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hoisted at half-mast at Government House; Headquarter House and on H.M.Ships Tania and Bartour. This occurred at about a quarter past nine this morning and was quickly followed by the half-ransting of the ensigns of the various ships lo port, the flags of the various Consulates and the house flags of the different firms. The sad significance, of the flags was immediately! understood, and the news spead like wildfire throughout the town, those of the various Euro- pean stores which possessed shutters promptly' pulting them up as a sign of morning."

At the Supreme Court, as announced in an other colump, the sitting was abandoned and all amusement for to-night, in the shape of the performances at the Theatre and the Circus, were. cancelled. The Masonic Ball has been abandoned, as announced elsewhere, and it is said that the Institution of Engineers andj Shipbuilders and the Hongkong Volunteers will both abandon the balls for which prepara tions were in active progress. There will be no mhearsals of the Amateur Dramatic Club until further notice, and as set forth in an advertisenient, the Scotch Concert which was to have taken place on Friday next, has been cancelled.

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The Navy.

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The flags on all the vessels in the barbour were lowered to half-mast as soon as the sad} news was known this morning, and 81 guns will probably be fired on the day of the funeral

The officers of the Navy have gone into mourning.

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The Military, Nothing much has been done in military! circles by way of outward evidence of mourn ing, nor will be until instructions are received from home as to what is' to be done. All officers go into inourning at once and no bands are to play until further notice. Flags on Government property are all fiying at half- mast. Minute guns will probably be fired on the day of the funeral, 81 being the number.

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Council Meeting Postponed. We have received the following for publica- tion →→→

Circular.

Council Chamber, Hongkong, 23rd January, 190r.

The Acting Clerk of Councils is commanded by His Excellency the Governor to state that the meeting of the Legislative Council sun- moned for Thursday, the 24th instant, at 3 p.m. will not take place.

The Editor,

(Signed) R. F. JOHNSON,

Acting Clerk of Councils.

Hongkong Telegraph,

No Official News.

Up to the time of going to press no official intimation of Her Majesty's death is to hand, but this is not to be wondered at, as the cables will probably be. blocked with messages. Some private wires came to hand this morning, and thus there can be no doubt that the sad news will be officially confirmed within the next few hours.

LEADING DATES OF THE REIGN.

General Events. Succession of QUEEN VICTORIA.... Coronation of QUEEN VICTORIA

The O'Connell State Trials...

The Railway Panic

1837 1838 1544 1847

The Great Exhibition

1851

Death of Wellington ......

1852

Death of Prince Albert.

IBOI

Marriage of Prince of Wales

1863

Death of Viscount Palmerston

1863

Atlantic Cable Laid ......................

1866

Dominion of Canada formed

1867

Murder of Lord Mayo

1872

Death of Livingstone ..........kinn

1873

Queen Proclaimed Empress of India... 1876

Phanix Park Murder

1882

Death of Gordon

1885

Jubilee of the Queen,

1887

Relief of Emin Pasha..

Death of Duke of Clarence.

1889 1891

Diamond Jubilee of the Queen

The Queen visits Ireland

1897 1900

1901.

Duke of Saxe-Coburg (Edinburgh) died 1900

Death of Her Most Gracious Majesty QUEEN VICTORIA,

Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India.

Constitutional Changes.

Irish Church Act

Irish Land Act

'Oudh annexed .......

Kowloon annexed..

Coin Laws Repealed

1846

India Bill

1838

Second Reform Act .....

1867

1869

1870

English Education Act..

1870

Ballot Acce

1872

Scottish Education Act.

1872

Public Worship Regulation Act....:

1874

Patronage Abolition Act......

1874

Employers and Workmens Act.

1875

Trish Repression Act........

1881

Irish Crimes Act, ...........

1882

County Franchise.Act.....

1884

Redistribution of Seats Ad...

1885

New Irish Crimes Act .......................

1887

New Irish Land Act...

1857

Local Govt. Act (England & Wales)... 1888

Local Govt. Act (Scotland).

1899

Scottish Universities Act.......!

