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THE German Mail of the 15h April was modes of conducting, business in the Straits than once, in connection with the discussion delivered in London on the 15 just. Settlements, and the East generally-Sir of the present economic problem, referred Thomas Jackson, the Dato Abdul Rahman, to the motive prompting their opposition; experiments, which have cost him 1,000,000, COUNT Zeppelin has abandoned his air-ship
and Messrs. W. G. Gulland, P. 1). Thomson, is that their interests may be adversely marks.
Shanghai against vessels from Hongkong is being once more considered by the port authorities, says the China Gaselle. Plague is also bad at Anioy, it adds.
J. Burkinshaw, G. Pertile, R. Campbell, Jaffected, and consequently their criticism of THE re-imposition of quarantine measures at Heim, S. R. Carr, G. W. Butt, J. Fraser, a change must be accepted in the light of M. Underdown, J. A-Pixley, R. Craig, F. self-interest. In thus remarking upon the Shaw, T. H. Whitehead, I. Bar Robertson. attitude taken up by the bankers, it may be It is important to note that although these well for us to recall a very notable exception witnesses are not unanimous the majority of amongst others in the person of Mr. T. H. them are in favour of the establishment of a Whitehead, who, it is fortunate, was calledas a gold standard. After sifting the arguments witness before the Committee. The consis both for and against the expediency of a tent stand which he made in the Legislative change with considerable patience, care and Council against the Colony incurring gold consummate skill and with perfect impartial obligations when, its revenue is wholly in
MR. Lacock bad three Indians before Mr. F. A. Hazeland for disorderly conduct and creating a row at Quarry Bay ship building yard. In view of the recent fracas resulting in the death of an Indian, they were each sentenced to pay a fine of $15.
The Hongkong Telegraph the Committee arrived at the conclusion silver and his prophetic prediction as to the Royal on Saturday evening, the place was
HONGKONG, Monday, May 18, 1903.
THE STRAITS CURRENCY COMMISSION REPORT.
The telegram we published on the 7th 1.40 instant from our Special Correspondent al Singapore placed before our readers, in a succinct yet intelligible form, the sub stance of the report of the Straits Currency Commission. The text of the report was awaited for in the Colony with considerable interest and its publication in extense in these columns on Friday last added but little information to what was comprehensively B, C, and CC are excellent Dinner Wines, conveyed by means of our special wire of the
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ments. It may be convenient to recapitulate ...$16.50 $1.40 the contents of this document. Reciting z.co the instructions which were received from the Colonial Office by the chairman on the 12th November last, the Committee were called upon to make a report with reference to (1) The expediency or otherwise of a gold standard of currency in introducing the Straits Settlements and the neighbouring Malay States. (2.) The practicability of making the change and the step which in the opinion of the Committee should be taken to effect this object if the change: A. S. WATSON & Co., should be decided on." In refraining, there
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fore, from making any definite currency recommendations, the Committee were keep ing strictly within the letter of their instrbc- tions. The document, as correctly charac- terized, is, strictly speaking, in the nature of "a non-committal compilation." Paragraphs 3 to 5 mention the countries falling within the scope of the Committee's inquiry, and they include, as is well known, in addition to the Colony of the Straits Settlements, the
that while they do not think a gold standard depreciation of the white metal is too fresh should be pressed on the Straits Settlements in the minds of our readers to need any against the wishes of the Government and reference to them. The powers that be in the people, they are equally of opinion that Downing Street in spite of repeated warnings no objection should be raised on the part of forced upon the ratepayers a gold loan, the His Majesty's Government to the principle east of which should serve as a lesson to the of the change, if the Government of the Colony against lending a deaf ear to the Straits Settlements, after considering all sides wise counsels of practical economists whose of the question, should decide finally in interests happen to be dissociated from the favour of an alteration from the silver to gold question at issue. Singapore may be said to be standard. We are then taken into the next passing through a phase of an economic and final stage of the report-the practica- ordeal and if the Settlements is taken suc- bility of the change in this respect the cessfully through it, we trust the time may Committee unanimously consider the pro- come for Hongkong to grasp its own situa- posals they offer as a perfectly safe and suretion and with unflinching courage face a method of establishing a gold standard in-change from the present unsatisfactory con volving no risk and creating the minimum dition from which all bond fide merchants of disturbance, while they do not anticipate and traders can find no remedy. that any very serious delay would occur be- fore the gold standard became effective. Summarizing the plan in the words of
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senior Straits contemporary,
"the
Commission advises the introduction of a special coin as the metallic currency of the united currency area to be called a Straits dollar, and to be as to weight and
fineness identical with the British dollar now
current in the East on its own value as silver. The change would be gradual, and until the time had arrived for the demonetisation of the present British and Mexican dollars, the coins would have concurrent circulation with the new Straits dollars, this of course still merely having its natural, exchange silver value. But the machinery of the change. now begins to be put into operation. During the change, which need not be su very protracted, no further importation of British or Mexican dollars would be per- mitted while the new Straits dollar would be imported as rapidly as the Government ar
rangements would admit. There would be no export of the Straits dollars allowed. And so the natural annual export flow of bullion would carry British and Mexican dollars out of the Malay Peninsula while the new Straits dollar would supplant them just as rapidly. Then when the currency area was sufficiently occupied by the Straits i dollar, demonetisation of the other coins would follow, and the coinage of the new dollar would cease. Only now would the
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LOCAL AND GENERAL.
