1891-05-28 — Page 5

N°. 2853

BIRTHS.

MAIL SUPPLEMENT.

The Hongkong Telegrapy.

At No. 7. Saunders' Compound, Shanghai, on the 31st May, the wife of Thomas M. WILSON,

of a son:

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At Woodlandi Villa East, Hongkong, on the 22nd May, the wife of C. H. Rooax, of a daughter.

The Honghang Lelegraph.

HONGKONG. THUrsday, May 28, 189*.

HONGKONG JUSTICE,, JUSTICE is not stone-blind in Hongkong; the old lady is only cock-eyed. But this unfortunato obliquity of vision is much to be regretted, as it presses very hardly on Innocent people who, through no fault of their own, get entangled in the meshes of the law, and become victims to- official harpies and uns "rupulous legal cormorants; I must say, your Worship, that more unjustifiable proceedings than those in connection with this case I have never heard of; and I am surprised that any Attorney-General or Crown Officer should have taken such action as has been shown in this matter. Such was the Indignant expression of opinion given utterance to by Mr. CREASY EWENS, solicitor for the defendant, when the trumped-up criminal charge brought against Mr. CHAN U FAI

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License steam Ipunches Survey certificates steam launches...

And who will defray the costs of this possible influences could have inspired a iniquitous prosecution? Is it fair that Mr. deed so dastardly and injurious to Japan. CHẨN U Fii, and the other owners of the In making a searching Inquiry into Tai-on, should be compelled to pay for the probabilities, are we wrong in surmising ignorant and unfardonable bungling of that possibly Chinese Influence and Chinese lavishly paid Government officials, who syre may be found at the hottom of an act apparently have yet to learn the rudiments so altogether at variance with the Japanese of their own business? We are reluctantly character? Many thlogs point In this compelled to admit our inability to recog-direction-arcient rivalry, recent acts of nise, any justifiable grounds för ́placing 1.a similar nature perpetrated in Korea to ping of European construction, or say 12 kong tail upon large vessels, he states, "with a these respectable Chinese merchants in the criminal dock, and as the question nt issue is one of great pubile importance, it will he well if Mr. CHAN U FAi and his partner can see their way to compelling reparation by process of law. By so doing they will probably discover the source and secret of the gross and glaring injustice to which, under the aegis of the law of Hongkong, they have been subjected.

THE CEAREWITCH.

the detriment of Japan, jealousy of that country's grawing influence with Russia, and a consistent but well disguised antipathy to Japan and the Japanese, envy at their progressive march, their superior navy, and numerous other points which can be readily called to mind. The fact of the CZAREWITCH! devoting so much time to Japan was another element of jealousy, and what more easy way of embarrassing her despised enemy than arranging such a contretemps? No one acquainted with China's history and who knows the national character will deny that Chinese Tux atrocious attempt on the life of the officialdom

is fully capable of such CZARZWITCH by a native of Japan, while dastardly acts- in fact, it is notorious that being a grievous occurrence from whatever outrages even more atrocious and dastardly point it is viewed, also contains mysterious have been instigated by some of the elements requiring most careful elucidation, most prominent of China's living statesman. However much people may disagree with Too cowardly to inspire such an act them autocratic and despotic government, we are selves in China, the opportunity for the bound to remember that the young Prince discomfiture of her deadly-enemy may represented that great European Power have proved too great to be lost sight of which has proved faelf so exceptionally At all events, we trust that while the considerate to the Land of the Rising would-be murderer lives every effort will Sun in its efforts of regeneration. His he made to discover the aiders and

which was contributed by 9,000,000 tons of ship which contributed 1.06s per ton. cents per ton, against 3,500,000 tons Junk traffic His Excellency's minute states: "If I be urged that junks bat relating to teange, radio, my reply is

tonnage, trading junks are than European vessels, even including the This statement is not borne out by the figures special Gap Rock tax about to te remitted. at the disposal of my Committee, as is clearly shewn above. Native craft only pays about one all of what European do, though doubtless some statement exists on which bis Excellenc hazarded these remarks.

Paragraph a points out tht my Commffice erroneously included in Harbour Master's Revenue the amount received for the 12 months 1890 for Registry cargo boats............. Registry of boat6 Cargo boats certificates..........

$4.631 50 6,172,00 1,192.50

His Excellency quantity

SIX DOLLARS. PER QUARTER

Wa hear that the Europeans residing in Chow. chow-foo, were somewhat frightened a few days' 1go owing to disturbances amongst the natives." Particulars not yet known.

