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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1899

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$1,000,000,000

OFFICIAL FIGURES OF 1808 FOR THE NEW-YORK LIFE, MUTUAL AND EQUITABLE.

The Report of the New-York Life having been filed with the Insurance Departments on January 6th, 18909, and the Repons of the Equitable and Mutual Life having heen fled during the last days of February, 1899, the following figures are now obtained from the sword Reports of the three companies.

The figures here given, after deducting policies not paid for, show only those settled for in cash NEW BUSINESS FOR THE YEAR 1898.

So, of Policies.

New-York Life (Purely Mutual, all profits

to its owners, the policy-halders) Mutual.....

78,471 51.785 42,030

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Premiums. Gold. $152,093,389 $6,054,498

128,750,068

5.149,549 Equitable (Capital Stock $100,000) .........

121,707,516 4,486,654 The New-York Life Led its Nearest Competitor, the Mutual, in placed and paid on business by 21,686 new policies, representing told $23,313,000 of insurance, and Gold $908,000 of premiums.

The New-York Life Led the Equitable, its Second Nonrest Competitor; by 3,441 new policies, Gold $30,813,000 of Insurance and Gold $1,567,845 of new premiums.

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ITALY AND CHINA

LONDON, September gih China has offered Italy mining rights at Ningchai in the Province of Chekiing. The Italians consider this offer. as insufficient.

THE TRANSVAAL.

Mr. Pukeman the editor of the Johannesburg

Star is denied.

SHOOTING-FATALITY:

CORONER'S ENQUIRY,

VT NO 186, A Ritchie, 10 be Corporal, dat

zith August 1899, 1

This afternoon at the Magistracy an enquiry was held into the circumstances attending the death of Evelyn Govett a midshipınan from B. M.S. Orlando The facts, as then known, were reported in our issue of Monday last.

Joiner Privato-E. W. Langlay, joined August, 1899, and assigned Corga'. No. 344 Private W. Kent, joined 10th August, and assigned Corps' No. 448.......

The aniseed seems » to" The alter between decks. Each some forty to fifty pounds and. the evidence given it would have. ni to, court disaster to have put the Etins three tiers. Chat: is, to have placed two mbre tiers above, the lowest one. Captain Anderson co dered it arould not be proper aven two tiers unless it plank was perly supported so as to pro om the upper. tins upon those theresahould have been while Captain:Goddard, that, although he thought two tierss might he intown witnesses, stated sale, the tire swould not "Now, how Augustiny diets were there? The evidence on this

E ENGINEER CO. Promotions.The Commandant has bean pleased to approve of the promotion of No. 417 Sapper J. W. Graham, to be Sergeant, dated 24th August, 1890.

E. J. Biden, Staff Surgeon of the Royal Navy said he had examined the body when it was brought on board the Orfade and found no Leader has been liberated on bail,ind the the head, the one in the förehend being the August, 1899, and assigned Corps': No. 439","

marks of violence except the bullet wounds

Joined. Sapper H. W. Lapsley, joined 17th statement that a warrant had been issued

Sapper W. J. Symons, joined 21st August, one of entry the other, at the back, of exit. Thu against Mr. Moneypenay of the Johannseherining is quite suficient-in-account for death-1899, and assigned. Corps No. 441

The wounds were at the same level. He made 1899, and assigned Corps' No. 442.- Sapper A. A. Palien, joined: 31st $450 murtera interbal examination, He was not gunpowder. He could say that the would presume that the explosive used wound was caused by a shot discharge short range. He would say that death had been instantaneous. Judging from the body he would say that the deceased had been dead about three hours. We supposed that the midshipman had been sitting town with his head heat well forward with the pistel between his knees when the accident happened. “

It is stated that a Cabinet Founcil in London minent. Mr. Chamberlain has unexpect edly returned to London and held a Conter ence with the heads of the Colonial, office,

FRANCE

The Senate has beep suummoned for the Sit instant to try Dérouléde and his co-plotters.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A SPECIAL telegram to the N. C. D. Neres dated Chungking, 30th August says There The missionaries escaped. was'a rist at Shunking on the 23nl instant.

