Moday's Advertisements.
-PUBLIC-AUCTION
or
-HOUSEHOLD-FURNITURE;-&e-
THE Undersigned has received Instructions
to Sell by
PUBLIC AUCTION,
ON
SATURDAY, the 7th December, 1895,
commencing at 2,30 P.M.,
at his SALES ROOMS, DUDDELL STREET, (For Sundry Accounts),
-À-QUANTITYOR
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,
Comprising:
UPHOLSTERED DRAWING-ROOM FURNITURE, BEVELLED OVERMAN- TELS, TABLES, WRITING DESKS, CARD- TABLE. ORNAMENTS. FENDERS, CAR- FETS, RUGS, CURTAINS, &c, &a.
SIDEBOARD with MIRROR BACK. DINING TABLE and CHAIRS, DINNER WAGGONS, PLECTRO-PLATE, GLASS and CROCKERY WARE, &c., PANTRY REQUI- SITES.
IRON BEDSTEADS and MATTRESSES, SINGLE and DOUBLE WARDROBES, - PLAIN and with BEVELLED GLASS DOORS; MARBLE-TOP WASHSTANDS and DRESS- ING TABLES, TOILET WARE & SUNDRY BED-ROOM FURNITURF, &c, &c.
BATH-ROOM REQUISITES,
&
&C.,
..
Catalogues Issued prior to Salc. On View from FRIDAY, the 6th December,
TERMS OF SALE:
As customary.
GEO, P. LAMMERT,
Auctioneer. Hongkong, 3rd December, 1895. · [1678
MACAO.
THE
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1895.
To-day's Advertisements.
THE IMPERIAL-GHINESE-TELEGRAPH-- ADMINISTRATION.
NOTICE.
TELEGRAMS EUROPE and AMERICA LYGRAM (orded a HELAMPO) WITHOUT DELAY. Rate per word to EUROPE ($1.00) Two Dollars, to NEW YORK ($1.30). Two Dollars and Thirty Cents. To other Stations in America, &c, rales may be ascertained on application.
WAN HAO,
Manager. Hongkong, 3rd December, 1895. [1677
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N.B.--This work is a complete record of the most recent Hongkong, Shanghai and Coast Port Race Meetings and, in addition to a good deal of other useful information, contains a revisid Ust of Record Timis made on the Shanghat Course, as well as several pages of Sporting Memoranda and a ussful inder.
Hongkong, 19th October, 1895.
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Hongkong, 19th November, 1895.
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
risra
FOR BOMBAY, VIA SINGAPORE AND
COLOMBO.
(Calling at PINANG If inducement offers.) “HE Company's Steamship'
THE
"HIROSHIMA MARU," „Captain Andeinen, will be despatched, as above. TO-MORROW, the 4th instant, at Daylight, Instead of as previously advised, 2.7 For Freight ar Pasnige, apply to
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
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Hongkong, 3rd December, 1895.
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY,
LIMITED.
FOR SWATOW,
THE Company's Steamship
"NAMOA,"
Captain Hall, will be despatched for the above Port TO-MORROW, the 4th instant, at Daylight,
For Freight or Passage, apply to
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co.,
General Managers, Hongkong, 3rd December, 1895. [1676
INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION
COMPANY, LIMITED.
FÖR SHANGHAI, VIA SWATOW. (Taking Cargo and Passengers at through rates for CHO, TIENTSIN, NEWCHWANG, HANKOW and PORTS on the YANOTSZE.) "HE Company's Steamship
THE
- "CANTON,'
Captalo Sellar, will be despatched as above TO-MORROW, the 4th instant, at 4 P.,
For Freight or Passage, apply to
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.,
General Managers.
Hongkong, 3rd December, 1895).
LEAD CIMENT.
Intimations.
DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & COMPANY, LIMITED, VICTORIA dispensaRY,
HONGKONG.
AERATED WATERS,
'IMPLE AERATED WATER. SIMPLE
SODA
ODA WATER.
*INGER ALE.
LEMONADE.
