THE RUSSO-CHINESE TELK
GRAPE CONVENTION OF
25th AUGUST, 1892.
[Communicated to North China Daily News,
11 November 'ga.]
An Independent State has the absolute control of telegraphs within its territory, Junction of the telegraph lines of any two adjoining States Gan only be effected by a special Convention
between two States.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1996.
similas stipulation for correspondence exchanged | between China and French, Indo-Chins.
serves in part to make ik a fortunes of the official | LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. body in the provinces. Mr. Pirker proceeds:——
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SUPREME COURT. CRIMINAL BraSIONS.
The land-tax- angåt to prodien about Tix. 30,000,000 a your; bợt what with exemptions, deaths, floods, de, it may be sally said that reported it has been requently stated by (Before his Lordship Dr. J. W. Carrington, Tis. 20,000,000 to the maximum ever
officially
C.M.G. Chlef Fuitfen.)
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September 18th.
A MAIDEN ABSIZE.
Intimations.
NOTICE.
HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
A
SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the MEMBERS of the HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE wit instant, at 11.15 A.M., in the CHAMBER ROOMS, be held TO-MORROW, the 19th September
CITY HALL, for the Purposes of
Such arrangements exist between namily all adjsining Staten, whose lines are connected, and when England shall be ready to connect her Indian landlines with the Chinese landlines on the Haims frontler, similar arrangements will- probably be adopted for correspondence vér / account of their Mission ; and the shadows which | Paking cansors that fire, or even ten, times the such junction between Chlas and India.
The convention in coccluded for ten years and will expire about the same time as the France- Chinese Telegraph Convention of 1888; at which time dit also terminate the Engilab and Danish companies landing arrange The European Governments, with most of their ment at Shangbai and Foochow, which wer
sanctioned by the Tutogli Yamĉa and the Bri- dependencies and colonies, and some extra tish and Danish Ministers at Peking, la 1883, to Kuropean Governments, whose liner had pre riously been connected at the respective from 1st for twenty years The Great Northern tlers according to suck special Conventions, Talegraph Crapany's twenty years' exclusive have concluded the International Telegraph monopoly in Japan' will also expire at the same Convention of St. Petersburg 1875 (with the
The Russo-Chinese Telegraph Convention is annexed Service Regulations, revised at Paris
the International Telegraph Convention; and the contracting Parties agree to work their inter so it had to be, according to the fat. Telg. Conv. Serv. Reg. $87, which gives the rules for the voluntary agreement between the contracting { opening at telegraphic relations with non-adher. I gations of the Lyons Mission may tend to prD" | leave to China her salt and har fand-tax, to to the Court. It is also may pleasing duty on this,) tallot may be made.
Ing States.
time.
Protesting against the action of the Tele- graph Companies in suddenly raising thefr Rates for Europe and America ‚° 371 % and 43.26 % respectively ; and Nominating a Member of the Chamber for appointment to the Legislative Council. With reference to the latter, any Member
1890) containing the stipulations under which ŷ in accordance with International Law and with our own in an open field; and, as discriminatingillions go to the bureaucracy, the armies off may well be proud of such an occurrence. | karing a Candidate to propose will pleasa
nationsi lines."
The International Telegraph Convention is a
Parties, from which agreement each of the con- tracting Governments has reserved to itself the
right to withdraw altogether (lat. Telg. Conv. Art, 20) as well as the power to suspend th6 { telegraphy : the Chinese Telegraph Administra. pressing the feeling of its promotors in saying / Content ; abandon to the hereaucracy their chief | equity, that is to say, came to the Court
from the new jauctions, in the construction of
The Russo-Chinese Telegraph Convention is decided step forward in the direction of the development and facilitating of laternational service of the international telegraphs for an indefinite period if it judges it necessary (Int. tion employs her increased revenue, resulting Telg. Copy, Art. 8),
The International Telegraph Office at Berne sententional telegraph line, 3.000 long is the commen secretariate established for the to Klakhia, which will establish an adanionai and hightly efficient telegraph route between purpose of exchanging communications regard. log their common business between rich China and Europe, while at the same time con- Telegraph Administrations as are pariles to the siderable reductions of present telegraph charges International Convention. The United States are introduced, as far me existing und previously foster the commercial intereals of their cousky" | foreign trade; confer a great boon upon Kuro-gloves to his Lordship.
contracted obligations have allowed.
of America, British North America, most of
the South American States and some other countries are not partlew to the International Telegraph Convention.