A Soocilow dispatch of the 28th ulta, states that Provincial Treasurer Nich (formerly Tantai of Shanghai) was inade on that day acting Governor of Kiangsu, which will enable Go veror Té, Show to leave for his new post in Canton within within a few days.

ADMIRAL Dewey's salary amounts in $37.50 (gol) a day; President McKinley's is equal to 13 a day cabinet officers, the vice-president and the speaker of the house got $22.22' day; senators and congressmen, $13.90, and the chief justice of the supreme court, $20 a day.

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Colin Mackenzie, Lieutenant of the Or haude, said that on Sunday they were in some sampans returning, from Castle Peak Bay, when. between Hongkong and Castle Peak Bay launch add asked them to give them a tow, they met # steam- They replied they would take them board as they had a dead body in a sampan, astern. The body was under a white ensign and they were told the man had shot himself was taken on board the Orlando and after with a pistof (produced, a Mauser). The body wards sent to the Naval Hospital. The mid- shipman had about 700 rounds of ammunition. Mr. Govett had joined the Orlando, on the 17th Augest from the Tamar to take passage to the ilermione

DISPATCHES from Shantung, according to the shipman on the Orlando, said he, with four A. De Courcy Austhother feibert, amid Universal Gazette, report that another anti-campanions, had left the Orlando on Saturday missionary movement is on foot in that pro-morning to go to Castlepeak Day on a shooting vince and that the "Great Sword" and "Red expedition in a sampan, and spent the night in the boat. Between 9.30 and 10 o'clock on Sunday Fist" societies have been seen drilling and morning they met another party composed of furbishing their weapons in their villages. Messrs. Meugens, Jordan, Silverthorne, Hase.

land and two others, whose names he did not re member. They were sitting down on the side of a hill on the main path on the eastern side of the river. They hearda pistol shetandsomebody said the deceased had shot himself. At the time the whole eight were sitting in a line; deceased was at the other end. He them got up and saw deceased lying on his face, he did'not notice the pistol. They moved him to try, and stop the fliw of blood but did not succeed. He then went away and fetched a door and some bamboos to carry away the body. On returning the main party had carried the body, some so yards towards Castlepeak bay. When put on the door he was deal. The body was then put on.. a sampan and taken to the launch, the simpan with the body being towed behind the launch. The pistol belonged to the deceased. He hind

an hour previously. After the body was put telegrams as to the crisis in the capital, and it

on the door, one of the party gave him the also states that word has been received to the pistol to take charge of, he did not notice any effect that a coup d'état is expected to occur marks of blood on it. He carried the pistol some time during the present month of Sep-down to the launch. Deceased sat right at the tember, but no details are given.-V. C.

Tus morning an alarm of fire was sunnded from the Fire Station, the position being Incated as at West Point. It was, however, proved to be of very small dimensions as the

occupants of the house had been able to ex-

tinguish it before the arrival of the Fire Brigade.

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point, as on some, oligers, is as usual in this Chilft, very co ticking. As this point would August, 1899, and assigned Corps No. 443 diode who had nothing to do with the stowage Joined-Drummer II. Horley, joined 24th not at the time be specially in the mind of Thuisfer-No. 147, Drummer W. Toller, has one can onderstand that mistakes might be been permitted to be transferred to Mamide Ko Tim, the Chinese witness for chine Gun Company, dated 28th August, 1899. the plaintiffs, said there were four tiers. The Joined-The undermentioned hate lieen Chinese, witness for the defendant," "Leung permitted to joined as unenrolled Drummers": Wai Pan; said tho I am aware that Captain No. 33. Un. Drummer J. C. Power, dated Goddard spoke of seeing, when he went on 7th June, 1899.

board, rows of aniseed, tins, not exceding six, rows in number, stowed right across the after between decks in waters. But I cannot rell whether his attention was specially directed to the question of the number of tiers, whether fill: the rows had the same number of tiers, aud whether the time when he saw them were in exactly the same condition -As to stowaga ay during : the voyages I say this, because I ....... consider the person who ought to know best was the European officer who actually supervised the stowing of the nuisaed pil. That was Mr. Nilsson, the first officer of the Fallan at European ofacer of le ship who gave at the time the o evidence This evidence was taken de bene Foil was put on board, and the

No. 34, Un. Drummer D. Watling, dated 7th June, 1899.

