the embankment at Ta-chla Chwang and Kin-yüh Chwang and that measures

$4,400,000.00

By balance on 31st Dec., 1888...$4,300,000.00 By amount transferred from proft and loss account......................................

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2. It has been stated that' the number of families in the Tientsin Tungchow region who derive their livelihood from the cart and boat. each family there are about 300,000 persons dependent upon the present method of com- munication and traffic, Granting that this entire number will not be deprived of their subsistence by the introduction of railways, but that one-

half of them shall be able to obtain employment

in one capaclly or anether in connection with the proposed order of things, at least 30,000 persons, representing as many familles, will, be sadly affected. The length of the proposed Tungchow railway being only 200 odd li, and there b.ing few intermediate stations, the num ber of persons who will be employed as wa'ch. men, servants, etc., cannot be great.si

It is said that England, which has 40 000 li of railways, employs 165,000 men; Reckoning at this rate, the Tungchow line will be able to employ only 800 persons. There being no very important cities or places in the vicinity of this railway will be quite difficult to develop a Dourishing state of freight and passenger traffic. Morcover this proposed line, which is short, and passes through a thickly populated country," differs from other localities in that we have on the one end the national capital, and on the other the important harbour at Taku, pad, inter- mediate between these points, are valuable salt. works. As to paying compensation for the removal of graves and dwelling houses, where these are too numerous, the task is difficult and hazardons.

3. There are those who argue that although extraordinary undertakings are invariably attended with extraordinary difficulties, yet since railways are admittedly beneficial and advan.... tageous, too great besitancy would be unwise. They advocate the extension of the Tientsin line to Tungchow, because such a line would be profitable.

But on the other hand, they do not consider the interests of those who will be made helpless by such a step. Any scheme which involves benefit to some and detriment to others, should be thrice considered before adoption. There are those who, like Fisu Hui Feng and others, pro nose the construction of a line from Te-chu in

· Shantung to. Chining, and thence follow the old. course of the Yellow River, But such ling would be quite impracticable for several reasons. The soil along the course of the Yellow River is of a loose sandy nature, and were embank-. ment to be made 'over it, 'the work would be both expensive and difficult. The r'ver, also, is constantly altering its course, and many iron bridges will be required.

In the memorialist's humble opiafon a grand trunk-line should - be constructed from Lu-kou- chino, a point outside of the Capital, and, passing through Honao, terminate at Hankow in Hupel The advantages of such a line may be put under seven different, headings. 1. Being located.far in the interior, it will not incur any, risk of being utilized by an enemy in case of war, 2 Being made to pass through vast plains and unoccupied tracts of country, the line will avoid interference with graves and residences. 3. The enormous amount of traffic and general business which this line will create will afford occupation to millions of people, none of whom need be deprived of means of support. 4. The amount of traffic on this line, as it passes through the most flourishing provinces, will be so great that. not only will it pay working expenses, bụt afford enormous profit 5 Should danger ever threaten the Capital, the forces In Hupel, Hunan, Kiangsu, elc, can be concentrated in a day. And in the event of local rebellion, To do this, however, there are two serious troops can be transported with such rapidity | difficulties to be met. The distance from our that a few days will suffice to quell it and restore extreme northern and western provinces to the peace. 6. With such a railway, the rich coal and fron mines in Shanti will be readily be excessively toilsome and slow; besides, the developed, and China will obtain an exhaustless quality of native goods is so coarse and their supply of these articles. 7. In the event of a Yalue so trifling, that unless they were improved blockade of her coust, China need have no fear by foreign machinery, their isle would be nearly of being unable to transport cereals to Peking, profities. But to bring machinery into the as they can be taken from Chinking to Hankow 100,000.00 interior to improve these course and cheap in two or three days' time, and thence by rail native products would be extremely cumbersome conveyed to Lu-kou-chiao, which is equally $4,400,000.00 without railways. When the cost of manufac-distant from the Government granaries with maturing native products and transporting them to Tungehow.norge data cong ng

the seaports has been reduced to its minimum, When this line is completed, it will give m clable extent, the export duty can be greatly of all classes will find it so beneficial and and their consumption has increased to an appre marvellous impetus to inland trade, and people lessened, thereby affording encouragement to profitable: that it will speedily become popular, native industries. Therefore, If China would and all future extensions will be carried out develops her native trade, and place her exports without difficulty? In conveying merchandise on a par with her imports in order not to suffer through the interior, railways will do away with disadvantage in her international commerce, she, the many risks incidental toʻziyer transport, such must have iron roads.

