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NEWS BY THE ENGLISH MAIL.
LONDON, January 8:2.
Mr.CP. Villlers, Father of the House of Commons, celebrated his ninety-fifth birthday on the 3rd lustant.
Mr. William Laird, of Álexander Laird and Co., Glasgow, and M. Willa, of Bristol, have baen knighted.
M. Bonvalot, the explorer, has been made an officer of the Legion of Honour.
The new Archbishop of Canterbury yesterday made his public entry into bir Cathedral city.
The Katter on New Year's Day issued an order against duelling by military officers.
A Rome correspond at states that foformation which he has gathered justifies a denial of the repart that the Pope
The Queen has been pleased to appolat Captain Prince Louis of Battenberg, R.N., to be an Bonorary aide-de-camp.
Meats. EL. S. Gordon, D. Oliphant, J. L Smith, and H. E. Sly have been appointed Student Interpreters in the British Consofar Service of China, Japan and Stam
Mr. Justice Chitty has been appointed a Lord Justice of Appeil la succession to Lord Justice Kay, who has been in ill-hesith''fer; some time.} and has now resløned.
Adeputation representing the Anglo-Armenian Association presented Mrs. Gladstone, on the occasion of ber eighty-fifth birthday, with -portrait of head of the Armenian Church,
Two great gifts to clence are danced. The late Alfred Notel has bequeathed b's fortune, some £1,000,ces, to physical research, and the Baroness de Hirsch is stated to be about to bestow £80,000 upon the Pasteur Insiliate at new yach, to take the place of the Victoria A and Albert, is to be bullt for the Queen. The new vessel is to be available for ocean voyages, will be fitted with twin screws, and attain a high rate of sted..
Paris.
The trial of the Scott-Russell libel case reached an unexpected and sensational climax at the Old Balley yesterday. Counsel for the defence withdrew the plen of justi&cálion altoge- ther. The jury returned a verdict of gulity. Judgment reserved.
Major Lothaire, whose name has been a goed deal before the public the last year or two, "has Jeft Earope for Egypt, bat bis akimate desilaa- tton is the Dutch East Indies, where he intends to become a planter.
It is reported that Colonel Waters, the military attaché to the Embassy la St. Petersburg, who
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1897.
will be so constructed as to be-readily, erhvertí. Į ble fato fast armed cruisery.
All outward vessels to the Far East are sill very full of cargo, though the congestion of a couple of months ago has passed away some what. Advices from Eastern Import markets would seem to betoken that a slack ('me Is coming before long.
NAVAL AND MILITARY.
The following appointments has been made at the Admiralty Chief Engineer J. A. Murray, H. Williama and J. Thomson, to the pkteenia, to the Agenda, to dan Jan. 19; As Engineers
to the Redpola; V, 1. Bowring, to the Pigmy to date Juu. 19. Lieutenants H. B. Gellibrand, H. T. Allay, to the Undaunted; to date Dic. 31. Licut-Colonel Waters, Military Attache to the British Embassy at St. Petersburg, arrived Kreanojkrak on dib Jan., on his way through Sibella to Vladivostock. On the 3rd an engine, which had got out of the driver's control contusions on the back, but no bones were collided with his carriage. The Colonel sustained fractured.
-The hired transport Cephalonts, fram Hong kong arrived at Southampton on 6th January, and disembarked one officer, 39 men, 4 woman, 11, children, invalids for Netley; officers, 207 men, a women, children, tims-expired and for Darer; xzt zst South Wales Borderers for reservists, for Brockhurst; 27 19: West Yorks Aldamhot 3 officers 91 pen, No. 14 Company, Eastera Division R.A., for Sheerness; 430 men and 74 details, laclading 20 prisoners, 31 women, and Northumberland Fusiliers, for Portland, had 28 children.
