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No. 2679.

MARRIAGE,

At Trinity Cathedral, Shanghat, 22nd Oct., by Rev. H. C. Hedges, M, 4., ARTHUR W. DOUTH WAITE, M.D., to CONSTANCE H. GROVES, eldest daughter of E. K. Groves, Esq., of Bristol, England.

DEATH.

At the Shanghal General Hospital, on the 23rd of October, 1890, E. J. SMITH, of I.M. Customs Service, aged 51 years.

The Hongkong Telegraph.

Hovokowa, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1890.'

MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

A meeting of the Legislative Council was held on Monday last. There were present His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government (Mr. F. Fleming); Mr. W. M. Deane (Acting Colonial Secretary). Mr. S. Brown, (Surveyor-General); Mr. E 1. Ackroyd (Acting Attorney-General); Mr. H. E. Wodehouse (Acting Colonial Treasurer): Mr. N. G. Mitchell-Innes, (Acting Registrar-General); Messrs. C. P. Chater, J.J.Keswick, P. Ryrie, T. H. Whitehead, Ho Kal. (unofficial members), and Mr. F. A. Hareland, Acting Clerk of Councils.

The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed.

MINUTES,

FINANCIAL MINUTE,

MAIL SUPPLEMENT

Hongkong Telegraph.

meraber a short time ago, it was stated that the Bill we are now considering does not refer to ex'raordinary expenditure, but simply to ordinary expenditure. The Estimates undoubtedly deal with extraordinary expenditure, but the Appro- priation Bill only deals with ordinary expenditure. Mr. Chater I was not present when the hon. member put his question, but I read the notice he gave, and I would have liked to have expresred myself to the effect that we should certainly require more information to enable us to pass these.votes,

His Excellency-The hon. member is quite. right in saying he would not have had an opportunity of making a speech on a question. The question was put and answered and there the matter stopped for the tim being. But the ton. member (Mr. T. H. Whitehead) has also given notice that he will make a motion In | respect to this matter and when he does 'so of course it will be quite open to any hon. member to make any statement he may desire, and I may ay it is my with, as it must be the wish of every one, that all matters connected with public works should be inquired into most fully.

The question that the Bill be referred to the Flance Committee was then put and carried.

The Council then resolved itself into Finance Committee, bis Excellency retiring, and the Colonial Secretary taking the chair.

The Chairman said-The first matter before us is the supplementary Appropriation Bill, 1889. As you are aware, all thead sums have already been roted; it is therefore a mere m stier of forms that the Bill is brought before you. I beg to more that it be approved.

The Acting Colonial Treasurer seconded. Carried.

The Chairman--The next matter is the

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1890.

the increases with reference to the Secretary of State's depatch No. 110 of the 19th June. 1890, That, therefore, is the authority for the difference between the amount put down for 1891 and for 1890. Therefore it follows as a matter of course that where the letter does not appear no increase has been given.

After that the Council will endurn place. which will mean that the e nsideration of the Estimalda in Finance Committee will also be adjourneth

The motion was then put and carried

THE COUNCIL RESUMES

A message was then sent to His Excellency, Mr. Keswick-1 am obliged for your explana-who returned, and the Council resumed. tion. Now, I believe it is notorious, in connec tion with the Harbour Master's department especially, that there is very great dissatisfaction in connection with the new scale of pay, and also in other departments, and I am very anxious the Government should afford some explanation of these causes of complaint and whether the grounds on which an increase of pay is disallowed are good and sufficient. **

I think

The Chairman-Do you put it in the form of a motion

Mr. Keswick-Yes. I beg to move that the Government will lay on the table a list of those officers who have not received an increase.under the new scale of pay and at the same time state Mr. Ho Kal-I beg to second the resolution the reasons if those officers are not satisfied. and I do so because I believe injustice has been done to certain members of certain departments, and I think that is to be regretted since the public has agreed that the pay of the Civil Service should be increased. I am sure the public will not grudge, since it has gone so far, the slight increase to be given to those who are suffering from some sort of injustice. thorough investigation should be made and that every one should get a s'ight share. The public will be better pleased, after approving an annual increase of $45,000, to give if necessary a few thousands more to make every one satisfied.

