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BUSINESS IN HANKOW TEA has only ↑ HONGKONG OBSERVATORY AND | kang: Observatory and all meteorological | erroneous. I have little hesitation in saying heen on a moderate scale, as the country buyers liva, noi responded freely. Good teas hold their own, but common to medium sorts have heen pressed and fair Panyongs have been sold at auction at 50, 53d., and more are printed for to-morrow.

IMPORTANT CORRESPONDENCE.

We have received from the Secretary to the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce a copy of the recent correspondence which has passed between the Government and the Chamber relating to the storm warnings issued by the Hongkong Observatory. The matter is of great interest to the shipping community

correspondence is as follows:-

Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce,

Hongkong, 17th May, 1902. Sir,--The attention of the Committee bas

establishments throughout, the Far East; and that great confusion would resultat all times, you pointed out the necessity or the caffest" and this might on occasion lead to disaster, possible issue of storm warnings at this post. The important station in the Shanghai dis and the adopting of a complete code of flag | trict is Gutalaft lighthouse from which we receiva signals by day and lantern signals by night to | observations. Shanghai could be dispensed allord every variety of weather information with altogether, but the Imperial Maritime 2. In reply, I am to transmit to you for the Customs there forwarded observations to Hong- information of the Chamber of Commerce the kong, I believe before this Observatory started enclosed copy of a memorandum, with its en-work in 1884, and they have continued to do closures, drawn up by the Acting Director of so ever since. The more observing stations the Observatory which shows that the Chamber the better as long as they are judicially distri.-

mediate neighbourhood of each other, pre quite unnecessary, and it is far more important that the Cable Companies, on whom we are

limiting rather than of extending this service, absolutely dependent, and who are desirous of

should be asked to send us observations from a district at present unrepresented, such as Welhaiwei, than that they should be asked to do so from one already sufficiently served."

The rates por quarter asi per mensen, pasportional, after the train left Reading one of the bean and will doubtless be read by many. The allowed itself to be misled as to the real facts buted, but three observing stations in the im-1.

The daily jasne is defined Tree when the address is screwwible to messenger Hu copier sent by post on nililitional $1,500 per parter is charged for postage. The paminge on the weekly issue to any part of the

world 34 cents per quarter. Biggle Copies Thally, im cents; Wookly, twenty-

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MARRIAGE.

On the 2nd instant, at St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong, by the Rev. F. T. Johnston, JOHN JACKSON, son of Sidney Jackson, of Longfield Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan, to ELSIE, daughter of Dr. Stockwell, of Dunwich, Bris- Coryd

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

FLAGUR AND CHOLERA :-One fatal case of plague and one fatal case of cholera orgarred in the Colony during the past twenty- four hours

SIXTEEN BRIDAL COUPLES-Ore of the trains on the Reading Railroad (Pa) recently bore, besides countless old shoes and quarts of rice, sixteen bridal couples. Just dicks suggested that the members of the party should be made known to eas another before they parted, and a great jollification was kept up until they reached the Philadelphia terminal, where the unique trainload dispersed.

PRECAUTIONS AGAINST BURGLARS: --A correspondent to a Malay journal recom mends the following as an effectual precaution against burglars :—" If you are sleeping in a room in which apprehend a visit from a robber, spread half-a-dozen newspapers on the foor near the entrance of the room. The very lightest step will rustle the paper so as to awaken the heaviest sleeper and the door cannot be opened or a step made without the itsiling."

HONGKONG, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1901. THE CHURCH IS LOSING NO TIME in seeking to restore the "waste places" in South Africa, says the Church Court r. The Society for the Tropagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts has made a grant of £7,000 to the diocese of Pretoria, and of £2.500 to the diocese of Bloemfontein, for the immediate purpose of restoring the work hindered by the inte war, and of taking advantage of the new openings which will assuredly present them selves now that peace is assured.

The society contemplates spending £30,000 upen Sourh

LARCENY -- A Chinaman. charged by one of his acquaintances with larceny of about $ros, hugh pleading not guilty WAC tenced to three months.

