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the statements of the prisoners were taken down and signed by the accused. The Total then sent all the evidence to Viceroy Llis at Nanking by a special courier; it was despatched on the morning of the 24th and on the next morning the messenger arrived back in Wahu with werd that the men were to be executed at ence. No time was lost la carrying out these orders, and in half an hour after their receipt the beads of the delinquents had parted company with their shoulders. The heads were exhibited at Wubu for three days, after which they were sent to Nanking. Nganking. Wuchow, and wherever else disturbances have been created by the Kolno Society

There are still six foreign men-of-war on the Yangtze: the Porpoise at Hankow, the Tilis at Klukiang, the Linnet at Wuhu, the Swift at Chinklang, the Palas, and the Inconstant, which left Chinking for Wobu, on Thursday last.

A notice was affixed to the French Church In Hongkew last Wednesday, threatening to burn the building.

The following. telegram was received on Wednesday last-

Chlaklang, and June, 5.30 p.m. Tanyang burnt, all safe.

CHIVALIER. The Jesuits had at Tanyanga very ancient Christian establishment, dating from the previous dynasty. Pore Mathieu Ricci once resided there, There were many hundreds of Christians, and the relations of the Fathers with the country people had always been satisfactory.

(Tanyang is about 20 miles, or less, saath east of Chinklang.)

The Nanking correspondent of the N. C. Daily News, writing on the rat last, says: H.M.S. Porpoise arrived here Thursday after Immediately and were very kindly received by Commander Burt, who expressed great interest In our situation. Arrangements were partly made for a call upon the Viceroy, but this intention bad later on to be abandoned. The Commander and a number of his officers came up into the city on Friday to see for themselves the extent of the damage done by the riet. Saturday morning, la obedience to orders, the ship left for Wuhu. We are sorry she could not be detained here a few days longer, but her presence even for one day has had a good effect and, as everything was quiet on the surface, there seemed so sufficient reason to telegraph for a change of instructions.

noon Inst

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1891.

door, which looks out on the canal and a back rireet. These outrageous doings were performed to the accompaniment of the usual calumnious and abusive shouts,

The Father was received in the yamfs by the secretary of the abrent Chi-hsien, and well treated. On the following he was put on board a junk, in company with two runners, and arrived at Chinklang at noon.

Nothing as left standing in the encloame trees, bamboos, walls, even the hedge, were rared

to the ground.

A Tantala correspondent writes-We are having our placards, as well as you in the south. but in general they appear to cause but little anxiety. The Viceroy evidently по danger, for he thinks that there is left a few days ago for Wel-hat-wel for purposes of inspection, laughing at the ramours that are adont when als attention was called to them. I think I forgot to mention at the time that the (or a) man connected with the lasue of threaten- ing placards Inst autumn, was recently dis- covered, seized by the authorities, and speedily decapitated as a warning to others.

The Custom House at Ichang was the scene of a rict on the 20th vitimo. The Foreigu Customs business there, says the Mercury, in conducted in a picturesque but highly antiquated building, which formerly did daty as a temple to the Celestial delty corresponding to the Roman Jupiter Plavius, and this circumstance has more then once led to serious complications with the superstitious natives. On the day in question, it would seem that the country. people, who had grown tired of praying to the "Joss" to send much-needed rain, went to the Custom House with the Intention of supplicating the idol, but were fold that as the place is now occupied by foreigners, they could not go inside. Becoming incensed at this, also thinking that Count D'Arnoux, the

working of a coal mine at Keelung on foreign principles, tidal wave, the Introduction of allways, and the bombardment of the forts at Tamaoi and Keelong have all, in turn, been cursorily dilated upon; but never since the opetlag of the Custom houses in 1964, the disastrous results of a tidal wave in 1871, the Japanese invasion in 1874 (in which General Le Gendre, now adviser to the King of Great Korea, played a conspicuous part), and the ineffectual blockade of the four open ports of the island by the French in

in 1984, has anything exercised the minds of the native and foreign minds so much as the pending departure of the renowned Gover. nor, his Excellency Liu Ming-chuan, who will return to the home of his ancestors in the pro- ice of Anhui carly next month. It is remarkable, however, that notwithstanding the important affairs above referred to, that so little is known of the geography of the province, its history, its political status and its commercial prospects. Therefore, before proceeding to report my journey by rail across the country and 30 miles due south from the capital (Taipeh-fu), alluvial gold min- ing operations, the condition of the coal trade, the savage tribes, etc., ele, it may serve a useful purpose if I start this brief series of articles with a general description of the Island, giving the exact position of each open port and the points on the coast which the traveller is bound to notice when nearing its shores.

