THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1891.
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- the Board of Directors decline as they did last always existed, but for reasons we shall the gaol is no respecter of persors, and it is implements ; in another corner a pardon a suggested that the steam disinfector erected near, hundred debentures were drawn and paid off in
It has iron bars, which are covered by a strong wire netting. This netting appears to not have
give further on it was found necessary, Whilst the new arrival in contemplating the scenery and thinking of the callousness of this cruel world, he may be aroused from his reverie by a sound resembling "hoti 'ands," which is fallowed by a general rush downstairs where he has to place himself in a position so as to be seen through the window by the night turnkey,
I have examined carefully are in conformity. with the books. While adding gentlemen that
year to take advantage of the chance of the articles of association, granting them an allow. ance of fr. 50,000, I beg to propose to you to adent the repent and to approve of the accounts. The Chairmans then stated that there wRE A very long report from M. Durand, technical manager, which could be read, unless the meet. ing considered it sufficient to send it to the Bewapapotion of Mr. Keswick seconded by those inside, the warder' sings out "2, 1, 4”
On the
which means that there should appear at the window, two Europeans, one Indian and four Chinese, and the placand at the door was altered accordingly. After a careful scrutiny of those behind the windew the turkey passes on, leav. fng the prisoners to their own devices until the fallowing mornlog.
Mr. Mody it was decided to send it to the papers
The Chairman I have nothing much to add to what has already been said. The works are progressing favourably, and of course perhaps they have not gone on so quickly as you might have expected and wished, but we have had to face very great difficultles in opening up our work, as is always the case in a new country. It is my duty from time to time to go to the spot and investigate what has been done, and I shall be very pleased to reply to any questions put to the chair. If you would like to look at the plans of the mines, they will be in the offices for
inspection.
the adoption of the report and accounts.
carried.
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The Chairman announced that in accordance with clause 17 of the Articles of Association two of the directors retired. The lot fell to Mr. Chater and Mr. Keswick, who on the motion of Mr. l. 5. Moses sccended by Mr. Rose were
re-elected.
retired and on the raotion of Mr. Hooper seconded, Under Article 30 the auditor, M. Champin.
by Mr. Ezekiel was reelected.
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Mr. Ceughtrie moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman, which was carried by acclamation. The Chairman briefly acknowledged the honour, saying that he was very thankful the shareholders approved of his conduct. All he could say was that he had done his utmost to deserve it, and should continue working to the best of his ability in order to ensure the welfare
of the Company.
The report of M. Durand, which is too long for publication in extanto, is to the following effect :-
The exploitation of the Company's property has shown such valuable resources that the preliminary work, installation of plant, etc., had to be on a larger scale than at first intended, Tais accounts for the delay in achieving practica! results. During this year coal will be extracted from the Nagatna mine, and early next year the great wharf and Haton railway will be finished. Production will then develop freely. At the Nagotha mine the upper seams are Inferior in quailty, but the lower promise well, as to quantity and quality: The Nagotna mine gives a total thickness of about 30 meters of coal, and a length of 2,000 meters has been pierced in the last seven months, and 2,290 in all. The total Avaliable tonnage is estimated at 40 millions, At the Campha, Marguerita, and Haton mines lens has been done, but prospects are good. The report also gives long detailed accounts of the progress and future of the work at the mines, railway and the depot at Hongay.
A DEBTOR'S EXPERIENCES IN VICTORIA GAOL.
(DY A VICTIM.)
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There is no fixed rule for the hour of getting up, but each. prisoner must come down to receive his own breakfast, or what he must try to 'fancy is such, from the warder, so that he must get up before 7.30. He is supposed to make his own bed, and help in cleaning the room, but if he is the possessor of cigar or cigarette which he is willing to abare with his
nate, has to rub shoulders with felons and perhaps murderers of the vifest description; for always best for the delinquent to put his prido in his pocket, and, as our American cousins say, "keep a stiff upper lip." Here there seem to exist certain unwritten lawa about talking, keep ing the place clean, etc., which, il neglected, may cause the offender to be brought before the Superintendent, who has the authority to order his being placed on bread and water diet for a term of days, and if a very great breach of discipline has been made he may order his doing shot drill" or even, if the offender be other than a European, so many days at the "crank."
As was once remarked in Court by Chief Justice Sir James Russell, the debtors prison is greatly abused by unrelenting creditors. A truer remark was never made, and the sooner the Hongkong "Fleet" is abolished the better for the good name of the colony.
CHINESE WASH-HOUSES IN.
