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Intimations.

DR. FENWICK'S FOOD

FOR

ALSO FOR

DYSPEPTICS AND INVALIDS.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1894.

of net profits, and would mean at

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"Tis specially recommended as an article of diet for NURSING MOTHERS It will strengthen and support them and at the same time enrich the Natural Milk and lacrosse the traditions of the Middle Ages? The British not be able to resume dety ra tha Hongkong- of "not proven," and the prisoner having, In

feast 83.000 a week cleared; and the annual relief to tax-payers would amount to the appreciable sum of $100,000. Might we not learn even from such a conservative country, enervated by the Parliament has in recent years been taking lessons in decentralisation from effete old INFANTS FED on this Food put on fest Spain; the County Councils of 1889 and the Parish Councils of the current session rapidly.

re (even though their designers may not In two and sixprony and one and sixpenny know it) a comparatively close copy of the bottles at $1 10 and 70 Centuk

Supply.

Owing to the necessity for more or less extensive repairs occasioned by the explosion of number of rockets while lying at archer off Bangkok cür on the 15th lime, as reported in these columnS on the job idem, the Scottish Oriental Co's steamer Devawong, Captain R. Unsworth, will Bangkok renta before Friday wock at the earliest. Ar the Magistracy this afternoon Mr. H. E. Wodehouse "coctiound the inquiry into the circumstances connected with the sudden death the landslip on a vacant pice of land on Calne of Pus Alum and seven others on the occasion of Road, apporte No. 8, Police Station, on the 19th films. After heating a good deal of evidence, technical and otherwise, the jury fund that the deaths were caused by the fandslip, and that the P.W.D.was in nowise to blame. A ilder was to empower the P.W.D. to interfere when they added suggesting that the law be so amended as know that. similar dangerous work is being carried on

SUPREME COURT

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and Savings-banks Department, is one THE programme of the next Athletic Sports, to Tux Juvenile fictionist who is perpetrating a of the most valuable in the whole be held on the 10th proxime, will be found in ¦ series of "penny dreadfuls" on our esteemed

interest hot to be competent to advise in sanitary

TRADE DEPRESSION IN HONG- matters. He also enclosed a copy of a report from

KONG AND CHINA. aystem of government. During a single or advertising columns.

morning contemporary is will under the impres- the acting Director of Public Works, stating that week, for instance, the two branches CAPT. MCNEILL, late of the steamship Hexel,

sion that this year is 1897 1

()the new main sewers in the west and central When enlarging in the Legislative Council the record totals of 1,322 and 136 transactions shot himself through the brain with a revolver In the Singapore Criminal Court on the san

districts were now completed; (1) nevertheless other day upon the causes of the depression. NURSING MOTHERS AND INFANTS respectively for the city of Manlis alone, in the Masonic Club, Singapore, on the 24th alta, a Chinese named Ng Ah Yow was

many house-drains had not been connected to which his hovered over the Far East during the representing a turn-over of about $20,000 lbs. The probable cause of the rub act WA unanimously found guilty

the new system, but stil discharged into the past three years and, bi'e affecting Sheehan, la the former and §22,000 in the Istfor that he had been teacked from the ship added gestanced to death by the Chief Justice. The gutters ; (3) the existing dealus çontained deposit Excellency the Governor first of all pO2 MJE

of murder and

storm-water drains, which thus emitted smells and China const ports tom pektakly through the (untapped) gratings of the street has been most severely felt in Hoogkönn section. To take the pawnshops separately, 13 a big boat of drinking distilled damnation charge Was five per cent. is a moderate estimats / Docensed was a ostive of Glasgow, where his witness in the Thompson Road murder case ard | large amount of air; (4) the old storm-water the Government of India in spddenly culpaintin

of having killed the principal widow resides.