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THE EUROPEAN FEVER," (Dengue) as the natives rall it for some unknown reason,

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having paid the north and entrs a visit, has despatch states that when a few days ago

now been busy in Lower Prisk for the past fortnight

| A COMMON OFFENCE W MacNellie, a seaman, was charged before Mr. Kemp this morning with being drunk and incapable, assaulting a ricksha coolie and a Chinese constable He pleaded guilty, was fined $4, and had to pay the ziektha coulis ng ranta compensation.

SOLOMON --The

THE TEMPLE OF Nrue Weiner Tagibell says that Dr. Zelfia, a professor at the VisaDa University, who is ex- ploring in behalf of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, bas discomed the walls and gateway of the ancient temple of Solomon in the neigh- bourhood of Janohaha, in Samaria. AUSTRALIA AND THE ROYAL NAVY A. S. WATSON & CO., Rear-Admiral Beaumont, interviewed, declared

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naval defences, which are out of date, should be improved.

OFFICERS OF THE ORIENTAL FLEET of Pacific Mail steamers are feeling the hot weather which prevals at this time of the year between Honolulu and Hongkong, and, accord- ing to an exchange vacations are at present much desired. Capt A. F. Pillsbury of the Per has been granted leave of absence, his

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of the Son Juara.

Marshal Su, who is commaqding the Govern ment troops in Kwangsi operating against the rebels, sent immensely long telegram, ad dressed to the Throne, giving a résumé of the military operations in Kwangsi, during April, May, June, and July, and Imperial Rescript was telegraphed back to the Marshal severaly censuring him for underrating the importance of the rebellion and failing to send frequent reports to the Throne concerning the situation, which is felt in Peking and also in Cantos to be of a grave and serious nature.

MACAO AMATEUR DRAMATIC CO.: As we mentioned last week the Amateur Dramatic Company of Macao intended giving two performances at the Catholic Union. The first of these took place oo Saturday evening, when the two-act drama, A Vetta do Crusade, and the laughable farce denitra Praguica, were given to crowded houses. The second and the last performance took place last night when the drama was repeated and the entertainment concluded with a laughable farce, entitled Cabeca Firada. Mach credit is due to the Jesuit Fathers who have spared no pains in bringing about such a successful entertainment.

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Chisaman, charged on remand with committing armed Empire of China, was robbery in the again brought before Mr. Hazeland this mora

ing. Mr. Lays was present for the defence, and Mr. Hastings, who appeared to prosecute on behalf of the Chinese Government, request CRUSADE AGAINST RATS:-Theed that a day be fixed for the cross-examination campaign against the rat is being maintained of witnesses for the defence. He thought that

been drawn to a statement in the Daily Press to the effect that the storm warnings issued by the Sicawei Observatory, Shanghai, were not received by the Kowloon Observatory for rea- sons known best to the Director, and that in the absence of such notices vessels leaving here for Japan last summer had been caught in the typhoon of August in which one had been lost, and another, the Indo-China steamer Laing, placed in great jeoparly.

In reply to an inquiry from this Chamber as to the correctness of the statement, that the Kowloon Observatory had refused to receive the Shanghai storm warnings, the Director of the Sicawei Observatory says it is true that the Government Astronomer at Hongkong has objected to receive them and they have unfor- tunately been lacking in intercourse with the

Hongkong Observatory.

This is not, the Commillee regret to notice, the first time that the Chamber has had to call attention to a wint of co-operation shown by the Director of the Kowloon Observatory with other similar establishments, and of apparently causeless ill feeling against them. They are strongly of opinion that neither professional jealousy nor disapproval of the methods of other meteorological establishments should be allowed to influence Dr. Doberck, but that he should be anly ron glad to avail himself of all information obtainable in order to enable him to issue timely warnings of impending bad weather. It appears that on the occasion in question the necessary warnings were given by Sicawei Observatory to South- boupd vessels much earlier than the Hongkong Obfervatory issued them to vessels bound North, and had the two Observatories been in close touch the vessels leaving Hongkong for the North at the time would have bad the benefit before their departure of the earlier warnings from Shanghai.

My Committee trust that the Government will take steps to secure reciprocal exchange of storm warnings at the Kowloon Observatory not only with Sicawei Observatory but also endeavour to bring about friendly co-operation with all incicorological establishments through. out the Far East. They would also like to point out the great importance of the earliest possible issue of storm warnings, whenever re- ceived, no matter if it be on Sundays or holi- days.