When China wished to connect her telegraph lines with the Russian telegraph "Hoes`on the Russo-Chinese frontier she had to conclude a convention with Russia for that purpose. There
was no other meana.
There exists therefore no ground for complaint or protests on account of the conclusion of this Convention,
fair field and no favour. Complaints are
Clonally made that English officials do not men, like those of other countries; but we do generally, that they should descend to do so. not believe Englishmen abroad destre, at all What is desired is that they should keep the field," and avert favouritiam. Left to himself, the Englishmas belleves-1 Sir Cecil Smith phrased it at the China Association dinner that he need tave no consideration of rivals: he can go alongside them without the slightest jealousy and there is no grain of jealousy albeit plenty of wholesome rivalry-in the scheme of the Mission zaich is to start this
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By Order,
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of
The CRICKET CLUB, for the purpose of receiving the Committee's Report for the Past Season and electing the Committee and Officers for the Coming Sexson, will be held in the PAVILION FRIDAY, the agih September, at 445 PM.
EDWARD A. RAH,
Hon. Sec, H.K.CC [1430
Hongkong, 17th September, 1896.
CHINA TRADERS' INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
of an elder date.
If any mistake has been committed, such is It was the body of Foreign Ministers at Peking, who, by their collective note of Decem ber, 1874, to Prince Kang, the late President of Aylar back as in 1865, Russia had failed the Taungli. Yames, moved the Chinese Chins to establish, such connection, proposing Government to recognize Rad protect the Danish that Chlas should constract = telegraph ling / cables in Chisa, but without, at the same time, week on its journey of exploration through lavied. This HM ampuated in 1891 to the from Tientsin to Kiakhta and there connect this recommending the Chinese Chinese ling with the Russian lines, Chins at impose on the cable company such terms and conditions as are, and at the time were, cus- tomary in Europe.
THE BRITISH COMMERCIAL ··
MISSION TO CHINA.
LONDON, August atat. It is assured, beforehand, that a French Exploring party will produce an admirable the coming report of the Lyons Mission to Chink nominal tax is wrung wom the people, and I has cast before" convince us that this reps have over and over again ascertained this to be s fact in my travels through many provincas; tion will be sustained. Whether it will conduca to the increase of French commerce is another but this excass, egalo, serves to support a On his Lordship taking his sent the Registrar question. Speaking frees » French point of ring bereancracy for whom the central Government said-My Lond, it is my pleasing duty to inform polat we are set apprehensive. From the days does nothing, and an army of police, "satellites," your Lordship that na cases have been committed we are not sanguine; speaking from an English
for trial at this Session. How often this ban when Louis XIV. tried to establish political &c, for whom the bureaucracy does nothing.
As to the suất revenuse, which rack above happened before I can speak with no authority. ascendancy in Slam, and French manufac farers objected that Indian cloths competedets and are almost on a par with the land-tax, Be that as it may, an occurrence of this sort is
is the backbone of lunumerable industries, one for which we might congratulate ourselves. | inconveniently with their own, Frio, as with likes and the land-tax, a fraction of the Surrounded as we are by hordes of people, the has relied on annexation and protection. It has been frankly admitted, in our day, that receipts, but in this case even a less proportion, mass of whom belong to the untold nullons to whom law and Jantica are askoown quantities, French manufacturers casust compete with Bay T. 10,000,000, is officially reported, and is
available to the central Government; untold I think that wn Beitishers in a British colony Tites cannot well be imposed in South-west oficial harpies and the innumerable syndicates, According to traditional custom in the home communicate wits the Secretary on or before China, we have little fear bet that England will fankmen, and others who fatten on the salt in contatry at a maiden Assise the clerk of the Noow of MONDAY, the 14th September, In get her fair share of any trade that the investidustry in one way or another. 11, therefore, wo Crown generally presents a pair of white gloves order that the necessary, arrangements for a mote. England is about to return the compli
the occasion to present your Lordship with the gloves.