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Two of our number went aboard au Prommissioner, exercised some adverse us, bogod to Amoy. At daylight the next down to the sea. On the South it is bounded by important part of my story, & pirtion of it, in island is nieaf the entrance to the harbour and

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We need the vessel, however, not so much to afford present assistance, as for a possible emergency in the near hiture. The unsettled condition of the country generally indicates that the trouble is not yet over. We still hope, there fore, that some gunboat will be stationed at this important capital for a season. It will be of no use to send one after the handful of foreigners shall have been driven out and their property destroyed,

Reports come to-day of anticipated trouble at Kiuklang. The long continued drought causes still further disaffection as is natural among people who charge all public calamities to the sins of the sovereign. The situation is growing quite serioas in some districts north of the river. Wells and ponds are dry, and people are drinking the silme-covered filth gathered here and there in the stagnant pools that remain. Considerable sickness prevails. There has not been enough water to set out the rice and the young shoots that were started have withered away. The officials in the intervals that could be spared from the arrangement of the riots have been earnestly praying for rain, Should it be with- held o few days longer, it will be too late for rice this year, and with a possible famine added to present froubles it will require no prophet to redict the results theory as to the origin and purpose of the present outbreaks (secret societies) is very generally accepted by well-informed Cor days' festival in progress was stopped

influence upon their idol, they expressed their determination of wrecking the place. We are told by the native papers that the attack was so serious that the Commissioner and his assistants which came in showers. But beyond smashing all the windows and breaking down some of the wood-work, no great damage was done.

had to make tracks out of reach of the stones,

FORMOSA.

(FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.)

May 19th, 1891.

It is strange, but nevertheless true, that very little is known of this vast island, situated about 359 miles northwest of Hongkong. The general public both here and throughout the length and breadth of China and Japan although indirectly benefiting by the development of trade here. have only the most superficial knowledge of this "Island province" as it has been termed since his Excellency Liu Ming-chuan, at first generalissime of the Forces assembled to repel the French in 1884, became, five years ago, the Governor of the whole island. Since that time a great deal has been done towards the develop, ment of the natural resources of the country by means of the introduction of western science and modes of civilization which when fully explained will doubtless prove of interest the to general, and more especially to the commercial communities of the Far East.

Before proceeding to describe the country geographically and giving detalls of its products and trade prospects; the aborigines and their barbarous customs; the system of government and the difficulties with which Liu Ming-chuan has had to contend, it may be well to enumerata briefly the chief Items of Formosan news.

In the first place then, it may be mealloned

A fortnight ago I went on board the Formosa Trading Corporation's speedy coaster Smitk Captain H. Leffler, then lying in Hongkong. The anchor was soon weighed and, at the rate of 15 knots per hour, we sped over the bosom of the deep until Swatow was reached. A number of Chinese passengers were taken on board there, and after a delay in port of five hours, the "mud hook" was again hauled on board and we scooted after the Douglas Company's steamer Hailong, which had left a couple of hours before morning we found ourselves close together and followed the opposition, boat Into the port. We were both bound thence to Tameal, in North distance of 100 miles, and every nerve Forrained by the agents of both vessels to get theirsteameraway before dark. The Haileeng was the first to start, getting away an hour and twenty minutes before the Smith, and she did her level best to show us her heels. Before night-fall, however, we were in sight of her smoke and at day-break our engineers, who had "opened out "the Smith, had the satisfaction of passing their opponent and getting uo Tamsul bar half an hour before the Douglas

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The largest towns in the neighbourhood is Feh-tow which is situated about eight miles from the eastern side of the lagoon. Capital snipe shooting is to be had among the marshy flats on the boarders of the little river. The best shooting grounds may be reached by going about half a mile up the river in a boat, until a amali creek is met, which forms with the river a The value of the trade of the port and its out- narrow Isthmus. port, Anping, has remained fairly steady at about Taels 3,000,000. When it is borne in mind that nearly four-fifths of the trade of the port is divided between two articles of commerce, sugar and opium, it will be easily understood how dependent the present trade of South Formosa is on a good crop of the former and a steady demand for the latter. At present there are two drawbacks to the further and rapid development of the trade of this port the shallowness of water both over the bar and in the harbour itself, and the lack of good roads for the transport of goods to and from the interior. During the summer of 1889 Mr. H. C. Matheson, consulting engineer to his, Excellency the Governor, Liu Ming-ch'uan, visited Takow and made a careful survey and report of the harbour and bar, which was submitted for approval; so the day may not