No. 35, Un. Drummer F. W. Penning, dated 7th June, 1899.

No. 36, Un. Druninter W. J, R. Hill, dated 7th June, 1899.

No. 37, Un. Drummer W. Thonison, 20-june, 1899.

THE CAMP

It is notbed for general information that His Excellency the General Office Command ing has sanctioned the Volunteer Camp of Instruction this year being held at Stonecutters Island from the 20th to 30th October, both days inclusive.

The Acting Commandant trusts that all ranks of the Corps will do their utmost to obtain as that, in accordance with the new Corps' Regu much leave as possible between these dates, so

lowance from Government to cover cost of lations, the Corps may obtain sufficient al

Camp.

LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.

SUPREME COURT.

IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION. (Bejöre His Ion, W. M. Goodman, Acting Chief Justice.) September 7th.

ON FAT WING 1 A. R. MARTY. This was a claim in respect of the damage to certain tins of aniseed oil shipped from Pakhoi by the defendant's steamer naifan to the On Fat Wing Foun

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shortly before the trial at the sequest of the

defendant's Solicitor a smal

He (Nilsson) said that in October 1897 he Officer, that this oil was stowed on board by was employed on board the Hailan as Chief

right across the ship in the after between decks stevedores from the shore under his supervision,

in, as far as he could rember, three tiers. Now this is the evidence of one of the defendant's own witnesses, an officer who said he had seen a good deal of aniseed oil shipped and who would not have been likely to have spoken of three fiers if he had been in the habit of carefully avoiding stowing in that fashion goods of this character, very valuable, worth $170 as tin, and not very strong legged material

To quote Captain Goddard's evidence again; e which indeed he gave very fairly, he said." I think there must-have been some weight- on top to jam in the tops of the tins... This throws light on Nilsson's statement that some of the tins in the lowest tier were

take immediate delivery of their Goods from HENRY WHISTLER, of Hankow, of a daughter. ↑ The Universal Gazette confirms our Peking seen the pistol in deceased's hands about half Mr. M. W. Stade (instructed by Messrs Deacon.yeight apiece. Ko Tun stated that there were.

alongside.

Carge impeding the discharge of the Vessel will be landed and stored at Consignees risk and expense.

J. 5. VAN BUREN,

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At Ballard Hotel (Missionary Home), 17, Nunobiki, Kabe, on 31st August, MARY ANN BALLARD, relict of the late T. J. Ballard, for- merly of the 1. M. Customs, aged 59 years..

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1. Harley, the humorist and versatile-enter- tainer, with the assistance of Miss Howell, gave one of his popular entertainments on the Orlando on Tuesday evening, which, greatly relished by the officers and ships com- HONGKONG, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1899.pany. He leave for Singapore in the Trieste la-day. In conjunction with Mr. Andy Martin NOTES AND COMMENTS.

and Miss Ridgway they will produce a novel performance and propose to return here for a

In former issues we have pointed out that inquests are not held upon our soldiers who HE OFFICES of the HONGKONG die from misadventure. On Monday last TELEGRAPH This Day been another case occurred, a man walking in his No. 50, QUEEN'S ROAD sleep and falling over the barrack verandah. CENTRAL, Second Floor, (the premises He was killed almost instantanously, yet, so formerly occupied by Messrs. POWELL & Co.) far as we have Been able to learn, o inquest to which address all communications should has been held. We do not for a moment be addressed.

wish to cast any reflection upon the Military ETH..F. SKERTCHLY, Authorities, for we are well aware that great

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Eutimation,

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OUR SHIPMENTS OF FLOWER AND VEGETABLE

SEEDS OR THE SEASON 1909-1900 ARE NOW

care is exercised over the men and that the

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season in the cold weather....

The Society for the Protection of Gane and her Wild Birds in China is circulating its memorial for signature in Shanghai and is meeting with most cordial support from firms and individuals. The outports are being com-

municated with. Meantime a copy of the memorial, signed by the Committee, has already been sent in to the Senior Consul, and a telegram dispatched, we understand, to Peking on the subject: the memorial with signatures to follow, --N, C. D. New...