The Committee would also point out the

pressing necessity that exists, in view of the enormous value of the shipping passing through the port, for the establishment of a complete code of flag signals by day and lantern signals by night to afford every variety of weather information to the masters of vessels. Without

in any way wishing to institute comparisons, it may be useful, as some guide to what is re- quired, to mention that Shanghai possesses a code of signals worked on information sup plied by the Sicawei Observatory at various hours during the day, which is admittedly the best in the Far East in a matter affecting the safety of vessels and the lives of those on board there should be no delay whatever, and

in the case of the s,s. Laisang. If Mr. Figg is correct in his assumption that the second vessel referred to by the anonymous writer in destructive criticism aimed by the Chamber at the Daily Prest was the sa. De Wille, the

the Hongkong Observatory would appear en tirely to lack the foundation of fact

3. Mr. Figg explains why the Hongkong Observatory declines to issue storm warnings received from institutions elsewhere, and why it is not necessary to receive weather observa- tions from the Sicawei Observatory; and shows that the Hongkong Observatory has been largely instrumental in obtaining observa tions from various sources in order to improve its forecasts. He adds that the storm warnings of the Hongkong Observa ory are issued at the earliest possible moment consistently with the observations received.

This Observatory is only too glad to avail itself of all the information obtainable for the purpose of its weather service, and has conting ously sought to obtain, and in fact heen largely instrumental in obtaining, observations from various sources in order to improve the fore casts. The Jesuit Institutions in Sicawei and Manila have ultimately benefited by these: extensions.

Storm warnings are always issued at the carliest possible moment consistently, with this observations received Sundays or holidays making no difference, the forecasts being posted, as usual, on the notice boards.

4. After careful considert on His Excellency is of opinion that the tongkong Observatory cannot be made responsible for the storm warm ing of other institutions, and that having regard to Sicawei's position within a chain of Weather information is published daily, in stations from which the Hongkong Observa the China Coast Meteorological Register, The ory recbivés observations it would serve no information that a typhoon exists in the vicinity useful purpose for observations to be also of any station is not definitely telegraphed 10 received from the Sicawei Observatory.us, but is shown by the observations made at

5. His Excellency has also arrived at the such station, and is thus at the disposal of any conclusion that an alteration in the Hong body who chooses to look at the Register, 1 kong system of signalling storms is not desira suggest that more copies of the Register be ble, and that a system of flag signals to convey printed and that it be more widely distributed, weather information is for the reasons indicated say to all shipping firms and others to whom by Mr. Figg not suited to local conditions, and it is thought it may be useful. Information owing to the absence of Observing Stations to issued at other hours and now posted on the the West and South-West of Hongkong might notice boards can be printed and circulated in at times be very misleading.

the form of Expresses."

6. But His Excellency finds that the existing system of issuing weather information is capa ole of improvement, and has given directions by which it is hoped that the China Coast Meteorological Register issued by the Hong. kong Observatory may be more quickly and more widely distributed, and has authorised arrangements by which the remarks that appear at the foot of the Register will, in special cases when the Director of the Observatory con- siders it useful and desirable, be circulated by Express to shipping firms and others--I have the honour to be, Sir, Your ebedient servant,

(Sd). F. H. MAY,"

Colonial Secretary.

The Secretary Hongkong General Chamber of

Commerce.

MEMORANDUM BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR

OF THE OBSERVATORY OF THE

24th JULY, 1902. With regard to paragraph 1, I wish to point out that the first warning of the typhoon in quest was issued from this Observatory on August Ist, at 11.50 am. A warning from Manila dated August 1st, 10 am, was received here. the same day. In the Foochow monthly wea

ther report, under date August 1st, I and the following warning, received from Sicawei, en tered :-

"Typhoon SE of Loochoos going N.W": It is thus seen that warning was received at that port from Sicawei also on the 1st

As a matter of fact two warnings with re ference to this typhoon were received at

at North Sydney, and at the last meeting of it would fully occupy a whole day. MI certainly no room for the indulgence of private Hongkong Observatory from Sicawti al ̈8;

the local council the inspector reported that Hays did not object to an adjournment, but

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had been engaged as a professional catcher defendant, had promised to give evidence, and had trapped 604 ls. In addition, a large if he did not appear, he would agree to adjoura number of rats had been killed by poison the case. Mr. Hazeland therefore remanded distributed by householders.

the further hearing until the 18th inst.

