THE HONGKONG VOLUNTEERS,
His Excellency Major General Gascoigne held his annual inspection of the Hongkong Volunteers yesterday afternoon. The parade which was an exceptionally large one was formed up on the guns, ready for inspection, at pm. H.E. The Governor, who was wear- ing the uniform of the regiment with the sash and order St. Michael and St. George, marched. down with the Volunteers from their private. parade ground.
On the General's arrival on the military. pade ground he was met by HE the Governor and on approaching the parade, a general's sulute was given by the order of Sir John Carrington. Without loss of time the staff started on their tour of inspection, at the conclusion of which the Genem was heard to compliment Sir John on the steadiness displayed by the men in the ranks. The troops then marched past their Excellencies and, after a few simple field movements, were formed up for the purpose of hearing what General Gascoigne had to say as regards their military capabilities, (fle was exceptionally well pleased --with the smartness displayed by the men and more than that he was plensed that there were so for absentees. He was talking beyond the men, he was addressing their employers. The volunteers of Hongkong were not for ornament, nor where they only for drill but were reckoned as one of the defences of the island. By these inspections the officer commanding could
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regiment was, what were its weak points, and so it was absolutely ne cessary that every man should be present. His Excellency the Governor had conferred a great honour on them by accepting the coloneley of the corps. And he hoped that they would appreciate it! He did not ask them very often to come as he well knew the difficulties that business, but when he did ask thear he would stond in the way of their getting away from expect the men to respond to the call. He was sure that His Excellency their Colonel also held the same opinions, he must again compli- ment them on their good soldier-like appear: ance and performance.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1899.
Field Battery three officers and 89. nón com missioned officers" and "men'; Machine Gun Company, three officers, 34, non-commissioned officers and men and two signallers. This with the two sergeant-instructors, gives a total
BATTLESHIPS' MEAT STORE,
WHAT THE "OREGON" AND "LOWA" TOOK WITH THEM WHEN THEY SAILED.
(National Provisioner.)
certain —
AVER THE PLAGUE
At the meeting of the Hongkong Sanitary Board this afternoon plague returns from Bom bay from the period 14th to 27th February, wêre- submitted. On the last date 126 cases were reported and 22 deaths.
A telegram, dated March 16th, was submitted reporting cases of plague found at Howrah,
near Calcutta,
A telegram, dated Mareli 24th, was submitted reporting an outbreak of plague at Saray dis- trict, Bengal,
THE WAR AND THE CANAL.
NOTANDA
CALENDAR.
MARCH,
Meteorological means based on ten years "observations to‘1893.
30059
Barometer
·Thermometer some Humidity andre Rainfall........................................
TO-DAY.
WEATHER REPORT.
Barometer.... Thermometer
Humidity Rainfall...
..63.0
..85.0
4.08
On date at On date at
p.m.
TO-DAY.
to LM.
.29.97
29.95
68
73
SAN FRANCISco, Feb. 17th. When the Chronicle tonk ground against a declaration of war upon Spain in a series of articles which appeared last spring it pointed Chinese-10th of an aon of 25th year of
Thursday, 30th March 1899. out the danger that military expenses would be
Kwang-su. come so great that schenies of domestic im
Sun-Rises
Sets
skr. 55min. one, would
High water-Morning sohr, tomin. Afternoon athr. tầmìn Low water-Morning .............. går. tomin. Afternoon ghr, zimin..
The following reference to refrigerated meat cargoes has a very direct bearing upon the proposals of the Queensland Meat Export ation Company to the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company. We. (S. F. Prese) understand that no definity arrangement has yet been entered into, but it is a matter that it would require some ingenuity to discover any reasons for hesitating over-that is from a business point of view; for that there is money in sprovement and commercial expansion, "nam
fiefore leaving. New York there were put in the Nicaragua canal as
have to be set aside. The prophecy is into the hold of the Celtic, the refrigerator ship which is accompanying the Oregon and the low to. Manila, 250,000 pounds of fresh frozen beef, 25,000 pounds of fresh frozen mution, and 250,000 puncis of vegetables. These supplies are so arranged that the battleships can at any time take from the cargo whatever meat and vegetables are needed for the mess during the long toyage to the Philippines.
