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MAIL SUPPLEMENT.

The Hongkong Telegrapy.

The Honghong Telegraph.

In the case of Denning versus the Yokoham's Pdating Co, in which the plaintiff claimed Thip of the Fabon Gazette, a compromiss has $11,700 damages for d'emisal from the editor

been eff:cted, $11,000 being paid "him in full settlement.

THE Fantal, or Provincial Treasurer of Kwang-

tung, who has been staying with his sulle at the Victoria Hotel since Saturday, is apparently to decided to postpone his departure for Canton, until Friday. ABOUT 9.30 am. on the 7th inst, the steamer Decima, lying off the Harbour Office, bolsted the, towed the floating fire-engine alongside, but alarming signal "I am on fire.” The police launch found that a few buckets of water had put out whatever outbreak there had been. It appeared that some coolle had thrown a lighted cigarette

enamoured with Colonial institutions that he has

down the hold, which was filled with ofl and sugar. It was fortunate that the officers acted so promptly, as in a few minutes the inflam- mable cargo would have been beyond saving.

we learn from a reliable telegraphic source that Raubs, if not on the boom, are at least in strong demand in Brisbane-the head office of the Syndicate, and that by reason of the recent finds shares have advanced considerably: No quotation, however, has been given so we are unable to say how much beyond their recent value of ar.-6. they have gone. As will be scan-in-your-Commercial column they are quoted locally at $1 and if prophets are to be relled upon Raub scrip will be eagerly sought after in the near future.

THE sojourn of the Kwangtung Provincial Trea surer to this metropolis of the east was enlivened yesterday by a visit to the Gael. He was accom- panied by some six or eight of his suite, and several Chinese officials of the Magistrate's Court did the honours, showing the historic famous mea suffered, dasgeous in which the classic window through which, tai the story goes, spirituous liquors were smug: gled in for the relief of the heroes; and all the romantic spots asociated with so many scenes of poetry and fable. The Fan Tal was much affected.

HONGKONG, THURIDAY, JULY 9 1891.

''THE FUTURE OF HONGKONG. Frw thoughtful minds will be found to dispute the wisdom of those statesmen who guide the destinies of Australasia in adopting the term "Commonwealth "--- common weal-as the proposed title of the united Australasian dominion, Associating the title as we must with that ever-glorious page in English history, when, under Oliver Cromwell, England proudly led the van of freedom on to prosperity and power, may we not hope that similar measure of success may be accorded in the near future to our Australian relatives? Not only does the association of ideas In this connection appeal, to our mental faculties In the strongest manner, but he must be but a sorry creature Indeed who fails. to recognize the prescient. consequences of still further developments In the direction of liberty and social Impunities with which this principle is fraught. Already In South Africa we witness a reflex of the principle of federation Inaugurated in Australia. In Canada, Nova Scotia and British Columbia it has been for some time an accomplished fact, as well as virtually so in the British possessions in Asia, that is British India, binding together in one common Interest, dependent, independent, or semi-dependent races, whether Hindu, Mohommedan, Buddhist, or Parsee, from the Chinese frontier to the borders of Persia and Turkestan. The principle involved in this new departure is not only a sound and wise one, but in the face of the combinations of other powers it seems to be one not only ONLY last week we reported the flourishing condi- essential but of vital importance to the well-tion of the rice fields, says the Foochow Echo of being of the national fabric. It is likewise Saturday last, and now we have to note their particularly contagious, as the force and failure, which has been caused by the floods, necessity of It appeals at once to every Those on the river alde are considered a total average intellect; therefore we may safely loss, while those situated in higher quarters can assume that at no great interval of time only be expected to yield about hall of the usual amount Sach a change of fortune is much to we shall see the principle extended in be lamented, and the loss is doubled by the this direction, and Hongkong forming destruction of the plants of the second crop, the northern outpost of a British which the farmers generally plant out about a Eastern Asian Commonwealth, affillated fortnight after the first' crop, and which will with and holding interests in common with now require complete renewal. Borneo north and central, the Straits, and the Malay peninsula, up to the frontiers of Tennsserim. There seems to be no reason why our friendly ally and neighbor Siam should not throw in her lot at once In such a political combination, as "Defence, not Defiance would be the guiding principle, and all the true interests of Siam rest with her remaining firm to her engage ments with England, Great Britain absorbs a far greater proportion of the .commerce of Siam than any other foreign nation, and this trade is yearly increasing with this colony alone there is a fleet of magnificent British steamers numbering some twelve vessels engaged in the direct trade, with a like number from Singapore; moreover for years paat effort to cultivate the friendship of Great Britain, and the principal Departments of State contain à larger proportion of British than of any other nationality, and their institutions are more or less framed upon British models. Therefore Siam, from her geographical situation, having frontiers contiguous to ours, extending virtually from Burmah to our Malay possessions, must necessarily be an impor- tant factor in any such political deal as that indicated. This is indeed recognized by the Indian Government, which has become seriously alarmed at the political

