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AVERAGE EXPENSES OF EACH SCHOLAR AT VICTORIA COLLEGE DURING 1889.

Expenditure....... Deduct School Fees ..... Deduct Sale of Books

..$9,335.00

12.80

..$34,369.00

9.350.89

Total Expenses of the College...$15,018.20 Average Expenses of each Scholar per

Number on Roll

$16.34, Average Expenses of each Scholar per

Average Daily Attendance ...

25.11. GEO. H. BATESON WRIGHT, M.A.,

Head Master

W WATSON AND COMPANY,

LIMITED.

The ordinary general meeting of the share holdera of the above Company was held on the afternoon of the 17th inst. Mr. J. D. Humphreys, (general manager) presided, and Mesurs. A. J. Leach, H. Wicking. H. Humphreys, E. Wookey C. A. Dzorio, 1. P. Madar, and T. H. Talbot (secretary) were present.

The Chairman moved the adoption of the report, which Mr. Wicking seconded, and the meeting agreed to it.'

Mr. A. W. Maitland was re-appointed auditor, on the motion of the Chairman, seconded by Mr. Leach' and carried unanimously.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1890.

RIFLE SHOOTING MATCH.

A. & S. HIGHLANDERS . H.M.S. "SWIFT.

A shooting match between the Sergeants of the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders and a team from H.M.S. Stiff took place at the Mili- tary Ranges, Kowloon, on the afternoon of the

Яth inst.

A very close contest was expected, as the Swift were known to be good marksmen, having only been beaten once on the China Station, and the Swift having been the crack shooting ship in the Navy for the last two years. The con. ditions of the match were eight inch a ride, seven shots at two, four, and five hundred yards, one sighting shot at each and any position. These tanges were chosen by the Naval team, four hundred yards being an unusual distance in a Military match.

The weather was not very favourable for good shooting, as there was a stiff breeze blowing at the commencement, and although this dropped after a little while, matters only became worse with a heavy downpour of rain, which interfered considerably with the shooting at 400 yards. At the conclusion of the firing at the first range the Highlanders were a dozen points to the good, this advantage they increased to 6g' at 400 yards, and added another 31 at 500 yards, thus winning the match by 100 points.

The average of the Highlanders was 87.37, a very good one, especially considering the adverse conditions of the weather, Colour Sergeant Mack was the highest scorer on either side, with a total of 94 points; the lowest score on the winning side was 81.

The following are the total scores:-

HIGHLANDERS.

Color Surg. Mack......44 Seral. Toms

400 500

attached great Importance) and which were not even entertained

We would also draw your Excellency's atten- tion with confidence to the numerous large and important buildings created by us through at the Colony before the passing of either "The Building Ordinance," or "The Public Health Ordinance." An examination of these buildings, we think, will prove that Mr. McCallum's reflec tions on our profession were made without any just cause..

We respectfully venture to ask that your Excellency would be pleased to request Mr. McCallum to either substantiate the above state ments or withdraw the uncalled-for reflections he has cast upon our profession, for should these statements go forth uncontradicted they will considerably injure the status of the whole body of architects in the Colony.

While adulting that these new ordinances have entailed a considerable amount of addi- tional work upon us, we beg at the same.time to assure your Excellency that, knowing as we do the great importance of these regulations upon the health of the inhabitants, we have conscientiously endeavoured on all occasions to see them carried out efficiently,

As Mr. McCallum's report was published in the local papers, we intend sending a copy of this letter also to the press.

We have the honour to be, Sit,

Your obedient servants,

DANDY, LEICH AND ORANGE. PALMER AND TURNER.

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To H.E. the Officer Administering the Govern

ment, the Hon, F. Fleming, C.M.G

3, Beaconfield Arcade;" 7th May, 1890. SIR-I have the honour to address your yards, yards, yards. Total. Excellency upon a subject which has, I believe, been brought to your notice by other architects practising in this colony," viz., the report, dated 1st March, last (recently published) to the Sanitary Board by the Sanitary Superintendent,

That report contains reflections on the actions, and motives of building owners and architects, which I have reason to believe your Excellency will, upon consideration, deem of such a nature na to justify a protest being made by those

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hye-laws where practicable; this would, I am or that one per cent. should be paid where the certain, insure compliance with the bye-laws money involved was less than a certain sum, and give much needed Instruction in the con To arrive at a fair agreement would be easy

only the brokers were to form an exchange, and struction of dratris and sanitary appliances.

