THE PUNJOM SHARE CASE.
His Lordship the Palice Judge, Mr. A G. Wise, 10-day delivered judgment in the kult Blechaffy, Watklon, in which platollff sued to recover the sum of $587.30 from G. A. Warklós, for loss in the difference of price of 150 Punjom sbares, which be had to well through defendant not taking u, bis contract to receive them.
Mr. G. C. C. Master appeared for plaintiff and Mr. J. Hastings for defendant.
His Lordship sald he had found in favour of plaintif?, to whom he gave judgement for 852, which was the distesence in its value of 30 and $to His Lordship sald be con xlared So the market value on May 31 and bu allowed $19.25 for brokerage. This transaction had, he said, been candacted by Mr. Blackoff in business like manner. Regarding defendant answer that he "would reply" after receiving plaintiff's letter saying he would let the matter stand over 13 pm, bir Lordship said he had no doubt that it had mislead plaletiff, The 31st May, beleg settlement d y," the prices of the shares censo down, 'many were thrown on the market and there was a scarcity of buyert. Under he circumstances le would give jadg
ment as above stated.
A CHARGE OF PERJURY...
AN INDIAN GUNNER IN TROUBLY, Hera Singh, ganner of the Asisite Artillery stationed st Lyremur, was charged at the Magiracy to-day that "He, Hera Singh, on the 16th day of Jane 1807 at De Supreme Court in this Colony did willofty and curuptly give false evidence on his examination upon declara in betere Sie J. W. Corrington, Chlef Justice, of this Colony on the beating of certain cise then and there holden on which one Cander Singh and two others were charged with unlawfally and malleiously multia-"one Bhagad Singh with intent to do him grievous hollyo harm at Lycemun in this Colony on the 19th day of April 1827."
The Crown Solicitar prosecuted and Mr. Looker appeared fix the defence.
Mr. Dennys said that one of his witnesses was at the Supreme Court and it would be beller to adjourn to one day next week
Mr. Wodehouse remanded the case till 2.15 pim, on Monday'nex',
NEWS BY THE AMERICAN MAIL.
MERIDE (Cann.) Jase 7th, The Wilerix & Whealer Manufacturing Com- pany, one of the largest manulaciates or organs in the United States, to-day made an assign
men!,
Here
LOS ANGELES, June 7th John T. Giffty. Collector of Customs at Port -Los Angeles, will co-operate with Collector Jackson San Francico la preventig the Illegal entrance of Chinese Into the State. after when Chinese arrive at a port, chalming Feildence at laierior polals, the Collectors witi correspond with each other or the postmasters In the cities where the Chinese 'wish to go te anceriain whether the brider of the certificate presented is the person to whom it was listed.
CHICAGO, Jane zib.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1897.
NOTES FROM THE NORTH.
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TIINTEIN, June 29th,
Tientsin bas seliled down once more into its, habhual galet activity after the unwanted excite- ment of the Jablize. All that is left to us dow of the nations outburst is the liluminated address to Her Majesty, which instill in the Gordon Hall awaiting the addition oflaggard signatures. The excitement in the native clay, about which many disturbing rumours were current early
the month, appears to have died and since the opening of the French Cathedral,
nothing of
Meeting, for the purpose of passing the following *pecial Resolmiloos, viz :—
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(1) That notwithstanding Article 7% of the Company's Anicles of Association; it shall not be necessary' that a Director elected by the Board of Directors or by the Shareholers as the representative for the ilme being of the Debenture- holders shall hold any qualification.
(1) That notwithstanding "Articles 83 and 84, Director elec ed as mentioned in the first Retolation shall not be subject to retirement by rotation.
