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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1892.

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SECTELE,

Telegraph has consistently advocated for Six men of the American sealing schooner you presented with a fanfare and flourish of advance on the security of its own shares over ten long years, and asked Sir Mattie T. Dyir had a very uncleasant expetrumpets your fifty-first report and balance sheet, would you care to say, merely in order to still Adelete the bid to the Man WILLIAM RODINSON to obtain for Hongkong rience last month. Five boats left the ship on showing profit for the half-year ending 31 Dame Rumour's idle tongue, how many Hong what Sir John Port Herasy obtained for the rath, for the rookeries," but owing to a Deo mber, 1890, of $1,567,440, and for the whole Lets Krial matters to be sent so “The Editor and Mauritius—a majority of unofficial members | densa for two of them, with these mea la exch, year a profit of $2,676,079. After paying a'/ Kong and Shangbal Bank shares are at Communication fateeded for publication uncias be accomproled In the Legislative Council, elected by the open sea, ukimately arriving at Kinkesan 1 in Augsts you wound up by paying a further gainst overdrafie ? · By this and other happy

last the ship, and spent four days and a half in dividend of two pounds ten shillings per share sent deposited with you popular vote and not by Government

dvidend of three pounds in February, making five fictious, all of which are open nomination. And we venture to predict North Japan, älter a rouch and dangerous trip. with great confidence that Sir WILLIAM FROM an advertisement In a Kabe paber, we

pounds'ten shilings for the year, ROBINSON, whose political experience has note that the Upton line of steamers, connecting the members of your staff, Gentlemen, I need not $500,000 to the Reative Fund besides placing sme ten thousand pounds as a bonus amongst been both extensive and varied, will the Far East with the Union Pacific Railway at obtain this concession, which is a right, Por land, Oregon, to to be y prife Rd ww by say I congratulated you must heartilly upon such from the Colonial Office within the next the Palmas and the Mascalls, these two celd exactly what I had predicted many years before,

a brilliant result of the year's working! It was two years. What is allowed as a being chartered to replace the Zambesi, selted that the time would come when you would pay right in Mauritius, British Honduras, by mortgagees, and the Batavia, which is now

chartered by the Northern Pacific Railway kong, of

five pounds per share, and I felt Jamaica, the Leeward-Islands, and other

proud of Hong Crown Colonies, cannot fairly be denied to Washington. These two lines, with the Cane- Steamship Company running to Tacoma, Hongkong, the most enlightened and dian Pacific and the San Francisco hosts, will, and important of them all, and it only it is anticipated, find plenty of work for all their requires a firm stand on the part of the steamers without having to cut rates, especially community, in support of the Governor, to

when the World's Fair is in full swing at secure what has long been the colony's expected that the Northern Pacific line will have Chicago, with which they all connect. It Is ambition-an independent legislaturé...

some, if not all, of their new steamers running by that time, and if they can get quickly over the little difficulties inseparable from the Inaus guration of a new line, they should come in for

fait share of patronage.

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The Honghong Telegraph.

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1892.

OUR UNOFFICAL MEMBERS.

Our unofficial members, or some of them, were distinctly in evidence at yesterday's meeting of the Legislative Council. The session was quietly finished and decently buried, and we have no doubt that the honorable gentlemen on both sides of the House went their separate ways rejoicing. Dr. Ho Kat, whose voice might be heard much more frequently to the advantage of the public, was again a mere spectator,

TELEGRAMS,

CHOLERA IN AFGHANISTAN,

SILLA, May 16th. News from Cabol states that over 5,500 deaths from cholera have occurred during the last ten days of April.

CALCUTTA, May 17th.

The outbreak of cholera in Cabul is so severe that mil public business has been temporarily paralysed. The Amit has retired to his summer residence In the Paghan hills. Seven thou sand deaths from cholera have occuned in the Panjib since the second week of April. Of these three thousand are reported from Baning district. The disease was originally disseminated the seuraing pilgel from Hurdwar, and a fresh outbreak occurred by the spread of cholera eastwards from Afghanistan.

BISMARCK AND THE KAISER.

LONDON, June 7th.

Wall of which are excellent, quality and and our absent member. Mr. J. J. Keswick taken place beteren the Emperor of Gomasy

good value for the money.