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The stores were placed on board for the use of the fleet's men. Such a thing is unparalleled and unheard of in naval history. And it has been left to this government and to one of the greatest packing companies to store up and send with a fleet on the longest voyage an which the officers and crew car, be fed the record a ship louded, with fresh supplies from
same as on land in any climate.
frozen state
Besides being novel in naval history, it is a new departure in the meat trade. The ment was specially gotten up for this shipment. It was sewn in cheesecloth, frozen in Chicago The parade was then marched back to their and brought from there to New York in parade ground, where, before dismissal His Ex-refrigerator cars in a frozen state, To thus cellency said he would like, to say a few words, maintain carcasses of beef in This was the first time that as their colonel he had during so long a freight journey" is a big been able to be present with them ona parade, undertaking in itself. It is seldont attempted and it gave him great pleasure to hear the by the largest and best equipped companies conplacmary remarks of the General, but even for a shorter distance The cargi was he wished to speak to them in confidence, loaded in a frozen state, and will be kept at a there was no General there now. He was frigid temper re until it is consumed or the proud of being their colonel, but he wanted residue landed at Manila. to be the colonel of a thoroughly efficient. regiment, the parade that day showed who were the thoroughly trained men and who were not, he would ask the men who were not efficient, to use their best endeavours to become sa, as one incompetent man in time of need might be the means of rendering the services of his gun quite useless. He had that day been studying the ordinances concerning the volunteers and he did, and intended to still -take-greater-interest in them, he saw no reason why the young men of this colony should not form one of the finest volunteer regiments in the British Empire. He wished the corps every Buccess.
Major Sir John Carrington, on behalf of him- self, the officers and men of the Hongkong Volunteers, thanked His Excellency for the honour he had conferred upon them and asked the men Show their appreciation of it, by giving His Excellency three hearty cheers, which were given with true Britishi vigour, and followed by a "tiger.”
Sir John then said he wanted to speak to them on three subjects, the first was the honour bestowed upon them, by the acceptance
Before the ships, after touching at Honolulu, reach their destination the store ship Celtic will have perfonned the most wonderful voyage in the world's history in the meal liar. She will have carried in her hold and through all chutesa cargo of frozen fresh meats over the longest voyage of a meat ship in existence. She will have demonstrated the limitless possibilities of refrigeration and of nautical cold storage for distributing the world's surplus meats and pro- visions to those climes and peoples who require them.
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now being realized. Akhough our revenues a vastly greater than they were, the country is told that it faces a defici; which it is not "expedient to increase, either by the passage of the Nicaragua, canal bill or the bill for the revival of American shipping. We must have. an $80,000,000 Army and an imperial Navy, but we cannot have the agencies of thrift and peace which the commercial interests of the country need and have long been calling upon the tiernun to provide. Armies must come side the canal wants: our vessels of war must incase until we rank third as a naval Power, but the dag musi wait in vain for the merchant ships that will carry it to taeming
markets.
rings! The Crouch's opinion fast spring The country begins to see for itself what war
that j. Nicaragua canal would be worth more to us than anything a successful war could dower us with has not changed a luir's breadth. War las piled up our expenses, increased our dangers, red still another war, instilled jealousy of our progress in European minds and created an issue that may end for all anybody knows, in 'our losing the richest gains of conquest. So much for war. As for peace, it might by this time have mule the Nicaragua Cana” and an expanded commerce practicable.
