toas. Against this must be put tog river steamers of 21,790 tons, which ran in 1951 and not
in 1900 This leaves to river steamets of 706 tons to be accounted for, and this is ex. lained by the fact that the larger river steamers have run fewer trips, and the smaller ones, more trips.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1902.
endure the sneers incidental to a completely charged programme, but there are disadvant» ages attaching to such open discussion of what is usunfly said only in secret. The public' is Just a little uneasy to learn how radical are the differences which divide one naval school from another, and points out that it is difficult to It may here be mentioned that three coasting see how any firm and lasting, policy can be steamers were employed during part of the inaugurated if on the termination of each com- year as transports : (transpotis are not included mand, all the scheme of the preceding five in this table), if we compare their figures for years is to be set aside. The balance of naval 1001 with those of 1900, it is found that, in opinion, as I mentioned in a previous letter, is consequence of their being so empl yed, they at present entirely in agreement with the latest entered and cleared 73 times less in the latter decision respecting Wei-hai-wei, and the Ad- year with a tonnage diminished by 71,173 tons.miralty authorities declare that the measure of Certain other steamers not coasters, huve also fortification previously Introdticed would have theen taken off the run, as transpors, and it is bean of no avail aven supposing the breakwater a natural presumption that, had they not been could be constructed and kept in repair, about so, their visits woull have assisted to swell the which there is now some doubt. It is not under figures of British shipping, Fit
stood that Admiral Seymour and his colleague
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ever recommended the turning of Wei-hai-wei into another Gibraltar-and anything short of By that would be of little utility.
Th's will help to account for the small net Sannual incvense in British Ocean-going
steamers...
For vessels under Foreign dags, there is shewn an increase in both number and tonnage, viz., 663 ships of 478.533 tons. This is to be explained as follows :---
(1) Foreign river steamers have increased by 405 ships of 81,476 tons, awing to three vessels having started running this year, viz, French, 1 Portuguest, and Chinese,
(11) Several small scamn-going vessels of
German and French nationality (include
DR BLACKBURN,
who about ten years ago lived for a time in Hongkong, before settling in Nagaski died last week at Edmonton where he had been residing since his return to England. Another little item of which reached me a couple of days ago is that Sir William Dalby, the great nural specialist, is about to start on a trip through the East and will spend a little time at Hongkong..
The report of the Fulliam Palace RITUAL CONFERENCE
iş
:
Hotels.
HOTEL CRAIGIEBURN,
PLUNKET'S GAP, the PEAK, near the TRAM TERMINUS, Tel, 56,
For Terms, &c., apply to the
Hongkong, and july, 1900,
MANAGER.
GO TO THE
KOWLOON
J. H. DOWNS, Manager.
THE
HOTEL,
KOWLOON J. W. OSBORNE,
Proprietor
HOTEL CENTRAL,
No. 179, Settlement, Yokohama.
HE most centrally situated Hotel in Yokohama within five minutes of Hatoba (Landing
Pier), Banks, Post Office and Principal Foreign and Japanese Stores. French Cuisine. Airy and Spacious Bedrooms Electric Light throughout. All steamers met on arrival. Tariff inclusive of board from 3 yan a day, French Spoken. English and French Billiards. Best qualities of Winas and Liquors..
Telegraphic Address:—"
"VERISSEL," Yokohama.
27th March, 1902.
Mails.
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA
(THE JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY).
PROJECTED SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG-SUBJECT TÓ ALTERATION.
STEAMERS..
SHINANO MARU*..
WJ. Curnow
WAKASA MARU
J. B. Macmillan.........
KASUGA MARU..
H. Fraser....
L. VERISSEL,
Proprietor & Manager,
HIROSHIMA MARU .................
[370d
T. Murai.................
YAWATA MARU...
A. E. Moses
TOSA MARU
H. Christiansen.....................
THE CONNAUGHT HOUSE,
QUEEN'S ROAD.
DESTINATIONS.
(VICTORIA, B.C. and SEATTLE U.S.A. VIA MOJI, KOBE and YOKOHAMA ieca.
KOBE and YOKOHAMA
NAGASAKI, KOBE and YOKO-
HAMA
COLOMBO
SAILING DATES.
"
THURSDAY, 24th April,"
4 P.M.
FRIDAY, 5th April, at
Daylight.
FRIDAY, 15th. -April, at
Nooo.
Noon.
BOMBAY VIA SINGAPORE and? FRIDAY, 25th April, at (SYDNEY and MELBOURNE, VIA) SATURDAY, 3rd May, at
THURSDAY ISLand, TownsvilLE
and BRISBANE 29149,
Noon.