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a manth. Of course the ubiquitous. Chinese

This port lies to the North-east of Tamsui, places, but from the month of June till the end which call at the post three or four times of September it frequently happens that there f such a heavy S.W. swell rolling into the harbour ship-chandler's store is to be found here, at in lat: 25. g. N. and long: 121, 47 East. over the bar that steamers after landing a few least I found one which is run by Mr. To go to it from Ho-boy (Tamsui) it is necessary passengers have to put back to Amoy or the Tam Atoon, who is also the proprietor of several to steam, or sall, round the northern end of the Pescadore islands, and there wait for the weather steamlaunches which ply between the port and island which may be done, in a fast ateamer, in to moderate sufficiently to enable there to cross Tuntutin, a suburb of the capital, a distance of about four hours. The northern const

manent secretary and interpreter of the Governor west part which is low and has the bar and get into the harbour to discharge nine salles. Mr. Chew Leang Hee, the, per high and mountainous except in the North and to load cargo. Occasionally they put tato

had the good sense to put up a comfortable the mea. Foki point is the first head-land. Taiwanfu, the old capital to the north of Takow, for the time being, also resides' here, but has extending to considerable distance into on the rising that comes into view. Close to ful wo whence it is easy to reach Takow by an over land route, the distance being about 20 miles, ittle house for himself Assuming, however, that there is the usual ground above the village. Mr. Chew in sighted a huge steel buoy which, after getting shallow anchorage at the entrance of the lanera Straits Chinaman, a British sub ct, and adrift from its mearing in the Yangtard river, harbour of Takow, the first thing that strikes the combines with a thorough knowledge of English near Shanghal, about two years ago was stranded the manners and affability of an English here. Leaving For point you next have to visitor in looking round is the strange shape of the boats that come off for the passengers gentleman. He has been five years to the "round" Mason peninsula inmediately east of They are catamarans 4g, simply large raits of island, and is the man whom a traveller, desirgus which there is a bay three miles across, and obtain the services of as soon as 'possible after harbour which you enter by keeping Bush Island stout bamboos lashed together and propelled of getting about and "doing" the place, should two miles further on is the entrance to Keelung either by the common Chinese paddle or by a

on the port side and the buoys which large bamboo sail rigged lugger fashion: A arrival.

I have stated above that Tamaniis a fictitious mark the end of a reef on the starboard side. large tub is in the centre, in which the passenger

name for the port, that its real appellation is Here there is a small custom house, the office sits, and although they are frequently swept by the waves and look dangerously frail they are Ho-bey, and that there are but few, if any, signs of the China. Merchants, Steam Navigation doubtless the safest kind of boat to navigate of a foreign settlement here. Where, then, you. Company; a small native town where the saels trade I will tell you: For the past twenty several well made forts which are mounted with amongst the heavy rollers which lash the will ask, are the merchants who do n5.co0,000 General in command of the garrison resides; western coast of Formosa during the summer

old years the foreign merchants have: resided

Armstrong guns the residences of Captain months. Looking inland from the sea the

at Tuatutis, close to the capital-up river and Petersen and Lieutenant Hecht, military there have their houses and ten-firing godowns. Instructor; the terminus of the Taipeh-Kelang prospect is by no means lovely. On the left rise the barren rugged sides of Ape's alter out Many years ago, they were setiled at Banks, the railway; shanty for Europeau railway employés feet in height, and on the right is a smaller one

and an antiquated dredger which cannot and called Saracen's Head, bounded on the sea face northern suburb of the capital, a mile or two

never will be able to deepen the harbour. by a line of precipitans cliffs rising directly from further ap river. Banka was, and still is at

The country round" this port is richly wooded, and the land rises in a succession of picturesque the water's edge. Between the two is a small virtually recognised by the Chinese as a part

bought ten and sugar and exchanged various knolls and undulating hills, fantastically plied green-looking mound separated from Apa's Hill the port. There the merchants soli oplam and

one above the other and backed again by by a chasm and from the other headland by a deep channel about 60 yards wide, which imports with the natives (at rather Chinese forms the entrance to the inner harbour. colonists) for native produce; chiefly for camphor another lofty range of bills. Few dwellings or This is about six or eight miles long by two or and tea. Gradually they left Banks (awing to the signs of cultivation are visible, but the brilliancy three miles across in the widest part, and forms turbulence of the population and the prevalence of the verdure and luxuriance of vegetation ren a calm lagoon, bounded on the North by a well of malarial fevers there) and settled in the other.ders the coup d'all most striking--a vast contrast cultivated plain through which a little siver runs suburb, Tuatutia. And now I come to very to the sterile looking mainland of China. Fabu bottom of in the interests of foreign merchants of it is where the Kelung coal mines are situated. a low sand-bank, reaching from Saracen's Head fact, which I spared no pains to delve to the Coal harbour of Petson bay 14 miles south-east to a continuation of the aforesaid plain, on

interested in the trade of this part of Junke go thither, through a narrow channel, which the town of Takow is situated..