Section 6 of the Ordinance Appears to me toelscuss their proposed scale with a few of their prohibit absolutely the use of water closets, but heading customers or with the bank managers. if this is tot 55, I think a bye-law could be Straits Times. framed stating the conditions under which such would be perfiled; with a minimum of 1,

of gallons per head in winter and unlimited supply

water at other-seasons; I think one of the most objectionable sanitary features of the colony might be disposed of especially an complete and economical water closet can be provided for less money than is now paid by cach householder per onnum under the present system. This would necessitate, of course, cer tain alterations in the main drainage of the city, but which present no insuperable obstacle.

I have the honour to bé, Sir,

Your most obedient servant, (Sd) W. ST. JOHN H. HANCOCK.

BURNING OF THE STEAMER BORNEO.

The Chinese-owned steamer Bornto, after :

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE CHINESE BOY.

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bridegroom is the centre of interest, and the bride is song for the time being and 'in consequence of the custosity which is felt to see what sort of a bargain the family has made in getting her. The young man is ordered out of the apartment where he has been kept in ambush according to the customs in some regions-like an ox for the sacrifice. He is to fall upon his knees at a word of conimatid, and 'o do with intermittent. sequence to a great variety of persons, until his ences are stiff and bis legs lame. His eyes are. 'fixed upon the ground, as if in deepest humility, It is no exaggeration to say that there is and the most awkward Chinese youth will per nothing really intellectual in any part ofthe early the details of this trying ordeal with a natural grace, with which the most well- schooling of an ordinary Chinese boy, As a

bred occidental youth could scaredly hopp rule the teacher does not concern himself with

to vie; and which he assuredly could his pupils,, further than to drag them over a

not hope to surpass. When the complicated specified course, or at least to attempt to do so. The parents of the lad are equally indifferent, pretracted ceremonies are all over, our young or even more so. If the father can himself rend, lad is, it is true, a married man, but he is he remembers that he learned to do so by a long not the 'head' of any family, not everi of his own. He is still under the same control of his and thorny rond, and he thinks it natural that his son should traverse it likewise. If he cannot father as before, his bride is under the control of read, he recognises the fact that he knows the mother-inlaw to a degree winch it is difficult for us to comprehend. If the youthful husband' "nothing at all about the matter, and that it is not

his business to interfere. The teacher is hired is trying to learn to compose essays, the mir- ringe does not. at all. interrupt his educational to teach-let him do it. At home the pupil has

over he goes on just as before. If he is dull, enterprise, and as suos ns the ceremonies are and cannot make the 'szven empty particles the terror of the inexpert Chinese essayist-st into his laborious sentences to the satisfaction of his tencher, he is not unlikely to be heaten over the head for his Incle of

home to have his wife stick a black guminy critical acumen, and can then go weeping plaster over the area of his chastisement. We have known a Chinese boy who had the dropsy in on aggravated form but who could not be persuaded to take a single dose of medicine that was at all bitter. If he was pressed to do so If he was not allowed to ent two whole water by his fond mother, he either rowed, or cried.

domestic scene either of violent temper, or dismal" melons at a time his tactics were the same, a hawling grief. He was merely prolonging into youth the plan universally adopted in the childhand of Chinese children. Yet this sensitive infant of seventeen had been married for several years, and leaves a widow to mourn the circum- stance that drugs, drops, and water-melons, have blighted ber existence.

mental stimulus of any sort, no books, maga rea of papers, and if he had them, his barren studies at school would not have filted him to cam- Frehend such literature. The range of characters which he has learned, often very imperfectly, is tally different from those in common use, and largely of no value except as a step to the classics.

then do, after having theoretically mastered the the pupil goes on, as small proportion of classics, to study literary composition, his tasks are far more difficult than before. Chinese composition is an exceedingly intricate study, and requires a highly developed themary, wide acquaintance with the written character, and a Those who do not go so far as to learn to com- Patience which must be almost infinite. For pose, their eduction my be said to be finished before it is fairly, under way. When it is dead and buried, as it not improbably will be within a