On 4th January the dia kesi-plates of the battleship Golfa were-laid-at-natham Dock yard in the presence of Admiral Sapateadent Andee and all the principal officers She is to be ready for launching to ten months, and will be completed in wealy months. Her length will be gooit. between parçandiculare, breadth 74ft., and her displacement will be about 13.000 tons. The same morning the first keel-plates of the Canopur were laid on No. 5 slip at Posts month-Dockyard. The Canopus is a battle. ship known technically as an Improvet Renews and a modified Majestie, belag only vit, less beam than these ships. She will have 11,930 tous displacement, and will be complet: at the same time as the Golfath.
for the Royal Norwegian Navy, was launched on The Harald Haarfagre. fitst bailleship built the 4th nit, from the Walker Yard of Sir W.G. Armstrong and Co, the naming ceremony being performed by Madame Stang, who is said to be
direct descendant of Harald Haarfagre, first
THE CAREW, CASE,
YOKOHAMA, February 142. length recapitulatedihe arguments for the defence Mr. Lowder, for the defence, at colderable and confideatly felt it to the jasy to say that the prosecution bad failed to saifsly them that the priscuer was the Incasante fiend the prosecution -had tried to make her out to be.
was found by one of our nailves preachers, The boy's father was coming a very • shallow stream of water; he fell and was too weak was asked to save the bay. The preacher tried to tist. When our preacher found the man be to save the man's life, but he was too far gone to eat,"
Mr. Evelyn M. Garden, of Mongell, C.P., who
stantial account of things la his part of the coun- for some time a member of the Bombay Guardkan staff, issues the following circum hy
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TO-DAY, WEATHER REPORT.
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10 m.
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ANNIVERSARIES.
for
Agents.
Amoy...]. M. & Co.
'kong..............], M. & Co. Shanghai...B. & S.
El Dorado, Kalfong, ChiAB, Taiwan, Newchwang, Whampoa, Trym and Toonan!
PASSED THE CANAL,
(UTWARD-5th
out January Antenor, Stk. 8th January—Benvenus. Fava, Templar, 15th JanuaryBreconshtri, Teentai.gth Janga y-Dardanus, Trane, aand Janafty- Ixion, Palawan. Previïta. Aga Caždia, 161b January Agomamnon, Milbourne, Oolong, Delke Rickmers, Normandie. 19th January, -Melpomene, Ocanna, Keslong, St. Andrews, and Feb.- Agin. Brnast Simons, "Cyrus, Dordogne Glaucur - 5th Febrany-Cayton, Hector, Kanagawa, Mara.
HOMEWARD--2nd Febrasty-Yarro, Cassius. 5th Fabrumis="ckilles: Kagashima Maru,
Intimations.
1626-The Sparlak Fleet left the pot of Carite, THE KOWLOON LAND AND BUILDING
contentios, declared to be a proposition of Mr. Wilkinson, replying, disputed Mr. Lowder's
was caused by the combined effects of law, that if the jury found that death
bound to acquit her, because it would be tice, theft staple diet. They raise no bajri, no The riple of the Hilaapore Distile, Central polson net administered by her they were Provinces, are almost entirely dependent on Impossible to say that death was caused solely jemari, and very little whant. Last year's vice by the particular polson administered by hatrest was astmated at eight owens in tha her. Subject to his lordship's correction, Mr.ruge, and the present distress then had its com- Wilkinson told the jury that this was not the ancement. Great hopas prevailed at the be
83 0.05 law. If they found that polson administered by ginning of the monsoon this year, and every- the accused, although not the sole cause of the thing reened to indicate a splendid ries harvest. Chinese-2 of 1st mann of 29-d year of
Mardry, 9th February, 1897. death of the deceased, conduced to his death, then they were bound to find a verdict of
It is really trap wilble to describe the constore-Icwlib.-6th-dar, 5057. guilty ation and fear which seized theusands of farmer Mohammedan-52à Ramadan, 1314. Taen Coassel went on to cieul with the evidence of the effects of the different polsons discovered and instand af the much dentred rain clouds, the San-Riess
when at a most erfiscal moment the rain cassed, In the chemical analysis, emphasizing the avis dence of Dr. Bielt that sugar of lead was not an
Fiple could see nothing but blue sultry sky active polson, and that suiënic was more deadly,
for several weeks in succession." The well-c-do The greater part of Counsel's address wat darot-
faimers then begin is dismisı their Assistents, ed to the "Annie Leke" letters. He combated week. Hundreds of poor people who were while the price of rice wont op almost every and argued that they were written at a time were unable to get work. Women have come. the idea that they wes wilter-by Miss Jacob barely able to eke out a living by daily labour when it was desirable to relac on behalf of Mrs. to me begging for employment 11three-pics He put that forward as one of the reasons why for five and alx pics dally, Men Carem-Bolber theory of Mr. Carew's death day and men have actually worked Mrs Carow-should-write them. Mary Jacob wandered with wires and children from hava was not nuder susplefon; and the theory that it www matter of Yerse was out of the question.ge to lage begging for fand unit Mrs. Carew, tightly or wrongly, at that time was
our after the other the children have diet could be made showing that there was some under suspicios, and if any working theory
from sickness brought on by starvailon. I have bad them come to me and fall down on person elre who could have done the deed, it
their faces, unable to their weakness to atter was de table in Mis. Carew's frizerest that that
aslegle word. But there they have late, their theory should ko taized.