from Leicester. A SERIOUS outbreak of smallpox is reported
A VERY successful benefit concert was tendered to Miss Florence Adelaide at the Theatre completely filled, and many well-known theatri cal artists of the Colony contribited in a capital programme.
THE Committee of the Kwan si Famine Fund are going to meet Mr. C. Clement in the Chamber of Commerce room on Wednesday at 5 pm. when he will be asked to make some embarks on the condition of affairs in the famine stricken districts, The public are invited to attend.
the offices of the Public Works Department this afternoon, Garden Lot No. 20, adjoining Inland Lot No. 1,529. Conduit. Road, was offered for sale by public auction. The lot has an area of 300 square feel, with an annual rental of 36, and the upset price was $150 Dr. Bateson Wright D. D. was the only eno present, and he secured the site for, the sum of $170.
Lri, it was decided in increase the Capital to AT a special meeting of the Shanghai Mercury
Tls. 105,000 by the creation of 700 new shares of T, 50 each in order to buy out the German Printing Office (which Messrs. Arnhold Karbery have failed to carry on at a profit), for $39,00 a German director being added to the Ioard of the Mercury. The Chairman stated that the new shares had been applied for three times
over.
Keep your eyes open for C. E. LeMunyon's PROFESSOR Schneider, a Berlin chemist, after locals, Adv.
travelling through Australia, induced several lung specialists to use sanosin, made from eucalyptus oil, mixed with suphur and charcoal, The method of treatment is to evaporite the sanosin over alcohol, lamps, the vapour thus caused being inhaled by the patient. The hospitals is that 60 out of too cases of tuber- result of the experiments conduced at the
THE eylon Pearl Fishery has closed and the lakhs of rupees. to al yield to Government is eight and a quarter
Company has been extended for a period of ten THE Government contract with the B. 1. S. N. years for carriage of military stores.
THE Ceylon tea exports to Russia have fallen fast year to 14 lakhs of pounds this year. from 20 lakhs of pounds in the first quarter of
Stosor Marconi and a number of Copenhagen financiers have arranged for the transmission of ethergrams between Iceland and Scotland, THE Gennan Asiatic Railway Company has been incorporated, with a nominal capital of 500,033, for the construction of Chinese State
railways.
THE American Press, reviewing recent deve difficulty comments with severity upon Russia's lopments in connection with the Manchurian shameless mendacity.
THE Chinese have decided to open stores in Moscow for sale of their manufactures. They will employ Chinese assistants, for whom they will have a house built, with Chinese home comforts.
Watch for C. E. LeManyon's locals in this paper in a few days. Advt.
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culosis thus treated were cured.
TE report of the Royal Commission upen physi training in Scotland has been issued. The commissioners emphasise the various shortcomings in the matter of such recreations as arep ovided for Scottish children, and make many recommendations. The proposal is made that lads of known Hooligan (larrikin) tenden. cies should enter continuation schools, An- other proposal is that provision be made, as a
astresort, for the State feeding of children.
17 is reported that Mr. Pierpont Morgan, the American millionaire, is about to take a trip to the East, accompanied by Mr. Griscom, the falber of the U.S. Minister in Tokyo, and two couver in the early part of next month and Russian millionaires. They will leave Van,
may be expected to arrive at Japan, via Alaska, Kamschalka and Vladivostock. The object of their trip is said to be inspection of the line of the East Asiatic railway, which is now under 'contemplation.
THE London correspondent of the Birmingham Post writes:-After consultation with the intends, I understand, to create at Calcutta a Imperial Government, the Viceroy of India special department for dealing with all Chinese
& CO., Federated Malay States of Perak, Selangor, Straits dollar begin to rise in value ard, Tue. French baryse Du Courdie (1731 tons), and Korean matters. The department, besides
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State of Johore. The next four paragraphs deal with the existing currency and cites the laws and enactments by which the present currency is regulated. The note issues of the Government and of the two authorized Banks--the Hongkong & Shanghai and the FURNITURE Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China
DEALERS.