from this source, sufficient to contaminato a that the Shesman Act and the recen thrown his body into the Impounding reservoir, certainly ought not to be judicially strangled, wage at all under the new system, but only for which every one of course knows fall well Ng Ab Yow will probably not be banged-be

drains, being of large sise, and not intended for their mats had a deleterious eff ci ca our traße considering that this was the third time he hai ala-water, thus contained a great deal of bad Then be went on to stand his trial, the juries disagreelog on the

to pay==" But with the air, which might be driven upwards by the wind uncertainty that still rounds this intricate and two other occasions. In Scotland the verdict in

whenever the Prays ontler is exposed at low difficult question, we cannot look for an early the first case, as in the recent sensational tide; (5) the Prays Reclamation works belog Influx of capital into the Colony, or for any great Hamborough murder itial, would have been one

sofinfaked, there are several small bays where tacrease in busteens, unless some fixed intera Scottish legal phacology, "tholed his as:iz?,"

there is no carreal, and so the sewage les timal ratio should be established. As the singnant at the sewer outlets ; (4) the new pain President of the Ufied States recently observed, could set have been tried again on the same sowers are systematically inspected and clasped, "What we want is good, sound, and stable Rod Bushing-tanks are used where needed (7) money, and a condition of confidence which will charge.

when all the house-drains in the colony ate keep it in use. As the standard of valve is connected to the new main seworn, Instead of to silver in ose portion of the world, and gold the storm-water drains as at present, there will in another, commerce requires a steady par be probably no trouble; (8) when the Reclama of exchange between the two, from which it tlon is finished, the sewer outlets will be under is clear that he wished his hearers and those water at low tide in the west and central districts he might read his speech In the local papers (9) until these two things are done, the system to understand that the chief, almost the only will be incomplete; (10) several extracts from cause of stagnation of trade and the generally the reports in the Gazette of September ayts, bankrupt condition of the colony is dat 1890, throw much light on these questions. At to the rapid and appalling decline in the the request of Mr. Francia ho, e mass of sterling value of the dollar. That was what the publle were to understand to be tha was reproduced. After the circulation of all the foregoing documents, Dr. Cantlie in

of note urged the completion of the new "separate ays em as quickly as possible, and as it would take five yearn at the present rate of progress, some special legislation mast bo devised. Mr. Humphrey agreed with Messrs Price, Chadwick, Cooper, and Chatham. Mr. Ede in his note wrote much the same, ecords, the Board ought not to endorse the pre- Mr. Francis thought that on the evidence of the sent prepasal of the Government to flash drains with sea water; mateover, the 'Government refused to give the Bourd enugh power, and so the Board must leave the Government to taka all the credit or blame; it was not the Board's business to advise the Government, but only to provide for the surface cleanliness of the Colony and private draina; the Board should have charge of the whole sanitary with an independent staff, instead of the present baslaess of the Colony's water and danige, unfortunato division of work..

AGENTS IN HONGKONG:

DAKIN CRUICKSHANK & COMPANY, LIMITED, VICTORIA PISPENSARY, Hongkong, 12th Januzey, 1894-

CHEMISTS BY APPOINTMENT.

A. S. WATSON & CO.,

LIMITED.

机柜公司

FAMILY AND DISPENSING CHEMISTS.

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IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION. (Before Mr. E. J. Ackroyd, Pulzne Judge.)

February 1st,

A DISPUTED CONTRACT.

Son Loong sued the Spanish Dominican Pro- correspondence, dating back to July, a cause of all our ills, according to the most

curation in Hongkong for $361, for work done. Queen's Road. Mr. G. J. Paliippo was for the on a verbal contract to repeir balldings in platon and Mr. EC Ellia (Mr. V. H. DeacOD'S office) for the defendants,

Tax Datch Court of Appeal, with a gravity which will not be shared by the youth of Holland has just decided that to kiss a young lady against her will fa pot an offence, "Inasmuch

On the evidence, plaintiff failed to establish it is in the nature of a waits mark of aymany contract with the Prccuration. He said he about this decision. Judged of in the new light do work for the amouct now claimed but there pathy." There is quite a pretty old-world flavour was engaged by the defendan s' compradors to It throws upon human emotions, the Dutch may begin to merit the reputation of a peculiarly sympathetic people. Bet for wooden shoes and some other drawbacks, Holland might also find even larger favour than it has bitherto enjoyed as a holiday resort. Only-does not the Court of Appeal throw rather a heavy responsiblilty upon big brothers?