Sizce in quickly I am done for

having underrone a thrilling and sensational experience of fire at sea and having just escaped, being lost altogether, returned into Singapore on the night of the 2nd inst. We have said that the Borneo returned, but it would be more correct to say what remains of the Borneo, for one-half of the vessel is a veritable wreck, a mere shell, while as far as is known at present the after part is as sound as it was when the vessel set out on her voyage.. The steamship Bornèo ¡is, a locally owned vessel of 340 tons register and 100 borse power. She left Singapore for Bangkok with a full general cargo on Saturday morning, the 26th April, and a crew comprising the Captain, mate, three engineers. and other bands numbering about thirty five all told. Everything went well, and generally fine, weather was experienced, until about half past 5 or twenty minutes to 6 o'clock on the event: ing of the following day, when as the officerse years, it might appropriately have carved were dining on the poop, the third engineer, upon its tomb-stone the epitaph said to have. who was on watch at the time, raised the alarm marked the resting place of a still-born infant, of "fire." Very little time was lost in discover. The second, third, and fourth paragraphs, asing that the fire was in the fore hold (the Bornea published in the press, contain such pointed has only two holds) amongst a lot of gunny bags enconuts and other inflammable stuffs. All hands references to the architects of the colony as to

were at once turned to the force pump and the make it unnecessary to niake extracts there- from, and I venture to say that these remarks donkey pump were got to work as soon as possi- are as entirely uncalled for as they are unjust inhle, and with both pumps going at their hardest an immense quantity of water was poured down on Without troubling your Excellency with a the burning mass. This went on for sometime, lengthy letter I would point out that the Sanitary and the people had the misfortune of seeing that Board ap, lied on ibe 17th September last to the fire was rapidly gaining headway, and that, architects and others on the subject of the the water which was being poured into the fire Amendment of the Sanitary bye-laws prepared had little or no effect. The construction of the under Ordinance No. 24 of 1887 Such a pro-ship prevented the fire from spreading beyond, cerding was, in my opinion, highly desirable, the forehold; there is a watertight bulkhead and for one I had the greatest readiness in giving separating it from the enginroom, and abaft there is also another watertight bulkhead dividing off my views, a copy of which I enclose, and by which it will be seen that all the amendments the after bold. Well acquainted with this circum suggested were in the directions of adopting stance, the men worked away with a will in order to save the ship, and seeing that it more stringent regulations to define the system would be advisable to make for the shore in of drainage adopted.

case of necessity, the captain turned the ship's It will be unnecessary for me to tell your Ex-

head towards Redang, a small port up the cellency that usually these Regulations are not

coast at the entrance of the Gulfö yarda yands, yards. Total, adopted to instruct architects and owners in

drainage matters, but to ensure an uniform Siam, which was then from 25 to 30 miles away. system being adopted; but it would clearly This manoeuvre, however, had to be cautiously carried out on account of the obvious need to appear from the report I now refer to that the writer and his colleagues consider themselves prevent the fire from seizing the whole of ship commissioned to give instruction in sanitation to by encroaching abaft by way of the deck fittings, the public.

Therefore, it was necessary on one or two occasions to ease down the engines, and also to stop the ship altogether, but finally she reached Redang about twenty minutes to 9 o'clock on the some evening, Sunday. Here she was beset with another difficulty Immediately on casting the anchor, the vessel swung round head to the wind, and the flames were being driven

Totals.........239

349

The final shooting match for the season between

the Hongkong Volunteers and the Garrison Shoot- ing Club took place at Kowloon on Saturday.Inst, a very close contest resulting in favor of the Garrison Club marksmen by the narrow majority of 7 paints. Both teams were below their full strength, but the shooting all round was never. theless very good, expecially as owing to the late hourin commencing, the targets were barely visible at the long range. The folowing are the