Should the bivo Special Resolutions be they will be
passed by the canumation loli Second Extra- la connection with which some table was ordinary General Meeting which shall be
Absequently convened.
not onreasonably anticipated, antoward altro has been reported, The Viceroy intimated to the Taotal in terms which left nothing to the imagination, that should any disturbance occur at the French function, or the British festivtiles, his head should immediately pay the price. In connection with the Jabilee,
I cannot refrain from complimenting the com- mander of the Japaneso gunbost, I regret not having learnt his name, on the very excel. lent conduct and appearance of his men. Throughout their stay in Tientsin their be haviour was marly and orderly to a noticeable degree. 1'cannot say as much for our own “Jicks" of H.M.S. Fencech who were anything but spic and spar, and were guilty of several Hule misdemeanors from the consequences of which the festive season alone absolved them,
Prince Ouktomik and his salte leht Peking on the 29th for St. Petersburg, travelling through Manchuria, and not going to Vladivostock. at first suggested The Embassy has not passed through Tientsin on the homeward rule, as is stated in some quarters. I have not as yet learnt anything definiia in connection with the Prince's stay in Peking, as the usual amount of mystery | hasenveloped the Russita movements is Péking
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Dated this 9th day of June, 1897.
By order of the Board,
H. W. DAVEY,
Secretary.
THE INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
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6.055 ×3 7 Net earnings of steamers for the year...NEEC
18,956 6 I Exchange Accoun'.............. 3,919 4 Transfer Feo Amount iransferred from Un.
derwriting A count....................
We have compared the above. Balance Sheet and Revende Account with the books and vouchers kept by, he Company in London, and with the statements received from the General Mausgers in China, and are of opinion that the Balance Sheet is a fall wedifali Balance Sheet properly drawn up, so as to exhibit a true med correct view al the Company's aftales.
Auditors.
at thou who are perfectly conscious of their own! responsibliition and who can better afford to Tempt Fate by asking their capital in a "spec" which they amillugly admit is surrounded with a "glorious u crziziny" that makes it exelting. CHINESE TRADE AND FINANCE.
WEIHAIWEI,
(From our own Correspondent)
WEIHA), June 25th. TI change tu the gamlan has been effected. As compared with Iszi year there are now only though the different branches al the service pro about half many Boldlers striloned here,
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represented. Several of the recently.com. structed barracks, are unnecupled, and at least one lot at bulldings is being Foch down and the Umber dispused of to the Chinese.
THE SUNKEN SHIPS.
It may be remembered that during the hom Bardment of Weibalwel several (alnese ion-of- war were sunk! - the harbour. From time to time Japitate company have tried in valte........
hem, but they have not been very reccusafu] [n their efforts. It now looks su II It had been glen over is impracticable, though one would suppose it might be made to pay.
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16.318 17 0
In his report on the trade of Foochow for £53,476 * 101896. Mr. Clement Allen likens China to the man who was decapitated ao cleverly that he did not know it had heen done until he steerid. J. MACANDREW, ChotrinaM. A. CHAYNK, Sacratary,
when his head fell off. China has been deprived of her army, navy, and her Castoms revenue; but it is questionable whether she has yes: realised the loss. So long as large loans are being turned over, toil can be taken and the equivalent of the fost revenue retained. It will not be tfil the borrowing has come to an end that the full sense of loss will come; and it is posible that that less may be carried to ihe full length of Oliver Wendell Holmes' TURQUAND, YUNGS & Costille, uates the Head prove strong enough LONDON, 4' Jane, 1897.
to Impie, or the mizndarias wise enough to accept, fircil reform. Wa remarked, last week, that the denunciation el Calvese moddle and corruption which has been piling up ever since our intercourse began, was carried to a ellmax Mr. Brenan's report, Mr. Allen not only gives additional lustra foos: he affords us,
we presume, are specially interested in the forts hall anconsciously, glimpses of the Nemeats they were planned by, and ballt under the that is imperding.
superintendence of a German Han taste, na bs attended the effort to improve the manniac-harbour from the evening of the rat till the the Chinese call him. The two ships were in the tue of tea in Fobklen seems of hopeful augury. The experiment was, it is one, due entirely to foreign intiative; the necessity had preached to the Chinese for yests, but it was not ti centsin foreign merchants imported N °C. Daily News. machinery and showed the way that work was
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the above Company as presented to the share-
The following is the fifteenth annual report of | ANGLO-JAPANESE RAPPROACHE. holders at the sixteenth ordinary general met lag, beld at the Officer of the Company, London, on the 17th of June, 1997 —
The Board of directors submit herewith their report and statement of accounts for the year 1896.