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REFERRING to the failure of the Chinese, hong in Amoy a week or two ago, the Hongkong and Shanghal Bank and Mears, D. D. Ollia & Co. are the only foreign creditors, according to the local Tímar." "The Bank is likely to cover nearly the whole of their amount, and the Parsee firm will probably recover about a third. It is to be hoped they will two more Chinese firms In Amoy are on the get it. Our contemporary adds that one or verge of rain. It is sald. to be the outcome of Messrs. Russell & Co.'s fallure; creditors aro scared, and are clamorous for their money.

THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1891.

SIX DOLLARS PER QUARTER

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A few weeks ago the officers of the Douglas

The result was a

A CHINESE beggar effected a very clever iwlodle The man who was nicked up with the last track about three miles long and doo feet tradesman or merchant from whom he buys the | in Amoy last week, says the Times. It seems | witness gave similar evidence.

broad, as so much preparatory work had bad to | goodsłoning darin's clothing, together with chair, coolles, said that he was master of the cargo-boste verso that new machinery casid be transported to enstern market with counterfeit Winchester that he hired a gorgeous suit of Man-

Ip Tal was then called and cautioned. He be done. The river had been cleared for fo miles, This confidence has been imposed unon by and bout seven miles of excellent mads made. some clever willers who are floating the runners etc.,· and proceeded to a Chinese

110," On the night of the 27th ulto. six or seven shpp" and selected some $4,000's worth of

men came on board and 'suld they had come to

within three milles of Raub by water.. At present cartridges, Rinseng and bird's resta of the

best search for contraband goods. He took them to they had very little except prospecting machinery, quality which Was so-called runners to take to his bagus yamen, the They found nothing, and he then invited them to battery they needed one of tre stamps the River to one of his be policemen, and allowed them to sentch and more was required. Instead of a 10-stan shopkeeper being told that he would return in have tea and tobacco. They did so, and then the cost of running it hydraulically would be small less than an hour with the money. It is need (ast two witnesses started less to say that the money was not forthcoming, He tried to stop them, but they knocked him were nothing like such prospects in Australly take away a box, for there was an abundarce of water. There and the beggar-Mandarin, watching his oppor-verboard, and he was picked up by a buat and or New Zealand. Even the refuse at deserted tunity; made off, and has not been seen nor

taken ashore. He knew nothing about the men workings like those at Bukit Malacra yielded beard of since.

who were drowned. There was no oil on board, half an ounce to the ton, and they had bleves, About $150 worth of property was stolen by the nothing to do but shavel it up and take it.

to the battery. He was not dissatisfied with all that had been done he thought there the results up to now-if they considered was a credit balance of quite 3000 to £4,000 gentleman told him he had never seen anything left The very last time he saw Mr. Bibby'that so extensive and promising in all his experience, whole concession it was hig enough for ten Of course they could not pretend to work the thousand miners, or for a dozen Companies.