ARSAPARILLA.
S
RA
BIRTHS.
At No, 14, The Bund, Shanghal, on the syth of -Novembar, t'a wile of Ext-ReнDERS, DÍ K 201. At 5, Yuen Ming Yoan Road, Shanghai, da the 27th of November, the mile of F. H. WATLICH, of a daughter.
MARRIAGE, November 27th, at the Cathedral, Shangbat, by the Rev. James Bates; assfsted by the Rer. H. C. Hodges, the Rev. W. GILDIRT WALEEK, C.M.S., Shaching, to ELEANOR, eldest daughter of the Into Admiral Youwo, R.N.
The Hongkong Telegraph
·HONGKONG, Tuesday, December 3, 1895.
TELEGRAMS.
REUTER'S MESSAGES.
TURKEY AND THE POWERS.
LONDON, December 1st.
The Sultan is still mylelding on the guard.
ship question, and H.M.S. Dryad has rejoined the Squadron at Salonfes. The situation is critical,
MORE MASSACRES IN ASIA MINOR I
The Kurds are ralding the province of Van and commitileg borrible atrocities. Tos catire population of the village of furtalon, numbering two hundred, has been killed.
t (Special to China Gasalta) EVACUATION OF AOTUNG AND LJUKUNGTAO.
TOKIO November 15th,
The evacuation of the laland of Liukungtao, at Welhaiwel, by the Japanese garrison com- mences to-day. The artillery. who form the garrison of the island will be sent across to Port Arthur, whence they will be sent to Japan with the first conflagent of troops from Lisotung.
The evacuation of Lizotang will commence almost immediately, and ought to be completed, If the weather is favourable, by the new year,
⠀ THE NEW CAPITAL OF FORMOSA.
TOKIO, November 23rd. The Japanese Government has declică to remove the Capital of Formosa from the former Chinese seat of government at Talpebfo to Talwanfo, and the Governor-General, Admiral Kabayama, but already started to transfer his bead-quarters to the lagi named place.
(From Jáðaness papers.) MORE SUSPECTS I
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THE NEW COMMERCIAL TREATY. | THu Peking and Tientsin Times of the agrd
"TIENTSIN; November azıd.” The Commercial Treaty between Chias and Japan proceeds but slowly,
The Japanese proposals and already been ind before the Chinese Plenipotentiary, who, after duo con- videring, met Mr. Hayashi, the Japanese Plenipotentiary, at the Tsung-li Yamen, on Tuesday, the 19th last. The Chinese counter- proposal was placed in Mr. Hayashi's hand, but was not discussed. Some time will prob
■bly intervene before the Miolsters meet agalo. We hope to supply aur readers in due course with further particulars.—Paking and Tientsin -Times."
LOCAL AND GENERAL
THE Chinese Telegraph Administration is now accepting messages for Furope and America at $3 and $1.30 respectively par word. Vida adri, Ax-electric plant, presented by a friend la America and valued at Tis. 2,000, has recently arrived for the lighting of the Peking Univerally buildings.
THE Geman Admiral arrived from Shangha! this morning by the mail steamer Khedive, and hoisted bis fing on H.LG.MS. Kasser this aftemipon.
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ultimo and the Shanghai papers received by the “Empresa” liner to-day contulu, the fall text of the rotung Retrocession Convention, which *** first published-la-tble-Colony-by-ths Hongkong Telegraph on S›turday last f A Government Gazelle Extraordinary issued this afternoon notifies that Capt.R.M.Rumsey R.N., resumed duly here as Harbour Master on the rat instant, and further that Capt. W. C. H Hastings has been appointed an Member of the Legislativo Council via the "Hɔn. ̄ ̄F=H.May, GM:G, who is absent on
love.
Official
It may be taken as a sure fedication of the growing prosperity of Tientsin," says the China Garette, that the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China is shortly opening a branch there. The new agency will be in charge of Mr. T. Samson, who was recently Actlog Manager at Hongkong in the absence of Han, T.