The Chairman-In reply to the hon. members statement, but I am quite prepared to adopt one of two courses, whichever is most con- venient to them. The first is that I am perfectly prepared as we go on through the different departments to inform the hon, members in any case they desire whether or not the increase has been refused and if so the grounds of such refusal; or I am prepared to agree to the adjour ment of the Committee in order that the Legis. lative Council may resume, and the matter can then be considered by the Council. But I am

The Acting Colonial Secretary-I have to report to Your Excellency that the Finnes Committee having commenced to consider the Estimates, in connection with the Appropriation Bill for 1891 the hen, member on my left (Mr. Keswick) moved the following resolution "Will the Goverement lay on the table a list of those officers who have not received an increase

ME SPENCER'S military halloning experiment in Acbeen cost the Netherlands India Govern Spencers fee came to 1,500 'guilders for the 'ment upwards of eleven thousand guilders. Mr. first, ascent, and his salary aggregated 2005 puilders a month. He got for his balloon 3,000 guilders.

H.M.S. Mutine, Commander Martin, left on the 26th inst. for home to be paid out of commission, Shc. was loudly cheered by the men on board the other mea-of-war, and presented a very pretty sight as she moved slowly from her mooring the yards "manded" and her home pennant floating far out astern.

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HM.S.Redpeland Koffler arrived at Swatow on under the new scale of pay and at the same time last Saturday, searching for the missing gunboat state the grounds of refusal in the case of those officers who are not satisfied." That hiving Firebrand, and received news of her from the steamer Newchwang, which had sighted her been seconded was put to the meeting and agreed to, and the bon member (Mr. Chater) between Foochow and Shanghai. A Swatow BOW suggests that the further discussion of the corespondent wriles that many of the bodies of Estimates should be adjourned for a week watermen drowned in the gale early this month His Excellency-1 understand some decision are being washed ashore, and, horrible to say, has been come to in Finance Committee, but the devoured by the dogs.

COOKE and Son's round-the-world tours are get- Council is not supposed to know what ha transpired until the report has been sent up.

up on last Saturday from Japan, with thirteen Therefore if the Council now resumes, if anyting quite fashionable. Major Hutchinson turned hon, member wishes to make a motion that may affect proceedings in the Finance Committee I tourists under his wing, and there are twice as presume he ti at liberty to do so, but I don't many more following him, after roving over quite see that there is any report sent up by the Dai Nippon at their leisure. Most of the party- Finance Committee, that is, any report on the which is the largest yet convored round the world by the great agency-are Americans. It matter that was sent to them, at present,

Mr. Ho Ka-I think the hon, Chairman has is probable that the itinerary on the next already reported to your Excellency theresolution occasion will be considerably enlarged. that was passed.,

SIX DOLLARS PEP QUARTER

News wis received from the north yesterday that the steamer Ly-ce moon, which ran bahore in

the Sharghai. _____ Silver Jaland Pass, had got off, with the aid of

DURING a strong blow off Ping Hol on the 24th insta large fishing junk was capsized and sunk. There were 16 people on board, all told; of these 8 were rescued by another junk but the reminder, principally women, were drowned. 11.M.S. Rattler and Redpole returned here last evening (28th inst.) from Swatow, having been

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led from the prosecution of their search for the Firetrand, which, as previously reported, arrived. in Shanghai last Monday after a very stormy. voyage, occupying fully twenty-two days. THE steamship Taiwa, which nirived, at Shanghai last Friday, reports having passed the Ly-ce-moon still badly, ashore in Silver Island Pass, The Shughas endeavoured to pull her off-hut two hawiers broke, without hay effect, on the position of the distressed vessel, alib nugh she had been considerably lightened by taking

out cargo.t

Tirk steamship Meijoo arrived at Shanghai last having seen the gun-boat Firebrand riding Friday morning from the South, and reported snugly, at anchor inside Talchow Island, on Wednesday afternoon, completely sheltered from a furious gale blowing outside at the time. The gun-boat Linner left Shanghai on Friday to see if the Firebrand required assistance,

to vote a sum of $480, as a gratuity to the Appropriation Bill, 189r. The first item is the 1 have no authority to make any official to report verbally the decision of the Committee. leaving here for Saigon, at a time when the autumn, and the stream is not so swik na it was

A financial minute recommending the Council widow of Mr. Arthur Wagner, late Assistant Marine Surveyor and Assistant Superintendent and Engineer of the Fire Brigade, in considers. tion of her husband's service, was referred to the Finance Commitles.