The results of the year's working unfortunately the two previous years, and the reference to compare very unfavourably with the earnings of
receipts have been reduced, the accounts "will" show how materially the
MENT.
An abserver of men and ibings in Japan wiltas from Yokoima on the above subject as follows:-
Slowly but surely events on all aides are ledd Ing to lighten the bonds of anlon between the Queen of the Isles of the West and the Emperor oft eiles of the East. American wallpathy as evidenced the Hawalan policy and prohibitive misnamed or tective tariffs, in sty nothing of Ruystan and French designs in the Far East, are opening the eyes of England and Japan to their community of Interests in the
On dit, however, and my authority ts Rosslar, taflax of tonnage abjected by an unusual commercial world. Both ask for no more than'
that very strenuous efforts are once more being made by cur authern neighbours to obtala
control by the Cartoms Asked how it prepoved to cvrde Ecgland's claims as the largest creditor, the reply is that the lden in for
Russla, France, and Germany to combine and buy England out. Some one remaker, I fancy, very like a whole" Experience is beginning to teach us, here in China at least, that Russia'. oyster bells sometimes have oysters in them, We shall see. There is at any rate very good cause to believe that the IG..ship is not altogether a bed of roses feat now.
Russfors have made no secret of the Russi Chinese Back's real vation & dire. They frankly admit that it exists for the furtherance chiefly of the political and not commercial ends, and very Hule pretense of business is made. There are boul seventy-fiveTMRussians lo Tientsin, and the Bank does not, I believe, do any husirens with other nationals; at least none worth mentioning, I cannot learn that any capital has been offered the Chine'e Government by Russia for the conuevancy of the Felho and the iden is strongly orgailved by my Raritan filend, from which fact we may draw our own conclusions. No palas are being spared to impress apon Chins, how- ever, that Russia's finincial resources are limfless. I have reason to know the Roysian press taking an increased' Interest in
This briskare is attributable to the low freights, owing to the competition to which the Incal companies were
Furope working on the coast lines, and to the number of vassals in of the late war. General trade was also dull, Japan walers released from the requirements and in particular there was a great diminuilon the Yangtise valley bats to northern and In the movement of rice, and other grain from southern ports,
The directors are glad to say that the corrent year, 1897, has opened with brighter prospects, and it is hoped that the improvement will be maintained.
In the balance-sheet the China assets are calculated before at 2. rd. per dollar, a rate under the average exchange of the year. Since December, however, a decitna bas taken place, and provision has accordingly been made for probable reduction in the average of 1897 by transferring the gain in the exchange account £391941, 114, to an exchange reserve, which will be chargeable with any difference in the rate. From the accretions of anderwriting account £16,318 171, 3d, has been transferred to xavsone, thas enabling fell depreciation on the feet to be provided for. Unfortunately, however, the earn ings do not admit of any dividend being paid on the present occasion, and the balance of prof, 1.380, 161, 3d. is therefore carried for- ward to next year.
The Tribune's special correspondence dated this part of the world, and speculation may golog on: This is the only total loss of the year,
Havana, Cuba, June and, says: Spain bolds the tural population of Cuba as prisoners of war in prison camps. Unlike any other na lon which claims to be civilized, she does not feed her prisoners of war.
There is no means of learning the exset amber of the recar.centrides. An American Consal, who has made a cuefal study, says it is more than 250,000. A Spaolsh officer told me there were more than 150,000 of " these saving country people." The best opinion places the number bat cca 190,000 and $100,000. In all the places they are not hemmed in by ditches and babed-wire tereza, 18 attampó Florido, but they are everywhere under milliy guard,
NEW YORK June 7th. Wam J. Calbran, special counsel to Consul Lea in the Roiz Cas“, arrived bere from Havanx this morning and spoke freely el his impression of the state of affair in Cebu,. Be said ha belleved the was would only be ended by the death of the last Cubar, or the final desparation and disgust of Spalo xfter weary years of guar." rille warfare. He faumated that the evidence Conal-General Lee has been able to gather in the Rolz case in absolutely without value, and manticated creatment for the lack of course: shown him by Weyler and Fentdeviels, who was supposed to be an important witness in the case. He said :--
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krep awake for the next twelve months.