Hut repining, after all, will do good. It is incumbent upon Congress and the American people to do their Ukist to repair the errors, of the past by getting as rapidly as they can upon the old peace basis. tour new territories can be had peargahly and made to pay their rown way, well and good:-17 yut, we do not
conceive
it to be our duty to forever sheke the Nicaragua project and the commer. al sality bill and at the other things that count-si-p-the-test-progress-simple-to-nourist-a-
Better be a Western power in pracy, and plenty than a world's power in trouble. Nevertheles, it ought to he practic able to reach the best status of We shall be thie on the one hand un control our new possessions with a policy of
military aspiration.
The voyage of the warships and of theirtonoth ing store, the Critic, will take more than a hundred days. Heretofore a voyags of sixtyjustice and to semih our revenues for a policy days for a frozen meat ship has been regarded as a marvel in trade circles..
A REMARKABLE DISCOVERY.
M. Jaubert, a chemist formerly attached to the British Medical Journal, discovered a substance which, when used in proper propor. tion, succeeded in removing from the air of a closed chamber the carbonic acid, watery vapour, and other irrespirable products porduced by a
at the same time giving, out "automatically in exchange the mathematically exact quantity of oxygen required."
of commercial gain. We believe it can be done aut ru dhe meantime, as it appears, we Care to her forced to see measures of the utmost
national rútilitý put on the shelf---Chronicle,,
THE AMERICAN ENGINES FOR THE MIDLAND.
WHY THEY WERE ORDERED,
ANNIVERSARIES.
"Ohr. Omin.
1814-British troops entered Paris. 1856-Pence with Russin. 1874-Abolition of coolie trade at Macko. 1883-Inauguration of New British Consulate
at Shanghai. 1896-The Japanese flag hoisted over settlement at Soochow.
TO-MORKOW,
new
GOOD FRIDAY. Friday, 31st March, 1899. Chinese-20th of and moon of 25th year of
Kwang-si, Sun-Rises
Sets
Chr. Ómin shr. 55min. ...Tohr. 44min.
High water-foraing
Afternoon Low water-Morning
Afternoon ANNIVERSARIES.
Поле
4hr. gymin. 6kr. 3min.
1806-Slave Trade abolished. 1874-Coolie traffic abolished 1890-Arrival of Duke and Duchess of Con-
naught at Hongkong." 1896-Li Hung Chang refused_to_land_ar
Hongkong. Two European children developed symptoms of phiyue,
SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.
MAILS DUE.
English (Bullaaraf) to-morrow. Indian (Koh-I-nur) 1st prox. German (Prius Heinrich) μb práx. Australian (Guthrie) 4th prox... American (Garlic) 7th prox. American (Hongkong Staru) 14th prox. Canadian (Empress of India) 19th pros. American (China) zand prox.
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TIE Canadian Pacific Railway Co.'s steamer kong via usual ports of call yesterday morning Empress of India, left Vancouver for Hong
the 20th instant.
THE O. & O. S..S. Co.'s steamer Gaelic with mails, etc., from San Francisco to the 9th inst.. via Honolulu, has arrived at Yokohama, and left for this port w/ Inland Sca, Kobe, Naga- saki and Shanghai, this morning, the 30th inst.
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by the Governor of the colonelcy but as living animal' enclosed in the chamber, while Railway Company held at Derby recently, the Heinrich caning the German, Mails with dates
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Two experiments were made by Dr. Laborde, the one an a guinea-pig under a bell jas, the other on 31. Jaubert's brother who wore a tightly fiting respiratory mask. The nature of the substance is not mentioned, the only indication being that it is the lightest reservoir of oxygen in existence.
We are told that the research has been in progress since May last, with the approval and assistance of the French Ministry of Marine, which was interested in M. Jaubert's scheine because it promised to be useful.in submarine boats and in diving:bells. It is stated that three or four kilograms of this substance is enough to keep ahealthy aduli alive for twenty | four hours in a space hermetically closed.
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A NEW SYSTEM OF QUN....
PRACTICE.