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in such a manner that the roots were also pulled up from the cart. A constable was sei to watch and caught & Chinaman in the acts Yesterday he was fined $5 for trespassing on Crown land.

best of medied attendance is invariably forthcoming when an accident occurs. Still, We cannot help saying that in every case of this kind an inghest is most desirable, it is a Secretary of the Hongkong Football Club necessity. A thorough enquiry should be complained to the P. W. D., that the grass on made into all such cases if only to put a their ground at Happy Valley was being in stop to the idle rumours which foolish end injured by the manner in which the Chinese cut responsible petsens, are so fond of setting the grass, they had no objection to its being pro- afloat upon every possible occasion. In the perly cut with a scythe but it was being lacked present instance, although we are perfectly convinced that the leath was the result of accident and nobody could be held respon- sible therefor, ugly rumours have come to.

ears aneat it. We have been told, amongst other things, that the man was stabbed. Of course every thinking man will brand any such statement as a lie, as we du, but it must always be remembered! that ah evil rumour lires longest and will be from one person to another, passed on losing nothing by the repetition, while a contradiction of the same will probably be forgotten in a day. We who are on the spa-how the truth-and-an convinced that there could not have been fout play, but it is not so with folks at a distance Think of the relatives of the dead soldier. These SEEDS are supplied to us his death from a fall from a verandah, while They are officially informed that he met by the best growers in the World, sleep-walking. Then comes the rumour of It is particularly requested that care foul play, for such rumours generally man- be taken when sowing, and super-age to find their way to those interested, vision exercised over Chinese gar deners, whose incompetence in deal ing with the seeds may sometimes lead to disappointing results.

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A RUMOUR gained currency in Shanghai cently that the elder of the Sisters Warren, the clever trapezists who performed with such success at Warren's Circus, had been killed in Batavia, but a private letter received there states that the report is untrue. The company is intact and great business has been done in the South, particularly in Sinm where a effeus. would appear to be something atore than a novelty. Mrs. Warrea has left for England in they arill return to China early next season: search of additional talent and it is stated that

THE government, in the last two days have made a good haul from the Chinese boatmen into a most unpleasant state of doubt and and the relatives are immediately thrown and doating population for trespassing on crown land, thirteen yesterday and twenty- uncertainty as to whether or on the true, two. today being fined $ aplece for this cause of death has been concealed from offence. Mr. King, who appeared for the pro them. Now an inquest would do away with secution, pointed out that these people, did no all possiblility of such doubts being enter actual barn by locating on the foreshore, but tained. It would be public and the relatives that the practice would have to be stopped, as of the deceased soldier would have the satis when a case of plague occurred in the neigh faction of knowing that a proper inquiry bourhood, the hody was placed, among-thom had been held and the truth elicited,' In the interests of the soldier we ask the where it occurred. For purposes of checking and then it was an imposaibility to find out Authorities if an inquest, would not be the proper way to deal with such matters P the spread of plague it is most essentials that every house where a person dies shink he immediately cleansed and disinfected...

-WEATHER-REPORT

The Observatory report says:→→

On the 7th at 11.55 am. The barométer bas fullen slightly on the China coast. There are indications of a depression, moving North- wards, in the Pacific to the E of the Loochoos. Pressure is still high over China with a slight gradient for N.E. winds on the coast nhid in the N: part of the China Sea FORECAST-Light or moderate NE. winds; fair,

THE PLAGUE.

Cases reported to 6th instant.... 1,423.

Do "do, during past 24 hours.";

Total 4,426

Deaths reported to 6th instant 1305

Doi do. during past 24 hours.3.

Toulli (7,368

extremity of the line; he did not know whe was sitting next to him. He had not heard that anything had gone wrong with the mech- anism of the pistol; no one was firing at a target or at any thing while they were sitting down.

