THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1897.
NEWS BY THE AMERICAN MAIL. I period before the estimates referred to had to
be officially discussed and passed,
We refrain from making any observations an the facts of the case thus brought under your LONDON, February 22nd,
noties, but the matter, will be found to be set Blanche, Marchioness of Waterford, is dead. forth in further detail in the letter from the Hen. The aftrinon newspapera comment favorably T. H. Whichead to His Excellency the Governor upon the sunougerment made by the American of Hongkong, dated the and December, 1896, corrasuondent of the London Timer that Colonel | which is included in the published corre John Hay has been selected by President-elect | spondente abave refered to. McKinley to be the successor of Bayard an In replying to the communication from His Embassador of the United States.
Excellency the Governor, the Unofficial Mem- The Pall Mall Gorite ways: The sobers of Council were ananimous in considering lection is in every way admirable. Great Britain that he should redeem the pledge given by bit has always been fortunate in the American predecessor, to the effect that the specia! Light Embasador and o Mr., Bayard's successor she Dues rate should cease; but the majority of them in particularly so.
echoed the suggestion made in His Excellency's leiter that for the future a fixed rate of si cents per too should be imposed as Light Diet on all abipping entering the harbour, Bot it must be pointed out that the Unofficial Members of Council present at the meeting at which the subject was discussed, who were la favour of this proporal, were absolutely uncon- nected with the shipping lnterest of the port, and were malaly representatives of landed pro perty rather that of commercial enterprie,
M. Biondio, the celebrated ight-rass walker, who was the first person to cross Niagara Falli on a tight rope, died from diabetes_to-day`at Ealing, a suburb of London.
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from · Berlin' *y*: Emperor Willam is confined la bis room by reason of an abscony on his right knee. He will probably be ill and noble to leave the palace for several days.
Speaking in the Commons on the honshard- ment of Caner Sir William Vernon Harcourt, the Liberal leader,, who was loudly cheered by the Opposition, fuld the time had come when the voice of England ought to be heard. Conti- nulog, Sir William pekad! "What to the Interposition of England 7 Why are woin Crete ? What are we dolog there? The gols polley worthy of the Government of England," said Sir Willis, "is to defsch Crete from Turkish rule. Public oplaton is shocked at England appearing as the active opponent of the Greeks, The bambardment has placed England in a false position in the eyes of the world. I protest that Great Britain should not take up arms against a people fighting for freedom,"
Washington, Febratry 22nd, Senator Sherman saldēto-day in reference to the purported Interview with himself in the New York Journal, in which he was quoted as favouring war with Spain:
It in alle from beginning to end.. I am surprised that the frumal should make such a statement. I wish you would denounce it as emphatically as possible."
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As soon as the acilon of His Excellency the Governor become publicly known in Hongkong, ti eslled forth a protest from the shipping and mercantile interests aff:cted, copy of which is also attacked It will be seen from this document that the present estimated cost of the whole Lightboose metablishments of the Colony amonots to less than $17,000 per annum, whilst the estimated amount to be raised by the Imposition of a charge on shipping of a cents perton is $113,000 per annum. It is, therefore, beyond question that the proposed fixed addi tional charge of 14 cents per ton is to be devoted to purposes in no way connected with shipping; and, in view of the fact that the advancement and welfare of Pongkong is due to its having been a free part, we submit that the acfairness and unwisdom of the proposed tax ac clearly apparent,
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THE WOOSUNG RAILWAY.
IMPERIAL DIGT.
An edlet arrived here (Shangbai) on the ryth March and is already operative, by which tha price of land held by native owners may be pat chased for the Woosung Railway at prices vary Ing from Tla, 30 to Tis. sco per mew according to location. The parebase of foreign-owned land may require some different adjustment, for which provision now being made,
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REGISTRY OF BRITISH SHIPS.
Re Marchont Shipping Adi, 1894) The following notification is published in the Shanghai papers :—
*Notice is bereby given that the Commiralsners of Castoma, ander the Power given to them by Section.65 of the above-named Act and with the consent of the Board of Trade, have made certain alterations in the forms set out in the first part of the first Schedule to said Act, and have prescribed forms of the instruments and documents specified le the second part of the
At present almost the whole of the route is perged out, starting from the Woosung end, and the raising of the road bed is about to be carmid Schedule.