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was nothing whatever to show any liability o

the part of the Procuration, even if the compra.. dore had made any such contract, which be deated.

Action dismissed with costs.

IN BANKRUPTCY.

(Before Sir Fiziding Clarke, Chief Justice)

W. T. BEATIN, P.W.D.

In the matter of William Thomas Beavin, who had filed his pethlon in bankruptcy, Mr. B. Bowley (Mr. H. L Dennys' office) apucared for Nobody else appeared in the case, the debtor and applied for a receiving order. pensioner from the Royal Engineers, having Mr. Bowley stated that the debtor was a served with that force for 23 years; since then he had been foreman in the Pubile Works Department of the Colony. His liabilities at the Assets about $1.400. There were two executions led against him.

Consejos Provinciales, Arrabales and Pueblos that have existed under his Most Catholic Majesty for many years. Then, If we can find something to Imitate in one Spanish system, is it not reasonably probable that other systems of theirs may be worth introducing here? Hongkong has a Government to poor, that its police are compelled to do duty in threadbare uniforms and make their boots last out twice the normal time, while in other departments even more ridiculous parsimony is perforce de rigueur; whilst here also is a rich source of legitimate revenue, freely used in other places, but untouched by us. We do not want new taxation, nor increase of existing burdens; but this is a different matter altogether, Frequently usurers have been severely criticised by Hongkong judges for having the unconscionable audacity to simply take what is offered; scores of cases could be mentioned, showing that 100 per cent. is a tride in the Hongkong loan market. A JAPANESE sullor, a member of the crew of the Nobody ever heard of a pawnshop being steamship Toys Maru, Capt. J. G. Edwards, bankrupt-except In rare instances where met with a fatal accident on board his ship last It seems that the unfortunate man went "Uncle" has got out of his legitimate night field and set up as a "Trust and Loan below to the forecastle by the companion-way Company" or a "Mortgage Investment the fore-hold twees-deck hatch, he was proceed aft, and thinking the batches had been pat over Syndicate"-whereas there is no doubting to walk over the batch-way when be stepped, that in Hongkong the Shylock business is in the dark, into space and fall fully.14 feet to the responsible for an immense amount bottom of the ship, and with such force that he of misery, on which the "spiders," neck.and one of his legs were brace this WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGISTS. chiefly Indians and Chinese, grow wealthy. mater was duly reported be held police this

Of course, there are Usury Laws, but they morning and an inquiry will be held at an early present time amounted to about $3,000, and his being fixed far all teremonia la the city, and for are even more easily evaded then the date. The body of the lackless seaman WAL

barted this afternoon, generality of Hongkong laws. Only on Friday last Mr. JUSTICE ACKROYD had before him a Portuguese stripling who had, with two friends, obtained 820. from a Sikh-a soldier, who is "prohibited from money-lending!"-and in return these simple boys had given a promissory note Constable................... for 830, on which they had pald B6 a Marbal......... month interest; and when one month's | Sab-marshal.... interest got in arrear, an extra dollar was Treasure? „* clapped on next month! This is but an Registrir

.}. Dṛer Bill. Instance of what happens every week. Capt. of the Goard ........ .D. Macdonald.. Of course, the fly who walks Into the rat Harald...

Almoner De

.F. D. Goddard, spider's parlour has himself to blame; but Grard...

