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The Acting Colonial Secretary-He said he would reconsider it -

Mr. P. Ryrie-No man goes away in any leading bank or company here without paying half his salary for the privilege. It is done in all the Insurance Offices,

Mr. T H. Whitehead I must apologize to your Excellency and the Council for haring up Intentionally, and unwittingly misunderstand your Excellency at the last meeting. Had I understood I was expected to wille to the Gor: erument, I would not bave failed to do so. It was entirely a misunderstanding on my part for | which I express regret. Further, I resent the Imputations cast upon me, by the han, member. I do not think it would have any good effect to go into them striatim.

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admiting that the hon, member may hayo token pains to see an immense number of ratepayers on this subject whom I have not peen, yet I am bound to say I have never heard any opinion expressed with regard to the extravagance of the public offices.

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Mr. T. H. Whitebead-Mr. Chater was the person who made that statement in his letter which I read.

A division was then taken when there voted for the sesolution Mr. T. H. Whlchord, Dr. Ho Kal, and Mr. P. Rytie, and against it Mr. J. J. Keswick and all the efficial members.

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A special telegram to the North China Daily News dated Tientsin, 4th December, 3-5 pm, states:==

The rebels have been repulsed with heavy loss and haveretired to their mountain fastnesscn) Chaoyang has been retaken by the Imperialista, who have only suffered slightly,

WRECK OF A STEAMER.

reunion. The members communicate with one another by means of secret signs and passwords, but their system is not so elaborate as that of the "Heaven and Earth League."

November 19th, Yesterday a telegram, was received here from Tun Hwa, a place in the Tung-chow district, couple of days' journey east from Peking, stating that the local missionaries had been advised to

· Mr. J. J. Keswick-1 quile accept the corro to Tientsin, as the Tran Hwa Magistrate rection and I hope the hon. member will under could not guarantee their safety. By the ordere stand I do not say this for the purpose of of the Veerey, troops have been sent off from raising a controversy, but I really do not believe Shan-hai-kwan under General Yeh, and from there is any abandonment on the part of the Tientsin under General Nieb, to suppress the residents of tole Colony of those ordinary riot at Taun Hwa. Last night news was received Hines of good common sense which tellen Peking that Li Hung-chang's troops bad them that some expenditure of mouer must joined the rioters, This, of course, may be only go on and that the offices of the Gavern an unfounded rumour, but there can be no His Excellency-Before closing this discus- ment should be filled with the best men that doubt that the complications in the North are slon, I would just mention two or three points money can get. The extravagances to which getting serious. Just now there is only one gun- on which the hon. member, no doubt oninten- they taka objection are those on public works, host, the Firebrand, at Tientsin, but I hear that tionally has rather misled those who may read I certainly have heard very strong, remarks, for the German and U.S. Consuls at your port have his remarks. I do so with a view of showing example, on the subject of the new gaol, and if been asked to send vessels up. Judging by the that the Government fe quite alive to the duly the hon. gentleman frd included la Lit resolution Indications at present, the river will speedily be incumbent on it, wherever it considers appoint anything with reference to this special ex ndi- frezen over and then we shall be cut off from all ments may be done sway with or economy practure, I would have been very willing to give it assistance from the sauth for the winter." tised, that they are not always considering how my support so far an that was concerned, also much they can spend and bow many more ap- dare say on various other items, but I do not pointments they can make or how many salaries | find I can support the resolution as it now standi they can raise. It was mentioned as one of the I would like to suppose for an intent that we. reasons why this commission should be appoint. | had before us at the present moment as ed that there was a continual dow of cadets, ¦ enormous public work like that of Trtam. My that they are coming ont regularly, and appoint-- hon, friend opposite (Mr. Ryrie) will be able ments have to be found for them. Now, in to call to mind the estimates for that work. "answer to that;† wish distinctly to say thái is What "wonld have been the position if the not the case. Since 1 have held this post I have unofficial members had come forward with what been asked by the Secretary of State if any more I cannot but call a rather narrow resolution Ike cadets were required for the Colony at present, this pointing to "what I call 'cheeseparing'? It My answer was to, although that looks forward | would have been impossible for our predecessors probably for two or three years. I have stated on such lines as that to have faced manfoliy there is no requirement for a cadet and therefore ❘ that great public work. I say you cannot carry the flow of andels has been stopped. That is out great public works of that kind on nanow one point on which the hon. member bas backstering lines. While urging on the Govern misrepresented the action of the Government, ment the necesally of economy, I regret I am Another point that it is supposed this commis uuable, owing to what I consider is inherent 'sian would recommend is the amalgamation of defects, to support this resolution.

appointments whefe possible, which this Govern ment is supposed never to be alive to. In answer to that I beg to say I have strongly recommended myself to the Secretary of State that the appointments of Resident Engineer and Surveyor General should be amalgamated.