Plans for the foreign butchery to be started in Tientsin are going ahead, but P bile dictum foretells fillard. There is almost certain, I fear, to be an unfavourable conblustion between the native retailers and the "boys," and the well- meaning affels of Ausrican enterprise will be fonstrated by native ingenuity. Neither the butchery nor the waterworks promise to flourish, though both are badly perded. So little faith has been evinced in the latter, Lhave heard, that most and the shares were locally taken up by Chinese. The bitch sppears to be (1) An emple supply and fresh water but no drafos to carry li of when ated; (2), frozen.pipes.
BELL'S ASBESTOS EASTERN AGENCY, LIMITED.
SECOND ANNUAL REPORT.
The following is the Report presented at the meetfog of shareholders held in London on the 18th lilmo
The Directors herewith present to the share bolders the Report and Accosst, duly audited. to December 31st, 1996.
It will be observed from the date of the Auditor's certificale that these recounts have
been completed lez rome time, but their issue has been delayed to await the return of the Managing Director from the Fast and to com. piste the negotiation of the Debenture referred to below.
The whole state of the island is pliisble and a disgrace to civilization. There is no war xs we speak of war. There is a compact orgao'rad body of Spanish soldiers and other thousands of Individuals divided loosely in guerrilla bands,
The amount at credit of profit amounts to the ten, thirty or 5ty in party, ravaging the
sum of
31. 6d:, after providing for London Country Red running away. The Cubaon are not looking for battle they would be fools If Office and other expens:
The Directors are not dissallafied with the they did. The situation may best be described
progress achieved during the year, but, owing to the Spanish to a big clumsy comparing animal that is attacked by swarms of lorecti.
the necessity for additional funds for the conduct They hats around him,' sling him, torture into
of the Company's business, they do not con- paroxysis of rag, and he can do nothing batsider it advisable at the present time to declare switch at them or irample a few into the mud in dividend, but recommend that one third of the an aimiess war. The fight will never end anill original amount of preliminary expenses bo the last gnat is dead, is netil the animal bat 6100 be written off the Singapore Suspense Ac written off, say £157, 10, and the amount of been driven ect of lts jenses, no that it rëshen to
Const (the cost of opening the Branch there), self-destructor."
and that the sum of NEW YORK, June 7th, The Herald's correspandent in Kia Janeira ferred to Prent and 35. 35. 10d. be trans
cables that Canudos, the stronghold of the fanelles under Antonio Conselbeiro, has fallen, the Federal troops having captured it sfera de sperate struggle with more than 6,000 rebels. The facialic werd prongly Intrenched. At the beginning of the battle they gained, some advantage and the first burried repors to the Government preanged defeat. The Brazilian astillery, however, turned the tide, and in the and the lanailce fed precipiately from their cover. They were paraded with great vigor and were almost analbiated. The victory of the Federal troops was not gained without serious loss, more than 300 Braziliens beleg killed and many wounded, Among the kliled was Colonel
Telics,
The Herald's correspondent lo Madrid cabler; The whole country is stupeded by the extra. ordinary solution of the crbis. The Liberal feeling is violent against Senor Segatta. The msjarity of the Liberals call bima traller, accuilog him of secretly refusing the Queen Regent's request to accep1 office,
Great exclement prevails. The peril of the situation, far from being inished by the Con servailves' continuance in office, is considered to be only just beglanleg,
STOCKHOLM, June 7th. Baron Oscar Dickson, the Arcteld explorer, died yesterday at Hijo, Sweden. The Baron was formerly a successiah merchant of Gothan burg and an enthusiastic supporter of many expeditions. It was largely due to his liberal Resistance that Profesior Nordenskjold wa enabled to carry out ble successful enterprises. The Uaron contributed $60,000 of the $100,000. expended in fi.ting out the expedition of 1878 Other explorers have him to thank lor donations almost equally liberal,
LONDON, June 7th, The correspondent of the Times ki St. Peters- ⚫burg says: The Russian papers show that they
new account,
In the anion of last year Mr. F. A. Wäylen left for the Far East, to establish a Branch at Slogapore. A business was not commenced wall the close of the year. It has been decided by the Directors to place the whole of the expenses and stock of this branch to a Suspense Account
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The Directors have for home time felt the requirement of lager furde for the development of the Company's business. They have therefore, oder the powers confersed by the Articles of Association, issued a Debenture for £5,000, Carrying laterent at the rate of fire per cent. per AnGum. The Dhectors have agreed to the nomination of a Director on the Board by the Debenture-holders, and Mr. George Wm. Giles bas been appolated & Directer in the place
of Mr. Wm. Robe Jenkins, who has retired,
For the more efficient conduct of the Com- Pany's business, the Board considered it advin able to appoint Mr..F. A. Waylen, the founder of the Company, Managing Director."