HONGKONG.
A SCANDALOUS STATE OF AFFAIRS,
:
When our Special Inquisitor's" exposé of the disgusting condition of the Chinese bakeries in this colony was published in these columns last Septeraber it was intimated that the distinctly insanitary state of Chinese wash-houses would be dealt with in due course, with a view to throwing some light upon the cause and development of certain troublesome skin discaacs amongst the European section of the community Facts have now been collected and show as any one reading will perceive, a state of affairs which should receive the earnest and prompt considera- ion of the general public, whose health is jeopardised by the utter lack of the most ordinary precautions adopted in many or almost all parts of the world in respect to an industry which, fail to bave an injurious effect on the general health of the community, and at times lead to the rapid spread of deadly epidemics.
An Inspection of several of the eighty native wash houses situated in the crowded central, western and eastern districts of this city of Victoria, as well as of the creeks and nullahs
compensation for the value of his buildings.. the squatter, he proposed to give him "fair A minute as appended by Dr. Canilic, who the Diocesan Home be either removed to near the site of the new laundries or that it be placed at the service of the public mare readily than it le at present.
In the Surveyor-General's latest report, the 28th Febiyary, he states that on the recom- report, dated mendation of Committee of the Sanitary Board a site for the first experimental block of public laundries has been approved near the junction of the Kennedy and Wanchai Gap Roads. The working drawings have been prepared, and the buildings will be commented as soon as the slic is cleared.
SKETCHINO OUR FORTS.
The present state of business is not sufficiently remunerative to pay both 7 per cent, interest on the preferance loan and large dividends." One August last, and interest is paid to the ath February 1891. The Directors retire la decor. dance with the Articles of Avsociation, except Mesars Short and Dyer, Messrs. Clifford, Mr. Walker is absent from Shanghai., One Näiting, nad Morris are eligible for re-election. other shareholder whose name will shortly be placed before the meeting is à candidate, for a rent on the Board. Mr. Geo, Corner offers him
elf for re-election is Auditor. Before, asking you to adopt the report and accounts as issued we will be glad to hear your comments therean and give any further information in our power.
Mr. Perkins asked for details of the expenses under the head of Sundries Account.
"ileine under that bead, such as house expenses, medical attendance, travellers' and legal expenses, stamps, etc, which amounted in all to Ta
157.15.
At the Police Court this morning (30th alto.), before Mr. Wise, Sub-lieutenant Okuda, of the Japanese cruiser Kongo, was charged with having the accounts connected with the Brewery
Mr. Limby asked if there w
was any objection to sketching Belther's Battery yesterday aftermond.
published separately, as were the accounts of the contrary to Section of Ordinances of 1888-The-The Chairman replied that the latter was a
Hongkong Trading Company. Captain Willoughby, R.E., occupied seats on the separate concern while the former was not. Bench,
inspection of shareholders The accounts of the Brewery were in the hands of the Secretary, however, and were open to the
considerable beat; upon this test the ironers' a small three-dollar iron stové giving forth of firewood, coke, and Calcutta soap in cakes as brickbat and resembling a compound of coarse brown sugar and sand, jumbled up together. In slatternly confusion ja foot or two further on and you find yourself in what serves for a cook-house, where a dirty coolie who stands within two feet of a foul-smelling latrine is endeavouring to boil a pound or two of rice with the aid of half a doren chips of stick and lump or two of coke; the atmosphere (what with the heat of the stove, the amoke from the adjoining cook-house, the smell of dirty clothes, and the accumulated breath of the ironers and sorters) as faid as in ney White- chapel common lodging-house, and you have, it may be sifely averred, a fairly accurate idea of the den in which your clothing is dealt with by. the ordinary celestial washerman. It is notia A JAPANESE OFFICER ARRESTED." The Chairman gave the figures of the different very nice place, but such it is nevertheless, such it has been for the past fifty years in this colony, and such it will remain until the regulatiosis relative to public laundries which were passed at a meeting of that mysterious body the Sanitary Board on the 14th of November last are, with certain necessary amendments, put into operation-and the sooner it is done and the health of the community. The suns of $25,000 was included in the estimates of this year for piabile laundries and yet three month Bombardier J. H. Stokes, R.A., said that about have passed over our beads with nothing 3.15 p.m. yesterday, whilst in charge of Belcher's done to ameliorate this disgraceful condition Battery, he saw the defendant sketching on the whatever feelings of disappointment may exist of affairs. To sum up the city desofs, it may be Pokfulam Road. He went up to him and asked
Mr. Clifford Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, barely asserere any thing like the nit many him what he was doing and he said he was that shareholders should regard this year's in our minds as to the accounts, it is important visited, was there anything air, space,