The Buliding Ordinance and Merchant Ship. (Applause. Then with referenes to a few state-ping Ordinance Amendment Bills were put ments made with regard to the revenue, which through the final stages and pissed. rather tended to throw discredit on those who THE RETIREMENT OF THE ACTING GOVERNOR framed the estimates, as though they had been His Excellency-As this is probably the last careless or too sanguine in their estimates, I occasion on which I shall have the honour of should like to mention three points which occur presiding over this Council or joining in your to me. First of all with regard to the largest delibarstions, I should like before we adjourn item, the oplum monopoly, the revenue from to say a few words. I wish to express my deep which is said to he $10,000 over that of the thanks to hon. members of this Council for the present year. The real fact is the estimate for kind assistance which they have given me the ensuing year is exactly the sun which the during the last seven months. Rather suddenly present Onlum Farmer undertook to give when called upes to govern this important colony. he took the Farm and which he did give for felt very greatly the responsibility attaching to two years. It is increased only apparently by my position, all the more that the work of the anticipated receipt during the year 1892 | civil Governor was so entirely new to me, of a postponed portion, of a rent for the and as regards this Council I had no even year 1891. Owing to special circumstances been a member of It and was therefore unaccus-kok, and had called in at Koh Samine to the farmer, not being able to carry out his | tomed to its procedure. can say is engagement, was allowed to postpone a large that I have given up my whole time and payment due for this year, which is covered by thought to the accomplishment of the object security, and it will become payable in 1897, and which I set before myself at first, namely, to therefore it is shown under the oplum revenue shrink from no work however uninviting or for that year, but it is not assumed the revenue difficult, and so to act that neither executive no will be increased by that amount. Then with legislative work might be hindered by the regre regard to land sales, I am told we have estimated tod absence of the Colony's proper Governor. $ico.coo whereas this year the actual receipts How far I have succeeded in this I must leave Are estimated not to exceed half that. I can to others to judge, but I feel that I can say, as only say $100,000, the modest estimate we have was said by Mr. Fleming on a similar occasion taken for the ensuing year, I am speaking from last year, that of the numerous questions, that I memory,

bat 1 believe I am correct, is as low found unsettled or have.come before me, I bave an estimate as has been made for several years, the satisfaction of knowing that none have been and three times less than was made two years shelved, severalhave been settled and few remain ago, and there is no reason at all why it should unsolved. could not have done this bat for not be more than realfied. The other item 'tho able assistance I have received from all the mentioned is for fernces and is shown to officers of the Government for which I beg to be increased from $10,000 to $45,000. These publicly express my acknowledgment and thanks figures must always he approximite, but within as well as for the kind forbentance of this ordinary approximation there in every reason to Council. Although I leave you now - as a believe the figures will turn out correct. I colegislator I have obtained an insight and en thought it right to make these few observations | interest-Into the public concerns of the colony to show that the Government are not so entirely which will give me an interest in following your wrong and that they are altre to what are their future deliberations, which I trust will continue duties. There is one phrase in the resolution to be for the public good, the retention unimpaired which made me anxious that this resolution of this disant but important outwork of the should be paseponed.

Others might point empire, the welfare of its inhabitants, and the out in a better way than I could the progress of Its institutions and enterprises. error which I think underlies the phrase— (Applause.) As it is expected that the new that "the unofficial members of this Council Governor, Sir William Robinson, may arrive Are the lawfully constituted guardians of about Wednesday next, I will adjourn the Council the public pure." I do not allow that, 1 sine dii. think if this resolution had been postponed until next week the error of that would probably have been shown more successfully than I can do it.

Dr. Ha Kal briefly supported the general principle that economy was badly needed, though on one or two talnor matters he did not entirely follow Mr. Whitehead.