11. Whitehead.
Ar Rotterdam on the 6th slimo, ike Court which has been taking testimony in the case of The North German Lloyd steemer Eids, sank In collision with the British steamer Crackie, of Aberdeen, on January 31st of the current year, Involving a loss of 335 lives, bas rendered a final decision, holding the Crathia wholly respon sible for the #disaster, and condemning her owners to pay the North German Lloyd Com- pany's claims for the total loss of the Elbs, with interest at 6 per cent, and orderlag the seques- left'tration of the Crathie pending payment.
Ar the Regular Meeting of Zetland Lodge held last night, Bro. D. Macdonald was elected W. M. for the ensuing year, and Bro. G. J. B. Sayer Treasurer.
Iz is reported from Tientsin, onder date the 23rd al%, that the steamer Scandia, 2,926 toas, loaded with guns, ammunition, cement, etc., Singapore on the 15th ultimo for Taku Bar. M. SPAVER, the Russian Minister, formerly at Teheran (Persia), 'who has been appolated to Seoul, cams out from Marselles on the Sagka- Hew, and passed through Kobe on the 23rd, bound for Yokohama.
In our next issue'wo shall baro a "word in. Besson? ́to my about the enforcement of the Night Pass Regulations respecting which we have received a number of complaints during the past few days,
Tax Box of Curios reports that Mr. Davidson's work on Faces, "Under Three Flags," is progressing apice. In order to make it complete the scope of the work has been enlarged, and translations of old original Dutch documents will add interest to it and make the history more complete sad authentic.
HIROSHIMA, November 23rd. Capt. Kolnobart, Ensign Miyamoto” and another military officer, who have been deported | THE crusade against offences under the Lights from Kores, arrived at Ujina to-day, and were ¦ and Pass regulations for the Chinese still con- ASPĒERRYADE, &c. | immediately arrested by military police.
tinues. Yesterday morning nearly ago Chinese were charged at the Magistracy, and this morning nearly two hundred more were haled up for the same reason. The pass desks in the Police Station were surrounded all day with applicants for the requisite forms, which were being issued
DAKIN, CRUICESHANK. & Cola WATSANG
A RECALCITRANT MINISTER.
SEOUL, November 22nd, The Korean Cabinet, having cast the respon." made under the constant supervision of a duly siblity for recent events in Seoul apou Mr. Cho, qualified English Chemist and will bess comparesign his post. He has refused to do so.
Minister for War, bas endeavoured to make him rison with the best English Manufactures.
Special terms to HOTELS, CLUES, Messes and other Large Consumers, Any complaints should be addressed in the sandeer.
Hangkang, and May, 1895.
THE
SECRET "MOVES"
TOKIO, November 24th.
"A Seoul tele; ram states that two officers of the Kunrantai (ingulars) have secretly left Karen for Japan. It is also stated that Mr. Li Han- [1650 shin, ex-Minister of the Department for
Agriculture, and another Korean named Gakohsin, are at Vladivostock.
HONGKONG, DISPENSARY
bas just received FRESH SUPPLIES of
WHOLESOME
CONFECTIONERY
AND
DELICIOUS SWEETS,
of the HIGHEST QUALITY and PURITY,
„There laclude
CADBURY'S SPECIAL CREMES
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CARAMELS, PRALINES.
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND TAIWANFOO.
THE Company's Steamshly
"THALES,"
Captalo H. Bathurst, will be despatched for the Above Ports on THURSDAY, the 5th Instant, at Daylight.
For Freight or Passage, apply to"
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co.,
General Managers.. Hongkong, 3rd December, 1805. (1680
CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY,
LIMITED.
FOR SINGAPORE, SAMARANG AND
SOURABAYA,
THE Steamship
"FOOCHOW,"
Captala Blackburn, will be despatched on TUESDAY, ibe roth intiant.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
.BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Agents.
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Hongkong, 3rd December, 1895.
CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOR SAMARANG AND SOURABAYA,
*HE Steamship
THE
"WOOSUNG,"
Captain Jones, will be despatched on SUNDAY, the 8th instant.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents.
