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To-day's Advertisements.

HONGKONG RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

LONG RANGE CUP AND SPOONS.

THERE will be a COMPETITION as

above TOMORROW,' the 18th instant, commencing at 2:45 PM.

RANGES.-700 and 800 yards.

Ten Shots and One Sighter at each Range. ALEX, MACKENZIE,

Hongkong, 17th May, 1901.

THE "STAR" FERRY COMPANY, LIMITED,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1901.

To-day's Advertisement.

NOTICE,

in

45,000 to lend upon First Class Mortgage Security lurge or small Amounts.

Apply--

Hon. Secretary.

(13

J. J. FRANCIS,

4, Des Vaux Road.

Hongkong, 11th May, 1901,

Entimation.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

THE THING SHAREHOLDERS VA THE THIRD ORDINARY ANNUAL,

the above Company will be held at the COM. PANY'S OFFIch, No. 2, Connaught Road, "at Noo, on WEDNESDAY, the 29th May, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors, with a Statement of Accounts to geth -April, 1901.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 20th to the 29th instant, both Days inclusive.

EDWARD'OSBORNE,

Secretary.

Hongkong, 17th May, 1901.

15320

BATU KAWAN SUGAR CULTIVATION

COMPANY, LIMITED:-

TO BE INCORPORATED 'UNDER THE COM- (PANÍES ORÐINANCES OF HONGKONG.

Directors:

FRANCIS MAITLAND, Esq., (Messrs. Linstead

& Davis).

Hon. CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, COLG. ROBERT G. SHEWAN, Esq, (Messrs. Shewan,

Tomes & Co.)

DAVID ELLSWORTH BROWN, Esq.

CAPITAL A

......$400,000

in 8,000 Shares of $50 each,

Payable $50 per Share on application

on 30th May, 1901.

H.M.S. Daphine has been ordered here from Shanghul and may be expected in a few days.

H.M.S. Glory docks to-morrow. She is ex- pected to proceed narth about the end of the month after having fisted up as flagship, THE comet which our Straits contemporaries notice as being visible at Singapore should be

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1x British North Borneo, the King's Birthday (9th Nov.) will be celebrated in place of the late Queen's Birthday. Instead of the Prince of Wales's birthday the Duke of Cornwall's birthday (3rd June) will be kept. The Queen Consort's, birthday (1st December) takes the

place of the holiday on the late Queen's Coronation Day (28th June.)

AT THE MAGISTRACY,

KEMOVING HIS NEIGHBOUR'S LANDMARK, Wong Wing was brought before Mr. Hare and at the instance of Un Yau Sze, a widow of Sham-shuilpo, charged with removing and

carrying away a boundary stone defining the

boundary of a certain lot at Sham-shul-po. Defendant was bound over in his own bond' of

seen here'in the West, shortly after sunset, if CONSIDERABLE anxiety is felt, say Shanghai$too to be of good behaviour for six months.

the weather is clear enough.

papers of the 13th ult, as to the fate of two TRE Criminal Sessions open to-morrow morn-steam launches, the Peike and Cecilia which ing, when the charge of manslaughter against 2 Sanitary Inspector and the viuiol throwing case will come up for hearing,

H.M.S. Bonaventure is expected from the north in the course of the next fortnight. She will probably ait here until relieved by the Talbot and then proceed to England to pay off

came here from Hongkong for coal, and pro- ceeded for Port Arthur, on the and instant, and have not since been heard of. Any news of them will be gratefully received if sent to the agents, Mesars, A. dictfeld & Co., at Shanghai

PILFERED. COA..........

Pang Tai; a boatman, was found by Roland Addington, P.C. 61, with five baskets of coal in his possession. As soon as Witness went on board bis junk the Defendant threw four of the baskets overboard, Defondant said he bought the coal from shrimping hoats. 31r. 4tazeland imposed a fine of $15 or a month, for unlawful pussession,

ON THE HIGH SEAS,

BHKBEENING, VE

Five men were charged with selling intoxicat- ing liquors at You-masti without licences. Three were fined $15 or three weeks each and the other two Sto or fourteen days. ¿

SANITARY BOARD.