DRAWING ROOM,
DINING-ROOM,
and BED-ROOM
ELECTRO-PLATED,
GLASS, and
FURNITURE.
CHINA WARES.
PASTEUR'S MICROBE-PROOF
is referred to in the roth to the 14th paras.
inclusive. The incorporation of the recent history of currency in the Straits Settlements in the report is a feature without which the completeness of the document would be found wanting. The Committee devote no less than nine paragraphs to this section, the history of the consideration of a gold stand and for the Straits Settlements not having been traced back further than the year 1893. With this history, the Colony is but too well
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acquainted, since at every stage of the move WHITE TURKISH TOWELS.ment in our sister colony to obtain a currency COUNTERPANES. reformi, not only has Hongkong been con- sulted but its co-operation, though not possible of achievement, sought for. By far the more important section, after the scheme of conversion, is that dealing with the expediency of the change, which neces
FILTERS,
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KITCHEN UTENSILS, and
HOUSEHOLD REQUISITES.
PHOTOGRAPHIC satily takes precedence over the discussion,
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Hongkong, 5th July, 1902.
for
at a suitable stage in that advance the Government would declare its relation to What will that be? is the sovereign."
pertinent question. that has been put byour Southern contemporary, in answer to which it remarks that recent Huctuations in exchange prove that one-and-tight pence is
much too low.
A fairly high value would
which sailed from San Francisco for Sydney on December 24, with a full cargo of wheal, has been re-insured at the rate of 87 guineas per cent.
Ma. J. P. Morgan's Shipbuilding Trust has secured control of the world-famous yards of Messrs. W. Cramp and Sons, Ship and Engine Building Company, Philadelphia. The trust will manage the yards as a subsidiary com-
pany,
will also be something in the nature of an academy for the training and instruction of officers in languages and dialects and all other subjects likely to be of service to political or military authorities in their intercourse with the Chinese and Koreans. Special attention will also be given to the making and preserving of maps and other topographical records of the countries concerned.
SPEAKING at a Primrose meeting last month SIR Marcus Samuel, Lord Mayor of London, Board of Agriculture) declared his belief that the late Mr. R. W. Hanbury (President of the has opened the Baltic Mercantile and Shipping the period of the Empire's expansion was now Exchange in 5t. Mary Axe, E.C. The building drawing to a close. Mr. Hanbury considered is said to be the handsomest and most complete that the word Trade would furnish the keynote Exchange in the world. It was erected at a
for the future policy of Great Britain, and, cost of £500,000.
the time was, he thought, fast approaching when the British people would not depend so much upon the foreigner for food and raw material as had hitherto been the case. The British Empire was, moreover, so wide that the people must depend less upon the men of birth and wealth who had governed them in the pas and more upon men of talent and merit, wherever fou"d.
cost Farm mystery, which has created so much interest throughout England, is nearer to a solution. According to a late cable a not he's dony, which up to the present has not been identified, has been fond buried in a filled-in ditch on the farm.
have eventually to be fixed so as to reduce to a minimum the risk of the silver value of the new coin at any time becoining greater than its nominal value. In such an event the gold standard would vanish. A two- shilling rate would be, roughly, 25 per cent. above the present intrinsic silver value of the dollar. The Indian rupee, at one-and-four pence, is about 80 per cent, above its silver value. It would be doubtful if 25 per cent. would be a sufficient margin of safety for the protection of the new Straits dollar, as a token coin. And it is not impossible that it might be found ultimately necessary to make it as high as two-shillings-and-six-pence, As regards the time within which the gold standard becomes effective, if it is unduly C. E. LeMusyon bas an announcement to prolonged the matter might be expedited, at, make to you very shortly; watch for it.-Aduh the suggestion of the Committee, by establish- A DISPATCH from Rustov, on the Don, says that
PROFESSOR Pickering, of Harvard Observatory, Watch C. E. LeMunyon's 'announcement in Cambridge. U.S.A., proposes the formation of this paper. a trust representing all the observatories in the world. His central idea is to work the various money and men where such are needed.
establishments without waste, and to provide
frosts.
CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
The May Sessions were opened this morning
at the Supreme Court before Sir Henry S. Berkeley, KC (Acting Chief Juice). Six
cases on the calendar.consisted of indictufests
and perjury.
for ars n, murder, manslaughter, armed robbery,
THE STRANDED “ VICTORIA."