The neighbourhood of Takow is well peopled the world. The facts may be set forth and bring the coal round to the port. It is in that district, Petaon, that the Wan-on mines are by immigrants from Swatow and Amoy. They follows:

Although foreigners have resided in Tuälutia situated, the out-put of which the steamer Smith are a happy, contented, hard-working set of

been able to own a square foot of land carries to Shanghai where it is being introduced colonists who cultivate the plains with the usual for fully twenty years, yet they have never brings to Hongkong every month and the Cass Chinese skill and care and, as a reward for

in the towo. They have flown their house on the market. The "Wan-on" coal is tar their patient inbours, reap crops of rice and

flags and their consular flags (those of them superior to the Kelung coal and has been sugar which the foreign merchants buy and

who held the appointment of consular agents fir, favourably reported on by several 'experts, export vis Amoy,

the United States of America, Norway, Sweden, notably by Mr. Cromarty, the chief engineer of the Smith. The "Wan-on" mines extend for and the Netherlands) without protests from the native officials. Last year the British Consul, many miles, and are at present worked by coolies Mr. W. Holland, came to Tustutia to reside, who are merely mining the surface coal. At no Formosa (Beautiful Island) is named Taiwan

owing to the fact that his residence at Ho-bey, distant date the enterprising merchant who has (Great Bay) by the Chinese. It is one of

the port, became unfit for use through old are leased the mine from the Government will import and required to be pulled down and rebuilt. He machinery and have his property worked upon the largest islands in the Eastern seas and is

was not reluctant to take up, his residence at the latest westem principle. He anticipates a Tastutia, for some time previously the British large trade owing to the fact that the coal being situated between 13 deg, and 36 deg. North

residents of the place petitioned the British of good quality and being close to both Shanghal.... latitude, and 120 deg and 123 deg. East longitude. It is separated by a channel 100 miles wide from the adjacent mainland of

Minister at Peking to appoint a consul at and Hongkong he can sell it at a price which, China, of which it is a political dependency.

Tatutia and at the same time arged that the while cheap for coal of that description, will It forms the, fail-end of one of the many

Customs, instead of being established at the bring him in a satisfactory retorn. Mr. Reid, s chains of islands which, from the western part

port, nine miles distant, should have their office mialag engineer, is already at the mines and of Russian America (as Alasica was once

at Tustutie in order that business might thinks there is every prospect of a large out-put. called) to the Southern Archipelago, seem to

be despatched with greater precision and Amongst the places of Interest in the neigh- fringe the eastern coasts of the great Asiatic

prompt to see Holland came to Talls, bourhood in the Kelang cavern, at. Mero bay hoisted the British flag over his reated house, which runs fato soft sandstone. It has been continent with a succession of long, loops, and terminates that of which the Japanese group,

and notified the Governor of his change of rest explored for distance of 600 yards. No stalac the Loochoo and Melco-sima islands are the

dence, The despatch was duly acknowledged tites occur in it. It is supposed to be connected and the Governor called on him a few days, with a cave which is to be found near Tamant chief component parts. The Chinese claim to have been the first discoverers of Formosa in

later. This visit of the Governor to the British (Hoibey). The ruins of an old Spanish fort still representative was the first occasion on which exist, in Mere bay, as also the ruins of the A.D. 1430. In 1520 the Japanese made an

Governor of the land had ever called upon, Chinese, forts, demolished by the French to 1884. abortive attempt to form a colony at its southern

and thereby officially recognised the status of Here also les cometery allotted to the French by extremity but when the Dutch arrived in 1634 and established themselves at Tamsul,

an Independent foreign official established in the Governor, wherein are Interred many French where they built a large red-brick fort which

Tualet the business centre of the northern soldiers who fell in the course of the fighting that stands intact to this day, they found the

portion of the island province. Of course occurred in and around the port which was, reasonable to conjecture, the Coneal soon returned the call, and there be remembered, captured by the French who Chinese there in iufficient numbers to cause them grievous annoyance. By the aid of the be very distant when the full advantages and then, for the first time to the annals of threatened to destroy the coal mines. At various pirates of the neighbouring province of Fahkien of improved means of water communication foreign relations with Formoss, established him- places in the vicinity there are jets of steam