At yesterday's meeting of the Hongkong Sanitary Board the Hon. F. I. May, in the absence of Mr. Chatham, took the chair. There were also present Lieur, Colonel Hughes, Dr. Bell (Acting Principal Civil Medical Offices), Mr. Brewin(Registrar General) Mr. E. Osborne, Dr. F. Clark (Medical Officer of leakh), Mr. Fung Wa Chuen, and Mr. G. A. Woodcock (Secretary).

Tue Kobe City authorities announced that home to England via Siberia; We trust that 667, pleaded guilty to unlawfully and malicidusty deaths of infants under one year old, and there

rats are again to be purchased at 5 sen a head from the 9th instant, with the view, to their A. S. WATSON & Co., extermination as a preventive measure against

plague..

LIMITED.

ESTARI 181ED AD. 1845.

THE LEADING MANUFACTURERS

ERATED

OF

WATERS

IN THE FAR EAST.

OUR NEW FACTORY, facing

Of the Capital $100,000 has been taken up in the sea at the PRAYA RECLAMATION,

Penang, $150,000 in Hongkong,

and the Balance $155,000 is

offered to the public,

HS Company, THIS

is being formed for the pur pose of acquiring as a going concern the Valuable Property known as the BATU KAWAN ESTATE situated in Province Wellesley, in the Straits Settlements, and con- tinuing and extending the Cultivation of Sugar- cane and other prodice.

is constended with every attention to the best principles that sanitary science can suggest. ́.

A perfect System of Filtration is

NOTICE.

Our Special Edition is now on sale and may be obtained on application. Price fifty cents. Intending purchasers are advised to order early. See advertisement appearing éleswhére.

THE remains of the late Mr. Charles Dowdall were expected to arrive at Shanghai on the 13th of this month, by the P.M.S. China, for later. ment in Shanghai, were he spent the greater portion of his life,

SIS THOMAS Lipton's new yamrock I was launched at Dumbarton. on the 21st

ultimo. There was a brilliant assemblage

to witness it. The Marchioness of Dufferin christened the yacht.

THE people of Kimberley have subscribed a sum of £361 to purchase a presentation sword and silver casket for General French. The diamonds for the decoration of the sword hilt. De Beers Mining Company is giving twenty

Tire Nagasaki Customs authorities imposed a fine of five yen on Captain Wettin, of the Im- perial German Mail liner frente, at her last call there, for the accidental omission from the

Mas,' ARCHIBALD LITTLE, so well-known from her writings and from her inauguration of the anti-footbinding crusade, is now on her way

Chan Kun, a fisherman on fishing junk No Mrs. Little will greatly benefit by her trip and cutting and wourding with an axe, one Cheung that she will return to China again and attack Chenny and one Leung Kui, with intent to do the footbinding custom with renewed energy grievous bodily harm, on board licensed fish- She has already done much good work in this junk No. 667 while on the high seas on direction and the crusade is one with which to four months' hard labour.

the 14th instant. Mr. Hazeland sentenced him everyone, irrespective of nationality or creed, is bound to sympathize..

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AN ATTEMPTED SQUEEZE.

Tax Japanese Consul at Chefoo reports the

Mr. T. K. Dealy, a master at Queen's Col. prevalence of rumours that the coasts of Shang on Wednesday last took a chair. The coolies went slowly and were twelve minutes tung and Liaotung are infested by pirates, and accomplishing a short journey. He gave the that numbers of their ships are assembled in conlies 5 cents and they demanded 20. Mr. the neighbourhood of Lai chow (near Chefoo). Kemp imposed a fine, of $5 of hard labour on They are said to have raided the houses of all the nien. the inhabitants of a small island, and their operations have produced such a panic that maritime trade is almost interrupted. A small Chinese man-of-war, the. Ching-haij has been

sent in pursuit of them. They are believed to

be the remnants of the Tientsin robbers.