Hongkong, 3rd December, 1895.
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SCOTTISH ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP
COMPANY, LIMITED. .
** FOR YOKOHAMA AND KOBE.
**HE' Steamship
THE
" TAICHIOW,"
Captain Cartia, will be despatched
TUESDAY, the 10th instant.
For Freight or Pazingų, apply to.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIKE, Agente. Hongkong, 31d Desember, 18gg. [1602
DESSERT CHOCOLATE,
NOUGAT, FRUIT JELLIES,
GRYSTALLISED FRUITS,
METZ FRUITS,
ASSORTED TOFFEES,
MIXED BONBONS,
·FRY'S CHOCOLATES,
TANGERİNE BISCUITS,
ORANGE PASTE, ORANGE ROLLS,
Together with the Latest Novelties in
FANCY BOXES,
which are very suitable as Seasonable Presents for LADIES and Young PEOPLE.”
FRENCH
CONFECTIONERY and CONSERVES,
In Large Assortment,
from the BERT PARISIAN HOUSES,
A. S. WATSON & CO., LD.
THI HỒNGKONG. DISPENSARY.-
Zeyantienen AD, 1841, Hongkong, goth November, 1895.
THE NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
TOKIO, November 23rd,
A dividend will be declared by the Nipron Yusen Kalsha at the rate of to per cent per anoam, to which 30 wer cent, must be added us profit realised from the transport service, making 30 per cent, a all.
ILLNESS OF THE PREMIER.
TOKIO, November 25th,
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as fast as the identity of the applicants could be satisfactorily established,
REFERRING to our leader of the agih ultimo, the China Gausite says :-" Hongkong has been alectrified by the mandate of "Mr. Hugh McCallum, Secretary of the moribund Sapitary Board, to the effect that every Inspector of Nafsseces is to forthwith commence the study of Chinese, providing his own teacher ! The Inspectors are mostly elderly men, miserably paid, with long years of service, and it is obvious that they are anything but likely men to enter upon this engaging and exciting course of stody."—And car Shanghai contemporary la quite right. The Inspectors of Nuisances are not Mikely men to enter upon this engaging and
It is reported that Marquis Ito, the Freester, exciting course of study," but if they do it should is likely to withdraw his resignation. He is ai ❘ not be done at their oson expansi. present suffering from a severe cold; and, is 11) confined to his bed, The lever is high.
ANOTHER WRECK.
HALODATE, November açıb. A saling vessed named the Saryo-mare, while on a return voyage from Saghallen, was wrecked off Relben on the 14th inst. Her crew, num bering twenty-six, were all drowned,
THE RETURN OF THE TROOPS.
Toxio, November 15th.
The following official Sispatch from Kelang, ende date the sand fast, has reached the
Government 1----
Viscount Takashima, Vice-Governor-Gen- eral, has decided to return to Japan by the Yokohama-marti.....
The transport Soya-maru left Kalung for Japan this morning with 350 soldiers, this being the last detachment of the Imperial Bodyguard
troops.
"The frahomaru bas become a total wreck, having struck on's rock."
:
PROFESSOR LOISETTE spoke for an hour to abost 100 people in the Theatre last night. His subject was MIMORY.e didn't tell how to remember, but said lots about the could recite the whole of the Holy Bible, and finally offered to teach every man, woman and child present how to remember for ever and ever for the, paltry sum of $47. Then he took up his snow-wbits pocket handkerchief, wiped his cherry-coloured lips and bowed himself off the stage amidst the loud laughter of the seemed to thick II audience, who
lower animals and Idlots and the fellow who
great fun, although one and all appeared to bo of the opinion that the Professor had helped them to remember only one thing for the rest of their days-Loftetto's $1 lecture on memory! We don't remember one, of the Professor's anecdotes, but we shan't forget him ; ke looked ancha jolly old;chap, sad he talked so fast and so much without revealing his secret, which is to be given in our next" dontcher- knów.