and reply the elementary conditions to be (The sketch which was made in a pocket book has been permanently imprited. I am fully height and absence of latrine proximity that sketching the mad and hill-side. Witness asked trading as excéptistal, and nor this year's for the sketch, and defendant, produced lesining power of this old established business demanded in satisfactory clothes washing was produced, showing the magazine of Belcher's aware that I am treading an delicate ground in
And now as regards the actual system of Battery and the roads). scouring the clothes as witnessed at Tang LungIn answer to the charge, the defendant said he has hitherto guided us in conducting, this 'publicly criticising the old fashioned policy that the clothes are put in a huge cauldron of Chao (East Point) and other places. Firstly, was walking along Pokfulam Road, when he business, and of course ran the risk of being warm water in which soap of the kind above-
came across a very fine view. He was fondutvated on any motion that may be submitted mentioned and a dash of soda have been
of sketching, and he set to work to draw the to you to-day in challenging that policy; but twenty thirty, and fifty pieces at a time only done so for pleasure; had he wished to take induce, my colleagues to adapt some measures mixed up to the consistency of peasoup the sketch in pure ignorance of the law, and had to be somewhat obstructive, in order to scene when Stokes came up to him. He made I am impelled by a rong sense of duty according to their dimensions. In this tub they are boiled, all the time; and stirred about they aly sketch of the place he would not have of reform, knowing that agitation will eventually are then partially wrong out and put into another gone there in uniform, as he did.
lead to that result; whether I remain In the tub where the water is not so thick as in the
Company's service or not. I do not in any way cauldron and thence on and on from one
seek to disavow my joint responsibility as a tub to another until at last they are clean (7) enough to be taken out and ducked" in
manager, or thirk any blame that attaches to me in yielding largely to my senior colleagues a stream, to wash the soap-suds and alush out
Messrs. Short and Dyer in former year's trading, of them. They are then wrung out and spread
but I must lake exception to this year's figures, over the bill-side, when the weather is fine, to
It is unnecessary for me to explain to many here dry. But when the weather is hary or Jupiter
that I have had very little to do with the direction Plurius sends down showers to quench the
of the Shanghai Store during the past year, my thirst of, the parched land, then comes the "ub"-the clothes, hastily rolled
attention having been givenfas soon as I recovered from my serious illness in July last) to Brewery In all "P sorts of shapes are piled in reeking hovels
and Hongkong affairs. Gentlemen, you will no for a day or two in the hope that the weather
doubt have noticed in the accounts a falling off will clear u, and failing to do so, after a lapse
in sales of $73,000, or $6,000 a month, and gra,ooo less profits. How shall we account for of thirty or forty hours John" takes the clothes into his city debt and, after firing up his
this? Was the year so exceptionally bad, as to stove, hangs the "pieces" on the bamboo
break all previous records in upsetting averages, or did the absence of my voice in the control suspended from the ceiling! The rest needs no description, the most innocent of Imbeciles surely
affect the returns } Probably both causes could not fall to realise, the facts. Some idea,
interfered a little, but I am convinced that the it may be added, ofthe need for proper super
unusual decrease may be mainly traced to my co- vision may be gathered from the fact that hun-
managers reverting to the fossilized style of dreds of pleces are passed through the same
trading of twenty years ago, no enterprise, no and soda solation, becomes towards evening as water daily, and that the first, the soap-sads
advertising, no restless activity, which in a necessity in this business, a lexity of discipline, black and shiny and evil smelling as the slush
especially in controlling the abuses of the tasting raked out of the bottom of a city sewer in sum-
bar, which unless kept under constant restriction mer time!
means a loss of nearly a half per cent. en ahajo- capital. I could have wished that our Chairman had made some reference to the opinions I have persistently expressed at the last thros board' meetings in favour of immediate reform, lastead of divening your attention by complaints about the mere details of how much money we have the year. Gentlemen, it is the failing off received from the Hongkong Trading Co, during profits that needs looking into ; all other matters are comparatively of less importance. We have gained about $4.000 by better exchange rates put the loss entailed: in, carrying on the two Brewery premises, double rentals and nearly double staff, together with all the expenses of removal, &c. which has certainly absorbed more than the $4,000 excliange henefit,
Mr. Drummond said he would like to ask one or two questions. He represented the interest of Mia.
one of the largest shareholders tony, and there' were one prilwo points in the Chairman's 'answer to Me. Perkins
In answer to his Worship Inspector Mackie said the defendant was released on bail in a sum of $200.