DURING excavations in connection with the lift at East Hill, Hastings, a large number of bones and portions of wooden coffins, contains ing large wares of apparently great antiquity,

have been found. It is believed that the bones and coffins are those of ancient Britons, or of a race of sarages, who existed in the prehistoric days. The bones are very large and the skulls enormously thick, and must have belonged, in the opinion of Mr. P. II, Palmer, the borough engineer, to very powerful men. Mr. Palmer

OBSTRUCTING TRAFFIC,

DUMPING INFANTS OUTSIDE CONVENTS. The Secretary having read the correspon. dence which appeared in our last night's issue, Dr. Clark said that it seemed to him, in the first place, the better carrying out of existing Jaws was wanted. Last year there were 1,378

together the children who happened to survive were 678 births registered. That, ignoring al- for a longer period than one year, showed that-- at least one hall of the births which occurred within the Colony were not registered and he thought some steps should be taken to ensure a better and more perfect registration, of infants. It stood to reason that if they knew of the exis- tence of these infants, they would be in a better position to protect their lives than they were at present. Then there was the question of the re Kistration of infants, and from that followed the supervision of the little ones after birth, instead of waiting till they were brought to the convents. In his opinion it was necessary to have what he felt inclined to call Female Visitors, very much in the same way as they had female Sanitary Inspectors in England, who would gu round to the homes of the poorer Chinese and Those visitors could see that the births were registered, and look out that the law was fully carried out in that respect. He thought that respectable young Portuguese women, could do the work; they could not hope to get English- women. It would not be a very great expense to the Government, and the return would be fully worth the expenditure. The next question was the registration of Chinese midwives. It would be in the recollection of some of the mem bers of that Board that in January, 1896, the submitted a report in which he recommended the registration of midwives. He then said: "The registration of native midwives was urged by me in my report of January, 1896, for the death rate among the infant population of the colony is one of the most alarming features of our mortality statistics, and although it would appear that much greater "difficulty will be experienced in reaching those midwives than

doctors, yet I am convinced that strict super- 'vision of this branch of medical practice is urgently needed, and that by a little judicious control, the infant death rate of the colony can be materially diminished."

Wong Hing Kee obstructed alpathway with exercise some sort of supervision over them. a truck. Fined $3 or ten days,

Ip Sam Tak's obstruction took the form of packing rice in. Wing Lok Street. Fined $10 or three weeks.

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Young Un put ten baskets of vegetables on the footway in Wing Fung Street. Fined $2 or ten days.

BACKYARD CASES,

Chan Tiz Chan was fined five dollars or fourteen days for obstructing the backyard of 42 Des Vœux Road. He was also ordered to

clear it within a week.

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The property has been cultivated and worked employed guaranteeing Absolute pur. ship's manifest of some five packages of goods, is, however, doubtful whether a Roman camp of 133 Bonham Strand, and Han Sing Ki, of is likely to occur in the case of the so-called

25 a Sugar Estate for many years, and the present proprietors are now offering the Estate

for sale for private financial reasons,

For Prospectus and full' Particulars, apply to

Messes. LINSTEAD & DAVIS, Hougkong,

General Managers,

ur in

Messrs. DEACON & HASTINGS,

Hongkong,

Solicitors.

ity.

CAPT. de Richelieu, of the Sininese Navy, goes on leave to Europe after the King's trip to Java, and. Captais Trolle lakes c-er the com

The Machinery used is of the latest mand of the royal yacht fahuchakkri. Cap. Types

tain Trolle is a post-captain in the Danish Navy.

A STAFF OF ENGLISH EXPERTS Application Forms may be obtained at the attends to every detail of the Manu Company's flankers, THE HONGKONG. AND,

SHANGHAI BANKING CORPOUATION, Hongfacture. kong.

Hongkong, 17th May, 1901.

[533c

* DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY,

LIMITED.

FOR SWATOW, AMOY, TAMSUL AND FOOCHOW.

THE Company's Steamship

"HAILOONG,"

Captain Bathurst, will be despatched for the above Ports, on SUNDAY, the 19th instant, at Daylight.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

BOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co.. General Managers.