The same being specially selected by our Loudon House, and bought direct from the most noted Shippers, are imported in wood and bottled

is still in far Japan, or somewhere; but Messrs. CHATER & WHITEHEAD rose to the occasion. The hop. member for the "Great

A rumour is current that a reconciliation has and Prince Bloonarck,

MR. BLAINE RESIGNS.

Mr. Blaine, Secretary of State for the United

THE principal places committed on foreign vessels in the China Sea since 1865 number nity in all. In 1868 the American big Ludra, the Britlah barque Cæsar, and tho Danish ship Car}; British steamer Spark; in 1878 the British in 1868 the German barque Zerwand, in 1874 steamer Tientsin (footed when ashore near Swatow) in 1870 the British barque Elisabeth Childs, in 1885 the British steamer Greyhound and in 1890 the British steamer Namea. In addition to these, pirates were known to be on board the British steamer Kangtung in 1878 and the police intended to capture them outside the Lr-ee-mun Pass, but the desperadoes got wind of the danger and left the steamer before the walled. Then twenty-two pirates were captured on board the steamer Soochow In Hongkong Harbour, but they were not punished awing to lack of evidence to prove that the arms

and stink-pets fennd on board were their property. The British steamer Bowen when

years

coming up from Singapore a few ago also had a gang of pirates on board, but their designs were accidentally discovered and, being surprised by the officers of the ship, were prevented from doing any harm," Junks,

by ourselves, thus enabling us to supply the best Unpald" exhibited good taste in acknow- States of America, hei resigned. His resigna: of course, have been pirate by the hundred.

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It is now almost curtain that Mr. Bisino will-

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

THE P. & O. 5. N. Co.'s steamer Canton leli Shanghal yesterday, for this port, THE P. & O. S. N.. Co.'s steamer Shanghat leit Bombay on the 4th inst., for this port. A REGULAR meeting of St. John's Lodge, No. 618, S.C., will be held in Freemasons' Hall, Zetland Street, on Monday, the 13th instant, at 8.30 for 9pm, precisely, Visiting brethren are cordially

invited.

THE Spanish consul has kindly forwarded for publication the following telegram received from Manila yesterday:The depression in the China Sex in moving we from Lason, and will pass south of Hainan."

SUPREME COURT.

IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION. (Bifors Mr. Fiilding Clarke, Acting Chief Fustice and a Special Fury.)

June 8th.

JESSEN V. STEVENS.

In reviewing points of fact, bis Lordship and the learded counsel on both sides agreed that the jury could be left to decide whether the ship did or did not maintain ber guaranteed speed from Hongkong to Macao; also from Macao want on account of fouling at Macao, or for to Honolulu, and thence to Salina Cruz; if not, any other cause.

ledging the Governor's semi-apologetic utterances for official shortcomings, but until Mr.CHATza either abandons or mater inily, amends the ultra-diplomatic style hete a candidate for the Presidency, has to assiduously cultivated in his public criticisms of current events, he will never attain the success as a legislator nor become the popular representative of $1.00 Hongkong's interests that was confidently predicted when he was first elected a member of Council, and which his unquestioned powers as a thorough man 1.as of business and as a debater of no ordinary capacity fully warranted. If Governor ROBINSON refused his consent to the 1.50 proposed Commission of Enquiry into the vexed official salaries question because he was not prepared to admit that after a 60 short experience of six months in Hongkong he was incompetent to deal with the matters fa dispute--why didn't he say so at the time Mr. WRITEREAD brought forward his motion, and thus save the vast amount of bitter feeling that has been 1.10 created and which will not easily be eradicated? His Excellency's refusal to sanction a Commission, supported only by Mr. O'BRIEN's reasons, which were outside the pale of sensible argument, was a diplomatic blunder, and the excuse now **5 forthcoming at the eleventh hour to Per extenuate that blunder only aggravates Case the original mistake. It is true that 2 das. Governor

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himself acquainted with the numerous co questions left by the combined apathy and 7.50 'cussedress of his predecessor for hia 1s.co | consideration and decision, and 'It is also true that his Excellency has been handicapped with the feeblest crowd of official advisers that the colony has ever known; but those facts, which the community frankly recognised and made ample allowance for, formed no justification for the absolute refusal to entertain a reasonable proposal made by $120 the employers, the Hongkong taxpayers, to inquire into the wages paid to their servants, the members of the local Civil Service; and we cannot think that Sir ME. John Falton Calder, manager of the exten, WILLIAM ROBINSON has improved his sive Mitsu Risbi dockyard and Engine Works position by his latest excuse, although hla at Nagasaki, died on the 23rd ulto, at the age out to the jury--whether defendants refused to 1.50 promise-for his remarks could have no

