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and the United Steter han keen made by Great Brinio, and it is added that no representations, directly or indbeetly, have been made on the sobject to the United States by Great Britain, If any other powers have done in, the Foreign Office is not aware of the fret,

The Chronicles Beslin correspondent reports that Germany has offered no advice either to the United States or to Sipata in sogard to Cuba. "Germany would prefer to see "Cuba in the hands of Spain," this correspondent goes on to say, “f and so the event of affairs becoming acute would suvise Spain to grant such concessions an would enable her to reinto the bized,”

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BIRLIN, December 28th The representative of the Associated Press in Informed that not only has Germany nos made, representations to Washington regarding Cabs, { xiatited in a dispatch to the Times from. Parle, | Saturday Irs, bat Germany has not been approached on this subject by any other power in any way whatever,

SANITARY BOARD,

A meeting of the Sanitary Bound was held this afterncon, Mr. F. H. May, C.M.G, presided and ibere were also present Dr. F. H. Clark (Medics? Officer of Health), Mr. N. J. Kde, Mt. Tocker (Acting Director of Public Works) and Mr. Hugh McCallum (Secretary),

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1897.

of between the letters; another is the dot follow- ing single or double figurest as in the redience "we 3. drove up yesterdry."

Any other examples; ker is number meda 2--- Number is written not followed by a colon— that is, the two datą are art pat under the o an in the usual way.

Now there are the characteristics of Mrs. Carew's handwriting ; now Im asking for the exibita in Miss Jacob's care,

The exhibits-letters written by Mias Jacob.......... were then handed to wlines,

Can you sty what the characteristics of Mium Jacob's handwilling are? They are very low,

Will you state what they arn?~(!f the capital lettera they are all formed in the same manner- present no characteristics. Of the small fetters, infile! a slmost fawariably diffuse from the a lá the middle of the word. A in the middle of a word la framed open. The letter f in abnormal,

In what respect ?—–—–—–Ï1 is not a common i guishable from the caplul D. That is all 1

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

The following is the sixty-think report of the Court of Directors to the ordinary half-yourly

the City Hall on Saturday, the 13th prox, af general meeting of shareholders to be held at

1300-

To the Proprietors of the Hongkong aud

Shanghai Banking Corporation. GENTLEMEN,—The Directors have now to submit to you a general statement of the affairs of the Beck and balance sheet for the half-year ending 31st December, 1806.

The net profits for that perlod, including $100,11498, balance brought forward from lasi account, aliter paying a chance or interest paid and doe." and making provision for

NOTANDA.

CALENDAR ·

JANUARY. Bdstavvological weaans based on in years?

"oðservations fa 1893, Barometer.com........ 30, 165 Thermometer 594 Humidity Rainfall

-74-* anime L67 inches.

Intimations.

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY MEET. ING of the SHAREHOLDERS in this CORPORATION will be held at the CITY HALL Hongkong, on SATURDAY, the 13th day of February next, at NOON; for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Court of Directors, together with a Statement of Account to 3im December, 1896.

SHIPPING AFFAIRS.

RAPID PROGRESS IN THE FAR EAST. Shipping enterprise in the Far East is very active. At the close of last year the Eat kept In the Maritime Raveau of the Department of Comi

alcations showed $18 steamers and 173 NOTICE is hereby give that the sailing vessels belonging to Japanese subjecim There can be no doubt, too, text the fat was not exhaustive, for it is known that at the end of June, 1896, there were 306 steamers 10 alling sps not duly registed at the Bacau, The demands of the constwise canylag trade not being sufficient to give employment to many ships, attention bas naturaily bean directed towards ocean service, with the further result Kwong-, new steansers suitable for that purpose have had to be procured. The Nippan Yasen Kalabu 6hr. $3.13, the Toyo Kisen Kaisha 3, to be followed by bas ordered 18 new vessels, the Shonen Kalika Seld. Br. $3b.