"dus more featherself at Tastutfi and received one

recognition

ground, and in other pools of under their chief Kokalnga, the Celestials ousted with this post will be

sulph

it may be mentioned, has been found in the neighbourhood. The chief the Dutch in 1661, since which, time they have added in the cap of the progressive Lat. from the highest, authorities in the province: sul from the

exports are coal and agar-agar. never attempted to hoist their flag on the island. When communication with the interlar is so The name Formosa was given to the Island wretched as it is here, and the cost of carriage by the Portuguese, who once founded trading on goods so out of proportion to their original at Talpeh that the Governor addressed. Mr. With the foregoing notes I close my report on station there. The island is very mountainous cos:, as laid down in the poit, the introductios Holland. It must be borne in mind, in thin the Treaty ports of Formoss. No porta arcopen Indeed, the Eastern side especially, whlie the of a railway through the country from the north connection, that the houses which foreigners to trade on the East coast, which possesses only

will bring incalculable benefits both to con-

live in here do not belong to them. They do a few small, harbours and is occupied by western portion of it has, here and there, large undulating plains composed of rich soll, whereis somers and producers in the up-country districts, not possess title deede for the property in their stages and half-clvilled aborigines. The whole games. They are, in fact, residing here (an of the East coast, of the island for a distance of almost anything seems to thrive and develop not to mention the expansion of the trade con with marked rapidity. The highest peak is to dacted by foreign merchants at the port. The sufferance. This is a most unsatisfactory and fully forty miles faland, which is perhaps the be found in the long rangs of mountains which route of it has not only been surveyed but is in humiliating state of affairs, which should be most valuable portion of the province, is still, course of construction from the northern end of rectified without delay. That foreigners have a comparatively speaking, a terra incognita, and is extends from the north to the south, 180 miles in length, of the island. It is known as Mount the laland; about forty miles of the road out right to reside in Tuatatia is unquestionable in the hands of the savage tribes who are useless Morrison and is 10,800 feet high. Generally of 150 having already been cut, and metailed and that, under treaty, they have the right to to themselves and a danger to others. Readers From a purchase and lease and there goes equally desirous, of more extensive information than is. The Hupne says that the slot at Nanking arose partly from the following cause:-The Protestant

speaking, it may be said that the island is oval for a distance of fully 10 miles. in shape and lies in a north-east and south-west military point of view, also, the railway will without the waylog; and, further, that the embodied in the foregoing remarks will do well Church at Keankeyuen lost a mule, which was

direction, and that its surface is covered with most be of immense valge-it is an imperative Customs should, as they do at Foochow to read Ad account of the exploring expedition detained by a gardener living close by, who

luxurlant vegetation. The castern portion is stili ndjanet to proper system of coast defence for instance, have offices in Tuatatia and there under Commodore Petry, and the works of Mr. o it is to be hoped that these important receive duties, and pass goods, for shipment, Swinhoe and the Imperial Maritims Customs. refused to return the animal, The case was

in the bands of savage tribes, numbering about reported to the magistrate, who gave the gardener

all practical Centalrit is that globe-trotters have not "done" from 80 to 100,003 people, who, living to moun harbour and transport improvements, so should be undoubted by

men of business. But John Gompradore rules the the world until they have seen north Formosa 100 blows with the bamboo. This just sentence,

tain fastnesses and being surrounded with dense greatly needed and so long sought for, and on however, incensed the populace, and disaffection

undergrowth and vast forests, are able to defy

which, as has been repeatedly pointed out, the roost, and could, if he chose, at any time tell, and travelled by the railway across the island spread far and wide. On the 25th of May a riot

the military commanders who have, from time to future of Formosa in a large measure, both the fafpan to clear out of his house he being the Protestant Church until the soldiers appeared on

armies supposed to be strong enough to sanibi-national defence, is so palpably dependent, The N. C. Daily News publishes the following

late the aborigines altogether. The redoubtable will receive that consideration from particulars, supplied by Père Colombel, Cure of The Church of St. Joseph at Shanghai, of the

La Ming-chuan, bimself who led an expedition against the "savage rebels" two years ago, had to beat a retreat and leave behind him Sunday, Mar 31st. Whilst the procession of

upwards of a thousand soldiers in the forests and deadly jangle. idols passed off without any outward incident at