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AT the Magistracy to-day an ingenious Celestial bad in his possession five base imitations of the ef was sent into Paradise for six weeks because he "coln of ber Maj, sty the Queen, to wit, M xican dollars," according to the charge sheet-none genuine without the trade mark." YOKOHAMA, streets have recently recalled the the Peace Preservation Regulations were first scenes of some three or four years ago, when promulgated, as numbers of the sashi expelled from Tokyo bave been perambulating the Seule. ment, sitended by the usual squad of p-lice. THE Band of the 1st Shropshire Light Infantry will play the following programme at the Oficera Mess, Murray Barracks, this evening, com- mencing at the usual time

His Lordship held that theship was guaranteed to go to to kucts all the time; she did not according to the evidence; and the plaintiff was llable unless he could throw the blame on the

defendant.

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of a great focal banking institution, and of the men who had made my sanguine prediction accomplished fact. May I now ventore to earned? The question is a fair one, as you will enquire how much of that money was actually doubtless readily admit! Six short months after wards you wrote off $1,200,001 from Reserve, la 1800 ought to have been cut down more than so that the $3,077,005 paid away in dividends one half. If things had been.s

you open a door to abuses, Httle considered while stocks are on the boom, but ind worse, as they have been doing In this colony Importance when they go from bad to

for over a year If you were to place assets against liabilities, nor to-day o many insolvent speculators are you financing accounts are there on your books and how for until the long expecled good times come again once more? But all this, though bad argh, is not the worst. How many of you, who dare face a fearless and searching enquiry gentlemen of the Court of Directors, are there come we offer their who who wo come out of such enquiry with clean bands? not trafficked in Bank stock when he saw his Show me the min among you who bas

show you the man who may write muddle opportunity, either as "bolt or bear, and I will

ta universally 'recognised bed according head after his name for any gord he ever was,

methods, shareholders, instead of receiving five pounds tenor is, or will be on your Board. He may be per share for the year, would have put up in which case bis object will he to draw his in hosest, plodding, well-meaning art of fellow smilingly with two pounds ten. But that sound honorarium and not have any opinion whatever, policy, gentlemen, would not perhaps have If he be active, puaking, ambitious, a man pulted your book! Will you therefore explain Are you keayes or only fools of the common or holders' interests, his object will be to make In every way desirable to look after shares. garden type?

mosey-not for the Bank of I dear ne, that is

will bend himself to circumstances, and the altogether too this, but for himself, and if he cannot shape circumstances to sult his ends ha

Bank shares, instead of being the consols of consequence fr that Hongkong and Shanghai China, sway with each breath of a budding Jim Fisk or Jay Gould.

Is it possible so to run a bank that you within one million and a quarter" of dollars of cannot estimate its profits for a year's operations actual results? If it is, you are simply tools. If it is not, then you areThree lines of hair. raising libels have to be emitted here.-Ed In past years 'our Bank was run on fairly sound and economic principles. It had its reverses, of a temporary character for the most part, and easily recovered from, as in 1874 when you. passed the dividend and wrote $135,000 from Reserve to meet It Again in 1886 when you transferred $500,000 from Reserve, and in 1887 when you transferred $600,000, but nothing in

lends it, and 1874, about paste dividends, which would have commended

to me as the order plan. From 1880 to 1685 you had a marked period of prosperity ander Mr. T. Jackson's management, and again from 1888 to 1850, and I could almost believe in Mr. jackson's ability and foresight as a banker were reared under his personal supervision has always not that the house of cards so industriously most mysteriously collapsed in his absence, and his successors have taken very good care so let it be publicly known that they were not to blame for the collapse. Then who has been to blame I will tell you, gentlemen; it is your system which has been at fault...

give us a balance sheet we can repose on with Wipe the slate, gentlemen, wips the slate, and confidence, and instead of allowing Hongkong of needy speculators and knowing Directors, and Shanghal Bank shares to be made the sport restore to us that institution which was made by the trade of China and which wade the China trade, as a guarantee and a guide in the path of the trouble to investigate the figures in your led. sound commercial enterprise. If

you will take

ger you will find the total of your reputed recent lasses amounts to something like two milli of well-informed circles is much in excess and a quarter of dollars, and the estimate after having, written off a million and a of that amount.