Origins J. Forbes. that is not our point. Granting that when a manplunges like a suicide into hopeless debt IT is related in one of the old Chinese Classics he has still no reason to abuse the cred- that Xa the Lougheaded spake thess words there are substantial zanetu, 【 wilt make gallons, and in Abingdon, Berkshire, to average. tors, that fact does not in the least diminish aylag: The advantages of skilful megtiation are such that an abls diplomatist, who has the advantages to be gained by a Govern sified the world and things worldly, had better ment monopoly of pawnshops and loan travel 10,000 // to talk even to wooden-headed offices. We do not propose to Interfere Imperial officials than allow profound knowledge with the financial transactionsofestablished and philanthropie schemes to lie smoking and banks; but let the Government take over moldering within his own brain tissues" all the pawnshops, and make an end of This, according to ancient historiane, was these illelt harpies altogether. Make it portion of a sermon delivered on Mount Gough illegal to lend or borrow outside of the isther states that the admiring multitude bowed in the filand of Hongkong, and the chronicler Government establishment (with exceptions down and worshipped Ka as he descended the that will naturally suggest themselves) and mist-covered Monat. Hasy as was the meaning the revenue will at once receive a valuabls of the wigen utterance in days of yore, in the addition, while one cause of untold wretch-light of recent important events the malistedes edness will be wiped out for ever,

ANALYSTS.

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PERFUMERS.

P.TENT MEDICINE PROPRIETORS AND

VENDOR'S.

DRUGGISTS' SUNDRYMEN.

CIGAR DEALERS.

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

AND

AERATED WATER MAKERS.

THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY, 香港大藥房

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LD.

The Hongkong Dispensary, Hongkong. The Shanghai Pharmacy, 24, Nanking

Roid, Shanghal.

Hotles Inglesa, 14, Escolta, Manlia,

The Canton Dispensary, Cantor.

To Dispensary, Focchow.

The Hongking Dispensary, Hankow.

The Hongkong Dispensary, Tientals. London Office, 8, Fenchurch Bulldogs, E.C. Hongkong, 25 h January, 1844-

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The Hongkong Telegraph.

HONOKO-α, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1894.

PAWNSHOPS.

TELEGRAMS.

THE CZAR.

LONDON, January 30th. The Emperor of Russia is reported to be

better.

THE FRENCH BUDGET.

The French Government has introduced a measure adding two franca to the duty on wheat.

A NAVAL ENGAGEMENT,

The Brazilian insurgent deet fired upon an American warship which was escorting a merchantman. A shirp engagement ensued in which the American completely delested the insurgens, who surrendered.

It is believed this will prove the end of the Brusliian revolt.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

on the 19th ulte.

"Bz l'ever so humble," sings our very own poet, "there's no place like the THE London Lyric Company, according to latest pawnshop" and there is very much advices, have been playing to good houses in more in this than meets the eye. In Ranroco. They libs in Hongkong about Hongkong there are thousands of pawn the end of the present month. shops doing an immense trade, especially Just before the Chinese New Year. Yet In this colony, where the Government Is badly in want of money, and hardly e knows which way to turn in order to

we are informed by the Agents (Messrs. Gibb, Livingston & Co.) that the E. & A. 8. 8. Co steamer Muir, from Australia, left Post Darwin for this port on the 30th alto,

AT, the Regular meeting of the Victoria Pre ceptory held last night, E. Sir Kt. G. C. Anderson was installed in the chairs Z P., after which be Lavested bis Officers for the ensuing year se

follows Prelate

Sir Kt. R. Cooke, ...R. Markwick.

.T. Kirkwood.

Į. Bryant,

J. W. Kinghorn.

of the great Middle Kingdom abould have no difficulty in arriving at a proper understanding of what has for many generations completely sure passed the comprehension of ordinary mortals. Truly, we live in a progressive sgn, phe in which the far-famed anges are all the ragel

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ALICE MEMORIAL AND NETHERBOLE MOSPITALS.” Statistics for Fanuary, 1894. In-Patients remaining in Hospi

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tal on 1st January...................... 43 In-Patients admitted to Hospital

during January

X.H.