Those Forms are to bewed in all transactions menced, while from 500 to 600 fun of granlie ballet for the line has steady been delivered relating to Ships on and alter the first of April by native contractors. All possible despaich is next and such of the forme as are used by the being used to hurry the line along and the public may now be obtained in the mual man- various obstacles which beset it at the outsetner from the Office of the Registrar of Shipping
* Her Majesty's Consulate-General, Shaughat. are gradually being overcome.—Mercury:
CLAUDE M. MACDONALD, Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary. Shanghal, 17ik March, 1897- LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
SUPREME COURT, CRIMINAL JURISDICTION. (Before his Lordikip Str 7. W. Carrington, K.C.M.G., CH"fustics.)
MARITIME CASUALTIES.
COLLISION OF POGTUNG.
SHANGHAI, March 20th. An unfortunate accident happened to-day in the river. On the arrival of the Yelja Maru, Capt. Haswell, to-day, and when apposite the Pootong wharves she left go bar anchor, and ia swinging round she came in contact with the Clan Mackenzie. Before getting clear of each other bath vessels were seriously damaged, the Clan Machenute had a hole knocked in 'each bow, besides having her head gear, etc., carried away, The Peijo "Mary's starboard quarter- baat's daylin were carried away and her quarter- boat smasked up ; the wosdwork of her starboard quarter was damaged, as well as several of her plates cut foto and bulged. The Clan Mackin s drified some distance with the tide. The Japanese steamer is new at the Pootang wharves, and the Clan Mackensie is in her old place again.
March aird.
THE PRAYA MUVDER CASK, Chin Kwai was placed on trial, charged with having on the 14th inst, murdered his wile Chan Shul
house, No. 48, Prays Central. Prisoner pleaded at the Ki Shang boarding not guilty. The Attorney-General (Mr. W. M. Goodman) conducted the prosecution and Mr. J. I. Francis, QC. (Instructed by Mr. K. W. Mounser), appeared for the accused.
The jury was as follows :—Messrs. A. Mac- Conschte, R. Marten, D. Gillles, A. P. McEwen,, F. D. Goddard and D..R. F. Crawford.
The Attorney-General stated the facts of the case, and said that the prisoner and the deceased cama bere from San Francisco" in the steamer City of Rio about the 19th February, described the wife's disappearance and the He subsequent firding of her body in a box, and traced her movements before she was missed. The Attorney-Genersi then wear on to indicate
passenger of deceased.
No further steps were taken by the State 1 cents per fon, under the denomination at two hours after she was run into there was ample the evidence that would be given by fellow Department to-day in the case of Dr. Rule, the American citizens murdered in his cell at Gan rabicu.
HAVANA, February 22nd. Consul-General Lee has resigned. His letter tendering his resignation under certain condi- tlons goes by the next mill. He determlord some days agoʻto take toch a stop if he were not upheld in his efforts to protect all American cliizens in Cobs: The Consul-General
naked the State Department that be be an. thorized to demand the release of clthens of the United States confined.In Cuban prisana under the same legal condlifone as was sho Il-fated
Rula. Such authorization has not been granted
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THE LIGHT DUES QUESTION.
PROTIST OF BRITISH SHIPÓWNERS,
„The following lattar has been addressed to the Secretary of State for the Colenies by the repre sentatives of the principal Baltisk. Steamship Lines trading with this Colony (with the excep tion of the Indo-Chins Steam Navigation Com- pany, Ltd, which declined to algu (1) protesting sgainst the imposition of a permanent tax of sj cents on shipping visiting the port, and orgleg that the port should again be constituted an absolutely free one :—
London, 13th February, 1897. SIR,We have the honour to address you in reference to a proposal that a fixed charge of ai cents per ton should in fature be faspored ai Ligbi Duer on all shipping entering the harbour of Hongkong, made ai a meeting of the Legisla tire Coancti al that Colony hold on 3rd Decem ber last, when this proposal received the con. currence of His Excellency the Governor, the circumstances of the case being as follows:-
Previous to April, 1890, the impast lerled on shipping under the denomination of Light Dues was made at the rate of x cent per ton, but at a 'mesilog of the Legislative Council held on the 11th December, 1889, an Ordinance was parked authorising a special addition to this charge of T cents per ton, for the purpose of meeting the expenditure to be Incarted in connection with the erection of the Gap Rick Lightbause. At this meeting it was, however, stated by Hit Excellency Sir William des Ver, at that time the Governor of Hongkong, that this additonal tax would be called the Gap Rock Lighthouse Rate and that it would cease when the Gap, Rock Lighthouse expendt- ture was paid off. A verbalm repart of the circumstances under which this pledge waS given will be found in the nonexed copy of a letter from the General Chamber of Commercs to the Colonial Secretary at Hongkong, dated the 3016
July, 1896,
In that letter it is also painted eat that, in sccordance with an official return fasued by the Hongkong Government, the total amount raised under this additional levyict T cents per ton had exceeded the sum expended on the Gap Rock Lighthouse, the telegrapble cable connecting it with Hongkong, and the cost of maintenaceo, by upwards of $40,000, and the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, therefore, suggested that the time bad arrived to ask the Government to redeem the pledge given by Sir Willam des Vaux, and to abolish this'additional tax on shipping.