A pretty showing" - this,

quarter last year! It Is perhaps too much to invite otherwise I would ask you to write down your credit fastitution to anticipate. the evil day,

backbone to that stale and never trusted expres Reserve at once to $4,000,000, and give some alon-"after providing for all bad and depbtful

frankly, and believe me you will not lose by it. debts. Give us a clean balance sheet, gentle. ment if you are sound, own up to your losses

requiring both analysis and discussion, but these There are many other. Important points must be left for another opportunity. ́ ́ I am, gentleman,

Your's faithfully,.

"

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Hongkang. 8th June, 1893,

R. F-S.

OWLOON TRADE REPORT, FOR

THE FEAR 1891.

Armed for the fray and, when occasion yet hate being unnecessarily personal ("Soapy demande, sparing neither measures, nor men,! James and "Tosh kindly make a note of this), and will merely say of the auditors appointed by the Directors, cot, be # noted, by the shareholders, who sign state ments of account bashed up year after year as This case was resumed this moming, the convenience requires, that they are feeble parties being represented as before.

Crea. who do their feeble best, for their feeble tures, His Lordship said he thought that the defenfees. You have now, gentlemen, an opportunity. dant's claim on accourt of the captain's devia- tion from a proper course could not be dealt with

of reversing the old order of things in this in this action as affecting the question of breach direction, for death has removed ons of of warranty, but must be raised, if at all, in a

your auditore-the "noblest Roman" of them all as a man-and two others have removed. in that if the captain were found to have separate action. It could only affect this case deliberately gone out of this course, he might be

themselves, so that if you court a fair,

1-LOCAL-There are two recurring causes. straight, Independent audit, there are men in of a local nature which tend, in any given your, therefore the more likely to have deliberately

this colony capable of afferding it, and I would to swell or diminish the figures in the Kowloon kept the ship at slow speed. The defence that

name Mr. C.S. Taylor, Mr. Fraser-Smith, and Mr. Customs Statistics without such increase of there was a sub-charter relieving the original

T. Arnold, as being both competent and reliable, dimination being any indication of prosperity of charterer of responsibility had better be left out,

and in every way beyond suspicion. If to depression to the trade of the district. The first as it was not worth much.

benefit the Bank, as I most earnestly belleve and most important of these causes in the quality might be confined to a counterclaim for breach

The defence it would, if for the good of the Bank's of the harrest in the countries from which the sbareholders, as I most heartily trust it would neighbouring districts of the Kwangtung Provinca warranty,

be, I have no doubt that these gentlemen, if draw the supply of ice needed to make good their diplomatically approached, would consent to own deficiencies. Rico and paddy taken together sacrifice their leisure, and devote some of the constitate; it must be noted, the most important abiitty nature has endowed them with and the article, largest in quality as well as in vsĺEC, professional experience acquired by years of token cognisance of by the Kowloon Station, mysterious cycle of incomprehensible disasters. the value of the whole trade. The places from work, to unravelling what seems to me a and represent on an average about a quarter of Eighteen hundred years ago we adopted the which the bulk of the rice comes are the Yangtze money-changers, who were thes and are now religion of a very ancient race of traffickers and Valley and Cochin-Ching and Slam Hitherto reputed to be a quarrelsome, grasping and countries to the south, and it may be stated broad- as a rule, the larger portion has come from the coveteous people, but keen hands on business; that all such Foreign rice is landed, or tran and though for eighteen hundred years shipped, at Hongkong and thence carried inland Mr. Francis said that first, the plaintiff did not

we have managed to preserve our nationality, it in junks, and so goes to swell the Kowloon admit guaranteeing, and in any case, even if that

seems that in Hongkong at least we are now in returns; while Chinese rice must necessarily be fair way of all becoming converts to the taken agaia into China in the same vessel in was held against him, it was only a guarantee of methods of the traditional foes of the Philistines which it was loaded at the port of shipment, and, ability to make such speed, not that she actually would in all cases. He further asked whether