Dibers. The Mitral Bussar Kaisha has also Afternoon P

jhr, 50min, Low water-Morning... Är. Smets. Afternoon LV-46139

TO-DAY, Thursday, 28th January, 1897. Jewish,—251& Sedat, 66857. Chinese.- 56th of 12th moon of Bind year of Mohammedan-Bķth Shaadım, 1914.

Sun-

Any alben ?-The word "to" is not diatin- bad and deadful accounts, amount to High water—Morning mutatnios Skr. 30min. given orders for the building of a number of

bave to uzy about those lettna

Anything about d'or (?-Nothing special: they are sometimes looped and sometimes not

Punctuation --It is well defined, commas, semicolons-properly formed-dishes, etc.

The next characterisic? The dos follows Aumerals, as in Mrs. Carew's handwriting: dat is found where it is not ainally expected.

Mr. Wilkinson I went the Christoffel letters, The minates of the last meeting were read please. You (to withers) have seen this ?— and confirmed.

Yes.

MINUTES,

SIMIL-POX IN HICG0,

The Consolar report from Hlogo, Japan, -regarding small-pex there showed a marked decrcare, From December 29th til January 4thikre had been dy cares.

BUDONIC PLAQUE IN BOMBAY,

The report on the bubonic plagga lu Bombay stated that from December 24th to January 5lb there had been 924 cases and 703 death.

ANALYSIS OF WELL WATERS.

A report was received from the Government Analysi on samples of water taken from wells at a toy factory and the Metropolitan Dock The Ixiter was considered good, but regarding

the limer the Medical Officersaid the water wi tied for soy maklog without being bolled anŮ. recommended that the well should be closed on less the walls were cleaned and cemented and the eier drawn up thaugh a rump.

recommendation was adopted and the work is to be canted out by March 15th or the well will be closed.

THE LATRINE QUESTION.

An application for permission to erect a public Istripe on Inland Lot, No. 670, was refused,

MORTALITY RETURNS,

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$1,761,136.75.

The Directors · recommend the transfer of $500, from the Profit and Loss Account lo credit of Reserva Fand, which Fund will then stand at $6,500,000.

After making this transfer and deducting remuneration to Directors there remsing for thepropriation $1,146,136.95, out of which the Directors recommend a Dividend of one pound and five shillings per share, which will absorb $444.444 44.

Is there any charac'eslic in that band wilting ?-Characteristic bedocss.

I don't blak I need treuble you to analyze it. put into your band the letter "Beware"-and its cover, and another of the "Annie. Luke" aeries ?—I have examined them.

Do you find in those any characteristics of the last, which we will call Miss Christeffel's ? find two letters, yes,

What ar they ?—The capital M, and J. Do you find any other characteristic ?—No.

Looking at them generally, can you say if they are intended to imitate any of the handwriting you have reco?-I think not; I believe they are simply in dirgulsed handwetilng.

Can you say whether they are witten by Miss Christoffel Decidedly not.

Can you give a general rennon P→My general reason is that a good wilter can write a good disguise, but a bad wilter c

* çan not write a good diegulze,

Are you able to form na opinion whether they- were written by Miss Jacob'?—I have come to the conclusion that they were not.

Can you give any general grounds for that opinton 7-1 cannot find say of the characteris tics of Miss Jacob's handwilting, except the letter -amall v—which froccasionally formed

the forms it

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Are you able to form an opinion whether they were written by Mrs. Carew ?--I find more of the characteristics of Mrs. Carew's handwrling

them.

The above retomy showed that the death rate for the week ending January to was 11.7 and for that ending January 23 17 4 por 1000. This is canildered a sign that the public health is very good, the figures being much lower than usual.. KOWLOON WHARF, Correspondence was tabled in connection within the liian sccommodation for the employes of the Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company.

The Medical Officer of Health said he approved of the application to have the place

removed and ballt over the water,

It was decided to recommend the company's application to the Governor, the Boud not belog -empowered to give permission

MISCELLANEOUS.