vallence pleading maze eloquently than the tast of words. This year's rice crop will be
How these months will pass I cannot dare to about two anwar in the apes, and a twelve. month must pass before the next rice harvest. Imagine. The distrers will be fearful. Our town is now crowded with five hundred starving clearoves, and their number is emiinally tur creming. The Civil Surgeon visited the town from hand-quarters, and immediately on seeing the distress he reported to the Government with thexerult that in a few days, a local poor fund wet started, and this enables the authorities to give out a ința of elce kanyl to the hungry once every day.
Parete are continually coming to us and
LATER,
Ienced to death. The Judze summed up against Mr. Carew has been found gulity and sen- her, and the jury brought in a verdict of gally alter considering fie twenty-fira minules. The sentence was delivered in court, but its
cxccation depends upon the British Minister.Kobs Chronicle.
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THE FAMINE IN INDIA.
FACTS ABOUT THE APPALLING DESTRESS. In the January number of the Santinel somo
hy.arder-of-the-Governor of Manila, for the purpose of taking Farmoss,
1863-Great-fire at Ferchow. 1819-John Parkin hoi 1879-ass-Tarkish Treaty 1890-Great fire at Yoleshas.
TO-MORROW. Chiasse.--8th of 1st # son of Ford viar of
Tursdar, q'h February, 1897. Tel -78k Adar, 5857., Mohammedan.-6th Ramadan, 1915.
Kwong-372
Sun Riser
Stit
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High water-Morning
Afternoon
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[Fest manth.) 6hr 38rtn Skr. 50min. £kr. am. Ohr, Bimin, Ihre 10min.
Low water-Morning ........ 6hr, 51min. Afternoon ...... 9kr. 24min.
· ANNIVERSARIES. #555-Bishop Hooper burnt at the stake at Glou-
cester:
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1897-The Henrietta Maria found driflag about in Palawan Passage; cxplain, crew and aço coollen missing.
is on his way to Vladivostock, will meet one of King of Norway. The vessel is adoft., Jong, thrilling and thoroughly trustworthy reports") bagging us to take ibëlt chlidren fox geod: they 1891-Destructive fire at Kowloon elty,
the efficials of the British Legation in Peking, and the two will frame a lolot report on the Siberian and Russo-Chinese Raliways.
of 3,500 toas displacerent, and will be armed with 20 quick firing guns of various clibres and two torpedo tubes.
The Queen's Crememoration Fund at pre- sent amounts to 19 000 and the committee are now prepsied to receive further tabicriptions.
THE CHINESE EASTERN ** A large number of Lords Lieutenant and Lord
RAILWAY COMPANY. Mayors have signified their approval of this method of celebrating the "Diamond year."
The following is the text of the official asa- Di, Yersla the eminent French bacteriologist,yals of the statutes of the cow Chinese Eastern who investigated the babonic plague at Hong Hallway Company as given in the Bulletin de kong in '94. has been favited urgently to visit | Loft - Bombay. He sailed some days ago for Ton- kin, but will, it is sald, proceed to India as soon as possible, taking with him a supply. of
anti-toxine serum.
Maceo, the Caban insurgent General, in re- ported to be at lving. The widow of n insurgent colonel who has arrived at Key West states that in the action in which the leader's death was said to have taken place he wan severely wounded, but was carried from the field and is now recovering in the insurgent camp.