THE BACILLUS OF LOVE :-Two of the

leading scientists of France, Professor Fere FREE-HAND DRAWING:-The Sydney Bulletin has no great respect for persons. It

be, Sir, Your most obedient servant,

(Sd.) A. R. LOWE,

Secretary.

Hon. F. H. May, CM.G., Colonial Secretary. Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce,

Hongkong, 4th July, 1902.

Sir, I am directed to acknowledge the re- ceipt of your letter of 21st May last (No. 1107), Here is a stating that the non-receipt of storm-warning notices issued by the Sicawei Observatory was

and Professor Fleury, declare that love is a bacillus that has not yet been identified It is speaks as familiarly of the highest as a malignant poison, that may be as beneficent of the lowest in the land. or as deadly as morphine, It is frequently little descriptive account which is peculiarly

provocative of frightful crimes. Many murders that have been attributed to other causes have

been due to the love bacillus.

UNWHOLESOME PORKERS :--

Three coolies, anda boatman were charged by Detective Serge O'Sullivan with bringing tainted and unwholesome pork, unfit for human consumption, into the Colony on the rst inst. Mr. D'Almada e Castro appeared for the defence. The charge against the boatman was.

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Bulletinish: "Stats Excellency Rawson did | receiving attention, his first bricklaying and earned his first silver trowel last week, when the foundation stone

of the new North Shore Hospital was swung to its place. It was all very funereal; the grey, rainy afternoon, the tared heads, the silence, the viceregal oration, then the burial-of the bottle-with papers a d coin, instead of pickles, in its interior. His Excellency is making great efforts to memorise names and places and 'the amount of the debt. There is always a debt

My Committee would now be glad to know that the Goverement have made such arrange-

ments as will ensure a better service of bad weather warnings at this port, as the typhoon season has commenced, and the early notice and circulation of these storm-warnings will be

(Sd.) A. R. LowE,

Secretary,

mentioned to him when he lays a brick or attends a charitable meeting. Mr. Dibbs, Hon, F. H. May, C.M.G., Colonial Secretary. echoed His Excellency meditatively when the donor of £1,000 was presented to him. *Ab, Mr. Dibbs!'"

will be proceeded with on Friday next.

JUMPING INTO THE FUNNEL OF A LOCOMOTIVE-Olin Grelish, aged 23, of Leavenworth, Kas, committed suicide between Lebanon and Springfield by leaping into the THE PREHISTORIC RUINS IN funnel of a locomotive drawing the west-bound RHODESIA: The British South Africa San Francisco passenger train. According to

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commissioned to make a thorough examina tion of the Great Zimbabwe remains in TO KEEP COOL: The average man Mashonaland, and to advise as to the best imagines that when be has taken a cold bath, incans of prese ving them. These relics donned flannels, put on a straw hat and drunk of earlier ages cover an area of nearly two a tumbler or two of ginger beer, he has done square miles, and include the ruins of three all that in hiru lies. But it must be pointed pagan temples. They are supposed to be at out that to keep strong this weather one must least three thousand five hundred years old, practise activity, and the more exercise one and the builders are believed to have been the takes the better able one is to war against the Sabans of South Arabia. Mr. Hall is already enervation of the temperature. A long walk on the spot, and will stay about six months, or a hard ride early in the morning will help He says that the view from the top of the one through the day much more than will temples exceeds even that from the Matoppa many -iced drinks in the noontide-Glake.

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10 am. on the 4th. They were as follows

"3rd, 12 a.m. typhoon N. of the Formosa

Channel going N.W.," and

"

3rd 4 p.m. typhoop a land near Foochow going N.W

On referring to the monthly weather report of the Hongkong Observatory herewith enclos. ed, it will be noticed that similar information was issued here 24 hours carlier and 5 hours earlier respectively.