On Monday, at the Peak Hosoital, there died Capt. W. 5. Brazier, of the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs Service, at the early age, of Profcases Brazier, of Aberdeen Iniversity, and 10. The deceased was a son of the well-known was a panular and highly promising officer, who had a brilliant career, before alin.

CORRESPONDENT writes of the N. C. Dally News from Chefoo, under date the 15th inst that telegraphic news had been received there of the safety of the Chinese gun-vessel Taian, but. no details were to hand concerning her where... boats during the last ten days or the nature of the mishap-if any that had befallen her.

On the afternoon of the 25th inst. the Seamen' Temperance Society held their, usual pic-nic, when a visit was paid to the silver mines on the island of Tam-chow, The Day Spring and another launch conveyed the merry pi to the island upon which sports of various kinds wero indulged in, and a most pleasant outing. was enjoyed.

CONSEQUENT upon the retirement of Acting Chief Inspector Cradock, there is another general move in the Hongkong Police Pothe Inspector Mathieson, at present in charge of the Water Police, will now take the post of Acting Chief Inspector, and will be succeeded in the kawan. Inspector Butlin being removed to the Water Police by Inspector Corcoran, from Shati- latter district.

THE Hooi Treasurer of the Allce Memorial Hospital begs to acknowledge with thanks the

ownership of the new Canton riversteamer demonstrations of respect and good-will be brought home to roost on Chinese Harbour Master's Department, to grant these of transfer from the Colony of its present following donations to the sands of the Hospital:

Tai-on, hopelessly collapsed when heard before Mr. A. G. Wise at the Police Court on the 20th inst. We entirely agree with Mr. Ewans and submit that it is "the duty of the Hongkong Government to order a thorough investigation in what looks remarkably like making a tool of the law and playing with justice. There was not a tittle of evidence to warrant the prosecu- tion, and the Magistrate very properly discharged the defendant, remaking that the case had entirely broken down. His Worship would have been justified in going much further and saying a great deal more, but for reasons best known to himself he preserved, a discreet silence. That, however, is no reason why we should allow this most scandalous porsecation to pass into oblivion unnoticed, "and we don't intend to.

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Who instigated the criminal prosecution of Mr. CHAN U FAI, a very old Hongkong resident, who for a considerable time held a position as teacher in the Government Central School and is now a leading and Influential member of the Chinese mer cantile community? Was It Mr. HASTINGS, the Acting Harbour-master? If so, what were the alleged facts that came to that officer's knowledge which suggested the 'most improper Interview on April 23rd ? Who provided Mr. Hastings with those facts? This latter question ought to have been asked in cross-examination, but Mr. EWERS would appear to have overlooked its importance.

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by all classes that were remarkable even In that land of generous hospitality, when all of a sudden-in the vicinity of Its most sacred centre, where the influence of the Venerable" reigns supreme, and in a locality usually noted for Its good order and the warmth of Its welcome to foreigners--a dastardly blow is delivered to the most distinguished and honored national guest who has yet visited that country, if we except the late General GRANT. Naturally enough the wave of indignation at the foul deed at this moment passing over Japan is extreme to a degree, but it is for those who have experience of that nation and the character of its people, mare especially those at a distance, who are uninfluenced by the excitement of the event, to stand aside and endeavour to penetrate the mystery by carefully weighing every possible motivé which could contribute towards bringing about a catastrophe so injurious to the nation's progress. So far as we can gather from the accounts of the affair which have yet reached us, the Press in Japan have concluded that it was a simple act of madness or fanaticism on the part of the policeman. This, however, in our opinion, remains to be substantiated, for if thero be one fact more patent than another it is that in every similar deed of this nature which has happened in modern times in Japan, the motive for the act has been clearly discernible.

Upon a May morning some thirteen

shoulders, then there is some hope for the regeneration of China and the cleansing of the Augean stables at Peking, Tientsin, Canton and other places,

THE FORI CHARGES IN

HONGKONG. '

The following letter has been forwarded to us for publication by the Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce -

SIR-The Committee of the Chamber of Commerce direct me to acknowledge receipt of Acting Colonial Secretary's despatch No. 767 of 7th May, in which was enclosed a minute from His Excellency, the Governor of 7th May u, on a letter addressed by this Chamber on the 1st May, to the Colonial Secretary, which called he attention of the Government to certain state- ments made in an undelivered but published speech of his Excellency which appeared in the newspapers of this Colony on the 30th April. the object of the Chamber's letter of 1st May.