THE PROPOSED REDUCTION OF POSTAGE.

The Acting Colonial Secretary laid on the table the report of the last meeting of the Finance Committee. The recommendation that the Des- patch of the Secretary of State on the proposed reduciton of postage, with the papers on the subject, be referred to the Chamber of Commerce for their observations, was agreed to by His Excellency, and the Council passed the votes recommended.

NOTICES OF MOTION,

Mr. T. H. Whitehead gave notice that at the next meeting he would move the following resolution :-

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"Thine the Government lay upon the table a complete and detailed statement showing -

The intal impara in dollars received by this, Colony on account of the loan far Lano,ond.

-The total amount of interest paid. principal and rate to be mentioned, na the loan anntally from the date of borrowing unti now, or to goth file last, or any more convenient dass of this

year.

7. The total amount of commission paid to the Crown Agents 4-The total amount of charges advertising, and all others incurred and paid in respect of the loan.

or others in connection with the Inan

-The pmfit or loss in exchange on each of the amounts of Lice repabiannually.

-The rate per cent per annum the loan has cast annually-

charges on account of the public debt, 386.527. beg to move that this item stand part of the

Bill.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded. Carried

The Chairman-The next item is Pensions, $51,840. I may mention that there has appar- rently been rather a large increase as compared with last year, but it has arisen in this way. On Preparing the Estimates I found no provision was made under the head of persions for the loss the Colony has sustained from the depreciation of silver, and therefore I have provided this year, as you will see in the Estimates, a certain amount to make up the difference in the rate of exchange. The Acting Attorney-General-Is that the $4.840 that is put down?

The Chairman-Yes.

The item was approved.

The Chairman-The next item is $40,879 for the Governor and Legislature. With reference to this I bave to state that the difference in re-

gard to the salary of the Governor and entertain ment allowance and so on is made by authority There of a depatch from the Secretary of State.

is also addition in consequence of the Clerk of Councils, who used formerly to have a depart ment to himself, having been transferred to the

Governor's establishment.

The item was approved.

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The Chairman-The next item is a sum of the rate to include interest, commission, and all other charge $39,348 for the Colonial Secretary's establish

from date of borewing up is the most convenient date of this year.

-The amourer to be stated in pounds sterling at well ne fa dallam, ako the tale or rates of exchange at which each conversion has been made.

Mr. Whitehead also gave notice of the follow. Ing motion for the next meeting

That the Council festpone consideration of the Estimates for 1841 for Public Works Extraordinary No. 9 qn the Abstract Llt-in an (ar as regard the following numbers under that houding No. 1.8, 9, 17, 17, 15, 16, 18, 47, 45, 40, 31, 14, 15,

and 15, watil Goremment lay on the table detalled and com plate statement of the proposed works showing what is to be done each case and the necessity for the works, 'toreiber, with Eximate and plans, Including a definito statement of their Intertions with reference to Drainage and Water-works, so that the Council and the Pubile may know precisely what it is the Counel are asked to anello and for what purposes the many to be voted is to be utal. Further, that the Government lay on the table a copy of the despatch and statement sent to Load Kauts ford in reply to his Despatch of 18th April last, elsa a frash repor from the Surveyor General as to what works he can now on ably undertake to do thuring the ensuing year, and abo a repe Zelling the Public Works to which the Colony in already actually committed.

THE PUBLIC. WORKS ESTIMATES. Mr. Whitehead-Pursuant to notice I beg to ask the following questioną :--i

Will the Government lay on the table, before proceeding wil the estimates for 1for, the Sanitary Ford's letter of the 11th August, 18, containing certain recommendations on the subject of the Water and Drainage works?

Will the Gore.nment, before proceeding with the estimates for 1991, lay upay the table detailed and complate statements of the papoted worke not already canciloned by the Legislative Counell together with plans and estimates in detall Secluding a complet alatomes of the new, dealnags, scheme and of the Arrangements ramsed ty Government for carrying it out promptly and effectively!