It would appear that the Chamber of Com merce has been misled by the statements of an anonymous writer in the Daily Press, and it is to be regretted that they did not en deavour to verify the said statements. On the contrary I find that the S.S. Loisang left Hong. kong on July 30th, about 5 pm, two days before the first warning was issued from Hongkong Observatory and two days before a similar

of issue of the CC.M. R. and storm-warn But it is here necessary to point out that the

ings depends on the carly or late arrival of the Observations telegraphed to us by the Cable Companies, ie, on causes absolutely beyond the control of the Observatory,

The last paragraph of the letter points out. the pressing necessity for a change in the system of signalling storms in Hongkong. ! have to call your attention to a letter from the Chamber of Commerce dated 23rd December, 1897, (in C.5.0. No. 3073 of 1897), in which be following remarks occur

"In the interests of the shipping com munity my Committee would respectfully sug gest an early return to the system of meteora. logica, signals in use from January 1884 to December 1895. These signals having been in use for 13 years were becoming more and more understood and rightly interpreted by the boat and seafaring community, "as is" always the case - the Committee believe when a system of signalling is in- troduced. They likewise convey to mastors of ships intimations of the state of the weath r at a distance on the voyages on which they were about to sail :

With the above expression of opinion, I most emphatically agree. The interests of the boat population must be considered as well as that of others: The simplest system in that case is certainly the best, and the adoption of any com- plicated or extensive system of flag signals often invisible in the calm weather usually preceding typhoons, such as used in Shanghai would, in my opinion, be a step in the wrong direction. It seems strange that the Chamber should adopt its present attitude and seek to alter a system of signalling typboons-in usc now for 19 years—which in 1898 they admitted. bad worked successfully in the past.

- A flag signal code to be useful must, in my opinion, be short and give definite information. The indications of the existence of a depression are often of such a character as to make the hosting of a signal conveying definite informa- stion quite unjustifiable. Such information

indicating the location and movements of typhoons far out at sea, or far away from any observing station must necessarily be vague. and may be misleading, because the data avail- able for forecasting purposes is quite insufficient But a Bag signal would give the information in a desnite form, unie s a very extensive and therefore Impracticable code were adopica

be

Again flag signals would frequently have to hoisted jo calm weather, in which case try would often be unreadable by masters of vessels.

For these reason. I am of op nion, that flag- signals are not suited to local requirements, and further satisfactory code for conveying meteorological information in the form neces sary, does not exist. While desirous of meet ing, as far as possible, the wishes of the Com- and

mitice of the Chamber of Commerce I respect- fully subm`t that is a matter of this kind, intolving as it does great responsibility, some- Ring must be left to the discretion of the

of the greatest service to the shipping commu-warning was received from Sicawel at Foochow Such a ship could not possibly be benefited by nity.I bave the honour to be, Sir, Your most

the information possessed at the time of her obedient servant,

departure, by either of the observatories.

The S.S. De Witte, which is doubtless the vessel referred to in paragraph as having foundered in consequence of insufficient warn ing from this Observatory, was really on a Hongkong, 31st July, 1952.

voyage from Moji, Japan, to Singapore, Sir,-With reference to your letter of the 4th met the typhoon on her southward voyage

Sicawei obtains its typhoon warning from instant, I am now directed to acquaint you for the information of the Chamber of Commerce information furnished by a chain of stations that His Excellency the Officer Administering stretching from Japan through the Loochno the Government has had under very careful Islands to Formosa, as shown in the accom consideration your letter of the 17th of May in panying man, and the whole of the information which on behalf of the Chamber you drew from every one of these stations is also received attention to a statement in the Daily Press to telegraphically by the llongkong Observatory the effect that stern warnings issued by Sicawei daily. It is the actual observations that are Observatory were not received by the Hong-required by the forecaster, not expressions of kong Observatory, and that as a consequence opinion by athers of the weather conditions. certain vessels which left this port for Japan läst likely to prevail. summer had been caught in the typhoon of August last, and that one had been lost and the other-the s.s. Luing placed in great jeopardy.

This Observatory cannot be made responsible for the issue of storm-wamings received in the Colony from institutions elsewhere, Such publication on our part would naturally imply You added that your Committee trusted that agreement therewith and frequently this does the Government would take steps to secure not exist, and this Observatory aught not to be exchange of storm warnings between the Hong-placed in the false position of being obliged to kong Observatory and the Sicawei Observatory, publish the warning of others, without com and friendly co-operation between the Hong-nent, and which it might fully believe to be

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