THIS ought to be a moral colony before long Everybody is trying to suppress vice in others. According to evidence given in the Police Court on the 7th inst. Mr. John Raptis is pair of wings and tin trumpet. not forgetting, the sin slaughtering revolver. He is employed at Quarry Bay Refinery, and so is Mr. T. Burnett. of marriage. The former has also a wife, duly The latter has a wife, but dispensed with forms qualified for that post. Raptis felt after marriage like the fox that lost his tail, and wanted the affliction to be made universal. He did not like Burnett to be free. So he went and complained to the superintendent, Mr. Burneit very naturally resented this kind interference, and it is to be hoped he thoroughly thrashed Mr. R. Anyhow he assaulted him, and admitted it when charged In the palice court on the 7th. Mr. Wise con- sidered the provocation received was so great that he imposed a merely nominal fine of socents. It would be worth while having a few dollars' worth more out of Mr. Fox.

the next candidate for a

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IN the Supreme Court to-day (8th Inst.) the will suit Tang Yung Maw v. Tang Tung Shang was continued before the Acting Chief Justice. A witness called by Mr. Leach gave a mass of interesting details about the sale in Whampoa of plaintiff's father, Kau Chong, when three months .old, to the "Second Lady Wong" (not found in Debrett) for adoption into the family of Tang Lok, the testator. The Infant was weighed at the time (though it was feiches) and found to tip the beam at nine catties, not said how much per catty a low-born babe hence his name "Kau-chong," Somebody is lying most elaborately, for last week another aged female gave an equally complete history of the birth of this same child, in Tang Lek's own house, son of Tang Lok's own wife, the witness being present at the interesting event, and her mother acting as midwife. The name "Kau Chong" was given him because the fates decreed on his birth that to be prosperous he must be weighed so the planets sald. He was therefore weighed in the balance and found Kau Chong. Alter this, who shall say that mining engineers lie?

THE Foochow Echo of the 4th inst. reports serious floods on the Min river, at the beginning of last week. Our contemporary says:-

His worship Oh I I've no doubt they are all thing.

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Lo Hing, another fat on the boat, said that three men came on board, and were knocked overboard. They stole $ico worth,

His Worship doubted the advisability of adjourned the inquiry till to-morrow, recording a Finding of manslaughter, and

At the Magistracy today (8th Inst.) Mr. Wise delivered his finding, "found drowned," In the inquiry on the bodies of two junk men: picked up opposite Yau-ma-ti on the 29th June last, an previously reported. As the only witaessen who could sccount for their death are probably implicated in the offence which led to it, there

no chance of sifting the matter to the bottoin.

SUPREME COURTS.

ship Hattan were drilling and at the gestion of their veteran captain. Samuel revelation. Often shots, three missed fire, ane Ashton, tried the rif choked the breech, one injured the repeating mechanism, and one hiew back and just missed destroying the eyesight of the chief officer. Mr. Bathurst, A careful examination showed that all or nearly all the cartridges were counterfelts of the panrest sort. The boxes are very close imita, tlons of the original, packages, but if scrutinized gerely he entered with a genuine one, are perciptihly The brass of the latter is thicker, finer and grayish in tint; of the former, bright yellow. In the farmer, the rim of the

mngth and rounded.... base greased and cylindrical; in the latter

The bases ofthe former bear the letters W.R.A. Company, those of the latter are plain. The centre-fire, segment of the former is brass: of the

later copper or red brass.

The experience of the Haitan was so startling that I caused inquires to be made, with the following results of three Douglas steamers, "Avery one had the bogus cartridges on two China Merchants steamships it was the same, OE seven people in Amay owning Winchesters, those. who had brought cartridges from England or the United States had the genalan those who had

In one European and three native stores where

counterfell!? **

ammunition is for sale, every cartridge was a base

The workmanship of the fraudulent article is either Brummagem," Belgian, or Bremen, To my ere it looks as if it came from a Belgian workshop. T

II.hive ascertained the names of two Importers who supply the trade with the bagus goods. I have not yet learned how far they are wallty or how far they are imposed upon by their European principais, and for that reason refrain from de- closing their identity.

can profitably make wholesale cartridges of such One thing is certain-the mere fact that they

cents and $r. a hox, ought to raise suspicion as a kind that tradesmen can retail them for 75 to the legitimacy of the good", Good metallic cartridges cannot be sold (at least in bonest trade) for less than $1.85 per pox. Any smaller figure means roguery somewhere..