1891

Free Education Act. (Ireland)

1592

Parish Councils Act. (England & Wales) 1893

Dominion Acquired or Lost.

Hongkong acquired

1842

Sindh Annexed

1843

The Punjab taken

1849-

1856

1860

Basutoland acquired....

1868

Fiji annexed

Half of Suez Canal purchased

1874 1875

Cyprus acquired....

1878.

Transvaal Republic proclaimed.

1880

New Guinea acquired ......

2884

Niger Districts acquired.

188

British Bechuanaland acquired

Upper Burmah annexed.

Socotra annexed

1885 1886 .1886

Zululand annexed

1887

Zanzibar annexed ...

1890

Heligoland ceded to Germany

1890

British South Africa annexed 1⁄4j.

1800.

Pondoland annexed

i

1894

Kowloon Hinterland acquired ... 1898

South African Repúblics annexed him... 1900.

Cook Islands annexed po

1900

Wars, Battles, Treaties, eto.

Fits Chinese, War

Battle of Aliwal

Battle of Sobraon

Battle of Goojerat......

Russian War begins.. Battle of Alma

3854

1854

Battle of Chillianwalla).

Balaklava Inkerman

Sebastopol taken .....

Peace concluded at Pariz Second Chinese War Indian Mutiny Stopt #Third Chinese) War

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1901.

Abyssinian War.. Ashantes War.... Zulu War........ Afghan War Transvaal, War Egyptian War.........

First Soudan Warf.......... Burmese War...

Second Soudan War.... Boer War

SUPREME COURT.

1863. 1873-74 1878.yo *1878-811

1880

1883

188 1885-86 1898 1899

A case came before His Honour Sir John Carrington, Kt, C.M.G. (Chief Justice), this morning. The number of the suit was announced "when His Lordship, addressing: the Counsel, Messrs. Robinson and Slade, said that it was with much grief that since they last met, a telegram had been received announcing the death of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. He felt that it was only proper that the Court should not go on with any case, so ha proposed to adjourn the sitting till Friday next at half past ten. He might say that thero will be a Meeting at the Court to-morrow of the members of the legal profession, that they might show their sympathy..

THE MASONIC BALL POSTPONED.

We have received the following letter for publication:

Hongkong, January 23rd, 1901.

E. W. Mitchell Esq, Hon. Secry.

Masonic Ball Committee. Dear Sir and Brother,-Owing to the death of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, no Masonic Ball can be held on the 4th February as arranged.

I am, Dear Sir and Brother,

Yours fraternally, (Signed)_ _C._F. Chater,

District Grand Master of Hongkong & South China.

THE QUEEN AND HER SOLDIERS,

Sir Evelyn Wood,'saya a late home paper, has issued a message from the Queen thanking the Militia, Yeomanry, Volunteers, and Colonial troops for their services, and expressing her Majesty's reliance on those still employed ab road to continue to use their best efforts in aid of the regular army.

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Tax English Mail of the sand December was STRANDING OF THE 6.8. “HUE," delivered in London on the 19th ins

The following balls will, we believe, be can celled: The Volunteer, Masonic, Engineers, Also the A. D. C. rehearsals and performancen and the Scotch Concert will be cancelled.

A HOME paper recently observed that posibly, when the diplomatic history of the expiring century, is written from the necessary standpoint of distance, our children will learn more than it is possible for us yet to know of the influence for good which has besh-often, perhaps, un- consciously-exercised, by the venerable par sonality of the Queen.

THE fast of Ramadan ended yesterday, and today is. being observed as a feast day and general holiday by all Mahommedans The local followers of the Prophet were about in all their best and made bright patches of colour amidst their more sober surroundings. tt.is, however, a sad feast day for the Mohammedan subjects of the late Queen-Empress.

PRINCE Bismarck called the Queen "the cleverest statesman in Europe," and the justice, of the characterisation has been abundantly proved by the march of events. Parhapa no English monarch has so perfectly understood the English people; certainly none has tactfully fulfilled the arduous and exacting duties that devolve upon the sovereign of these; realms.