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THE SANITARY BOARD,
'A' meeting of the Sanitary Board was held this afternoon. Mr. F. A. Cooper (Director 1.. of Public Works) prealded, End there were also. present Dr. J. M. Atkinson, (Colonial Surgeon), Superlatendent of Police) Dr. F. W. Clark, "Capt.-W. C. H. Hastlags (Acilag- Contala—-
(Medical Officer of Health), and Mr. Hagh McCallum (Secretary), Mr. N. J. Ede was absent.
MINUTES. 'The minutes of the last meeting' was read and confirmed.
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT, "The President "moved" That the Medicat Officer of Health be appointed, under the provisions of section 3 of 15-dinance 11 of 1895, a men ber of the select committee controlling the work connected with the removal of illegal cocklofis and illegal cubicles, the stopplag of the illegal occupation of basements, and reeleg that common lodging houses, are properly occupied."
The President stated that owing to Mr. Craw returning to the Hospital, a vacancy bad occurred
In the Commitice, and that as the Medical Offices of Health had taken up the duties of Mr. Crow,
and as he was and would be better acquainted member of the Board, he thought he would be a with the nuisances in the colony than any other
fit member of the committee.
Seconded by the Captala Superintendent of Police, and carted,
NEW DYI-LAW3.
The President proposed that the Bye-laws for the regulation of the offensive trades al bone- bolling, fat-melting, allow-melting and fat- extraction, be adopted.
He further stated that ba had received s letter from Mr. Ede, who wàs unable to attend owing to ill-health, approving of the Bye-laws, bat suggesting that the fat-bollers be allowed'.
The new bye-laws were then send section by Casonable time to make the needed alterations.
to be forwarded to the Legislative Council section and agreed to. They were then ordered
for approval.
THE MEDICAL OFFICER.
The following letter from the Hon. Colonial Secretary was read :-
Colonial Secretary's Offico, 27th November, 1895. SIR,—I am directed to state, for the Informa tion of the Ssultary Board, that his Excellency the Governor has been plessed to appolat Dr. Francis William Clark, Medical Officer of Heslib, to be
member of the Board until further notice.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your mast obedient servant,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
To the Secretary Suultary Board,
There were no commentai
ADDIILONAL, BANITARY IMAPECTOR.
The following letter from the Medical Officer ·
A TELEGRAM has been received from Sianiu, reports the Mercury of the 27th alto, slating | of Health!was road :— that advices from Lanchow say that General Tang's army has crossed the Tau Hu (Tlad River) in three divisions. At Staing, another army under General Nea is forming. The road between Kanchow and Liangchow is open and clear of rebels. The Honin and Hupih con- tigents are reported to have met with great diff. culties owing to the moustalous route.
THE MILITARY CONTRIBUTION.
The following despatch from the Secretary
Sanitary Board,
27th November, 1895. -Sir,—I beg to call the attention of the Sanitary Board to the urgent necessity for an additional Inspector of Nulsances for the rural districts, At the present time the sealor fospector devotas almost the whels of his time to rural inspections, 'and is thus placed on much the same fooling his anbordinates, while he is utterly unable to carry out the standing orders of the Board, which require him to supervise their work, and to | faípeci at least once every week the whole of the
of State on the subject of the military contribucity of Victoria, the bil districts and the ion has been forwarded to us by the Colonial anchorages for trans-shipment of night soil. Secretary for publication -
Downing Street,
16th October, 1895.
Hongkong,
No. 258.
Sir, I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 267 of 29th August last, regarding the military contribution of the Colony, and the cost of construction of ibe naw Barracks.
Hongkong revenue of certain receipts which are
Best
I feel sore that at no distant date two rural Inspectors will be required, one of whom should be staðased at Aberdeen and the other at Shaukiwao, but for the present I bellers that the work can be carried out by one man residing in the city.
This will enable the senior inspector, to perform those duties which mare strictly appertain to his office, and I am sure that the 'work of the department will be more efficiently. and thoroughly carried out the Board CAD see their way to adopt this recommenda- tion,
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
(Sd.) Fra® cu W. CLARK,
Medical Officer of Health.