scores:~~

The Chairman said that he would add a few words of explanation to the somewhat brief report. He thought the very satisfactory resulta of the year were due mainly to the efficency of the staff under the supervision of Mr. Talbot, who, though secretary, was practically the whose manager of the business, and to industry they must attribute the very satis factory results. But no care and industry could make such a large business succeed if the manager had not been on good terms with the staff, and so secured their cordial co-operation. Another, factor had been the recent increase of capital, which had probably given more people an interest in the business. The work of allotting the shares had been difficult, and took a long time, in order that the allotment might be fairly made among those who were likely to be customers or assist the business. This was dose as impartially as possible, but as the new issue was applied for 17 times over it was unavoidable to disappoint many. It took the Company's three best men six weeks to do the work, and even then many of the Chinese applicants complained that they had not had the number allotted ibatthey expected. That was not so-indeed he himself, although entitled to a large number of shares, gave up his right to some extent. The basis on which the allotment was made was-first to customers, and then to those likely to be customers. They might, perhaps, from time to time profitably increase their capital further-they would certainly have to either do that or keep back part of their profits, so as to extend their business. A company could only do so much business on 60 much capital. They might borrow outside it was true, but so far they had not done so. He thought that the capital should be judiciously increased from time to time, as wanted for the establish- ment of new branches. It rested, however, with the shareholders to say how that should be done there were now some 500 of them, and as shares were always on the market. Servt. Major Meredith. anyone could come in at any time. As general manager he had considerable responsibility resting on him, and although he had prac tically a free hand, still in a matter like that he preferred to consult at least the principal shareholders. The first increase had been rapidly taken up, especially in Manila, where the Company's premises had had to be increased in view of the great increase of business outside the pharmacy. They had had to do that almost under compulsion-although now they were re- gistered, and had a recognised standing-and the increase of stock and fittings had been peces- sary. Many things hitherto sold almost privately now found a good market, and altogether the business was running that of Hongkong very closely, although the latter showed a very large increase last year over anything done formerly, and, so far this year, had increased in per cent. or so over that. (Hear, hear). They had had a good deal of trouble with pilferers, and some had been dealt with in the Police Court. They had done their best to stop it, and he believed that they were on the road to that end as their new premises approached com- pletion, but all they could do was to reduce it to a minimum. There was no doubt that in every business in the Colony there was considerable leakagethrough that, even in private firms-and he hoped that the Legislature would take the mat- ter in band, and deal severely with the receivers

especially. For every case of the kind detected they might depend that a thousand ten thousand perhaps were undiscovered and unpunished. Therefore when a thief was discovered he ought to be severely punished. The Company had also had a good deal of trouble through the death of their Chinese manager. As was the custom, the place was given to one of his nearest relatives, but as he proved unequal to it another manager had to be found. He believed that the one selected-Mr. · Chan Afook-was doing his best to reorganise the department, and undoubtedly he was one of the most able Chinese men of business in the Colony, so they might hope for even better results from that department in the future.

Mr. Wicking, in tendering the thanks of the shareholders for the exceptionally good report, expressed the opinion that any question as to raising new capital, or the formation of a reserve fund, should be left to the general manager. For his part he preferred the increase of the

reserve.

The Chairman agreed that the profits should be restricted sa as to give the branch establish ments more capital to work on, and quoted the example of Masila in support.

Mr. Leach was of the same opinion, but asked what effect the increase of competition had had on the Company's business locally.

GARRISON SHOOTING CLUB,

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OUR LOCAL ARCHITECTS AND THE SANITARY SUPERINTENDENT. The subjoined correspondence speaks for itself :-—.

May 7th, 1890.

To H. E. The Acting Governor, the Hon. F.

Fleming, CM.G. SIR-We, the undersigned architects practic. ing in this Colony, beg most respectfully to draw your Excellency's attention to the following extracts from the report of Mr. McCallum, the Sanitary Superintendent, which report has lately been published in the local papers.

Your Excellency will no doubt observe that

the statements made by Mr. McCallum cast a very grave, and with all respect we venture to say an uncalled-for, reflection upon the architects of the Colony. The extracts we more especially refer to are as follows:-

(4.) "The first care of architects is to. complete their clients' houses as expeditiously as possible, and with a minimum of trouble to themselves."

(B)-"Owners, architects, and contractors Daturally view any regulations which may cause additional trouble and expense with aversion: this is the key to most of the opposition to the Drainage bye-laws, and it is very desirable it should be estimated at its proper value."

their natur

Generally may say that the architects of Hongkong have no reason to offer any resistance to the sanitary measures defined by the Public Health Ordinance or the byelaws; but there is much dissatisfaction at the way these regulation are enforced and the attempt with which the good intentions of such as have dealings with

this new Department are treated.