steamer.
A PILOT SCHOONER RUN DOWN. About 30 yesterday afternoon the plist schooner C. P. Blathen was ron down by the German steamer Chusas, bound inwards. It appears that the schooner was getting under way in order that Pilot Topningsen might board the Churan and bring her up to Shaoghal, when the collision occurred. There were three We, therefore, respectfully express the hope foreigners on board at the time of the accident, that you will lastract His Excellency the Gover-viz., Mesars Hjausherry, Tonningsen, and an nor of Hongkong that the additional change of apprentice pilot. As the vessel did not sfok till Light Daes, which was imposed in a terminable time for alt hands to leave her and board the way, for the purpose of covering a given expendi.
The steamer Kingsing, from the ture on the Gap Rock Lighthouse, should now north, which arrived here this morning, reports be discontinued, and that it shall not be relm- that the masts only of the schooner are showing posed on other and totally different grounds.
above qular some 2 miles S E; of Toogika, We venture to add that, in our fadgment, it would be fog the true loterest of the Colony that 'the port of Hongkong should be restored to that status of perfect freedom which so long existed, for it was this freedom from dues and imposts of all kinds which made Hongkong the important entrepot of trade that it now in, and which would be certain to advance prosperity all farther as one of the greatest shipping parts of the world obedient servants, We have the honour to be, Sir, your most
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'YIGHT STEAMERS ASHORE IN THE PRINO.
The steamer Hisfang, Caprain Warwick,
Mr. Francis objected to the statement, saying that he had not received notice of this, and it did not appear in the depositions taken at the Police Court.
The Attorney General said there was no sale of law here that one side was bound to give to the other side details of what they could prove
NOTANDA
CALENDAR.
MARCH, Meteorological means based on ten years' Distreations th1999. Barometer 300g
Thermometer................jŐKO Humidity..........................................-85.
Rainfall.....
1.08 Inches.
TO-DAY. WEATHER PIPORT.
On date at On data at
102,17,
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Barometer, peränzer 30.15 Thermometer ****** 61 Hamidity.......................... 93. Rainfall.........................
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Toesday, 3rd March, 1897
INDIAN FAMINE RELIEF FUND,
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The Honorary Treasurer of the Indian Famine Relief Fund begs to acknowledge receipt of the undernoted subscriptions:-
Already acknowledged......... $48,55253 W. B. 2)
J. H. Loganv
Total to date
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Pelha tiver to be lo a very bad state this year. When the Hain/ung left there were eight steamers shore in the N.W, reach of the river. The p. & 7. Timar says, although there is plenty of water in the upper reaches of the river, there are only about to ft. 6 lo, in the North-west Reach, and moit of the steamers have been asable to get up without lightering there. The river water coming down is very thick, and it | looks as if 1897 was going to be a repetition of 1895 as regards the state of the river. This will probably have the effect of spurring the Chinese on to take immediate measures to improve the river.It is a very satirimetery to learn that the Chisere officials are awɔke to the necessity of dolog something, and that there is every hope that operations will be began at once to put locks on the canals.-Marcury.
SHIPS MISSING,
BAILI!
The sailing ship T. F. Oakes, which left Shanghai on May 19th laat, and having com- pleted loading at Hongkong lelt for New York, has never been beard of since. The sailing ships Ancona and Saratoga, whica left New York for Shanghai on August 19th and 27th, have sito never been heard of-China Gazette.
A VESSEL BOTTOM UP,
Officers of the Brittab steamship Gattleo, which arrived at New York from Rio de Janeiro WILLIAM G. PRARCE.
on Jan. 21st, reported having passed close to a Chairman of Scottish O. 5. Co., Ltd.,large wooden vessel, bottom up, on the night of and Chairman Northern P. S. Co. January 16th. Lying by a short distance away
was a larger from ship.