32

29

30

Total number treated as In-

Patients

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Of these there were 2-- Discharged curod ............. Discharged rellevad Discharged on other grounds Died in Hospital ingerenur

In-Patients remaining in Hospi

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tal on 1st January, 1894.... 20]

Out-Patients, new cases... 75555 Out-Patients, return visits 964

His lordship-Hi Mr. Druce Shepherd Offici-1 Receiver been communicated with about the SEICLE?....

reliable information in possession of the head the Executive, and as such it was intended. presumably, to suffice for the ratepayers of the colony who were to work out their own salvation by the erection of cotion mills and by petitioning the British Government to cola a British dollar. By these means the dollar would vo up by leaps and bounds to 39, 6d, and possibly to 4; the would soon be effected; the "Rialto, now a long-promised annual retrenchment of $60,000 desolate vold, would quickly become as animated as when Punjoms, Selamas and Borneos were on the bom, and when brokers surrounded the Clock-tower and crowded the Hotel comidors,

Selling short and selling longs

And selling all Hongkong." To put it to a nutshell: Hongkong is suffering from the depreciatlon in the sterling valse of the dollar-and" from that only -and the remedy is as simple an operation as that of shelling peas I If that is so, what fols there must be in the burinces sectia of the community, otherwise Crook, the Water Authority, reported: The long before Governor Robinson worked out Ia reference to the water supply, Me J. R. they must have been able in se all this before

mises, a minimum of 5 gallons per head per day does not view the situation is that light, tonally to the annual ating valuation of pre-salvation Well, the Telegraph at all events prescribed domestic quanilty i fxed propor- and exponded the concrete problem of our

or less per annum, and rising by two gallons per these realms of the blest a few days lunger being prescribed for tenements assessed at $200 The Editor of this r head for each $100 in the assessment.

han lived in

It ishan G-vernor Rotinton and be took the now this purpose the city has been divided up into

famnus "Opening Addreas," above qunte.", with very large pi ch of sait, sad determined receiving exier in a case of this sort until I smnedy-town and working east, the limit being before the public as soon as possible. Acned- His lordship-I do not wish to make a tested systematically, commencing from Ku- of the deplorable collapse of a rising commerce, districts which are being inspected, metured and to set the true facts, relvive to the causes fally satisfied that there are some assets for the fixed for each devrict as Court to deal with. If it is not clear, I will make band. The prescribed domestic quantity as Telegraph was detached for special duty in this it is taken in, ingly, a member of the waff the Hongkong an interim receiving order, and then if the published la the Gazette in parmanently fixed Official Receiver after acting on that is satisfied and is only to be al ered by another prociaci

councelion and instructed to ascertain from on the point, I can make the order absoluta

some of the Chinese what they consider the Mr. Bowley said that the debtor had feraiture

tion; fi includes water for all domestic parpoles, clef cares of the depression. These Investiga woth about $700, which was being sold in one

it has no darzower masning, and it is deemed, x tions how been omuenily falifal of Important legkimate domestic consumption. The follow-results; as will be seen by a glance over the of the salts just mentioned; there was no bill ofing is the consumption per head per day in report of our representative's inter low with the tale on it,

large cities, including 'ww'ai as for trade and mavager of the Kwong Long Tsi bank in Wing municipal purposes;--London, 28 gallons; Lok Street, dol g business excludedly with Manchester, 218.1 Liverpool, 30:1 Sheffield, binese engaged in tade with the United la Berils it has been ascertained to vary from 2 Sing, the manager, after being assured that the 20. New York, gag. The domestic consump Sia es of America. tion, however, is considerably lower than -thẩ to 34 gallons per head per day, averaging 13 olf.ct of the visit was the acquisition of truth on the all portant questians at issue, axld :— the services are matered, so that the domestic posible, for I am convinced that fi can o. 1. do 4 gallons only. In these two latter places at! consumption has been accurately ascertal.ed