R. CHATTERTON WILCOX,' ment. A Mission promoted by the Blackburn Manage as she may list, until much time
ment, we res ne risk of causing popular dia- knows, he who seeks eqully mest generally do
Secretary, Chamber of Commerce is about setting out to may be ripe for further financial improve On the equity side of the Const, as your Lordship explore the same region, and we shall be ex-
Hongkong, 18th September, 1896. [1416 "squersen," and we in no way disturb the exlat- with clown hands. I cannot exactly trace the that our friends across the Channel are cor
custom in regard to the glares, and all I can
HONGKONG CRICKET CLUB. fly welcome to whatever facts it may ascering administrative harmony.
But, I subunit, there is a way, and a simple | say be that in handing the gloves to your Lord- tain. Our methods are different. Of open
NOTICE competition we have no fear. Strenuous rivalry way, which we can double or treble the reve-ship I trust that the commnatty now appears sults par temperament. All that we make is seues of the central Government; compensate before you with pure and clean hands, and long the bureaucracy for any imaginary damage done may it ap continue. 1. beg your Lordship to to their interests by the course I am about to | sccept the gloves. advocato; enormously Increase the volume of The Registrar then handed a pair of white His Lordship-Mr. Registrar, I am very much pean merchants; and work an inestimable benefit upon the Chinese people at large. obliged to you think the occurrence of a Import duties to double what they now are (or to all persons concerned in the administration of It we were to comment to raise the average maiden Azziza is always a matter of gratlication ter more, or a third more), and stipulate in Justice and I think I may say to the people of the return for the absoluto abolition of Him through place in which the occurrence happens. At the out the whole Empire, we should be doing what same time I suppose, remembering the old say. the stance of foreign olam has shown to being that one swallow does not make a enormans als being collected on opium at the tins on the occurrence of a maken Assize, perfectly feasible. In 1887 we consented to an summer, we mort not found too high expecta same time that the insigálácant import duty was Yet I think we may expect ́and, at ́any rate, hope that with, the spread of educa- respectable sum of Tis, 6,203,000, or a mililan tion
one band and the action the on sterling. There could not be a better proof off of the efficient police on the other, that crime It is of the topographical necessities of the ↑ the date with which the central Government can, i will tend more and more to diminish. Gentle. | COMPANY will be held at the HEAD OFFICE, case that the routes followed should broadly if it chooses, put a total stop to bin barriers men of the jury, I have to congratulate you both In 1859 Russia granted to the Grest Northern
It was the Foreign Minister at Peking, of the coincide One who would reach Schaan goes than the fact that ever since 1887 all Hate on public and private grounds that there are no Telegraph Company a concession for connecting,
ap the Yangisse to Chungking, as naturally as trouble with opium disappeared as if by magic cases for trial, and to thank you for your attend. by submarine cables, the Russlam telegraph
countries to which the Great Northern Telegraph.
the Normans sailed up the Seine to Ronen,
In one or two canes a misguided. Viceroy--for | ance.. Mr. Attorney, you have no casen for trialį ystem Shongkst, Forchow, Amoy and Hongkong,
Company belong, who in 1883 moved the
is the great centre of communication and tade.
-baa 'tried is fprentice. hand upon oplum, bui | Court? subject to the necessary landing permission Taungli Yames to vancion a working agres
It is at Chungking that the business and the giving the Great Northern Telegraph Cem. Companies, to last for twenty years, with
"roughing" will begin. What the Mission will pany
in consideration of the expenses Incurred out imposing on the companies any restriction
probably wish to ascertain is the nature of by the undertaking, certain guarrantees against whatever as regards their tariff. tariff competition from eventual Russo-ChinisO China, which, at the time, had but a limited the surrounding communications, the character of the fiscal question, and the prospect of landlian connections, as far as regards the posts Experience of International telegraph detalls,
of trade. Careful Inquiries made by a mem· which the Great Northern Telegraph Company naturally supposed that the arrangement creating new, or medilylag existing, conditions undertook to connect by submarine cables with proposed by the Foreign Ministers was ber of the Customs staff during journey, accordance with established International the Russian telegraph system at Vladivostock.