The Acting Colonial Secretary-Your Excel lency, in reply to the hon. member I have to state that the Appropriation Bill, which it is proposed to read a second time to-day deals only with the ordinary expenditure of the Colony and not with the extraordinary expenditure to which the questions of the hon. member appear to refer. It is therefore unnecessary to defer consideration of such portions of the Estimates as are dealt with in the Bill The letter of the Sanitary Board, of the 11th August will be laid on the table at the next meeting. The reports by the Hon. Mr. Chadwick laid on the table on the 30th May last contained very full information as to the water and drainage works. If the hon. member has not coples of those reports they will be supplied to him. It will not be possible to lay on the table all the details in connection with these works, but when the matter is considered either by the Finance. Committee or the Public Works Committee no doubt the Surveyor-General will be able to afford the hon. member every information.de

HILLS PASSED. The Supplementary Appropriation bill, 1889, the Dangerous Goods Amendment ordinance, and the Police Force Consolidation Amendment bill, were road a third time and passede juustel

THE APPROPRIATION BILL 1891 The Acting Caloalal Secretary-1 have to move the second reading of the Appropriation Bill, Bor. Your Excellency's minute on the. subject of this Bill was read at the last meeting of Council, therefore, all material facts in con- nection with it are before the Council and any further information It is desired should be given will be given when the Bill is In Committee.

The Acting Colonial Treasurer seconded. "The Bill was read a second time.

The Acting Colonial Secretary-1 have now to move, air, that this Bill be referred to the Finance Committed with the Estimates, and Mr. Chater (who had just entered) am sony I was not present when the hon. member opposite put his question with regard to the Estimates Even if I bad been I do not suppose I could have, spoken on the subject, as he put it in the form obra: question. But now, as we are on the that I am entirely of the opinion of the hon. member opposite (Mr Whitehead) that we are called upon to vote large sums of money and commit the Colony to further large sume without the least intexination? We have lift of poble works given so long that if you look at the total itis anough to frighten anybody In the Colony bat ba closely examining it as I have done, it can be easily understood why flights His Excellency I am furry to interlupt you, but, in answer to the question, pui by the hon.

meat.

The Acting Attorney-General-With reference to this, I find the Chief Clerk gets $3,240 and $4,296 as Clerk of Councils. The Chairman--Why?

The Acting Attorney-General-Because it is put down here, "Holds the office of Clerk-of Counells."

The Chairman-He I sppens to bold it, but it does not follow as a necessity that he always will. The Acting Attorney-General-That brings up the pay of the office to $4.536, which is more than that of the Assistant Colonial Secretary.

The Chairman-But it does not follow the two offices are held by the same man.'

The Acting Attorney-General-They present.

are at

The Acting Colonial Treasurer-By whom? The Chairman-By Mr, Seth. The Acting Colonial Treasurer-Bat at the present moment the acting appointments are distinct.

The Chairman-Yes. In this department you will also notice a new officer, a reference clerk. He was formerly the chief clerk in the Audit Office and he has been transferred to the Colonial Secretary's Office. There is a question as to whether he should receive an increase at the rate of 15 per cent, or 20 per cent, which it is proposed to refer to the Secretary of State. Then I may observe with reference to the Passed Cadets that according to the despatch which has been laid before the council the Passed Cadets receive $1,800 and the cadets $1,500, bat the cadets also receive quarters. The result is that it' is almost better to be a Cadet than a Passed Cadet. | I think that is a small fact that has been over- looked, and it will be brought before the notice of the Secretary of State.

The Acting Colonial Treasurer-What does reference clerk mean ?

The Chairman-He is the man who keeps the recorda as to who has been on leave and all matters of that kind. He is a kind of dictionary, Mr Whitehead The increase of salaries comes in the Estimates for 18917

The Chairman-Yes; wherever there is the lettera against the salary it refers to a marginal note showing the authority for the increase.

Mr. Whitehead-Will the Council have the opportunity of going into the increase of uniaries later on ?

The Chairman-No; How to the time. Mr. Ryrie-I have only had these Estimates in my possession a day or two.,

The Chairman-I am very sorry. They were given to you a week ago.

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perfectly prepared at the present moment to give the hon. members any information about

His Excellency-Yes, if you move the adop tion of the report, but all the Chairman did was

been done until the report has been sent up The Council. is not supposed to know what has The Acting Attorney-General-I understood the Chairman had reported..

The Acting. Colonial Secretary-I did not move the adoption of the report. I leave that to some one else.

Mr, Keswick-I beg to move the adoption of the report.

The Acting Colonial Treasurer-I think the report ought to be in writing.

The Acting Attorney General-I understood it was taken as being in writing to save time.