Mr. A. R. Marty, owner of the S.S. Hui writes:

For the information of the public I beg to inform you that I am just in receipt of a Tele gram from one Haiphong agent as follows:-

"S.S., an ashore during a fog yesterday 21st, at 4 sum. NW by W of Cape Cami, S.5. aling ordered to proceed immediately to rea- der assistance have no further news."

THE STRANDING OF THE "TAMSUI-MARU.”

HOPES OF SAVING-THE SHIP ENTERTAINED. The Miteul Bussan Kaliba, agents for the Osaka Shosen Kaisha have received further! particulars of the stranding of the Tamsui Afar. It appears that the vessel was on her way from Tamsui to Amoy and, at about 9 am. a reef off on the art instant, stranded on Quemoy Island during dense fog. A hole was knocked in the vessel beneath the bankers and she was beached to prevent her sinking. Hopes are now entertained that she may be saved from becoming a total wreck,

"IN TOWN."

Mr. Pollard's troupe of falries achiered, another decided success last night when in Town" was presented to an appreciative audience. This piece, though not so well- korn as the "Belle of New York" or the

Gaiety Girl' is in reality much cleverer and more amusing. The music is of no very high order, but is bright and attractive throughout. The plot, as is usual in musical comedies, is of the thinnest. It represants the struggle of a well-born but needy man-about- town to keep the proverbial wolf from the door; and cleverly illustrates-the process known as living by one's wits.

BEFORX Mr. Hazeland at the Magistracy this morning, a Chinaman stood charged with enter ing a matsbud in Cheung Chau and stealing money to the extent of about $12. The defen- dant, together with some others not in custody,

We find him when the curtain rises installed went into the matsked, presented a knife at the in one of London's modern palaces "the Cara occupants head, and took away all the availablevanserai Hotel," the manager of which is vainly money. A woman was alone-in the matshed and the evidence given by her was heard this morning. The case was adjourned to es able the complainant to procure mare ovidence Sergeant Machardy had charge of the case.

THE following is the agenda paper of the Legislative Council which was to have been hold on Thursday, the 24th January, at 3 p.m... but which has been postponed.

BUSINESS..

1. Financial Minutes. (Nos. 1 to 4.) 2. Report of the Finance Committee. (No. a.)

ORDERS OF THE DAY.

1. First reading of a Bill entitled 'An Ordin- ance to consolidate and amend the laws relat-i ing to Public Health in the Colony of Hong. kong

The Queen's "grateful appreciation of the signal services" of the Militia, Yeumaury, Volunteers, and colonial troops comes at a crisis in the history of the South African campaign when it will just give a timely stimulus .not only to the efforts those it directly concerns, but to the patriotic determination of the whole nation and Empire to see the business through to the end. Her Majesty's pronouncement is, in fact, like every publice utterance of hers, felix opportunitate. When she "relies on those still employed abroad to use their best efforts in aid of her Regular Army," and expresses her appreciation of the sacrifices made "despite personal incon- venience and pecuniary loss," she goes straight to the core of the matter with her habitual unfailing perception. We do all feel that it is hard upon every man at the front, but hardest upon the voluntary contingents, that they should still be in grips with the enemy long after we hoped to have welcomed most of then home. Butthe work has got to be done,lating to Trustees. and our venerable Sovereign's timely words will encourage us all, in our different ways, to bear our share, whether in person or in purse, of an inevitable burden.'

Still more will these words affect our soldiers when they remember that they were almost the last which our late Queen addressed to them.

ONE OF THE LAST FUNCTIONS VISITED BY THE QUEEN.

endeavouring to extract from him the amount of his bill. A well-planted douceur has gained dhim an invaluable ally in the hotel hall-porter, Hoffman, who aids the impecunious hero in keeping obtrusive duns at a distance by the simple process of "chucking" them as fast as they present themselves.

To the Caravanserai comes an aristocratic party, the Duke and Duchess of Duffshire, their children, Lord Cianside and Lady Gwendoline, and the family chaplain, the Rev. Samuel Hop- kias. The avowed purpose of their visit to: Town is to be present at the May Meetings at Exeter Hall; but the Duchess is the only one who is sincere in the avowal.

