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be advisable to increase the capital unless ab solutely inevitable. It would be much better, in my opinion, if money is wanted, in the future, if we raised it by an issue of debentures. I was quite expecting, Mr. Chairman, that you would make one or two femarks about Mr. Gillies, our late manager. I understand that some representation-or, rather, some petition from a few shareholders had been made to the directors to reconsider their decision in regard' to the present to be made to Mr. Gillies, which, in my opinion, was inadequate. I was not here when that was pasted" at the half-yearly meeting, otherwise 1 should have voted for a very much more valuable present. Some shareholders giny say that Mr. Gillies Is a rich man, and that he has no family to support, but I do not ensider that that is any reason why his should be treated differ- ently from others. Mr. Ede, of the Union Insurance Company was a tich man and had no family and he got £5.00 I think some such similar amount would be the very leas' recognition we could give Mr. Gillies for his long and valuable service to this Company. 1 have much pleasure in seconding the accounts, The Chairman-Before proceeding with the adoption of the report and accounts, I should like to explain that the question of the pre- septation to Mr. Gillies will be taken separ ately at a private meeting to be held after this meeting is finished,

The motion was then pat to the meeting and carried unanimously.

On the motion of Mr. 11. Wicking, seconded by Mr. P. C. Potts, the appointment as direc- tors of the Hon. J. J. Dell-Irving, Hon. C. P. Chater, and Messrs, H. P. White, G. II. Med hurst, and E. Goetz, was unanimously confirm

ed.

The Hon. J. J. Bell-Irving and Mr. E. Goetz, who retired by rotation from the Board of Directors, were re-elected, on the motion of Mr. G. M. Dann, seconded by Mr. E. W. Rut..

ter.

Mr. Ho Fook moved that Messrs. T. Arnold and F. Henderson be re-elected anditors.

Mr. C. N. Young seconded, and the motion was carried without opposition.

The Chairman-That is all the buisness, gentlemen; I am much obliged to you for your attendance. Dividend warrants will be ready on application at ten o'clock toinnrow morning,

THE HONORARIUM TO MR GILLIES. At the private meeting held afterwards it was resolved to present Mr. Gillies with the sum of £5,000. The amiant voted at the last half. yearly meeting was $10,000,-

THE A. D. O. SMOKER.

At the Theatre Royal, City Hall, on Saturday evening, the Hongkong Amateur Dramatic Club, of which we have seen and heard so little this season, gave a smoking con- cert, which was fairly well attended. The pit of the theatre had been comfortably, set out with numerous small tables, at which the Con- nanght House Hotel supplied liquid refresh ment, the circle being left as usual..

The land of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, un der Bandmaster Moir, opened the concert by a selection from "A Runaway Girl," which was well received. The songs of Messrs Ardron and Hay were well received, but the audience seemed to be somewhat sleepy after the races and no verygreat enthusiasm was manifested. Mr. Dale received an encore for his violin solo and gave Cavaleria Rusticana." Mr. Worster and Surgeon, Nomis, R.N., the comic men, fairly bought down the house. A capital display

of Indian club swinging was given by a aqund

of men from the Royal Welch Fusiliers, and they were forced to give an encore, The programme was as under:

PART T

Ovesture...... "A Runaway Ght".......... Carall String Band of Royal Welch Fusilier Song......" Herding Song "...Sommerville. Mr. G. H. Ardron. ViolinSolo... "Nocturns No. "... Chopin Mr.IC. H. Dale Song........ "Love's Proving "... .F. H. Labt. Mr. C. H. P. Hay. Comic Song.. "Laste Dottle Brownsboes"...

Mr. W. G, Worcester. Comic Song "If it was'nt for the 'puses in between." Surgeon Norris, R.N,

PART 11. OverLam.........." Value Bleus nya pema String Band of Royal Welch Fualllers. Comla Song ................... Selected ...minum me Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe. Musical Drill.. by Squad of Royal Wejch Furillam, ** Comic Song ...men."'The Idler" „pis

Bargeon Norris, R.N. Song... "The Elog'a Minntral "

Ciro Pinsati.

