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Intimations.

DAKIN BROS. OF CHINA,

LIMITED, DISPENSING CHEMISTS, &C.

CHEMISTS

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1891.

PASCAL has remarked that if all persons know what they said of each ether, there would not be four friends left in the world.

In the local Legislature in connection with what may be termed Government questions. Whether the Keswickian Infant will ever take a place in our code or pot Tux Superintendent of the P. & O. S. N. Co. Informs us that the Company's steamers Bombay remains an open question for another week, and Takeran, the former left Bombay on the of course, but there is one thing certain--- | 16th last, and the latter on the 18th, for this port, that its inception, (we waive the motives thereof) Its fond nursing, and now Its A FOREIGNER struggling with the dangers anță difficulties of the English language is reported careful examination and the thorough to be completely knocked out by running up. discussion that It has given rise to, will against the following sentence: "The first one A REFRESHING WHOLESOME' DRINK. undoubtedly lead to good results. As has won esa $t prize." "No wonder

JOURNALISM in Tientsia is very languld. The Case Times is only memory, to-day, and the native organ, the "Sälk-dao, ls to put up (t# shutters at the end of the month, unless negocia tious with a foreign editor are successful.

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already been pointed out fifty times, this Bill, in its present clumsily worded and unnecessarily harsh form, is never likely to become law in face of the opposition that it has met with. And at this point we maybe pardoned for observing that it would be rather interesting to know who was really instrumental in bringing it forward for its second reading there have been wheels within wheels, we presume.

However it is always an exceedingly lame and feeble policy to discredit the work of | another man unless one is in a position to

advance lucid arguments to support fresh contention, or to lay down ample facts that cannot be disputed. In cases such as the one now under review opinions, andopinions only, must necessarily form- the basis of all argument. The opponents of Mr. Keswick's Bill deny the existence of the abuses that he aims at sweeping away just as stoutly as the hon. gentleman maintains their being. Both are wrong. Mr. KESWICK exaggerates, and they prevaricate. We do not intend to-day to discuss the rights and the wrongs of either or both sides very fully, but will content ourselves by advance ing a few suppositious cases that have been only been touched on in some of the

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ST. PETER'S STAMEN'S CHURCH.-The Mission strum-launch Day Spring will call alongside vessels hoisting code pennant C between 9 and 10.30 am. on Sunday to convey men shore to the 11 o'clock service, returning about 12.30. DURING the early part of this month, according to the Mercury's Tientala correspondent, over twenty native money-changing shops stopped business, and the failure of two Chinese banks, with abilities of Tis. 200,000 each, was reported within the same period.

THE P. & O. S. N. Co's steamer Ravenna left Shanghal for this port at 10.30 a.m. to-day, MRS. ANNIE BESANT says that Russia "is the thunder-cloud of Europe, whose fatensity no one can measure, whose tempestuous outbreak no one can prophesy. What the future for Russia will be no one can tell, but the explosion must come, the storm must break, and not only Europe but the world waits with anxious interest to see what the end will be."

ONE of the daily papers of Rome publishes in every larue the following editorial notice: For a report of a fight or ßre in which one or more human lives were lost we pay 1 lire and go cts; for a report of a suicide, t ilre; fora report of an attempt at suicide, 50 cts; for a report of an accident at which a person suffered bodily harm, 30 cts; for reports of a murder, highway robbery, burglary and other happenings of this kind, we pay according to the importance of the event, bat in'no case less than 5 lire. An up-river correspondent writes to the Shang hat Mercury that the funeral of the two unfor tunate victims of the Wuch massacre was solemnized at Hankow on the 11th inst, by the Rev. Bishop Boone in a most impressive manner, several hundreds of foreigners following the remains to their last resting-place. The officers and men of the U.S.S. Palos H.M.S. Perpelse, and the French Vipere all attended in fall uniform, a salute being fired over the graves by