NAVAL INQUIRY AT CHRFOO,
The British Consul summoned a Naval inst. to inquire into the wreck of this vessel, Court to assemble at the Consulate on the 4th
and into the conduct of the master and crew.. The Court consisted of the Consul, as Presi chang) Scott, and Somerville (Wuchung.) dent, assisted by Captains Robinson (Nan-
The principal witnesses examined were the mater and chief mate, whose certificates were handed into the custody of the Court, pending The hearing. The evidence of these two gen tlemen was strongly corroborative, and shewed, briefly, that the vessel was properly manned, supplied with charts, and all necessary gear, and was navigated as skilfully as their In experience and judzment suggested. cross-examination they both admitted that they had never been in the Gulf of Pechili before; that they were going at a considerable speed through a thick fog; and that they did not cast the lead very frequently. On the other hand it seemed clear that the stranding, was purely accidental, and that, all hands worked strenuously to do their best to get the vessel off afterwards.
After hearing the evidence the Court retired ta consider their judgment and at a quarter- past-six it was announced by the Consul in the presence of the parties interested. The Court found that the mister was deserving of censu'e on the points above-mentioned, which were termed errors of judgment, but did not think it secessary to deal with his certificate. They inquiry, and thereafter returned their certi fined the master £8.6.0, the costs of the
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The master thanked the Court for having given him a very fair hearing.
FORTHCOMING ENTER-
*TAINMENT.
It will be seen on reference to our advertise- ment columns that Alva, the Great announces the City Hall next Saturday. He comes to the performances in Hongkong commancing at Colony with exceptionally good credentials as a magician, spiritualist and ventriloquist, and should have no difficulty in filling the Theatre durin the five nights upon which he performs. He and his company arrived in the Colony this morning, afer having had a most successful tour in India and the Straits Settlements where the performances were spoken of in flattering The up-to-date spiritualistic sea ce, tms. which is reported t· be a mysterious and won-
The first case was that of Ho Hing and
Road West, and his wife, who were charged with
ARSON WA. in respect of a fire which occurred at the premises on the 18th April.
Prisoners pleaded not guilty and were uns A NEW YORK cable of 13th inst., says there is an alarming spread of the bubonic plague in defended. The Hon. E. H. Sharp, KC, Act-- China. The scourge is said to be raging ing Attorney General, instructed by Mr. F. B. throughout the interior, as well as in the coast L. Bowley, of Messrs. Dennys and Bowley cities. It seems strange that no news of such Crown solicitor, prosecuted on behalf of the a 'state of affairs has been received either at | Crown. Hongkong or Shanghai.
ing gold reserve, and in any case they greit fears are entertained for the winter-sawn of the scheme. No less, than about: one think that the profit made on the coinage of sowings have not had a drop of moisture; there Wong Ping, the master of No. 205 Queen's
cereals owing to the slight snowfall. The last third-of-the whole-report-is-taken-up-by-this
The wheat is yellowing one section. Ip considering the expediency dollars after the establishment of a gold has been no rain. of the proposed change in the standard of standard should be set aside as a gold reserve, under the destructive influence of morning value, the Committee have, not thought it the whole or any portion of it being, if lecelsaty to enter at any length into an ex-thought desirable, invested in gold securities. [7284 amination of the fiady ved questions of We have heard it asked: Out of what fund is somewhat abstract and theoretical nature. the gold reserve, in the first instance, to be CARMICHAEL AND The question at issue is whether it is better formed? We confess our inability to dis-
The following jury was impannelled- A CLARKE, ⠀⠀ '/
the Straits Settlements and the neigh cern the source of the reserve, and it may
Messrs. J. M. A. Thiessen, W. J. Hill L bouring Malay States at the present time, be well that the obscurity be elucidated in' and under existing conditions, to maintain order to clear up the only point of perplexity READERS of the long ng Telegraph who Cruickshank, A: T. Plummer, P. Dow, H. A. Lammert and J. A. de Carvalho, la have not secared a copy of the complete report
hearing the prisoners were the silver standard of to change to 2 gold with which the plan for the achievement of of the Straits Currency Commission are re- one, and the Committee have endeavoured conversion seems, in our opinion, to beat minded that it is reprinted in asiento, in the found guilty, and sentence of seven years as far as possible to treat the hitter from a present obstructed. As to the gold reservelegraph mail supplement and can be bad on imprisonment with bard labour was passed on payment of 25 cents. Subscribers to the daily the man and three years' imprisonment with practical standpoint. In this view they have
issue have, of course, received their usual copy hard labour on the woman.. considered slict papers hf documents as would assist them in forming a correct view of the economic position of the Straits Set tlements, as well as of the commercial and financial relations of that Colony with the neighbouring State They Have also exa- mided a number of witnesses--seventeen
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to be established out of the coinage profits, the recommendation is no novel one to Rongkong, in 9 far as an identical safeguard PRESIDENT, Roosevelt has arranged for the Upit, à States squadron in European waters lo has been mooted for adoption in the Colony to bo present at the coming. German naval onda, gold standard be excelebrations at Kiel The new, departure is a In the Straits as in Hongkong consequence of German, indignation at the opposition to any change ongi cement that the United States squadron
•way} Marsailles to greet President Loubet hated with the banking class. This attitude on the latter's return from Algeria, '
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News has been received at Kobe by Messrs. Shewan, Tomes & Co. agents of the American Asiatic S.S. Co., charterers of the Br. steamship Benarly, that the ship was reflosted on the 7th inst, without having sustained damage, so far as could be ascertained that day..