meas stealing by the crew, dampness from rain, China is being watched by powerful neighbours loss through decay, etc. When our northem and who are a source of imminent peril to her. The north-eastern provinces have been reached by length of our river and sea coasts is so great, and | railways, Chius will after a score of years" pre- sands of ; that we know not where to defend, Power on NATURA our northern frontiers measure so, many thou-sent very different spectacles as a Military where to fortify.

grey de pe Those; who consider an undertaking of this - Without railways, how are we to meet the nature as too great, and are sceptical as to emergencies of sudden attacks ? Can China whence the enormous-funds required shall be have a numberless supply of skilful generals and procured,should know that such an apparent disciplined troops? Whence will she procure difficulty is not insurmountable. The memo the requisite quantity of arms and provisions for rialist proposes to divide this line into several her numberless armies 7

sections, the first section to extend from the starting point to Ching. Ting, the next to extend to the north bank of the Yellow River, thence to Hain Yang Chou, and last to Hand kow. The country through which this line passes consiste, príncipally of level plains, und; much labour will be saved. (If's tring and econo

G. E. NOBLE, Chlef Manager. A. W. MAITLAND, Chief Accountant. W. H. FORDES,

H. L. DALRYMPLE, › Directors. S. C. MICHELSEN, Hongkong, 7th August, 1889.

INDIAN TELEGRAMS.

SIMLA, July 18th.

TIK police seem to be unfortunate in their search after Australian criminals. They made an awful in Singapore they have done nearly as badly The Free Press says:-On Monday last we noticed the arrest, on board the steamer Fort Victor, of a passenger named Taylor, who wea anid to be "wanted" in Sydney. Tavior was taken to the Delective Station and afterwards released. Since then news has been received from Australia, making the 'police anxious arrest him. Taylor, however, has made the best of his opportu ity, and is nowhere to be found, Nearly every member of the Force, from the Superintendent down, is on the look-out for him. THE new regulation promulgated by H.E. Chang Chin Tung. Viceroy of the Two Kwangs, the effect that all the smelting works in the two which lately received the sanction of Throne, lo

provinces were to be exempted for a certain numbers of years from taxation, came into force on the 1st instant, and we now hear that a mer- chant named Huang, representing a Canton syndicate, has been the first to avail himself of the privilege. He has petitioned and received His Excellency's consent to re-open-n coal mine, which of late years had fallen into disuse, in the district of Sid-ngen, province of Kwangi, and also to establish smelting works in connection welcomed this rerascitated enterprise, but has given his warmest support to the undertaking by instructing the Board of Reorganization of Kwangsi to give all the help in their power to forward the scheme. If the China Inland missionaries in Northern Anhui are right in their conjectures, it is to be feated, says the M. C. Dally. Newi, that our Tientsin contemporary is a little too confident in the following paragraph:"So far, contrary

closing to the too confident prognostications of the

The situation in Sikkim remains unchanged, Shanghat papers, the Cheng Chou, breach the breach as quickly as possible, and let relief it is unlikely, in the absence of any fresh develop reparation on the south bank of the Hoang Ho

be distributed to every sufferer from the

odment, that Government will do more than main- stands all strains, but the most severe pressures Tao-t'ai Li Hi-kies is deprived of his button for fore expect to be gradually withdrawn.

so that none may be without a home. The tain the status quo. The garrison may there.. will probably not be felt until September. The Chinese officials, however, seem to have no

his remissuess and indolence; Colonel (Hich- anxieties about the security of the new fabrica Huang Kinsteh is deprived of his rank but abolished is without foundation. It is possible: A report that the 55 years' rule was to be It is by no means impossible that the story we retained at his post. As for Chang Yao himself, gaye some months ago, on the authority of some who has shown such want of skelli in directing however, that the rule may be interpreted less his subordinates, he cannot go without some The reported outbreak in Badakshan seem to

rigorously in fature. breach was effected by means of the Ice that punishment for the fault let the board delibe. have been greatly exaggerated. The Amir was rate on what that punishment shall be." The The Naval Review has proved splendid got jammed in it was correct after all, and at other suggestions made in Chang Vat's memo lately to have returned to Kabul on the comple.