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THE MASSACRE OF CHRISTIANS

IN NORTH CHINA

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The Shanghai Mercury" published the sub. joined extracts of letters, relating to the massacre of Christians in Mongolia, on the and Inst

Mr. J. J. Keswick Your Excellency, the hon. member he proposed this resolution made the remark, that he hoped I had como prepared to

"Peking, November 25th, deliver myself on the subject of the financial pral- 4300 Christians of both sexes, young and old, tion of the Bolony. I may say I do not think I have been killed, and the Chinese priest Ling, am called upon to go into that matter or that it has been cut to pieces at San-che-t'ian-fang-za, would be of any particular value that I should do | in Eastern Mongolia, The Trail bands are so at the present time, but I may say I am still ravage, and march on other missions to the prepared to adhere to my ramarks made last northward. The soldiers are in pursuit the April on the abject of expenditure generall, and | bands will probably not pass the Great Wall,” I am in favour of the practice of all those econo-

November azib, mies which may come to our hand from time to Yesterday wa received further news of the time, especially when considering the Istimates, doings of the bard of fanatics who have made But I must say I do not find that this resolution such a disastrous sald in Mongolia, The name is by any means one to which I can give my of the place San-chi-chia tren, means "the 30 support. Ja involves a very great deal that I do familier." It is situated in the neighbourhood not think has anything to do with the vital point of Jebel. From Pa-keon, where the Traf-if made of econmy in the spending of the revenues of this many victims and burned the houses of the Colony. In fact I think it contains an initial Christans, they went at noon on Nov. 19th to error, just as the resolution did a years ago with Cha-tao-tze, where some 40 Christian families reference to the reduction of salaries." "I have i have their houses, and there, renewed their no doubt we do in this Colony spend an immense depredations. On the evening of Nov. 2oth, amount of money annecessadly, but I cannot horde burst Nis-men-tre, a place where 80 conceive that a cheeseparing polley, which Christians reside, about 65 // to the south-west gather to be that that this resolution is intended of Pa-keus. Next day, Nov. 21st, they pro to recommend, is one that is worthy of ceeded to Plen-kin-ize, some 25 # west of the dignity of the unofficial members of this Jehol, and there massacred, the Christians Council to bring forward or worthy of the and, burnt their houses. One Christian, who Colony, that is to say the reduction of expendi managed to escape, succeeded in reaching hers ture in every department, which would prevent yesterday with a letter from Père van Dick, which

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go and knock at a remote back door of Empire, kept by a few ignorant Chinese soldiers, to whom none of my party could speak word In their vernacular. 1- therefore"" produced Roslan letter" and naked, the officer of the s picket to lend me a couple of Cossacks for in escort to" Kuldja. A few mlustes sufficed for their preparation, and with these in advance. I charged the p' as fang construction or gateway, built on near the bridge spanning the Khorgos,

IN THE FLOWERY LAND.

What the Cossacks said or did 1 know not, but the great doors with "warders,” or painted dragons, flew open, my tarantars rolled majas. tically through, without my being stopped, or, pa for as I remember, asked for 'my passport, and in five minutes we were calmly driving through the fields of the Flowery Land, the. "Cathay" visited by Marco Polo and sundry Europeans of the Middle Ages, and later by the British from the south through Indin and north- by Klakhia, but whose frontier, unless mistaken, has been crossed from the west by no English traveller under Chinese protection, Passing over a flat, cultivated country, lit up by the declining sun, we passed, at ten miles from Khorgos, a place called Allmpte, spent the night at Sulling, and next day arrived at Kuldja.

(To be continued.)

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e new Governor, K.K. Sbro Yu-lien, per steamship Cass on the 22nd inst, and will take over the seal to-morrow, He will have enough to attend to and a good deal to look into, We have just had a large raid by the "Savages? on several camphor stations: about forty of the Hill men" were killed and goodly number of soldiers. They even attacked some of the rade forts they have up there and surroundded the Tangling, who went up with a couple of hundren men from Tekobam to put a stop to it. Then the so-called second Goversor, Liu Bang ben, who is a native of Formors and has great population, went up with reinforcements,liberated the Tangling and sent our savage friends back again to thele woods, Two large camphor kongs fered severely and everybody auff red ca vccount of stoppage for a time of the work. I have heard two reasons given for this out- break and I do not know which ln the right one. Some say it is on sécount of their having cut off the heads of two friendly anyages by mistake and that it was to revenge this that the attack was made. Others say that it only their old playfal custom to make a raid for what they can gather and take with them every year after the second rice harvest is finished. A lot of arms have now been distri buted amongst our hlil men for self-delence and more soldiers have been sent up, so I hope that we will have peace and quiet now, I intend to gu up in a few days and will let you know. If I see anything worth recording.