Bong .....

Mr. C. H. P. Hay.

"I'm the Plumber,"

Mr. W. G. Worcester God Save the King."

TIENTSIN DAY BY DAY,

[Front Our Own Correspondent), CHINA NEW YEAR,

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1902.

opinion here is a little inclined to pat the lialian very fine, though less so than that of the Hai-bo, Minister on the back accordingly.

Whether any influence has been brought to bear on the wretched Kunng Hsu during the exile from Peking to complete his efficiency as a No. 7 idiot, who can say ? but he appears to have returned in a far more developed condition of imbecility than he went, and it is possibly due to this fact that the Dowager has been recog. nised, as it is of course absolutely necessary for the Ministers to have some figurehead to deal with.

Nothing is yet decided either about the City or the retirement of troops, and everything remains as it has been. The Germans do not manifest any inclination or intention to clear out.

Yuan Shi-kai has been memorializing, the Throne to employ foreigners in the Foreign Department, and only to give positions to Chinese who have travelled and understand foreign affairs, and not to employ men, in the Foreign Department at least, by rank or favour, but entirely for ability, and to give all the most important posts to men who hold foreign

diplomas.

If all this is sincere it is good. Bitt it is to be feared that it is all dost, and that secret orders are being issued all the time to make a great display of reform, but in reality do nothing; in fact I know that this is so. Na Tung has also memorialized for foreigners to be employed in the Revenue Department with

and I print the very exhaustive and interesting" report of Mr. Belleville.

[M.Belleville's conclusion is printed as

fallows

Entertainment.

THEATRE ROYAL,

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COMMENCING

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"My answer to the question submitted, viz: whether the Taku bar sand can be successfully dredged, is that the sand of the Hai-ho seems WEDNESDAY to be suitable for dredging, on the condition that special precautions are taken and especially that dredgers of specifications as given (in the course of the report) are used."]

Some ten years ago the channel across the bar shifted, and it will be necessary to decide in which direction the outlet should be so as to get the greatest effect of the tide......

Mr. Lindon" Bates's Opinion. Before I submitted my questions to Mr Belleville, Engineer-in-Chief of the Seine River Conservancy, I had previously obtained a re- port from Mr. Lindon Bates, an American engineer, who is probably the greatest living expert on the construction of dredgers. He has designed for the American, Russian, Indian and other governments the latest and by far the best dredgers ever built. The "Beta" used for the Missippi bar at the official trial dredged nearly 6,000 cubic yards in one hour. More recently a larger suction dredger has been designed by Mr. Bates for the Russian govern. ment and is now at work on the Wolga river.

Mr. Bates visited China during last summer. and stayed at Tientsin. In conversation he

the accounts, but whether this is a sincere sug-expressed the opinion that it would be neces- gestion or only made in order to show that the | sary to have one or two 18-án, or larger suction Court "does not fear" is hard to say. Na dredgers for the bar, which he, considering the Tùng and Jung Lu seem to be singled out for nature of the bar, thinks.would not require very. honours, the former now having been appointed much annual dredging to maintain a deeper Junior Vice-President of the Foreign Depart channel. ment Bureau.

An edict on the 23rd, 12th moon, or Feb. 3rd, annulled the law by which Manchus and Chinese cannot intermarry.and gives free sanction to such marriages in future. It also advised the Chinese not to bind their daughter's feet so that intermarriage with Manchus might be facilitated. The Edict also ordered as many Manchus of 18, as possible to be sent abroad to study. This Edict will undoubtedly have a good effect on a large section of the public, who will ace in it one of the most promising signs of progress. The object is not progress however, but to avert if possible the great rising against the Manchus which is bound to come some day unless intermarriage softens sentiment sufficiently to avert a crisis.