A late governess of theirs, who to avoid the embarassing attentions of the Duke left them to go on the stage, has suddenly achieved a marvellous success and attained the giddy! preeminence of Prima Donna of the ambiguity Theatre. The Dako has come to London to pursue her with kia unwelcome attentions. His son, Lord Clanside, is in love with the principal dancer at the Ambiguity; but as neither of them, have the entrée into the theatrical world they are obliged to depend upon the good offices of the needy hero, Captain Coddington. He Ordin-introduces them to the strange society found

2. First reading of a Bill entitled An Ordin ance to consolidate and amend the laws relatingi to Rating.

3. First reading of a Bill entitled Aa Ordin- ance to amend the Criminal Law as regards certain indecent outrages and assaults. 4. First reading of a Bill entitled An ance to consolidate and amend the Laws re

Bill entitled An Or 5. First reading of dinance to amend and "declare in certain respects the Law to be administered in the Supreme Court.

behind the scenes, and in the Green-room they meet their divinities in all the glam- our of the stage. Lady Gwendoline, who cherishes an affection for her late governess, has found her way round to the dressing-room of the latter. When at length the Duchess,

6. First reading of a Bill entitled Anput on the track by an unused stall-ticket, dinance to repeal various Statutes relating to Civil Procedure of Mallers connected there with.

7. First reading of a Bill entitled An Or dinance to establish a Code of Procedure for the Regulation of the Process, Practice, and Mode of Pleading in the Civil Jurisdiction of

Ordinance to further amend the Bankruptcy

NBA meeting of the Finance Committee will be held immediately after the Council.

CANTON NOTES.

traces her errant husband to the Green-room, she finds her whole party, for even the Chap Iain has been unable to resist the attraction of the Stage and he, too, has managed to make his way behind the scenes. In the qsual whirl of musical comedy plot, Lord Clanside presents the principal dancer, Flo Fanshawe, as his fiature bride; Coddington, placed above poverty

of the Duke, wins the hand of the Prima Donna, Miss Hetherington. The Duchess, with the generosity and large-mindedness of the stage. aristocrat, forgives everybody, and the curtain falls on general happiness and a patriotic

tableau.

TO-DAY.

WHATKEN REPORT."

Barometer. Temperature Humidity..... Rainfall,

3018,

“On Exté at”...On Enta al

30.06

TO-DAY.

Wednesday, 23rd January, 1901. Chinese-4th of sath maen af, with year af

Kwang-si. Sun-Rikis

Sett

· High water-Mørning

Low water-Marning ......

Afternoon

Ohr. 44min.

shr. 39min.

t3hr, Domin. rohr, 47min. 4hr. 58min. Afternien, si qkr, 15min, ANNIVERSARIES. 1801-First Imperial Parliament. 1835-Crew of the Argyle seized by the Chinese authorities on the China coast. 1841-Hongkong ceded to England 1877-The first Chinese Ambassadors arrived

in London.

1879-Battles of Rorke's Drift and of Isandula. 1886-Steamship Corinth sunk by H.M.S.

Firebrand near Amoy. 1893-American ship Robert E. Belknap wreck-

ed near Natuna Island. 1897-Death of Sir Isaac Pitman. 1895-Partial eclipse of the sun, visible in

Hongkong.

TO-MORROW.

Thursday, 24th January, 1901. Chinase-5th of zzik mean of zblh year of;

Kwang-sü. Sun-Rises.......

Chr. 43min. Sels

shr. pomin. Moon-In Equator ohr, am, High water-Marning thr. sömin. Afternoon .......kr. 37min. Low water-Merning. ...... Shr. 33min.

Afternoon ...... Shr. 7min.

ANNIVERSARIES. 1671-Matheus Recci, the Jesuit missionary,

entered Peking 1870-U.S corvette Anena lost through colli- sion with P. & O, steamer Zombay! near Yokohama. 1899-Mr. John Daly the released dynamiter

elected Mayor of Limerick City.