A commendable desire to increase the gunnery efficiency of the crews servingualer them is being evinced by the admirals com manding. British fleets,
THE Imperial German Mail Liner Pring from Berlin of the 6th inst., left Singapore for this port at 8 am, to-day, the 30th, and may be expected here on or about Tuesday, the 4th proximo.
Dos Hermanos.......
Kowloon
£1
18
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20
Dock.
At the half-yearly meeting of the Midland clairman, Siv Ernest Paget, referred to the orders for locomotives that had been placed in America. The directors, he said, would have much preferred to purchase home-made goods, whether engines or anything else, if it had beenHoNakong and Whampoa DOCK RETURNS
Isla de Cuba.......... at possible. The question of cost did not enter into their calculations when they asked for
Isla de Luzon ......... Their train tenders from aumas the water.
Hut mileage was qpidly increasing-it had in- H.M.S. Redpole creased during the past year by tivo million
Chusan miles and for years past the locomotive superintendent had been impressing the fact upon them that they worked their engines too hard. Tf Mr. Johnson had his own way he would have maly about 75 per cent. of the engines in steam, whereas now they had as many as per cent. At present they had as many as 170 engines ordered in England. The ́orders commenced in December, 1897, the first engines were to be delivered in July, 1898, and then they were to be delivered at so many per month. If that delivery had gone on properly they would now have had forty-eight of these engines. As a matter of fact, they had not received one. The last order they gave was in December, 1898, for twenty engines at a very large cost, ("Share") This order would not be completed until May 1900. ("Oh.").
Kalpanadhimu Henry Falling Empress of China Subang .................. D. Juan Austria Chillagong..... Phu Cham Khao.....
Petrarch
11
19
Cosmopolitan Aberdeen
PASSED THE CANAL.
11
Outward-28th February Candia. 3rd Mar. Marquis Bacquehem, Lielsvald, Kara, Vor tigern. 7th March Afridi, Orestes, Catania, Savola. 10th March Benalder, Glenthiel, Un- daunted. 14th March Jaya, Pring Heinrich, s. 17th March Glaucus, 21st March Mfuc du, Salaxie.
Homeward-17th March Socotra. 21st Mar. Indrani
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he had spoken already on that subject it was not necessary for him to say more. The next was, as they were all well 'aware, he was going away for some time, he hoped it was not for ever, but life in Hongkong and elsewhere was so precarious that he did not feel justified in saying that it would not be for ever; while he was away the command of the regiment had been kindly accepted by Lt. Col, Mainwaring, 2nd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers; they all knew that officer, he belonged to very distinguished regiment and he also look great ,interest in volunteers, and he hoped that when he, came back that he would find them even smarter than what they were then. The next thing was the adjutancy; Capt. Gordon, R. A., had been with them for nearly four years and a half and there was not a man present on that parade but must feel sorry to hear that he had been ordered home for the sake of his health, And that the Government had thought it expedient for him to resign the appointment of being their adjutant. He only hoped that when Capt Gordon came back that he would be known, as he Always had been, as their friend. Lastly he had to speak about his own going, he was sorry to leave them, as he felt proud of them, but they must remember that up till now they had always had civilian command- Rear Admiral Harris, Commander-in-Chief ing officers, now they were to be honoured by of the Cape and West Africa Station, took the New engines were a necessity to them, said having a regularsoldierns theircommandant and lead in this movement, and his latest follower. Sir Ernest, so they plecided to send for tenders he hoped they would prove worthy of the hon is the distinguished officer who preceded him in from two firms in America, the Baldwin and ours they had so lately received. He would the Cape command. The first important thing the Schenectades. They received offers-in ask the men to give three cheers for Capt. Gor. done by Vice-Admiral Sir H. H. Kawson since the one case to supply ten engines within ten don and also to drink to the gallant Captain's taking up command of the Channel Squadron weeks of the receipt of the drawings, and in health at his expense. Major Johnson, of the 5th has been to, inaugurale a system of practice.the other shipment of ten in four months. So Canadian Artillery Militia, also asked leave to which shows that he is determined to bring the that while they could not get an engine bay a few words, and, on gaining the required marksmanship of the feet up to the highest promised in England in fifteen months, they permission, said that he thanked the members of possible standard of efficiency.