file of Marines from the Porpoise. ANYBODY in want of an office boy who combines truthfulness with sagacity should apply to Mesars. Hewitt & Co., who lately had such a treasure in their employ. Li & Chun is his name, and he was given $17 to pay a bill. On being asked for the receipt a week later he said the shroff did not give him one, which was correct and only natural, seeing that he had not At the Magistracy this THE official report on the Blue-book for last paid the money. year, just fasued, shews that the revenue in 1890 morning Mr. Wise, after considering his testi- amenated to $2,071,859.37, or, excluding pre-monials, gave him employment for three months minns from land sales, to $1,995,220.47; and in the "Stone Jug.". the expenditure amounted to $1,915,150,47, in- cluding extraordinary works; excluding these, to $1,537,843.05.

The Chinese around Tientsia and all over Shaating are fearfully uneasy about the dearth of rain, for it is believed that unless there are a few good showers soon the entire wheat crop will be destroyed. A rainfall of only two inches is reported over the Yellow River basin.

A CHINAMAN whose love for the Isle of Fragrant Waters had overcome his sense of rigid respect for the Judge's decree of exile was brought before the Magistrate this morning, charged with returning from banishment, and was rewarded

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We give this item for the guidance of the crowd who are about to invade our plous shores. In an American western town lately, an Evangelina sort of troupe stack up its posters, a plentiful dia- play of aether limbs, and the local authorities ordered that they should be covered up, where upon the bill bill poster affixed something like paper trousers, but the rain descended and

GOVERNOR TO SECRETARY OF STATE.

6th May Departing on 8th May Japan; arriving at home about July; referring to your telegrams of and May from my point of view Salary and Allowances vated by Legislative Council and sanctioned by Secretary of State should be paid this year; open for reconsiders tion sext annual Estimates officers warned. against possibility: Keswick adopting this view separated from remainder of unofficial members of Legislative Council hope that further instructions will not affect position taken up by mc.

BECRETARY OF STATE'S DESPATCH.

Downing Street, 3rd April, 1891. Sir,In reply to Mr. Fleming's Despatch No. 438 of 15th December last, I have the honour to loform you that I approve the increased salaries as voted in the 1891 Estimates, subject only to the following modifications in particular cases to

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Police with an aggregate salary of $3,000 together with free quarters. I gather from your despatch No. 125 of 28th April last that you considered that he could perform these duties in addition to his present duples. If this arrangement be made, I request you to report, whether it will involve any saving on the Police Establishment

12.-Several of the officers in the harbour and lighthouse departments have free quarters and their coses accordingly come within the prin ciples laid down in my despatch No. 203 of 20th September last I, however, consider that the schedules of estimated values of quarters in 1875 and 1800(enclosure 11 of despatch under acknow» ledgment) must be revised so as to make the estimate in the latter year at least twice that in the former, for, as you are aware, in the paper on which I sanctioned the general rise of salaries it was alleged that house rent for Europeans bad which I will refer generally in the order in which increased from 100 to, 150 per cent, and Chinese they appear on the Estimates.

roo per cent, and it seems clear that those 2-Partid Caditi.-I approve the recom officers who have free quarters must be treated mendation in paragraph 8 of Mr. Fleming's though the value of the quarters to them had despatch that Passed Cadets (as well as Cadets) Increased 100 per cent, since they have all along should have a house allowance in the absence of been saved the heavy item of rent. The salaries any available free quarters, but I would suggest of all the officers specified in the said Schedules that instead of giving them an allowance of in enclosure 11 must be consequently revised. $6,000 (which appears excessive) it would be I am unable to say whether the values given for better to hire quarters in which the Cadets and 1875 are overestimated, or those for 1890 under Passed Cadets should live together, as is, I un estimated, or both, and on this point I desire to receive a further report from you. I may remark derstand, done at the Straits Settlements.

that the value of the quarters to be considered. is not the actual letting value but the amount of rent which the officer is saved by bring allotted quarters.