Renewals were granted to sas swine and catle keepers. - Two applications for registration. of fat balling works were Frawled. A pamber of mailers connected with drainage, &c, were also disposed of.

THE CARRW CASE.

THE AUTHORÍHIP OF THE "AL" LITTER).

Kont, January art

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The difference in exchange between 4/6, the rate at which the Dividend is declared, and 5/11, the rite of the day, amounts to scor,368.35.

The bilance $10,323 95 to be carried to New Profit and Lost Account

DIRECTORS :Mr St. C. Michaelsen has been elected Chairman for the year 1797, and the Hon. J. J. Bell-Irving Deputy Chairman. Mr. I. Kramer having resigned on leaving the Colo- ny, Mr. C. Brurmaan has been elected in bis stead. Mr. R. L. Richardson has been invited to join the Board; these two appointments require confirmation at the meeting. Mr. N. A. Stebs and the Hon. J. J. Bell-Irving retire în rotation and belog eligible for re-glectlan offer themselves accordingly.

AUDITORS The accounts bare beben audited by Mr. F. Henderson and Mr C. 3. Sharp.

Mr. F. Henderson and Mr. C. S. Sharp both offer themselves for re-election. The latter has been acting in the place of Mr. S: G. Bird, who Is abrent from the colony.

A. MCCONACHII, Chaleman.

Hongkong, January 28th, 1897.

COULD THE PLAGUE ATTACK ENGLAND?

It is only a tle more than two hundred year sincs London suffered from a terrible epidemic which cauled off about 173,000 people, and is Can you state what they are ?-I shall have known in history as the Great Plague of London. to go through them seriailm: Well, in No. 38. For three hundred years before that event several words are very well wiltten. One of the plague had been more or less prevalent is words "ever, contains the Greek e, once. The various parts of Europe, and bid over and over Initial in "stay," "some," resembles Mrs. again taken an epidemic forms and caused great Crow's. The small leiter b, la Yokohama loss of life, In the fileanth, in the sixteenth, and The d of "could," "find,' and the small a's ge- in the seventeenth centuries successive epidemici nerally, although I do not aliach much import-recarred; but since then England has been free,

ance to them.

imitated in any way ?—I should consider it to Would you look at the word "never;" is it be naturally written.

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it is tacre characteristic of Mrs, Carew's than Of whose handwriting is it characteristic ?

any I have scan,

ANNIVERSARIES,

1725-Peter the Great died. 1846-Battle of Allwel

TO-MORROW,

steamers, with the view of inagurasing a regular service to Germany, and Mr. Oya contemplat employing his three steamers on the Vidlo stock and Komakovsk llos. Similar activity is shown by foreigners in the matter of steam-ship communication with the Far 1878-The 74th Highlanders arrived in Hong-East. The German, Lloyds Company is to

kong to relieve the 78th Regiment.

receive 1 millions additional subaldy, and has decided to balld even more steamers, so us to increase the service to two vessein a month Instead of one, as at presént. It is also saki that a wealthy merchant of Chicago, in com- bination with others, intends to belld a number of large fast steamers far the purpose of apeslag a mail service between San Francisco and the opposite coast of Asia. If this Company be really started, and if it undertakes the transpor ation of the United States malls, it will scettre a subsidy of over 28,000 gold dollars for each through series between San Francisco and Hongkong. Further, Rusals hat already opened a se-vice la Ninien, Fusan, Geusan, Nagasaki, Chefoo, Newchwang, Shanghal, and Viadres lock and two steamers of over 1000 tons displace- ment are running on this iine,

Chiassa.—Erik of 12IA moon of 22nd year of

Filday, 30th January, 1897.

Mohammedan.—25th Shaaban, 1914 Jewi-b-281A Sébat, 8657,

Kwong-si, Sun Risetamamın

................. Okr. 19œsts. ............................... 5hr, 45min, High water-Morning Br. 16min. Afternoon .............. Ekr. 56min. Low water-Morning'un Oks, 58mt, Afternoon, immun...Z0kr. Somis.