According to some of the Vienna pagaru Coual Dey, Austria Ambassador in Log. don, le to be recalled in order to fill a high post at Vienna. Count Kalacky, formerly Austrian Forsign Minister, is spoken of as Count Deym's
saccessor.
An absolute contradiction is given in the most authoritative quarters in St. Petersborg to the St. Petersburg correspondent of a London news paper, that 5. Witte's project for the introduction of a gold standard la Russia had been abandons ed. The plan will certainly be discussed by the Council of the Empire in March after the statutes of the State Bank have undergone the necessary revision to bring them into harmony with the scheme.
A now Vienas society paper, Dia Blegante Welt, is informed that the Emperor Faucis Joseph, who is to leave shent the middle of February for Cap St. Manio, will again have an interview with the Queen, and that he will then be invited, as the doyes of the Continental Sovereigns, to attend Her Majesty's fablles,
SPORTS & PASTIMES.
MEMORANDA,
Transfer Books of the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co, Lt, closed from this date to the zaad Inst., inclusiva.
TO-DAY,-8th February.
p.m.-Willian's Circus st back of City Hall.
TO-MORROW,-9th February, Noon-Meeting of shareholders of the Kowloon Lead and Buliding Co., Ltd, at the Company's office, Victoria Bulidings.
4.30 p.m.-Meeting of the Finance Committee
of the Alice Memorial and Nothersole Hos pitals at the Alice Memorial Hospital, WIDNESDAY,-10th February. Plage Conference mcels at Vienus, West York's Regimental Sports.
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COMPANY. LIMITED.
TOTICE (her-by-given-that the EIGHTH NORDINARY GENERAL-MEETING- SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the COMPANY'S OFFICES. Victorts Buildings, TO- MORROW, the 9th February, 1897, at 12 o'clock (Noos), for the purpose of receiving the Reput af the Board of Directare, together with a State ment of Accounts for the Twelve Months ending the 1st December, 1896.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from FRIDAY, the 29th Jan to TUESDAY, the gh February (both days inclusive), during which period no TRANSIER OF SEARES can be registerd.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
A. SHELTON HOOPER,
Secretary to the *
Hongkong Land Investment and Agency Company, Limited, Agents for the
Kowloon Land and Building Company, Limited. Hongkong, 8th February, 1897.
[16x HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
NOTICE hereby given that the
ORDINARY HALF.YEARLY MEET- ING of the SHAREHOLDERS je thle CORPORATION will be held at the CITY HALL, Hongkong, on SATURDAY, the 13th day of February next. at NOON, for the purpose of together, with Statement of Account to 31st receiving the Report of the Court of Directors, December, 1896.
By Order of the Court of Directors,
(196
T. JACKSON,
Chiol Manager. Hoogkong, 17th January, 1897. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI, BANKING CORPORATION.
149 P-Volunteer Corps' dance at the City Hall. NOTICE is hereby given that the
are given regarding the condition of our unfor- Att wiling to sign any sost of agreement raiber Iban see the desh and blood suffering from the tunate fellow-subjects in India. The word- pange of banger, crying to their parents for food pictures wie chlely based, o letters written which they cannot get from anywhere. Only a by missionaries who know whereof they speak,few weeks ago we removed a girl of ten yours and they throw a lamentable and fuld light on
from the side of her dead father, who lay on the the real state of affairs to an Indian Empire. 1oadside. She had not a felend in the world,9 By way of latroduction, the Sexifuel says it is and she promises to be useful.
but now we have received her into our home now four years since really average harvest has been reaped in some parts of the Contral His Majesty the Emperor has sanone, as Provinces. Numbers of small farmers have been from Dec. 4, 1896, the statutes of the Cefacla constituted to construct and work a rallway have been depopulated, and the people are Eastern Railway Company. The company is rained by borrowing money, whole villages
YACHTING. Yesterday's wasther wat bardly of the descrip- tween a point to be selected on the frontier of the wandering about is search of work that is very
tion to make pleasant walling, but for racing it province of Hai Lung Chiang with a point on bard to find, owing to the bankruptcy of thons.