AGENDA.

TO-DAY.

Cargo ez Kawachi karu subject to rent. Cargo ex City of Ria Rio de Janeiro subjecti

to rent.

Cargo ex Catharina Apcar subject to rent.

TO-KORROW.

Daylight D. & Co's steamer Thalir leaves

for Swatow,

"Ben" Line steamer Benalder leaves for Singa

pore and Petang.

A. L. 5. N. Co's steamer Marin Valaria leaves:

for Singapore Penang etc. 11.go a.m.-Meeting of the Shareholders of the West Point Building Co. Ld. at the Company's Offices. Neon-Meeting of the Shareholders of the Hongkong Land Investment and Agency Co.- Ld. at the Company's Offices.

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9 p.m.-Sharp. Harmston's Circus at the Re- creation Ground, (near Race Course) p.m.-Sharp. Follard's Lilliputians at the

Theatre Royal.

Text.

|Carge ex Coromandel subject to

FRIDAY, 25th Daylight-N. Y. K. steamer Wakasn Maru leaves for Marseilles, London and Antwerp. p.m.-N. Y. K. steamer Yawain Maru leaves

for Manila.

4

9

pm-Sharp. Harmston's Circus at the Re creation Ground (near Race Course) 9pm-Sharp Pollard's Lilliputians at the

Theatre Royal

SATURDAY,-26th, sp.m.-Public Action by Messrs. Hughes & Hough on the Government Ground adjoining the Race Coursa.. p.m.-Second Matinee of Harmston's

Captain Coddington is played, and well- played too, by Master Willie Pollard

The 3.10 marvellous acting and stage savoir faire of this talented young comedian is well displayed in this rule.

The Queen paid a visit this morning (Dec.the Supreme Court of the Colony. 12th) to the Irish Exhibition at the Guildhall, 8. Second reading of the Bill entitled Anand duns by Colonial appointment in the gift Windsor. It is many years since her Majesty made a visit of this kind, and it is to be account-Ordinance, 1891. ed a special mark of favour to the Irish people. The visit lasted from half-past twelye to one o'clock, and was entirely private. Only the ladies, actually presiding over the stalls were present, in addition to the Earl of Arran and the Earl of Lucan, who received her Majesty Her at the entrance to the Guildhall. Majesty, who was wheeled round the large chamber in which the articles of Irish hand-work were displayed, paid a visit to each stall, and made extensive purchases. When our beloved and venerable Sovereign, who had thus shown her practical interest in the prosperity of a distressful portion of her Empire, was quitting the Guild-hall, the Mayor (Mr. W. P. Reavell), who had lent the build- ing, and the ex-Mayor (Mr. A. T. Barber), had the honour of being presented. The vist! was most successful.-Pall Mall Gazette."

TELEGRAMS FOR SHANGHAI AND BEYOND.

The Manager of the Joint Telegraph Coys. informs us that direct telegraphic communica tion with Shanghai is. still totally interrupted. Hessages are being wired to Foochow and thence posted to Shanghai.

The next steamer for Shanghai is advertised to leave Foochow on or about Saturday, zóth

inst.

We are also informed that during the inter- ruption of the direct cables to Shanghai, tele grams can be accepted for Shanghai and Japan via Tiflis and Wladivostock at the following rated

Shanghai mom: £4.25 per word. Japan...

54.25 per word.

LATER." Communication with Shanghai is restored by one cable. There will be considerable delay owing to the block of traffic.

* WEATHER REPORT.

The Observatory report says:-

On the 23rd at 11:55 am. Pressure appears to be giving way again in the North, and gra- dients have decreased in S. China Moderate to light monsoon on the coast, and in the N. part of the China Sea. Forecast-Moderate or light winds; faiz

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

THERE will be no performance, at the Circus. in Happy Valley to night."

1839-42 1846 1846 1849 THERE will be no performance at the theatre 1849

to-night of Pollard's, Lilliputian Company

We presume that all social functions in Hong kang will be cancelled for the present..