3-The Reference. Clark in the Colonia! Secretary's Office and the First Clerk and Cashier in the Treasury, I have felt some hesitation in sanctioning the proposal that an increase of 35 per cent, should be assigned to the pay of these two clerk ships, since whatever may be decided as to appointing their successors from this country, the present holders were not so appolated. On the whole, however, I am prepared to approve the proposal that such an increase should be granted, but the increase of 35 per cent, must be based on $1,920 which has been the fixed per- manent pay of each of these officers since 1875 and not on $2,160. This will bring the future fixed salary to. $2,592, instead of të $3,916, na voted on the estimates. The two present holders of these peats may continue to draw their per- sonal allowances of $720 and $960 respectively In addition to the above salary of $2,591.

4—Bijih Clerk in the Treasury.—In my Despatch No. 235 of 10th October last, I approved the reduction in pay of Mr. Freire from $1,320 to $1,080 and his transference from the Audit Office to the Treasury, but added that he increase to be given to other clerks. This would bring his salary from $100 to $1,295. And pending farther explanation I am only prepared to sanction $1,296 Instead of $1,440/ the amount placed on the Estimates,

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13-In the meantime, astuming the Estimate as given for 1875 to be correct, the First Boarding Offer was in that year receiving aggregate emoluments amounting to ($1,500 plus $315)-31,836. and 35 per cent, clae on this would amount to $1,478, from which deductieg the present value of the quarters (twice $135 or $673) the proper salary to be awarded would imount only to $1,806, and, pending the receipt of f your further report, I can only sanction, this rate; Similarly the Second Boarding Officer's Increased pay should be only $1,644 ; the First Inspector of Junks should get $91a, but he might retain his personal allowance "of $60 in addition to this rate the Assistant Inspector of Funar (referred to in your despatch Na 14 of 14th February) should get $910; the Officer in charge of Gunpowder Depot should get $1.537. the First Lighthouse Keeper $1.749, and the Second Lighthouse Keeper $1,101; but the Signaiwan at the Feat and the Gunner of the Keeper are entitled to na increase since the improved value of their quarters, extimated as above, covers or more than covers a 10 per cent, rise on their gross emoluments in 1875.

The purest ingredients only are used, and the discussions that have taken place on theby being given free quarters and active enplay- washed them off. The manager was accordingly | might nevertheless receive the 20 per cent. Gunpowder Depot and the Third Lighthouse

utmost care and cleanliness are exercised

In the manufacture throughout. LARGE BOMBAY

"SODAS"

We continue to supply large bottles 11 heretofore, free of Extra Charge, to those of our Customers who prefer to have them to the

ordinary else.

COAST PORT ORDERS,

whenever practicable, are despatched by first steamer leaving after receipt of order.

FOR COAST PORTS, Waters are packed and placed on board ship at Hongkong prices, and the full amount allowed for Packages and Empties when received in good order.

Counterfoil Order Books supplied on applies.

tion.

-Our-Registered-Telegraphic Address-is, "DISPENSARY, HONGKONG," And all signed messages sddressed thus will receive prompt attention.

The following is a List of Waters 'always

kept ready in Stock

PURE AERATED WATERS

· SODA WATER .

LEMONADE

POTASH WATER

SELTZER WATER

LITHIA WATER

SARSAPARILLA WATER

TONIC WATER

GINGER ALE

GINGERADE.

No Credit given for bottles that look dirty, for any other purpose than that of Containing

or greasy, or that appear to bave been used

7 per

ment for twelve months,

summoned. The Bench decided that he had complied with the order, and if the ralo had failed in its usual misston of purification it was no fault of the managers.

THIS having been the 53rd anniversary of her Britanic Majesty's accession (or ascension, as loyaltars" call it) to the throne of the Empire upon which "old So!" keeps a continuous watch, there was much wasting of powder in the catch and a deal of bunting was hung out to

$420 to $504. the rain, and was then taken in.