VICTORIA, B.C. and SEATTLE, MONDAY, 5th May,
-U.S.A., VIA SHANGHAI, MOJI, KOBE and YOKOHAMA..
4 P.M.
* Through Passenger Tickets and Bills of Lading issued for the Principal Cities in the
ing some junks under French colour has been issued this week. A year or so before The most comfortable family Hotel in Hongkong. United States, Canada and Europe, in connection with the GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY and
which were for a short time treated as French ships) have come on the run during the year. (III) Ocean steamers on the Home run
continue to increase in size, One Corean steamer visited the port for trading purposes during the year, the first on record.
The actual number of ships of European construction (exclusive of river steamers and steam launches) entering the port during 1901 was 682, being 337 British and 345 Foreign.
These 682 vessels entered 3,570 times, and gave a total tonnage of 5.555.332 tons.....
Thus compared with 1900, 27 less vessels "entered 130 more times and "gave a total ́ion-
nage increased by 288,330 tons.
OUR LONDON LETTER.
(From our own Correspondent)
LONDON, March 20th.
"THE WEI-HAI-WEI DEBATE,
n the Lords on Thursday night was quite a big affair; only a few peers spoke but they all bed something to say, and for the invat part displayed more or less intimate acquaintance with the subject in band.
Lord Portsmouth opened the ball by asking for papers respecting the extraordinary change of front perpetrated by the Government over. the management of the China a port. He re minded the House that Wei-hai-wei had nominally been taken over as a set-off against the Russian acquirement of Port Arthur, from which town it was only ninety miles distant. Colonel Lewis, the expert, despatched at the time and a thoroughly competent man recommended that the building be com
menced at once, with the object of making Wej-hai-wei a strong naval base, and accord- ingly his forts were put in hand, and completed by root though no guns were supplied. Seeing that both Admiral Seyinour and Admiral
Fitzgerald were at one with Colonel Lewis respecting the value of the town as a fortress, and moreover remembering that Port Arthur has been rendered practically invulnerable just at our doors, Lord Portsmouth, was of opinion that something very conclusive in the way of evidence would need to be brought forward, if the country were 10, be reassured as to the wisdom of the new policy. He further pressed for particulars as to the money already expend ed from which no return can now be expected, and finally he added a few words to prove that the British Naval position in the East is at the present time by to means what it ought to be, It is never very wise to trust all the eggs in one basket, and Lord Portsmouth's argument amounted in effect to stating that Hongkong la our only basket in the China seas, and not a very safe one at that. He pointed out that unlike Port Arthur and Vladivostock, the English Colony is vulnerable to torpedo attack from the French base, in additon to falling far short of the rank of a first-class fortress
his death, the Inte Bishop Creighton instituted these Round-Table meetings, to which he invited lending cleries and occasionally laymen of the diocese, of widely diverse views to come together and discuss in brotherly fashion, their differences of opinion Dishop Winnington- Ingram having decided to continue this plan, selected as the subject for this year's confer once the vexed question of auricular.confession and absolution. Two laymen, Viscount Halifax and Chancellor Smith, representing the extreme parties, and some dozen or twenty clergy of all shades of opinion assembled at Fulham Palace a few weeks ago, and for two or three days debated this thorny topic. The Bishop was not present, that he might avoid the appearance of siding with either party but he added a fow valuable comments to the report just published. It does not strike the ordinary mind that the meeting
got much forrader, but undoubtedly in inase for unity when the ardent spirits on either hand are brought face to face, to find that, amid much diversity, they yet have many points of contact. The following three matters were unanimously agreed upon
That Absolution is vested in the Church as a whole, and not only in the clergy as ons class,
"
2. That Anglican formularies do permit of private Confession and Absolution in certain
Atlantic Steamers.
For further Information as to Freight, Passage, Sailings, &c., apply at the Company's. Local Branch Piñce at Prince's Building, 1st Floor, Chater Road.
EXCELLENT CUISINE, LOFTY ROOMS, CENTRALLY SITUATED, CIVILITY AND ATTENTION.
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TERMS MODERATE.
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1075]
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J. LACOCK.
BOA VISTA,"
RICHTAL
THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.
STEAM
(HOTEL SANITARIUM OF SOUTH CHINA), STRAITS, CEYLON, AUSTRALIA, INDIA,
MACAO.
ADEN, EGYPT, MEDITERRANEAN PORTS, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON.
A. 8. MIHARA, Manager.
COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES
MARITIMES.