ger twenty from America, in four the. Hongkong Volunteers, officers and men for Instead of letting the ships of the squadrone did not think the directors needed the kind way in which they had treated him lie idle at Portland, Vice-Admiral Rawson further justification, (Hear, hear.) Being of during his stay in Hongkong. While he was took them into Torbay recently for a couple of this opinion, they had doubled their order to travelling around he saw many volunteers, and days' "drill," and showed that he places a high one of the finns The engines ordered would it made him think that seeing the same uniform value upon the gunnery skill of the crews. be of the type known in Ainerica as the Mogul. in the different British colonies caused a feeling Target practice was carried out every morning, They would be essentially American engines. of brotherhood. His corps was known as the every ship towing a target, and the squadron with certain modifications and alterations, and "fighting fifth and if at any time there was circling around in such a way that the ships it would be interesting to see them running by trouble in Hongkong we could depend upon a were enabled to fire at the targets towed by the side of the English engines. They were thousand of their coming at short notice to
determined that the new one another. This is a familiar inanœuvre in
engines should assist their brothers here. He had seen many the Mediterranean Fleet when the ships are at have fair play from beginning to end. (Hear, inspections and only hoped that his regiment short-range practice, and has been often carried hear M. Gazette, would bear themselves as creditably as the out in the Reserve fleet. Aiming tubes were Hongkong Volunteers had done that day.
fitting a Morris tube in a rille-and an The parade was then dismissed and adjourned in the guns-a proceeding equivalent ed to the building, where refreshments were pro- officer was told off to supervise and instruct Vided to drink the health of Captain Gordon the work of cach, gun, He had to see R. A Dr, Lowson, who mounted a table, speak that the men fired 'coolly and took good ing on behalf of the officers and men, eald how nim, and to impress upon them the neces sorry they all were at the loss of Major Garringsity-of-keeping-up-a-careful, steady fire. In ton, even though it was only for a short time. addition, the officer had to note each man's He called for three cheers for their commandant ability at his work." Practice of this systematic which were heartily accorded by all present, nature will do much to increase the skill of the Their Excellencios Sir Henry Blake G.C:M.G. guns' crews, but the British bluejacker is by no and General: Gascoigne, together with the means the indifferent shot some would make principal officers of the Garrison were enter him out to be In past years, the unreliable į tained at dinner in the Head Quarter offico, nature of the rangefinders was a drawback, by Sir John Carrington and his officers. but this, has now been practically got over In the evening asooking concert for all by the adoption of a new instruinent. Vallant. The new royal yacht is as large as the nambers was given in the recreation room, for Every man cannot be made into a skilled cruiser Baltimore, larger than the New Orleant, FRIDAY the ist instant, being GOOD the purpose of wishing their extremely popular gunner. A considerable amount of natural and much larger than the Hoheneollern, the commandant a pleasant trip and a happy retum aptitude is required, and it is to discover | German Emperor's yacht,. The latter boat is amongst them. T. E the Governor and the men who possess this that notes are being really nothing more than a cruiser, with Gopal Mr. T. Jackson, Hons. H. T. Whitehead made of the Channel Squadron tar's per apartments ll be a yacht pure and simple, for the Emperor. The now and JJ, Bell Irving, and Mr. W. Poate were formances, parten present and the Governor and General again The best marksmen are made captains of The hull is to be steel, sheathed with impressed upon their thenross the importance guns, and they are responsible for putting the wood and covered with copper. She will have of the volunteer movement, especially in a projectile on its target. The other men simply three funnels and two masts; her twin screws colony situated as Hongkong. A very success do the labourer's work around the gun. Should will be driven by triple-expansion engines; the captain be disabled, there are a couple of steam will be supplied by eighteen Belleville qualified mon in while the boilers, work of 300 [URSE to go with a Shanghai Family
ful programma was carried through, the follow
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[ONGKONG RIFLE ASSOCIATION, HON PROGRAMME OF THE SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL PRIZE MEETING. To be held at KowlooN TO-MORROW, SATURDAY, and MONDAY,
March 31st April 18t, and 3rd, 1899. Under the distinguished patronage of H.E. Sir HENRY BLAKE, G.G.M.G
and
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cral Gascoigne, C.AL.C. 1.--Queen's 1st Stage-Distance 200 yds. Mem- bers only. No of Shots-Seven, Entrance 50 cents. Three prizes value so per cent. of Entries with $5 added. Position- Standing or Kneeling, Martini Henry Rifles allowed 2 points.