Another Edict of the same date orders 10,000 dollars to be brought up from the south to Peking, and put in circulation as an initial step to their general adoption as a convenient medium of exchange.

As you know, the question which affects Tientsin's future over and above all others is the River and Bar Improvement. Mr. de Linde, our local expert who is now engaged on the river, has just published a most exhaustive report on the more important partions of it The funds required for the work are however somewhat startling. The cast of the necessary dredgers would not be less than 244,000, and the annual maintenance of the work at least Tls. 35,000, besides incidental expenses such as the experts' and surveying fees. With Tientsin City given back to the Chinese it is difficult to see where all this money would come from, as if we leave it to Chinese promise we shall have to wait as long in the future as we have waited in the past.

IMPROVEMENT OF TAKU BAR, Mr. De Linde's report.

'.

A Favourable Report.: Mr. Bates's printed report (rgoo) to me is too long (23 pages) to quote in full. The says: simple dredging treatment. Many illustrious " (the bar) is a favourable subject for a

examples have firmly established the principle, that through such a bar a deep water channel placed in such a direction that the food and the ebb current act so far as possible in har mony, if the depth be made sufficient to resist action due to wind and waves, will be nearly permanent and will maintain is width and depth, until there is a departure from the or dinary regime, which would be due in this case to prolonget gales from the exposed quadrant dr freshets."

This agrees with the observations I have made, except that the effect of freshets on the bar is very small,

Mr. Lindon Bates recoramends one or two 18.in, suction dredgers, the same size as Mr. Belleville approves of The former estimates the cost (including repairs, maintenance am- ertization, etc.) of running one 18 in. dredging plant at no less than Mex. $8,000 per month, tak ing American wages as a guide, which is rather high. Mr. Bates considers that floating pipes might during fair weather be used for dis- charging the excavated material to the two sides of the channel.

My recommendation is that, if the necessary funds be available, an expert. recognized as such by the engineering world, be engaged to visit the port. If this be not done; there will he endless discussion as to what ought to be donc, and though such discussions,, even by persons unacquainted with such problems, or engineers without any information about the questions at issue and the various conditions bearing upon them, may be useful, it is, I think, of great advantage to the furtherance of the

A report by Mr. A. de Linde, Engineer-in-work, that an authoritative opinion be obtained chief of the Haibo Conservancy Commission, by an expert selected by the authorities and has just been published. The following are the parties interested. material passages --

Tho Taku Bar is to the popular mind a little │· strip of shallow water situated some seven miles outside the Taku forts, and it is believed that steamers having once, crossed this obstacle

Tientsin, January, 1902.

A. DE LINDE.

February 11th.

A mail closes for the South to-day and I shall be able to get this off. Last night an Inter- national Carnival was held in the Gordon Hall

GRAND CALA NIGHT. The Attraction of the Century. HARRY COGILL AND JACK SUTTON'S ENTERTAINERS, A COMPANY OF HIGH CLASS ARTISTS.

A SMALL CARD To the amusement-loving public of Hong- kong, the Management in submitting this company of entertainers, wish to draw atten tion to the fact that each and every artist is a performer of reputation and has been pickest from the best theatres in Australia, England and America for this tour, and they have also played engagements at the finest theatres in England and America. In the programme we submit for our opening everything will be entirely new, nothing old or worn out, in fact a complete departure from the usual path of

variety,

ADELINA SARINA. MAIE ARLEA. DAVE CASTON, LENA HARVEY., ALTRO THE TRAMP. Capt. JACK SUTTON.

ROSE AQUINALDO. DELLA ROSS, AUSTRAL TRIO. AIMER TASMA. ALEX. RUSSELL.

And Yours Merrily,

HARRY COGILL..

The Sparkling Farcical Comedy TWO GAIETY GIRLS."

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This is quite correct, but the inference usually made, namely, that this place once deepened the difficulty is overcome, is erroneous,

All Creditors are hereby required to send their Claims to the Undersigned before the said Date.

Dated this 18th day of December, 1901.