way not so bad, calling at times for some smart and will be connected with the branches that ands of employers. This sad state of affairs pre-squalls that came up from time to time. The the Eastern frontier of the province of Kirin,
and skiifal vesmanship, parilcularly in the antty the Imperial Russian Government will judge walls also in the greater part of the North-westers Club's sixth race vas falled over opportune to construct between the lines of the provinces and in, the Bengal Presidency. A little round mark bost to the west of Stonecutters mlle course from the Police pler (Kowloon); Trans-Baikal and the Southern Uss of the while ago two or three inches of raia would have Island, Kowloon Rock, and Channel Rocks, one part, sed the Chinese fronder of the other
saved the 'Bombay Presidency, but it did not Past, to the tests of the contract concluded Aug,
all to starboard, and finishing over the starting 77, 1896, between the Imperial Cbiners Govers- come and propie sold their cattle and horses line.
e ment and the Russo-Chinese Bank.
for next to nothing, because they were able
The stries were s~~ reserved to the company, with the consent of
to find the means of feeding them. One the Chinese Government, to exploit perallel to the railway the coal beds and other mineral lady missionary in charge of an Orphan Asylum. industrial and commercial enterprises, Chinese I have offen thought my own life was grada. riches of the country, to organisereported as follows to the Bombay Guardian - and Russian subjects can alone be shareholders ally going ont with the care and anxiety over. of the company. The concession is granted to these sick and dylag and homeless children. company for a term of eighty years from the They come with bones thrust through their sklo, date when the line shall be completed for working with eyes turned faalde out; with dysentery. throughout its length. The share capital of the cholers, and with everything. Children five and company is fixed at 5,000,000 roubles, divided six years old were brought in baskets because
...................Mr. Wilkinson, Payne......R. E. Officers. ·· into 1,600 shares of 5.000 toubles each. The they could not walk. Men, women, and children
With the exception of Sydll (two reels) and remainder of the necessary funds for the con- came with mouths and checks swollen till they sported fall sail. They got away with a fine Phabe and Dart (ana reel) the littlefleet struction of the llae, for the sequlation of rolling looked like horrible monsters, sad with blood start and Eries working well up from stock, and the organisation of the service will be tricking from their mouths to the ground. the lee of the line led formliked by the Imperial Rasina Government Beggars looted the bazaar and ravenously ate around
Maid Marion In the form of bonds, of which the fason will take the raw flour as they man. Beggars go into a minuter,
the Stoneculler's mark place as required under form and conditions house and will not go out, while their condition owing to the tide took place and Maid Marion
Some short tacking in edicated by the Russian Minister of Finance, La so terrible that one slight blow would kill The Imperial Russian Government grants to the
gained on her leader steadily and had her satan them. A sheep sells for 13 xanas (about 23
and
It la
FIRST CLASS. Brica........Mr A. Denison. Szőt! aromany..............Officers, R.E. Fast Hon. F. H. Kay, Male Marton Mr. J. Hastings. Melcar
....Mr. T. Lammert.
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SECOND CLASS, DEMONSUNDERVÁLSMr. E. M. Hareland.
.Dr.Cluke,
Dart........ Ladybird
by two shora
American and German mails due.
THURSDAY,-11th February.
I a.m.--English mall closer. Moon-Mirzapora salle for London, West York's Regimental Sporty,"
FRIDAY, 12th February. German and Indian mails dus,
SATURDAY, 13th February, American mail dae.-
The Transfer Books of the Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Ltd, closed from this date to the 26th inst., Inclusive.
naual parts of call
Noon-Per-leaves for San Francisco, ufa Noon-Meeting of shareholders of the Hong: kong and Shanghal Banking Corporation, at the City Hall.
SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS, MAILS DUR: American (Peru) 11th lost. German (Pyrurism) ruth [nst, Indian (Lightning) 12th innt, American (Coblic) zath Inat, American (City of Rio de Janeiro) zoth fast, -Canadian (Empress of Japan) ath fret.