To the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain,
Secretary of State for the Colonias, *This correspondence was also pablished in the Hongkong Telegraph on the 3rd December, 1896.
NAVAL AND MILITARY NOTES.
The Star, torp-do-bont destroyer, built by Palmer's Shipbuilding Company, lately went through her steam trials. She attained an average speed of 3105 koöts,
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His Lordship aid it was the fairer and more should he furnished with all details of the correct course to the prisoner that the other side
evidence to be given. There is no absolute rule of law, but he thought that counsel in fair near and for convenience should not open the
evidence in greater detail than had been given unties of,
The Attorney-General resumed his address, describing the finding of the body and other circumstances, as published in this Joumal on the 16th instant, which he said pointed to the gallt of prisoner.
Hat Heang, a Chinese constable, then gave evidence regarding the arrest of prisoner.
To Mr Francis None of the constables at the Arrest were la uniform, Witness had told pilsoner he was a constable and was searching for arms, and prisoner made no objection to bim entering the room.
Inspector Stanton asked prisoner the name of decessed and be replied "Chan Sut." The pel. oner and the Inspector spoke la Chinese, using the San Ning dialect.
To His Lordablp-Witness did not relice may bloed about the place when making his search for arms. When the body was Erst exprsed prisoner made no remak, but his face turned red. He made no effort at all to leave the room when the box was being opened. The cord around the box was tied tightly,
Dr. Herbert Lloyd Penny, RN,, now serving The officers, according to ibe New York at the Government Ciell Hospital, described the Harald, hellevethat the two had been in callision, result of an autopsy he had made on the body. The night was too dark for afther craft to be There was an incised wound 4 in. long la the Identified. No signal for assistance was made, throat and the external Jugular on the left side and the Galiles did not stop to investigate, and the superácial leucture were divided, The locally is given us latitudo 25 degrees 34 | There
■brtle around the right minutes north, longitude 61 degrees 45 minutes | wrist and one on the back of the hand. Death west,
bad taken place not less than 74 baum before, and was due to hemorrhage from the wound in the throat, Had a surgeon been called in when the wand was first fodicted the woman's life could have been raved.
On the outward voyage the Galilee also sighted 'a four-masted derelict stranded on a reef near Pernambuco, It was thought at first that this cleared op the mystery of the now long overdue clipper, Lord Dufarin, which The official trial of the torpedo-boat Injexterosalled from Montevideo on October 8th, and Hyatt, bulit by Messrs: Yarrow for Chlie, look which has not since been heard of, but place last month, when a speed of 25.3. knots subsequent investigation proved that the wreck was obtained.
was that of the British abip Crown of Austria, which was stranded there two years ago,
The reel of the new battleship Ocean was lat at Devonport last month.
Measles of a mild form has broken ant on boxed the Impregnable, a training ship at Devon port, on which there are about 1,300 boys.
The Medical Staff Corps ste no longer to be Intracted to the transport of sick and wounded by litters, and those means of conveyance bave been withdrawn from the equipmentofike Corps, The Commitee of the Royal Military Touma- ment having ascertained that a large number of representatives of the Colonial forces will be in London doring the tournament, have decided to offer pitxes for fatercolonial competitions. are also arranging Colonial displays in which the soldiers of Great Britain will take past,
The Ladies' Central Commitee of the Navy League gave an "At Home," by permission of Mrs Symes Thompson, at 33, Cavendish Square the other day. Dr. Maguir, and Sir Richard Temple were present.
IMPALED ON A RAM.
To the Attorney-General-The binfies could bave been caused by a man holding-her. It would have been possible for the wound in the throat to have been self-inflicted.
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THURSDAY,—2gth March,
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FRIDAY, 26th March. Jadian mail due, 5.15 p.m.-Lecture by Mr. W. Machell on "The
Chinaman as a Soldier."
5.30 p.m-Meeting of Eothen, Mark Lodge,
SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.
MAILS DUB:
India and Stralis (Chelydro) 16th lost. Tacoms (Olympia) 27th lust. French (Yangis) 28th inát. Australian (Changtha) 31st`inst. Australian (Australian) xst prox. American (China) and prax. German (Bayern) 8th prox.