2--Martini-Henry Carbine Competition,4-
Distance 200 yards. Members only...No.. of Shots-Seven. Entrance 5 cents. Three prizes value so per cent, of the Entries with $s added.
3-Ladies Nomination.-Open to Lady Mem-
bers or their Kominees. Distance 300. yards. No. of Shots-Seven. No Entrance fee, Prizes presented. 4-Martin-Henry Carbine Competition-400 yards. Members only. No. of Shots- Seven. Entrance so cents. Three prizes. value 50 per cent, of Entries with $5 added. 5.-Queen's ist Stage-Distance, 300 yards. Members only. No. of Shots-Seven. Entrance 50 cents. Three prizes value 50 per cent. of the Entries with $5 added. Martini-Henry Rifles allowed 2 points. 6.--Quten's 2mi Stage Distance 500 yards. Members only. No, of Shois-Ten. En- trance so cents. Three prizes value 50 per cent of the Entries with $5 added. Martini-Henry Rides allowed 3 paints. 7--Queen's 1st Stage--Distance 60 yards. Members only. No. of Shots-Seven. Entrance so cents. Three prites value so per cent of the entries with $5 added. Martini-Henry Rifles allowed 4 points.. 8-Queen's and Stag-Distance 600 yards. Members only. No. of Shots--Fifteen. Entrance so cents. Three prizes value so per cent of the Entries with $5 added, Martini-Henry Rides allowed 9 points, Alembers only. "No. of Shots-Ten. En- 9-Quren's 3rd Stage-Distance 700 yards. trance jo cents. Three prizes value 50 "per cent. of the Entries with $5 added.
Martini-Henry Rifles allowed 7
points, 10-Queen's 3rd Stage-Distance Soo yarıls. ⚫ Members only. No. of Shots-Ten. En- trance 50 cents: Three prizes value su pev cent, of the Entries, with $5 added. "Mar- tini-Henry Rides allowed to points. 1.Martini-Henry Carbine Competition.— Distance 3oo yards. Members only, No. of Shots-Seven. Entrance 50 cents. "Three" prízes," "value 30 per cent. of the
Entries, with $5 added. 12-Carbine Aggregate. For Competitors
whose respective scores in Events Nos. 2. 4, and't make up the highest aggregates. Entrance $1. Prizes to be selected by win- ners in order of merit as laid down by Rule
12 in Ladies' Competition. 13-Queen's Aggregate, For Competitors
whose respective scores in the Three Stages of the Queen's make up the highest aggre- gates. Entrance $1. Prizes to be selected by winners in order of merit as laid down by Rule 12 in Ladies Competition. 14-All Comers.—Competitions for All Comers, Rifles or Carbines, will take place simultan- eously with the foregoing events at the 200, 500, 600,700, and 800 yards ranges. Number of shots-Five at each range. Entrance 30 cents per rangé. Three prizes at each range value 70 per cent of the entries. Tickets will be obtainable at the Firing Points. Sighting shots as per Rule 9
CONDITIONS. 1-Entries will be received' by the under signed at the address given up to noon on the joth inst., and, in the Committee tent on the Range up to 11 am, on Friday, the gist inst. In all cases, the entry form must be accom. panied by the requisite fees, and the subscrip tion for the current year if not paid.