Tacoma (Tacoma) ged prox. American (Gaelic) 4th prox.
and lost some way. Off Yaumail several attening squalls were encountered and sall had to be shortened all round. Erica gained on Maid Marion and then bad malls, etc., left Shanghel for this port at a am. While reefing THE P. M. 5. S. Co.'s steamer Pers, with
Docks, sada lampy sea running put the little inform us that the "Ben" line steamer to retire owing to her peak halllards giving yesterday.
Another reef had to be taken in off the Tax Agents (Mesra, Gibb, Livingston & Co.) beats to a good last. At Channal Rocks Mold Benvenue, from Antwerp sad London, left and Skr behind in the order named. The THE Imperial German Mall steamer Prewire, Morton led by 15 minuten-from Meteor, with Singapore for this part on the 5th inst order of finishing was as follows :—
FIRST CLASI.
carrying the German mails with dates from Berlin Maid Mario...monDert.
to the Tith alto, left Slugapore for this port of 10 s,m, yesterday, and may be expected here on or about Thursday night, the 11th Inst. THE P. M. S. 5. Co.'s steamer City of Peking, with mails, etc., which left Hongkong on Jan, yib for San Francisco, vin Shanghal, Nagual Kobe, Inland Sex. Yokohama and Honololu, arrived at her destination on the 5th inst.
SHIPPING RETURNI. Fram 8 pm. Saturday to 6 fim, today,
SICOND CLASS.
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Sylfluomananmuna.Ladyöträ Phabemuan.Payne. The marke in the first class are at present:—
Hald Marion 34 Erics, 192954489209919 25 Place ... 15
Association Rulen to-morrow aftemoon at Happy FOOTBALL
Valley, Kick-off at 4:45 pm.
The Colts will play a Wert York teams under
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The Invitation, says this paper, will be accepted. I bonds a guarantea of interest and emor;liation; † ċenta) and a cow fat five or six rupees (about off the eastern end of the Island, Phabe also Her Majesty has conferred the Grand Cross The shares will be issued at may, and do 'not $1.50 or $1.Bo), most of which is given for her passed Sybik, which had got into the tide of the Order of St. Michael and St. Georro upen his Excellency Monsieur Luis de Soveral, enjoy the guarantee of the Imperial Russian hide. When we refused to take the children Minister for Foreign Affairs to the King of Government. The administration of the com they were hidden on Portugal, la recognition of the valuable assist
our verandah, I have pany will have its offices at Peking and St. seen dead children ance rendered by his Excellency towards a
Petersburg. It will be composed of a President to a pole as they carry dead animals, and tied hand and feat settlement of the controversy... between Her nominated by the Imperial Chinese Govern cantel off to be buried by the sweepers. Majesty's Government and that of Brazil, in
ment, and alse members elected lamongst the I have refused to take children in good health regard to the islet of Trinidad.
shareholders. The members of the adminis from their parents and have seen theat Dr. Depasst, who with Count Casstolbastration will elect amongst themselves slowly die from starvation. Do you wonder I just come over the Siberias railway from Paking the strict observance of the engagements of of?
Vice-President. The President will as to long to send away every child that I get bold to Moscow, has now reached Farly. He has made a full report of his Interesting Journey to
the company to the Chinese Government. It the Minister of the Colonies. The line is already will be through his intermediary that all reports Santhals to the hill country of Bengal says!
Another missionary working among the in operation at the extremiles, at the west up to
between the company and the Chinese Gavem "The Santhal woman's wages are five pies & the Obi, the bridge across which will not be
ment will pass. The immediate direction of day and men get two annas, with which they do completed 11 May next, and at the east from
the affairs of the company will be confided to well when crops are good, but now, poor things, Vladivostock to Gravakale. There is consider the Vice-President. Two members
of the bow are they to get food when their corn and able difficulty in pushing forward between Lake administraties will retire each yeres during the rice is a very dear? During the last fortnight Baikal and Chabarovika owing to the soll za dve years this re-election will be by means Mr. Hargat has amplayed about two hundred The 9530 kilometres between Moscow and
of drawing, or by mutual agreement, and later heathen to make a tack, which has helped the Vladivostock will be done in twelve or thirteen storily. The remuneration to to allow poor Santhalsa ilitle, but they will need regular days by quick trains. The trains for the mill will be fixed by general meeting
Ed the members of the administration assistance for months to come. Yesterday tary transport service will cover the distance is
of some dear Christians told me that their crops shareholders. seventeen days.