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of Ordinance No. 3 of 1897, made an Order limiting to the been attempted in China before. An effort was made to reproduce as far as possible the 16th day of MARCH, 1902, for sending in Claims Carnivals of the Rhineland or South America against the above Estate Inside the bar the water for a very consider and, had more space been available, the re- able distance is only a very little deeper than production would have borne comparison. As on the bar itself, the difference being merely as was however, in spite of limited space, a really foot or less. In other words, in order to improve the bar to the extent of say 4 feet, it would require not only the deepening of what is now popularly called the bar, but a total distance of not less than four miles. Generally speaking the Taku bar is not ofte which is easily dealt with and more especially maintained, because, British

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SATURDAY, the 1st of March, 1902, at 12 of the 4th P.I. The Germans got up theirs as

o'clock (Noo), to receive a statement of a hunting tent, the whole being covered with accounts to 31st December, 1901, and the skins and heads, a large tripod and cauldron in one corner, and occupied by a party of Viking huntsmen, whose long flowing bair, winged caps, skin coats, bare braceleted arms, shields and sworde was splendidly carried out. The Italians, bad some charming musto and singing in their section, Mrs. von Hanneken and her three charming sisters wearing Italian peasant costume and playing castencts and HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE CO, tambourines. The Japanese did not effect much beyond quaint suits of old armour. The costumes of the great crowd were a revela tion for Tientsin and, surprising, considering the difficulty in procuring either materials audience, but at them allowing their wives and guarantee a certain output in this kind of sand,

or tailors. After supper the battle of confetti friends to accept her invitation. She was quite both saying that the sand might be pumped, and the march of King Carmial took place, and prepared to retire at the first audience had the though only at a low rate of output, but they about two hours of pure mad fun took place, Accounts to 31st December, 1901, and the monial to the Secretary to the Governor from 1st March, 1902, For Particulars apply Ministers desired it, but as they made no ware of opinion that the sand submitted is too from the oldest to the youngest pelting each demur and virtually, addressed themselves to find to settle rapidly in the hopper (barge) and other with the tons of tiny paper confetti which her, she felt triumphant confidence. Wijh re-bey fear that a large quantity would pass over filled the air like snowflakes, while ponny gard to the fadies she is said to bave remarked the side together with the water. The American whistles, trumpets, catcalls, songs and drums

What fools those foreigners are; just a few

added to the jovial pandemonium of two bands! presents and fair, words and they will do any

Even those who have attended carnivals in their Thing". At the Ministers, Audience, it is said

native lands can hardly realite what the crazy the Italian Minister was the only one who did

merriment and noise of a carnival held in a hot back out of the royal presence, but after

small hali by about 400 can be, but it was very bowing and retiring a few, steps he turned

jolly and everything passed off without a bitch. left the room in the ordinary way.

TIENTSIN, February 8th, "Railways and postal services are stopped or disorganized for at least a week and everything

· is generally topsy turvy. Contrary to custom the weather is mild and bright. Generally at Now Year it is very cold up here. Nothing of much moment has occurred since the wretched audiance, but I received a telegram shortly after it to the effect that the Empress-Dowager

had not only felt surprised at the Ministers allowing her to occupy the Throne during their

The question whether a sand pump dredger or a bucket dredger may be used, is, from a financial point of view of paramount importance and in order to solve this knotty point I took, during the year 1899, samples from various places in the channel of the Taku bar. These were submitted to manufacturers of sand pumps in Holland, and to one in England, both of whom were firms of the highest standing and of the widest experience. Samples were also sent to an American expert who has designed some of the largest and most successful and pump dredgers in the world. The answers

received were at variance with each other; the two manufacturers, who had been asked to

expert positively asserts that the sand is suit- able for sand pumps, if properly built and the hopper suitably arranged. Through the kind ness of the French Government, Mr. Belk eville, the Engineer in Chief of the Seine Conservancy, was allowed to report on sam ples of sand The sand of the Seine is also

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