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cerful performance, will introduce to the audi ence "The Girl with the Black flair," who, v.e understand has been drawing crowded houses further south. Then there is Mde. Reux, u thought reader, and many other interesting "turns," which ought to afford ample amuse- ment to Hongkongites.
THE "PEMBROKESHIRE.”
FORHOLD FULL OF WATER,
As reported in the Telegraph on Saturday last, the Shire steamer Pembrokeshire is ashora at the Saddles. The China Gorelle of the 14th inst., says -
The . Pembrokeshire, Captain Liddell,
which left here for New York on Monday with about 1,500 or 1,600 tons of cargo, has gone ashore pretty badly on the North Saddles. The Agents, Mesars. Shewan, Tomes & Co, re- tugboats and lighters to be sent down, and ceived a telegram last night asking for pumps, accordingly the Rocket and Fadlce, with two cargo boats in tow and pumps from Farnham, Boyd & Co., went down to the aid of the. stranded vessel which will be fightered before any attempt is made to get her off..
LATER.
We understand that news has been received in the Colony to the effect that her forehold is full of water.
GOLD STANDARD FOLLOWS PARITY,
A cablegram, dated New York, 13th inst., says:-
It is announced by the Bureau of Insular Affairs that there is to be no Philippine gofd
standard until the parity is established. This is generally interpreted to mean that the Philip- pine peso will not be redeemable in gold so long as the Mexican peso continues to be receivable at varying rates of exchange. It is phase of the matter that if any other course pointed out by those who have discussed this!
were pursued it would allow undesirable specu- lation. By the terms of the Act the new peso is to be receivable in circulation when five millions shall have been coined and ready for circulation and shall be given a preference in the public offices of the government for all public dues. It is also provided that the pre- sent silver coins shall continue in circulation until not earlier than January 3, 1901. Until the Mexican currency is retired or such time as the legal parity is reached, it is understood from the ruling at Washington the gold. standard will not go into effect.
THE PLAGUE ::
During the forty-eight hours ended at noon. 10-day 22 further cases of bubonic plague, making 678 since January 1st, were reported. Eight of the cases were fatal. - For the week ended 16th inst. there wère, 117 cases with 99 deaths.
SHIPPING AND MAILS.
MAILS DUE.
German (Stutgart) to-morrow. Indian (Kumsang) 21st insi. Canadian (Empress of China) 29th_inst. Australian (Chingiu) 5th prox.
The A. L, S, N, Co's 5.x. Vindobona lest Singapore for ibis port on 15th inst
* : The C. P. R. Co.'s 8.5, Turfar left. Yokohama
The Ben Line ss. Benlomond from Antwerp and London left Singapore on 16th insi. for this port
pm, on 16th inst, for Victoria and Vancouver.
The B. T. B. Co's so. Hyades sailed from Yokohama for Victoria and Tacoma, on Satur-.
afternoon 16th instigat The Imperial German Mail 6.3. Pravisen left Genoa on 17th inst, at 3 am, and may be ex pected here on 13th prox. ......................
1. The C, N. Co.'s s.8., Trinan from Kobe_left there for this port on 15th inst, and is expected to arrive here at daylight on 20th inst."
- The P& 0.S. N. 1.6. Chusor left Singapore for this port on 17th ingt, at noon, with the Qui-g ward English Mails, and is due here on 22nd inst, at about 7 am
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The C. P. R. sa Empress of Japan arrived Shanghai at midnight 75th inst, and left at midnight iếth init, för Nagasaki where she is. dug at 6 amy 18th inst
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