His Excellency appears not to be clear as to That letter my Committee consider plainly indicated its object. His Excellency made cer tain statements in that speech, undelivered orally, which the Chamber considered wers, not in accordance with facts. If these statements had been allowed to pass unchallenged, it would have been reasonably assumed that they were unan misleading statements coming from such a swerable because uncontroverted, and these

source

would have had a most injurious effect in determining the issues that his Excellency sought to establish in his printed speech. That the doubt of the correciness of the Governor's statements which existed with my Committee should immediately be set at rest-bob for the

why? What business was it of his? The the band of patriots of young Japan-sions hom the erroneous premises he had started

who might be led to form further false conclu Registrar-General was present at the Ozuno-was assassinated, amidst a shower-appeared to be the only course that could be

Mesars. Kelly and Walsh, Limited......$25 A Friend

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A. da Silveira, Esq. To Messrs. Heuermano nnd Herbst......... Mr. J. E. Tacker ************ Lau Ying, Esq..........

422.50 perhaps, owing in the greater anal tonnage of 995.00 sipping on which the tax is charged compared with that which passes through Singapore. Light due collected in 1890, which

And the cast of upkeep of their lighthouses may $38, 18.12

be considerably greater than ours. However Include the extra levy for the Gap

this may be my Committee consider it more Rock for 9 months only... 72,029 33 prudent not to instute comparisons suggestive

af hvelling up to the taxation of Singapore. $110,246.45 Flis Fxcellency farther directs attention to the tanange dues levied at the ports of China, which in comparison with the rates charged in Hong

levy. My Committee consider sufficient refle weight It w 20 times greater than this Colony's tion was not given by his Excellency's advisers to the subject when this statement was permitted to be published. The Imperial Government of cen China's charge for tonnage dues is 62 Mexican cents per ton; the Colony's-levy for light dues Ex is a Mexican cents per ton. Superficially his more closely it will be found that the Chinese Excellency's sta cment is borne out, Viewed

taunage dues are only payable pace every four months and during that, period vessels. con enter, as often na suits, any, or all, of the 21 Treaty ports of China, giving a range of about 3,144 miles of sea and river traffic. Along this distance the land is lighted in a manner that commands the admiration of the mariner. while all the various duties of the harbours In the 21 Treaty ports are conducted withou! additional charge to shipping. Compare this $12,096.50 with the paltry similar service of this Colony because this branch of the service was conducted with its present three lighthouses, or including by the Registrar General's Department and there the Gap Rock four and its stretch of a few miles fore the locome was applicable to that establishes for which the charge of 24 cents per ment. The Chamber's error was natural, for it ton has to be paid each time bat the European nected with the Harbour Department should be Colony. Instead of the Colony's tax, or an appears anomalous that work so intimately con-

Constructed vessel enters the waters of the done by a branch of the service so unfitted,

increase thereon, being Jeappreciable, It is not apparently, to conduct the operations required. And further, my Committee would

Farnestly

that of the risk perte feeds of satirties, could debts be distributing centre is not to be to lightly the most trifling assistance only would be needed. Estimated as his Excellency appears to think. performed without further aid of any kind, or at by that branch. It appears the Registrar. The colony may retain the "centre" but the General's establishment for adga cost the Colony Government's powers to levy additional taxation $19,370.29, while the receipts for these three

on shipping which in the opinion of the Com certificates yielded that department $12,096.co

mitted would be unwise for general revenue for work that is intimately allied to shipping and may depart. Hongkong lies within an probably could be efficiently performed by trifling plmost measurable distance of China; a few clerical assistance under the supervision of the minutes would permit the transfer of vessels from THE Hupco says:-The Chinese gentry and · Harbour Master's Department. In dealing with the colony's to China's waters. Vessels bound merchants are proposing to start a steam ferry the question of ather Government expenditure for for the gaizous ports of China, touching at Hong Company between. Hongkong and Canton. The the services of shipping, which is not classified kong, could avoid the colony's waters entirely capital is to be Tls, goo,co, raised by shares. specifically under that head, his Excellency is and yet might obtain all present advantages, Several ferry-boats sultable for the purpose will pleased to mention the cost of water taken by while the colony's revenue and prestige would be purchased or built. The China Merchants ships from the water works of the colony. Some suffer. There can be no doubt that China with office in Caston will be the Company's temporary misapprehension of the actual facts is apparent is Imperial Maritime Custom stationed at Kowhead-office and there is to be a branch office in in this statement. Before the completion of the loon might sonic day gladly hail the transfer of Hongkong. The name of the company is the tam works no water was taken from the the colony's trade to its shores. It is highly Hongkong and Canton Steam Ferry-boat Com- Government Reservoirs for the use of apple gentities" when dealing with interests of such