Prior to the appointment of Lla Ming-chuan all the foreign merchants et Twatuatia (the Governor of Farmoss the island in 1886 was Chinklang, thanks to the presence of the Inconstant and Swift, there were already capital), near Tamaul, are up to their eyes in treated by the "powers that he in Peking as Tumours at Tanyang of the coming outbreak."

business, E. blife of exchange, chops of tes

portion of the province of Fuhkien, of which Monday, June 1st.The Father in charge at

toa tasting, and bills of lading"the same old Tapyang

dispersed his scholars and the orphans thing." The Oclongteas are of finer quality this Foochow is the capital, The Viceroy of Funkies under his charge among the Christian families year than has been the case for the past decade at governed Formos as a fu, or prefecture, and In the surrounding country. The Chi-halen was

feast, and the renowned "Savage Maiden" chop is visited it once in every three year. These triennial visits were lucrative to the Viceroy, for absent, being at Soochow on a visit to the Futal.

simply of superb quality, and will probably create the unbordinate officials had to come forward In the afternoon a crowd began to surround the

su gresta furare in the States, where it is well

with valuable presents both in the shape of Mission buildings, Amilltary mandarin, named

known, as did the Ceylon "chop" in Mincing money and goods. To meet this emergency the Heang, came about four o'clock with some

Lane a month or two ago.

mandarins pat extra taxes on the people (chiefly soldiers. Twice he succeeded in ejecting the crowd and closing the gates, but he was soon

emigrants from Amoy, Swatow Foochow and Canton), and thas, at the expense of all is now known as the overpowered. As he was acting energetically

classes, the exalted servant of the Soa the crowd directed all their attacks at him, whilst

of Heaven" walked the thorny path of duty and the mission Father went about unmolested. At

returned to his expital with a well-filled purse. one time, Indeed, when the Father Interposed

Talwan-fu has, since the advent of the restless with a view to restraining those who were loudert

Lin, been converted into a city of secondary in their denunciations of the mandarin, one of

importance, its status as capital having been the rioters said, "I have nothing to do with you

usurped by Taipeh-fu, in the north, a new city I want to settle with him" (the official). At five

which has been laid out in a manner which o'clock the rioters were evidently masters of the

reflects great credit on the Governor's the streets altuation, and the mandarin urged the priest to

being wide and at right-angles to one another, retire to the Chi-balen's yamen. To do so he

The revenue of the island is chiefly derived from had to pass through the crowd which filled the

land rents, grain taxes, lekin exactions and the courtyard and the street. They looked at him

and meals, Bly. At one time Formoss was known With as tonishment, but he was not even insulted.

the granary of the province of Fahkles, but of Then the beslegers proceeded very methodically

lato years, owing to the growth of the population, merry England." Allatie further on you come to inhabitants of the islandies Halls, it is saldating basen:C, MURRAY-ADAMSON to set fire to the church, the priest's residence,

mainly consequent upon the stream of immigra a demollihed bungalow which used to be the the very best of termat ze de Viss ten voll in Acting Agent, tenn the boys' school, and the other buildings. The

residence of the British consul (Mir, W.

of close friendship with a man who perheelong, g h Jane, 1801. orphanage being in close contact with houses

Holland), who now resides at Teatuda, s not belonging to the mission, it was not set on

flourishing suburb of the capital Taipehfu, about governs the Island mors: than the conservative p fire, but it was demollated and entre as ext

nine miles up the Tamaul river. Then there is bag bears of the Chinese Government have say EASTERN AND AUSTRALIAN STEAM- Hongkong -throat business will go on

The town of Taatulla is well do SHIP/COMPANY, LIMITED, pillage. Sailors belonging to gunboats How long this

THE Uadersigned hire been appointed were even seen stopping the robbers and in not very clear, but that the owners of the island, namely, Tamsul, Keelung, Auging and missionary, Dr. Mackay, who also opened

AGENTS for the above Line of: Steamers forcing them to throw their plunder into the Smith are well able to stand to their Takow, of which I will give a general descrip. (some years ago) a dispensary in the village streets being wide and at right angles to ope flames. But when the fire had nearly burnt guns there can be but little doubt in view of the tion in my next letter; as also a description of where naives are attended to gratis. At the another. Here, too, much to my surprise, itself out there” was general rash. Beggars, fact that the coal their steamer baths costs them the capital (Taipeh-lu) and its suburbs, Banks water's edge there is a Customs examination found rickshas plying for hire, and a well-stocked oplum, smokers, boatmen and others all set to nothing--it is refute from the company's own and Twaisila, where foreigners and Chinese shed and offices, in the rear of which are the compradore's store owned by Strafts China in Hongkong and China. A work to possess themselves of whatever was mines and that they have recently ordered two carry on a large and growing trade in tea, opium, quarters of the Commissioner of Customs and his man, Bir. Theang Lal, who does ble best to

VGIBB, LIVINGSTON & Ca supplying

travellers with rickshas, chair, q portable-half-burnt wood, stones, tiles, bricks, bandy coasters from English yards which are to sugar, camphor and various other articles of assistants. The out-door staff are quartered make up for the lack of a hotel by Hongkong. 6th June, 1891.