SEVERAL pretty large hauls of contraband plus were made yesterday, one seizure amounting to 100 tacis. Mr. Wise dealt with them as usual this morning, Imposing fines of $250, $100, $50, $40, $30, and smaller figures. At this rate there is not much danger of our Oplum Farm following the example of one or two farms in the Straits, and letting the Government in through bad business.

Tuz Band of the A. & S. Highlanders will play this evening, from 8.30 to 10 pm- the following programme in the Public Gardens,

Ovestur.....Zeretta "Ah. False This Alouse-healer

Les Clocher de Corner Do”.......... Planganets,, Salactos Court Bola..."The Better Land"mamar Ce Selection."Reminiscences of Bullvan " Winterbottoms.

As will be seen by an advertisement in another. column, Mr. Willard and his brigade, some of whom are described as being lovely beyond compare, will be here to cheer the weary and the heavily laden throughout the month of July. Their repertoire is a varied one and is more than ordinarily extensive. The only objection so far as we can see is that the price of admission has been raised. Times are not what they were. but ever and above this, people have a rooted objection to be forced to pay $3.00 to see even the best show" that can ever be brought to the East. If the rates are reduced there is no doubt. whatever but that a prosperous season awalts the enterprising manager of the Willard Opera Company.

5.--Surveyor General's Departmeni.-As regards the Memorial of Mr. C. Malsch, I bave to reler you to my despatch No. 179 of 26th November, to which I have nothing to add.

As regards the (so-called) First Clæră în this Department, Mi, M. Gutierrez, I concur in the

view expressed in your despatch No. 5 of 14th January, that he has no claim to be treated as though he held the same post as the First Clerk of the Department in 1875, who had to perform additional duties since transferred to the Land Department. But I think that if the pay proper of his post be regarded as raised from $1,400 to $1,748, he has a claims to retain as a personal allowance the $480 which he has drawn for some years over and shove the said $1,400. This will give him altogether 82.208 instead of $1,910.

The Second and Third Clarks in this Depart- ment appear on the other hand to have been awarded too much, for if Mr. M. Gutierrez in to be regarded as holding the post which in 1875 was styled second clerk, then the (present) second and third clerks are holding the posts of the third and fourth clerks in 1875, and the salaries proper of their offices should in that case be raised 20 per cent. above $1,080 and 6000 respectively, L. to $1,296 and $1,080 instead of to $1,440 and $1,296.

I am disposed to think also that the Fourth Clerk, who was only appointed in 1889, should not receive the full so per cent. increase, but you may use your discretion whether to leave this as It stands on the Estimates or to assign a smaller increase,

6---No report appears to have yet been sent home regarding the organization of the new Water and Drainage, Department. Pending the receipt of such report I suspend giving final sanction to the proposed salaries in this Depart ment.

Bill, and some that have not been even mentioned. Mr. KaswiCK'S avowed intention is to put a stop to short-selling, so that none but legitimate investors will dabble in stocks. This, at the first blush, seems most admirable, but unfortunately it won't bear analysis-It can be success- fully refuted in two seconds by simply referring to the share-list, and seeing what dividends Eastern joint stock Companies are paying. Outside Marine Insurance Societies, how many concerns are there Being managed here which -pay___a___dividend' equal_to cent. per annum-the amount which local banks charge for carrying scrip? Say

A CLERGYMAN tells the following in the New York Polca A negro preacher once claborated the majority pay 5 per cent, or 61

a new theory of the exodus, to wit, that the cent, where is the inducement par

Read Sea was frozen orer, and so afforded This

the Israelites a safe passage, but when Pha- for the "legitimate investor?"