His Excellency-It is rather a ridiculous sort of proceeding.

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Mr. Ryrie 1 think, your Excellency, the best thing you can do is to adjourn. (Laughter).

His Excellency-But if we adjourn we are doing no work,

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Mr. Ryrie-I don't like the Estimates being hurried. I have already objected to it..

Tun Peking Gazette of the 30th 'alto, bas the following:-The Honan Yellow River Com- missioner Hsü, in a memorial, reports that the Yellow River has been so well repaired that there is no fear of its breaking out again this

to take special care of the entbankments," The in the summer. He has enjoined on his deputies Emperer expresses pleasure with Hau's successful labours and enjoins him to continue them. FURTERN men from the steamer Glendower were brought before the Master Attendant last week for refusal of duty on the ground of a lenky forecastle. The evidence shewed that the fore castle had since been repaired, but the Shipping Master who examined the place said it was in a forthy condition. The singladers-the boat- swain and a seaman-still refusing to return to the ship were sentenced to twelve weeks

The remaining twelve imprisonment each. elected to return to duty.

A BANGKOK correspondent writes that during the very bad weather, which the Siamese gunboat Makut Rajakumar experienced after safety of the vessel depended on the maintenance of a good head of steam, the Chinese greasers and fremen refused to give any assistance to get the covers on the fidley gratings, and had to be forced into the stakehole and locked there to keep their watch below during the heaviest of the weather. They seemed as if they did not care whether the ship sank under them or not, and they were all sea sick more or less. THIS is the way in which Mr. Wise goes the rivenous water rats that infest Hongkong harbour and swarm on board steamers before they come in an anchorage-Three of those chefce specimens of degraded society known as boarding-house runners came before his Worship on the 27th inst, and wore charged with boarding. our venerable Borneo liner femnon, without the permission of the master. They admitted the offence and were requested ante.up" $ $5 apiece. The boatman who took them off to the ship was asked to leave a similar sum in the hands of the Magistracy shroff. The depleted Treasury is looking upl

any office they may desire. I may state that, as the hon, members have observed, a great many applications have been made for increases of pay, but the writers of these applications Appear not to have studied the terms of the Secretary of State's despatch. The Secretary of State's despatch, which is the basis of the whole of this matter, lays down the grounds on which

His Excellency-Neither do 1, but we have any application is to be considered, and we have. received numbers of applications that are other work. This is a motion I consider of very expressly disallowed by that despatch. As I said considerable importance, and I think the best before, I am acquainted with all these cases, and plan will be for the consideration of this motion

to stand over until the next meeting. The THE son of Governor Liu Ming-ch'uan, says the if we come to any particular office in this list as to which any hos, member wishes to know why reason why I make these observations is that in Shanghal Mercury of the 18th inst., arrived in the increase was disallowed I will be very happy regard to those officers who have not received Shanghai to-day on the steamship Cass from an increase of pay there might be reasons which Formosa. This young grandee appears to have to give him the information. Practically the information is given by the absence of the letter a it might be difficult to lay before the Council, been a rather troublesame passenger, for when against their pames in the Estimates, the reasons and I think myself the subject is one the Govercoming up the river the vessel stuck on the bar, being given in the Secretary of State's despatch.ment ought very carefully to consider. On the where it remained three or four hours, during However, I am in the hands of the Committee. face of it it may seem simple enough, but when which our distinguished visitor is said to have been exceedingly impatient, and to have rémon- If they prefer to have it referred to a Committes you come to consider the question, that reasons of the whole Council I am prepared to assent to perhaps of a more or less confidential nature should strated with the Captain for not taking the ship that, or if they prefer to go on in Finance Com- be laid before the Council is an admission that up to Shanghal straight off. On arrival nothing mittee I am prepared to give any explanation should not be made in a hurry. I think it would would suit him but to be fanded as close as they desire. I must also add that whatever we do be wiser for the hon. member to make this possible to the French gunboat Arpic, for which now is not final; there is nothing to prevent any motion at the next meeting and so give the purpose the Cass was brought up the river and member of the Civil Service, who considers him- Government time to consider whether all the moored alongside that vessel. When the self aggrieved, sending to the Secretary of State correspondence, which must be more or less budding Mandarin left the Cars, the Aspic confidential in a case of this kind, should or fired a salute of three guns, to which the Cass his view of the matter, and in one or two cases

raplied in like mannet, after which she went we have already told members of the service should not be published,

down the river again, and took her accustomed that if they are dissatisfied their memorials will

berth alongside the New Dock. be attached to the despatch covering the Estimates.