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'ANNIVERSARIES,

1733-Decreo of Yung Ching forbidding under pain of death the propagation of the Christian faith is China, George III, of England died. 1871-Caphulation of Paris,

1820

MEMORANDA.

TO-DAY,-28th January,

9 p.m.-Meeting of Victoria Chapter,

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TO-MORROW,—9th January, Australian and Indian maits due. The Transfer Books of the Kowloon Land and

Building Co., Ltd., closed from this date to the gth prox, inclusies.

SATURDAY, 30th January, The Registers of Shares of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation closed from this date to the 13th prox, Inclusive, Noon-Meeting of shareholders of the H.K., C. and Micso Steamboat Co., at No. 18, Bank Buildings.

8.45 pm-Meeting of members of the Institu- tion of Engineers and Shipbuilders In the rooms of the Institute, 13, Prays Central

SUNDAY,-1st January,

SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.

MAILI DUE: Australian (Tafywan) to-morrow. Indian (Avration Afiar) to-morrow, French (Ocsanten) gratinat. Australian (Airlie) 4th prox. American (Peru) 6ih prax. Tacoma (Erosmar) 8ik prox. American (Coptic) 15th prox.

The disease receded eastwards, most of the French mail dus. countries in Europe becoming clear of it towards the end of the seventeenth century; Poland, Russia, and the Danubian countries, however, the disease seems always to have persisted in remained affected till considerably later. Be one part or another of that vague googen. Can you reler to any other never "2-Yes,phical expression-the East, and has agalo thers le cas is the diary, I think. Thava a noté

and again stretched out its tentacles to gather of another "never."

victims to Turkey, la Rusala, and slong the shares of the Mediterranean. At last, abou! 1845, the shores of the Mediteranean became free, not, however, from the disease vanishing, but merely from it retiring still more to the cast, Into the mountainous district of Kurdestan. Plagne has neither died away nor changed its character. In 1853 there was an outbreak in again in the same part, the last taking place as Arabia, and others have occurred again and

1888, as in the old "black dealb," whole villages Lately as 1889. In an outbreak on the Volga is were destroyed, the general mortality being nearly go per cent, of the attacks. In China plague has probaby been endemic for a long ime but, as in all other countries, its epidemic virulence has varied greatly from time to time, In 1894, however, it broke out again in Cantor, and was quickly carried to Hangkang, and now — erazybody knows-we have it in Bombay, la Kurraches, and probably Calcutta also,

fall of such examples on the gib September, in the word "did," for instance.

You may thes d's are characteristic of Mrs. As stated in our telegraphic summary of Carew's, are they characteristic of Miss Jacob's? Monday's proceedings in the trial of Mrs. Carew,No, they differ from the last named in being Mr. Wilkinson, the Crown Prosecutor, wished to turned up; are slightly looped up-turned up, admit some new evidence to which Mr. Lowder | Mis. Carew's d'endu abreptly._Hor diary is objected. The evidence, it seems, was documen- taly, sad the question as to whether it should be admlited was reserved until his Lordship had considered the precedents. Mr. Lowder said he did not object to evidence being given of the mera receipt of a letter, so long as the letter was not shown to the Julga or Jury,

Sir Ernest Satow, H.B,M.'s Ministor, was then sworn and deposed to receiving an envelope handed to him by counsel. He opened the envelope when he received it, and it contained a leller. He was not requnlisted with any por- son bearing the name on the letter. (The name was not mentioned).

Mir, Wilkinson mixt proposed to call Mrs, Tocque. He had given notice to Mr. Lowder to prodses all letters willten by Mi. Torque to Mr. Carew. He proposed to osit Max. Tocque not for the purpose of proving the contents of the letters but to testify that they were bars.

Mr. Lowder, who said he received Mr. Wilkin- Bon't notice only on the previous night, objected to Mn. Tocque being called.

Mr. Wilkinson then wished to call He. Haso, an instructor in English at the Higher Miadia School la Tokio, as an expert la handwriting,

Mr. Lowder raised an objection, but fier questioning the witness, bis Lardship decided that Mr. Mason was fully qualified to pronounes an opinion on handwriting.