dangerous to deem these risks "negligeable pany, Limited. The various purveyors of water supplied from their own private malos and other systems

Fast concern to this colony's welfare. During the recent drought, when these private reduction of the charge for light ducs to a point of collection, charging shipping for such water.

This Chamber has for many years urged the

sources dried up, Government permitted the

that shall simply suffice for the expenditure owners of water boats to draw supplies from the necessary for the maintenance of the lights; that Tytam reservoir, for which they charged these levied upon. shipping under the guise of light revenue for general purposes should not be purveyors of water 20 cents per 1,000 gallons. Ques; and latterly, The rate was fixed by the Government, so it is

sympathy with the move- presumable the revenues of the colony were

ment that is agitating most civilised countries, amply protected when making the arrangement.

the Chamber has advocated their total abolition, Subsequently when the water famine became

Te tax, for the payment of special services-the acute this privilege accorded to water boat expenditure for which can be distinctly aucer- owners was withdrawn. It is evident therefore talked-in excess of what they cost, is an that shipping does pay for all water taken from economic mistake, in addition to being Inequit. able. The total abolition of the dues would be a matter of high policy for this Colony and would amply repay any apparent additona! burdent that it might be necessary to impose be the inhabitants for general revenue purposes. The trade of this Colony is almost solely ship ping. The possibility of the island becoming a 00 A daily intercourse with all parts of the world for the exchange of products is a first necessity to a manufacturing community. Every vessel that enters this harbour adds, insensibly it may, be, to each inhabitant's benefit, in the shape of work for certain classes, la direct money pay ments to others. These gains far outweigh the extra imposts that ratepayers might have to bear If light dues were abolished. The present levy of dues is direct, it is simple, and so com mends itself to the Government and some of the community, who do not grasp the fact that our endeavour should be by every means in our power to attract, nay almost compel, shipping

Government water works.

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We have been favored with good news from yielded 443 ounces of retorted bullion. And Puzjom. Ten tons of stuff mailled the other week Mr. Blamey writes that over seven poinds of gold were got in a few hours by four men only, announced that the Panjam Co, has about 250 working at Gubau" When it is authoritatively

ment, the long-suffering shareholders may ounces of gold in stock and ander order for ship. reasonably hope for the silver lining of the cloud that has been hanging over them for so long. The Hyoge News of the 18th inst., publishes Additional particulars of the loss of the steamer Albany, of the Mogul Line, which went ashore from Kabe in the Inland Sea. She le said to be at Matsushima, a small island about 120 miles. lying at such an angle that it is impossible for any one to stand on her decks, or for the extent of her injuries to be ascertained. She left Kobe the 15th, in charge of an unlicensed pilot has been engaged in the Japat trade for several rears, and was a well-found vessel. The island with about 100 yards of sandy beach. she is wrecked on is said to be very precipitous,

Was it the Registrar-General, and If so, years ago the noblest of the noble amongst good of the public and also for his Excellency boat strike in Well within the memory of my manufacturing centre depends upon shipping named W. Houghton, bound for New York, She

His Excellency in the minute analysis he sug It is difficult and perhaps unprofitable to follow gests with regard to the various services per- formed by almost every public Department to shipping Still, the two minor incidents be mentions are capable of assessment. The cargo

Committee. It arose from injudicious action on the part of the Government. His Excellency called to his sid, one afternoon, many members Committee, to obtain their views on the situation. of the community, amongst them some of His Excellency adopted the suggestions that were" then tendered and the following morning the strike had disappeared. The routine work incurred by Harbour questions" and the considerable num- ber of Harbour papers" may perhaps be classified, for mat of fuller statistics, amongst those minor duties that go to complement the The Police statfrtics. official day's work. of crime shew that for the 12 months of 1890

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the inebriates of all nationalities dealt with

sailors.