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Mr. Chater-After the remarks of the senior unofficial member, who states he has not bad time to go over the Estimates, I think the better course would be to adjourn their consideration to the next meeting.

Mr. Whitehead seconded.

The Chairman-1 do not think it would be very interesting or desirable that all these appli- cations and the grounds of their refusal should ha printed, which is, what it would come to.

Mr. Whitehead-The grievances are not so many, are they?

The Chairman-No, I think they are not very

many.

Mr. Whitehead-Then it would not take so long to go into it?

The Chairman-No, I could do it in two minutes verbally.

Mr. Whitehead-Would it not be better to refer it to a special committee ?

The Chairman-I think it would be more in the interests of the officers concerned that you should admit my verbal explanation and then you could advise them whether they should refer to the Secretary of State or not,

Mr. Keswick Did I understand the hon. member (Mr. Whitehead) to second the proposal of the hon. member on ray right (Mr. Chater)?

Mr. Whitehead-Yes.

Mr. Ho Kal-I rise to order. There is a motion properly proposed and seconded before the meeting.

The Chairman-Since then there, has been an amendment proposed.

Mr. Keswick-What is the amendment? The Chairman-That the boute adjourn. ; Mr. Keswick-And the original proposition? The Chairman-Your own, Mr. Keswick I did not understand the hon, member to move it as an amendment,

The Chalman-Ipso facto a motion for adjournment is an amendment.

Mr. Chater-Then perhaps it would be better to take a division on the motion of, the fion. member on my left Mr. Keswick) and then I will move the adjournment..

The Acting Colonial Secretary moved that the question be postponed to this day week, The Acting Attorney-General seconded. Cartted.

THE COMPANIES MEMORANDA OF ASSOCIATION

BILL.

This Bill was considered in Committee and reported without amendment, and the Council adjourned until. Monday next at half-past two,

LOCAL AND GENERAL. FOOTBALL matches by lamp-light are the order. of the day or rather night-in Singapore, just now.

only known what Lord Wolseley thinks of the hosts of the "Son of Heaven", surely be wouldn't have well, there, it doesn't matter much anyhow.

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WE learn from the N. C. Daily News of the zoth inst, that the Contul-General for Portugil at Shanghai, Senior Valdez, has just completed his investigations into the charges of arson brought against the brothers Pereira. About. twenty witnesses were examined, and in the end the prisoners were committed for trial a Macao, to which place they will be sent in a few days. ̈`* Some misunderstanding having apparently Arisen with reference to the Consul's investiga tion taking place in private, it may be as well to state that in accordance with Portugues w such preliminary proceedings must always ba he'd in cameră.

AN Amoy correspondent writes under dato October 23rd:-" much regret to announce that Mr. G. W. Burke has this day resigned from the Customs Service, and left this afternoon"} in the steamship Nambiang, making the eleventh side waiter who has this year cast of the fetters of our local fonathan Wild. Soms people pay their debts with the topsall halliards, but a few here have commenced to do so with their pans, which will be wielded to some purpose during the holy war--the Amoy tide walters' crusade. It is strange that so many Halkaners are leaving the above portjast now; but of course it is all, attributed to the weather,"

Two Chinese, a man and woman, were charged MAJOR WONG, the vallant officer of China's invincible legions that are, according to "our before Mr. Wodehouse at the Police Court on only General," to averrun the earth and the 27th inst. with decoying a little girl, 5 years of age, away from its parents and, selling knockout" the English-speaking races at the battle of Armageddon, looked a sorry it for $78. to a brothel procuress in Wanchal sight behind the rails of the dock in the In defence the man wald, the child took, Police Court this morning (27th inst.), where to him naturally," and he, being poor, hid Mr. Wodehouse found that he undoubtedly no alternative left him, but, to put it into "domestic service" in the usual way. The robbed a well-to-do Cantonese merchant out of a

woman preserved silence; golden silence as it $500 gold watch and chain which his father, a compradore, had received many years ago as a turned out. His Worship filled the man for present from Mr. Alfred Dent, his employer. nine months, while the woman obtained ber.. The gallant Major has now started to "do" atx.