The administration l The Queen has approved the following appoint. Assistant Engineers charged with the construc- I tried to comfort them with God's promises to being only on high land are dead, and that they Bominate the Engineer-in-Chief and the. only have straw which their caitis will eat. ments Sir Hubert Edward Henry Jerninghamton and technical direction of the line. The His own in times of famina. May Ged incline E.C.M.G, Governor of Maurities, to be Governor of the Colony of Trialdad and Tobago Sh
acmination of the other employes is reserved many heals to remember the-dasz Santhals.. Charles Brace, K.C.M.G., Governor of the
elther to the administration or to the Engineer Rev. B. Mitchell, of Bins, CP, also writes: Windward Islands, to be Governor of Mauritius;
in-Chief. At the expiration of the term of the "This is the fourth year that through lack of Sir Cornelias Alfred Maloney, K.C.M.G. day when the line is in fall working throughout almost a total failure. Last year wheat faled concession, that is to say, eighty years from the rain and on account of "rast,' crops have been Governor of British Houdures, to be Gore its length, the Imperial Chinese Government altogether (this is a wheat district) and grain of the Windward Islands; Colonel David Wilson, will becuase sole proprietor of the line and all averaged a four assa crop. We are surrounded C.M.G., Sab-latendant of Crown Lands, inventory, simply by the expiration of the by villages, and the native chief who owns Trinidad, to be Governor of British Honduras.
concession. The reserve funds and other capital them has always been very friendly to the Imperial Russian Government for its gus has been compelled to borrow Rs. 40,000 of the company will be used to reimburse the misstonales. In the last four years he raste of Interest, and the balance is divided with which to help his people in seed, grain, amony/the shareholders. The eventual porc. He now finds it impossible to borrow tion of the debt of the company to the Imperial more money, I know ning villages in which Russian Government not amortized shall be there is no food and no sed grain. The annulled. The Imperial Chinese Government people in the other villages have only a has baldes the right to purchase the lies at the small quantity of seed grain. People are actually 1. Vary expiration of thirty-six years from the day when dying of starvation. Quiles amber who came the line shall be in fall work throughout its into our little station begging food died on our length. In this latter case the Chinese Goves rosds, Some of these died during the night, Two now steamers, to be called the Moskva the Has, and to pay all the debts of the company had mutilated them. Women are walking about ment will have to pay all the capital created for and when their bodies were found the jackals and Follave, are building on the Tyne and Including sormed Interest. Naturally, account begging, almost nude, and with their bones Clyde respectively for the Russian Volunteer will be taken of such bands amortised by way almost protruding through the skin. We have Fleet. These addilans will be of the same type of drawing. In the statutes are enumerated
rated done all we could to help thesa poor s the Kharson. Orders for three besides the engagements to which the company but the want is so general that the little wo further additional Attamers will then te beheer both to the Imperial awalan could de has set amounted to me drop lo placed with British builders. The net earningnment in exchange for the guarantee of interest, bucket. We are giring food to the old and Taklo, notification has been laused by the Alimers
the Owing to the prevalence of small-pox in Z. In Kowloon Dock.' of the Volunteer Ficat for 1896 will aggregate and to the Chinese Government for tan facilities Infirm. We have taken in, fed, and clothed one Governor ordering that all people under go years Nurik, H.I.R.M.S...
cut three millions of roubles. Daring the accorded to the company for payment of custom handred and twenty-two orphan children, and of age, who have not undergone vaccination Tadeßen Tantu current year the fleet will take in all twenty-one dues in Russia, the mode of fixing the tariffs, of sent them to aghicagen hen they wore over since January, 1595, shall be compu'sorily wacci-Zafiro trips to the Far East, that is, nineteen from transport and organisation, "the service of the worst stages of thel": ......Association acceives from the Imperial Goveza. Hom of the line shall be commenced on August | was found lying on the dead body of his mother. Damallpox is stil prevalent in Kobe.gaid the Tamarind, kinamus
Odess and two from St. Petersburg. The | passengers and goods. The work of construc. † of these children *** Awini starvation. Many dated within #wook from this dats.