There has always been trouble with, an embankment on the railway between the tunnel. and Kelung. The plan that our railway engineer, Mr. Watson, bad made and got sible for him to get carried out as the mandarlas sanctioned by the late Governor, it was impos-,

knew better and made it their own way. After many small collapses and a wonderful, dend of labour and expense used or rather abused on this place, a heavy rain lock!'y se tle the matter last week, washing the whole thing down in such a manner, that the rails, with the sleepers under. hung free in the air for a distance of 30 feet. We wait and see what will be done now that wo have got new masters nearly all over. November 25th.

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early last mentband Bandon and Chalya, two of A fearful typhoon swept over the Galf of Siam the largest coast towns,are now complete wrecks, and scnicely a house le left standing by the fearful storm which has recently passed over them. 5,660 houses bave been blown down, and partially washed away, the Wate destroyed or roofed, large trees, five and six feet in diameter sapped off like match wood, or blown up by the roots, and not a buliding left undamaged in Bandon or Chalya, The loss of life, as far as landed interest, and much influence with the Telegraph has by far the largest circulation / o'clock in the forenoon of THURSDAY, the can be ascertained has been very considerable, 109 persons being reported killed, though this number is supposed to be far below the actual The whole country in the neighbour- hood of Chalya and Bandon is a complete desert, and not a single tree or house has been. left standing, The island of Koh Samine, which was well wooded, has been swept completely bare,

The loss at sea must bave been considerable. As the steamship Cap Clear was proceeding next day, from Champon to Chaiya, large masses of wreckage were observed, broken junks, native boste, cargo, masts, and sais floated by, among which were noticed numerous dead bodies, There was a very heavy sea at the time, and the evidences of destruction of life and property were observed on all, sides. The steamship Raindow was proceeding from Saigon to Bang complete her cargo with cocoa-nuts, She was ready to leave when the typhoon burst upon her, and she capsized in four fathoms of water. There were on board, a crew of 30 men and, three passenger. Of this number 6 of the crew only steamship Cape Clear on Sunday the 2nd have been saved, and reached Bangkok by the Now. The body of Captata de Campos and some ten of the crew have been washed nabore and hurled by the natives on the Island of Koh Samine. The wind blew from E.NE. to S.W, and the typhoon lasted about six hours. It is considered to be one of the most destructive storms that ever raged along the coasts of Slam. -Siam Frie Pres.

A RIDE TO LITTLE TIBET,

BY THE REV. HENRY LANSDELL, D.D., M.R.ALS. F.R.G.S.,

FIRST LITTER.

The following letters are intended to give an outline of part of a journey undertaken during 1888-9-go (no account of which has yet been pub- lished, although a book is la bourse of prepars tion),extending from the plains of Russian Central Asia to those of Indis, over the Tian Shan, Kuen Lun, and Himalaya mountains, and including a ride round Chinese Turkistan. My object was that of a planeer, to study the religious, geogra, phical, commercial, political, social, and econo- mical condition of the people-a continuation, in fact, of studies published in my volumes on Russian Central Asia After visiting Kuldja In 1882, I made the remark, I think; at the din- ner table of the Governor-General of Turkister, how interesting a journey it would be to cross the Ttan Shan mountains into Chinese Turkis- tan, and ree Yarkand, Kashgar, and Khotap. My fellow guests, who were Russian officers, invited to meet me agreed as to the interest of the Journey, but thought it would be extremely difficult. Six years later, however, I found myself attempting it; and on arriving at Samat kand, was reminded by Colone! Poukaloff, the Vice-Governor, of my remarks at our previous meeting. From Samarkand I drove by post

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Some weeks ago the Arsenal people save in a petition to the acting Govereer asking him to dismits all foreigners as they were qɔstë able to, furnish engineers and locomotive drivers. No notice was taken of this at the time Now, when the Governor arrived and went to Taipeh Fu la a special train with two locomotives to it an attempt was made to wreck this train. First, some body had unscrewed a number of rivets on the locomotive, which stood overnight near the tunnel by Kelong. This was detected by the Europeas locomotive driver and made all right again. Then came the most serious part of the business. It was planned that the Governor's train should run in on the siding bere by the Twaturla station. On nearing they always go cautiously and the driver detected just in time to prevent a disaster that all the spikes had been drawn from the rails on the siding they went not there accordingly and now a complaint is being sent to the Governor and the whole matter explained,—N. C. Daily News, .