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arsenal, a college of Western sciences, and the claster of huts, hovels and plggeries which some ports of call, route At one end of the enclosure, which is a very

W. Du Flen Hutchison, Head Master of terminus of the northem and southern strategic pics is the correct name of the port; Tamsul boon to the residents and godsend to the HE Undersigned bare this day been

people are pleased to term the town of Ho-bey very reasonable cost. His establishment is large one, there is a cemetery in which It has

being practically fictitious: name far, it globe-trotter. I christened it the Traveller been the custom for a very long time to inter the College established in the capital, has gone rallways are severally situated.

In native official despatches the place is Paradise," and ere long a huge board bearing Christians of the town and children of the home on alx months' leave of absence.

The course of events, commercial and orphanage. The rioters dug up the bones and

Commencing from the south end of the island desigented Ho-bey, never Tamsul. The enter the name will meet the are of those who go to.

firm of shipowners, Messrs. Douglas see the many interesting sight of Termosits (ggi heaped them together. They put the heads in political, in this the only "Island province"

wide roads, foreign || atdodas North, and Long : 135 deg. ^16" 30% said, by als quous bring Formosa gradually to the notion of the dag. 38 port and 10, Bearest neighbour, haing where presentative of the firea Longa longans and One poor skeleton, on which there still remained outside world through the medium of the East. sonde flesk and few shreds of clothing, was public press of Hongkong and Shanghai. At Auping, are not always accessible to steamers. Caprin. Ashton superintends the loading European, club and the holing #higher p sastfed off and hung up in irons of the prices's i times an earthquake has been reported, the Amoy is the wecal point of departure for both and discharglog of the Company's vessele; in the neighbourhood.

Chinsmen

last night by order of the authorities.

The M. E. Girl-School is being rapidly put in repair, and there will soon be no trace of the riot. The rowdies who hoped for plander are evidently disappolated, and aro venting their spleen in (wordy) attacks upon the Viceroy. An fnsulting anonymous placard was posted to-day at the gate-way of his yamfx.

that the Governos intends to leave the island on the 5th or 6th Jane in the Formoss Trading Corporation's steamer Smith, escorted by ber sister-ship the Cass. His Excellency will be taken direct to Nanking, on the Yangtze river, whence he will proceed to the home of his ancestors in the province of Anhul, there to remale for about a year.

Liu Ming-chuan is in bad health just now, He suffers from intermittent lever, and in addition thereto has recently had slight hemorrhage of the left lang. His successor is Shao Yu-lien; who was Taofal of Shanghal prior to the appointment of Kung, the present Tantal, to that of important post Shao has bad a good deal experience in foreign countries, having been secretary to Chang Hao when that luckless

bumble slave of the Emperor came to over the Russo-Chinese Livadia Treaty in 1889. It is rumoured in certain circles that Shao had a big hand in the matter of the downfall of his employer, Chung Ho, and that be it was who planned and prompted the ambassador's ruin Granting that there is truth in this rumour, Formosa is about to be governed by a statesman (of such a term can be applled to a Chinese viceroy or governer) who is by no means devoid of guile, which may or may not be brought into play to the benefit of foreign trade and to the promotion of western science in the neighbouring

The district in which Tastuds is situated is called Talpeb and it is as. " the British Consui

took place, the mob furiously attacking the then there can be no doubt whatever but that time, invaded their territory with miniature as regards her mercantile enterprise and ¦ landlord, not the foreigner 1 | Province, which the early Portuguese settlers

the scene.

recent riots at Tanyang-

During

the first few

ale.

The tea season has commenced in earnest and

Freights between Amoy and Tamsul are down extremely low, owing to the Douglas Co.'s steamers running in opposition to the Sir The following at of passenger rates and freights, which has been gathered from authentic sources, will suffice to show how fierce the war of rates

AMOY TO TAMBUI.

2:09

1.50

Old Roter, Premi Rain Deck passengers.........$3.00 ........................ $0.50 Tea-boxwood, per picketa.oy 0.03 Tiles, per 1,000 si 400 mann Oplum, per chest... 5.00.............