Kwok Yee-sing, also cautioned, sald he was & for of the Inst witness. He saw six or seven. men search the junk nad take away clothing and Jewellery. The last witness interfered and they knocked him overboard. Witness others then, attacked the thieves, who juipped overboard. They had swords, and whines Dr. Marques, recalled, stated that when ho had not. They cut bis,thumb with a sword.

made a post-mortem examination of the bodies he saw no marks of any sword-cuts,

Detective Sergeant Hadden stated that on the THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI night of the occurrence he went to the steamer that he had seen four-men-in-the-water being Chowfa and the master, Capt. Philips, told him struck at by other men who were in bonts, Philips

In the course of an article commenting upon had two of the men picked up, but the other two the Foreign Office changes in Shanghai the disappeared. Winess then went to cargo-bont NC Daily News anys: Thereas and sen to, where they told him that the master had fence in the Shanghai protest which was some- been knocked overboard by six nirates, who, had title more explanation: "I the only object of purchased them in China had the bogus ones. "what vague, and might well have received » italen $100 worth of jewellery, Witness searched

Her Majesty's Government is eronomy, we think the boat, and saw no oil an board. The yakisit could be effected more advantageously and in fald they did not know the pirates.

Inspector Corcoran polated out that they had Chief Justice and Consul General, a step which other ways than by amalgamating the allices of all falled to identify the two men who were:

In our opinion is fraught with danger," In this saved, before to-day.

the writer of the protest and those who signed it | lasked, we imagine, to a reduction in the cost of The Legation at Peking, which seems to most of us to have done and to do very little, since Sir, Harry Parices! lamented death and the departure of Mr. O'Capor, to justify its cost to the British taxpayer. Unfortunately, the China Association has read the sentence very differently, Its amplification being in these words: If however it were still held necessary that reduction of some kind should be effected, this Association cannot but concur with the Shanghal community in thinking other means might have been taken with less disadvantage. In consider Ing whether the political or the judicial element should be sacrificed, H.M. Government have decided against the former; but if reduction must be must be made, this Association has no hesitation in saying that it is on the judicial side It could have been effected with less inconvenience-especially as Supreme Court of Hongkong could be made available In case of necessity as a Court of Appeal This is a most unfortune paragraph, and it has been taken prompt advantage of hy Sir Sanderson, to whom we owe the change now deprecated. Notwithstanding the statement in his earlier letter to the China Association, that the amalgamation was open to reconsideration, he has now stated definitely that come what may there will be no going back to the old dual establishment. Some false comfort may be taken from the thought that Foreign Ministers change, and the Marquis of Sailebury's successor may be more ready to listen to our representa- tions, but unfortunately, though Foreign Ministers change, the permanent officials, like Sir T. Sanderson, remain, and it is they ments of the Minister, Six T. Sanderson says who pull the wires which direct, the move-

be in the direction of still further reduclog the that further changes are to be made, they would

risen to the rank of colonel when appointed to a subordinate post in the Kwangtung Province, too much, the Supreme Court for China and eighteen years ago. Five years ago he has raised Japan will be abolished, and Shanghai will have to Hongkong. In plain language, if we grumble

to the post of cominander-in-chief of the land and naval forces of the province, which position he anly a Consular Court, such as there is now at held until his death. He was severelhough upright Tientsin and not only will the Supreme Court man, Among the honors conferred upon film by at Hongkong ba made our Court of Appeal, but the Thrane was the order of the Yellow Flag "heavy work" will have to go there to be possibly all cases involving over a certain sum half-dozen recipients in the whole Empire,t of the frying pan into the fire; and perhaps Wong Ling-an honor possessed only by some tried. This would be indeed Jumping out carried with it the despoile power to order the would be better for us to execution of any subject, if of subordinate rank, ittle this Foreign Office threat, before consider a