On account of the multifarious duties of the Sanitary Surveyor, he has to delegate many of his duties to subordinates, who, from inexperience or other less excusable reasons, delay work in a somewhat vexatious manner.

As the observations contained in Mr. McCal. lum's report are calculated to destroy the good feeling that should exist between the architects and executive officers of the Sanitary Board, and are utterly unjustifiable, I think that the least that gentleman should do is to prove or with draw so much of this report as is now objected to. From an extended experience I venture to say that the sanitary condition of this colony is not such as to warrant the wholesale, condemnation conveyed in Mr. McCallum's report, and I believe that in face of all difficulties to be met with outside and inside the Sanitary Regulations, the architects of Hongkong have still some regard, as sanitarians, for the public health.

I propose giving the same publicity to this letter as has been obtained by the report objected to.

I have the honour to be,

Your most obedient servant,

W. ST. JOHN H. HANCOCK, F.R.I.B.A.¡ F.S.1.

·3, Beaconsfield Arcade, 5th November, 1889. Hugh McCallum, Erg Secretary to the

Sanitary Board. ' SIR-In reply to your letter No. 254, trans- milting to me a copy of the Drainage bye-laws made by the Sanitary Board and inviting my views as to the amendments in the same which I think might, be made therein I have much pleasure in complying with the request, with an expression of regret that my reply should have been, though unavoidably, delayed so long..

The Chinese boy generally learns "well.two valuable lessons, and the thoroughness with which they are mastered does much to atone for the great defects of his training in other regards. He learns obedience and respect for authority,

and be learns to be industrious. In most cases

I wonder what i was begun for Considering the utter juicelessness of his studies, which are not inaptly compared to 'gnowing a wooden pear," it is by no means sinrular that the great majority of pupils when they fave school, cast aside all their little stock of learning, as a worn-out pair of shoes belonging to their early days, hut of no subsequent value, Notwithstanding the vast number of books in the the latter quality is the condition of his continued lists of Chinese literature, there are very few existence, and those who refuse to submit to the inexorable law, are disposed of by that law, to` which are popularly available. The books to be

the great advantage of the survivors. But of found in an average Chinese house, albeit some of the inmates can read,' are generally scant in intellectual dependence he has not the faintest most sure to have been read is the historical

sion. He does as others do, and neither number, and limited in range-perhaps the one conception, or even a capacity of comprehen- knows nor can imagine, any other way, If novel called the Three Kingdoms. But the style and the characters are alike far beyond his educated, his mind is like a sab. the capacity of most lads who have had only soil pipe, filled with all the drainage which five or six years of schooling. The cheap little has ever run through the ground. A part of this books which are everywhere sold, are full of false drainage originally, came, it is true, from the cnsriciers, bidly printed, and so difficult to svies, but it has been considerably altered in its comprehend for a boy with but a limited know- constituents since that time; and a much larger ledge, that they might as well be written in part is a wholly human secretion, painfully lick, Egyptian hieroglyphics. The practical resulting in chemical purity. In any case this is the is that the whole education of a vast number of content of his mind, and it is all of its contents. Chinese boys has the same relation to their II, on the other hand, the Chinese youth is un- subsequent life, as a familiarity with the 'tones' erlucated, his mind is like an open ditch, partly of the Greek language, has to the business vacant, and partly full of whatever is flowing or career of the man who has graduated from blowing over the surface. He is not indeed. an English university. Ten years from Oxford, destitute of humility, in fact, he has a most what signifies it (to any one but a professor depressing amount of it. He knows that he of Greek) that "in the genitive plural of the knows nothing, that he never did, never shall, first declension of Greek nuns, the final syllable is circumflexed, but that feminine adjectives' and tive masculine, but other feminine adjectives and of gathering any crumbs thereof for himself. participles in ose on are accented like the geni-He has a blind respect for learning, but no idea participles are perispomene in the genitive The lane, broad black and hopeless shadow of abaft in a very dangerous manner. plural, and that chrestes, apkur, etešiai and Confucianism is over him. It means a high all possible despatch the anchor was hovechlounes in the genitive plural remain paroxy-degrea of intellecnal, cultivation for the few. tones?" Happily there are other items in the theral education of an English student which will probably abide with him, while in the case of a vast multitude of Chinese lads, almost the whole of what they have with such incredible labour acquired, will vanish like the morning cloud and the early dew, and like the baseless fabric of a vision, leave not a mark behind.