His Worship said he had no doubt the defend- ant had contravened the Ordinance, bat he was also of opinion that he did so in ignorance of the land. He would remand the case till to-morrow.
Mr. Miyakawa Kijirl, the Japanese Consul, said the defendant had a witness whom he would like to call,
Lieut. Marchulma, of the Japanese cruiser Kongo, gave evidence in support of the defend-
ant's statement.
Bombardier Stokes, recalled,' said the last witness and offered him $1 to say nothing further about it, but he refused to take.it.
Lleut. Maichulma denied the allegation. His Worship, said he would remand the case till to-morrow, allowing the defendant out on the same bail se before.
Atthe Magistracy this morning (1st Ina,), before Mr. Wise, Okuda, sub-lieutenant on the Japanese cruiser Kongo, was called up to receive sentence In the case heard yesterday, in which he was Keen competition, high rents, the rise in the lead of making a eleich of Belcher's Fort price of soap, soda, bine etc., etc., all tend to make
He pleaded ignorance of the law.
time a No 1 pidgin-a mere hand-to-mouth the existence of Chinese washemen-at 'one
His Worship said -1 foånd yesterday that the defendant had been guilty of a breach of the law existence, as a careful inquiry into the status of
under this Ordinance, but as it was practically the Sitat offence under the Ordinance I had the case the washman will speedily démonstrate.
Without public wash-houses and publicly what perally should be imposed. The del adjourned for a day, in order to consider thorough Chinese baths, for the use of which the Chinese endant pleaded ignorance of the law, and if he should be charged the lowest possible fees, no had been a civilian it might have been some diminution of the horrors of the present excuse. But as he is a naval officer, he should on the health of the publle many of whom Under these circumstances I think it my duty to suffer from ringworm itch, and other disgusting fine him $100. diseases, contracted through contact with infected clothing can be reasonably expected; and to prove to our readers that there must have been a scandalous neglect of public interests in some direction we subjoin a copy of a draft of public laundry regulations, which were approved by the Sanitary Board on the 14th November last, mendation that they should be carried into effect. | and forwarded to the Government, with a recom-
without delay
"That the accommodation considered most suitable for each public laundryman carrying onji business in Victoria is (a) a washing room, () = room, consisting of tws living rooms, a kitchen, drying room, (c) an ironing room, (4) a dwelllug &c. &c., (r) drying ground.
No letter can be received or written without the Superintendent or Chaplain having read it previous to forwarding. The note paper has a whole lot of rules and regulations printed on one side, and must form part of the letter, so that those ashamed at having to use such paper refrain from corresponding. To debtors no limit is placed as to the number of letters they may receive, but when they are handed the solitary sheet of paper and envelope they are warned that no more will be furnished until the ensuing There being no question the Chairman marednese companions, he need never move a hand, first of all ask permission to see the Superinten- the better for the credit of the Board in question-Japanese Consal, Mr. 'Miyakawn Kinfirò, and |
week; even to obtain this single sheet they must Mr. Keswick seconded the motion, which was or disturb himself by doing any of this work. dent, and after waiting until tent autocrat has At 8 or 9 a warder comes in to see whether the dispatched the prisoners brought before him beds are properly made and the four cleaned, for various offences against pilon regulations, after which the prisoners are left in peace until a very humble air must be afficted to crave bli dinner-time, only then to be disturbed to get authority for this favour. their dinners. This finished, they may almost The window of the European room (or what do just as they please, considering they are in should be, only it is always occupied by Chinese) prison. At 4.30 tea (or a repetition of breakfast) overlooks the Palice Court, and some time back closed. As I have before mentioned, pilsoners detained debtors to supply them through this, served, and at 5 the deor of the tower is it was the practice of the friends of certain of the here may do pretty well as they like. They by means of a cord, with many little dainties which have no task to perform, and are not under the prison authorities would not allow to past in any immediate superintendence of warder. the proper way; but like many other things this Every prisoner has a right to one book a week was winked at until, so the story runs, one to read; may smoke as much as he pleases, and, evening the Superintendent was sitting on the if he has the wherewithal to obtain the neces- verandah above, when he beard strange sounds saries, when tired of reading he may indulge af revelry