"I shall be most happy to reply as fully as good that the truth should be made know I bis metion on Mr. Francis not being present atto-day's meeting, I have resided In California ten years and during this question was fanber the past 15 years I have been engaged in bank- postponed

ing business here. My firm does business chiefy Mr. Humphreys moved the modification of; with Chinese firms which have branches In giving the sanitary officers discredop to sanction has in len off coniderably in recent years-frem dralaage bye-laws which he had notified, Califowia, and in Sydney, NS.W. Our b siness May suitable pipes lastead of bing limited. an annual turnover of $50000 or $200,000 to one kind. He regretted that Eis remarks at to $70,000 or $80 000 at the present time. the last meeting had not been reported in fall, Very large numbers of my fellow-countrymen for he thought the Board should be a living are experiencing the same filing-off in their power for public benefit. He hoped to see the business with America. There are about a The ordinary fortnightly meeting of this body day when all unofficial members of the Board, hundred trading and basking firms in this colony was held today. Mr. F. H. May (captats as well as on the Legislative Council, would be Interested solely in the California trade, and all superlatendent of police) presided and there were elected by the ratepayers, and the official mem of them complain bitterly of the depression. I also present Dr. P. B. C. Aytes (colonial surgeon),bers would vote freely according to their attribute this lamentable state of affairs to the Mr. W. Chatham (acting Director of Public opinions. (Hear, hear.) Works), Dr. J. Canille, Dr. Ho Kal, Messrs.

United States Exclusion Acts. The fall in the value of the dollar bas doubt ess contributed 1. D. Humphreys, N. J. Ede, and E., A. Ram

alightly to this end-very slightly, since the (secretary).

difference in exchange enis both ways, and brings us more dollars for our exports the Ligher gold goen Bot the Exclusion Acts may be said"

His lordship:-Well, I wil wait a few miantes, if he can attend now. Il be is satisfied that receiving order, but if no, only an interim order. Mr. Brace Shepherd then appeared and stated that he was satisfied as to the existence of sub

antial ass for division.

Mr. Sangater (Deruty Receiver):-Not yet.

His lordship: Then I will grant the order at once; and if it is convenient when these bink- ruptcies come on, Mr. Shepherd, I would ask you to attend.

Mr. Shepherd-Certainly; I did not know anything about to is until just now.

SANITARY BOARD.

On the reading of the minuter, Mr. Ede wished to lasert something he had forgotten to say at the last meeting, as to fostering on uniformity of pattern of oight-soll buckets; but he was ruled out of order.

The Commites (Mesars. Thomson, Ho Kal, and Humphreys) appolated to consider the complaints as to sharks' fine reported (1) that the complaints came from the Government Civil 51 Hospital; (2) that there is a large shark-fin district near the hospital; (3) that the process of curing sharks' das involves exposure of fins and refase on the roofs of houses, to dry in the suns (4) that the fur cruse no nuisance but the refuse In highly abjectionable; (5) that the drying of 27 fin refass should certainly be prohibited in populous places for sanitary reasons, but not 25 the drying of fins; (6) the shark-ßn merchants

should be notified accordingly.

Total number of Out-Patient

VisitBg9999sage-arenitarnen (go:3,719):12 149

THOMAS J. PURTON, MA', MD, Superintendent,

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The Chairman said he did not see what this had to do with the question of using up or other pipes,

Mr. Humphreys said his Iden was to strengthen the Board by having the best possible bye-law and thus pave the way for aniranchiting the Hoard.

The other members of the Board, were so amused that even Mr. Humphreys laughed.

Ur. Ho Kal seconded the motion.

Mr. Chatham said he thought the by-laws already admitted all the best kinds of pipes, and broader clause in the regulations would only admit Inferior qualides, as yet. When a better kird could be devised, then the amendment might be good."