George Gipps, a oidshipman on board the Orlando, said he was one of the party who had gone to Castlepeak Bay. lis confpanions were Midshipmen Herbertand Bignell. He gave evidence corroborating the previous witness, and said further that two of the party attempted to stop the bleeding with their handkerchiefs. Witness assisted to fetch the bamboos and by the time he got back the deceased was dead. He knew by the gurgling in the throat that his life could not be saved. After carrying the body about 300 yards, four China- men carried it to the river and placed the body in a sampan. The launch brought them back from deceased's side aad opened the bolt to to Hongkong. He had picked up the pistol

see if there were any more cartridges in it. There were no more cartridges the maga- zine. On account of a curve the road, he could not see deceased before the accident happened. Some shots had been fired one the pistol about half an hour previously. The pistol belonged to the deceased. He thought Mr. Jordan was sitting next to deceased at the time, but could not be sure,

Lawrence Dignell, a naval cadet on board the Orlando, one of the shouting party, gave corroborative evidence. He said that deceased expired about ten minutes after the shot. There were three or four sitting between him previous to the accident nor did he see the and deceased. He did not see deceased just pistol after the shot. He thought, but was not sure, that one shot had been fired from the pistol during the morning. Jie had seen the before the accident. pistol in deceased's hands about ten minutes

Staff Surgeon Biden, recalled, said that the cause of death was injury to the brain caused by the penetration of a bullet.

Herbert recalled said he knew it was smoke tess powder used in the pistol. His Honour then examined the mechanism of the pistol and said he required the evidence of the person sitting next to deceased at the time of the accident. He would therefore adjourn the enquiry until 2.15 next Tuesday.

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bmken which he attributed to the weight of the other tins above and the labouring of the "ship in a heavy sea. It appeared also from

•Nilsson's evidence that there were tabs of indigo. Hon. H. E. Pollock (instructed by Messrs stowed next in front of the aniseed oil and these Wilkinson and Cristy appeared for the plaintiffs, tubs, were alleged to weigh over a hundred- and Hastings) appeared for the defendant..some tubs of indigo over the oil and he helped His Lordship delivered judgment as to lift them down when he went to take delivery, follows:--

but unless he is mistaken in saying there were This case was heared by me on the 4th and | four tiers it is difficult to see boy tubs about 18 5th instant, when i reserved my judgment inches high could get between the top of the The plaintiffs are merchants trading under tiers and the upper deck, Captain Burnic stated the name of the On Fat Wing at Victoria and tlie height of the between decks was six feet the defendant is a merchant and shipowner eight Inches The tins of oil in baskets carrying on business at the same city in this, were about; sixteen inches in height. With Colony.

"three tiers, say a little over four feet high in all, About the 11th October, 1897, the plaintiffs it would be possible, but with four fiers im shipped on board the dependant's steamship possible. However, dificult as it is to reconcile the Hailan, Bakhoi, 45 tins of aniseed oil all the conflicting statements in cases of this to be delivered, according to the Bill of Lading kind, I find is a fact ther the oil was not proi in like good order and well condition' (na perly slowed, that due care was not jaken to when shipped) to the plaintiffs at Hongkong, prevent undue pressure downwards on the tins Thirty five of the tins arrived safely and were below and that had this due care been taken, delivered in due course. The remaining ten they would not have collapsed even if both tin got so damaged on the voyage that the oil and baskets might with advaninge, have been escaped and so little remained that the plain stronger tiffs refused to take them and sued the defend

uit for the non delivery of those ten tins, the value of which at the time in question was $170, a tin, though the price has gone, down considerably.

The plaintiffs allege that this loss of $1,700 | was occasioned by the negligent stowage of the tins, and if that contention is correct, if the crushing down and destruction of the tins arose from improper stowage, the plaintiffs are clearly entitled to recover.

that the loss arose through the insufficiency of the package of the oil, and also contended that, in view of the tempestuous weather the ship encountered on her voyage from Pakhoi to Hongkong, the loss comes within two of the exceptions in the Bill of Lading viz.:The Act of God; and 'accidents of the seas and steam navigation. The plaintiffs deny this and con tend the real cause of the damage was the aniseed. The words occur in the Bill of defendant's negligence in the stowage of the Lading not accountable for leakage, breakage or other; consequences arising from insuth- ciency of address or package

The defendant, on the other hand, contended

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As Caplain Anderson stated in his evidence, it must have been apparent in any one in the habit of slowing cargo that merchandize of this soit required careful stowage, and be stated also that when he rap steamers from Pakhoi some time ago, be used to place, the aniseed oil next to the after bulkhead arranged in a row with nothing (no second tier even) on- top and then put planks to prevent shifting and that as it was expensive staff they charged extra freight." No doubt, however, in those days he had not so many tins to curty as 19 the case,

now,

In all the circumstances, I'am of opinion that the plaintiffs have made out their case and that the defendant has not shown that the loss is within the exceptions the Bill caused by insufficient › According! plaintiffs for

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TEVAJURISDICTION.