Intimations.
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Members are feminded that they are not entitled to fire, as such, or to the enjoyment of any privileges unless their subscriptions are paid on or before Thursday, 30th inst, at 11.
The 13
Ranges have been detailed-as follows":
CARRINES-AT POLICE RANGE, 200 yards-FRIDAY.... 9:30 to 1,00 SATURDAY... 9.30 to £1.00 MONDAY 9.30 to 10.30-
400 yards-FRIDAY 11.00 to Kod SATURDAY, 11.00 to 1.00 MONDAY 10.30 to11.30
-500 yards-FRIDAY
1.30.to 3.30
SATURDAY 1.30 to 3.30. MONDAY 11:30 to 100, RIFLES AT NAVAL RANGE, DRAG 200 yards-FRIDAY ........... S-30.10 11.00 and,
3-30 ta : 5,30 -- 11.30 to ROG
MONDAY
Joo yards--FRIDAY...... 11,00 ta' :1,00
• SATURDAY. 2,00 to 3.30 MONDAY 1.00 to 2,00 600 yards-FRIDAY, JAN. 1:30 to 3.30
SATURDAY 3-30 to 5-30 MONDAY 1.00 to 2.00
700 yards-SATURDAY... 9.30 to 0.30 MONDAY 9:30 to 10.30
and
Soo yards-SATURDAY 11.30 to 1.30 MONDAY...10.30 to 11:30
300 yards-MONDAY to 5.30 Entry forms may be obtained from and sub- scriptions paid to
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Secretary,
4.Rifles Martini-Henry, M.H. Carbines, and the English Service Magazine Ride only to be used. Pull off 6lbs. Rifles may be tested before, and/or after shooting.
5-Sights Slips of paper or other substancew. capable of being shifted, and sliding windguages on Rifles or Carbines are not allowed.
6. Position Any except in. Competion No. 1. when the member inust sland or kneel whilst shooting.
7-Lee-Metford ammunition will be provided on payment, and may be obtained at the Com- mittee tent on the range.
8.-Competitors can shoot in any match at any time during the Meeting unless otherwise specified. Members shooting for the Queen's. Events will have precedence over all Comers and others at each range.
9. Two sighting shots tickets price to cents each to be obtained at the Committee
rent-will be allowed at each range in every competition.
10-Range-keepers (on the day on which they have kept, or are detailed to keep a range, for not less than 1 hours) and the Hon. Secre- taries will have precedence over other members. 1-Firing entries to commence at:9.30 3.m. and cease at, or about, but not, later than 5:30
p.m.
12.-Competition, No. 3 will be fired between 3.30 and 5.30 o'clock on Monday, 3rd April, weather permitting, during which time all other Competitions will be required to cease.
Lady Winners, in order of merit, shall be, permitted to select their prizes, provided that (18 they, or some persons authorized by them, at tend at the Commitice Tent at the conclusion of the Competition. Any Winner who does not attend or is not duly represented will have A prize allotted by the Committee.
QUEEN VICTORIA'S YACHT. This new toyal yacht for the Queen of Eng. land was commenced on December 23rd, 1897, when the first koél plate was laid at the Govem- ment dockyard at Pembroke. The name for the new yacht has not been chosen as yet, and | the Admiralty have not until recently, given out any particulars of the new vessel; but now, however, they have done so. The new yacht will be 380.feet long; her beam is 45 feet; the THE CHOIA AND MANILA STEAMSHIP draught is to be 18 feet, and her displacement
'COMPANY, LIMITED. is to be 4,600 tens. It will be seen this yacht is much larger than W. K. Vanderbilt's yacht
Intimations.
NOTICE.
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CHINA FIRE INSURANCE CO., LD.
H. T. DAVIS,
- Local Manager,
THE STRAITS INSURANCE CO., Lb Hongkong, 30th March, 1859.