some years ago, to Chungking led to the In 1987, after China had introduced tele telegraph rules, and expected that the arrange-
inference that taxation is not excessive; the graphs and extended her lines to the Russian ment would work satisfactorily, at any rate to frontier, China on her side invited Russia to the satisfaction of the foreigners themselves. If price of goods, as compared with Hankow, Pro however, must be set the enormous impetus connect the landlines on the irontler. Ratals It has turned out otherwise, China cannot help it, cluding the ides. The laquby was conducted, which would be given to foreign trade by the
However, China has been endeavouting to do
however, alongside the water highway ; and the
citer disappearance of all trading obriacies at once was willing; but as to the conditions for
had to take
ber best, under the circumstances, to develop Mission will be interested, probably, to arcer through the length and breadth of the land the consideration the aburo culioned guarantees laternational telegraphy, aot wishing to leave to taining what happens farther inland. The pre-paced acris in and the the less the by which she had bound herself to the Great the combined cable companies the undisputed cire amounts levied are probably not ascertain: czesss of wealth and confidence; the disappear: Northern Telegraph Company, affir China had control of China's international telegraph cor-ble, for the reason that they are indeterminate ance of irritating diplomatic questions, and so
The Government may propose, but the His rejected Russia's aforesaid original proposal of respondence.
Out of the largely increased revenue thus In 1888 China concluded with France officials dispose. The price of goods in 1865 for an uncondlilonal connection.
raised, it would be necessary to set aside, say, resulted in the conclusion of a telegraph conven.gressive principles, for connectioal across the lateral excursions which these inquiries antall. 15,003,000 to compezinto the provincii
The negotiations on this polat have now telegraph convention, based on liberal and pro- inland shops will affords test; and the
will afford opportunity for learning the con- Governments liberaly for the losses incurred by Hon between China and Ruista, algaed on the Tangking frontier at two places, viz, via
ditions of trade. It has been COLE Mêogise in Yülonau and vía Lungchów in
them," Thus they would become the friends a5th August this year (18ga),
mon complaint that Chinamen want 16 in. cloth, instead of the enemies of the foreign Customs, According to this convention, which is con- Kanuget.
but that Manchester will produce only 32. The and the first solid and important step would be cluded for ten years, the Chinese and Rússlan
Mission may be able to satiaty itself whether taken towards the regeneration of Chins. landlines will be connected at three places on the frostler, viz. at Wenches (Navsklevsk) at
potential demand has been checked by a con
to aliers Hlampo (Blagoviestchensk), and at Klakhta.
servatism which declines The telegraph charges for transmission is the
machinery. Much has been said lately of the sald Junctions, from any alation in China, will
perior adaptability of our Continental rivalis. be, per word
Here is a broad isade into which the experts of the Mission can inquire. The moment is a crucial ene in other respects. The nascent Chinese cotton mills, the active rivalry of Japan, questions of wages, currency and staple, and the possibility of Lancashire sustaining or in creasing the competition-are all questions which will gain in incidity from investigation
that time declined the favitation.
Government to
Western China.
~HE THIRTIETH ORDINARY MEET- ING el SHAREHOLDERS in the above
instant, at Twelve o'clock Noost, for the purpose Victoris, Hongkong, on SATURDAY, the 26th
Statement of Accounts to geth April last and of of presenting the Report of the Directors and
at Vladivostock with Nagasaki, / Company and the Eastern Extension Telegraph Nature has so configured things that Chungking | instance, Li Han-chang, brother of Li Hong-chang | have vou any other matter to bring befova the Declaring Dividends.
from the respectlya governments; Russia ment with the English and Daulah cable: The trip to far will be sexly pure plesauté. | such attempts have always been" instantly up-
To Europe (excepting Rosis) $2.00
Rusla in Europe
1.12
- " Ruisla lá Ailko...use 0.88 The convention stipulates for reduction of these charges la case other telegraph routes should establish lower charges-also that the ebarges at any time may be modified by the common consent of the two contracting panties -further that the stipulations of the International Telegraph Convention shall be applied to the correspondence via the said janctions,
The charges Exed for transmission of the
Russo-Chinese Janctions arò considerably lower, than the existing charges via the cables and Vladivostock. The following tabla gives the reduction per word from different places in Chios, as compared with the existing charges usa the cabler and Vladivostock !— Reduction par word.