roah with his heavy iron chariots attempted was Mr. WHITEHEAD's argument, and it

THE Government Inspector of schools, Dr. Ettel, to cross he broke through and was drowned. A can be amply substantiated. Do awaya als report for 1890, states that there were brother arose and asked an explanation of that with the speculative mode of Investment 223 schools in the Colony last year, with 9644 "pint" Says be: "I'so been studying glography, known as time-bargains and it will follow scholars on the books. Their education cost and de glography say dat am de place where de as a matter of course that the stock which the ratepayers very little short of $30 a head,tropics am, and de tropics am too hot for freezin' As year is pretty expensive when we consider the pint to be 'splained is 'bout breaking thro pays but 6 per cent. will not be very the fact that the majority of the puplis are de ice. The preacher straightened himself up and largely invested in ifthe would-be investor scrubby little Chinese youngsters whose parents said: "Brudder, glad you axed dat question, for it gives me 'casion to 'splalait. You see dat war a great while age, befo' they had any geographies has to pay interest at the rate of 7 per cent, don't earn much more. for the necessary funds to buy, or the MADAME PATRY, although not nearly up to the and belo' there warany tropica". same rate of interest if he wishes the standard demanded by Eastern audiances, has YESTERDAY a passenger junk raaning between scrip to be carried for the time being.cored a series of brilliant successes since her here and Aberdeen village was stopped by some men belonging to the Chinese Customs, and Is And again, say for example that A sells

searched. These on board protest that she was In British waters, and considerable friction Banks on time to B., and, as in accordance with the requirements of the Kaswick Bill,

between the Govemment and the local Com- missioner will probably result. At the same gives the numbers of the shares, but

time it is only fair to the Customs people to state before the due date it comes to A,'s know-

that although a con Iderable amount of smuggl A BERLIN merchant was n'daily customer in a ledge that B. in on the verge of bankruptcy noted restaurant, and always paid the waltering is done by Hongkong janks, stringent sanction the smaller increase.

Instructions have been lusued by Sir Robert Hart TÉLKORAPH" ABE'MOST RESPECTFULLY and cannot take up the shares. What generously, as he liked him for bls attentiveness that the most particular care is to be taken that

One day another walter served him. He was

Any suspected vessels are in Chinese waters, Incl REMINDED THAT ALL BUBSORIFTIONS can A. do to protect himself? He

surprised,

Where is Fritz He is beyond all doubt, before they are boarded. must either re-sell shares bearing here," said the new wall," but he can't serve Junks have been seized lately because they were those he has you. You see," he continued, we played cards found carrying contraband goods; one cleared for MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCE.

already sold to B, or he must sell the other evening, and after Fritz had lost all Swatow only the other day with mac Care, or his money he put up his customers, and I won

when stopped by the Ling-fung up the cost, fictitious shares. There is no other way you. Another beer?

about seventy rifles were found on board, besides a lot of sulpbar and other things that were not in which he could protect himself, and

salt fish. Evidently the chief difficulty is to to sit quietly down and see the profits lost

strictly define the limits of the territorial waters. that he might be assured of If he had be sold to a man financially "sound, would be testing commercial instincts too strongly. Another little point that must not be. lest sight of is that many of the who were no doubt Interested in having the short-selling of Banks abolished, were themselves supposed to have sold Institution, even before the allotment of the scrip had been announced. As well-known classio writer says-

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The Hongkong Telegraph.

HONGKONG, SATurday, June 20, 1891.

the same numbers as

return to the Australian Colonies, where she was received hack with open arms. She picked up a tenor in Brisbane, who gives promise of eclipsing all the stars of the day. They are now touring through New Zealand, prior to returning to England.

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BEAT this for impudence and cruelly if you can! Thomas Keene, octogenarian, who rode in the Balaclava Charge, applied to Frahran, Melbourne, Bench last month for vellet, having bad to pawn his medals. He wears a plate on his head where he got a tabro-cut he was also sabred on the shoulder and shot in the leg. The chalemais of the beach said it was disgraceful medals, and packed him off.