Canton, jih July. without reference to Peking That power Fong being too

Taing, the new Provincial Treasurer for the wielded in no hesitating way. During the last

much in a hurry to forward Kwang-tang province is telegraphed to have five years he is credited with having caused the to the China Association specific instances of the arrived at your port on Saturday by the German decapitation of several thousand prisoners, aber amalgamation. The inconvenience of sending will leave on Tuesday by a war vessel for inconvenience that may arise from the present Mali steamer Bayern, from Shanghai, and

DEATH OF ADMIRAL FONG.

(Special to the Hongkong Telegraph),

(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)

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Canton, July 8th, 12.50 pm It is rumoured here to-day that Admiral Fong died in the City yesterday. Will send faller particulars as soon as news authenticated.

Later.

The news of Admiral. Fong's death is con- firmed. Cause not known.

General and Admiral Forg, after H.E, Chang Chih-tung, was probably one of the most mergetic officials South-west China has known soldier, be distinguished himself thirty years ago for the past quarter of a century. The son of

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they were, they Although, formidable a were not so serious as we have known them, în former years, they came upon the people, we understand, without warning, and loss of life and property has been greater even than last year, when the overflow of the river was more extensive. The normal occurrence of these floods is not later than the arst of June (the fifteenth day of the fifth moon) and the unwary river popula A JAPANESE native paper tells a feeble yarntion thought the season of danger to be past. about a man who was fishing for old porcelain in Consequently in spite of the gradual rising of the the Imabaru ses, bordering on the province of river, all were in a state of unpreparedness, when Iyo, Shikoku, where, as the water is exceedingly the torrent came suddenly with so tremendous deep and there is a rapid current, pesure cally, that was not made fast. Houses built too close a force it carried away with it everything vented recovering this lost treasure easily. the Siamese Government has made every However, be hit upon the idea of tying a string to the waters edge, of course, were doomed to go, fighting against the Tapping rebels, and had judicial staff here, and sending all heavy work

to a large octopus and lowering it into the sea, and went, carrying with thera men, women with the result that when hauled up it had

and children. Some twenty boats, large and fastened itself on a piece of parçelain. Why, small, were unable to keep their moorings, there are men in Hongkong who, if they were

and were dashed to pieces when they came lowered by a piece of airing into the sea, would in contact bring up the bottom or perish-they couldn't let go. Anyhow we are willing to try them, if

they'll let us hold the other end of the string. By order of H.E. the Administrator Mr. Chi A Lik was arrested on the 7th inst, by the police and daly deported. The police thus lose one of the most useful informers they have ever had. But like most informers he was a thorough scoundrel, and some of his kind friends informed the Governer of his conduct. Through an ordinance

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with the bridge. The loss of life, from bodies recovered, is known to be eighty; nine women, fourteen children and the balance me; but, it is said, that the numbers drowned above bridge alone, were really far in excess of this. The pole merchants suffered severely. Some $300,000 worth of poles were washed away in all directions, affording a fiae harvest to daring boatmen between the bridge and the anchorage. The current below the bridge was so strong that the double anchor cables of three large jinks parted, but the

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At the present time, when we are Ílable to be called upon at any moment to defend our lives efficiency and reliability of every cartridge is of and property against rioters and criminals, the literally vital importance. It is bad enough to swindled by these counterfelters, but a crime foisted such infamous trash. Is there not soma committed against every buyer upon whom is law in Hongkong which will appress the freed and runish the perpetrators? I hope that the Telegraph will declare war against the cyll and the evil-doer with its characteristic Intrepidity,

Yours, etc.,

Z. B.

Amoy, July 3rd, 1891, Our correspondent's discovery is indeed start- ling, and the sonner an official inspection of the ammunition stores hers and in all coast-ports is made, the better. We trust, too, that the Hong kong Chamber of Commerce will not ignore such wholesale frauds; bat will for once corne out of its shell and promptly report the matter to the Government, in 'Justice both to all manufacturer of high reputation, and to the foreigners, both ashore and afloat, whose safety may depend on the efficiency of their weapons-Editor, H.K. Taisgraph.]