a very sad blatory. Oce ment a yearly subsidy of 617,000 roubles, The 16th, 1897, at the latest, and be completed to under the accident van in the railway yarij 'a metsat profect ofthe Volunteer Fleet direc- the space of six years from the day when the few days later another was found in the same Kobe city authorities started again on agih Nanchang sammen je
IMÁLL-POK IN KOEL Lorain is gradually to roles the strength of their trans of the line shall have been definitely place by the side of his dyldg rather. These ultimo to compulsorily vincitate potyle who - Zalyan, atestaisin – Bstills to thirty first-class vessalsy dil of which i sajil
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SHIPPING NEWS.
Mesna, Archibald M'Millen and Son have launched a steel screw steamer, the first of two similar vessels being built to the order of Mesus. Misul and Co., of Japan and London. The principal dimensions ste:-Length, agoft. breadth, 381t; depib, aaft: 1,900 tons grase register.
The usual notices as to return to shippers confining their shipments, Ke, &e, have been notified by the various Far Eastern shipping Hims as applying to 1897.
wafferers,
whole of Japan. The Nicks Nicht reports that from the 1st to the 22nd of January 5,711 cases, The smallpox epidemic is spreading over the
cases were reported Empire. In the following prefectures Over 100 of which 1,6c0 ended fatally, were reported in the
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DOCK RETURIO).
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REGISTERS OF SHARES of the CORPORATION will be 'CLOSED from SATUR- DAY, the 30th January current, to SATURDAY, the 11th day of February next (both days Inclusive), daring which perlad no TRANSTER OF SHARKS Can be Registered.
By Order of the Court of Directora
T. JACKSON,
Chlef Manager. Hongkong, 27th January; 1897.-
(107 THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.
THE TWENTY-EIGHTH ORDINARY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in the Ns. 3. Queen's Road Central, Victoris, on COMPANY will be held at the CoMPANY'S OFFICE, MONDAY, the 15th February, at Twelve o'clock
Nook, for the purpose of receiving a Statement of Accounts and the Report of the Directors for the year ending 31st December, 1295.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the rat to the 15th Iden both days inclusive.
By Order,
-GEO. L TOMLIN,
Acting Secretary. Hongkong, 25th January, 1897. [181 'HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
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THE ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Orvices of the COMPANY No. 14, Praya Central,
Report of the Directors and the Statement of MONDAY, the 22nd February, 1897, at ts o'clock Noom, for the purpose of receiving the Accounts to the 31st December, 1896, and of approving by resolution of the proposed purchase, of Hung-Ham Inland Lots Nos. 171 and 172. and of the proposed extensions to Kowloon Mating Lot No. 17 and to Hung-Ham Marina Lot No. 1 on terms to be stated,
will be CLOSED from the 8th to the 22nd The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company
February, both days inclusive,
By Order of the Board of Directors,
THOS. I ROSE,
Secretary,
Hongkong, ist February. Egy.
HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY; LIMITED, NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
*HE
TH
TWENTY-EIGHTH ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING of SHAREHOL DERS in the above COMPANY will be held at the Orricks of the COMPANY,, Pedder'ʼn Street, on FRIDAY, The 26th day of February, 1897, at 13.30 of the clock in the afternoon, to receive * Statement of Accounts to 31st December, 1806, and the Report of the General Managers and to elect a Consulting Committes and Auditory.
The TRANSFER-BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the #gth to the 26th February, both days inclusive.
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.,
General Managers, *- HONGKONG FIRE-INSURANCH Co, Ln. [216
Hongiang, goth January, 1807.
WANTED.
TUD GROOM to take charge of HORSES,
Liberal Wages to Good MAR,
Letters only,
BERT WILLISON,
Hongkong Hotel
(249
Hongkong, th February, 1807.
THE HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT
AND AGENCY COMPANY, LIMITED.
DURING
́my ABSENCE, and until further: noties Mr. MOWBRAY STAFFORD. NORTHCOTE has been appointed ACTING SECRETARY
By Order of the Board of Directors,
A. SHELTON HOOPER,
Secretary.
Kangkang, sóth January, 1897-
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