Hongkong, ipili May, 1901,

[5310

INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION

COMPANY, LIMITED).

FOR SANDAKAN.

THE Company's Steamship

*MAUSANG,"

Captain Welsh, will be despatched as above

on WEDNESDAY, the 22nd instant, at Noon,

For Freight or Passage, apply to

JÄRDINE, MATHESON & Co.,

General Managers.

Hongkong, 17th May, 1901,

$34C

AUSTRIAN LLOYD'S STEAM, NAVIGAS

TION COMPANY.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES:

FROM YOKOHAMA AND KOBE, HE Steamship

THE

"GISELA," having arrived, Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed at their risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, whence delivery may be obtained.

No Claims will be minitted after the Goods fave left the Godowns, and all claims must be

sent in to the Office of the Undersigned before Noon, on the 22nd instant, or they will not be recognised.

No Fire Insurance has been effected, and any Goods remaining in the Godowns after the zand instant, will be subject to rent.

Bills of Lading will be countersigned by

SANDER, WIELER & CO,

Agents.

Hongkong, 17th May, too.

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EYE SIGHT.

Mr. N. LAZARUS, Occulist-Optician, of London and Calcutta, may be consulted for SPECTACLES

at 16, Queen's Road Central, - '

(R. HOUGHTON & CO) (Nearly opposite the HONGKONG HOTEL). Business hours:9 A.BL to § P.M.

The Waters produced are of the highest class and excellence; as festi fied to by the best Buglish`makers.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED, THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY,

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Kongkong.

DEATHS.

On the 11th of May, at No. 4, Amoy Road,

·Shanghai, CLARA BRUN, aged 48 years.

On the 12th of May, at the General Hospital, Shanghai, PATRICK VINCENT MURPHY, aged 49 years.

The

MR. Alec Marsh's grand farewell concert to the Shanghai public was to have taken place on the roth of this month. He was to be assisted by Signor Valenza, and several lead. ing amateurs, and popular prices was the order of the day.

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ever existed on the East Hill, and thinks it more likely that an old English settlement was situated there.

It spite of the troubled times in China we are glad to hear of an enthusiastic anti-footbinding meeting being held at Amoy, where this move. ment first started, and also of a women's meeting held in Peking itself in the theatre of

an

Imperal Ducal Palace, with a Manche Duchess and a favourite nicce of the Dowager Empress present. Mrs. Sheffield presided or this occasion and also served as interpreter for Mrs. Archibald Little, then on a visit to the A VERY bright comet was visible in the west, in the streets of Peking now that it is impos. capital. It is so rare a sight to see a woman says the Shails Timer of the 6th inst. At 7 sible to tell whether the Inti-footbinding o'clock it was about 7 degrees above the

movement is growing thero or not. On this horizon. The nucleus was exceedingly bril-occasion in the audience some few with bound liant, and the visible portion of the tail was

feet were to be seen and many women with about two degrees in magnitude.

unbound feet. CAPTAIN WIDMER of the ill-fated Subraon, accompanied by the other officers left for London yesterday, by the P. & O. Co's. steamer Canton. ile is in poor health, he having been severly tried, says the M. Aras, by the late disaster and consequent troubles

We hear that there' is a good deal of bad butter being sold by the Chinese. The tins are filled to within a short distance of the top with some sort of evil-smelling grease, and over this a layer of good butter is placed: it is high time that steps were taken to check these

Jongkong Telegraph practices.

HONGKONG, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1901.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA.

LONDON, May 15th. During April, 100 Boers were killed, and

2,200 captured.

GENERAL HECTOR MACDONALD KNIGHTED.

SANITARY Inspector L, E. Brett, accompanied by Mrs. Brent and tifree children, lelt for Eng. land this morning by the s.s. Awn "Maru, laspector Brett has been eight years in the employ of the Sanitary Board, and has well earned the twelve months leave on which he has gone home.