0.05 Rice, per bag .............. 0.13 ... smurt.

1.25 Treasure, per $1,000... 2.50 ...........................

0.08 Lead, per piece 0.14èse Coppercash, too strings 4.00.............. 1.25

TAMIUI TO AMOY.'

Tea, per half chest $0.33 10.10 Tea per box. 0.20 unaji aof Camphor per tub to

*** 3:50 ming

1.10

tion from the mainland and the maintenance of an army of 10,000 men, it has become necessary to import rice in large quantities from time to time.

the

new Governor, Shao Yu-lle, which they forward the railway works with the utmost undoubtedly merit. He should, in fact, push rigour, and thereby demonstrate his interest, not only in the island from which he will receive a handsome revenue but also in the advance ment of the great empire he serves.

TAMBUL

ni

9san • karen TO NOTICE.⠀

end)" to s

sign this Firm's name.

M CHARLES ALEXANDER TOMES will sfactionul ni wa ROBT. SHEWAN, Hongkong, 9th June, 1891.

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Lots of money could be made by foreigners Very rightly termed Formosa "beautifal isie." here were they able to hold title deeds and

Notices of Firins. buy: land, for then they could lend motor is gaite out of the question. There is, bower on mortgages, etc., etc. But at presept sich a gimmer of hope that the present unsatisfac tory state of affairs will be brought to a conclub slon, for the foreigners have addressed an memorial to the Secretary of State, through Mr. T HAVE this day cominenced businesi as: Holland, and therein, it is said, prayed Lord, MERCHANT and GENERAL COMMISSION Salisbury to give the matter his prompt, and AGENT at Hongkong and Canton under the style: Leaving Takow and setting a course to the earnest, consideration. In dealing with thir of SHEWAN & Casey

our vessel, after passing have to be reckoned with, namely Mesars Lig northward, Taiwanfu and Anping are soon left question there are two local, miguntes who will behind, and between the Pescadore Group and the (Assistant Governor) and Li Ching-sing (kicunts) mainland, steams ahead during the night Boyd and Company's compradore)Those and at daylight reaches the port of Tamsul gentlemen are exceedingly wealthy, the formiet fresh water town"-in lat: 25. 10 N especially, and they have succeeded in buying and long: 121. 26 East-at the mouth of up the whole of the vast area on which the town small river of the same name. It is in what of Tostutis ir built, Liu la man of mic Formosa, and, being the Tapeh district of influence, and his sandal income is said to

emporium of a little over a quarter of a millon of dollar trade valued at five and a quarter millions of He not only was two-thirds of the town lots of taels annually, is at once the most important Tantule, but vast tracts of rice plains and gold and northernmost port in the island. The fields, etc. He is very agreable, man, well harbour, to enter which you have to cross a bar educated, and recently invited a large number of which has a channel through it about two cables merchants to a picnic at picturesque spot Hongkong oth wide, is practically the river's mouth, where the the neighbourhood called Patkebido, berc vessels anchor between a double peaked hill on capital foreign this and No. Y champagne war the southwest wide, and the Tamsul range of provided for the guests. Elubi opered us mountains, which rise to a height of 2,800 feet. negotiations with the savages, and numbers of The only signs of a settlement of foreigners here the headmen come to his Yamén, once a year to are an old Datch fort wherein the British consular receive presents of clothing food, liquor andHE b constable, Mr.Petersen, resides and daily hoists on agricultural implements. This Liu has extended

designed has been appointm merry, hist

-race over the savago as well as civilized from this date, relie its solid red-brick battlements the flag of

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who was not slow to appreciate, the

Four parts have been opened to trade in the the college for boys and glis established by a idea of stake sasite well laid out & 971: the

BRITISH AND MERCANTILE 20brity INSURANCE COMPANY.

*

HE Undergoed have been appointed AGENTS for the above Compray from this

SHEWAN & Co.,

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ASSONNSURANCE ̈*

LIMITED.

1un exclusively on the Formosa-Hongkong, vis impost and export. It is here also that the In hovels in the most insanitary part of the filthyow-chow" and capital wines and beer. FörintS! SHIRE » LINE.

METALOW. AL

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a pío and dragged the verdang to the of the empire of China' kavo tended to the first port we come to is Takow in Lat 1.22 } & Company, have here a two-storied | rallways, arsenals, colleg

spot, hauling him along,

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Loans for the above, Line of amers in Hongkong and China.

DODWELL CARLILL & Co. Longkong, 5th June, 170%

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