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again and she was driven hend up on to a In the meantime the fire had gained reef. such ground that the entire fore part of the ship had become one mass of flames. Ta look at the Borneo now speaks for itself; all the pintes appear as if they had just come out of a red hot furnace; they are warped and twisted and the heat is said to have boiled the water, and the whole scene was almost enveloped in steamy vapour. The mast, with one yard, of course went, and the whole of the woodwork fell into the hold and gave fuel to the fire. As soon as they were on the reef all the passengers, about 40 chiefly Burmese, were landed, and the mate was sent away in a boat to Tringanu for assistance and he returned sometime afterwards with á

There is que incident in the life of the Chinese had which assumes in his eyes some degree of importance, to which most occidental boys are strangers. This is the ceremony of donning the cap, in other words of becoming a man and his mariage. The age at which this takes place is far from being a fixed one, but is often in the The customs observed vicinity of sixteen,

never can

know anything, and also that it maken very little difference what he knows,

who are necessarily narrow and often bigoted, and for the muy it means a lifetime of intellectual stagnation, Measured by what it has totally failed to do, when it might and should have done 1, we charge Confucianism with being intellectually one of the most elaborate, compendious, and far-reaching failures which has ever wrought out its ultimate results upon' this distracted earth 1–N. C. Daily News.

CHI-NAN FU

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

21st April, 1890. The Governor has been absent for over a week, engaged in the inspection of works on the Yellow River. It seems to be the policy to allow an opening for the overflow water in the district of Chiyang, and also in that of Ch'in

Chinese junk only to find that the fire haddoubtless vary, but in rural districts they bad nearly burnt itself out. The concussion frequently consist in nothing more exciting than of the falling mast served to bring the ship off the playing by a band of music in the the reef, and as soon as she floated in deep.

An official, who for several years held office, the part of the young man to each house in water, she was kept fast by means of her kedge evening before his marriage, and a visit on anchers. The wells having been sounded and the village where he makes his prostration, in this province and bad been promoted to the not very much water being found, the Borneo much as at the New Year, and is bence- governorship of Shansi, has lately died, H.T...Yu steamed away for Singapore keeping close to forth to be considered a full-grown man; Shan, a Manchu. I mention him, as in many land, ie case of accident, and she arrived bere and is protected to some extent from snubs ways he has shown a friendliness to for- last night, and anchored in the roads. She because he is only a child. The more eigners. In his younger days went alongside the New Harbour Wharf this conspicuous part of the affair, however, in the associated with Dr. Martin in certain work in morning to discharge the cargo in ber after hold wedding. This proceeding is based upon Peking, and has always held that gentleman before going into dry dock before she can be principles, so radically different from those to in the highest esteem. Later on he was g made ready for sea again one half of the vessel which we are accustomed that it is generally Prefect at Tengchowfu in this

off a new half substituted, Dr. Mateer and especially At the time the fire was discovered twenty cases of acid on deck were immediately thrown over board. The origin of the fire is not known at at present. Straits Times,”

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Dr. Crawford; Stil later he was a Prefect and a Taotai in the capital here, and was always ready to protect and assist the mission its who then lived here. The Rev. Ma McIlvaine was

to the Chinese theory or to the practice. To us, marriage.seems suitable for persons who have attained, not merely years of puberty, but a certain maturity of development, compatible with the new relations which they now assume. We on sperially intimate terms with him; and when (C.) When owners realize this, architecte

regard the man and wife as the basis and centre the official was promoted to the position of will soon perceive that for the sake of their own

whefja new, family, and there is ancient and Judge in Honan, he promised to assist Mr. reputation, in other words their capital, good

I should in the first place point out that the

dre de salt adequate authority for the doctrine that Mellvaine if ever he should 'decide to visit the city design and workmanship in the construction of

The following: is the scala by which certain they should leave father and mother. In of Kallenglu, the capital of that province. He only remained in that province for a short time, house drains are really of the first importance Ordinance itself (No. 24 of 1889) contatas to secure healthy habitations." **!*

several sections which should have formed part Singapore brokers attempt to regulate their China, it is altogether otherwise... The boy and

a new family, but since a certain criminal case caused his degrada.. Adverting to the two first extracts (4.B.) of the bye-laws; these sections (39 to 47, etc) dealings as na dies et argi dan girl who are married are we beg to deny them in the strongest manner are substantially extracted from the Model bye For shares above 5o...each abare: dollar. the latest branch in a tall family tree, indepen- tion and also that of the other high authorities.