To the Secretary Sanitary Board.
Mr. Ede minuted this letter:-" I should be
glad to bear the Secretary report on this subject,"
JAMES DALY, pugilist "Jim" Corbett's sparring partner, arrived at Hot Springs on the 3rd ulta and made the following announcement :— "Corbett has decided to quit the sing for good and all. He is sick and tired of boxing, and his last experience has soured him entirely. Corbett never wanted to make the match, but was forced to it. Corbett trained till November 3rd, spending $14,000 in actual cash. He had four hand-ball courts ball at various training quarters, rented the opera house at Little Rock, hired an entire hotel at Spring Lake, a few miles out of Hot Spring, and paid the wages and ar penses of his party. He even paid for the construction of a ring at Whittington Park, $194." This sounds rather peculiar in view of the fact that had Flis really meant business the fight might long ago have been "pulled off" in private. But Corbett is a rich man while Filmstler arbs the same footing, since although station daring the epidemic of plague last
2. With reference to the tacleston in the
of a municipal character, sad are not included in because munichillies exist in that Colony, the general Revenue of the Straits Settlements, ** here in the place to paint out to thai
you the municipal revenues at the Straits Settlements are only about 20 per cent of the gross revenues (general and municipal), and that for the sake of Comparison between the two Colonica I could not retard as municipal ■ several of the items specided in the second enclosure to your despatch under acknowledgment which altogether amount For to over 30 per cent, of the Revenge.
Licences forms part of the general, sot the instance, Pawnbrokers Licences and Spiell municipal revenue, in the Straits Settlements, In that Colony aise the municipalities contribute about $74,000 to the General Revenue for Police purposes, while the municipal work in the outlying districts la sarformed by the Colonial G vernment, which receives for that purpose $84.000 dader the head District Collections."
Further, the casun of Hongkong and the Straits Settlements cannot be regarded in this there are separate municipal revenues in the latter Colony, on the other hand the expenses of Bre proportionately general administration greater than in Hongkong, partly owing to the larger area of the Colony, which is more than fifty times as large as Hoogkong, while the grass revenues (including municipal receipts) are less than three times those of Hongkong, and partly to the distance of the several Settlements from each other, requiring in some brauches of the Government service the maintenance of a double or triple staff of officers as compared with the Hongkong. staff required in the compact Colony of
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The Chairman 'said the question” had been before the Board earlier in the year, and it was then thought eight Inspectors were not enough. He therefore moved that the letter be forwarded to the Colonial Secretary with a strong recom. mandation by the Board of the urgency of the need for another Lespector, and that the Medical Officer's request be complied with,
Carried,
PLAGUE-PATIENT'S PROPERTY, "A letter from the Tung Wah Hospital was read,, stating that during the house to house
year, a number of boxes of clothing blankets" and counterpages, were sent to The Hospital by The Board's servants, As'these have not been claimed, and take up valuable room, they zaked that they be disposed of. ↓
This had several minatas, by the Medical Officer of Health and the Secretary, the final recommendation being that the blankets and counterpanas be dislefected and kopt for us in case of another outbreak, that the rest of the goods be destroyed, and the store-room carefully disinfected,
THE WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS
Is pretty hard up and is, of course, as much, if FROM LIAO-TUNG,
not more, interested in making money out the TOKI, November 26th, "scrap" than knocking out the doughty Yankee. With regard to the recall of the Japanese for thean fin de siècle days the adrisability troeps from the Liaotong-peninsula, it had been intended to withdraw the soldiers from the of life-insurance has ceased to be a vexed rometer and colder disisits first, but the Chinese question. Every shrewd man with others dépen plenipotentiary has saked that Newchwang |dani upon his labours takes out a policy should be first givan up, in order that the to ensure comfort to his family ta the Chinese Government may be able to „acelea the Customs dues enforced at that port,
event of his death. The only question which remains to be settled is, in which of the many companies to insure 7. In order to thoroughly 4. Under all the circumstances of the case 1
jer no resten for regarding the proposed destroyed. enlighten intending lavestors, the Equitable Life Assurance Company of the United States percentage, taken on the total revenus of
að at sil an unreasonable contribution Colony, has issued a brochure entitled "Satisfied in to ask for from Hongkong. which the results of policies matured ́under the Toulian Batam is given. This evidence
די
The Colonial Surgeon said he had seen the articles, and thought they should all be
the The President moved that the articles bo
destroyed.. Curled,
As regards the expenditure on new Barracks I have to remind you that your predecessor Was
to in the form of one bandred letters, informed five years ago, in Lard Kantsford's
which we are told are not selected cases, in
despatch No. 8 of 30th January, 1800, that the
MORTALĖTŲ, RETURNS.