proceeding from below, and it was in a gathe of draughts, or if he is European of a practical turn-of mind, he European prisoners in the debtors' ward were in found an investigation that the whole of the may profit by his incarceration by learning extremely high spirits and very happy, and the Chinese, providing that he can chum up" with room smelt more like the tap-room of a pub a sufficiently well-educated Chinese follow than a prison cell. On a search being made, sofferer. Nearly all the Chinese prisoners are two whisky bottles were found, one cuipty and merchants, in bankruptcy, and are undergoing a the other half full of the exhilarating liquor term of imprisonment varying from three to six The bottles had been pased up from below months the latter being the maximum length through the window by means of a piece of string, of time a debtor, can be detained, except for These were the last, however, that came in this debt exceeding $500. The monotony soon way, for the wire netting referred to was becomes unbearable, and if the unfortunate immediately placed over the bars, and thus all can scrape together the sum necessary to obtain further smuggling was prevented in that parti- bis freedom, or if he can manage to move the cular direction. heart of some kind friend, he does so with all possible despatch. There are some detained who cannot possibly assist themselves or obtain the aid of friends, and they must, therefore, patiently along intil their term expires. There was one-man during my incarceration who had been sentenced to three months, impri- sonment for a debt of $17, a fact which, I think, requires no comment. He was the victun of his creditor's vengeance; that worthy, not contented with losing the $17, actually spent another $27 in costs and for the maintenance of his debtor, who, of course, is not fed by the Government. If a man is sent to gaol for debt, the prosecuting party must maintain blm during his stay in the strong house topside, and should the prosecutor bring the $7.50 a minute after 9.30 a.m. on the first of each month, it will not be received, and the prisoner is ordered to "get" forthwith. A slight legal help is afforded to prisoner in the shape of the cardboard forms Let me supplement your series of interesting which adorn the room walls, by a perusal of articles on prison life in Victoria Gaol by giving which they learn that they can regain their you a short account of how those poor devils, whose liberty by sending in a copy to "his lordship." only crime consists of being unable to pay theis These forms are simply declarations setting forth bills, manage to rab along. The prelude to an arrest for debt is a very simple formality indeed ;
that pursuant to Act so-and-so, they may obtain the debtor is accosted in the street by a bailiff their release by filing an affidavit to the effect whose first move is to ask "Can you settle this that they have no property, either in their own or in the joint possession of others, nor have bittle account ?" "No" is generally the sad reply. "Well," retorts the bailiff, laying his they any in expectancy, and on another form their hand on the debtor's shoulder, "come along with personal" "belongings are enumerated. If the If carried on in a slovenly manner, cannot wasbing kystem, with its attendant evil effects 'know' perfectly well that it is no excuse whatever, this your) but: ngafout this advantage thay be me." If any explanation in allempted a rough
créditer cannot prove the contrary within puah adds force to the order to come along certain time stipulated by the Judge, the To a man whose sole experience of a prison Prisoners are released. This happens in ninety- consists of having seen its wails from the outside,
nine cases out of a hundred, and the debtor is and who never in his life dreamt of being has released from any further fear of trouble ignominiously arrested in a public thoroughfare, his creditor. I have stated, a debtor this is a severe blow. In a few minutes he is in gaol has no fixed task to perform, but within the precincts of H. M. Gaol and is fed he is made to exercise in a cruel manner, only which meet the waters of the harbour at Cause before the Punjauhi scribe. At this point the worthy of the tortures of the Inquisition. This way Bay and in the neighbourhood of the now Warrant of his arrest is handed bim, and a copy dinner" (17) is served, and the mode of inflict-Road, has confirmed all the rumours and the 'exercise has to be done dally at 11.30 am, when defunct Whi fii Station, on the Shau-ki-wan of an affidavit is shown bim to the effect that Mers, Short & Co. have sworn that he hung his torture is to make him masticate a cast-suspicions as to the absolute, necessity for the refused to pay his bill and that he is about off rubber sole of a lawn tools shoe, heated, establishment of public laundries under to leave the Colony, In vain he protests of which is to be found melted eartgrease, the
and served up in a round tin basin, at the bottom. Government supervision.