Laws promulgated by the local Government

from $20 to $50 to conto debt ofhich they have.no corporate existence. Returning from li be was again employed in possible, and can only express our regret and

Board (sections 61 to 65). These sections conto w 100w 122 wi w:15 top inalt is by no means uncommon for bays to be this province as one of the leading officials in surprise that Mr. McCallum should have gone

kain most important instructions to the builder

updertoni birg nem táj „ars varied at the age of ten, although this is charge of the Yellow River. Though the opposl- out of his way to have made auch, statements. We have never looked upon any regulations and house owner, who frequently have no access my soul of 5 aut plotegarded as a trife premature. The physical, tion to foreigners has been strong in this city, But as a matter of fact the lower priced sbares intellectual, or moral development of the parties and he lived next door to the leading man respecting drains and sanitation with "version" to the Ordinance, and I would suggest that these on the contrary, for years past, especially during be extracted and circulated with the bye-laws. such as Rauband, Jelebus, are frequently done concerned has nothing whatever to do with the among the centry, be exchanged calls with the the time Mr. Price was the Sarveyor-General, As these sections form part of the Ordinance at 's cents brokerage, while the $20 to $50 shares, matter of their marriage, which is an affair Rev. Mr. Reid, until he was advanced to the some of us, knowing from experience, the great refrain from suggesting any amendments, such as Malay Peninsula, Freirequently done at controlled, by wholly different considerations. position of Judge in Hunan, and then to that of Was a man of most genial manners, an admirer difficulty we had in persuading some of our The bye-laws as they now stand appear to me 25 cents and indeed the seller can/nearly sometimes it is hastened because an old grand- Treasurer and finally Governor in Shanai. He

Separate - always get them-40 done if he insists, or unlesai mother is in fcable health and insists upon see- clients, Chinese especially, to adopt sanitary to provide for drainage on the

the brokerage, ma de often the case, is being split cing the main business of life done up before she of foreign skill, learning and progress, and measures of any kind, were constantly urging System, the principle of which, as I understand,

was always glad to sea the efforts of missionaries is not yet accepted for this colony....I cannot between two brokers mads to bib adds called away. Sometimes the motive is to upon the Surveyor-General the Importance of

Now, a brokerage of 5 cents on say $3 Bapbello the division of a piece of property so that recognised and protected. introducing new and more effectual Building after much practical experience of both systems