Under the provisions of the Articles of Asso- callon, Mr. A. G. Angler rotires from the Board, and, being eligible, affers himselves for re-elec tion.
Mr. John Cooper, the Auditor, also setiros, and offers himself for re-election,
A form a proxy is enclosed, which, if you are able to alload the meeting, please sign and clar to the Secretary on or before the 15th
By order of the Board,
Inst.
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June 9th, 1897.
EL W. DAVEY,
Secretary.
EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING,
The following notise was Istund on the gth
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Notice is hereby given that an Keiraordinary General Meeting of the Members of Bell'
are greatly alarmed by the report that an Engilah | Asbestos Eastern Agency, Limited, will be held firm is about to overhaul the Turkish feet, at the Offices of the Company, 18 Queen Victoria They declare that Russia must steadfastly atreet, E.C., on Friday, the 18th day of June, at appote auch so skxiansion of Zafylleke infiuende, - - 21:50 paza immediately following the "Anusai
In connection with the On Wo diraster, noticed in the last report, Illigation has been and a final settlement bas not yet been arrived at. and after allowing for the transfer above referred to and meeting all claime upon ft, the under- wilting
|secount is left, with a satisfactory balance of £90,000.
accident, the steamer is Sang baying on For the year 1897 we have had one serious
ashore on the cost of Japan. She was got off with difficulty and brought tale Nagasaki, where a considerable amount will have to be expended in repals.
seulement of the Row Shing claim have as yet All the efforts of the directors to press for a
falled to obtain the desired iesalt, pilocipally od account of the prolonged laess of the late Chinese Minister in Landon, The ease is now before the new Minister, who was already scquatated with a circumstances, and every blig paralble will be done to bring about a satisfactory tellement,
The additions to the fleet in 1895 are the Fow Sang, Chun Song, and Sut We all mentioned in the Board's last report, The Suf We is the boat balls for the Yangtiz:, on which she is now plying.
Mr. Thomas Reid and Mr. William Paterson are the Directors who retire at this meeting, sind, being eligible, they offer themselves for re
election.
The Auditors, Mesars: Turquand, Young & Co., will likewise be proposed for re-election.
By Order of the Board,
JA MACANDREW,
Chairman.
London, g'h juse 1897. BALANCE SHEET AT 31ST DECEMBER, 1896. Liablities.
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Exchange Reserve Account... Balance from Ravenue A/C....
To Share Capital :—Authorized £1,200 000, First Issue 60,000 wach to whereof 49.589 subscribed and fully paid up. 495,890 a a Balance of Underwrling AC-
90,000 o a Sandry Creditor in London
and Colo.............................................. **8,969 a 0 63.770 a a Bilis Payable
85:312 10
3.910 411 1,380 16 3 £741,24111 2
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Lad Stormship, Helks,
Ferry Boaty, &c. 714.99400
Liss Deprecia-
tion written of 40,350 00
[This includes the valus of a. Kow Shing, claimed from the Chinesa Go- vernment.]
Coals and Provisions on board ships and in Godown..................