liberty after depositing $100 in Court as security months, Welt midɔ pak gj bar entert LIU MING-CHUAN, Governor of Formosa, has months hard labour in Victoria Gaol. To for her exemplary behaviour for a period of six been degraded for what Chinese consider next morrow friend Wong will be on the "stand" again and have to answer to the charge of steal-

THE,Tienisin correspondent of the N. C. Dally door to high treason, his offence being that being a pair of silk pants from a casual acquaint

News writes on the 14th inst."The water on did not manage the coal mines properly, ance in D'Aguilar Street. If the Major had THX Shanghal Chamber of Commerce have

the plain has fallen considerably within the last discussed the new transit pass regulations, and

few weeks, with the result that around the edges, become exposed to the sun's rays, there arise will, it is expected, take action thereon, though

and from some of the higher portions that have malarial influences which arc producing in what form has not yet been made known: arst inst, says that the steamer Fricking was Sepatoom, Bangkok, resulting in the death of a quite chilly weather, for which we were indeed OUR Shanghai morning contemporary of the On Monday week a fatal accident happened at considerable sickness. Last week we had some still ashore in the Pelbo between Taku and the Siamese coachman of some 18 years. Capt. de grateful after the extremely hot and very trying This week it is very warm again in the middle Bar when the El Dorado left. In order to get V Creighton; of the Royal Miliary College, and summer through which, we have just passed, the vessel afloat it has been found accessary to Baron Weidelsberg, of the cavalry, hired a

carriage and drove to Sapatoom with the inten- of the day, and I am sure every one will be glad dig her out, ACABAI.K. tion of enjoying a morning's shopting. Having when the freezing weather comes to destroy some THE Arratoos Apcar, which sailed hence on the arrived close to the ground the officers began to of the causes of disease that surround us. The 28th inst. for, Calcutta, via Singapore, carried load, and whilst doing so the horse stopped, fall that has taken place la the water does not amongst her passengers for the latter parti 25 The coachman being unable to start it again and materially affect the condition of the poor people, constables and a sergeant (Chinese) specially remaining on the box, Capt. Creighton left for nothing can be planted this autumn, and they selected by the Chief of the local force for the carriage for the purpose of sterting the have the cold winter months before them. The service in our alster colony,. and intrasser almal. Before doing so he had placed his official relief is not satisfactory-if not short in THR steamer El Dorado, which arrived at landed gun in the carriage, when the motion of allowance, the gruel too often contains alam, and Shanghai on the 30th inst, brought down the vehicle caused the left barrel to explode, produces dlaesse and, sooner or later, death. So that anything that can be done in an honest and reliable way under, foreign direction will be a mab of Bo griffins from Tientsin, consigned to the lodging its contents in the unfortunate coach- Shanghal Horo Bazaar. The mob.la wald to man's back, causing his death soon afterwards.

great boon to the poor people to whom they may, include a great many racing-like ponies, so that The Bangkok Times says that the affair has so. no dificulty should be experienced in, finding upset Captain Creighton that he contemplates be able to ministers enfimet dhe e the balance, 17, in number, of, the Hongkong leaving the country although he had done all in: The Straits Times of the aist inst. saye

his power to make amends to the only relative Yesterday the local directors of the Ranb Subscription griffin ejche au beman salah of the unlucky man, his father, by making him Australian Syndicate (Ltd.) received letters from JUDGING from the reports of steamers arriving a present of five catties, which; to a native of his.

appears that since the date when he started" down stream with the first gold the weather had from the Solith there must have been another station, is a very handsome and substantial the manager dated Raub 12th October, It! severegaleonthe 22nd and 3rd between latitudes reward p Is and 17 The new Scottish Oriental steamersur Phra Nang Cap'sin. W. H. Watton, sois tods: AVERY sad casp of fatal voluntary starvation, sys been very dry, and while this facilitated mining! the Shanghai Mercury, recently occurred in the operationsitrendered the river navigation difficult, register, newly built for the traffic between here French Concenion. The gnfortunate suicide, as and only attirée small boats have got up stream?