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GREAT EASTERN AND CALEDONIAN GOLD MINING CO., LD. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. NOTICE is hereby given that an EXTRA-- ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING, SHAREHOLDERS of the above Company. will be held on WEDNESDAY, the 12th April at Noon, at the OFFICES of the Company, 2
Queen's Road Central when the sub-joined Special Resolution which was passed at the Extraordinary General Meeting held on 28th March, 1899, will be submitted for confirmation:
of
"That the Capital of the Company be in creased to $500,000 by the creation of 16,000 Ordinary Shares of $5.00 each, and 70,000 Preference Shares of $1.00 each such shares to be issued at the discretion of the Directors, provided that they shall be offered in the first instance to the existing shareholders in pro portion to the amount of the capital held by them at the time of such issue,
The Holders of the said Preference Shares shall be entitled to a cumulative preferential Dividend at the rate of ra per cent per annum,
"Whenever the profits of the Company in respect of any year shall be more than suffi cient to pay the proferential dividend aforesaid. to the close of such year, and also a dividend for such year at the rate of za per cent, per the holders of the said Preference Shares participate in the surplus part passu with the holders of the other Shares. -
13.-Every Competitor for the Queen's Prizes annum on the Ordinary Sh be entitled to
is specially requested to send in his scores to the Committee Tent not later than 3 p.ma ou Monday, 3rd April,
14-One Blow-off shot will be allowed at the FRIDAY, the EXTRAORDINARY 700 and 800 yards ranges. Blow-off shots must GENERAL MEETING of the above Named
be fired into the Blow-off pits." Company called for the day, is POSTPONED 15.-Tles, and mattersnor otherwise provided till SATURDAY, the fat April, 1899, at 12 for, will be decided by Bisley Rules 'clock, NOON.
16-Competitors must write their names and SHEWAN, TOMES & Celish characters.
descriptions on their tickets distinctly, in Eng General Managers Hongkong, 30th March, 1899. /
The Committee tent, where tickets and (471a
all information can be obtained, will be near WANTED,
the 300 yards range.
The Committee reserve to themselves the right to alter the description of any of the prizes
try Ranges, and Targets,--
the HR Association KAON Perroni wishing to
Tabould send their names, the requisito fees,
Hongkong, 30th March 159ght 61:
"In the event of the winding-up of the Com pary, the holders of the anid Preference Shares shall be entitled to have the surplus assets of the Company applied in the first case in repay- ing to them the amount paid up on the Prefer. ence Shares held by them respectively, and the residue of such surplus assets thall, subject to the rights of members entitled to shares issued upon special conditions as hereinafter
provided belong to and be divided among the Ordinary Shareholders of the Company, and if ther shall be more than sufficient to pay the amount paid up on the Ordinary such surplus Iders of the Preference Shares and the Ordinary Shares rateably, MOZE LUIGENS EINSTMANN & RAGNOMERS General Agents, E Kaflongkong, syth March, 1800)
ing gentlenen taking paw Fusiliers, Captain of a gun crow are trained gunners, though they bounce, which will be reduced at the engines N From Shanghai to England vil Vancotir narsis stated, and also times of shooting, En is any and be divisible behares the
part
Lowson, Maxims, Gunners Brown and Bentley and Mr. Caesar. B. S. M. Duncan and Gunner Fars prealded if the piano,
Theces were present on ParadeStaff,
Apply immediately to m
may not be expert markaman, az into ago. It is expected that the yacht will be ver por next Canadian Pacifić Mail Steamer,
in phart, our system of training and arranging driven at a speed of 20 knots an hour with the gun crewt har been extensively copied, which engine making 140 revolutions a minute. It I
very good teftimony to ite values Daily expected that the new vessel, Will cost to round
Mrom cots add one non-commíbsioned officers "Malik
<ej Bumbara about $1,500,000/10
TMRS
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