I do not expect the leopard to cast his spots, as far as this part of the province is concerned, his Lordship would take a verdict from the jury the Board of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, for in the Canton relame. In 1890 over 80 per nor do I expect Britons, if there are any left on being carried entirely in steamer, is accounted attributing the loss of speed entirely to the Captain's wilful misconduct, since be bad not

to throw off their honesty and contend naked in cent of the total amount of rice which entered From some unearthly place in China where they heën examined direct it might be found to be

that polot. OD

the arena in the debaslog struggle for wealth. It is the Kwangehow prefecture was carried in Juuks go for having some Macao farm oplum in his inevitable. Then, as to the proposal to dock at actually don't know Hongkong law was fined

doubtless pleasant to grow sich, but that and was reported at the Kowloon Stations. His Lordship thought it

pleasure may even cost too dears and Bat la 1891, the crop in Sium having been sbort possession; two others were fined $35 each, and Amoy, that was a mixed question of law, which

when I reflect on the past management of your and a less proportion of Foreign rice being avail maller goes were imposed in over half a dozen could be dealt with afterwards. Further, was

Book by my esteemed friends whom able, though the quantity imported from North other cases,

the insurance value lessened between Macao compare it with the

I now address, the Court of Directors, and and South taken together increased about 3 por and Mexico, and if so what was the cause affairs, I am fain to think the histories, on the previous year's 'figures, not quite sa

present position of Were the steps taken at "Hondiales reasonable parsonage who exclaimed Come unto me Kowloon and Lappa, patted Kowlook in junks, per cent, of the aggregale foportations at Canton and satisfactory ?

Mr. Francis asked that a farther question be

all ye who are heavy burdened and I will The actual falling off in the Kewioon figures for give you rest, must have had an eye on your fice and paddy combined in 1891, sa 'compared make proper disbursements at Honelata, for oard-room. He had his panaces for all evils, with the previous year was over al millon coal cic.

to apparently have you for your I His Lordsbly thought that could be referred case the trust goes by special favor while in the The second cause referred to above as affecte Trust, aniversal trust! only I fear that in your font presenting a value of more than 4 mil- to the Registrar. Proceeding to the center other the gentleman concenciniu sures adopted by "the" provincial authorities 10. claim of the defendant, $35,000 for breach warranty, his Lordship and he could teach of security of the burden, ook at least the ing the Kowloon figures arises from the men It is prett I somewhat. to talk of your increase their revenue, and with that object to free stand one part of the defence-damages on account of plaintiff's servant, the captain, falling further, local needs, and that therefore your mels Imposed

Bink having been founded with local capital to themselves as much as possible from the trama time, early enough. This might be ground for silly has, however, been merged and submerged carriage of the gonds from Foreign to Native to report the necessity for docking at a proper business is to foster local credits Your Local the result of such measures belea prin

separate action for damages, but had nothing in far wider fields, and walle in infancy you vessels and efch wires according as the one of being to drive the to do with the warranty. It was curious that might indulge in youthful indesertions, which other channel in the more favourable for the the defence having asserted that the ship's would be forgiven and forgotten, the immoralitier collection of the larger revenue. long as speed was less than was guaranteed and having of age cannot be tolerated in an institution which goods, whether Foreign or Native, ars daly be met by the explanation of foning, ficat ald has European reputation to sustain. Auswer covered by the Foreign deg, the treaty precludes there was no fouling, and secondly claimed damages for not promptly reporting the fouling When are you going to tell the truth what the Tariff allows, but while they are under few questions, gentlemen, if you please! any increase of duiles on them over and above the ship left.

about that furado, mess in Maalla FR or as soon as they are under, the Native flag and Mr. Robinson then addressed the jury at understand the money stake in this case, go into Native hands, the authorities hold theme

length on the facts of the case. Mr. Francis followed, also at some length.

which has been dragging its weary length selves free to tax.them as

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THE opium prosecution still roll on. This morning one desperate villain newly anived

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0.73 has acted hastly, has no compunction.la Azt efforts having failed to settle the claim of making ample amends. But with all this, the New Oriental Bank against the Upton Mr. CRATER's reply to his Excellency meamship Zambert on a mortgage of $112,coo, 1.00 would have been all the better appreciated the vessel will be sold by the marshal of the

by the public had it been more independent, Colonial Court of Admiralty on the rath prox. with more effect given to the rights of the her place on the teans-Pacific trade to Portland rate-payers than to the "smoothing over."

being taken by the Palwar, chartered by the Upton Co., which will leave here on Friday process. The Governor was exceedingly next. Seriously, we fear that the Upton line complaisant, he spoke like a man who will expire before long, as except when its fully recognised and was gradually beats are actually in port, the only advertising 1.00 becoming acquainted with the difficulties it ever seems to have is gratuitous. What price

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THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI $600,000 of the shareholders money has kerburne in say bulk was carried Into Chies by