The establishments of Chinese washermen against this affirmation, but the bailiff turas very smell of which would cause the hungriest a deaf ear to all that is sald saying that mongzel to place his tall between his legs and and by ways of the city, particularly in the are to be found in almost all the lanes that this not his business, and can only body. In gaol parlance this rubber sole la called central district. Some of them, where the popain explained to his lordship. What he wants, beefsteak. Besides this delicacy he also has a he says, "is the money, or security from some dirty semi-circular tin of something which is Hollywood Road and Lok Hing Lane, have but tion is most dense, for instance in Tal-ping-shen, one for the debtor's appearance before the Chief described as stew or soup. From a rough guess,
-The Chairman said!-Gentlemen,--A quorum Justice on suck-and-wuch a date. If not, this "soup is composed of a few plecs of (hundreds of plecea at times), sort and book them one room. Here they collect the dirty clothes
being present we will proceed with the business continues, addressing the Punjabi scribe already vulcanite, thrown into about a handful of barley and tie up in bundles ready for transportation to
of this meeting, to receive and consider the profit referred to, will you take charge of this bolled in waters. For the benefit of those not the wash-heuses at Tang Lung Chan, near
and loss account and the balance sheet, they prisoner," and after a final summons to bis Tatilated into the mysteries of prison jargon, it Causeway Bay, where almost all the actual
past year, and to elect Directors and Auditor for report of the Directors and of the Auditor for the penner to try to get some friend to pay or stand may be useful to add that in that establish washing of clothes, etc, done in the colony is
the current year. The report and audited accounts security, be departs, fully conscious of having fulfilled bla duty. In this office, which resembles ment what an ordinary person would call carried on: For the establishments in the city
have been in your possession for some time and a pawnshop more than anything elas, being valcante is there called mutton. These two are virtually nothing more than receiving and
may be taken as read if there are no objection surrounded by bundles of clothing labelled and feel tired, and after wrestling an hour with his as above stated, "booked" prior to being sent one at the east end of the town, and the other at 11.159.78 only a falling-off of Tls. 1,180 on messes generally make a strong hearty man distributing depots, wherein the pieces Bre, at least double the size of this set be erected-The net profits of the year amount to Tis classed, the unfortunate debtor is searched. He soup and beefsteak he is glad to lie dowo, out to the wash-tubs and brooks to the eastward. the west end. It is also strongly recommended the preceding year, and of about Tis. 10,000 on Is not allowed to have anything whatever him with the exception of matches and tobacco. If be happy if all his teeth have not come to grief Everything is necessarily jumbled together that in letting the first: set of wash houses former years since 1885, inclusive. There was a does not want inquisitive eyes to read the last letter lengthened by an occasional tis of a description gents drawers and singlets, fever-stricken now carrying on their business above the were less than in 1885 whereas the expenses are daring the struggle. Sometimes this torture is indiscriminately-ladies dresses and petticoats, preference should be given to the laundrymen great reduction on the sales last years in fact they from the girl he left behind him or from his parents of cement which they call act pudding. A patients' garments and bed-clothing, and Chinese Kennedy Road, because the streams in which heavier than that year the Tis. 16,000, and the net or friends at home, he must destroy them, a3
man must be posserted of much courage to demoiselles pantaloons and Lyons silk stockings they now wash, thels clothing, are being formed profit is less by over Tit. 14,000. We naturally possession whilst in prison. -He is hare "entered) into a register kept for that purpose. His name so with safety, he must have digestive organs slash which is supposed to be (and was doubtless time it will no longer be possible for them to extensions for which we bardened ourselves with follows in rotation after those already incarcerated possessing about the same amount of force as at one time), soap-suds, and
pure water. But carry on the for murder, robbery, etc., the register knows quartz crushing machine: On Sundays, a
that state of remuneration which we hope they so distinction between prisoners, with the class of Chinese must remain dinnerless, for it is ascertained that hundreds of pieces of should not be made compulsory for laundrymen Long Trading Co., Limited, returned to us Ti
person not brought up amongst the lowest matter for grave consideration when the fact The committee farther recommend that it will attain in 'not distant future. The Hong. exception that under the column registering the sentence of the delinquent (1) the word "debtor cannot be expected that any Christian can clothing and bed linen from the hospitals of the to rent the public wash houses, but that it should 1,752 This was more than absorbed by the
The Directors now submit to the Shareholders is written, He fa then told to go straight stomach the foul, mess placed before him, which colony are distributed broadcast throughout the be left to themselves to rent them or not as they items at the debit side of 'onz working account,
the audited accounts and balance sheet for the abead and turn to the left" which he finds brings mixture, of ancient and malodorous fish and evil is perhaps much greater than those who is, however, a matter of public importance that allowance on the book debts. The art on all charges (including interest paid and due on
is called carry and fish! This dish is simply a Wash-houses of the colony every week and the consider most advantageous to themselves. It legal expenses, forming the Company, and an year ended 28th February, 1894. him to a landing at the end of which is an Iron brownish looking decoction resembling paint,
The not profits for the year after deducting door or grating. This is opened to allow him to Perhaps this particular dish was an exception, reason that at times the washermen favoured condition, and it is, therefore, urged that, bylaws Hongkong on the oth March to consider the and doubtful debts,
give out the washing imagine; for the simple laundries should be kept in proper sanitary yearly meeting of this Company was held to Debentures, etc, maiding ample provisian for bad pass, accompanied by a cry of " One European but it was simply too awful to contemplate with the patronage of public hospitals have be made as soon as possible under subsection report and accounting from the warder. He has then to go down,
The net prosts for the
paying
all the formallón flight of steps, but the view from the top had previous experience of breakfast and 1. gathered from one who bad of the landing, if he has ever been to Paris,
more than they can get through, and, so send as of gection 13, of the fealth Ordinance, and year, after deducting, il charges, luctuding tires, and returning per cending, complay Sandy on
on a few hundred pieces to their chums," that they be gradually but fitraly enforced. If Interest paid, and our writing off all known
Limited, to contributors strikes him forcibly as resembling the bear pitten there is little to say, with the exception, it may and often does happen, are niño | this is done, and the pubila wasbermen prefer to debts, providing for interest, acerved on the ont. of business) amount to $15,287.37.