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aying he was willing to pay oportion of the deblora" salary

of his debts,

said, he had a wife and

Chief Justices

In the second edition of Carver's Carrie

APPLICATION FOR RECEIVING age by Sea, Section 78, the law appears to

An application. me to be correctly laid down as follows cisca Liz Pereira.

Ordinarily the burden of proving that a liabilities amounted to between loss which has occurred has been due to an - $1,300, and there are no asseta save the debtor's excepted cause, falls upon the shipowder, salary. who seeks to excuse himself. Thus, if there Mr. Grist, who appeared for the debtors said be a doubt whether damage to a cargo his client had been employed at the Telegraph has arisen from bad stowage or from excepted Office for a number of years, and the perils of the sea, the shipowner relying on the had exception must prove that the perils of the sen caused it. And where it appears that two causjes: have contributed to the loas, one of which only is excopted, the shipowner must distinguishy -between the damage which was or was nipt due, tuo

to that. But if a loss apparently falls within. HONGKONG, September 7th. an exception, the burden of showing that the From a thoroughly reliable source it has shipowner is not entitled to the benefit of the transpired that Aguinaldo has now at com.exception on the ground of negligence, is upon mand forty-three thousand men armed with Mauser rifles and another nine thousand with small anns of another make. Of theso some twelve thousand are at the capital, Tarlac, the remainder occupying various points along the Manila-Dagupan Railway and the vicinity of Lake, Canareu, Pangastian Province. HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS. was not caused by water nor was there any

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the person so contending. This latter passage was quoted with approval by Lord Esherringt the judgment in the case of the Glendurrock,- at page 232 of the Law Reports (1894), Probate Division a case where cement sustained 20 much dainage by water through the stranding of the vessel in Cardigan Bay as to be useless,

In the present case, however, the damage

stranding. The tins appear to have been; crushed in from above, the tops are press down and the only way the tempestuo weather can effect the question is that it ma bave caused the ship to roll and pitch and Transfer-No. 403, Gunner A. 1. Walker, seems to have been contained in tips enclosed

have put an extra strain on the cargo 'C2 MACHINE GUN CO.

shifted it. As regards the packing, the

Company, dated 28th August, 1899 has been permitted to transfer to "D" Infantry in baskets. Large members of similar

similarly, packed had previously been Joined-Gunner W. A. Lewis joined 29th Pakhot, and had arrived in, good gust and assigned Corps No-445-Thise (On Were The unity is st Gunner H. Berkley, joined, 29th August, 1899, plaintiff had ever made a claim. It.is and assigned Corps' No. 446. Gunner H. after this damage, that is after Octobe "Sanolbred, joined 2911 August, tigy, and ↑ the defendant, refused to take aniseed

assigned Corps' No.-447.

FIELD NATTERY.--- Joined-Gonner H. Sutton, Joined rath August, 180, assigned Corps' Nhi 440, and posted to No. 2 Sub-Division.

less double tins were substituted for sing or, if single tins were used, then wooden for enclosing them were required instea )-baskets. It is equally true that till the

seed oil had been carried. barthe, No. 389, Private F. W. Waits, to be Sergeant | packed in the same manner as this and Acting Colour Sergeant, dated 24th August, 1899

D'INFANTRY COMPANY. Promotions. The Commandant has been pleased to approve of the following, promo- tions

No. 384, Private D., J. MacKenzie, to be Sergeant, dated with August, 1899, -

No: 379, Private ]. D. Logan, to be Corporal, dated 24th August, 1899,

packed without objectioner

The plaintiff was not the only aniseed got damaged. Same belonging to other people also 80 on the same voyage. – But these ten lins go so damaged

family and Kugg