this ice has gradually begun to melt underneath

tion of a certain feast, but a

apparently has given the vast mound of earth, that was piled on it, rial may be carried out.

up any such intention. and that to this melting and the'consequent re-

Affairs on the Shan Frontier are progressing towards settlement. There is every prospect of an amicable understanding belag arrived at with the Siamess authorities:REA NOR

BOMBAY, July toth,

HONGKONG, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1889.

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLAND AND CRETE.

LONDON, July 31st. England has intimated that she desires Crete

to remain part of the Turkish Empire.

ENGLAND AND EGYPT.

August 1st. Lord Salisbury, speaking at the Mansion House, said that England will not abandon Egypt until the latter is able to defend herself.

He disputed the contention that England could regard with unconcern events in Eastern Europe, and held that she cannot renounce her traditions and engagements without forfelting her influence among nations. He regarded the terrific issues involved in modern warfare as the great accurity for peace.

THE NAVAL REVIEW,

7th August.

success, The Fleet afterwards dispersed for manocavres, › The Emperor of Germany pro- longs his stay until Friday,

CRETE.

Greecs has presented a note to the Fowers urging intervention in, the affairs of Crete. Falling Intervention Greece will protect her own subjects in Creta,

with the mine. Not only has the Viceroy

of the C. I. missionaries, that the closing of the

opening of the breach, is due the present inunda tion in Noubern Anhui, which the country people attribute to the sains from the mountains, faz we are informed on good authority that it is impossible for such an inundation as is reported to be due to rain alone.

being taken to repair the breach. He requests in consequence of what is supposed to be an out. A telegram from Therapio vía Fao states that, that penalties may be meted out to those officials break of plaque, ten days' quarant'ae is applied who have shown laxness in their watch over against all arrivals from the coast of Assyr that he himself may be punished for his own quarantine is to be performed near Jeddah. the xfety of the embankment, and requests between Leet and Sobeys in the Red Sea. The omissions in the matter. It appears, then, that

It is decided that Prince Albert Victor's to 300 feet of the embankment have given way will be of a private charater throughout and We feel a deep concern and sympathy for the seeing that Sir Edward Bradford is so well sufferers by this calamity. Let Chang Yeo all the officers under him connected with this (the Governor of Shantung) exert himself, with to appoint any other officer from India on the acquainted with Indie, it may not be necessary work, to the utmost of their ability in

suite of H. R. H. during the tour,

flood,

THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

The following in the forty eighth report of the Court of Directors to the ormary bal-yearly general meeting of shareholders to be held a

In order to mest, the interests of Government and people alike, the first trunk-line should be built through the most eligible localities, whence future extensions may be conveniently and advantageously made.

But with regard to the Tientsin-Tungchow fine, there are many? should be delayed., as why its construction

mical estimate of the cost of building such a liner be made it will be found that Tias.000 or These reasons I will submit to His Majest's | Tis, 6,000 will auffice for each //, and about Tis.

4,000,000 for each section—or for the four sec consideration. their memorial state that there, I fear lest those The work can be apportioned into eight years,

3. The Censor Yu Luen Yuen and others in tions, Tin, 16,000,000. who have been converted to foreign, religions and surely China will not find it limpossible may uillize railways for stirring up trouble also raise Tis: 2,000,000 yearly. To raise the required

lest foreign nations who lead us funds for the capital, the Directors of the RainAY construction of railways may have ulterior:pany should; proceed to get subscribers; to the motives of aggression. These Densors are unshares, besides which the Financial and Sa aware that railways are made to facilitate Commissioner and Customs traveling, a matter with which native converts, in places, where general, business, and the whether their number be great or small, have trade are Bourishlog, isque share ne concern, pelajWQ

and exhort merchants to mibscribe to

A passenger train on the G. L. P. Kaŭway was - In constructing her railways China can willise, and those merchants and deputies - derailed at Wanduia, in the Berars, yesterday, 1 her own materials and her own labour, while cure the greatest number of share