FROM-
Foeshow...
To Rula To Runs To Europe
la (x, Raija Lumpe, Aala. Americs,
C
20.63 80.64
Stanghal
Amoy ......
Stool
Peking
Newchwang 0.95
Tientsin...
Caefoo......
ag3
0.91
دوه
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When Chios next wished to establish an over-
land talegraph route to Europe, two routes wOTN to ht considered, namely, is India and via Rassis; in either case China necessarily would have to came to an arrangement, as to the con ditions for connection, with the respective Governments before connection could take place. England has hitherto made no advances or proposals to China for connection on the Burns frontier on the contrary, as recently na fo 1890, at the International Telegraph Con ference At Paris, England altered ber Indian transit rate, which until then, for all telegrams and between all Indian frontiers, had been untierm, viz, finne 0.75, and introduced a diferential Indian transit rate, namely hang 0.35 for telegrams "osa cables” (that means Chins via Eastern Extension Co.) and, franc 1.50 for telegrama “ofs Isadlines" (that means
China via Burma frontier.) Indian transit rats,
This alteration of the introduced after it was known that Ching was ready to connect via Burma, did not point to any inclination on England's side to establish cheap charges via such junctios.
Besides, from India to Europe the Chinese Telegraph Administration's traffic would have to pass by the cables of the English "Eastern Telegraph Company "--which · company has interests and management in common with the Eastern Extension Company--which might lead to complications.
by experts on the spot.
Its
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pressed by express telegraph from Feking,
The Acting Attorney-General—No, my Lord The Court then adjourned.
SUMMARY JURISDICTION,
At first sight our merchants may look askance at wholesale increase in import duties, and special measures would certainly be necessary
Acting Pulsne Judge.) tures. It would also be necessary to have some to protect our cotton goods from local manulac. (Before His Honour Mr. T. Sercombe Smith, Instantaneous compensation might be offered in hold upon the increased revenue, as that the
cases where any attempt should be made to impose taxes in the interior. --Against all this,
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TWO VIEWS.
MADE IN ENGLAND.
MADE IN GERMANY.
Great
As long as it acts as an incentiva to Increased facturers and merchants, there
enterprise and musty on the rest of our mans.
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tive dates
September 18th.
- FIXTURES,
Partnership).
of
156,66 367.00
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 13th to the 16th Instant, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
W. H. RAY,
Hongkong, 4th September, 1896.
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY,
LIMITED.
Secretary,
(1397
of SHAREHOLDERS in the above COMPANY will be held at the COMPANY'S
OFFICER, on SATURDAY, the 25th September,
at Noost, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the General" Managers, together with a Statement of Accounts to goth Juns, 1896.
The following cases are fixed for the respec- THE ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING Thursday, September 24th. 1380-Ng Wa v. Li Kal (Dissolution 1381-Ng Wal v. Li Kat 1337-Tam Chuen v. Tam Fang and
Ou Wo Firm.................. mi Friday, September 25th. 1181.-15 Yik Loang v. Sin Man Hop $,209.84 rars.Sia Man Hop v, Li Yik Loeng 461.60 1363-Gustar Atzenroth and another v.
Choy Leong Chuen ............................................. 731-55 The following caso was adjourned for a fort- night-
1312-Dakin, Cruickshank & Co. v. D.
A. da Cruz in....................................$ 11,55 The following cans, was adjourned sina dia 1313-Dikla, Cruickshank & Co. v.
Yuen Kong Ka ............................................................$ 33.00 The following cases were retiled outside the Court
1358.--The Colonial Treasurer v.-U.
Cheung..........initate$ - 37:50 35,00 1318-Isez Singh v. Yuca Man Kwong
JUDGMENTS. Judgment was given for the plaintiffs in tha following casCH -— 1280-Gargon Singh v. A Belleza.....$48.00 1398-The Kwan Cheong v. The San
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Lung and another ....................................MUISTIĆ 1306-The Colonial Treasurer v.