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674.744 ⚫ 0
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a falfeld and no favour and we mean to obtain and to malotain it wherever we can, and world. The more doors England opens in The have a rights to do so to all parts of tho world the larger to the "fate-and-no-favour feld," where all mankind can compete on equal terms for a livelihood,
Taken alone, for instance, the success which
been
The shipments made last year, heugh of the ped-fenth crap leat, waro o favourably reported on that there are gord early crops, this season, will give sill greater grounds for anticipating that shipments of the
Fompany has been joined by soms influential satisfaction. The Forchow Tea Improvement
Chinese, who are interesting themselves actively in the work. Thus the first object of those plished;" and hopes sie entertained that the who started it has already been in part accom-
they are attained will extend island. So far, new melted and the machinery by which gard! Dat other obstacles--such as "over-
Ard so we should be glad to see not from egotis Ha or Hagnistic motives at all, but there al piala common sense, the Japanese vind so widely cren to the imperative necessity of difusing the English language in the country, for hy
Britton and want of communication"- remata that means much friction will be avoided when m'x'd residence commences to say nothing of
in full force; and Mr. Brenan will tell us what the vista it opens in the literary world of science
those words may convey: "On the average and progres.
price of ten the export duty is about as per cent,, It is also so absolutely the
and the leis amounts to another 15 per cent. world-wide medium of fate course that by general use throughout the Tagacci Empire it. If we sak how this can be, in face of a treaty will save the Government many international and which fixes the export daly at 5 per cent., and annecessary troubles, and much facilitate the alt dues at 23, we find in Bice-books that working of the new treaty provisions. Already lower an important source of revenue; and Mr. tea was deliberately overvalued in order not to large number of lawyers are being trained al
Brena ex lains how the mandarins have Teklo by European
professors.
defeated Art. XXVIII Gading that this cleuse prevented them from touching produce after It bad passed into foreign bands, They
apon the device of putting passed out of native possession." Formerly the on the fax at an earlier period, before it had
On Sunday last, saya the Japan Times ·nt the 19th Jane, Mr. Zelturo Ok no gavo BU address on various topics at the feature hall of the Higher Commercial School, Kanda. The lecturer spoke at first of the considerable progress affected by Japan in her civilization, and melt a length on "the imperative matersity of diffus-tea for 74. 125 per pleal; to the authorities merchant could commute the inland dues on
THE GAMING LAWS AND BETTING, ing the English language in the country,”
Impared what balled growers tax to Chich i hefore It breme foreign properly. In
INTERESTING TEST CASES.
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The momentous decision of the Lord Chief Kempton Park Racecourse Company, but star Justice to grant an injunction galost the
of execution granted with a view to an appeal, bax saute a painful surprise in sporting circles at home and abroad. Betting, according to the laws of England, is regulated by the Statutes of 1845 and 53, but it is with reference to the Act of 1853 that the law is now question. Betting houser, 100ms, ofices or places, are deemed gaming houses within this statute, and it is respecting the defialtion of the word "place" that so much liigaifun is in course of action. In Hawke v. Dann it was held by a Divisional Court of five judges that Tattersall's ring was a "pace" within the meanleg of the Act and was used by the respon dent, a professional bookmaker, for the pur. pose of "betting-with persons resorting thereto " and that he was labio to be convicted of an offence against the statute. Bearing in mind the interpretation of the five Judges no surprise need be expressed that the Lord Chief Justice bas granted an injunction against the Kempton Park Co. from carrying on betting in their enclosure. His Lordship only-upholds the law as recently defacă. Supporlog things go on and the House of Lords afies the decision of the five Judges as expressed in, Hawker v. Dann; the Enclosure of Kempton Park becomes an lilegal place for all purposes of the Act of 1853 and period's found betting there' will be liable to criminal prosecution.
Counsel for the respondents remarked when addressing the Lord Chist Justice that if the declaloo to Hawkes v. Dunu were upheld horse racing would beabsolutely annihilated througboat the country. We can scarcely believe it, but there would not be such a plethora of it as we have at present. It is a singular fact that for forty-four years, the Enclosure has been left severely alone. Enclosures existed before the passing of the Act, and it seems strange that attention was not directed to them immediately the Act camé
1oice.