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I approve the proposals in your despatch No. 34 that the Indian Intırprater in the Harbour Department should hare his salary raised from

14-Botanical and Aforestation Depart ment. The salary of the Superintendent In 1875 was $1,392, but to this may be added the $500 granted in 1881 for afforestation work, as $1,092 may be regarded as what would have been the salary of the combined posts if the afforest tion work had existed at the earlier date. Assuming. then the value of quarters In 1865 to be $500 (as given in Enclosure (1) the increase of 35 per cent. on $2.593 would give approximately $3,192 from which subtracting twice the 1875 value of quarters (as in paragraph 13 above) the 'sulary left is $2,291, but in that case Mr. Ford should of course only retaia as personal allowance the $360 specially granted to him to 1887. This would give him altogether $7,652 instead of $1,489,"

15-Ecclistastical Department.—I have already in my Despatch No. 38 of 23rd February explained why I could not have sanctioned the increase proposed to the Colonial Chaplain even if Mr. Jennings had not resigned, and for the same reasons I regret that I cannot sanction the proposed increase to the Clerk and Sexton.

16.—Medical Departeient.—I am not pre- pared to sanction the proposal that the Colental Surgeon should be given an increase from $4,800 to $6,000 in addition to his house allowance of 31,080, I consider that the present rates are sufficient as the permanent emoluments of the office, but I am willing to approve the grant to Dr. Ayres of a personal allowance of 36co in recognition of his good service. I may mention that Dr. Ayres is mistaken in supposing that the Principal Civil Medical Officer at Singapore new draws any fees in addition to hie

salary of $6,000.

17 As regards the Health Officer, I cannot admit that alleged diminution of private practice, owing to the subatliation of steam for salling vessels, which must have taken place before Dr. Jordan was appointed; viz. in 1881, in itself forms any ground for the proposed Increase of this Officer's salary to $3,700, but I am willing to sanction a smaller increase, vix. : to $2,400.

18.—I also approved an increase to $2.403 in the case of the (so-called), Resident Surgeon styled Surgion to the Gaol presume that who ought apparently more appropriately to be Mr. Fleming was Em

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saying that this Officer is allowed private practice; so, the fact should be stated in future Blue Books.

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the additional advantage of having the supporters of Mr. Keswick's Bill,—for one of Her Majesty's soldiers to pawn his of a large number of assorted niggers, ather office held by him, namely, that of Deputy think that it can be granted without Interference

Tur prophets who predicted that the Bill which has been fathered and fostered by the Hon, J. J, Kaswick, and which had Hon. PHINEAS Rraix for a sponsor, would not pass its second reading, turned up a trump for once, and those who went

7.—Post Ofits.—I do not find any explanation of so large an increase as 33 per cent. (instead of 20 per cent) being given to the Compradore at this Office. As at present advised I only B-Registrar General's Department see no sufficient reason for departing from the decl- sion given in paragraph 4 of my despatch No. 303 of 20th September last, that the Registrar General is entitled to have ble salary increased 35 per cent, above $4,010, 18., to $6,804, instead 9-I consider that, as suggested in paragraph. 11 (a) of the despatch under acknowledgment, the First Clerk la this department should be treated si favourably as the Second Clers. The 19-As to the Superintendent and Aurisiant pay proper of the First Clerk may therefore be Superintendent of the Hoselial, it appears that raised to $2.591 (35 per cent above the 1875 the corresponding Medical Officere in the Straite VASUR rumour were recently sflost anent rate), but Mr. Osmund should in that case only Settlements, though not allowed ordinary pri another revolution supposed to be brewing in retails $120 of his personal allowance, that rate practice, are allowed consulting practice Hart, so it is interesting to learn that the amount having been given to his personally fo am prepared to sauction Dr. Aikinson and Dr. population of this cheerful State consiste 1830 for length of service; and the pay of the Lowson being given, the same pulvliege, if you lot of mulattoes, and some whites, and they Registrar of Marages, may also be raised, say with their public duties; or if this privilege is 20 per cent, from $140 to $188, which ould not given to them I would apprave the grant run the Government turn-about. As soon as