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45%.4%
37.50 $5.00 $3,00
The TRANSFER. BOOKS of the Company. will be CLOSED from the xrth to the 36th September, both days inclusive.
J
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co., General Managers. Hongkong, 5th September, 1896.
[1398 THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGA- TION COMPANY, LIMITED. *HAREHOLDERS are hereby informed that at a GENERAL MEETING held in |No
LONDO recently an INTERIM DIVIDEND of PER CENT, WAS DECLARED as the COMPANY'S PREFERENCE SHARES for the Six-.. MONTHS anding 30th Jans, this being at the rata of 6 PER CENT. PER ANNUM. -
The DIVIDEND WARRANTS will be ready on the axi October.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the zoth instant till B 1st October, Inclusive,
HOLLIDAY, WISE & CO., Agents. Hongkong, 11th September, 1896,
HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE.
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Wong Kong 3309-Tang King Chan Yok-fan .. 1311-Paker Singh. J. E. Rosario...
OTICE is hereby given that SCRIP N CERTIFICATE NO. 1910 Lanned agth 1318-Buddo Singh. Chok in Reo...
550 May, 1886, for FOUR SHARES Numbered 43-74 | 6,661 to 6,654 in the above Company, standing 13-Colonial Treasurer v. To U
Tro
In the Name of Miss ELIA PULCHERIA 1933-Colonial Treasurer
Cheung
34-55 PEREIRA MARQUES, of Macao, has born 1335-Colonial Treasurero, Tsa King 357485 LOST, and should the same not be produced
CERTI before the goth fastant, « NEW SCRIP SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS. FICATE Will be ISSUED to the said Miss ELIA PULCHERIA PEREIRA MARQUES, and NO TRANSACTION taking placs under the Bald Scrip Certificate No. 1,9to wil be recognised by the Companya
MAILA DUE! Indian (Lightning) 21st inst. German (Friss Heinrich) 22nd last. Australian (Australian) aand fast. American (Copile) 3rd fast.
American (City of Rio de Janeiro) gotá lest, Treema (Olympia) 4th prox.
Canadian (Empress of China) yil pIÓK,
A
2. SHIPPING RETURNE
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO„ General Managers, HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE CO., LTD. [1446 Hongkong, x3th September, 1896.
LEVY HERMANOS.
WATCHMAKERS.
Despite the increase in the 'number and quantily of textile and other manufactured goods which are manda in Germany, it is pleasing to learn from a Testonic organ of repute that "Made in England" are still words to conjure with in many better class articles, even among the Germans. For instance, a writer in the Allgemeina Ziting firms that No Journey of exploration in Western China Britala leads the way in the production of would be complete that did dat embrace Yunnan, furniture, carpets, wall papers, and all other though explorers leave it somewhat doubtful articles which go to make up the artistic and whether there is very much in Yunnan yet to comfortable home, and nowhere, we are told, explore. The plague is there and copper and are these goode mora popular than in the tle are there but the misgovernment which Fatherland. The writer includes la bis list brought about rebellion, and then made a deserteren glass, though we are commonly told that and called it peace, has entailed such ruin that Bohemis is the source of cheap production of the province is a source of expense instead of that article. The Teutonic authority adda income to the Feking exchequer j and a region "From manth to month we hear and see more which is not sell-supporting can hardly deserve frequently that English and American furniture, the epithet "rich" which it has been the fashion carpets, and stuffs are imported wholesale and to apply. One of the results of the Lyons sold; that rich people fit up their houses in Mission was, however, to confirm the tnference the English style-In short, that something deducible from Mangiza Customs returns that like an Anglo-American fashion threatens us, population and industry are reviving in the same way as a French fashion long only on account of its reputation, Yannan ruled in the part." There are English shops in will offer an interesting field; and not the least all the large towns, and our best and most costly 1.15
On the other hand, Rasals had always been interesting feature of Laquity will doubtless be manufactures find a ready sale there, because $0.51 1.14
willing to negotiate with China for connection. 1,03 1.03 0.40
Russia's transit rata is the same "pfa cables" to the potentialities of trade routes. Travel they are well made, because they are useful and 0.9€ 0.34
lers along the West River Inslat on the traditional convenient, and because they are artistic in (that is, China vía Great Northern Co.) un " ofa 6.30 landines" (that is, Chios via Siberian frontles), importance of this great waterway before the design. It is also stated that the Arts and Besides, the route vis Kinkbla is the shortent Taeping and Mahomedan rebellions destroyed Crafts movement” has created an extraordinary Hankow ......