the silk districts of Kianges, similarly cocsont
par a lax of $to before foreigners can get bold of them As the tranal tax is collected all the make one pleal of reeled silk, this tax la equiva. same, and it taker fear picals of cocoons to
duty on which is only 216" What, lent to $16 on a picul of raw slik, the export may well besked, the mic of making treatles with such people at all? Accountability has for them no signification except as regards the mandurlu's own pilvate books The system as regarde State finca is one of tribute. The province pays a fix-d sum to Peking, and the les collectorates pay as little as they can get off with to the Pro vincial Treasury Steam launches now ran rega. larly from Foochow to Shai Kow, sixty miles up the Min River. Their owners paid the officials 10,000 for the privilege of running them. Otó of the mandarins tafarmed vir. Allen that this cam was to compensate the boximen whore livelihood Was interfered with. "I daresay (ha perifaently remarks), it may be | to entered to the provincial accounts.” rumbled and jolted along, la bis way, befors Tant bien que mal, the Government machine the war. It was bad enough then, and Mr. Allen's analysis of the revenue collected In Fobklen goes far to establish the chic of these who mal tain that irkin is 1. great measur designed to replace the duties withdrawe, by means of the Foreign Customs Service, to Peking The provincial Bedget as he summarises it is for active, and we reproduce the figures for reference sake:-
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Foreign customs dues Naziva Lekin duties Loud shad (octral}
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Used in Province.
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3,500 3,100,300 95,300
Total
1,614,000 3,955,000 Alicgether, Tis. 3,150,000, and Mr. Allen thinks this is much as the trade can bear. But now
that the Can'oms revenue has been mortgaged to the hilt, Peking will call upon the provinces far more and we may very well believe that the officials are at their wits”, end to supply the vold. It is here that the Nemesis may be perceived; and here, possibly, that salvation my be found, If the sums at present collected la Folkien are as much as the trade can best, the same asumption will probably hold goed eliewhere. That the Chinese are long-suffering. we know; but we know also that there is • limit, and that limit may conceivably be found before many additional turns are given to the screw. It is then that the body politic wil become conscious that its head is off, and there is no saying exactly what may ensue. It is char- actilitic of Peking fiance that it thinks doubling the maritime duties will mean doubling the Cus. loma revenus; bat Mr. Brenan calculator, that the addidor will be less than a third. That is to say that, the present Custome revenue being about Tis. 22,000.com, doubling the duties might give another 7,000,000 Well, T. 7,000,000 night office for interest on the additional
A GIRMAN VEŠIT. Recently the place was wilted by the German flagship and a culser. We understand that the Admiral and a few officers called at the Japanese headquarters, and the Japanese turned the visit. In spite of the exceptionally bot weather some of the officers also visited and inspected the rains of the forts. Germany,
morning of the 4th inst. We wonders that they were here Just then, but concluded that ther bidno Interest in the Diamond Jubilee cala- bratlon eher at Chefoo, Shanghal, or claswhere.
NOTANDA.
CALENDAR.
JULY.
Metsorological means based on ten years' observations to 1893, Barometer............ 17.29.73 Thermometer.....
81.5
Humidity ar÷tress83 Ralpial!
TO-DAY.
WEATHER PEPORT.
15.98
Os dato at Ou dabs at 101.07. + 3,118. 29.93 Ba
Barometerviuditi Thermometer vun Humidity......................... 87 Rainfall.....197
TO-DAY,
19.89
83
0.48 SLIDE
Friday, oth July, 1897. Chinese-10th of tik moon of 23rd year of
Kwong-si. Jewith-9th Tamur, 5687@ Mohammedan-814 Saphar, 1316.
Sun-Flier
PAPERNELYKÝCassina Skr, 2231 km. 5413................................ Skr. 46min. High water--- Morning där. Emin Afternoon i Skr. Emin. Low water-Morning ...........11kr. 20min.
Afternoon ... 9kr. 88min ANNIVERSARIES. 1616-First Dr'ch Embassy arrived at Tientsio
· 1707 – Edmund Burke died.
1896-Escape of seven Chinese convicts from 1873-Incendiary fire os board the American ship Benefactor in Hongkong Harbour,
Monte Fort, Macao.
TO-MORROW.
Salarday, 10th July, 1897. Chinese-111A of 6th moon of Bård year of
Kwong-ifi.
k-101k Tamus, 868Y. Mohammedan-Bik Sapkar, 1915.