A NURSE to take charge of children on the voyage home, is advertised for from Penang. THE visit of the Duke and Duchess of York to Australia via Singapore will, of course, owing to the death of the Queen, be indefinitely

in

Miss Minnie Topping, who won all hearts "The Belle," is delightful as Kitty Hetherington, the prima donna, and her well-trained voice was heard to advantage in the sparkling music of the piece. Dainty

THE NEW VICKROY. (From Our Own Correspondent).

GANTON, January, zand. The new Viceroy for the two Kwongsis expected to arrive within the next ten days. No one seems to be able to forecast what his policy will be. On his way down, notices have been sent ahead instructing the people onwee Miss Madge Williams was wonder account of his age to refrain from making pre- sents to him and asking that no delegations be appointed to wait on him. It is to be hoped that greater respect may be shown to him than has been shown to the present Acúng Viceroy. Proclamations issued by the present Viceroy command little respect. Frequently they are torn down the same day that they are posted. During the last day or two a proclamation was issued calling for subscrip

tions

for the support of the Imperiall Court, but in many streets the proclamation was allowed to remain on the walls only, a short time Perhaps in this instance the people were showing their contempt for the Empress Dowager as such, rather than their contempt for the Viceroy. The Viceroy has already sent 200,000 tacis contribution for court ex penses, butthis is probably the official cont tion and it yet remains to be seen how much the people will contribute

SUPERSTITIONS,

fully quaist as the Duchess. The prettiest solo of the evening was sung by Miss Alice Ben- netto, as Lady Gwendoline. Little Miss Agnes Turner danced 13 gracefully as ever as "Flo Fanshawe "; and her rendering of "A Little Bit of String" was rapturously encored.

3.30

Circus at the Recreation Ground (near the Race Course.)

p.m.3rd Matinee of the Pollard's Lillipu

tians at the Theatre Royal. Carga ex Merionethshire subject to rent.

SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.

MAILS DUE..! American (City of Peking) 5th prox. Tacoma (Tacoma) 12th prox. American (Gaelic) 13th inst. Indian (Sufsang), 18th instant. --American (America Maru) 16th prox.

The Austrian Lloyd's S. N. Co.'s steamer Maria Teresa, left Singapore for this part yes-

The Call-boy, Shrimp (Miss Daphne Trott) elevated a comparatively small part into the success of the evening; and "Keep your eye on the Call-boy "brought down the house.

Hoffman, the German hall-porter was excel. lently played by Miss Emma Thomas..

The feature of the evening was the dancing,terday, the and inst. the Grand Flower Ballet and the Black and White. Quartetic were the prettisst and best- executed dances ever done on . Hongkong stage, and would not have disgraced the boards of the London Gaiety.

As announced elsewhere, the performance for this evening has been abandoned, owing to the receipt of the news of our beloved Queen's death:

NATIONAL GREATNESS.

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The J. M. & Co.'s steamer Sutsang, from Calcutta and Straits left Singapore for this port yesterday, the sand inst, at 6 a.m...

The N. Y. X's (steamer Hiroshima Maru, (Bombay Line) left Singapore for this port on the 21st inst, and is expected to arrive here on Thursday, the 27th inst.

HONGKONG AND WHAMFOA DOCK RETURNS.

Dock, S.M.S. Hata at Kowloon S.M.5. Luchs

H.M,S. Orlande

H.M.S. Mohawk. Garonne mi

Early in the year the Chinese predicted bat this would be a bad year for the present dynasty. An old prophecy was referred to which said that when there occurred a Chinese year with two eighth months the dynasty would come to an end. How near this prophecy has

being fulfilled we all know, Sether wise saying has been brought to light during the last day or two. According to the Chinese mode of reckoning, the last few days should have been extremely cold, but it has been warm. Now, it is said that away bagk'in the Chau dynasty, the same kind of weatherlorious it may have been; but if a people prevailed, and that year the court moved to the be, physiologically speaking, in the ascen east and died of inherent weakness. This year warm weather instead of cold has prevailed and the court has moved, but to the west, and will also die of inherenteakness:

The source of national greatness, says Mr Edmund Noble, in November's" Atlantic" is not only the results in the individual of the life now being lived by a people, but it is also a bigh degree of race virility being understood that subtle thing which we call brain struct ture, on which are impressed the whole exindependent. periences of a people in the past. If nation:

Mogul Mako is in decay, the past, goes for little, bowever Chuunikan.....