0.93 0.28
possible and fasdess between Chins and Europe, commerce at its source and the opening of the impression in Germany, and that the present and so on.
Soch was the situation which led to the con
Red River diverted its reviving stream. The popularity of English furnituen is in no umuuli This considerable reduction of the existing clusion of the Rumo-Chinese Telegraph Conver is, however, little known: its affluents still measure due to our well-known designers.
less ; and there is here a field of inquiry scarcely charges has been established notwithstading the vention, depreciation of the valus of the dollar.
This Convention will effect a considerable less interesting than awaited the delegates whom
From & fam. yesterday is 8 pm today,DIAMOND MERCHANTS, TWELLERS The charges for Shanghal, Foochow, and increase in the revenue of the Chinese Telegraph the Shanghal Chamber of Commerce commis.
- ARRIVALS. Amey's correspondence with Europe will, until Administration, st, because the Chinese lines, sloned, nearly thirty years ago, to explore the
no harm in Hother steamer from Canton, further notice, be the same is the Russo-Chisess when the Klakhis line shall have been bulit, beforehand, that Mr. Bourne and his colleagues with our foreign trade, in some Instances that P.........
Upper Yangurs to Chungking. It is certain,inting to the success of German competition Wingsang "wom
Canton, Janctions sa via the cables and Vladivostock, | will get a portion, and that in proportion owing to the aforesaid gusiantees, previously to the eficiency of the Kiskais line will discover na suck teeming field; but they success is conspicuous, but in this question as in Palage granted to the Great Northern Telegraph Com. of Shanghai, Foochow And Amoy's traffic may ascertain much both of present and poten others there is a tendency to exaggerate, and to Talcklow. pany by Russia; but when the Kinkata junction with Europe and America, of which traffic the tial value.-L. & C. Express,
read some of the fulminations on the subject Progres) .................. shall have been established, probably next | Chinesolines hitherto without the Russo-Chinese
which have recently appeared one might almost Benvinn Matuma, Shanghai, Foochow and Amoy will juncilons can have no whare, and, secondly,
imagine that we had better throw up the obtain, at equal charger, an additional telegraph | because the whole traffic from all other stations
sponge altogether and Hand, our best cus route to Europe, which will be shorter, qulcker | in Chiasma trafia which is increasing every
tomars over to the tender marcies of Cler and safer than the present cable route via Via= { 'year-wil pass via the Russo-Chinese Junctions,
many. As a matter of fact, while it would findarse unosteamer, for Singapore. Shanghai, Managon.....................sundramı 19 divostock, as the Klakhis line cuts out the sec. by which route the total charge is considerably Mr. E. H. Parker wilten to The_Times_na | be "dangerous-' to ~~under-rate - the compell-
Namoa, ensisine!
Coast Ports tion of the Russian ilnes, between Irkutsk and || lower than via the cable route (900 the table, follows :—-It is being generally stated that ons live powers of our rival, there is certainly no Vladivostock, a distance, by wine, of nearly above), while at the same time the Chinese pro- of the chief objects of H.E. Li Hung-chang's need for despair, or even alarm, Some excellent Nigh 3,000 English miles, which is subject to parto. portion of the total charge is considerably higher visit to England to to endeavour to obtain the statistics on the matters are given in the current even dical interrogilons from floods and other un- cis the Huspo-Chinese junctions than via the consent of the British Government to a general Economist, frogs which we and, that looking Shangha
cable route.