fatter, which will make the pay of these Officers, It is not generally known that the late John the niggers have set up a Cabinet the whites bring up his total emolaments to good listend of za extra $500 to the former and $360 to the Brown used to cuss and swear "something revolushe, and whenever the whites have started of $2,904 Second Clark I am not prepared to when they reach their maxima, respectively

an administration the niggers revoluabe. If the orld at the Queen's favourite moke, when that mulattoes get up anything bath the other partles sanction the retention of the whole of his per- $3,600 and 83,000

sonal allowance, which was given (according to 10-I cannot stuction so large an increase times her Majesty would look reproachfally upon the faithful gille and say, "Hush, John, I'm surprised as you!" And John would reply: Hech, your Mojesty, it's this domned dunkey yo ought to be surprised at, I'm thinkin'" LOST, STOLEN, OF STRAYED, A large reward is offered for the recovery of thirty-four closely priated pages of this morning's Daily Prest. The Editor of our esteemed contemporary sanounces that he has issued forty two of the above, but six only have reached us, and these samo six are sadly tarnished by "A In the House of Commons, the First Lord of Fatal Fast," an overdoer of Legislative the Admiralty announced that the Government eloquence, and few chunks of Scientide had decided to increase the Navy by is,jos man, Miscellany. We trust Granny hasn't got 'em to man the new ships, Cruisers are to replace | #gala,

As to the

one better and maintained that it would short in the stock of another financial overburdened beast objected to carrying har revolashe. The Dictator generally loans enclosure 9 in despatch under acknowledgment) is proposed in the case of the Apothecamp

As has been already reported, the second reading of the Bill was yesterday adjourned for a week, to enable both the supporters and the opponents of the measure to bring forward all the arguments in their power for and against it, and especially to give those members of Council who sp- parently have not taken any interest in the matter whatever, an opportunitytostudy the question as fully as a measure so sweeping In its aims and intentions deserves. On this point, Indeed, those members who took part in the debate on the second -reading-of-the-Bill are to be congratulated.

Licult, semperquè licebit. Parcere personis, dicere de vitiis.

TELEGRAMS,

MORE MEN FOR THE HAVY,

LONDON, June 18th,

the three gunboats on the China Station,

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round the Windsor Castle grounds. At such

Among the ladies and gentlemen presented st We expect the Firebrand, Linnet, and Swift | Court on the occasion of Mir, Wise's frufs to-day

will be the ones to go The scheme See replacing them is probably due to the com- plications in the Behring Straits-Ed]

for displaying more than their customary wisdom and fairness, All who spoke seemed to be actuated by one desire, and that was that the question should be fully and LOCAL AND GENERAL. fairly weighed and judged upon its merits. Nothing could be more pleasing to the THE P. M. S. S. Co's steamer City of Paking general public than this display of whole-with malls, cc., from San Francisco to the 2nd some feeling alike on the part of Official, has arrived at Yokohama, and will leave and Un-oficial members, especially coming as it does so quickly upon the LAFC year Hongkong sliver and copper soins to the value of 3) milion dollars were put into heels of those puppet-show performances circulation. They soon to gravitate away from which have recently been enneled in plis of people whom we know,

this port to-mOITOW,'>

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in the main of the

with his head in a water-melon, and the Ministers of State angle for catfish on the wharf. Some times there are as many as six Dictators at once and they have unseemly scuffles in the palace and try to choke each other in the doorways. The boss Dictator for the time being prints all the paper money, and keeps no accounts. Haytl had one period of transient prosperity, when man nearly seven feet high get into power and remained there for eight years, but one morning there was the usual revolution, and since then all has been general wreck.

THE OFFICIAL SALARIES QUESTION.

LORD KNUTSFORD’A OFIMIONS..

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GOVERNOR TO SECRETARY OF STATE,

an increase of $240, if the position of the Medical Officer above him, the Assistant Superintendent of the Hospital, is improved in the manner I have suggested in the preceding paragraph.