THE best racing, the closest finishes, says ‚“Daybreak" in Spørt & Gossip, but the worst weather that ince goers in China have ever experienced is the summing up of the spring race meeting of 1901. As regards the rain, as-1 suggested might be the case last week, we had the hors d'oeuvres on the first day, the entrées on the second and the whole joint on the third.

After and before the races it rained, curing the races there was a continual "sea fret" as it is termed, at any rate it was one of the most diabolically depressing meetings owing to the bad weather that I ever remember, and the jockeys on the third day, those who were un,

fortunate enough to gallop behind the leaders,

reumed to scale tooking more like Moore and Burgess minstrels than white men.

Similar fines were imposed on Wong San,

13 Burd Street, for the same offence.

UNCLEAN.

Chan Shui, of 2 U Yam Lane, was fined $10 or three weeks for failing to keep his premises in a cleanly condition.

UNLAWFUL CUBICLES.

That report was considered by the Board on goth January, 1896, when the following resolu- tion was adopted.-

"That the report be forwarded to the Colon. Yee Nal, of 2: Burd Street, and Tsang Yai ment, together with an expression of the Unlawful cubicles on their premises cost Liial Secretary for the information of the Govern Chan, of the third floor of the same house, five Board's opinion that the proposed system of dollars each. The cubicles were ordered to be registration is a matter which deserves the

early attention of the Government." removed within a fortnight.

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DEAR GRAZING.

certain crown

Li In, was served with a notice from the Sanitary Board forbidding him to allow his 'seven' buffaloes to graze on the 11th Li and his herd were back again Land. The notice was served on the 6th and

as if nothing had happened. Mr. Kemp this morning refreshed his memory by'a Sto fine.

UNLICENSED BILLIARDS.

Manzo Ohtsu pleaded guilty to keeping a billiard table open to the public, at 14 B. Praya East, without a licence. A fine of $10 or tivo weeks was imposed by Mr. Kemp.

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FILFERED INDIA RUBBER. The unlawful possession of two pounds of india-rubber, cost Tang Sum $5 or fourteen him, but on Mr. Hazeland offering to send days. De first said his master had given it to

"guilty." for his master Defendant entered a plea of

A WEIGHTY THEFT. Wong Hing stole about 20 lbs. of feed from a matshed near the Douglas Wharf. He said "a man in the street" gave it to him. A week's hard labour.

'A STOLEN JACKET. Chan Tsum, who had a couple of previous convictions recorded against him, pleaded guilty to entering No. 224, Hollywood Road and stealing a jacket, value $4.80, and 33 cents in money. Mr. Hazeland sentenced him to a month's hard labour.

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H.M.S. Aurora, says the N. C. Neins arrived at Shanghai on the 10th inst, from Tungying Island and Hongkong. She will relieve H.M.S. Orlando. H.M.S. Daphne arrived at Shanghai on the 11th inst. from Tungying Island. H.M. ships Ajiraà and Orlando are to presentation, the gallant officer gave a fat Lo Fuk, a barber, one dollar or four days. He

General Hector Macdonald was knighted leave Shanghai this week.. yesterday by King Edward.

MR. BRODRICK'S ARMY SCHEME. A prolonged debate on Mr. Ihodrick's Army scheme is proceeding in the House of Commons.

TYPHOON WARNING.

WARNING FROM MANILA.

Mr. W. F. Aldrich, U. S. Consul General, kindly forwards the following copy of telegrain which he received from Manila to-day--

MANILA OBSERVATORY, May 17th, 9,30 a.m. Depression, yesterday crossed between Luzon and Bisayas. Seems to be now in China Sea, West of Mindoro.

receiving his paper late or irregularly, will We shall be obliged if any subscriber on

write on the Wrapper of the paper the Time of delivery, etc., and forward the Wrapper to the Manager, Hongkong Telegraph Co., Lady so Queen's Road Central. The wrapper will enable us to check the delivery coolies

.