San-Rises .............................. Skr. 25min. Sets Ohr. 46min. High water-Morning .......... Zhr. 88min. Afternoon...tar. min. Low water-Afternoon Ohr. 10min. and 10kr, 30min.
ANNIVERSARIES.
150g-John Calvin born. 1323-Portuguese fleet left Malacca for China;' 1892-Tornado bear Saigon z za Chinese killed, 1840-The Yangtze blockaded by a British feet.
SBARE MARKET.
LATEST QUOTATIONE. Hongkong Fires, $317} ; China Fires, $104 ; Indo-Chinxs, $t; Douglases $67; China Sugar, $1477 Punjoms. 881; Raubi, 8191 Hongkong Hotel, $483 ; Green Islands, $38. 1. SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.
MAILS DUE:
American (Coptic) 13th lost.
Canadian (Empress of Japan) 14th inst. Australian (Omi Maruf jồth last. French (Salasia) 17th inst, Tacoma (Pathan) 17th inst. American (City of Rio de Janeiro) 25th inat. Tacoma (Tacoma) 19th inst. German (Bayern) 39th Inat, Australian (Atrife) 301b last.
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THEN, G. I. steamer" Bitogne leh Bombay for this port yesterday, and may be expected here on of about the 36th fost.............
THE Canadian Parlic Railway Cos tiramar Empress of India, from Hongkong, arrived at Kobe at g p.m. on the 6th inst, and foli agato at I p.m. on the 7th and was expected at Yoko hama on the 8th at GOOD.
THE Canadian Pacific Railway Co.'s steamer Empress of Japan, from Vancouver, arrived at Yokohama at 1.30 p.m. on the 7th inst, and lan again at 9 p.zo, same day for Nasagak!, where she is expected to arrive at 8 p.m. to-day.
SHIPPING RITURME From 6 pm. yızlerday to 6 pom, to-day,
ARRIVALE,
Pomall v. Kempton Park Racecourse Co. is a a case that will be watched with very great Interest by many. There can be no doubt, bow, ever, owing to the propertloss that betting has uraumed and the absorbing interést that is taken 6,76% 93 to all mapnfacturing centres that same.
thing must be done to minimicu its evils, bat wo | £15,000,000 which, the Imperial authorities sta | Diomid mé.......stemmer, from Singapore
borrow; but they would ba as Thames mineu far as cry from refilling their coffers ; and Per 3439434445 when the Imit of Imperial and proviccial 7NMAN..... taxitios has been reached what will temais but reform That Geld is, fortunately, elastic. The present collections also would afford Woosung
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should prefer to see some legislation on the China, Agents' Balances, Freights, &C..........ám: 64.172 4 5 subject much as the consolidation «nd amend» Cash in London and China ... 3.467 17
mant of existing statutes, rather than an unlooked for lnterpretation of na oid law by a judicial tribunal.
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The activity displayed by the Anti-Gambling . d. League in these betting cases is to be viewed with no great, favons, not that we have any objection is such Socielles, but they are too apt 5.508 7 1 to present a distorted view of their own side of
the question and would even restrain the liberty lar resistance will win the day. A solution is generally found, in China, In compromise. It of the subject to attain their desired cod. Nor will be for the ultimate good of the empire if the Are we aware that public opinion is on their alde antagonism is pushed, this time, to breaking Zafiro.......
Freir steamer, for Hollow There may be little sympathy' with the proles † point. The rezaurces of China are immensa Wingrang umu
Manila Canton alonal bookmakers who frequent the Ring, but but they are throttled by "over-lazation “and
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noble sport sustained. On the after baud the left to lay hands, can adequate resilia be HOXGLONG AND WRAMPOA DOCK Returns. Bheet
1,380, 16 3 law at now expressed does not in any dogice obtained. That these things are possible, India Retes Christina Kowloon Dock
and Egypt bear winess. Whether they are Raft under touch that pernicious betting so common among possible with Chinese maghiatry zamalos to | Halleong consumane · B Mithven Cattle me i the improvident glasses, but rather makes a kit) ke 1986,-Z, &a G. Reprítt.
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