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Mr. Dunlop gava ovidence as to receiving from Miss Christofel some fragments of Mr.

Dickinson's letters,

Mr. Cecil Gulaces, acting accountant at the Hongkong and Shanghai, Bank, was called to Rive evidence as to the secured's handwriting Witness was shown Mrs. Carew's diary and asked to say whether be recognised her signature in it. He said the signature in the diary-Edith M. R. Caron was not her official signature, which was E. M. H. Catow, but the rest ho should way was the same handwriting

Mr. Wilkinson then pat in the diary and two letters willten by Mr. Carew to Miss Jacob, which witness said bore the sama signatura.

Mr. Mason was than recalled and deposed to examining specimens of the bandwilting of Mrs. Carew, Miss Jacob, and Miss Christoffel.

Mr. Wilkinson-Looking na these letters): Can you tell us, Mr. Mason, what peculiarities there are in accused's handwriting ?—May I look at thy beter?

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Will you pick out some aber examples /--- Here's a d, in the word "fied" I find the same characteristics in all the A.L. series.

Is there any other characteristic of Mr. Carew's handwriting in No. 383-The is stay and some. Then there are special d and used in the words "bad cold still," and the s la shop. plog in the diary of October Igth.

You have looked at the diary and the letters, do those_d's occur so frequenily as to be s marked characteristic of Mrs. Carew's ?—You.

And you found them throughout the A.L. Inte ter ?—Yes.

In what other letters 7-In exhibit P-the only,

Any other ?—The ward #ally" in the letter addressed to Mr. Lowder, "I never know you,"

etc.

His Landsbip suggested that the process of amination was very slow, would it not be better to leave these things to the jury to find eat, now that the general characteristics had | been pointed out.

Mr. Wilkisson-I much regret the delay. It is no pleasure to me to continue this examina- tion, I can simre you. Ent I shall not consider that I have done my daty unless I proceed in this way.

His Lordship-I did not say delay, but we ara proceeding very slowly, and whers shall we end? Photographs of some of the letters wars here handed to the jury, and the examination pro- coeded, latter by letter-the d's, etc., so in the letter to Mr. Lowder; the Greek e's blog pointed out. Of course, witness said, there were exceptions in the writing of some of the letters, There were only two commas in the latter to Mr. Lowder and all the rest are fall stops.

The letter to Mir, Hall, how dogs that begin?

I have just writes."

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WE are informed by the Agent of the Messageries the next French mall, left Saigon for this part at Maritimes Co. that the steamer Occasion, with

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THE Ocean Steamship Co.'s steamer Patrocles, day afternoon, and may be expected here on or from Liverpool, leit Slugspore for this post yester about the 3rd proz.

SHIPPING RITUREY. From 6 pm, yesterday to 5 pm. to-day, ARRIVALA.

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With the development of shipping enterprize In Japan, the business of marine Insurance has also attained marked progress. The tlaka covered by Japanese insurance companies now amount to a large figure. The Nanyo Mars, for example, destroyed by fire at Bakan, wai inrured to the extent of 360,000 yes, hull and cargo. Originally the various companies used to compete, but they soon discovered the dis- advantage of such methods, and the majority of them, above all the three largest, the Tokyo, Nippon, and Tekeku proserve fatimale rela tion and an insurance "undertaken by one is generally divided among the others so as to equalize risk and profits. In order to sli farther coment this relationship, to save trouble, and also to increase their credit, they have de elded that every risk undertaken by one of the thite shall be borne equally by all, and that | this arrangement shall go into force from the 1st of next month. The aggregate capital of these three companies is over 7 million yes, to credit and thus promote thele prosperity. that this step should greatly strengthen their

Such figures at the above are fall of excess- sgement for the Japanese, but, after all, how petly they seem by the side of the corresponding Egures of Occidental companies. Take the South Feftish, for example. It can scarcely be classed among the greatest of British companies, yet its subscribed capital is £1,900,000, m two and a half times as big as the aggregate nominal capital of the three leading Japanese companies. Evaything must have a beginning, and it is by no means our intention to depreciate the enterprise shown by the Japanese in this matter of insurance. But wholesome to look at the relative side of things.—Japan Mall.