numbered 150, whic's druri sa include many that were not

It would not be unfair to set off against there various services rendered to shipping, by almost every public department, the revenue received from the following items which arise from end are incidental to our shipping; in 1890 they yielded- Bill of Lading stamp.......$21,668.40 Charter Parties stamps............ 3.302.80 Marine Insurance Policy stamps, say

Do, copy stamps ».............................. 902,00

5000.00

$30,87.3.20 The amount collected for stamps on Insurance policies in 1890 was 87.661.80, but therein

BECHER on Punjoms - You will be pleased to know that everything is progressing so satisfactorily but (sic) for the lack of water which prevents milling; otherwise the outturn of gold and quartz from both Jalls mine and your prospecting workings af Guban is going a for Becher to tell us all this, but if that no considerable way towards affording the materfal for returns against working expenses." It is very shipping, "there is nothing to pay in the part doubt excellent person would mind his own to enter our port. Consider the inducement to of Hongkong. Our position, as it were, is that business it would be very much more to the of shopkeepers having a certain commodity for purpose. There has already been too much. sale, viz. the advantage of the port. Is it pru-bumbug and gas-bag twaddle fa the bistory of dest to charge an entrance fee to our customers; the Punjom Company. or is it wise to consider that our taxes would be triflingly increased by granting such facilities when it is well known that the concession will return us considerably more than It costs? There is hardly a branch of commerce or an Inhabitant, however situated, that would not derive benefit from the attraction of additional tonnage to the Colony's waters,

DISCIPLES of Lavater, and students of such books for the exercise of their talents in the streets of BS" Sartor Resartus" should find ample scope Hongkong at the present time. It has always been an acknowledged fact that our community contains some of the most extraordinary speci mens of humanity that are to be found on this In conclusion, my Committee desire me to

terrential sphere, but recently it has been express regret at the tone of His Excellency' siderably augmented by the influx of a crowd of andere The Chamber has always accepted the sightseers for whose, arrival here that floating understood position of advisera to the Govern-

palace the Emprate of Japan responsible.

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the Colony. Ne feelings of personality or byways of Hongkong, and the interest that they partisanship have influenced the Committee at any time in the various communications tendered evince in local Hens Is only equalled by the the most distinctly courteous and pleasant them extraordinary privileges in the line of the Government, which have hitherto been of curiosity that they themselves excite in the native breast. Their charter apparently given seem rather to depart from the mutually good wonderful caricatures on 19th century apparel, character. But His Excellency's minute would dress-many prowl round in fearful and feeling that previously existed.

Interview In the Attorney-General's office of may-blossoms thrown up as a signal, token, even though it might trench upon his on April 23rd, and interpreted the state- almost within sight of the Mikado's palace, Excellor cy's leisure, which was traited owing ment made by Mr. CHAN U FAL, Why the misguided, youths who perpetrated the

bis hurried depaiture and ill health, which should the Registrar-General have been bloody deed walking calmly up to the the Chamber regrets should have become so present on such an occasion? He is not | palace gate and delivering their, swords,

confirmed at this juncture as to necessitate his return to Europe. But the sooner "rror is dis- the Attorney-General's interpreter, and as claiming a death penalty for having, in their siputed the better. Taking his Excellency's a matter of fact Mr. CHAN U FAÍ speaks lamentable ignorance, killed a great states-piragraphs in in their order English almost as fluently as Mr. STEWART- | man whom they considered a pro-foreign No. 1 assumes that my Committee in their LOCKHART. The Registrar-General's advocate and a traitor to his country, letter of at May implied that vessels of foreign appearance in a little comedy that was For a similar reason IWAKURA narrowly construction ought not to be taxed at all, but evidently meant to end tragically for the escaped with his life the assassins' swords, that junks should not escape taxation. By no process of reasoning can any portion of the managing owner of the steamship Tai-on, but, bore the marks of the foul deed to his Chamber's letter be contorted to bear such an appears inexplicable from an ordinary untimely end, Mox, the Minister of interpretation.. It should be clearly remembered point of view, and is certainly highly Education, who started at the outset in the that the statement of his Excellency to which suggestive of what a dangerous element pro-foreign direction of actually advocating this Chamber took exceptian was, that the cost of exists in this colony in the autocratic the anglicizing of the Japanese language, be Harbour Master's Establishment, Harbour department presided over by an apparently also met an untimely death at the assassin's Launches, Harbour Police, and the Observatory, thoroughly irresponsible officer. It appears hand owing to the same policy. OKULA, involving an aggregate xpenditure of some