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THE N. G. I steamer Bitogne left Singapore for this port yesterday, and may be expected bere on or about the 29th inst
To Mr. Francis The wound was deeper on THE Mutual Line steamship Xinisch, from
left side than the right. It was Glasgow and Liverpool, left Singapore for this the, sort of wound that would be produced port yesterday afternoon, and may be expected "The Japanese min-of-war!Furo, ufier manono- by right-handed person cutting ble owA here on or about the 28th inst. ring outside the port of Shimidia on the gth loatant, says the Shipping List, returned to the harbour in the afternoon and cast anchor near the steamer Buyo Maru, of the Nippon Shosen Kaisha. At the time the steamer was getting up steam. Suddenly a gain arose and the vessel was blown on to the plow of the warship, She damaged her hall considerably and only cacaped sloking by rusning ashore.
thirat. There was a slight abrasion of the skin on the lip of deceased, possibly caused by rough bandling after death. The body might have been dead three days when he examined it. The chopper produced could have inflcted the wound described. He saw some slight marks or stains on the blade,
We are informed by the Agents (Main. Gibb, Livingston & Co.) that the E. & A. S. S. Co.' steamer Australian, from Sydney, &c., left Port. Darwin ibis morning for this post.
To His Lordship-Decessed might have lived for an hour without attention after being wounded.
To Mr. Francis-The windpipe was not! savcınd and deceased could have called out after
wounded, Rigor mortis might begin Dorit
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A CHINESE TYPE-WRITER. Writing on the 4th March to the Shanghalifa to bours and three days Daily News Tangchow correspondent says:-- Tangchow has now the distinction of possessing drawing cut and began at the left side. Such Chingting............ To His Lordship The wound was made with Empress of China... what is probably the only Chinese typewriter wound would not prevent a person struggling. BOYNTON in existence. And it should be said in advance)
The Chinese interpreter of the charge room Wong —to secure a respectial hearing for whst-might"|nost related the circumstances previous to the otherwise be regarded as a clever " contraption" prisoner making the statement. only-that it has already proved itself a rapid The Attorney-General a›ked that the staler and practical machine, This latest product | ment be placed as evidence, ** of Yankee Ingenuity is the invention and Mr. Franels objected, raising the point that no properly of Dr. Sheffield, the president statement was admissible unless eridance from of the North China College. Several years all the parsons present was taken to show that of experiment and contrivance were put into no threats were made previous to the prisoner It before the first model was placed in the hands maktag the statement to Inspector Stanton of home machinists. The fielsked product has when he was arrested. only recently arrived on Caltose soil, to enter on its presumptuous compstillon with the time. destroying paint brush of the ancients. The characters, about four thousand in number, are arranged in concentric circles on the lower face of Says the Army & Navy Gazette :-Should an electrotyped metal wheel about a yard in any necessity arise for still further strengthening diameter. Printed characters on the upper face the Blush Mediterranean fleet, the Endymion,, acs mranged in corresponding position. By Brat-class cruiser, Captain W. Wilson, and the combined rotary and right and left motions, and Minerva, second-class cruiser, Captain John the use of a "Ender," any given character on Ferris, which left Portemonth on 14th February the lower face may quickly be brought over with rullet crews for the Chins Station, can be the fixed slot through which works the hammer, attached by Admiral Sir Jobs O. Hopkins, on wiriking from below. A variety of ingenious their passage through the Mediteranean; while mechanical devices are brought fato play for the Royal Arthur, first-class craiser, Capt. securing accuracy in the movement of the King Hall, will inve Portsmouth shortly with wheel, in relation with the usual complexities relief crews for the Australia Station, and will of the feeding and isking apparatus. Yet the also pass though the Mediterranean, so that machine as a whole la surprisingly simple both she, too, may be detained If necessary. The In construction and fo use. As the first Chinese Blankets, cruiser, Captato F. C. Bridgeman, type-writer it will doubtless occupy one day has left. Pertsmouth to rejola the Chandel conspicuously honourable position in some Squadron, and conveys a far as Gibraltar the future Imperial Exposition, as the pioneer Monarck, Captain R. O. B. Brace, The machine in a long line of competitors for pubile Monarch la by no means a modern banteskip, | favour. The factory for its construction is not but should it be considered necessary she can | yet completed, so that there is yet time for Underneath he found the body of a worsan,"
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His Lordship upheld the objection. The following was the statement pot in by the Attorney-General and read by the interpreter
Chun Shul returned with me from the post
Chefoo of San Francines. Chan Shui promited to go
"Tacoma with me to my native country. I asked her to Aggregating 19,910 tons saglabergs go with me. She said that she wished to remain and hire a room to practise prostitution, untill HowGKONG AND WHAMPOä Dock Returns, ake could find a good min.. I said that I had Kathan
Kowloon Deck money enough for both and that there was no Centurion, H.M.9. need of her to become a prostitute. For several | Kuchidate Marumo days she used to go out without letting me know. Hanof..................
advised her several times to tell me where ske Namo... went, but she would not. I said I would beat Bilgl...................... her and I told her not to go out, but she said she Verona sumamman did'nt care, I beat her and cut her neck with the kaffe used to chap mesi.?