but regard the absolute separation of sewage share is about 65 per cent, and a brokerage of it shall be impossible for the elder heirs to. I learn that opposition has arisen in Chining- and Sanitary regulations. At that time we were perfectly helpless in forcing any proper Sanitary from surface water in the clay, of Victoria gene dellar on a Kenjong Pagar, share is about retreat from the settlement. Quite as often the chow against the shop rented by the Methodist measures upon our clients, but since the passing rally as a serious mistake, considering the percent, and brokerage of 25 cents.on say an teilymative for. hastening the wedding is the Mission and the house teated by the Presbyterian of the respectiva ordinances we have done physical features of a large portion of the drain 818 insurance share is about 11 per cents and need felt in the boy's family of an additional Mission. A riot was threatened and anonymous all that lies in our power to carry them out faith age area and the facilities for disposing of its therefore it may be assumed that at the lowest rates servant, which need will be supplied by the placards were issued, but the landlords have. fully, and we feel sure that had Mr. McCallum drainage. I am satisfied that certain portions now taken the brokerage, (whether.paid to one introduction of a new bride. It is for this reason apparently yielded to the pressure, the foreigners known (which we venture to think he ought to of the city drainage, namely, the lower levels, broker or divided, between two) comes to about that so many. Chinese women are older than having left immediately after succeeding in have done) the great difficulties and opposition should be treated separately, and for this the 11 per cent on the net money involved; but of their husbands When they are betrothed, the reating. The nutcome is doubtful, though I we have had to contend with in this Colony from sections I refer to (4, 5, and 6) might properly course in individual cases it may be less or more, bigger they are the better, because they can do fear it will be by no means peaceful, seeing that contractors and others, he would not have apply; but I presume that, without most con- If each broker and a definitely fixed parcent all the more work; To a Chinese, there is no the former Reman Catholic case in that city and written the wholesale condemnatory statements clusive reasons belog given in favour of such an age on the net money involged, payable by who more sense of, incongruity in marrying a little. in Yenchowfu is still unsettled. he has done. We admit that la certain cases experimental scheme, the Sanitary Board will ever instructed him, whether that person, was, slip of a boy, simply because he is young and, there has been a little irritation between our recognize only the combined systems; now in a buyer or seller, and payable by both, if both perhaps not more than half the size of his selves and the Sanitary authority; it han as a use, so far as house drainage is concerned instructed bim, the percentage could be lessened bride, than there would be in playing checkers There appears to me throughout the bye-laws without loss to the brokers as a whole.not with buttons, and then crowping, the first rule, however, been occasioned by that authority insisting upon us laying down smaller pipes and some confusion as to whom the owner has to What that percentage: should be is a matter button that happened to get to the king row. at a less gradient than we felt justified in doing satisfy in some cases it appears to be, the for consideration. In England, the broker.gets What signifies liether the button is a small the Sanitary Surveyor.... ogly one-eighth of a per cent, but in an Eastern one or a large one since it has reached the last and also on other occasions. by asking us to do Board, in othas delalied moles upon a copy of market that would Lever pay, Probably those rod, and has now a set of moves of its own, a almost impossibilities."

Mr. McCallum, when writing the above report the bye-laws, which 1 beve the pleasure to who deal in, shares would be content to facts which must be recognised by doubling must have forgotten that the architects, instead submit for the consideration of the Board as give one, per cent subject, to provisions that itself. It is not otherwise with the Chinese boy of opposing the Buliding and Public Health being more concise than stating the same bere, in transactions ayer, a certain, sum the rate. He is a double button. It is true, but he is nothing would venture to suggest that the Board should be a hall per cent only; or alternas but a button still and a small one, and le but an Ordinances, did all they could to promote them; some details we did certainly not agree to; others should in some convenient place prepare models, lively the fate might be fixed at a half per insigniäcant part of a wide and complicated Mr. Ozorio then moved a vote of thanks to we thought were not sufficiently strong, but we with the proper materials, lustrating the appily cent, subject to the provision that there should, game. During the celebration of a Chinese Mr. Humphreys, and the proceedings terminated. | also suggested new ones (to some of which wo I cation of each section of the Ordinance and the be a minimum rals of perhapa 3 cents a share, wedding it does not strike the spectator that the

The Chairman replied that he had intentionally avoided that question until directly asked, but he might say ithad hada beneficialeffect. The begin ing of the Company's outside local business was due to competition, when Messrs. Llewellyn and Co. of Shanghal (ac old branch of Watson & Co.) started. That put the Company on their mettle, and they went north, and wherever they set up they found business. They had had businesses grow out of them, as it were, in oppost tion, and it had only spurred them to new exertion, Any old business left entirely to itself got lazy to a certain extent the principals, probably, had enoigh to satisfy them, and wanted to take things easy. But when they got alarmed by competition they began to drive things a little faster than before. There had recently been keen competition here, and a considerable reduction in prices-as much as 25 and 30 per cent. In some instances, but not on everything, for some things could not be under-sold, owing to the system, the Company had of purchasing directly from the manufacturers, and therein lay From one end of Chins to their strength. the pther the Chinese could get things at the Legitimate sams price as in Hongkong. competition that which looked for a fair return. on its capital-must do good to an old properly conducted business, by giving it an impetus. (Hear, hear).

I have

I also learn that the American Presbyterian far there has been Mission has succeeded in renting a house in the city of Ichawfu,, and thus f no display of opposition. seems to have been settled, as repairs have been The case of the house lately leased in this city begun for some time to the knowledge of both officials and gentry, Mis

Three of the missionaries, Messrs. James, Bergen and Reid, are intending to go to the great Missionary Conference at Shaghal. If they are able to learn any new intod of secusing protection and maintaining peace, we may all refaico at their temporary absence.-N. C, Dally! Niwi.