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the Ili valley, arriving there on 16th Juus, effects are apparent, I consider it far superior after a fourney through the Rustin Empire to ordinary Cod Liver Oil."--). Marshall, of 5,000 miles in 115 days, but fifty only M.R.CS., &c., 143, Grange Road, Bermondsey, of actual travel. It would be an ungracious S.E. Any Chemist can supply . A. S. Watson not to mention how many kindnesses I received & Co. (Limited), agents in Hongkong and up to this point. At St. Petersburg the authori- ties denied me nothing. In Asia the governors and offelts were not less kind in affording hospitality to an extent quite unexpected and entirely unasked so that, with the exception of awaiting trains at Bokhara, 1 was not permitted to go to a single hotel between the Caspian and the Chinese frontier. Planets and parties by. the way I need not particularise, but may men toe horsemen and despatches, official and private, sent hundreds of miles before me, as far even as Kashgar, I therefore bowed sincerely my thanks on driving out of my last Russian town towards the river Khorgos, which here forms the boundary between Russia and China. the work being carried on in a large and liberal gives many horrible details of the movement, manner. To pay generous salaries for generous, and assures us that all the children in the It was a drive of only twenty-four miles, and work I am sure is the best way of getting the Orphaeaf, and that not one Christian escaped chant's foreman, under whose care my servant at Tong-tre-ho were roasted alive by all went well until at the last station the mer- public work satisfactory done. The hon, member the who proposed the resolution made a reference to with his life from that place. A courier, who Joseph and I were travelling, was for some a shrinking revenue, and I think it exceedingly was sent from Fa-keen to warn Bishop Rutjes reason detained, and not allowed to proceed. probable that there may be a very great shrink and the missionaries living in Pe-tac-abao, was Thla was awkward, for as yet I had no Chinese age of reremin. I remarked on a former occasion caught by the Taof-ff and murdered and mutl. interpreter. Joseph could speak Turki and that I did not consider the revenus of this Colonylated by them in a horrible manner. No news Persian, and I could command a score or two. very clastic and I am still of that opinion. We has as yet reached Feking from that region, but of words in Russian, but we knew not one in have not those unmerous sources of rorcase an the fahabitants, who all profess the Christian Chinese, and it seemed no joke to be leff that are · found elsewhere. There is no creed, are hardy mountaineers and hunters,

to storm the fort alone, especially as I had constantly increasing industrial life. We do not may be expected they will offer a vigorous been asiated in England that I should not of SHAREHOLDERS la the above Con- HIS desirable residence with Gas laid on and Godown Company, at Kowloon, whence aco inanufacturers coming frogs-Canton,-as-1-|-resistance to the barbarous-Traf-li

be allowed to enter China from the west. My would like to see them, and which would land The chief of the Taf-/ belong to the province advisers from the outset, beginning with Mr. to the enlargement of car revenue and the of Shantung. The sect is especially strong in Ney Elias, had recommended approaching Chi increase in the value of our land. But though Peking, where both Manchus and Chinese are ness Tarkistan from Peklog. The proper way It is true our revenues are not elastic, on the enrolled among its members, some of whom are they sald, is to go there to the Taung-il-Yamdo, other hand, I do not think's shrinkage is to to be found even in the Palace fiself. The towns or Foreign Office, and ask for a passport to the be feared to that point at which our necessary and village where inhabitants are willing to interlay, which passport, one of our former expenditure will be in excess of our sprente para certain amount of black-malli to the leaders ambasadora told me, in my case, he thought I am disposed to think that so long as we do, of this dread organisation are safe from attack they would not giva ; while, for an Englishmen not throw away our money in moments of en- | by the sect. j. The present movement has, of to enter from the west was a thing unheard of thusiasm on great public works, we are not course, nothing to common with the recent and he thought, certainly would not be allowed. likely to outrun the constable, I think we xaxy Kelae-hwal campaign, The Traff hold Mr. Hudson Taylor, director of the China perfectly well, by economical expenditurn on meetings at regular periode, when a large Inland Mission, who had encouraged and assisted public warka, keep within the figures of our in. banquet is provided for the members, and the

come. The Ebt, gentleman has referred, I think chlad makes exciting speeches from a ralised seat

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