Of Is the same thing.
the "washermen" for to the Fardin dis Planier,¦in miniature, Aty that the bread is half cooked dough table justitations. Thus children often become carry on their business, an urgent publio require and allowing 7 per cent. interest to Hall & credit, fucluding this year's net proft aforemen
public schools and charl- it up suliable, places for themselves in which to standing 7 per cent. Preference
Profit and Loss Account. The balance at the Debentures the bottom of the step, he perceives a small and teamwell, that hafla description, but it stricken with diseases which at once appal ment will be fairly adequately met by private Holis, Lid Company, on current account, Directors recommend should be disposed of as hectagonal tower, which the placard-hung-near
Honed, amount to Tis. 20,499.90, which the the doors announces as being "C, B. O. Debtor maybe safely termed a harmless mixture of and distress their parents and teachers. Ward."
-boiled leaves (any kind)" and 'twigs. This is Before going into details of the stodus "The public puisance arising from the washing mount to $3.256.6¢, of which $2,767.Bo w followe
"paid as a dividend of 6 per cent, on the paid served in a dirty tin ng bolding about a pint, operandi adopted by the washermen at Tang of clothing la publié streams is well known and up caplial, and 8488.85 written off the pro. To declare a Dividend of Tis. x per and a teaspoonful of sugar accompanies ft. Lang Chao, Whitfield, and even as far out as requires no comment, With view to prevent perty account. The result does not equal the share These merses cost the prosecuting party as Quarry Bay, it may serve a useful purpose if a the spreading of this ruisance to other streams, anticipations formed at the beginning of the write off Property Account.... cents per diam. The Chinese prisoners in this brief description of the average washerman's the committee strongly recommend that steps year. The business has been removed to more
carry forward the balance of.. Whilst he is thus examining the surroundings ward only have two meals a day. At 7.30 they city depot is given. Picture to yourself a base be at once taken to prevent the formation of af-mitable premises than were occupied last year
mointing on the p voice from the top of the bear pit sings out have a tin of rice and a mess of fish and meat. ment-room, 14 ft. by 8 ft., in one of the crowded fraco washing establishments in streams not and is now progressing 'slowly The Empire Inside that door; tepside. He follows these They never utfered a word of complaint, but lanes of Tal-ping-shan; the walls literally reck already used for such purpose. This can Biewery's new plant le lu working order and Instructions and finds himself, within the tower, their locks seamed to express their indignation, ing with Gith, the result of many years utter readily be done by the police, prosecuting, for tatalag cut excellent beer in considerably larger It is a small hectagonal room, and from a rough A repetition of the morning's meal is served ignorance of the whitewasher's brush the committing a pulsance, any person found poll quantities than formerly. The result so far guess not more than 25 feet in eircomference, them at 4.30 p.m." I am not acquainted with for, once covered with bright red tiles, now sing a new dream by catablishing tanks for the fatisfactory and promises to realize the expects This is the ground floor, and is reserved for the Chinese hours of feeding but certainly coated with a crust of dark-grey conglomerate of washing of clothing therein, Chinese or Indian prisoners. I was afterwards hours seem to be a long stretch between meals, sand, mud, tobacco-ash, saliva and every
tions » formed when the improvements were species informed that all the beds were occupied-four in and for these deb'ors the same amount of of dust and filth and crushed vermin shaken out
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planned. The balance at the credit of the profit Modenas consisted of a rough maintenance money is paid as for those of the of the clothes during the sorting and books w Ne JEDE
and loss account, including the net profit for the "year" In Tis. 20.499.90, which the Directors wooden stool and table--nothing else with the Europeans Jupandaji mpka splet
process' common deal trestles for Ironing
ANONG! MercifLL-INKES." recommend should be disposed of an follow Hongkong Trading Company, Limited-The exception of the beds. The same furniture All prisoners detained for debt are allowed to under which two or three planks are laid for the A letter from the Surveyor-General to the Dividend Tis, I per share, Tis: 6,000 writter profite for the year ended 31st Deo, 1800, after adoward the room aboys. Here the Zampean walk all their pit between 230 am and 5 pin "boss washerman's desen-or-so of empleyde to Colonial Berendey, whic debtor has his quarters. He can chose his own so that in reality they are not always in captivity sleep on at night they usually prefer the top of stated that the sum of $35