$10,ono per annum, was "principally main to L$8 that the Registrar-General's the great liberal leader and Prime Minister tained out of the ordinary taxation of the Colony, department, as at present constituled, whose lustre as a patriot and statesman

Here no issue was raised by his Excellency an Is a scandalous anomaly, utterly, out of ] will shine second only to that of Oguso

to the taxation of European and Chinese keeping with constitutional government and in the history of the regeneration of Daf built vessels. The Chamber's letter was. which ought to be summarily abolished Nippon, nearly lost his life and actually confined to proving that the ordinary taxation without delay, This ultra-bureaucratic lost a limb only eighteen months ago for

of the Colony was not used for the purposes of hot-bed of mischief has caused more what was considered his pro-foreign conducting Government establishments for the vexatious trouble with Chinese residents proclivities in connection with Treaty regulation of shipping as stated by bis Excellency, than is generally recognised, and as revision; and in fact we know not of a single but that, on the contrary, shipping noi boly pald included both Fire and Marine, which Itment on all matters affecting the commerce of These good folle crowd the highways and the its existence serves no useful purpose instance in the modern history of Japan in of the Colony. The addition to the revenue of mittee estimate that one-third would be a fair

to own way but added to the general revenues appears impossible to separate, but the Com *beyond registering the births, deaths and which the motives influencing these crimes the Harbour Master's Department from the propertion to place to revenus derived from Fire marriagesa work which a couple of were not distinguishable or even apparent cal ections derived from Jurks in 1996 was policies. It iseerthy of note that come rift Junior clerks would find no difficulty in on the face of them, either by the confession $23 307..

These native craft occupy the attention Chinese construction did not contribute one cent satisfactorily carrying out-advocates of of the culprits at their trials, or by other and necessitate the upkeep of five different general revenue of the colony. It is not profit of the efficials of that Department in many ways towards this large addition of $30,873.20 to the financial reform, as regards the exorbitant conclusive evidence. Therefore we may cost of our local administration, have here be excused in endeavouring to trace in

establishments, besides Victoria, in the Island, able to seek to determine the cost of each Infinite an opportunity of at once effecting a hidden sources the motive inspiring this European construction do not require these fire ment in connection with the conduct of the

for their almost exclusive one. Vessels of almal service that devolves upon the Garem considerable economy and of getting rid | intest atrocious deed.

rutstations. The Harbour Master's establish administration of public business. But a quan of an office that is a standing menace to The CZARɛWITCH represented a Powerment is clearly entitled to be credited with all titive analysis is forced upon my Committee by pubile freedom. One of the unofficial | which of all European Powers has shown the revenue it collects in connection with the the minute of his Excellency. The fact, however, members should ask in Council what itself the most friendly disposed towards conduct of its special work. An implication remains, as stated in the Chamber's letter of the share the Registrar-General had in this Japan, and this was proved by the recent

seems to ie, in his Excellency's minute, that | 1st May, that the contributions to the revenues most suspicious prosecution of the Chiness act of the Czar in accepting the Japanese Junk pay more than they should do in com- the colony from shipping not only suffice to The

parison with other vessels. Are not the facts recoup all Government expenditure for the owners of the Tai-on, VA, A

principle of Treaty revision without as follows? For this payment of $32,397 per establishments connected with the supervision What grounds had the Attorney-General reserve. His Imperial Highness also annum, in 1889 about 3.503,000 tons of junks of that branch of the Colony's trade, but a large for advising the arraignment at the Police represented a friendly neighboring Power escaped the payment of light dues, as stated by surplus goes therefrom to general revenue. Els Court on a criminal charge of Mr. CHAN whose commercial relations with Japan his Excellency, Further, junks carried in 1890 Excellency has not attempted to controvert the U FAL! We must assume that Mr. Ware of the highest laportance to the nation. 293.473 native passengers without interference figures produced by my Committee, but

Out has con M. GOODMAN knows something about the All this was known and fully appreciated of any kind from, or payments to, the Harbour tented himself by endeavouring: to separate the law and has some capacity for estimating by the country as the native Press in and out sumbering 587,838 men which also European and natiye construction. The vari