Tat members of the crew of H.M.S. Astraca, gave a performance at the Lyceum Theatre Shanghai, or the 11th of this month. The first part of the programme coinprised the usual nigger minstrel show, and the second part was made up of songs and dances, but the attendance was poor, there being many vacant: seats in the building.

REAR-Admiral A. K. Wilson, at present Con troller of the Navy, who has been appointed to the command of the Channel 'Squadron in succession to Vice Admiral Sir H. Rawson, won his V.C. at the battle of El Teb, and subsequently his old comrades in the torpedo school presented him with a sword. The form of the presentation was exceedingly appropriate, and at the dinner which accompanied the more lucid explanation as to how he wou the V.C. than is to be found in the

hotly pressed by the enemy and one corner official record. The British square was being

was wavering. Wilson rushed to the front of the men to enable them to rally while he tack led the blacks with his sword During this conflict his blade snapped at the hilt, and, dropping the handle, he engaged the enemy with his fists.. Probably it was the first lime the negroes had sees, so perfect a specimen of the noble art of self-defence, and while they were marvelling at this kind of fighting the square at Wilson's corner completely rallied. The moment this had been done Wilson got behind human cover, and from, that day to this he has never been on half-pay,

│THE PLAGUE.

THE Band of the Madras Light Infantry will play at the Hongkong Hotel to-morrow (Satur Number of cases reported (Chinese ...... 494 day) evening, from £ to 9.30 p.m. :-

HONGKONG OBSERVATORY REPORTS. The Observatory report says: On the 17th at 12.20 p.m. the bammeter has GREAT. proportion of cataracts and fallen slightly on the China coast. A depres diseases affecting those advancing in life sion scens to be moving Eastwards in Man- occur to those having some deficiency in the churia, and pressure is highest over the E. construction of the eyes-the many years of coast of China. Gradients slight for N.E. and 'Eye Strain' ending in serious forms of disease. E. winds on the coast and in the N. part of the Glasses specially adapted in youth to those China Sea. Forecast-Moderate E. winds; may be noticed that we are publishing a

requiring them save and preserve the sight.

Constantly recurring headaches, spells of diminess when reading, weak eyes, the letters running together; any of these symptoms Indi-

fair to showery.

·LOCAL AND GENERAL.

cate a deficiency in the form of the eye requirir will be noted that the first typhoon warning ing Classes only to correct and cure,

Air LAZARUS supplies his SPECTACLES only after testing the sight."

ADVICE FREE,

of the season is to hand to-day.

PROGRAMME. 1.—Overture...!! La Fille du Regiment, ...Donizetti. z-Waltz ...........'.Donan Wellen"

...Ivan vice. Audran, 3-Selection... La Poupea

"Favorite Songs

Mendelsolin. Clarinet

Kappey. Polka. "The Deep bisse sca

Brewer "God save the King,"

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garette of interest to the shipping community generally, giving the names of officers on leave, promotions, transfers, etc. We imagine it will be found useful by many shipping people here, who can see at a glance where their friends are at the time. We shall be much obliged for

A Good shorthand reporter is, wanted, vide any information from pur readers tending to [1453b advertisement appearing elsewhere,

keep the column up to date.

NUISANCE.

Committing a nuisance in Ladder Street cost. tried to retaliate by accusing the constable who arrested him of indecent assault.

A COSTLY LOOK.

Lab Kan, a nightspil coolie, was charged by a Hospital Warder of the 3rd Madras Station Hospital with the theft of a bottle of kerosene oil. The Complainant found: the Defendant searching one of the rooms of the Hospital and he had the bottle of oil in bis possession. Defendant said he was looking for water and picked the botile of oil up to look at it. Mr. Kemp imposed a sentence of three weeks' hard

labour.

A COLLISION CASE,

Kwong a hawker, and oroke his tumbler. They Ricksha coolie 34 had a collision with Kam each had the other by the queue when a const able came up and arrested them. Mr. Hazeland imposed fines of Sz each or eight days. The rieksha man paid up, but poor Kam lingers in gaol.

up till noon of the 16th 2 Other Asiatics 5 May, 1901

......(Europeans.... 5 "WHO STEALS MY PURSE ETC."