CANTON.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT)

intrigues contemplated on the Barmah which knocks spots off the Russian system handling, of the craft was to good that they ene hundred being despatched in one day, last ohr heavy work" and our appeals to Hongkong; Canton., His Excellency is a Manchu distantly Siamese frontiers and. "Is promoting of arresting Nihilists, his Excellency In threaded their way through the rows of other April. He was progressive, and during his however great the confidence we may leef in the connected with the Imperial family and is sald

able to issue a warrant, and without trial,

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anchored junks without further mishap, and brought up lower down the river. We hear that the authorities did all in their power to render were successful in saving a good deal of life and property by their prompt action, though more might have been done if they had two or three steam launches at their disposal.

DROWNING INQUIRY.

At the Magistracy this afternoon (7th inst.) Mr. Wise held an inquiry into the deaths of two Chinese funk men, whose bodies were picked up In the water last month, Mr. Ho Wyson watched the case for the relatives of the deceased,

Inspector Corcoran said that two men had been charged in connection with the case, and were on bail. As far as could be gathered there was no evidence against them whatever." The wit- nesses had failed to identify them.",

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The two prisoners were put in the deck, and the captain and two of the crew of Junie No. 210 were therefore at once discharged.

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News alss to hand here is to the effect that General‹ (1) Teheng Ki-tong, late military al· tách. to the Chinesa Legation in Paris was '

regime the standard of the forces, both naval and military, was considerably improved, foreign Supreme Court there, which is sometimes not to possess considerable Court influence, · He instructors being attained, and Western niethods presided over by an acting official, is very was detained ex route at Shanghal, for some obvious. Shanghai, is the natural centre of weeks by Imperial command to assist the harness, having at the time of his death Just which British subjects are interested in China, discontented masses in the Central provinces, returned from a pirate-raid at Kun-shan, a fer milles from Canton, when be died somewhat Hongkong has a cachet of its own, and is not and now affairs have settled down again in their unexpectedly of fever. He leaves a very large Canton; and outting aside the feelings of the

in touch with the treaty ports, except possibly more or less ordinary groove, he proceeds to taka family. The body will be taken to the Poning treaty port communities, the Consuls, who are

up his post. el pr district, near Swatow, of which place he was Foreign Office officials, would never see native. Fong was 8 years of age, and was with pleasure their heavy work token, and pretty well-known in Hongkong having their decisions appealed against, to the arrested last week, at his native placa, Foochow Interest in a shop in the Nam Pak Hong Hongkong Court, which is a dependency of the by order of the Peking Government, and is to be His successor will probably be General Churd Colonial Office, The wronghendeness which put on his trial at once, for alleged mal-practices, Kum, at present in charge of the western defences, we conceive the Foreign Office to have displayed in connection will negotiating bogul Chinese

Canton,

Fortise in this matter goes much farther than woe Imperial Loan in Paris under circumstances

imagined. Fortunately the two men who are to which left some Influential French financiers- Inaugurate the new system, as well as the two badly hipped whilst it apparently enabled the that ass who are meanwhile acting for them, are men in Chinese military Idol to sail away well ballasted

wind whom we have all the most perfect confidence, and with a flowing sheet. It is noteworthy. Mr. Sefton, of Raub fame, is staying in Hong. It will be, we hope, years before there is another in eqnnection with the Chinese peculiar kong just now on his way to Englandi oir change in the personnel; and it seems as if official system that the an called General had America. At the request of a few gentlemen stil there is a change in the permanent staff at no more actual military training than your interested in the enterprise he gave a brief the Foreign Office itself, it would be better for office billy goat; to qualify him for this highrank,

at Raub, torso be content to select audience in the Hongkong

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RAUB.