as part of the war lndemnity. It is meghosted that | which policy-bolders express their satisfaction Colony 'would be asked to bear a portion of the i rate during that week was 35.7 as against 19.6
of their construction, The fact that some
rection of
THE FRANCO-JAPANESE TREATY.
TOKIO, November 16th, The negotiations connected with the revision of the Treaty between Japan and Trance are reported to be making good progress.
THE DISPOSAL OF THE INDEMNITY.
„Tokio, November aốth, The Government is now considering the dis
The mortality returns for the week ending posal of the 80,000,000 tsels paid over in London
November 23rd were subraftied. The death
the Government will Grst repay, the 26,000,000
for the previous work and 19.6 for the corres- yan borrowed from the Nippon Gisks, and will with the actual results of their policies. The of the expenditure had already been facurred ponding week last year,
other considerations taken into replace 30,000,000 yen taken for war expenses | Equitable claims that no other company can | WaE
MISCELLANEOUS, from the Imperial reserve fand,
produce a like record, and invites the fullest ccount, when it was proposed, in Lord Ripon's
despatch No.
Correspondence concerning the of 3rd April last that the investigation and comparison. It further stalas Colony should only pay one third of the closets is Nos. 37 and 39. Queen's Road Central, that it has coated giving estimates and is now net total_dest
the The recommendation of the Surveyor with Ta đi lại hand of a detachment of Japanese soldler ware de been achieved by the Society. In addition, the whole cost of the buildings
reference to the redesining of Naz 319 and 355, patched recently to a place on the left, bank of the Tamset River, where a rising had faken Equitable has always made a feature of promp completed, it could have only been on the Queen's Road Central, were ordered to be carried
that the Colony would bear a larger | out. place. A body of about six or seven hundred titude to paying death claims, they holding that proportion than one third of the remaiales Two applications for permission to allow basa Insurgente was encountered, and as a result i to just after death that there is the most seed expenditure, I trust that on farther consideration meats to be occupied by caraiskers, or as work the battle that, ananad abomi Lairly were killed, of lands, and that the sums they agree to pay the Members of the Legislative Council will shope, ware read The President moved it be and wounded, the camusitles on the spanese should be delivered as soon as proof of death xeree that the proposal of Her Lajasty's left to the Select Committed to decide. side being litoe man, killed and two wounded, r le presented. With these principles and the Govammat oes this subject, fons à falz, and
A Carried, Work, Malaba On the 17th lost the mountain forte, at msulis recorded in the brochure, the success reasonable settlement of the quant{on,
†The Surveyors repost was fald upon the table, 1.have the bonour to be, Bir??"
and his recommandailoge were¬õedared to be Sobaked, in the hands of a hoody of lamente chieved by the Company slace its outskifth-
Your most obedient, humble servant, were attacked sad captured by the japanese, ment in the East desses to be inexplicabia.
-]. CHAMBERLAIN). | "Twenty of the insurgents' werd külad, and sum | Faller particulars may be had on application so
che ngurte to be found in nearly every part in - Governer Bir W. Rabinnen,
*SCRAPPING" IN FORMOSA.
TORIO, November agth.
According to an official dispatch from Formosa, content to be lodged by what'has-actually ‡ Imperial Govern Barrache, and feine Kwers read, and the applications granted.
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