Me Humphreys maintained that many other kinds of pipe, not at prasnt sanctioned under the bye-laws, would be good enough If carefully lata but the bye-laws were too rigid and should be made elastic; ungitury kapoald not be done with red tape, stay at

Tho, Chairman said the bye-laws were deafted

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In reply in numerous questions. Mr. Leong

be the sole cause of depresilon, for the reason that any exports from Hongkong to San Francisco chiefly consist of native prędoes such as opfum, rice, oil, preserved Ridger, fire-crackers, Chintan clothing materials, Chinese shoes and all sorts of Chinese food stuffs, medicines and curios, Wadon't purchase English or Continental goods to asport to the Stater and consequently the fall in exchange does not affect usi 'Anlarge numbers of our people have returned. to Chiny and labourere cannot now preced thither, of course there is less demand for Chiacon exports on the other side, and it looks at present as though the business to exports will be practi cally non-existent in another decade-calculating upon the basis of the rate of retrogression during the past ten years. What I havebrid with regard Dr. Ayres regretted that the investigations of

to local trade to San Francisco applies with the committep had been limited to winter time,by two first-class experts, Mesari, Chadwick equal force to Sydney and Melbourne. I am of 18 'summer was needed to appreciate the fall and Cooper, whose aglolens on such technical opinion that were the dollar to go up to four | force of the smells.

matters could not safely be reviewed by the shilllège it. would not result in any im Board, however honest and well-intentioned, pravement in our trade with California, The proposed amendment would open a loophole-it la of coume, plain enough that if our for benen

for us to export fre-crackers, clothing, and food people retain in China it would be sheer folly for their pro in the Usled States of Americs."

Q-Have you, as bankers and merchants, done nothing to remove the cause of this great falling off to your business?

The Chairman sold he understood that the Board could adopt the committee's suggestions for the present, and if not adequate, further steps could be taken,

Mr. Humphreys, the report of the Shark-fin sub On the motion of Dr. Ho Kal, seconded by committee of the Board was adopted,

The mortallly statistics showed for the week ended January 20th, 17 deaths per thousands against 27.a for the corresponding period of last year and 17.3 up to January 27th, against 33.9. water, the Colonial Secretary wrote on the 14th On the question of fishing drains, with sea December suggesting the idea for the Board's consideration. To this Mr. Rennie, then acting Societary, appended a note that he had seen Hon. F. A. Cooper, D.F.W., wald the drainage

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Mr, Humphreys rose to reply but was ruled spoken several times. out of order by the Chairman, having already

Mr. Humphreys ?I could not tell fa advance what views you would express, Mr. Chatman, and if I can't answer, you decide this question in the dark! It is an importar matter for the whole community, and you will not heat, the facts of the case I

THz Daily Priss geographer is abroad again— hạ has got Guatemala in South America |

THE P. M. S. S. Co's 'steamer Chism, with mails, &, left San Francisco for this port, wie Honolulu and Yakchima, on the goth ult,

THE Agents (Mesara, Dodwell, Carlili & Co.) inform us that the Northern Pacific Steamship THE string chimes of the fire-bell schoed Co's steamer Mogul arrived at Victoris, B.Co'clock this moming, owing to the ravages of the

through the city at the early hour of eight- fire Bend in houso No. 26, Market Street, which was quickly gutted." The Fire Helgada, ander Superlatendent Wodehouse and Amistat

Ans-We aimed up our agents in San Superintendent Herpool, arrived at the scene

Francisco and they caused the Chipess of the confiagration too late to prevent thespreid

merchants in America to memorialize our almost completely rased to the ground before

The Chairman Mr. Humphreys, I must ask Sistes Government to repeal the Exclusion of the flames to No. 1, Rutter Lane,, which was

Minister In Washington, who pressed the United they obtained mastery over the Rames. However,

you to sit downe the efforts of the firemen were effectlys and well

Acts. Our Government belog, difficult to move direct:d, otherwise the stiff neeth becere prey