nd Bangkok, reports that on the 23rd instahe

in nearly all such cases, wat a woman, her motive from Lubok Tax with stores. The weather experienced a terrifugals with torrents of rain, during which the port side of her after-House bring grief over family bereavements. It would when he wrote, had broken. In the course of

hem that a Chinese military commander named his private letters My Bibby says the pro Zee Charu, recently stationed at Taiwan, Intely pects of the mine continue fairly good, and when cama to Shanghal for his health and took up bis I'start crushing hops to cantique-dolag so till

in the French Concession. He was the end of the year." The following is the-- accompanied by his son and daughter, and Els message Mr. Bibby prepared to have wired to second wife. It seems as if ill-luck pursued the Australian director, and which was sent him frat his son took sick and died; a few from Singapore yesterday Crushing will be days later his daughter followed; then the com- commenced next week: Quantity of stone raised. rander himself died, partly from disease and to date is 120 tons, now at battery. Prospecta partly from a broken heart. The second wife the same as bele. Expect to finish crushing]. wax overwhelmed with grief as well as difficulty, about the end of the year. Mine prosnects good. ferahe, being a total stranger here, could not seek As on Sunday, 12th inst., Mr. Bibby said he rasplyed to destroy herself, and deliberately that the crushing has now commenced; and Mr. refused to take any food, abstaining from all Bibby, apparently expects to continde crushing enance for days, at the end of which she steadily for two months that time he should died of starvation. The sad news were conveyed crush a considerable quantity of stone the ted her chusband's relatives, and they sent maximum possibility being about a thousand same pay to Shanghal to manage the deceased tons, and that would imply, rúnning the stampi officers affair and farther gave the second day and night, which may or may art, be he wile first wife's burial honours, which are intention. It is of course, likely that the qumably seldom accorded unless the recipient has done put through may be much less than the posi Home NAUMIADY meritorious set

Ms. Ryrie-They were laid on the table, but we are not in the habit of carting these things about ourscives, and they were only seat to me a day or two ago. njoy a wong dike The Acting Attorney-General-I understand The Chairman-Notice was given a fort-night the Chairman is able to give verbally the informa ago and at the last moeting they e laid on the ton why the applications in certain cases have table,

been infused, I think, perhaps it would be I think a Select Committee better to hear that explanation before we go should be appointed to consider the increases, further. After we have beard that, hon members I believe certain grlovances exist and I think might not consider it necessary to require any they should be looked into, by the unofficial as thing further. Would the hon. meraber, who

was stovéin and the chocks washed from under well as the official members,

bero made the motion be content with that for the the port boats, the decks being: continually, Mr. Keswick-It had been my Intention before present? the Council adjourned to ask question in Mr. Keswick-I would prefer that the motion fodded with water je v page-chal Tenha a

DURING a terrific gale near Swatow in the early) reference to this master whether the Govern- at I made it should be put to the meeting... meat would lay on the table a list of the officers The Chairman-I have to move an amend part of this month a whole fleet of fishing craft who have not received an increase and, if they ment to the motion and that is, that this was completely lost, the number of people are not satisfied the grounds on which they Committee do now adjourn and that the drowned being variously estimated at from 300 make complaint. Judging from what is stated Legislative Council be re-formed, so that this to 5,00 people, The Chloese assert that thou- in the public Press and from whats question may be considered in Council and not sands must have been drowned, but that is probably gross exaggeration, though it may publicly stated by Individuals it is more than in Commitice.

The Acting Colonial Treasurer seconded.. possibly be near the mark if there, really aro been done to a number of very deserving officers

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the fleet with little or fio of this Government, and I am satisfied Toaly and five against. The Acting Registrar-General

warning, and with such force that one of echo the feeling of the pablic at large when I say did not vote. that any improper application of this increase of The original motion was then put and carried. the bosts were song enough, to "mehigh

the bodies of the unf The Chairman now more that the Com- Nu miitee report to the Legislative Council

for distance Mr. Chater I beg to move that the consider ups of the Estimates be adjourned to next officials at t meeting PEDRAGUA

The Acting Colonial Treasurer-1 second the mo los that we new report, what his taken

Estimates, I may speak, and I need hardly izy, próbable that considerable hardship may have. The amendment was lost, four voting for it 700 or 800, bosts lost. The storm evidently advice or aid in her distres She thereupon would commence crushing next week, it appeare

phy would be viewed with very great regret In looking down these Estimates which we are now i considering so hastly, and in which you med- tioned to in we should find the increases marked by the later to the thaigin, If I undere ge

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