"He was educated in the school. attached to the -

7th inst. He said that the concession was 30 Than fly to others that we know not ol, Prosper Giquel, and his knowledge of military

closer friendly relations with Slam, Aexamination, inquiry, without even letting a.sou! girdle of common interests embracing the hear of it except the detective and his victim, entrance and approaches to the China Sea the person denounced is run'la and then fired assistance where it was needed, and that they to some extent adopted. He died almost la far, the greater part. of the legal business in Viceroy of Nanking, ia, the pacification of the from the equator; and extending on the out sgalo, passaga paid on board a steamer to east and west sides of the sea to the eighth somewhere else, never to return ander pain of parallel of north latitude, with Hongkong arrest and imprisonment as a criminal. Where

are the Borglas?. so to speak as the point d'appui of this. quadrilateral, is a practical outcome. In the Supreme Court to-day (yth lost) the Chinese of the principles Inaugurated in Australia, will suit, Tang Yung Mow v. Tang Tung Shang, which is finding prompt and ready was continued. As before, Mr. Francis and Mr. adoption wherever the flag of England Phillippo were for plaintiff, an infant, and Mr. Leach and Mr. Robinson for defendant, The waves. The only difficulty in the way of case for the defence was opened by Mr. Leach, carrying out any progressive step of the and the court was asked first to decide whether kind, although clearly demonstrable, is to plaintiff's father was a natural or an adopted sons. be found in the apathetic Indifference and second, if adopted, whether the adoption could selfishness of our present rulers. The be deemed valid. This would be the simplest slightest interest shown by the legislative way to decide whether he had an interest representatives of the colony, who foresee estate or not. If not, of course, the whole case and point out rocks ahead, is not shared by in sole possession of the estate. If the fans was fell through and defendant remained unassailed a solid phalanx of official nincompoops decided the other way, then plaintiff and defen who, screening themselves bobind their dant met an equal terma la the main dispute official positions; treat every suggestion | over the will itself., Mr. Francis agreed to this called. None of them knew the prisoners, who rarumé of the position of a Hotel on the zemes ath" rather bear thosa ila we have, Foochow arsenal, founded by the late Monsieur”: made by our representatives with con- method of procedure, and Mr. Leach proceeded temptuous disdain, if not with marked to call his witnesses. The cass will be con

Dr. Marques gave evidence that the bodies were discourtesy. That such a condition of tinned tomorrow, to make the

very much decomposed when found. Death Malay Prospecting Company's lot. The latter square miles in extent, and adjoined the affairs can always exist in a colony of THE Registrar General has courteously furnished appeared to have resulted from drowalug. Our Company had tunnelled and aunk some Boo this importance we cannot for a moment us with the following general statement of the of the men had a conteston on the thigh. Both too feet at the joint, boundary on the south admit, and there are not wanting signs census returns, compared with the returns ten bodies had been eaten away considerably by and found gold everywhere. The Rabb that the provocation given by the years ago, showing an increase of about 37 per fished

Lung Kun-yan, master of boat 526, found the western lode, near Raub Hole, but about two

Company's lait, crushings were taken from-ths. Executive has reached its limit, and next cent, during the decade. It will be some weeks year at the latest, with a Liberal before the detailed statement is complete, as the bodies, after search, on June 29th; off Yau-mail, thirds of the stuff was by, mistake taken, from

work of stranging and classifying necessarily near the galling vessels anchorage.. Did not branch lode that had been struck in Mr. HibbyCOUNTERFEIT Government in power, which seems-more-requires much time and careful consideration, know how they come there. Knew both men absence, and the results had therefore been much TOTUK KOTOR OF THE than probable, at far more". amenable and The present figures are :—

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Minah Icas satisfactory. When they got down 100 feet practical form of Government will prevail"