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CONSUMPTION, Wasting Diseases, and General Debility. Doctors disagres as to the relativs Tale of Cod Liver Olf and Hyppphosphitas ; the one supplying strength and fesa—the other

Emulsion of Paro Cod Liver Oil with Hypo- ging nerve power and acilog as a tonic to the digestion and entire system. But in Scott's phorphites the two are combined, and the effect pamanent benent from other preparations bare is wonderful. Thousands who have derived no

been cured by this. "Scott's Emulsion perfectly palatable, and is easily digested even by those who cannot tolerats plain Cod Liver Oll Any Chemist can supply it.Sole Agents for "Hongkong and the Emotra of China Walkias & Co., Hongkong,➡[Advt.

Entimations.

HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT COMPANY, LIMITED,

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Aggregating 7,731 tons register,

DEPARTURES,

Halsteamer, for Swatow

Whather the auspicious case that have recently occurred in Londes, and have been have been cases of plague or not, if at least. Nampong Investigated by the Local Government Board, becomes a matter of to small interest to inquire Canton 434920 how lat England may consider huself safe from HaneÉ C the ravages of this terrible disease. No doubt Tramp ........... the altary conditions in which many of the MongEnt ma people live have vastly improved since the time of the Black Death of the fourteenth century. But both then and in the time of the Great Plague many mug and comfortable citizens were curled off, so that it was not altogether a matter of poverty; and, as to sanitation, It would, we think, be idle to contend that towards surroundings became so much better, the the end of the seventeenth century the sanitary poverty so much less, and the load so much been during the three preceding centuries, that mois ample throughout Europe than they had the plague, which up to then had occurred HowaKONG AND WEAMPOA Dock RETURNE, so frequently, could no longer and a foot in Howloon Dock. bold among the people. With undness we have to Eccept the fact that we do not know Altwio79 D

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NOTICE TO SHAREHOLD HS. THE SIXTY-FIRST ORDINARY HALF-

YEARLY MEETING of SHAREHOL DERS in the Company will be held at the Office of the COMPANY, No. 18, Bank Buildings, Queen's Road Central, on SATURDAY, the 30th instant, at 13th o'clock Noos, for the Papose of Receiving a Report of Directors, together with a Statement of Accounts, declaring Dividend, and electing a Director and Auditor. The TRANSFER HOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 17th to 30th, inclu. sirt.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

T. ARNOLD,

Secretary. Hongkong, 12th January, 1895.

THE KOWLOON LAND AND BUILDING

By Order of the Court of Directors.

T. JACKSON,

Chicl Hanager. Hongkong. 17th January, 1897. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING (196

CORPORATION.

NOTICE is hereby given that the REGISTERS OF SHARES of the CORPORATION will be CLOSED (rom SATUR DAY, the 30th January current, to SATURDAY, the rath day of February, next (both days Inclusive), during which period no TRANSFER OF SHARKS can be Registered.

By Order of the Court of Directors,

T. JACKSON,

Chief Manager.

Hongkong, 27th January, 1897.

Amusements.

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CITY HALL SATURDAY, 30TH JANUARY. Under the Distinguished Patronage af

H.E. Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, K.C.M.G H.E. Major-General W. BLACK, CB,

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By special request of several leading Residents of the Colony, A GRAND MILITARY CONCERT will be given by

The FULL-BAND, DRUMS and FIFES

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WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, and Operatic Selections, Instruments Solos, Drum Solos,

The whole concluding with JULIE'S WORLD FAMOUS BRITISH ARMY QUADRILLES Admited to be the Grandest Spectacle seen In Hongkong during the last 20 year2. The whole under the direction of WM. GEO. BENTLEY, A.R.C.M., Bandmaster, West York shico Regiment.