THE PLAGUE.

Number of cases reported (Chinese times 51

up till noon of the arst Other Asistics o January, 1901

Europe (Chinese:Al Number of cases reported

Other Asia during the past 24 hours,

Europes Total number of cases reported to date, Number of deaths reported (Chinese

up till noon of the 1st Other Katica January, 1901 Europe

Camero Number of deaths reported.

Other Asimi during the past 24 hours

Europeans)

Total number of deaths recorded t

dant, then it takes its strength or weakness from the character of its heredity. This is why the United States and Great Britain are to-day the two mightiest and most durable nations in the world. Satisfying in a high degree, the conditions of social efficiency, they have both bad rich race experiences, and it is these experiences which, impressed upon the structure of the, individual brain, have made it strong with the whole strength of the wonderful process and story of Anglo-Saxon development

NOTANDA

CALENDAR.

JANUARY

autpvolerical meant basta on fiftum yeaTS.

Boobservations to 1808.

Harometer

Thermometer, Humidity R

U.S.S. Albany.. Daphne... Layat.....

Petyang

ans Chewfa..

[Kvarven.

PASSED THE CANAL: Outward-4th January-Bombay, Glengarry Dresden, Deucalion, 8th January-Bingo Maru, Tonkal, Bithynie, Rajaburi, 11th Jan-Ernest Sivient, Silesia, Reynolds, 15th Jan-Candia, Hector, Pyrrhus, Queren, Eleanor, Eton, Gallig, Kiantschowe 18th Jan-Tamba Meru, China; Chittagong, Flandria. 22nd January--Khalif, Steniør Nurnberg, Tinkin, Reland, Nithedale. Homeward-15th Jin-Antenor, Ulyskas,

Shipping.

Arrivals, 2

YORIHIMI-MARU, Japanese steamer, 1,974, X. Minamikawa, dand Jan-Japan 15th Jan, Coal-Jardino, Matheson & Co. TAISHUN, American steamer, 1,316, Patterson, 23rd Jan,-Canton and Jan., General- C. M. S. N. Co.

WAKASA MARY Japanese steamer, 3,88%, J^ B.

MacMillan, 23rd Jan-Yokohama. 13th Jan General-Nippon Yusen Kaisha KWANG LEE, British steamer, 1,467, R. L. Lincoln, 23rd Jan-Shanghai 19th Jan, General C. M. S/N, Co. NANYANG, German steamer, 983, Th. Lehmkan,

a3rd Jan,Mauritius 29th Dec, and Sin gapore 14th Jan., Sugar-Siemssan & Co. SISHAN, British steamer, 845, H. N. Holton. 23rd Jan,Saigon 18th Jan, Rice and Meal-Bradley & Co.

:

MARIA VALERIE, Austrian steamer, 2,643, P. Berberovich, 23rd Jan,-Kobe via Moji 18th Jan., General-Sander, Wieler & Ca PAKSHAN, British steamer, 1,235; 1. Jenkins 23rd Jan.,--Bangkok 15th Jan., Rice and GeneralBradley & Co.

BENCLUTHA, British steamer, 1,321, C. Stewart,

23rd Jan-Canton 23rd Jan, General, C. M. S. N. Co..

SHANTUNG, British steamer, 916, Quail, 33rd Jan-Sourabaya 3rd Jan., Sugar-Butter, field & Swire.

CASSIUS, German steamer, 1,435, T. Gerlath, 23rd Jan.,-Moji 16th Jau,, Coal-Lauti, Wegener & Co.

SACHSEN, German steamer, 3,025, E. Oesel

mann, 23rd Jan.-Hamburg sath Dec and Singapore 18th Jan, Mails and Gans- ral-Melchers & Co.