Chinese,$5 Number of cases reported Other Asiatics bed Chung Kwans, purse, for not only did it Ip Yui evidently struck a snag when he grab during the past 24 hours

(Europeans 1 contain but 35 cents, but Chung grabbed him by the wrist and handed him over to the police Total number of cases reported to date 520 Fourteen days hard labour was what Mr. Haze:

land thought met the case. Number of deaths reported (Chinese 470 up till noon of the 16th | Other Asiatics 3 May, 190t Number of deaths reported

during the past 24 hours-Europeans

|

It was needless for him to remind them that at present the midwives in the Colony were not registered. Certain difficulties were found to exist, which at that time were considered to be', insurmountable, but he now thought the time had arrived when they should secure registra- would suggest the payment of a small fee to tion, and having once secured that, then he

the midwives, say of so cents or a dollar, for giving notification of births, and the infliction of a penalty on those who failed to notify any birth to the proper authorities. If any midwife could be proved to have attended a birth of an infant, and not, within say a fortnight or a month, given notice of it, then he thought a penalty should be inflicted. That would go in some way towards enabling them to exercise some sort of supervision over the infants in the Colony. At the present moment they had no supervision, or any exact particulars as to the number of births or deaths. The infants were handed is at the door of convents and received for. He thought they might ask or urge the with thanks-if they lived they were provided convent people to obtain further, particulars of the children they received and, he thought, in some cases, legal proceedings might be taken against the parents either for desertion or culpable neglect. He had suggested in his annual report for last year that the bodies of all persons who died in the convents should be sent for proper medical examination to the Public Mortuary. Many of the infants were brought in, in a moribund condition," and, the doctor, who often did not see them until after death, was not in a position to say what they were suffering from. If a proper examination statistics, and in some cases be in a position to was made they would be able to improve their proceed against the parents for criminal neglect.

He was prepared to move;

(1) That no person be permitted to practice as a midwife in this colony without a licence from the Registrar General.

(2) That a small fee be paid to midwives for every birth reported by them to the Registrar General

43) That the Board recommend the Govern- ment to obtain the services of some three or four female visitors whose duties should be to visit Chinese family houses of the poorer claps, and exercise some supervision over the care of small infants.

He thought he might say in connection with these poo er classes that they welcomed the visits of wouth far sooner than they would.

Sanitary Inspector in uniform. A recent lamentable accident has shoten how scared the Chinese become on the arrival of an ins- pector in uniform. The female visitors would

dispense with all uniforms. They could go

round as a sort of " District Visitors," much as they did at home, and he was quite sure they would do a great work among the poorer Chinese. He would also move

(4) That the convenis be required to keep a register of all infants received by them, and to obtain as much information as possible con- cerning them.

(5). That the bodies of all persons dying in the convents be removed to the public mortuary for medical examination,

Dr. Bell pointed out that there was a great difficulty about defining midwives. What was. body who came along and took out a certificato a midwife in China? Did they consider any a midwife? Immediately they sanctioned that kind of thing they would constantly comm across cases in which there was some trouble," as those people had no training, and when they happened to he prosecuted, and they got into the box, and said "We did our best, there would be no possibility of obtaining a convic Chinese 13 Other Asiatics shop at Yau-ma-ti and asked to see some silk they had no place to train them in. Hongkong, trousers. A pair was handed to him and, when Some cases, which bad come under his notice the shopman's back was tumed, he tried to' were too airful for words. That was the trouble hide them under his coat and bolt. He was in England, how to define such women. Once detected however, and handed over to the they licensed people of thet sort, the so-called. police. Mr Kemp imposed a sentence of two midwives would run about and do as they liked, months.

EN SHAMAN Daying they had their licence to do it—it would'

STOLEN BREEKS.

Europeans....Li Kwai went into second band clothes tion. The trouble was to define a midwife, for

Total number of deaths recorded to date 489. We regret to learn that Mrs. D'Agostini, the wife of the Naval Yard writer who is down with plague, has also developed the disease,