21-Magistracy-The salary of the First Clark, if he is treated as regards quarters in the manner laid down in paragraph 13 above, should be fixed at $1,993 Instead of $2,332.

not merely for length of service. This allowance should therefore be cut down at any rate by one half from $240 to $120.

10-Harbour Master's, Department. I am unable to admit the accuracy of the comparison that has been made between the salaries of the Harbour Master and Assistant Harbour Master and the salaries of the similar posts at Singapors, or to sanction any Increase to their salaries on As the Second Chinese Interpretar Mr. Hung that account. I have to point out that the Kam Ning appears to have been transferred. additional $840 assumed to be drawn by the from the post of Fifth Clerk in the Harbour De- Master Attendant at Singapore in excess of the pitment without receiving any rise of pay, and pay of the Hongkong Harbour Master is made as the latter post now gets a rise from $730 to up (1) of a horse allowance of £240, which is not | #854, 21/consider that Mr. Kam Ning may be a personal emolument at all any, more than the given a similar rise, notwithstanding the fact that conveyance allowance ($144) drawn by the the pay of his present post has been talsed pro Harbour Master at Hongkong in his capacity vlously since 1379.

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of Superintendent of: Exports and imports, · 12-Police Department--The pay of The correspondence relative to the increase of and (2) of an allowance paid not by the Captain Superintendent on the principles laid were the usual number of gamblers and hawkers,

for collection of Basses Light Ducs (which raised to $6.375 whose contributions totalled some cose Gjicial salaries was laid on the table at the race Government but by the Board of Trade down in paragraph 13 above should only be cases do not allrect much notice from the oute meeting of the Legislative Council yesterday. I understand are not collected to any appres As the Firit Clerk in this Department drew clable amount, if at all; in Hongkong),, and in 1875 $1,440 and quarters, and subsequently public, but they involve a considerable It is as follows -

this allowance is not a fixed: $600 per annum, $1,920 without quarters. I consider that the extra amount of solid hard work to the Mag istrate, and great praise in das to him

25th April-Unofficial members of Legislative appears to be assumed, but is a variable 8150 may be regarded as in lieu of quarters. for the expeditious way in which he deals Council Inform me they have sent telegram aged in 1887-9 less than $400 a year. Similarly therefore now receive the Increase of 20 per cent. amount, $600 being the maximum, having ayer- | merely, and not "an increase of pay. He may with masses of offenders such as ordinarily

position, would require three men to get through. And which I declined to transmit, general indignation the $300 drawn by the Deputy Master Attendant granted to other officerf in a similar

at military defence contribution; this is outcom while he dispores of them with the greatest of it; have you sent despatch on increase of pay? at Slogspore for Shipwright Surveying in for is: from $1,930 to $2,304. I do not think he not included in Captain Hastings, duiles is of the class of officer for whom the larger (35 SECRETARY OF STATE TO GOVERNOR at Hongkong, and the Basses Light Dues come per cent) increase was intended, as though promptness, there is no scrambling or acamping of work; it is done so fairly and satisfactorily,

and May--Referring to your telegram of 25th mission (averaging in 1887-9 about $439, year); appointed in England he was originally a Mem coordering and accurately weighing every item

however, willing to approve the sent occasion being treated in a special roxD GET, which lie of value and neatly shipping all that fa April salary and allowances in my despatch due is, as stated above, pate by tha Boles of Trade, bar of the Police Force, and they are is the pre- 'lamaterial and wasteful of time, tint even to the ❘ to arrive at destination on or about 6th May but culoring themsalyan. 15 lawasbe, a pleasure to suspend action until further orders going by proposal that the Assistant) Harbour Marier not eating as much as 15 per cents. The desene, Chenla be made. Superzaanden) of EME WANGU. EXITY, UB3JVVY CHERISMay sien suosive an int

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