Clearances at the Harbour Office." Marie Jebsen, German str., for Saigon. Wingsang, British str., for Swatow. Ywensang, British str., for Manila. Cassius, German, str., for Kobe.: Idrumi Maru, Japanese str., for Kobe. Thales, British str., for Swatow. Sullberg, German str., for Hoihow. Helios, Norwegian str., for Hongay. Kengnam, British str., for Canfan. Glenfallock, British str., for Swatow.

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Departures.

Jan, 23, Preissen, German stry for Europe. Jan. 23, Fuskun, British str., for Shanghai Jan. 23,"Anging Maru, Jap, str, for Swatow, Jan, 23, Shansi, British ats., for Shanghai. Jan. 23, Peiyang, Cerman str., for Shanghai. Jan, 23, Daybriak, British str., for Swatow. Jan, 23, Alcinous, British str., for Shanghai. Jan. 23, Rhipana, Dutch str., for Singapore. Jan. 23, Tacro Diederichten, German str., for

Hoihow.

for

Kiso

Jan. 23, Merioneikškirs, British str.,

chow.

Jan. 23, Ywensang, British strg for Manila. Jan. 23, Wingrang, British str, for Shanghai.

Passengers-Arrived,

Per Wahasa Maru, from Yokohama Mr. and Mrs. H. Owen and child, Mossrs. J.-F. Issac, E. H. Chaplin, H. Moos, $5 Chiness and 1a Japanese.

Per Sishan, from Saigonzo Chinesa,

Per Maris Valerie, from Japan-3 Europeans. Per Nanyang, from Singapore-137 Chinese. Por Kweng Lee, from Shanghai-38 Chinese.

Departed.

Per Yuensang, for Manila-Mr. and Mrs. K. Hayashi, Mr. and Mrs. 1. Nagata, Mr. and Mru. Matsui Miss Ida Weinhart, Capt. E. C Thomas, Messrs. John Moore and W. 8. Long necker.

SHIPPING REPORTS.

Capt. J. Jenkins, of the steamship Pakshaw, from Bangkok, reports-Gentle to moderate N.E. winds and scan,

Capt. R.Lincoln, of the steamship Kwang Les from Shanghai, reports-Moderato N.E. winds. and dull rainy weather to Hisshan's, thence. light S.E. winds and dense thick fog to Breaker Point, and from there to port moderato N.E. winds and bazy.

Capt. H. N. Holton, of the steamship Siskan, from Saigon, reports From Cape St.-James- to Cape Padaran moderate E. wind and corres ponding sea, from Padaran modents N.R. winds and sea to Cape Varella, Varella to 14.02 N. Lat. 110.06 E strong NE. winds and high sea, thence to port light EN.E. winds and fine clear weather.

STEAMERS EXPECTED,

Names

Moyune

From

America Maru...... Shanghai

Malacca

Hiroshima Ma...

Suisang

Maria Teresa'

Singapore .....

Tan 26th:

gapore

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Singapore

gaporean, agth City of Peking... San Francisco... Feb. 5th Tacoma

Tacoma Feb, rath

W would direct the atlantion of shipping frma "po- the style to which "Steamers Expected" and "Projected Sallings. are now published in these columns, andia sa doing respick fally urge the maangers of shipping Rems, to gira-orderrite their clarks to farmina this olice, on the forms already rus plied gratio,with ohn larger availakis liloemisten vvwE (STO) TWATOW WEEKLY SHIPPING REPORT. (January 19th, 1900.)

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ARRIVALS,

Where from.

Longkang

15 Daljin Karu...........Amoy is

15 Char

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17 Hatching wha

17 Wachan

17 Noenino

17Hangthow

Applog Mar Choyang 19 FOTOK

Jo Haitari

- To Workkala Hongkong

WEALDEPARTURES,

Date, Vendo

Fab, r3 Felching A Shangh

Daphine

Hongkong

1 Deijia Mar Hongkong

thale

5 Charigrhouse

Sliggors

Mar 17 Akani Maru_Amoy & Foochow Hoy Hatching may

17Taksanguis Hangkok

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