sa table off-property-account-16:499 99, Carry inward deducting all charges, providing stor socrued was, included in 4,000. The necessity of declaring dividend to Interest on Debentures, etc.pand paying 73 por bed if any are unoccupied, after being asked by from an optimistic point of view. Every Saturday the trestle, though, in the summer) foot or two the estimates of this yest
fellow brother-in-luck to make himself at they must be Inspected by the gaol doctor. For below the smoke-begrimed ceiling mumber further stated that the site
The comply with our Articles of Association can cont to tall so Holts Co-operative Complay home." This room is much lighter than the this purpose they are marched in Indian file into of bamboo poles from
osed new be set aside, li you with and the funds be on current account, amount to $3,356.65; which which ; there * sro | laundries wÁR?
which otherwise disposed of in paying off an additional the Directors disposed of by declaring a Dividend, ene below, possessing a large window givinga a guard yard and the honest but poor han suspended great variety for Irmala a and was cogumed by cowshban fairly good, bus limited, view of the harbour, whose only crime le that he has been unfortu«?«female,,uriicles; of Valothing j; in @ana) cerner | Hcenos. As i would be novisuary
Amount of debentures during the year tha of 6 per cent on the paid-up capital, and writting "Tasuta }ramant" we get rid of this debt the better, i the baianos off Property Accommiam Marturii
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at the present time is sixty-four.
The number of public laundries in the city *The number of public laundries using the streams above, the west end of the Kennedy Road for their wash-houses is ten.
instance a set of wash houses consisting of ten The committee recommend that in the first separate establishments be erected at Wanchal, and that after some little experience of the working of these wash houses two other sets of
A book was produced by the police in which defendant had other sketches, but his Worship could not consider that. Only the one sketch in question was before him..
The Japanese Consul paid the fine, and the defendant was released,
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THE HALL AND HOLTZ CO-OPERA- TIVE COMPANY, LIMITED.
The sixth ordinary general meeting of share room last Saturday morning (astholte), Mr. John holders in this Company was held at the Board Morris, Chalzman, presiding. There was a large attendance.
which struck him as rather singular. He under- stood him to say that of the sum of 8000 old taels under the bead of Sundry Expenses there is a sum of Tis. 791,62, which appears to be the cost of the liquor consumed in that department was so, and whether the Company provides the by the staff. He would like to ask whether this whole of the liquor consumed, and whether that is a small cost for the liquor, and also whether every land of liquor is consumed by the staff at. the expense of the Company.
Mr. Short replied on behalf of the Directorate, that since he had been connected: with the period of 30 years, it had always been the Hall and Holtz Co-operative Company, a custom, to give liquors to such people a trading fricads in the outports, officers vessels doing business with the Company, whe to having a glass of something in the store. generally when they come ashore look forward About a thousand customers come into the store every month, of whom 300 or 400 hundred are
of
asked for a drink he always had it t all known, and if any of these customers ever A lengthened argument took place subso R. E.Wainwright, seconded by Mr. Drummond, the meeting was adjourned without transacting Tuesday, the 5th proximo.
be cannot be allowed to have them in bls dare to tackle that; at any rate; in order to do may all be found in a single tub of semi-putrid | into open masonry pullahs, and in a very short I caguire why this great difference? and End: gently, and Goally, on the notion of Mr.
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$499.90
Empire Brewery, Thenew plant was crecie during the past, summer, and is now in ful working order, enablog the Company to accept larger contracts than it has hitherto book possible to darknes
The lease of the old premises in Seward Road Expired in December last, re
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