The Chalman-We must conduct these England. All the local merchants and bankers Mr. Humphreya Aid I wish to point out - we at last memoriallied the Queen of A REGULAR Meeting of Zetland Lodge, No. sar. /fling it the Hmg world, have resulted in all | such a system in Mo¬treal, Canada, but that the meetings one some syaten, und follow regular | Esteren:ed in' the trans-Padfic trade met at Me - cut down expenses of raise money to

and Market Streat being barnt to the ground, system was under control of the P.W.D. and is ordinary rules of procedure, you must alt down, the bligation, and from there deputation went probabilly, la a goodly portion of Ratter Lane

lines of debater if you can't recognise, the Wong Shing's house some months ago to discuss, meet them, not a cent of revenue, is this evening, at 8.30 for 9 o'clock precisely. This fire, which resulted in the destruction of at obtained from this rich source, In most Visiting brethren are cordially invited,'

no way concerned the Sanitary Board and that Mr. Humphreys will sit down(but 22 | to wait upon Mr. J. H. Stewart", "Lockhart, civilised countries the pawnshops are

[I Thèn và drew up a memoriai; to the Queen, made to contribute large sums, which they audiences were having a good time. In Calcultating :cident in the matter of the rescue of ported by ours. Lae Wal-chan, N. J. Ede.. Dcated to the pubile press. What we want to the President of the United States in the direction

THREE "show" well known to Hongkong which the dinge in unknown, was not without a will have your hands fall." The proposal was sup. I can't may fi at this kase ing, will be scarcely feel at all, while usually their by latest adviser from that porte Tommy one of the fastes of the house which Humphreys, Dr. Cantlle, Dr. Ho Kal, and Dr. be just ! We don't want a lot of people his hve of the repeal of the Exclusion 2011, and Mr. earning powers are luited by law; Hudson's Surprise Party, Willard's Opers Corded, as gged hind" duan lan was rescued to the correspondence a note, that the dashing of move with the lines and admit loprovimit is Government. What the upshot was wa originated. Is that how there any la Ayres; Mr. Chatham, acting D.P.W. attached been accustomed to run in grooves, hot to Lockhart hook it home with him to present ta In England the rate of interest is fixed, i pany, and Harmston's Clicur,

by #pincky Portuguese yours who, aher houring | drains with sea-water was not practicable, and whenever posible, Af the presenterais" of don't know yet. As regards the proposition and there is a heavy li undecies; in several & Government department quite as much/electric railway in London can positively be fait ]/top of the heasa; wached into the burning sdlich | thar ikè'real remedy for the bad smells was to jailver pipes might be used for the conveyance of: 'should erect cotton mils us a means whereby the " Continental countries the pawnshops are Ir has been ascertaland that the worklog of the top of the house open de las ar oock left at the the acilog Registrar-General agreed with him depreciation to exchange it is quite possible that of Governor Sir Wiliam Robinson that re far away as the north of Marfait, the motion and scoredad in bringing the helpless flesh on with the new system of hose drainage, water from the role of Bowser to the drales, and trade of Hongkong can be matalally improved, as the Customs and Port Offices is some being conveyed by the telegraph when slong like halky @jaid EZIN 90 Pr idant, pré-" "da" yet far from complete. Da the ayk Drc, why shouldn't we be allowed to use silver for 'I think it would be a reckless" waste of money, British colonies; such as Ceylon and whole distance about 150 miles.

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TOT UNE PER BISNES gde Brigaderas 100 aaw no objection in the experiment being tried, less fortnight in Any amount of cheap cotton stuff in Japan wal but mr Lay the Government to say how if | DevAyres seconded the motion, which was and ia America. Nothing could more quickly would be deces to this the Colonial Secretary carries permet Härgkong up to its previous Aurishing replied aking the Board to say definiter Dr. Coulila and Dr. Artes whether ii femeible, it would be advisable, as the away from the slag an am lowAT KEY UNA TEAM Me), and they the Governor must know ikion akan tha repaal of those t: just Bacius

will be held in Freemasons' Hall, Zetland Street,

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