Ng Chal Tap, seaman on boat 214, identified in the westem lode they would have cough SIR-I desire to call the attention of the In future

the bodier. On June 17th, about 9pm, he off in sight to keep the battery going day public through the columns of your valued went with four others from his junk in a boat to and night for the next twelve months; journal to a gigande fraud now being perpetrated funk.aro.. A "cock-eyed man was master of and be fully anticipated an average of two ounces upon the community, a fraud so serious as to jold Chink to be exhibited to the world at Peking, It is likewise a sublime chip from the block of 210. (Cock-eyed man produced, identified, put 10, the ton-possibly, more, for the prospects possibly involve the safety, property, and even that while their Ideal General should prove to be in, and marked A.) This man asked the visitors Improved as they got deeper, the lower formation the life feelf of every citizen. Before the Namea catided to his rable in name only, their ideal to go on board to have a smoke. They were being more settled and better defined Alicy fast year there were many Winchester Admiral Ting, was commands the vaunted tavited originally to go on board and buy some Bukit Jalis the reef cropped out on both sides posting rifice owned by the various Govern northern squadron, is on all fours with him. roll, and they had subscribed $5 each There of the hill, which was tonnelled to the depth of ment officials and by privato citizens, Ting's only qualification for the flag rank with 3100 60 150,690 210,995 60 305wdispute, and before they know quite about rao feet Prospects of from a det to European and native, in all the treaty poste, which he is dubbed was that all, he knew of renova Nationalities otherthan sig si

not what was going on they were all overboard, ounces to the tone found in reef stonishing crime, followed by long, farleg life was rowing a punt on the lakes, or gropean's cand o zone visie in Henw the others to the water, bleeding from averaging ten feet wider Eyenybe, onlegur ferieur hobberies, attempted murders, and find canals in Naagwhel up to nearly forty year

las ciner Hots, increased the tale of these age. He is a fallow townsman and intimate con Americans and Sumy wete dat the head. Some people on steamer picked showed from dw, to Half an ou Chinese don17931901179 him up. He was sure that neither of the deceated Equally good were the trials fro

admirable weapons some two or three hundred section of Li-Hung-chang mod the L1 (Family sasanited anyone on board is They any danday by and father of silly

Respirito Santoku Robinson Hardie, iwhich is considèred & guna) - board to buy some of that had been stolek, And Varyinguisomanches Because the master of the jook wanted too much kalokhelselded quktter,

chasers of those rides are, familiar sufficient, in Chinese oyas, to make him Admini they quarrelled, and be struck them with a short, toi anithe surfaces"""'All THAN WIN PERILY

with their peculiarities, and especially with the; of the Fleet, It is said to be quite painful to Cartridges which give them their calef values the sufferings of Admiral Ting when the wwords

the whole are of the ouncesalon sa Yai was n⠀ Every buyer depolids upon the honesty of the sügisest iftyle ocners of the kulay,

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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Se incrcASE, 1881, 1891 1891-

Population Europeans and American poste weak becans including Mille

tary and Navy, &o: 7,990|# 8,545] Chinese in Victoria and who do not

the villages includ leg the Boat Popula

Mr. W. V. Drummond, of Shanghal fazon, la due here in a day or two, to take part in the Important will, case, in which the Ho family of Hongkong are concerned, modern THE natives of Foochow are freely talking about and discussing in the streets the late slots in the North the news of which, the Ecko believes they got from palive newspapers. As such always cansés harm' amongst the Ignorant Afies our contempérery thinks it would, b be Well if the authorities stopwed AI ARAJA SEURA pacers from publishing, any such accounts imlassi

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discipline was confiand-to his student training, | Certainly, after bis arrival in Faria, where he was petted like a French poodle, he made good use of his opportunity in thoroughlymastering the French language and in translating into Chinese, French | military standard works which should prove of value to his countrymen. If they possessed military instincts and acknowledged foreign tactics to be superior to their own. The only strategy that we can see exhibited by this Chinese General is the strategy so faithfully emulated by.. the official leagds in Hongkong of massing not troops, but dollars at the public expense, au

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