PAQUEBOTS-POSTE FRANCAIS.
NOTICE.
STEAM FOR
SAIGON, SINGAPORE, BATAVIA, COLOMBO, PONDICHERRY, MADRAS,: CALCUTTA, DJIBOUTI, EGYPT," MARSEILLES, MEDITERRANEAN. AND BLACK SEA PORTS, LONDON, HAVRE, BORDEAUX;
ALSO PORTS OF BRAZIL AND RIVER PLATE.
"
N MONDAY, the 5th May, 1902, at
ON the Company's Steamship
THE most select Hotel in the Far-East, beautifully situated, over-looking the sea, and (Through Bills of Lading issued for BATAVIA, Passengers, Specie and Cargo, will leave this
affords comfortable accommodation for travellers.
57d}
the primitive church, and probably only arose
That private Confession was not known in 2013)
when the "Godly discipline" of public penance fell into disuse.
As to whether the habitual practice of Con- remained deeply divided. fession should be encouraged, the Conference
influence the bulk of Churchnion in either
It is unlikely that these "discussions will.
direction.
THE SIAM PAPER CURRENCY.
The Hangkor Times understands that the new: Government Paper Currency Office will probably not be opened for another two or three months. At one time it was hoped that work might be commenced on the rst instant the beginning of the Siamese year 121—but there has been some delay in obtaining the notes. from the printers, and according to present advices they me norexpected to anive until the end of May or beginning of June In the meantime everything is in readiness for their storage and issue. An office, with strong-room, has been prepared on the ground-floor of the Minister of Finance, a code of rules drawn up, the Director and his Assistant appointed, and a small staff engaged with which to commence,
work,Pe, -3 p
HONGKONG DOCKYARD
EXTENSION.
In the account prepared by the. Admiralty under the provisions of the Navel Works Act for 1900-1901 we find the details as to the expenditure on the Hongkong Dock-yard exten sien. The total estimated cost is £1,275,500, including £68,000 for fixed machinery. The expenditure in the year ended March 31, 1901, was £14,187 15. 3d, and the total expenditure to date £86,981 175. zd. The amount authorised to be expended up to the present time out of the funds provided by the several Naval Works Acts is 107,365, so that a sum of £20,383 28. rod, Jess has been spent than was authorised under the Naval Works Act. The explanation of the cause of variation between actual expenditure and amount available in that more time was occupied in the preliminary works than was anticipated, and the expenditure has consequally fallen below expectations.
Viscount Goschen and Lord Lansdowne replied for the Government The former frankly admitted a change of policy, and ex plained that it arose out of a change in the views of the experts, Hardly one of the board which had advised him at the time when Wel hal wei was first leased, was now in office and the new officers represented a new school of thought. While deprecating the practice of Introducing personalities into debate, he could not refrain from mentioning that Sir Cyprian Bridge and Sir James Buce, the now Com ander-in-Chief and second in command ommended the abandonment of the defences of Wei-hal-wei, no less urgently, and, in the opinion of the Cabinet, with whom the ultimate responsibility lay-more cogently than their „predecestora had favoured the opposite plan. In both policies, Government had followed the "guidance of those naval experte, to whom theN LONDON. Telegraphic Transfer ...1/8 5/16
defence of the Empire in that part of the world must ulțimately be chicosted. Moreover the loves that the present Board of Admiralty? nation would get more value for its money in the building of further, thips rather than in the erection of fortspad 10
All this was frankness itse moreover 10, the kilopti
mended
With the
select
tem by which
possible
and abide by their
and points
EXCHANGE.
Hongkong, aand April.
Bank Bills, on demand.....1{8} Credits, 4 months' night.........1/8
ments, 4 months dight 1/87 OR BEULIN, (deinand) .............74
Paris, Bank Bills, on demand.
..2,13 METROMWWW.Credits, & months' sight,.....217 NEW YORK, Bank Billa, on demand ...41 10AM Credits, no days' sight,...
WK BOMBAY, Telegraphic Transfe...27
161/Telegraphie Transler.
Private 40 days' sight
42
737
.nom.
**** 191 % prem.
Baik Buying Rate,,
nuch, por taal
GIRAULT for
$11.64
The strictest supervision as to food and cleanliness is exercised by a European Manager.
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METROPOLE
HOTEL.
Convenient distance from town, delightful
situation.