BANK

'AN OPEN LETTER.

years I do not care to another for how many without challenges they may require measures adopted by something like $200,000 to over $1,000,000 the authorities was conspicuously, shown in the What seems perfectly clear la that over kerosene all trade during the year. Formerly been arrested, and is hypothecated in the fenk alone, but about the month of June last, in Spanish law courts, Whatum has been order to obtain the protection of the tarla for written off to provide for any eventual lose in this the article, and thus escape the heavy Battery connection Then shout your Baring Brothers! Tax of 40 dollar cents case, imposed upon it To the Directors of the Hongkong and Shanghai arantee of two hundred and fifty, thousand when imported by junke, its carriage was suddenly Banking Corporation, Limited Accounts wil have to go! What have you lost, great measure, remained, though the tax has pounds, $1,750.000, one quarter of which from all transferred to river steamer, and there it has, in Gentlemen--A famena Freach author once by financing rotten skaro speculators all have since been reduced to ho ceste caso, The wrote that the fear of hypocrites and fools was no means of judging, but you are credited with results of this change of channel have beca the great plague of thinking and writing. Asible loss of $170,000 on the last is the distinctly favorable to the kerosens ofl trade letter is intended to be read by an interested las: by the ways-sensational suspension. Hut and for the advantage of the steamers to which public, which must include fair sprtakling of what is the aggregato deftit Pop favor age, the carriage, bat bain texastarted. While in 1800 bypterites and fools to about equal proportions, How can your yalem have become so las aver 6,840,000 ration cano Intredaction that any any fear of these and other employs, can walk, off with six: (7twelve) It is only necessary for me to say by way of that your compradore, a mere native of walk simul ar parasties infidence me not at all. I have of dollars, and nephew of his rota a few more or less pertinent observations to make employ, having seen his smeló and questions to ask for the buslucas of the ment, can folles mult a month the Cook Hongong and Shanghai Bank, of which Jostilu. Ewcive to thousand doll

Lion I have been leaseholder for many years to do why

notice on offer wania and Intand making, lose, observations and but)

1.to not prepared to cay that the senior ALEXANDER FRASER, described as a “scaman,” unofficial member had not good-grounds as the steamship. Tkalir, had a gaudy time for so strictly adhering to the suaviter down In Chinatown that night, painting things in modo principle, but that is not sel and blue. It cost him 35 in the Police the general opinion, which is that, in Court to-day," for he had objected to a Sikh view of the recent unwarranted use of policeman interfering with him, and had knocked 450...0.40.

numerical force by the official phalanx, the two eyes into one. As Mr. Shakespere used

to say *--- 4.50 0.40 unofficial members should have continued 525 osoa dignified and combined opposition,

The Radical member for the Chamber

Quly for telling a man he was drunk of Commerce has rarely spoken with so Two lovely black eyes'] is kalagaya naked much effect as he did last night. He said very litle, but it was to the point. With CAPT. R. Abbott, an old resident of Yoko out going into details, Mr. WHITEHEAD a well-known to many in the Far East plainly Intimated that when the Council He first came out to Japan in 1868 in mmand died on the 25th bites over eighty years of age. next met still further amended ordinances of ship mainly owned by himself and would be required. Of course he contimied since to be connected with shipping referred to such childlab abortions in one form or another. His name was brought WE ALBIKE "Shure Sneha UkRing || pommekily, before is the Cam Abbott litigation Ordinance of, 1891, and half a dozen other) Sen excrescences which disgrace our local Having lost

on the】 laws But Mr. Waitzazab did more than this in the plainest ter

Finest Old Jamaica, Violet

d.................. 131.00 Good Leeward Island...$1.59 per Gallon

LIQUEURS.

Benedictine Maraschino Curacoa

Heerlag's Cherry Cordlat. Chartreuse Dr. Siegert's Angostura

A Ritters, &c.

PRICES ON AFFLICATION;

SWATSON & CO, LD. THE HONGKONG DISPENSARYK

(ESTABLIRKENS AD, 1941, Hongkong, 4th February 1197.

adopted the platform which the flow"

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went into making those questions in the plainest of plain fly finer the amount

Englan, with no desire to give personal offence youhia mend but simply lo, cilet mach needed Information. b Vory wall, Thanks Q5 the 38th of February, 1891

Imported; the whole

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Jusks and was Stations, In 1791 the to over 9,476,000 gallons

haf'entered by steamer