We are pleased to see that the powerful It appears that, beyond the mere acknowledg-barbour-defence ship Tweed is at present ment of Its receipt, no reply has been made by moored off the town, instead of in her urval the Government to the letter of the Chamber of heath at Kowloon. When the "strained rela- Commerce, but as the gid December last It Loos" at present existing in Europs are taken became publicly known in Hongkong (through into consideration, one cannot bat feal that the the medium of a correspondence on this subject, Naval Authorities have now provided against which was published in the Chine Maff of that all contingencies which may possibly arise in the dabs) that His Excellency the Governor had, on near future. We feel convinced that the residents the rath November, made a private communica will sleep the sounder for the knowledge that tion to the Usoficial Members of the Legisla ruch a powerful vessel in watching over them, Live Cassell to the affect that this additional Surely nothing is to be feared while the Tweed lavy, if continued, was estimated to yield during | and Firebrand me here, in all their glory, to the year 1897 about $65,000, and that, if it were | defend us i withdrawn, the official estimates of expenditure for the year 1897 'would exceed the revenue by that amount. He, therefore, requested their oplaton whether it would be preferable to con- dians to levy Light Dars at the total rate of 21 cents per ton, or to devise some alternative source of revenue in order to make good the deficiency in the official estimates which would result if the special charge of st cents per ton were abo- lished, as suggested by the Chamber of Com
Having regard to the dates of the latter from the Chamber of Commerce (31st July, 1896) and of His Excellency the Governor's commt nication to the Unofficial Members (ath No vember, 1895), it seems unquestionable that the estimates referred to in the latter must have been prepared by the Government at a conaldo mbly later date than the question of abolishing the additional levy was brought to their notice, whist the financial diffenity which the Unofi- be diverted from her trip to the Cape, where the driva, lavantora to come to the front before the cial Members wernriquested to solve was not is to be played as racalving, ship, and ba market is flooded with the "'Shafield ·No, i ¦ pectos: Stanton the Cemet såsestnad unfli plgoed before theca andi a comparativsty skoni | temporarily attacked to the Mediterranean Riot', inngien Kayhosed
merce,
Inspector Stanton was then called and said that on entering the room kasaw the prisoner in the custody of P.C. 137 and saw the tranke in the pissiga. The plas were broken and he lifted the cover. In the tray there was a large number of pieces of clothing stained with blood (produced) and a large banket sise stained, Fanther avidanos having been given by Inse
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AND SUNDRY OTHER ARTICLES. AMERICAN COOKING COOKING UTENSILS, LADIES IRON and STOVE and RATTAN CARRYING CHAIRS.
Catalogues will be issued previor, to the Sale. On View from WEDNESDAY, the 24th March. TERMS OF SALE:—As customary,
GEO. P. LAMMERT, Auctionses.
Hongkong, 19th March, 1897.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
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THE following Particulars and Conditions of
Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction,
to be held on the spot, on
MONDAY,
the agth day of March, 1897, at 4 FM, sro published for general Information.
By Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary, Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hongkong, 13th March, 1897,
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Public Auction Sale, to be hell on Monday, the 29th day of March, 1897, at 4 Rudy by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of One Lot of Hongkong, for a term of 75 Years, of CROWN LAND at Hoog Hom, in the Colony
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
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THE following Particulars and Conditions of Sala of Crown Land by Public Auction,
to be held on the spot, on
TUESDAY,
the goth day of March, 1897, ai 4 PIMĄ AN published for general information.
By Command,
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J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary, Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hongkong, 13th March, 187, Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Tuesday, the 30th day of March, 1897, at 4 MM by Order of His Excellency the-Goremor, of One Lot of CROWN LAND, together with Erection and Buildings thereos, in the Colony of Hongkong,
for a term of 999 Years
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
Registry No.
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