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"BENGAL," Captain A. L. Valentini, carrying His Majesty's Mails, will be despatched from this for BOMBAY, on SATURDAY, the 26th instant, at Noon, laking Passengers Jand Cargo for the above Ports:
Silk and Valuables, all-Cargo for France, and Tea for London (under arrangement) will be transhipped at Colombo into a steamer proceeding direct to Marseilles and London; uther. Cargo for London, &c., will be conveyed vid Bombay with Transhipment.
Parcels will be received at this Office until 4 P.M. the day before sailing. The Contents and Value of all Packages are required.
Shippers are paiicularly requested to note the terms and conditions of the Company's Bills of Lading.
<'
For further Particulars, apply to
E. A. HEWETT,
Hongkong, 12th April, 1902.
"INDUS," Captain Duchatian, with 'Mails,
Port for MARSEILLES, via Ports of Call, WITHOUT TRANSHIPMENT.
Cargo and Specie will be registered for Lon- don as well as for Marseilles, and accepted in transit through Marseilles for the principal places of Europe.
Shipping Orders will be granted till Noon,, Cargo will be received on board until 4 P.M; Specie and Parcels until 3 PM, on the ath May. (Parcels are not to be sont on board; they must be left at the Agency's Offics:) Con·· gents and Value of Packages are required. à
For further Particulars, apply at the Come" pany's Office.
-G. DE CHAMPEAUX, Agent. Hongkong, 21st April, 1972.
To be Let.
TO LET.
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Superintendents. 74, 18, 20, 23, 24, 36, 28, 34, 36, 38, 'OURTEEN EUROPEAN HOUSES:
NORTHERN PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
PROPOSED SAilings from HONGKONG.
VIA SHANGHAI, INLAND SEA OF JAPAN, KOBE AND YOKOHAMA.
|42, 44, 46, and 48, LÉIGHTON HILL ROAD,
|-
Apply to
THE HONGKONG & KOWLOON LAND & LOAN CO., LD. No. 8, Queen's Road West,
Hongkong, 22nd February, 1902. [224d
FOR VICTORIA, EC, AND TACOMA, OR
IN 'CONNECTION WITH NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO.
Steamers.
Captains.
Proposed Sellinge.
TO LET.
FFICES in Ground Floor of DES VEUX
"ROAD and ICE HOUSE STREET. For Particulars, apply to
THE MEDICAL HALL,
75 Queen's Road Central, Hongkong, 4th March, 1902.
[297d
TO LET.
OUSES in CLIFTON GARDENS, CON-
DUIT ROAD,
Glenogle 3,750 G. E. Warner April 26 Clavering 3338 D. Barton May 6 Ho Duke of Fifi ... 3,841 J. S. Cox...... May 10 Victoria ... 3,502 |}. Panton ... May 24
THE
THE attention of Passengers is directed to "the very cheap rates offered by this Line to the PACIFIC COAST and to the INTERIOR 2nd EASTERN CITIES of the UNITED STATES and to EUROPE.
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HONGKONG TO LONDON £32. Excellent accommodation. First-class Table.
"DOCTOR and STEWARDESS carried. Passengers to EUROPE may proceed by one of the first class ATLANTIC MAIL LINES.
HONGKONG TO NEW YORK £48, The Railroad travelling is second to none on the American Continent two trans-continental trains daily, from TACOMA. DINING CAR is attached to trans-continental trains day and night: TACOMA to NEW YORK in 4 days. Magnificent Scenery of the Rocky, and CASCADE MOUNTAINS The YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK route.
HONGKONG TO VICTORIA, TACOMA £35.
The best route to the KLONDYKE GOLD FIELDS. Frequent Sailings from VICTORIA, TACOMA to DYEA and ST. MICHAEL
Rates of Passage to other Points on applica- don.
Spicial rates allowed to members of Govára· ment Services,
For further Information ns 1a Fassage or Freight, apply to
"DODWELL & Co., LIMITED, General Agents, Hoogkong. 22nd April, 1002.
DROZ & Co.,
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GODOWNS at BLUE BUILDINGS, HOUSES at CAUSEWAY BAY, facing the
Polo Ground.
A HOUSE in RIPON TERRÁCE. Apply to
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST. MENT & AGENCY CO.,, LD. Hoogkong, 5th March: 1002
THE
Apply to
TO LET..
KENNELS MAGAZINE GAP.
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- MENT & AGENCY CO., "LD Hongkong, 5th March, 1902.
For Sale.
FOR
SALE,
CRUISING YAWL, 20 ft. x 6ft. Built last season under European Supervision. Complete with all Spars, Sails, Sall Coverag Rigging, Anchor, Moorings, &c, &c. A capital craft for sportsmen. Owner leaving the Colony. Price $200.
'Apply to
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