incresas of the import tariff, in order thai China over the past seven or eight years GemmEDY The further transmission, beyond ‹ Russia, This increase of her revenus, the Chinese may be batier able to most her numerous and not incrasand her exports more than Hethow of telegrams to their destination is Europa and | Telegraph Administration, in the true spirit of abilgations. The loans she has contracted total | wa kave, sliker absolutely or in relation to
Aggregating 14,957 tour register. America will be effected by the shortest and talegraphic development, will expand on the £38,610,000, all on the security of the foreign population. Agalo, we are asked to deplore Hoxokomu- AND WHAMPOA DOCK KETTIME. quickest roots-
construction of the Riskhia lào and the estab- Castoms revenue, and rendering China Hable.or the fact that GarZLABY'NOW 'sends, as mos: Tal-on «ki«143048m in Kowloon Dock.. lahment of other new feactions. A An annual sum of £1,723,605 interest. "The of bar twa"goods than the urod to do.
It is not yet quite eleven years since the first foreign Customs revenue Les 18ge amounted to increase, if it: 20 analysed, will be found - is Chiness selegraph ilge, batwest Tientsin and Castors Tis: 31,381,385, or roughly nearly be mainly, in onger whick, owing to the Shanghal, was opened, and ever alace then the doubles the sterling sum for which China is liable bounty system, Germany sells us at less constraction of lines ill-over China has been ] In Interest on loans.
than cost price--for which our heartiest ikänka pasked forward under the management of the Her main expenses at the present moment are | are, dus: "Mocsover, if we are taking mors | Director General al Talegraphs, Sadna Trotui,; (famines, rebellions, Yellow River, and other German manufactures. Germany 'lu taking mart The Chiness talegraph system already com accidents apart)—-Tis. 7,000,000 for the Mauchs British manufactures, and that without any
fact, Gaelic musisi ` #1 prises about 42,000 2 of line, carrying $8,000 organisation at Peking, Tir. 1,000,000 at the out artiotal bounty, Asa maitoral. And so on-unless otherwise directed by the of wirey statioer have been establthod in 173 zida for the Court, Tis. 5,000,000 for the frontier while Germany is competing, reccemfally Amersfoort sender.
diferent: towns j' and Formosa, the Pricadoras, Armies in distinct iróun the internal forces—the | În many of our markala, the stallaties
PARKED THE CANAL. The special charges which have been esta- and Hainan kave been connected by submarine frontier samles of Kashgaria, Drinagaria, Kansen, show that we are competing successfully alas.
Outward-4th August—Elirichdale, Our flabed by this convention for correspondance | cable with the mainland. From Hehlunghang | Tsitshar, Manchuria, Tientals, Yunyan, and where. And it in sailer for Germany to make exchanged between the two neighbouring to Halens and trots Cores to the Herma frontier Kwaogal; to which add Tis: 2,000,000 for per- as impression apo par house figures that Branch, 1st September Herthe Rowich Hall States, China and Russia, ato in accordanos of Yünnan the Chiném telegraph lines stretch manant Yellow River ropsins. “ - This modest sum for us to make an Impero po bez comp4th SeptemberManila, Turaka, Ocsoló, 8th "With the Lai. Telg, Cony, Articla zy and Serv, avar greater distances than fetus. Norway tool Tu. 15,002,000, 01; #87 £3,500,000, 11 about truly small over
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let us destinos in arters September -- Melbourne, Kininch, 15th Septeme, The acco-Cafness Talegraph Convention eficly and from Lisbon to the Caucasus.
Next: your will see, the extension of the by the inlandi bezrler taxation, which no lukenaan "1888 for the Jusoiion of ike Chinese and French † Chinaos Uned, frami Kanesh to til and from. foralen trada. · Of cosszan double, er even inkers) Lebar Beperligachirovun jing a státu of sinks which badamley, Corstil Indiase on the Tongking fromilar contains a ↑ Frking to Hinkhia,
avoidable causes.
Via Thorn (Germany), lelegramato Germany, Holland, Belgium, Swlizerland, Spain, Portugal, France and Americs ((by the French Atlantic cables) : England (by the Anglo-German cable); and America (by the English Allando cables).
#Via Austria, telegrama to Austria and Italy.
Vis the Grant Northern's cables in Europe, telegrams to Scandinavia, Harlandand Amerka (by the English Atlantic cables).
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