Prices of Admission :-$2.00 and $1.00. Hall-pries for SOLDIERS and SAILORS la Uniforms, PLAN at W. ROBINSON & Co.'s Musala Rooms, Queen's Road.

SAM MARKS,

:Sdanager. Hongkong, 23rd January, 1897. OPENING MONDAY, 1st February, 1897.

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epidemic virulence in plague. We know that B.M.S.Immortelli... on wist depends the periodical development of Daxis mamazını g plague remains andemic in certain district in Newthang unan Will you point out the characteristics-The minor form for periods, and then breaks bounds, ia have the of "se" the Greek of spreadlog far and wide as as intensely fatti

Stambembe "carik," h of "have " the d of "bamboesied." epidemic, but why this happens we do not know. Thare are full-stops only in this latter. In we know that, whether in regard to endele | scoured's general letters and in the diary there prevalence or epidemic apread, the presence of are the same mistakes of punctuation so in this fith, and especially of pollution of the soil, A. LigJatter- fall-stop where one would not expect to Ens one. After Sun of Sunday there localities to be attacked. But in view of the seems to be a determining agent in regard to the is a full-stop Instead of a hyphen, Then there fact that plague vanished of tis own accord from are full-polota kitas the figures-bat here they Europe during the seventeenth century, it would His Lordship Yes.

are quite logicai. Į took a special nois of

be presumptuone to say that the improvement Witness-Tals, I presume, refers to Mrs, the die being turned down because they were not which has taken place in such conditions will Carey's handwriting alone?

apparent in any other handwriting shown me. I prevent its recurrenco. So far as our skulls- Mr. Wilkinson What is admited to be her consider it a characteristic al which the writer tion helps to protect us from other symatic 36th handwriting alone I-Yor

may probably be unconscious. I have only diseases, so it will do from plagas, for plague 45th Witness-Amongst the capitals the most lected those characteristics which consider is essentially a fith disease. But saltation characteristic are C, P, D, N, R, H, and T. the writer unconscious of. There are character is a wide_term. We are told that over The small letters -Especially characteristic latics in handwritings of which the writers are crowding of dwelling houses is a powerful cou of Mrs. Carew's handwriting in the small letter perfocaly aware. These special characteristics tribatory cause of plague ; but have we so over are a, b, d lotilal, and fos), I, in various forms; have spoken of are those of which the writer is crowding? We nie told that of all social con- Initial b, Initial; z-ihat lê all,

unconscious. Their rey marked features leadditions, poverty and general social misery, seems Then ?-I should like to add spallon-theme to this epision. There is the marked in to be the most influential in iis production in Port Initials in the form of the Greek letter..

these letters, and the fof Miss Jacob: I tlak ("Allbelt's System of Medicine"); but have we Is that all you wish to say in regard to the the writer of them must be aware of it. I rather no party and social misery 7 And as for dirt small fotlers I have reference in my nodes to looked for small peculiarities that big. The and pollation of the sell, though our walls two other exhibits, but these are not before me, anconscious piculariiles of feigned handwriting draland towns may probably assume that they The question of punctuation Mrs. Carew's are most lisaly to be reproduced. Mest decidedly are gate from a disease re peculiarly allled with panctuation is extremely charactniniej it can do I think that the punctuation is unconscious. Rith te plague is, we would ask in there so xists of nothing but periods fall stops marks Mrs. Cámy's diary is characterised by having madadkowas in England? Arethus no villages scarcely distinguishable from full stops, and nothing but stops, and this is a marked charace yat undrained ?. Are there no kamids yet unpro R dather Occasions quotation marks occteristic of the whole series of As L. Latters. The rided with water except such as wake. Into, the did not find it very marked in any other writing would a domblers to percre some of the #Fhavn pointed out in shopping is very marked 1 walls from neighbouring cesspools? And we samaltted to me EA HAMMA raporis of the medical officer to the Look GM: 22x

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