Master's Department, Junks also carried crews incidence of taxation as applied to vessels of the value of evidence; yet in this case it testifies. Besides, he was the distinguished did not come under the revenue cognisance of suggestions in the minute my Committee CON is as clear as day. fudging from the and honored guest of the Emperor as well the Harbour Master's Department, So that for wider they have folly disponed of in their present published reports of the trial, that there as of the nation. Bearing in mind these the payment of $12,397 per annum or 64 cents remarks, while the application of the income was absolutely no evidence to justly facts, how did it come to pass that, almost per ton, junks obtained these particular privil-derived from the certificates of registry for cargo such a prosecution. The Acting Crown in the most sacred centre of Japan, where ges free and many others connected with their boats can be more fairly claimed as belonging Soliclior, who conducted the prosecution; obedience and order are the rule, this way, while vessels of European construction to the Harbour Master's Department than the of his chief, and he has our sympathy; fraught with so much, benefit and ment for 1890 will show these several items, allusion in the concluding sentences of his His Excellency bas been pleased to make but it would have been much better consequences to the country, should have paid by European constructed vessels, to be as minute to some points which appear to call for will investigate.""" had he delayed appearing and, as in the bean subjected to such a gross violation follows to

reply. The comparison between the burden of notorious charge of outrage on a child of the very characteristics for which Emigration broker...............................

1400.00 tagation on shipping in this Colony and Sings THE, adjourned inquiry into the circumstances $1,400.00 against a member of the Public Works the Japanese of all peoples have been so Shipping seamen (21,852 men shipped ***

pors opens a wide held for discussion; the stufattening the outbreak of fire on the premises Department last September, allowed an greatly distinguished? Well may Japait and discharged)

1,810.00 tlon and conditions of the two places she 12 Now 331 bd 333 Queen's Road Central ordinary: police officer to act ass public exclaim my worst enemy might have

Examination of master --

2.135.00 dissimilar that it is hardly possible to institute a fortpight ago; was resumed on the 26th inat. by prosecutor and bear the brunt of allowing spared me thle p', but we are led by the error of steamers

9.000.87 comparison that would be of value if gitempted. He Wise, Acting Coroner, at the Police Court. Registry feesom the case to collapse

($78.00 Oro rozgan" doulaloes for the lesser paid for. | | Gurrent of our thoughts to weigh what I'Neal fets-cigration filmar typos ordinary light duen levied latin Colony (the no lorther evidence to produce the

Inquiry was closed and the pitfalits rolossed.

was prosumedly acting under the orders Innocent youth, representing Influences to the receipts of the Harbour Master's Depart

were specially taxed for each liem. A reference Registrar General's

of

various

Sir, I have the honor to be

Your most obedient servant,

F. HENDERSON,

Secretary,

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Hongkong, zind May, 1891..

Honourable W. M. Deans, M., C.M.G S&, Acting Colonial Secretary,

LOCAL AND GENERAL...

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ADMIRAL RICHARDS is paying Peking visit, fearing: Shanghai for Taku in the Alaersty yesterday week.

THE Governor-General Li of Canton has led sonia troops which are beleg dally drilled according to foreign tactics, says the Hu-pão. SHARE MARKET settlements, notwithstanding spasmodic sports to make ends meet, have only Mr. Samuel Weller, senr, sagely observed, wo been partially and temporarily adjusted. As

and not a fow without even a paletal, which somewhat necessary garment is carried under the arm, should there be one to spars, if not around the waist. Residents who take an interest in natural history should not walk abroad Just now without a gun- the opportunities are too good to be missed.”

THERE WAS A scene of great excitement in the Supreme Court at Singapore, a few days ago. A policeman named Gags Singh, with a woman Sama, was charged his abducting a girl from her mother's house. The prisoner had paid $100 to the mother of the girl to had helped him in her at Els wild and it was alleged that she

the abduction. A large number of the old convict population of Singapore people trans ported to the said in the ok Fast Indian days, the rang banduan of the Malays, were present in the Court. The mother of the girl w herself said that she had come there forty years, ago, as, a, convict, and was a murdereas, The jury had some dificulty in coming to an agreement and after a quarter of an hour returned with a unanimous yerdiet of not guilty against the woman, but could not agree about man. After some questions had been answered, they retired again and eventually, found the man guilty of abduction by a majority, saying that he was driven to do it becaise the mother wanted

keep his money The Judge agreed sentenced him to one day's imprisonment. The st roar that came from the crowded. Coust as the prisoner was released was, something to DE

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